What's the difference between beak and roller?

Beak


Definition:

  • (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.

Roller


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.
  • (n.) A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.
  • (n.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
  • (n.) A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel.
  • (n.) A cylinder coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them.
  • (n.) A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man.
  • (n.) A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
  • (n.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.
  • (n.) Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight.
  • (n.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They stayed in suites usually reserved for high-rollers.
  • (2) The Atlantic rollers aren't huge here but they are consistent.
  • (3) A servo controlled transapical LV to aortic bypass system employing a roller pump was evaluated.
  • (4) Afternoon Delights doesn't have anything approaching a mission statement – it's just two middle-aged men arsing about, frankly – but its gleeful anarchism can be riotously funny: witness the pair as free runners, declaring "war against the urban environment", or their magnificently coiffed Rock'n'Rollers, with the aid of subtitles, showing off their moves on the streets of Ashford, Kent.
  • (5) The patient is allowed to do functional exercises 24 hours after reduction with the aid of the spring stepping roller, which not only helps dissipate swelling in the early stage but also remold the articular facet.
  • (6) The system includes a membrane oxygenator and a roller pump.
  • (7) Since tobacco is known to be mutagenic and carcinogenic, urinary cotinine was estimated in bidi rollers and control subjects as an index of tobacco-specific exposure while the concentration of urinary thioethers was determined to ascertain exposure to electrophilic moieties.
  • (8) A covalently bonded heparin-coated extracorporeal membrane oxygenation system and a roller pump were used for the bypass.
  • (9) Hyaluronate (HA) distribution patterns were examined in the cranial mesenchyme underlying the mesencephalic neural folds of mouse embryos maintained in roller tube culture.
  • (10) A new pulsatile assist device that converts roller pump flow to pulsatile flow has been developed and proven effective through clinical testing.
  • (11) PMN factor was released from early inflammatory peritoneal exudate cells (98% of PMN) stimulated with kaolin under roller bottle culture conditions.
  • (12) The synthesis and secretion of non-virus-associated gp51 is especially stimulated in the roller culture, and is largely independent of the quality of the culture medium.
  • (13) A simple, inexpensive modification to an existing device is described that enables such an apparatus to be used for the roller-tube technique.
  • (14) This a time when these crucial policies, central to everyone’s lives and the future of the nation, have been on a roller coaster ride through years of political disruption.
  • (15) St Osyth is earthier than this, even though you'll find Rollers parked next to the fanciest caravans.
  • (16) Each subject wheeled his or her personal wheelchair, which was mounted on a set of frictionless rollers with side-mounted flywheels.
  • (17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.40am BST Pirates 5 - Reds 1, top of 7th On a 2-2 count, the crowd are up looking for Liriano's sixth strikeout of the night - they don't get it, but they do get ground ball out number 13 on a roller to third base which then heads over to first and retires the side.
  • (18) Menton may not have Saint-Tropez's party people, Cannes' film stars or Monte Carlo's high rollers, but that's what makes the town so appealing.
  • (19) Culture vessels were constructed by using roller bottles and Pyrex tubing.
  • (20) Beady Eye tracks such as The Roller are, it has to be said, shown up by the former bands' glories, but closing track Bring the Light matches their peaks for sheer verve at least.