pinhead

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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 • Oct. 2, 2024

With a brain the size of a pinhead, insects perform fantastic navigational feats.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2024

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

During the tours, experts try to count pinhead cherries in the branches to come up with more detailed projections.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2021

Every single day he looked like he had just walked out of Sunday school: Every thin yellow hair on his pinhead was perfectly cut and licked to a gloss.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles