C19: from Late Latin, diminutive of Latin corbis basket
pollen basket in British English
noun
the part of the hind leg of a bee that is specialized for carrying pollen, typically consisting of a trough bordered by long hairs
Technical name: corbicula
Examples of 'corbicula' in a sentence
corbicula
Once stuck to the resin or after the corbicula had been unloaded, the bee's legs have to be cleaned thoroughly.
Markus Gastauer, Lucio A. O. Campos, Dieter Wittmann 2011, 'Handling sticky resin by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae)', Revista Brasileira de Entomologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262011000200014&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The hind tibia of worker has an expanded bristle-free region used for carrying pollen and propolis, the corbicula.
Ana Durvalina Bomtorin, Angel Roberto Barchuk, Livia Maria Moda, Zila Luz PaulinoSimoes 2012, 'Hox gene expression leads to differential hind leg development between honeybee castes.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3405112?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)