sickle
镰刀,镰鼬,镰状物,鎌仓
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Definitions
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- : an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
- : Astronomy. a group of stars in the constellation Leo, likened to this implement in formation.
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When the red hammer and sickle banner was pulled from the Kremlin ramparts a final time 30 years ago, obituaries for socialism were written by the hundreds.
Corded mowers are the simplest lawn mowers besides a fly-wheel push mower or sickle and are always ready to slice up some grass.
In one trial for sickle cell anemia, doctors remove cells from the body, edit them in a dish, and then infuse them back into the patient.
In addition to his clogged arteries, the examination showed, he had sickle cell trait, high blood pressure and a small tumor in his abdomen, none of which was involved in his death, according to the experts and the autopsies.
The more active I became, it seemed as though the more infrequent my sickle cell pain crises became.
The periodic agony that accompanies sickle cell was joined by the torment of persistent eye infections and repeated surgeries.
The communist part is no joke, either—his business card features a Soviet-style hammer and sickle in red.
France's Communist party has undergone a revolution and dropped the hammer and sickle from its membership cards.
But there was a twist—the hammer and sickle through the “c” in “Obama Care.”
Search online for “Obama” and “communist” or “hammer and sickle” and hundreds of images pop up.
Then Morfed lifted his arm and began to sing softly, swinging the in time to the song, with his eyes on us.