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carder

  • a word derived from card.
    card
    noun
    a 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.

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It is home to the rare broad-leaved cudweed and shrill carder bumblebee and the Essex Wildlife Trust fears "incredibly rare" habitats would be "destroyed".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

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 carder had unwittingly chosen a debit card belonging to a senior Saudi bank executive who happened to be in his office at the time the flower order was placed.

From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus