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 Bertram Mitford
A bertha of lace fell over the satin bodice.
From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
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 Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
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