单词 | pollen basket |
释义 | > as lemmaspollen basket pollen basket n. Entomology a concave area fringed with hairs on the hind leg of certain bees, used for carrying pollen; also called corbicula. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > pollen basket on leg pollen basket1860 basket1861 pollen plate1890 1860 Chambers's Encycl. I. 799/1 Neither males nor queens have wax-pockets, nor have they pollen-baskets. 1954 C. G. Butler World of Honeybee xiv. 178 As a bee collects more and more pollen the loads in the pollen-baskets grow and are held in place by a fringe of long hairs around the sides. 1992 BBC Wildlife Jan. 8/2 Dr Roubik..discovered that some stingless bees are exclusively carrion-eaters, based on a complete absence of pollen in the nest, and the absence of the usual pollen baskets on the hind legs of workers. < as lemmas |
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