flypaper in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Translations for flypaper in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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The leaves are considered active flypaper traps that respond to captured prey by bending to surround it.
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Later research found that not all non-matching grants are perceived by the community which would therefore support the flypaper effect.
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Flypaper is not reused, but is replaced when it loses effectiveness.
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Flypaper loses its effectiveness over time when it dries up or becomes covered with dust, and it should be replaced regularly.
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It has been suggested that the pitchers of this species function not only as pitfall traps but also as flypaper traps.
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No flypaper can hold him and no insecticide can stop him.
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Finally, a thing that snared me like a captive on flypaper.
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Historically, metallic arsenic (a well-known toxin to humans) was used in flypaper.
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The pitchers of this species appear to function at least in part as flypaper traps, with the sticky inner walls trapping flying insects above the surface of the fluid.
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Meanwhile, sundews are active flypaper traps whose leaves undergo rapid acid growth, which is an expansion of individual cells as opposed to cell division.
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