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
By the way, here is Miss Tiffton's square-necked bertha.
From Bad Hugh by Mary Jane Holmes
A bertha of rarest Brussels lace was fastened at her neck with the amethyst pin, inlaid with gold and surrounded by baroque pearls.
From Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed
"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
