pinhead
Example Sentences
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They can walk, hover and the males can even sing love songs to woo mates - all this with a brain that's tinier than a pinhead.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024
With a brain the size of a pinhead, insects perform fantastic navigational feats.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2024
Ricin, found naturally in castor beans, can cause death within 36 to 72 hours from exposure to an amount as small as a pinhead.
From Reuters ● Jan. 8, 2023
To investigate, researchers coated 14 species of coral—10 in the lab and four in the wild—with tiny fluorescent beads, which are each smaller than a pinhead and glow under light-emitting diode light.
From Science Magazine ● May 12, 2022
The pill was the size of a pinhead, and it had a pale brownish color.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
