Etymology

corbiculum

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Today it means: Synonym of corbicula (“bee's pollen-basket”). Full definition →

Latin corbiculum
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromcorbiculum
  2. English todaycorbiculum

A learned borrowing from Latin corbiculum.

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