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sting
sting The ovipositor of ants, bees, and wasps (division Aculeata), which has lost its egg-laying function and serves as a means of injecting venom to paralyse, but not kill, the prey of hunting wasps, and is used as a means of defence by bees. The sting of honey-bees (Apis species) and some social wasps is barbed and remains in the skin of the victim after the wasp or bee has become detached. In honey-bees the muscular venom sac of detached stings continues to pump venom, and it also emits an alarm
pheromone to alert other workers, which may be recruited to join the attack.
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Sting needs to cool van Dyk's hot hand; MUST WATCH; NATIONAL BANK CUP FINAL; WAIKATO-BOP MAGIC V SOUTHERN STING
Newspaper article from: The Press; 6/30/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...crown despite the southern challenge of the Sting? JANE MARSHALL suspects that defence will...National Bank Cup champions host the Southern Sting in a highly anticipated final in Hamilton tonight. It is the defence of the Sting which will come under the spotlight most...
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Sting's passions set him free // Singer finds peace in writing, yoga and chess
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/30/1996; ; 700+ words
; Sting 7:30 tonight New World Music Theatre...England and Manhattan. So how is it that Sting knows Chicago like a lifelong native...Chicago quite clearly, I promise you," Sting said while phoning from a stop on his current...
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Sting-Ray days
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 4/25/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Bicycle Center in Kanawha City and a former Sting-Ray owner. "You were sitting in totally...former owners, Neal, 49, remembers his Sting-Ray with fondness. "It was bronze...Coppertone" in advertising fliers. The Schwinn Sting-Ray, aimed at kids in the 8-12 age...
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Sting Ray is perhaps the most coveted 'Vette
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...year for the legendary Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray was 1967. By then, it had become...many Corvette fans think the 1963-67 Sting Ray is the most desirable Corvette ever...collectors, the bulky, radically restyled Sting Ray successor had too many bugs to be introduced...
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 "Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen)")
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Bee stings alternative treatment method.
Newspaper article from: Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen); 11/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...conclusion that bee stings is a new and distinctive...ailing body parts to sting them into recovery...was treated with bee stings and is now feeling...are conducted on bee stings, while Israel has the biggest bee sting clinic in the world...
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Think Sting-Ray on steroids
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 4/25/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Sting-Ray Apple Krates were a popular bicycle in 1969. About 70 percent of all bikes sold in America back then were Sting-Rays or Sting-Ray knock-offs.(PHOTO - Color) (PHOTOS COURTESY...
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Bee stings: sometimes more than just a pain.
Newspaper article from: Pediatrics for Parents; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...reaction to such a sting. In fact, more...effects of insect stings and bites than from...determine how serious the sting may be. If, for...downright painful. Stings close to the eye...subjected to multiple stings. This increases...threatened by only one sting. The symptoms of...
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Sting's Mack Attack; The Singer-Actor Takes On `The Three Penny Opera'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/14/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...Three Penny Opera" were imperiled when Sting was cast as the rogue Macheath. The instructions...not the least sense of humor. ..." Sting does not seem fond of any implied comparison...azure eyes pierce softly, and at midday, Sting looks and sounds tired, not surprising...
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 "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)")
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A Sting in the tale of my life.(News)
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 4/2/2005; 700+ words
; ...getting the boiler fixed. Yet somehow Sting and Jim Berryman enjoy a friendship which...West End. They met way back in 1964 when Sting was plain old Gordon Sumner, from Wallsend...gang of mates. After six months, Jim and Sting were moved into the same form and the friendship...
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Sting speaks to students at U. Wisconsin
News Wire article from: University Wire; 4/18/2005; ; 645 words
; ...did not mind a bit Friday as rock star Sting visited Helen C. White Hall to field questions...concert at the Kohl Center Friday night, Sting, a former teacher, said he met with the...I suppose, a way of reconnecting," Sting said. "The more famous you are [and...
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Sting
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
STING Born: Gordon Matthew Sumner; Newcastle...Brand New Day" Singer/songwriter/actor Sting was the singer, bassist, and primary creative...Forging out a solo career has also allowed Sting to focus on his acting aspirations, and...
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Insect Sting Allergy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
Insect sting allergy Definition...experience insect stings every year. For...allergic reactions to stings normally do not occur after the initial sting. A reaction may...30 minutes of the sting. Causes and symptoms...reactions to insect stings result from an overreaction...
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sting
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...she smiled to take the sting out of her words. 2. inf...they were snared in a police sting. • v. ( past...wound or pierce with a sting: he was stung by a jellyfish | [ intr. ] a nettle stings if you brush it lightly...
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Bites and Stings
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Bites and stings Definition A bite is an...that breaks the skin. A sting is a puncture wound made...symptoms of bee and wasp stings include pain , redness...itchiness at the area of the sting. Multiple stings can have much more severe...
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bites and stings
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
bites and stings see first aid .
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