Pronunciation: - ə - ' l ā -t ə m, - ' lä-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural corpora al · la · ta \ - ' l ā -t ə , - ' lä-t ə \
Etymology: New Latin, literally, applied body
Date: 1947
: one of a pair of separate or fused bodies in many insects that are sometimes closely associated with the corpora cardiaca and that secrete hormones (as juvenile hormone)