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- noun Plural form of
corbicula .
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Examples
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A bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on its tibiae (midsegments of its legs).
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A bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on its tibiae (midsegments of its legs).
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A bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on its tibiae (midsegments of its legs).
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A bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on its tibiae (midsegments of its legs).
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A bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on its tibiae (midsegments of its legs).
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A bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on its tibiae (midsegments of its legs).
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A bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on its tibiae (midsegments of its legs).
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A bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on its tibiae (midsegments of its legs).
hernesheir commented on the word corbiculae
(n, pl.): pollen baskets on a bee's legs located on the tibiae.
cf. bee's knees
January 11, 2009