picul

NOUN
  1. a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)
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  • The dorsal conic spine-like structures could be a homology of cuticular spicules of polyplacophorans and aplacophorans. Down with phyla! (episode II) - The Panda's Thumb
  • In the recognition and support of the government, apiculture had a great development in China in recent years.
  • The researchers rubbed roughly the same number of cowhage spicules the itch-inducing spiky bits of that plant, also known as velvet bean on three locations: the front of the ankle; on the underside of the forearm; and under the shoulder blade on the back. A Dip in the Pool Does an Aging Body Good
  • Also, the undersides of an osprey's feet are covered in spiny spicules which prevent fish from wriggling free.
  • However, preliminary genetic analyses showed offspring admixture was probably caused by apicultural drift (beekeepers' term for the change of hive or colony).
  • The spicules are some crutch-like, others spined or echinated, while the deep-sea sponges appear to grow long thick spicules, which attach the sponge to the ground by means of grapnel-like ends. Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887
  • Subsequently, over the course of a five year program, 1500 new apiculturists will be trained in the raising of beehives and in the production of high quality honey.
  • All rays of the outwardly placed spicules are well developed.
  • Next along a gradient of decreasing exposure and submergence by sea water are Rhizophora apiculata and Brugiera parviflora, which become established after five or six years and grow to replace Avicennia after about twenty years. Indochina mangroves
  • Rossiter in this autumn of 1917 was extremely interested in certain crucial experiments he was making with spiculum in sponge-cells; with scleroblasts, "mason-cells," osteoblasts, and "consciousness" in bone-cells. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement
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