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
A bertha of lace fell over the satin bodice.
From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
She was a vision in white—her graduation dress—with her snowy shoulders rising modestly from a tulle bertha.
From At Home with the Jardines by Lilian Bell
The skirt embroidered with a flight of swallows in silver and crystals, a deep bertha of Point de Flandre, with ruffles of the same on the short sleeves.
From The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner
