I think I would just as soon be quietly chipping my own flint axe, after the manner of my forefathers a few thousand years back, as be troubled with the endless malady of thought which nowinfests us all, for such reward.
It infeststhe small intestines, and seldom migrates into the stomach or large bowel.
In 1835, Owen discovered a peculiar parasite, which sometimes infests the human body, and is termed the trichina spiralis.
It infests the liver of the sheep and ox and some other animals, and not unfrequently is found in association with the former species.
It is doubtful whether any species naturally infests man.
The plasmodium, watery white in color, infests preferably very rotten logs of Quercus, on which in June the sporangia rise as white or pallid columns.
This species, typical of forms so far reported in this country, infests the roots of cabbages,[15] and produces a very serious disease of that vegetable.
A voracious dog-fish whichinfests the herring fisheries in St. George's Channel.
Wohlfartia magnifica is another Sarcophagid which commonly infests man in the regions where it is abundant.
In theory this may readily be done, for we know that the body louse infests and attaches itself almost entirely to the body linen, and that boiling kills this insect and its eggs.
This speciesinfests poultry in southwest United States and in Mexico.
The pubic louse usually infeststhe hairs of the pubis and the perineal region.
Hypoderma diana infests deer, and has been known to occur in man.
The insect infests both the leaves and roots of grape vines, the root-feeding stages being the most destructive, in consequence of which vines are now grown on resistant root stocks.
This destructive aphis, sometimes called the grape louse, is a native of North America, where it normally infests grape vines.
This European scale sometimes heavily infests camellias and euonymus in New Zealand, but is not a very serious pest, though more so in glass-houses than out of doors.
It is widely distributed and commonly met with under glass, where it infests almost any plant; in the warmer and moister districts of the Dominion it occurs out of doors.
In New Zealand this species is met with on grape vines and begonia in glass-houses, where it becomes epidemic if left uncontrolled; out of doors it infests apple and potato, and no doubt other plants are attacked.
As a major pest it is peculiar to citrus, but infests to a minor extent other plants--e.
In exists in two forms, one of which infeststhe roots, the other the branches.
Argas reflexus) which infests doves and other birds.
Pulex canis) which infestsdogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man.
Cinerarias are sought after by every pest which infests the greenhouse.
Hippopotami and elephants abound; and the gimjah, or tree tiger, which infests the borders, is greatly feared for its ferocity, and prized for the beauty of its skin.
The insect that infests turnips and many crops in the garden (destroying often whole fields while in their seedling leaves) is an animal that wants to be better known.
This curious and uncommon production put me upon recollecting what I have heard and read concerning the coccus vitis viniferae of Linnaeus, which, in the South of Europe, infests many vines, and is an horrid and loathsome pest.
A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.
The common species which infests cattle (Hypoderma bovis) deposits its eggs upon or in the skin where the larvæ or bots live and produce sores called wormels.
Myrmica molesta), which often infests houses, and sometimes becomes a great pest.
The trematode, Bilharzia hæmatobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.
Musca domestica), which infests houses both in Europe and America.
Defn: A very destructive scale insect (Aspidiotus perniciosus) that infests the apple, pear, and other fruit trees.
Our milkweed is tenacious of life; its roots lie deep, as if to get away from the plow, but it seldom infests cultivated crops.
It is about one inch long, and a rather sturdy beetle of a light grayish color, and usually infests the branches, but may occasionally attack the main stem.
A parasite known as the Acarus folliculorum infests the sebaceous glands.
There are other kinds of lice, but we will only mention the louse which infestsbeggars and people of unclean habits, Pediculus humanus corporis, producing the complaint called phthiriasis.
It infests ships, running about at night over the sleeping passengers, and devouring the food.
It penetrates also into the interior of our houses, and infests the butchers' shops; but this the butchers do not much mind, for the wasp drives away the flies which would lay their eggs on the meat and thus contribute to its corruption.
Not a horned toad, which is a valyooed beast an' has a mission; but one of these yere ornery forms of toads which infests the East.
It is the brown scaly insect that generally infests them.
Musca domestica), which infests houses both in Europe and America.
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