the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > pollen basket on leg > pollen-brush (2)
A bundle or tuft of bristly hairs on the legs of bees, used for collecting pollen; a pollen-brush.
a brush-like structure of hairs on the legs of certain bees, used for collecting pollen off the body; also called scopa.