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Dauer vs Daker - What's the difference?

dauer | daker |

As nouns the difference between dauer and daker

is that dauer is (nematology) a developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit increased durability while daker is (obsolete|legal|uk|scotland) a measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs.

dauer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nematology) A developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit increased durability
  • * {{quote-journal, 2008, December 3, Patrick Narbonne & Richard Roy, title=Caenorhabditis elegans dauers need LKB1/AMPK to ration lipid reserves and ensure long-term survival, journal=Nature
    • , passage=When Caenorhabditis elegans larvae enter dauer they arrest feeding but remain active and motile, yet become stress-resistant, extremely long-lived and non-ageing. }} ----

    daker

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dakir

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, legal, UK, Scotland) A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs.
  • * 1866: The dicker, or daker, was ten, and is found, though generally at later times than the period before us, as a measure for hides and gloves. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 171.
    • (Burrill)

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