pollen basket
An arrangement of hairs on part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of…An arrangement of hairs on part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees used in transporting pollen.
» Bees carry the pollen in specialized structures on their hind legs called “pollen baskets,” or corbiculae (meaning “little baskets” in Latin).
Bienen tragen Pollen in den an den Hinterbeinen besonders dafür vorgesehenen sogenannten Pollenhöschen oder Corbiculis (Nom. Corbiculae, lat. für „Körbchen“). — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sensesAn arrangement of hairs on part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees used in transporting pollen.
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1 sentencesBees carry the pollen in specialized structures on their hind legs called “pollen baskets,” or corbiculae (meaning “little baskets” in Latin).
deBienen tragen Pollen in den an den Hinterbeinen besonders dafür vorgesehenen sogenannten Pollenhöschen oder Corbiculis (Nom. Corbiculae, lat. für „Körbchen“). — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From pollen + basket.From pollen + basket.
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Forms
plural: pollen baskets| Singular | pollen basket |
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