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textile

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

(Science: zoology) Textile cone, a beautiful cone shell (conus textilis) in which the colours are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.

Origin: L. Textilis, fr. Texere to weave: cf. F. Textile. See Text.


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Re: Original inhabitants of China?

... and generally long, curly and braided. It is not known whether their hair has been bleached by internment in salt. Their costumes, and especially textiles, may indicate a common origin with Indo-European Neolithic clothing techniques or a common low-level textile technology

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by sykierj
Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:15 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Original inhabitants of China?
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help i.d a gastropod

... not one of the Cone shell species the Conidae family have rounded "unkeeled" shells, although it has very similar markings to the Textile cone (Conus textile) it could easy be mistaken for one, I do not know what it is but i have definitely seen them before here in Australia, gl ...

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by vk4vfx
Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:16 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: help i.d a gastropod
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The Fiber Disease

... out of Roswell, N.M., or “The X-Files.” But a brand-new, tiny fiber dubbed the “alien nanofiber,” co-invented by a North Carolina State University textiles professor and a chemical engineering professor from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, has the potential to become a big deterrent to ...

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by London
Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:31 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... insect host. The bacterium could explain the bizarre formation of fibers and other amorphisms in the skin of the host. Obviously the clothing or textile (raw cotton or processed cloth) is not being sanitized and getting into garments which are distributed through our country (USA). In Columbia, ...

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by Neva Borden
Sun Dec 03, 2006 1:13 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

yo barz , ppy1818 thanx for the props .... hang in SKy your eye sight is great.. as evil as it may seem the US textile industry has had the lead in the delivery of the contaminant ... as for the agro bacteria i m begining to postulate that the agent remain stealth untill activation ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:54 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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