What's the difference between barbet and dog?

Barbet


Definition:

  • (n.) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
  • (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa.
  • (n.) A larva that feeds on aphides.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To dissect mechanisms of caprine arthritis-encephalitis lentivirus-induced arthritis, an undefined immunodominant viral glycoprotein, gp90 (G. C. Johnson, A. F. Barbet, P. Klevjer-Anderson, and T. C. McGuire, Infect.
  • (2) Steve Barbet, the police spokesman for the local prefect in Calais, said: “We do not use teargas without a good reason and use of teargas has to be authorised and it is only authorised when it is necessary.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest London calling?
  • (3) n. is described from 13 specimens collected from the thoracic air sacs of a D'Arnaud's barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii) originating in the Lake Baringo area of Kenya and which died in captivity in Canada.
  • (4) These two VSGs, WaTat 1.1 and WaTat 1.12 have been shown to possess cross-reactive surface-exposed antigenic determinants [Barbet et al., Nature 300, 53-57 (1982)] and similar N-terminal amino acid sequences [Olafson et al., Molec.
  • (5) The ethidium and the acridine chromophore were introduced in such bifunctional intercalators in order to allow the fluorometric study of the interaction of such molecules with DNA, which is reported in the companion paper (Gaugain, B., Barbet, J., Capelle, N., Roques, B.P., & Le Pecq, J.B.(1978) Biochemistry 17 (following paper in this issue)).
  • (6) Simmons has already occasionally stood in for Chiles on Daybreak, while Barbet has previously worked with incoming Daybreak editor David Kermode.
  • (7) Other names in the running to take over from Chiles include BBC breakfast sports presenter Chris Hollins, ITV News presenter Keir Simmons and Channel 5 News host Matt Barbet.
  • (8) An ethidium homodimer and acridine ethidium heterodimer have been synthesized (Gaugain, B., Barbet, J., Oberlin, R., Roques, B. P., & Le Pecq, J.

Dog


Definition:

  • (n.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).
  • (n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
  • (n.) A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
  • (n.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
  • (n.) An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
  • (n.) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.
  • (n.) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.
  • (n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.
  • (v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
  • (2) The combined immediate and delayed responses to fleas in the dog are as observed by other investigators in man and guinea pigs.
  • (3) In dogs, cibenzoline given i.v., had no effects on the slow response systems, probably because of sympathetic nervous system intervention since the class 4 effects of cibenzoline appeared after beta-adrenoceptor blockade.
  • (4) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
  • (5) Dialysis of dog plasma against an artificial c.s.f.
  • (6) For similar inotropic responses, normo- and hyperkalaemic dogs had similar levels of (Na+, K+)-ATPase inhibition and microsomal-bound digoxin.
  • (7) Complete heart block was produced in 20 of 20 dogs.
  • (8) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
  • (9) All of this in the same tones of weary nonchalance you might use to stop the dog nosing around in the bin.
  • (10) One hundred and twelve dogs, including twenty C3-deficient dogs, were studied over a period of 6 years.
  • (11) From the present results it is concluded that secretion of extrapancreatic glucagon increased in response to arginine infusion in the diabetic state, both alloxan diabetic dogs and one-week post-pancreatectomized dogs.
  • (12) The effect of pO(2) was studied in a further nine dogs.
  • (13) The effects of tachycardia caused by ectopic right or left ventricular stimulation on ventricular recovery potentials were studied in 30 dogs.
  • (14) Stimulation with these electrodes were effective for inducing voiding with little residual volume after the recovery of bladder reflexes, 3 weeks after experimental spinal cord injury in the dog.
  • (15) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
  • (16) Hollywood legend has it that, at the first Academy awards in 1929, Rin Tin Tin the dog won most votes for best actor.
  • (17) Liver bloodflow remained unchanged in AS dogs, but hepatic alanine uptake nearly tripled (p less than 0.01) and hepatic glucose production increased by 60% (p less than 0.05).
  • (18) Affected dogs were from ten breeds and their average age was eight years.
  • (19) Though three of these presumable metabolites could slightly inhibit the binding of [3H]-KW-3049, they were not detected in rat and dog plasma at 0.5 h after oral administration of KW-3049.
  • (20) Temelastine produces these species-specific changes by enhancing thyroxine clearance from the circulation in the rat, but not in the dog or mouse.

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