gĕrŭla — Lewis & Short
gĕrŭla, ae, f.gero,
I she that bears or carries, Tert. Anim. 19 fin.; id. adv. Jud. 9 med.; App. M. 6, p. 181:
navis gerula sacrorum,Sol. 1 fin.—A working bee, Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 24.