hand lens
Example Sentences
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Attendees are shown how to use an insect net to brush through the long grass, and a hand lens to identify what they find.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
“We needed to lay on our bellies with a hand lens to observe the plant,” Guilliams said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
No hand lens is required to diagnose anthracnose, or the most common abiotic disorders.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
Occasionally, one of them would cradle it in one palm and bring a hand lens to it with the other, inspecting the carnivorous plant that was their bounty.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
This character can be seen sometimes with the aid of a hand lens, but is very evident when a section of the cap and gills is made and then examined with a microscope.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
