Zool. [L., dim. of corbis basket.]
1. A common receptacle in which groups of gonangia are inclosed, in some of the Cœlenterata.
1861. J. R. Greene, Man. Anim. Kingd., Cœlent., 95. A basket-like receptacle, or ‘corbula,’ within which the reproductive bodies are lodged.
2. (With capital C.) A genus of bivalve mollusks living in mud or sand, related to the clam.
