(n.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.
(n.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator
(n.) a form of squeezer for the puddle ball
(n.) a rock breaker
(n.) a kind of job press, called also alligator press.
Example Sentences:
(1) As he has for the past 35 years, that is where Dr Seski intends to focus his energy and attention.” Also on Tuesday, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh said it was reviewing Seski’s donation of two Nile crocodiles and an American alligator to see if he followed international standards published since the donations were made.
(2) Cholecystokinin and bombesin cells previously reported in the small intestine of the alligator were not detected in this study.
(3) As in the case of other reptiles, particularly the alligator, a limited range of peptide-storing cells was found in the gut of the crocodile.
(4) Maximum-parsimony analyses of the total data set of 67 vertebrate alpha A sequences support the monophyletic origin of alligator, tegu, and birds and favor the grouping of crocodilians and birds as surviving sister groups in the subclass Archosauria.
(5) Blood samples from male alligators collected in North and South Carolina, south Florida, and in south Louisiana in two consecutive breeding seasons were also assayed for testosterone and corticosterone.
(6) Plus, my friends in Baltimore are quite happy for me to maintain my record of backing against them only to be proved wrong.... 9.49pm GMT More on the alligators... Paolo Bandini (@Paolo_Bandini) For what it's worth I've actually had alligator a couple of times this week.
(7) Both animals disposed of free or food-derived amino acids more rapidly than could be accounted for by catabolism alone, but the transient increases in turtle plasma concentrations consisted mostly of essential amino acids, whereas the alligator plasma showed little increase in essential amino acids and considerable rises in four nonessential amino acids, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine and alanine.
(8) Occasionally, I have been invited to try exotic meats, ostrich say, or kangaroo or alligator.
(9) The synthesis and presumably the mitochondrial import of glutamine synthetase in alligator liver are thus very similar to the same processes in avian liver.
(10) In four such cases, we were able to remove the IUDs from inside the uterine cavity using a small alligator forceps guided by high-resolution ultrasound.
(11) The architecture of the jaw muscles and their tendons of Alligator mississippiensis is described and their function examined by electromyography.
(12) The auditory (cochlear) ganglion cells of the alligator lizard (Gerrhonotus multicarinatus) give rise to two types of peripheral fibers: tectorial fibers, which contact hair cells covered by a tectorial membrane, and free-standing fibers, which contact hair cells without a tectorial membrane.
(13) In common usage, “myth” is at best the word we use to refer to amusingly preposterous urban legends – tales about albino alligators in the Manhattan sewers or the Holy Grail’s hiding place under the floor of a Paris shopping mall.
(14) In teleostei, amphibians and reptiles (except alligator) spongy myocardium is avascular and receives its nutrition from the ventricle.
(15) One hundred and twenty-three alligators ranging in age from six months to over 10 years were captured from five locations in the southeastern United States and sampled for A. hydrophila.
(16) Cowhide and goatskin are used to make Mulberry goods, as well as ostrich leather and alligator skins.
(17) He might throw in some information on the alligator population of Louisiana or what snakes you are likely to find in the wilds of Panama.
(18) Eight alligators were trained to escape heat by traversing an 8-ft runway containing right or left approaches to a water tank.
(19) We obtained cultures from the mouth of ten alligators to characterize their oral flora.
(20) Wall Street traders impressed with his cut-throat tactics prefer the moniker "swamp alligator".
Penguin
Definition:
(n.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass.
(n.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges.
Example Sentences:
(1) The growth of the subantarctic King penguin chick is distinguished from that of other penguins by its long winter fasting period (from 2 weeks to 3 months).
(2) However, Pearson is understood to have believed an offer from News Corporation to buy Penguin outright would not have been financially viable.
(3) sp., described from wild-caught and laboratory-reared females, males, nymphs, and larvae parasitizing the Humboldt Penguin, Spheniscus humboldti Meyen, is the fifth species of the Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) capensis group to be recognized in the Neotropical Region.
(4) A prominent Mexican journalist and her publisher, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, are being sued in an attempt to force them to remove a bombshell political investigation from the country’s bookstores.
(5) Penguin Random House will be run by Markus Dohle, chairman and chief executive of Random House Worldwide.
(6) Steady-state responses obtained after the 3rd h of immersion in never-immersed (NI) penguins were compared with those of penguins acclimatized to seawater temperature (A).
(7) Four pilots with "extensive experience" in transporting some of the world's most precious cargo, including white rhinos and penguins, were on the flight.
(8) Penguin also reported a massive increase in digital book sales, up 106% year-on-year, with ebooks accounting for 12% of total revenues and 20% in the US market.
(9) It now has 20,000 "movellas" on the site, one of which - a fan fiction story about One Direction - was signed up by Penguin last autumn.
(10) Zookeepers checked in on the penguins on Wednesday afternoon.
(11) Cleveland's dividing lines over race issues come to light under Trump Read more It was revealed this week that, after a bidding war, the 44th president and his wife, Michelle, have signed book deals with Penguin Random House that are thought to be worth $60m.
(12) The ontogeny of thermoregulation and energy metabolism of chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarctica) and gentoo (P. papua) penguins was studied on King George Island, South Shetland Island, Antarctica.
(13) The former Smiths frontman's autobiography, published by Penguin Classics, has been an international bestseller.
(14) While we do expect some significant strength in the top two to three spots in 2015,” he wrote, “we are not convinced that the overall slate is going to drive performance that is significantly better than what we have generally seen over the past four years.” He also fears that the rise in superhero blockbusters is going to lead to disaster for some studios, in the same way that a wider pool of animated films has led to some casualties, with underwhelming receipts for Penguins of Madagascar and Mr Peabody & Sherman most recently.
(15) Total and fractionated proteins were evaluated in the serum of normal penguins.
(16) Measurements were made of the volume and length of portal veins and it appears that the portal venous system is capable of being a more efficient blood reservoir in the penguin than in other species studied.
(17) He believes, also, that if Pearson , Penguin's British owner, is not fully committed to the business, then "actually, it's better off" as a minority part of an enlarged group controlled by Bertelsmann-owned Random House.
(18) Makinson dismissed concerns that creating a global book powerhouse – Penguin Random House will have combined revenues of £2.4bn – will threaten the independent publishers and vibrancy in the book market.
(19) Photograph: Penguin Random House I immediately said yes to Richard when he offered me a seat on SpaceShipTwo.
(20) Barack and Michelle Obama have signed book deals with Penguin Random House , the publisher announced on Tuesday.