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

She was dressed in a gray silk poplin with lace bertha and cuffs, and on her white hair she wore a little lace cap.

From The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle by Stokes, Katherine

It had a wide bertha, cuffs and over panels of wisteria panne velvet.

From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline

I mean to have my next dress made with a green silk fichu, a moire antique bertha, and little point lace peplums and gussets, just like Miss MESTAYER'S.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 05, April 30, 1870 by Various