The third degree of Freemasonry and the rigorous procedures to advance to that level. The term may have been coined by nineteenth century New York City Police detective Thomas F. Byrnes, perhaps as a pun on his name, as in third degree burns. The Knights of Columbus have a third degree ceremony which is required to advance to that level, seen as rigorous.
The bugle developed from early musical or communication instruments made of animal horns, with the word bugle itself coming from buculus, Latin for bullock (castrated bull).
T. cruzi, the trypanosome of most human importance, is a typical Stercorarian trypanosome and utilises the triatomid âkissing bugâ as its vector among others. Disease in dogs may also occur. T. theileri infects cattle and is transmitted by tabanid flies, stable flies, ticks and mosquitoes.