(n.) The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Algeria contains approximately 23% (5,500 maximum) of the total number of surviving Barbary macaques in North Africa.
(2) However, the hybrid follicles develop very rapidly after hatching, and laying begins earlier in the hybrid than in Peking and Barbary ducks.
(3) Her fellow tenants at 28 Barbary Lane, Mona Ramsey and Brian Hawkins had surnames drawn from my Southern father's self-published family history.
(4) Of 18 species' erythrocytes tested only sheep, Barbary sheep and Mouflon erythrocytes formed rosettes in similar percentages.
(5) Mary Ann Singleton, a naïve young secretary from Cleveland, Ohio, moves into an apartment on 28 Barbary Lane.
(6) Ouabain-sensitive ATPase in membranes from HK and LK Barbary sheep red cells showed kinetics characteristic of HK and LK membranes of domestic goats and sheep; the ATPase of LK Barbary sheep membranes sensitized with anti-L was stimulated 2-fold due to an alteration in the internal sodium and potassium affinities in favour of sodium.
(7) Handing a newbie the keys to 28 Barbary Lane is one of life's simplest joys – like Mrs Madrigal taping a joint to Mary Ann's door on her first night.
(8) Rank relations of more than 100 juvenile and subadult natal Barbary macaque males were analyzed.
(9) The most important stop on our pilgrimage is Macondray Lane – the inspiration for Barbary Lane.
(10) A case of colitis cystica superficialis is described in a Barbary ape.
(11) Barbari has now been arrested and charged with possessing weapons.
(12) Serologic reactors were found to IBR in 3 Barbery sheep, BT in 6 Barbary sheep and 6 mule deer and EHD in 3 Barbary sheep and 4 mule deer.
(13) As hatching the number of left ovary germinal cells of the female hybrid (Anas platyrhynchos x Cairina moschata) is weaker than that of the Peking and Barbary females because the small size of the genital crest limites the number of colonising germinal cells.
(14) Usually described as a cedar forest monkey, the Barbary macaque in effect has colonized a great variety of habitat types.
(15) The anti-human-STH immunserum applied on hypophysis sections of adults males and females Peking (Anas platyrhynchos L.) Barbary (Cairina moschata L.) and Hybrid (from the mating male Peking X female Barbary) ducks, marks orangeophils, oval- or round shaped, PAS negative cells exclusively localized in the caudal lobe of the pars distalis.
(16) Evidence is presented that both Lp and Ll antigens are present on LK Barbary sheep red cells.
(17) Back in the 1950s, during celebrations for schoolchildren graduating, they used to cover up Neptune,” Barbari added.
(18) Concentrations of potassium and iron were measured in blood samples of 15 zoo-living Barbary sheep by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.
(19) Local writer Elisa Barbari had chosen the statue, which shows Neptune naked and holding a trident, to illustrate her Facebook page “Stories, curiosities and views of Bologna.” But the Nettuno picture fell foul of the social media giant’s privacy policies, the Daily Telegraph reported .
(20) They've jazzed it up with a "monkey forest", where you can see 140 Barbary macaques at play, a high ropes course, an adventure playground and a lakeside walk with 15 fairies to spot.
Pirate
Definition:
(n.) A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.
(n.) An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.
(n.) One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.
(v. i.) To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
(v. t.) To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chew on this during the change: TBS notes that the Pirates are 69-17 when they score four or more runs....gulp.
(2) The Pirate Bay is one of the world's longest-running and biggest filesharing sites.
(3) Although unlicensed in the UK, because it uses satellites operated from Luxembourg, not unlike pirate radio, it is allowed to start unchallenged.
(4) Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you’ll marry a music man Ballerina, you must have seen her, dancing in the sand And now she’s in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand For a moment it seemed possible that the person about to get out of the plane was a man of subtle taste and kindness, a man who could appreciate such beauty, who was secure enough in himself to set his arrival in Sacramento to the soundtrack of a 45-year-old song by a gay troubadour.
(5) "They had taken some Iranian and Pakistani hostages so we had to separate them from the pirate suspects," said Lieutenant Commander Claus Krum, a veteran of five piracy missions.
(6) The Edinburgh-born actor Lindsay Duncan, 58, who played Baroness Thatcher in a recent BBC TV film, was appointed a CBE, as was Welsh-born Jonathan Pryce, 62, who has recently appeared in the Pirates Of The Caribbean films.
(7) 10.35pm BST Cardinals 2 - Pirates 1, top of the 9th Freese grounds out to Pedro Alvarez at third, who makes quick work of it to get it to third before Freese reaches.
(8) Although it's not nearly as surprising as the Pittsburgh Pirates fighting toward the playoffs after 20 years of losing seasons , or the Kansas City Royals playing meaningful, September baseball for the first time in over a decade , but since stealing manager John Farrell away from the Toronto Blue Jays, the Red Sox have established themselves as the best team in the American League despite preseason predictions dooming them to repeat as the worst.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.40am BST Pirates 5 - Reds 1, top of 7th On a 2-2 count, the crowd are up looking for Liriano's sixth strikeout of the night - they don't get it, but they do get ground ball out number 13 on a roller to third base which then heads over to first and retires the side.
(10) Mr Justice Arnold said in a written judgment: "In my judgment, the operators of [The Pirate Bay] do authorise its users' infringing acts of copying and communication to the public.
(11) When still a teenager O'Dwyer set up a website, TVShack, which posted links to pirated material.
(12) According to sources, the international coalition that has been spearheading the fight against the pirates drew up contingency plans in the summer of 2010, and again last year, for what was termed "over the beach" air strikes against Somali camps.
(13) When the Pirates (2-1) beat the St Louis Cardinals (1-2) in game three of the National League Divisional Series on Sunday afternoon, they positioned themselves to finally make a return visit to the NLCS.
(14) That ship has already sailed, carrying more than just pirates.
(15) It is being billed as a reunion for the team behind the multi-billion dollar Pirates of the Caribbean film series – star Johnny Depp , producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski.
(16) The decision follows prolonged behind-the-scenes lobbying by the music and film industries to get Google to demote the search position of sites which they say infringe their copyrights, such as the Pirate Bay.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 10.11pm BST Cardinals 2 - Pirates 0, top of the 8th Justin Wilson strikes out Matt Adams and now here's when things really starting to get interesting as Wacha is six outs away from a postseason no-hitter.
(18) "He is a pirate king of the Sahara," Jon Marks, a specialist in the region at the Chatham House thinktank, said after the gas plant attack.
(19) Another man in a pirate hat covered in voodoo dolls approached the screen, placing a live rooster on the stage as if offering it to the football gods.
(20) For assassination attempts, oil spills, pirates and a hellish inferno outside Waco, Texas – read on.