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{{Concept
|label=scolopale
|lexical category=noun; plural <b>-ia</b>
|etymology=Greek <i>skolos</i>, pointed object; Latin <i>palus</i>, stake
|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) A variously shaped [[cup]] or [[cone]] with [[longitudinal]] ridges and a central filament connecting with the [[process]] of a central [[nerve cell]]; may have a [[terminal]] button; [[sensory cell]] of the [[scolopidium]]; [[scolops]]; [[cuticular sheath]]
|see also=[[corpus scolopale]].
}}
{{Concept scheme relation
|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
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