carder
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a word derived from
card.
cardnouna usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder.
Example Sentences
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Nightingale birds, the brown-banded carder bee and the five-banded weevil-wasp have also been recorded at the site.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The brown-banded carder bee population has declined due to habitat loss as it requires open flower-rich grasslands where wildflowers thrive, says charity Buglife.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2022
Among the bees whose range has shrunk are the formerly widespread red-shanked carder bee, whose extent fell by 42%, and the large shaggy bee, whose range fell 53%.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2019
All that did was move Odessa’s carder scene underground.
From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 13, 2014
The eyes were wheels, and beneath, the mass of the carder opened its mouth—a thin and hungry slit into which wound an endless band.
From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts