pinhead

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2024

The Birmingham artist has previously produced what is thought to be the world's tiniest nativity scene and a picture of the Queen on a pinhead.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023

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

Christopher found the place —Areat; or, the Island of Living Gold, it read—on his map: it was barely larger than a pinhead.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell