bertha
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To show that it was the PKF proteins that were doing the killing, University of British Columbia molecular biologist David Theilmann and colleagues infected bertha armyworms with two baculovirus species, MacoNPV-A and MacoNPV-B.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 29, 2021
Edwardian sleeves and bertha collars, ribbons, roses and trailing black velvet are the tricks of the trade.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I sometimes think," returned Gabriella deliberately, while she draped a lace bertha on a white silk frock she was making for Fanny, "that I will try to borrow the money."
From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
Mrs. Baldwin's lace bertha rose and fell sharply.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
It had a wide bertha, cuffs and over panels of wisteria panne velvet.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Pauline Lester
