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Meaning of pollen basket in English:

pollen basket

noun

Entomology

  • A flattened area fringed with hairs on the hind leg of a social bee, used for carrying pollen.

    Also called corbicula

    ‘Pollen loads were found on the hind legs (pollen basket) and heads of bumble-bees.’
    • ‘The pollen baskets hanging from each bee's back legs were stuffed swollen yellow.’