(n.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.
(n.) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.
(n.) Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.
Example Sentences:
(1) Renewal of taste bud cells on the barbels of channel catfish was studied.
(2) On the other, a barbell bearing the weight ‘400’, his gold-winning personal best from the previous year’s state championship for Indiana’s Special Olympics.
(3) Using HRP, the relation between the barbels and specific ganglion regions was determined.
(4) The distribution of substance P-like (SP) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like (VIP) structures was studied using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique in the mediterranean barbel Barbus meridionalis and in the rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri.
(5) Isometric tests were performed on both the right and left forearm flexors and during forearm flexion with a barbell: the tests were continued for a 3-week post-experimental period.
(6) The taste neurons in the barbel and lip areas of the facial lobe showed variable responsiveness to chemical solutions, but those in other areas belonged generally to types I or II and did not respond to sucrose.
(7) The rostrocaudal dimensions of each of the barbel lobules correlate well with the relative lengths of the barbels.
(8) The three more medial lobules in the FL receive input (from medial to lateral) from the medial mandibular barbel, the lateral mandibular barbel, and the maxillary barbel, respectively.
(9) Ten male university student volunteers were selected to investigate the 3D articular force at the tibio-femoral joint during a half squat exercise, as affected by cadence, different barbell loads, and fatigue.
(10) The results show that fibers of these two cranial sensory nerves supplying the mandibular barbels converge centrally on the medial portion of the FL, indicating that the FL of the Japanese sea catfish is a highly differentiated center for both gustation and somatosensation.
(11) External taste buds abound on barbels of the adult catfish Corydoras arcuatus.
(12) The bile salts, chloride, sodium, potassium and nitrogen content of the gallbladder bile was studied in goat, sheep, cattle, pig, rabbit, dog, monkey (Erythrocebus patas), chicken, lizard (Lacerta ocellata), frog (Rana esculenta), trout (Salmo gardnieri) and barbel (Barbus barbus).
(13) The two shortest lobules, positioned ventral to the face-flank lobule, receive input from the nasal barbel and the pectoral fin, respectively.
(14) The experimental group (n = 12) performed sets of forearm flexion with a barbell until a 20% decline in maximal force was noted.
(15) While the overall histology of the nasal barbel is similar to that of barbels described previously, this study revealed far greater cellular complexity and variability than was previously reported.
(16) The lateral lobule received input only from the dorsal-most part of the ganglion (recurrens nerve: trunk receptors); the intermediate lobule from the rostro-lateral part of the ganglion (nasal barbel); and the medial lobule from the ventral areas of the ganglion (maxillary and mandibular barbels).
(17) Each subject was required to perform a half squat exercise with a barbell weight centered across the shoulders at two different cadences (1 and 2 s intervals) and three different loads (15, 22 and 30% of the one repetition maximum).
(18) The kinematics of the upper body segments of two male and two female subjects as well as the barbell were described using data obtained by means of an optoelectronic system (CoSTEL).
(19) Neurons in rostrodorsal portions of the nIF responded to tactile stimulation or deflection of the ipsilateral barbels, whereas neurons arranged in a dorsoventral direction in caudoventral regions of the nIF had receptive fields on the ipsilateral lips and the oral cavity, respectively.
(20) Although this latter interval corresponded to a phase of barbell deceleration, it appeared that the concomitant enhancement of the back, hip, and knee extensor activity outweighed any adverse effects.
Sturgeon
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the debate, Sturgeon clearly signalled she was open to working with Ed Miliband, at one point saying: “I agree with Ed.” She challenged the Labour leader to join her in seeking an end austerity and said the SNP was his “ally” in trying to roll back a tide of privatisation in the NHS.
(2) Within an hour of his speech, Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish deputy first minister, was making the opposite case at an SNP event in Glasgow.
(3) The SNP can now contend that it is not they who are the reckless parochialists To an extent that is not widely appreciated, Nicola Sturgeon’s decision to go for broke by calling for a fresh plebiscite represents a dramatic shift in her strategy.
(4) But Sturgeon stressed she had not yet made that decision.
(5) They claim 13 Labour candidates received visits from Harriet Harman’s “pink bus” but did not declare this in their local returns, with the cost instead included in the national return; that the Lib Dems used an election battlebus to transport activists to constituencies which was not included in the candidates’ returns; and that the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, “used a helicopter to campaign for SNP candidates in 12 target constituencies – at a cost of £35,000”.
(6) This week a ComRes poll for ITV News focusing on Labour’s 40 Scottish seats found that the SNP had a six-point lead, putting Sturgeon’s party on the brink of winning about 28 new seats and close to becoming the third largest party at Westminster.
(7) MW Sturgeon was the shortest leader on show but, what she lacked in height, she made up for in assertiveness.
(8) Gaby Hinsliff Everyone wants their own Sturgeon now Where do we find a Nicola Sturgeon?
(9) The inoculated and primary cell cultures of fish (carp, salmon, and sturgeon) have been studied.
(10) There have been reports that civil servants were working on a deadline of Christmas this year while Theresa May has indicated that she wants to secure the support of the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, before beginning the exit process.
(11) One proposal was that Sturgeon could resign, sparking a Scottish parliamentary election to seek a mandate, but her advisers say she already has a mandate.
(12) Fragments that consisted mainly of two polysaccharide chains joined by a short polypeptide bridge (doublets) were prepared from chondroitin sulphate-proteins of lamprey, sturgeon, elasmobranch and ox connective tissues after hydrolysis with trypsin and chymotrypsin.
(13) Nicola Sturgeon’s hopes of gaining support for her bid to keep Scotland in the European Union despite the UK’s vote to leave have been dealt a blow after the Spanish prime minister warned: “If the United Kingdom leaves … Scotland leaves.” Brexit explained: Corbyn Speaking in Brussels, where the Scottish first minister held a series of meetings to lobby for Scotland , Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European commission, said that although he would gladly hear Sturgeon’s case, he was not in a position to enter into talks on Scotland’s future separately from the UK.
(14) Claiming that Labour and Lib Dem plans to shift some but not all tax powers to Edinburgh were "demonstrably inadequate" to meet Scotland's needs, Sturgeon told an audience of businesspeople in Glasgow on Monday: "The no campaign has no plan.
(15) Meanwhile, their portrayal of Red Ed as a rabid lefty has been utterly blindsided, because Sturgeon has taken every opportunity to emphasise that she doesn’t think Miliband is very lefty at all.
(16) With seven senior cabinet ministers now endorsing Sturgeon and none objecting, Russell told the Guardian Sturgeon was unequivocally the strongest and most popular candidate: "I'm absolutely certain she's the best candidate; I can't conceive of another one better qualified or more experienced, or more trusted by the party."
(17) In an interview with the BBC’s political editor Nick Robinson, the first minister said: “If there was a vote in the House of Commons to repeal the privatisation of the health service that has been seen in England, we would vote for that because that would help to protect Scotland’s budget.” The intervention by Sturgeon is designed to answer the central Labour warning to voters in Scotland: that a vote for the SNP could end up helping the Tories by diminishing Labour.
(18) Prof David Bell, an economist with the University of Stirling and the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said Sturgeon’s decision to reject Osborne’s new £45,000 threshold for the 40p rate would mean the 340,000 Scots earning over £43,000 would pay an effective tax rate of 52p for every pound they earned between £43,000 and £45,000.
(19) I’m happy to see Nicola Sturgeon bringing the constitutional independence referendum back on the table.
(20) Sturgeon’s aide said that while the Scottish government documents referred only DELand did not factor in AME, she said that did not mean that that extra money could not be allocated to welfare budgets.