carder
- a word derived from card.
Example Sentences
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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
Other rare insects that benefitted from the restoration project were the rugged oil beetle, rock-rose pot beetle, shrill carder bumblebee, downland villa and spotted beeflies.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 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
His father was a carder of wool at Genoa, and young Christopher, rebelling at the monotony of this trade, commenced his maritime life before he was fifteen years old.
From South America by Koebel, W. H. (William Henry)
