flytrap
any of various plants that entrap insects, especially the Venus flytrap.
fly trap, a trap for catching flies or other insects.
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To demonstrate the potential for these artificial neurons to be wired up to biological systems, the researchers plugged one of them into a Venus flytrap.
Scientists Created Artificial Neurons That Can Make a Venus Flytrap Snap | Edd Gent | February 25, 2022 | Singularity HubHis descriptions of New York bars as tumbledown, exploitative flytraps for the working poor would have resonated in London, Dublin, Moscow, Johannesburg, or anywhere throughout the 19-century world.
New York’s First Crime Boss: Captain Isaiah Rynders | Mark Lawrence Schrad | September 10, 2021 | The Daily BeastTo make a grabber they could control, Li’s team attached a piece of a flytrap to a robotic arm.
A robot made with a Venus flytrap can grab fragile objects | Emily Conover | February 15, 2021 | Science News For StudentsSo, Li’s team attached a piece of a flytrap to a robotic arm and used a smartphone app to control the trap.
A robot arm toting a Venus flytrap can grab delicate objects | Emily Conover | January 25, 2021 | Science NewsThe network is a flytrap for cranks, conspiracy theorists, anti-Semites, and defenders of authoritarianism.
Watch RT, Putin's TV Network, Call the Cops on Me | James Kirchick | March 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Don Draper versus a guy who became famous for playing Venus flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati?
Celebrity March Madness 2012: How to Pick NCAA Tournament Winners | Michael Solomon | March 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAlong the edge of the mask is a fringe of inward-pointing spines like those which edge the leaf margins of a venus flytrap.
Book of Monsters | David Fairchild and Marian Hubbard (Bell) FairchildI never knew one of them to claim less than that for a patent flytrap or an improved sausage stuffer.
Round the Block | John Bell BoutonCome along, don't stand there with your mouth open like a flytrap.
Keziah Coffin | Joseph C. LincolnThe mouth opened like a flytrap; the eyes were small and intensely guileless.
Round the Block | John Bell BoutonThe Hodge flytrap fitted to the windows of dairy barns is a useful means of destroying stable flies.
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British Dictionary definitions for flytrap
/ (ˈflaɪˌtræp) /
any of various insectivorous plants, esp Venus's flytrap
a device for catching flies
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