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Dropper

One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.

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Pipette 76% connected

A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantitie…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drop 74% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Drop 74% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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