As a direct result of this loss the scales shrink slightly, air-pocketsthicklypopulated with mites are formed, and the whole bulb becomes flaccid.
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Country is fairlythicklycovered with trees, but they are leafless at this time of the year.
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Densely contrapuntal, elaborately and oftenthicklyorchestrated, it sounds more like a vertical mass of sound than a purposeful movement in time.
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Halteres with pale stems,thicklycovered with pale scales, the apices with small dark flat scales.
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These arethicklycoated, generally enclosing well-rounded, abraded grains or clasts, and only rarely display signs of stationary growth.
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In some places,thicklybedded, finely laminated siltstones and claystones exhibit preserved rootlets and mottling.
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On the other hand, another unit of the hanging wall is made up of massive tothicklybedded, coarse yellowish sandstone.
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Parallel-sided massive andthicklybedded sandstones (lithic wacke in character) are present as amalgamated beds and generally lack any grading.
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Foraging theory is useful in the study of exchange inthicklytraded impersonal markets.
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Many trunks and branches arethicklycovered in mosses and epiphytes, whilst the bases of trees are usually engulfed within large moss cushions (up to 30 cm deep).
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Her hands were ugly, knotted,thicklyspotted.
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Kings and archbishops are not automatically given starring roles, and his stage instead isthicklythronged with a rich diversity of beings, alive, dead, and even the undead.
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Verythicklyafforested with thin-trunked trees.
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When fully grown it is covered fairlythicklywith dirt, which is of great assistance in the formation of the pupal case, as this is formed of the larval skin.
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There was a massive increase in the number of pen-pushers inthicklycarpeted offices.
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