(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.
Octopus
Definition:
(n.) A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,
Example Sentences:
(1) The chromophore of octopus rhodopsin is 11-cis retinal, linked via a protonated Schiff base to the protein backbone.
(2) To order your main course (from £7.50), squeeze through the tightly packed tables to the kitchen and select whatever catches your eye from an array of dishes that includes roast lamb, salmon with seafood risotto, stuffed cabbage, and sublime stuffed squid (£14), which comes with tomato rice studded with succulent octopus.
(3) Lens crystallins were isolated from cephalopods, octopus and squid.
(4) Thus, these alternatives are acceptable as the octopuses end their exponential growth phase at an age of 3 - 5 months.
(5) Treatment of cells with 2,4-D (2.5 mM) or 2,4,5-T (1.25 mM) for 20 h resulted in severe MT aggregation and the appearance of large bundles, which were organized in a rope-like structure in the former and a dramatic octopus-like pattern in the latter.
(6) Anatomical components of afferent innervation in the rim of the octopus sucker are described.
(7) I have reported the development of characteristic clinical and histologic lesions of granuloma annulare at the site of an octopus bite, with early signs following the bite by two weeks.
(8) The first thing she made me was an octopus, which I used in a picture of a fisherman.
(9) Experts say there are other arms of the federal octopus that could be squeezed in a bid to thwart Obama’s deferred action schemes, but even that would not affect the directive that tells immigration officials to focus on deporting “felons, not families”.
(10) Somata types of neurons in category III could not be identified morphologically, but somata were located in caudal parts of the posteroventral cochlear nucleus that correspond to the octopus cell area.
(11) The length of examination (which varies with the programs used as far as the Octopus is concerned, and with the patient's reaction time) is usually long with the Octopus and the Friedmann, but short with the Baylor.
(12) A temporary lowering of body temperature by means of cold drinks, tried on a group of 18 patients with acute optic neuritis, led in 14 cases to a significant improvement in the 30 degree visual field, which the authors tested with the Octopus 201 automatic perimeter.
(13) Peptides belonging to the tachykinin family have been isolated from molluscan (Octopus) salivary glands and from insect nervous tissue (Locusta migratoria).
(14) The C-terminal domain, Od-1, of the 7-domain subunit of Octopus dofleini hemocyanin has been prepared by partial trypsinolysis followed by ion-exchange chromatography.
(15) But it was sociable, too – Roberto organised a barbecue (with steaks from his cattle-farmer friend) and a fish supper (with octopus stew from his fisherman friend).
(16) Visual acuity, IOP, Visual field (Octopus program G1), Arterial pressure, Plasma viscosity have been recorded at 0, 12 and 24 weeks.
(17) One of the sharing plates at Polpo in London sees moscardini (aka baby octopus) cooked for 10 minutes in stock, left to cool and then marinated for 24 hours in a powerful mixture of olive oil, red-wine vinegar, fennel seeds, shallots, fresh oregano, garlic and finely sliced chilli.
(18) ID7720613 Restaurante da Praia, Praia da Arrifana, Algarve Stewed octopus with sweet potato is the speciality at this restaurant, which sits alone at the bottom of the steep access road that winds down to one of Portugal’s most beautiful and geologically interesting beaches.
(19) The authors prefer to follow up campimetric evolution of glaucomatous patients with the Octopus because it offers more sensibility and precision in quantifying losses.
(20) The visual field in 30 degrees was measured by an automated perimeter Octopus.