bug bomb n.— «New York has become the first state in the nation to force the removal of insect foggers—often known as bug bombs—from store shelves and require the devices be operated only by certified pesticide professionals.» —“New...
flare out n.— «After experiencing months of saturated soils in the winter, then bone dry periods in the spring and summer, some Douglas firs planted in less than ideal situations are showing what some foresters call “flare...
ant colony optimization n.— «Ant colony optimisation, as the technique is called, turns on the fact that such insects exploit food in what appears to be an intelligent, but is in fact an entirely mindless, way.…he computer...
odor n.— «Andy Paulios, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative coordinator for the Department of Natural Resources, and Bill Smith, conservation biologist in the DNR’s Bureau of Endangered Resources, provided basic information on the...
odonater n.— «Andy Paulios, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative coordinator for the Department of Natural Resources, and Bill Smith, conservation biologist in the DNR’s Bureau of Endangered Resources, provided basic information on the...
woolly-booger n. (also woolly-bugger) 1. (colloquial) the larval-stage insect known as the woolly worm or woolly bear; a fishing fly that resembles such an insect. 2. (in the American Southwest, slang) an extraordinary example of a thing. 3. (in...