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PRONUNCIATION OF CORBICULAE

corbiculae  [kɔːˈbɪkjʊˌliː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORBICULAE

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Corbiculae is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CORBICULAE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

corbiculae

Pollen basket

The pollen basket or corbicula is part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees. They use the structure in harvesting pollen and returning it to the nest or hive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORBICULAE


auriculae
ɔːˈrɪkjʊˌliː
canulae
ˈkænjʊˌliː
copulae
ˈkɒpjʊˌliː
feculae
ˈfɛkjʊˌliː
fibulae
ˈfɪbjʊˌliː
formulae
ˈfɔːmjʊˌliː
furculae
ˈfɜːkjʊˌliː
insulae
ˈɪnsjʊˌliː
ligulae
ˈlɪɡjʊˌliː
lunulae
ˈluːnjʊˌliː
morulae
ˈmɒrjʊˌliː
nebulae
ˈnɛbjʊˌliː
papulae
ˈpæpjʊˌliː
pinnulae
ˈpɪnjʊˌliː
planulae
ˈplænjʊˌliː
radulae
ˈrædjʊˌliː
trabeculae
trəˈbekjʊˌliː
ungulae
ˈʌŋɡjʊˌliː
valleculae
vəˈlekjʊˌliː
Vulpeculae
vʌlˈpɛkjʊˌliː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORBICULAE

corban
corbeau
corbeil
corbeille
corbel
corbel out
corbel step
corbeling
corbelled
corbelling
Corbett
corbicula
corbiculate
corbie
corbie gable
corbie-step
corbina

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORBICULAE

aciculae
blastulae
cannulae
comatulae
cuticulae
faculae
Faesulae
falculae
ferulae
fistulae
florulae
gastrulae
infulae
maculae
nubeculae
scapulae
siliculae
siliculiculae
tarantulae
uvulae

Synonyms and antonyms of corbiculae in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «corbiculae» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORBICULAE

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Translator English - Chinese

corbiculae
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corbícula
570 millions of speakers

English

corbiculae
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

corbiculae
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

corbiculae
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

corbiculae
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corbiculae
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

corbiculae
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

corbiculae
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Corbiculae
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

corbiculae
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

corbiculae
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

corbiculae
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Corbiculae
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

corbiculae
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

corbiculae
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉर्बिक्युला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

corbiculae
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corbiculae
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

corbiculae
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

corbiculae
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

corbiculae
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

corbiculae
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

corbiculae
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

corbiculae
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

corbiculae
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of corbiculae

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORBICULAE»

The term «corbiculae» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.677 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORBICULAE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about corbiculae

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORBICULAE»

Discover the use of corbiculae in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to corbiculae and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pollen and Pollination
Panurginae and Mellitidae. and bees with hind tibial corbiculae. Apidae. permits considerable flexibility in sizes of pollen grains that may be collected (Thorp 1979b). Houston (1989) describes the sparse scopae of females of Leioproctus ...
Amots Dafni, Michael Hesse, Ettore Pacini, 2000
2
The Social Behavior of the Bees: A Comparative Study
The details of transferring the pollen to the corbiculae have been studied in Apis. Accounts of the process have been published by various authors, but an excellent source is Hodges (1952). After becoming well dusted with pollen the bee ...
Charles Duncan Michener, 1974
3
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural ...
3 Relationship between the proportion of staminate kiwifruit pollen on a forager's body and in its corbiculae. the middle of the day, and much lower efficiencies in the early morning and late afternoon. The overall efficiency of the trap was 16.5%  ...
4
Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History
414. a native bee foraging for nectar in the base of a trout-lily flower. in doing so, the bee clings to the stamens and gets dusted with pollen on its ventral surface. the corbiculae is not available for pollinating subsequently visited flowers.
Carol Gracie, 2012
5
Food Hoarding in Animals
But another equally important benefit is that spacious cheek pouches, sublingual pouches, corbiculae, and the like allow food-hoarding animals to travel greater distances to exploit scattered resources. Corvids illustrate this point well.
Stephen B. Vander Wall, 1990
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Japanese Commons in the Coastal Seas: How the Satoumi ...
3.1 Giant clam, short-necked clam, and corbiculae fisheries grounds and the position of the Akasuka Fishermen Union The Akasuka Fishermen Union (the leader is Mr. Kiyone Akita) in Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture, which has a long history, ...
Tetsuo Yanagi, 2012
7
Tijdschrift voor entomologie
Each vol. includes "Verslag" and "Lijst der leden der Nederlandse Entomologische Verenniging. (separately paged beginning with v. 15.)
8
The East
"The Corbiculae were cheeping. "Did you know that Corbiculae cheep? I didn't. I was surprised. The thousands of Corbiculae jammed in the knapsack were cheeping. I drew near the knapsack and listened attentively. Their voice is lonely.
9
Mechanisms of Life History Evolution: The Genetics and ...
For instance, workers possess slim abdomens, corbiculae (a structure for carrying pollen) on their hind legs, and a well-developed proboscis (long tongue) for feeding, cleaning, and food collection. In contrast, the corpulent, full-bodied queen ...
Thomas Flatt, Andreas Heyland, 2011
10
Issues in Life Sciences—Acarology, Arachnology, and ...
According to news reporting originating in Vicosa, Brazil, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Pollen types present in samples from corbiculae of Melipona capixaba (Moure and Camargo) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponina) worker bees ...
‎2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORBICULAE»

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Dance of the Bumblebees
One bee makes a getaway with its stash gathered neatly in the pollen baskets, called corbiculae, on its hind legs. This pollen is now ... «New York Times, Apr 12»

REFERENCE
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