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corbicula
[ kawr-bik-yuh-luh ]
corbicula
/ ɔːˈɪʊə /
noun
- the technical name for pollen basket
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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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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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