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corbicula

corbicula noun: a bee's pollen basket; in honeybees and close relatives, the corbiculae are located on the outer (lateral) surface of the hind tibia. Also the plural of corbiculum.

corbicula: a bee's pollen basket; in honeybees and close relatives, the corbiculae are located on the outer...
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Noun

corbicula (plural corbiculae)

  1. A bee's pollen basket; in honeybees and close relatives, the corbiculae are located on the outer (lateral) surface of the hind tibia.

Also used as

corbicula is also the plural of corbiculum.

Synonyms of corbicula

Forms of corbicula

pluralcorbiculae

Origin of corbicula

A learned borrowing from Latin corbicula, diminutive of corbis, a basket. Doublet of corbeil.

Words formed from corbicula

Words that rhyme with corbicula

Questions about corbicula

What does corbicula mean?
Corbicula means a bee's pollen basket; in honeybees and close relatives, the corbiculae are located on the outer (lateral) surface of the hind tibia.
What part of speech is corbicula?
Corbicula is a noun.
What is the plural of corbicula?
The plural of corbicula is corbiculae.

Words near corbicula in the dictionary

  1. Corbet
  2. Corbets
  3. Corbett
  4. Corbetts
  5. Corbi
  6. corbicula
  7. corbiculae
  8. corbicular
  9. corbiculate
  10. corbiculates
  11. corbiculid

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