A small basket-shaped structure or container; in zoology, a basket-like anatomical pouch, especially in mollusks and crustaceans.
Direct Latin word meaning 'small basket,' diminutive of corbis. Used by naturalists and anatomists to describe small basket-shaped structures in animal bodies.
The same Latin word for 'basket' that describes bee pollen pouches also describes similar structures in clams and shrimp—nature loves reusing the basket design!
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