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- Latin · derived fromorbiculus
- English todayorbicula
Misconstruction of Latin orbiculus, a back-formation from orbicle.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
orbicula
Today it means: A dorsal sclerite over a hymenopteran arolium; a hard exoskeletal feature with species-specific shape that overhangs and protects the adhesive tip of such an insect's leg and around which the claw(s) curl. Abbreviation "or" or "rb". Full definition →
Latin orbiculus