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51scour worm — a parasitic worm that causes diarrhea (scours) in ruminants, such as a nematode of one of the genera Cooperia, Nematodirus, Ostertagia, or Trichostrongylus …
52scour and fill — [ geomorphology ] A process of alternate excavation and refilling of a channel, as by a stream or the tides; especially such a process occurring in time of flood, when the discharge and velocity of an aggrading stream are suddenly increased …
53scour channel — A large, groove like erosional feature in a stream bed swept (scoured) by running water, generally leaving a gravel bottom. GG …
54scour the area — survey the area, search the region carefully …
55Jean Pierre Marie Le Scour — (forme de l état civil), plus simplement Jean Pierre Le Scour ou Lescour, est né à Hanvec (Finistère), le 2 mars 1811 et mort le 19 août 1870 à Morlaix. Il signait ses œuvres JPM Lescour en français, et, en breton, I. P. M. ar …
56Tidal scour — is an erosion process which is carried out by the tidal movement of water. Examples of this hydrological process can be found in many areas of the world. Two locations in the United States where tidal scour is the predominant shaping force is the …
57Ice scour — is a geological term for long, narrow ditches in a seabed, created by the collision of fast ice and pack ice. Synonyms include gouging, ice ploughing, ice score, and Ice Gouge. This phenomenon is common along the northern coast of alaska and in… …
58White scour — (engl., spr. ūait ßkaur, »weißer Durchfall«), eine verheerende Infektionskrankheit der Kälber in Irland, seit 1901 von Nocard erforscht. Die Kälber erkranken gleich nach der Geburt an einem unstillbaren Durchfall. Die Exkremente sind weiß und… …
59ice-scour|ing — «YS SKOWR ihng», noun. the action of glacial ice on rock …
60off|scour|ings — «AWF SKOWR ihngz, OF », noun (plural). 1. low, contemptible, or depraved people. 2. Figurative. filth; refuse; rubbish …
