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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".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A discina (brachiopod).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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History
Misconstruction of Latin orbiculus, a back-formation from orbicle.
