"insect" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Cedar - this is the best softwood for longevity as it is naturally impervious to rot and the cedar oils deter insects.
- While it also smells repulsive, Dr. Wood noted that many alkaloid molecules were very bitter to taste and were produced by some plants to deter insects from eating them.
- Sometimes, finding methods that will deter animals and insects is a hit-or-miss proposition.
- Sobrassada is made with a choice of pork loin, pork bacon (locally called xuia), minced and mixed with paprika, salt and black pepper at the ends (to deter insects).
- Smoking prevents the tanned hide from becoming stiff if it gets wet, and deters insects from eating it as well.
- A female was observed placing leaves of the flaky-barked tea-tree (Leptospermum trinervium) underneath its feathers, leading the observers to wonder whether they were being used to deter or kill insects.
- If Kai sited the secondary camp high enough up in the foothills to avoid the worst predatory life, the force-screen would be sufficient to deter poisonous insects and dangerous smaller animals.
- In the late 1980s, Peter von Fragstein of the University of Kassel, Germany, began researching remineralization with many different rock types as a slow-release fertilizer and to deter insects.
- When we tend to our plants, we won't worry so much about the weather: developments in glass and plastics will mean light covers will collect the sun's energy and deter many detrimental insects.
- There's even a scientific rationale behind Dracula's aversion to garlic - a regular intake of garlic releases sulphur compounds in sweat which deter insects such as mosquitoes and gnats.
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