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orbicula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-bic-u-la
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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".

noun

A discina (brachiopod).

Dated

Etymology

Misconstruction of Latin orbiculus, a back-formation from orbicle.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

orbiculas (plural) orbiculae (plural)

Derived Forms

orbicular

Questions

What does orbicula mean?
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".
Where does orbicula come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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