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

But the first thing in the morning brought a counter-wire— “Sorry must put you off dick and bertha got scarlatina holt.”

From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram

She was dressed in a dark green velvet evening dress, whose white lace bertha was carelessly pinned with a magnificent solitaire.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie

Or the thin sprigged blue and white? it was so pretty—bunches of blue flowers on a cross-barred muslin, and made with three flounces and a bertha.

From The Awakening of Helena Richie by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell