(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".
Pomeranian
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
Example Sentences:
(1) Queen Victoria, on her deathbed, asked for the company of her Pomeranian, Turi, who stayed with her in her final moments.
(2) Miniature and Toy Poodles, Pomeranians, and Shetland Sheepdogs were identified as being at high risk for PDA.
(3) Both groups of Pomeranians had normal results of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and thyrotropin (TSH) response, adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) stimulation, and dexamethasone suppression testing.
(4) The puppy was a Pomeranian and was kept in the house at all times.
(5) Post-ACTH administration serum progesterone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, and androgen (dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate or androstenedione) concentrations were consistently high in unaffected and affected Pomeranians, compared with values in control dogs.
(6) An analysis of the clinical course of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed in medical personal of the Western Pomeranian macroregion in the years 1978-1987 was carried out.
(7) The investigations which have proceeded for some years in clothing plants of the Western Pomeranian region with the aim of finding out pathological changes involving female machine operators' genital organs, have revealed a number of unfavourable phenomena, mainly, psychoneurotic changes in the initial phase and pelvic congestion syndrome (pcs), as described by Taylor, in a later phase.
(8) There was no significant increase in serum GH concentration in either group of Pomeranians after xylazine or human GH-releasing factor (GHRF) administration, whereas control dogs had significant (P less than or equal to 0.05) increase in serum GH concentration after administration of either agent.
(9) The study material comprised DNA isolated from fragments of lymph nodes sent for routine diagnostic examinations at the Institute of Pathology--Pomeranian Medical Academy.
(10) A 4-month-old Pomeranian pup was examined because of anorexia, salivation, and persistent vomiting.
(11) The diagnostic methods applied in the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Pomeranian Medical Academy used for preliminary diagnosis of salivary gland tumours and tumour-like lesions are described.
(12) If we had access to the Siegels' billions who's to say we wouldn't be sitting on golden thrones too, roaring about our net asset doodahs and demanding a fleet of pissed-off pomeranians for our indoor roller rink?
(13) Skin biopsy specimens from the affected Pomeranians had decreased-to-normal epidermal thickness and follicular atrophy, compared with normal-coated Pomeranians.
(14) Among 52 patients with chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis, observed for many years in the Department of Infectious Diseases of Pomeranian Medical Academy, retrospectively diagnosed towards HCV infection, 45 proved to be anti-HCV positive.
(15) The authors carried out analysis of 6 cycles of studies accomplished by students of stomatology at the Pomeranian Medical Academy over the period of 10 years.
(16) In 1979-1987, 570 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (226 female and 344 male patients) were treated at the Department of Hematology of the Pomeranian Medical Academy and hematological outpatient clinic.
(17) All Pomeranians were clinically normal; however, the Pomeranians with GH-responsive dermatosis had bilateral alopecia and hyperpigmentation of the trunk, caudal portion of the thighs, and ventral neck region.
(18) The surgery was carried out in the years 1971 to 1989 in the ENT Clinic of Pomeranian Medical Academy in Szczecin.
(19) Clinical status, skin biopsy specimens, and endocrine function were evaluated in normal-coated Pomeranians (n = 12) and Pomeranians affected with growth hormone (GH)-responsive dermatosis (n = 7), then were compared with values in mixed-breed dog controls (n = 19).
(20) Numerous elastin fibers were observed in the skin biopsy specimens of unaffected and affected Pomeranians.