orbicula (English, noun)
expansion: orbicula (plural orbiculas or orbiculae)
Senses:
glosses: 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".
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A discina (brachiopod).
tags: dated
Forms:
form: orbiculas
tags: plural
form: orbiculae
tags: plural