(n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.
(n.) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
(n.) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
(n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
(n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
(n.) Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
(n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
(n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
(n.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
(n.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
(n.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
(n.) A magistrate or policeman.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bidrin treatment of quail embryos results in axial anomalies as well as malformations of the beak and the limbs.
(2) Apert-Crouzon syndrome (formerly ACS type 2; 10130) is now considered a subset of autosomal dominant Apert acrocephalosyndactyly type 1 (10120), with features of craniosynostoisis, syndactyly of all extremities, maxillary hypoplasia, "parrot-beaked" nose, hypertelorism, exophthalmos, external strabismus, and short upper lip.
(3) Two experiments were conducted to compare beak treatment effects on pullets of three genetic stocks.
(4) Between June 20 and the end of August, whalers in Wadaura and three other villages will be permitted to catch 66 Baird's beaked whales that, because of their relatively small size, are not covered by the 1986 International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial hunting.
(5) A total of 45 of the 60 birds in the aviary developed pox lesions around the beaks and eyes.
(6) Two cases are reported with the following symptoms: broad thumbs and toes, typical facial abnormalities with beaked nose and hypertelorism.
(7) Strain effects were noted in rate of feed consumption following beak trimming.
(8) The area dorsalis projects 10 degrees-15 degrees below the eye-beak axis where the field is 35 degrees wide.
(9) Retinoid treatment interferes with reciprocal epithelial-mesenchymal interactions in the upper beak.
(10) Primary sensory projection areas, such as the ectostriatum (visual), hyperstriatum intercalatum superius (visual), nucleus basalis (beak representation), the input layer L2 of the auditory field L and the somatosensory area rostral to field L were selectively left unstained.
(11) The beak and legs malformations are prevented by analogs of nicotinamide.
(12) The various components of these muscles are provided with stiff as well as wide aponeuroses and tendons (much stronger than those observed in Columba), indicating forceful opening and closure of the beaks for plucking off the fruit, grasping it hard and manipulating it with the help of the beaks before swallowing.
(13) A cyclical load of 500 N was applied to the handles of the pliers, while a 0.9 mm (0.036 inch) round, stainless steel wire was held between the tips of the beaks.
(14) The evolution of the component was studied after sequencing the component in different odontocetes representing the Delphinidae (delphinids), Monodontidae (narwhals), and Ziphiidae (beaked whales).
(15) Beak trimming affected body weight and feed usage levels for the sexes differently.
(16) Egg quality and size were not influenced by beak trimming treatments.
(17) This study in the chicken investigated whether the integrity of taste buds in the lower beak is normally dependent upon innervation by the chorda tympani.
(18) A low incidence of gross malformations such as twisted limbs, abnormal beak, short neck and everted viscera were observed; however, the increased incidence was not statistically significant when compared to controls.
(19) The value of a combined developmental and functional approach to morphology, i.e., integrated investigation of development of structure and function of the beaks and related jaw musculature, is discussed.
(20) Genetic stock by age and beak treatment by age interactions were present for hen-housed production and egg mass, and the interactions appeared to result primarily from increased mortality from cannibalistic pecking with increased age.
Coronoid
Definition:
(a.) Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna.
Example Sentences:
(1) In one horse, the superior aspect of the right ascending ramus of the lower jaw below the coronoid process revealed a gunshot wound; the other skeletons showed no evidence of trauma.
(2) A patient with the classic signs and symptoms of temporal tendonitis was treated with excisional surgery of the temporal tendon and its respective mandibular coronoid process.
(3) The smaller angle (a) and larger central angle in the dislocation group are a result of a lower coronoid process, but they are also due to the prominent tip of the olecranon.
(4) In estimated body weight and relative height of the coronoid process, the fossil is similar to arboreal quadrupeds, such as Cebus apella and Chiropotes.
(5) In fact, the coronoid process can be vertical or lateral.
(6) We have modified our original technique so that we facilitate transference of the flap by a more anterior transection through the zygomatic arch, we improve the aesthetic reconstruction by use of the transected coronoid process, we produce better function by preventing adhesions and granulation tissue, and we enhance definition of the lingual sulcus by splinting.
(7) The diagnosis of porokeratosis was confirmed with a further biopsy, which demonstrated a coronoid lamella and some underlying basal cell liquefaction.
(8) Bony architectural changes after 27 months included reformation of the coronoid process, angular process, and external oblique ridge; preservation of mandibular length and thickness; and maintenance of the alveolar ridge height.
(9) All patients in the condyle, ramus, coronoid group achieved clinical union without infection.
(10) The various entities of coronoid process osteochondroma, osteoma, exostosis, hypertrophy and developmental anomaly, all producing a similar picture of coronoid process enlargement are discussed.
(11) The thickness of both cortical plates increases in the direction from the coronoid process to the angle of mandible.
(12) The surgical management is emphasized, illustrating the approach to the infratemporal fossa through a wide osteotomy of the coronoid process of the mandible without the need for mandibular split.
(13) The latter may lead to compensatory enlongation and hypertrophy of the coronoid process.
(14) The articular cartilage of the humeral condyle varied in thickness across the joint surface, being thicker on the medial than on the lateral side; it was also thicker at the apex of the medial coronoid process.
(15) This projection has proved useful in demonstrating minimally displaced or nondisplaced fractures of the radial head, capitellum, and coronoid process.
(16) The pinnate structure of the temporal muscle results from the internal tendons, which attach to the coronoid process.
(17) Bilateral hyperplasia of the coronoid processes of the mandible is not frequent and concerns most always males between the ages of 14 and 16.
(18) In the present study, 52 cases of fracture of the coronoid process are presented and analysed and the relevant literature is reviewed.
(19) The labiomandibulotomy with paralingual extension along the floor of the mouth allows rotation of the coronoid process laterally and exposes the infratemporal fossa to its posterior margin.
(20) IGM 183420 presents a number of features of the humerus associated with clinging postural behaviors in living platyrrhines, including a medial epicondyle with very little dorsal angulation, a cylindrical trochlea, and a contact facet for the coronoid process of the ulna.