(n.) A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.
(n.) Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
(n.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.
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Siluroid
Definition:
(n.) Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of fishes including numerous species, among which are the American catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of the Old World, as the sheatfish (Silurus glanis) of Europe.
(n.) A siluroid fish.
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(1) Nonvisual inputs appear to be considerably involved in the maintenance of the main neuron types in the siluroid tectum.
(2) In order to test physiologically for cerebrotectal connections in a fish, averaged evoked potentials and unit responses were recorded from the optic tectum following electrical stimulation applied to the telencephalon in the siluroid teleost Ictalurus nebulosus.
(3) The cytoarchitecture of the tectum mesencephali in the siluroid teleosts Bagrus and Ictalurus was studied by means of the Golgi method.
(4) The responses of cerebellar units following electrical stimulation applied to the area dorsalis centralis (Dc) of the telencephalon were studied in the siluroid teleost Ictalurus nebulosus.
(5) Semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase activity was found in five tissues of the siluroid catfish, Parasilurus asotus, using benzylamine as substrate.
(6) Funcitonal morphology including origin, insertion, innervation and action of the respiratory muscles in relation to the respiratory pumps and the movement of barbels and gill filaments have been studied in a fresh-water air-breathing siluroid fish, Clarias batrachus (Linn.).
(7) In the present study an attempt has been made to investigate the changes in different blood parameters in two siluroid fishes, Heteropneustes (H.) fossilis.
(8) Vitamin A-deficient diet affected the body weight or growth of Heteropneustes fossilis, a freshwater siluroid rich in 3-4,dehydroretinol.
(9) The sympathomimetic amines tested, including those of alpha and beta type, were all ineffective in arousing melanosome aggregation within dermal and epidermal melanophores of the siluroid catfish, Parasilurus asotus.
(10) Functional morphology including the origin, insertion, and innervation of the respiratory muscles in relation to buccal pressure pump and opercular suction pumps in a fresh-water bottom dwelling siluroid fish, Bagarius bagarius have been studied.
(11) For example, the pyramidal neuron's apical dendritic tree, which receives the excitatory input from the marginal fibers, is as well developed in siluroids as in highly visual teleosts.
(12) Respiratory muscles involved in gill ventilation (= irrigation) of an amphibious siluroid fish, Clarias batrachus (Linn.)
(13) Polyamine oxidase (PAO) activity was found in the brain, intestine, kidney and liver of the siluroid catfish using N1-acetylspermine as substrate.