orbicula
The English word “orbicula” has 2 meanings listed here.
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".
- A discina (brachiopod).
Etymology
Misconstruction of Latin orbiculus, a back-formation from orbicle.
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