crop duster

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Englisch - Englisch
Usually, an aircraft used for dusting or spraying large acreages with pesticides, though other types of dusters are also employed. Aerial spraying and dusting permit prompt coverage of large areas at the moment when application of pesticide is most effective and avoid the need for wheeled vehicles that might damage crops. The technique was greatly improved in the 1960s with the development of ultra-low-volume applicators, in which concentrated pesticides are distributed in extremely small amounts. See also spraying and dusting
airplane which sprays crops with pesticides
cropduster
An aircraft that carries out crop-dusting
crop duster

    Silbentrennung

    crop dust·er

    Türkische aussprache

    kräp dʌstır

    Aussprache

    /ˈkräp ˈdəstər/ /ˈkrɑːp ˈdʌstɜr/

    Etymologie

    [ 'kräp ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, craw, head of a plant, yield of a field, from Old English cropp craw, head of a plant; akin to Old High German kropf goiter, craw.
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