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Definition of Piercers
1. piercer [n] - See also: piercer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piercers
Literary usage of Piercers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1880)
"NGERS AND piercers. — HARITS OF SOME OF THE HYMENOPTERA. ... Hence the insects
of this order may be divided into two groups, Stingers and piercers. ..."
2. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"There are four barbs on the outside of each piercer; when the Bee is prepared to
sting, ono of these piercers having its point a little longer than the ..."
3. The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland and Other Parts of Europe by Ferdinand Keller (1878)
"89.—17. Flint knife, p. 89.—18, 19, 20. Bone chisels, p. 89.—21 to 25. Bone awls
or piercers, p. 89.—20. Barbed harpoon of stag's horn, p. 89. PL. XXI. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The threads catch into hooked needles and arc drawn through holes made by piercers
set to a certain distance; a shuttle like that used in an ordinary ..."
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