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In honeybees, this fungus causes an illness known as stonebrood disease, which mummifies the young bees.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2023

She was recently packing for a trip to visit Summum, a group in Utah that mummifies pets.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2011

Your team mummifies you with five tight belts.

From Time Magazine Archive

And, again rightly or wrongly, I have also contended that the hand of purpose deadens and mummifies story.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

It is often claimed that phosphorus eaten by rats or mice dries up or mummifies the body so that no odor results.

From House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 by Lantz, David E.