(a.) Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
(n.) One of the Amphibia.
Example Sentences:
(1) Measurements of acetylcholine-induced single-channel conductance and null potentials at the amphibian motor end-plate in solutions containing Na, K, Li and Cs ions (Gage & Van Helden, 1979; J. Physiol.
(2) Representative specimens from two classes of Vertebrata Sub-Phyllum, Bufo paracnemis (amphibian) and Gallus domesticus (avian) were made anemic by phenylhydrazine treatment.
(3) The auditory function of the sacculus in amphibians is confirmed and special attention is paid to functional heterogeneity of the receptor epithelium in the saccular maculae.
(4) Both tympanic and nontympanic pathways of sound reception are utilized by anuran amphibians.
(5) Recent interest has focused on endogenous cardiac glycosides, some progesterone derivatives (pregnanes) and the amphibian bufodienolides.
(6) The neotenic urodelan amphibian species model represents actually the only model in which the coexistence of larval (or neonatal) and adult heavy chains is maintained throughout life in adults.
(7) In terms of their chemical structures as well as the potency and efficacy with which they alter acinar cell function, the amphibian peptides plus CCK-OP can be grouped into three pairs: caerulein with CCK-OP, bombesin with litorin, and physalaemin with eledoisin.
(8) The same membrane specialization was noted in a previous study of amphibian myoneural junctions, and it was proposed then that the granular elements represent ACh receptor molecules.
(9) In relation to the human class I enzyme, the amphibian protein has residue identities exactly halfway (68%) between those for the corresponding avian enzyme (74%) and the human class III enzyme (62%), suggesting an origin of the alcohol dehydrogenase classes very early in or close to the evolution of the vertebrate line.
(10) The four hosts (Mollusc -- Crustacean -- Odonat -- Amphibian) are obligatory in the life cycle for it is impossible to infect the Insects directly with the cecariae or the frog (tadpoles as well as adults) with the mesocercariae.
(11) Sections of Rat and Amphibian adrenocortical tissue fixed in a mixture of 1% formaldehyde and 0.25% glutaraldehyde, are incubated in a medium containing namely a 3 beta-hydroxysteroid (substrate), NAD, potassium ferricyanide (hydrogen acceptor) and copper sulfate.
(12) The results confirm observations that different amphibian species react in different ways to activating chemicals.
(13) The role of mitochondria has not yet been conclusively established, but is suggested by several lines of evidence, particularly in amphibian hearts.
(14) The subcellular responses of amphibian adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) and thyrotropic (TSH) pituitary cells to the in vivo administration of ovine corticotropin-releasing factor was investigated.
(15) Using material on the evolution of the fundus of the oral cavity in amphibians, four principles were established for the origin of heterochronia: efficiency of ontogenesis; adaptability of an earlier (than in ancestors) beginning for functioning of traits; loss of the adaptive significance of a trait at a previous stage, but a preservation of it at a subsequent stage; and, a prolongation of the adaptive significance of a trait at later stages.
(16) While it is believed that the effect of ethanol on human renal water homeostasis is indirect, amphibian membrane experiments have demonstrated direct effects albeit at high concentrations.
(17) In the tetraploid amphibian Odontophrynus americanus the selective precipitation of vitellogenin by Mg2+ from plasma treated with ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) or ethylene bis (oxyethylenenitrilo)-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) is a pH-dependent phenomenon.
(18) The early amphibian embryo provides an attractive model for the in vivo analysis of cell interactions with extracellular matrix components.
(19) In this manner, the first terminal structures of three non-mammalian alcohol dehydrogenases were determined, demonstrating the presence of N-terminal acetylation in these piscine, amphibian, and avian enzymes.
(20) There is clearly an MHC in amphibians and birds with many characteristics like the MHC of mammals (a single genetic region encoding polymorphic class I and class II molecules) and evidence for polymorphic class I and class II molecules in reptiles.
Amphibious
Definition:
(a.) Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.
(a.) Pertaining to, adapted for, or connected with, both land and water.
(a.) Of a mixed nature; partaking of two natures.
Example Sentences:
(1) MT" In late April, it became known that the Spanish were planning to hold an amphibious exercise "at a training area about 35 miles west of the Rock", an Ministry of Defence note said.
(2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Amphibious camels returning to Africa’ at Bamba Issa in Forte dei Marmi, 1969.
(3) Amphibious vision is provided by a flattened area within the cornea.
(4) The Marine Air-Ground Task Force stationed there specialises in the exact amphibious operations and integration with air assets which would be necessary to enforce the kind of intervention that Tillerson has called for.
(5) Abu Khattala is currently held aboard the USS New York, an amphibious transport dock, similar to the unwitting trips on US navy ships taken by two earlier terrorist suspects, the Somalian Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame and Abu Khattala's fellow Libyan, Liby.
(6) Research on the transmission of Hemiurid Trematode Halipegus ovocaudatus in experimental and natural conditions demonstrates the following: --the miracidium grows into a sporocyst producing rediae in the Mollusc Planorbis planorbis; -- the cystophorous cercariae become mesocercariae in the hemocoele of Copepodes or finally Ostracodes when swallowed; -- the mesocercariae become matacercariae in the mesenteron of larval Odonates (Zygoptera and Anisoptera) when these larvae swallow the Crustacea; -- the metacercariae become become adults in the Amphibial Rana ridibundal perezi which feeds on dragonflies.
(7) This is the Royal Navy’s description of the vessel : Echo was launched at Appledore in Devon in 2002, and was designed to carry out a wide range of survey work, including support to submarine and amphibious operations, through the collection of oceanographic and bathymetric (analysis of the ocean, its salinity and sound profile) data.
(8) George Little, the Pentagon press secretary, said Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, also known as Ikrima, was the focus of the pre-dawn amphibious assault that was beaten back after a heavy firefight.
(9) Commander Gavin Edward, coordinating the ship’s arrival on the jetty at Taranto, southern Italy, said: “The speed with which the Italian Red Cross, police and government officials have received these survivors has been really impressive and as a result we should be able to set sail later this afternoon.” Inside the towering grey sides of the amphibious warship, the 450 members of the ship’s company were preparing to return to its search and rescue mission.
(10) The number of destroyers and frigates will be cut from 23 to 19 and the navy will loose an amphibious landing vessel.
(11) Most of the work will be carried out from the banks because it is safer, but workers also hope to use an amphibious dredger and could operate from pontoons in the river.
(12) Capable of collecting an array of military hydrographic and oceanographic data, due to her multi-role capability Echo is also equipped to support mine warfare and amphibious operations.
(13) Officials said the USS San Antonio, an amphibious ship with several hundred US Marines on board, had arrived in the region for a different reason but given the current situation it was being kept near the destroyers "as a precaution", the Reuters news agency reported.
(14) The morphology of the ophthalmic cornea in the blenniid fish Coryphoblennius galerita (Teleostei) shows adaptation to the amphibious life.
(15) To rapidly deploy troops as the situation unfolds, mobile deployment capability and amphibious capability are also important."
(16) The morphology of the incomplete cranial remains, however, gives no evidence that Pakicetus was an amphibious intermediate stage.
(17) The navy also secured a new amphibious assault capability.
(18) Using natural openings as routes for penetration probably provides a selective advantage in a host-parasite system in which the target mollusc is amphibious: we presume that the miracidia inside these natural openings are protected against desiccation when the snail leaves the water, and that they can subsequently invade the tissues.
(19) On Wednesday China reportedly sent two amphibious ships equipped with anti-air missiles as further defence.
(20) The navy's fleet of frigates, amphibious vessels, and other surface ships, will also be cut.