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corbicula

[ kawr-bik-yuh-luh ]

noun

plural corbiculae


corbicula

/ ɔːˈɪʊə /

noun

  1. the technical name for pollen basket
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ǰ···ٱ [kawr-, bik, -y, uh, -lit, -leyt], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of corbicula1

1810–20; < New Latin, little basket; corbeil
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of corbicula1

C19: from Late Latin, diminutive of Latin corbis basket
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Example Sentences

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On its shores are tortoises, mud-turtles, crayfish and innumerable sand-hoppers; and at varying depths in the lake several species of Melania, Melanopsis, Neritina, Corbicula and Unio have been found.

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Most recently, an invasive Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea, blamed for algal blooms that clouded Lake Tahoe, has been found in Lake George.

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Corbicula of humble bee 67   ,,  10-12.

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Corbicula -um: a concave, smooth space, edged by a fringe of hairs arising from the margins of the posterior tibiae in bees, forming the pollen basket its function is to hold the collected pollen in place.

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