(n.) Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
(n.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
(n.) Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
(n.) Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
(v. i.) To catch or shoot birds.
(v. i.) Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
Example Sentences:
(1) The birds were maintained at a constant temperature in, dim green light.
(2) Unlike most birds of prey, which are territorial and fight each other over nesting and hunting grounds, the hen harrier nests close to other harriers.
(3) No vaccination reactions were noted, although most birds involved in the trials were carrying Mycoplasma spp.
(4) Precipitating antibodies were found in both lines; they first appeared 7 days after inoculation in P-line birds and 14 days after inoculation in N-line birds, but thereafter there was no difference between the two genetic lines.
(5) The results indicate that, regardless of the photoperiod, no clear functional relationship can be found between the avian pineal gland and thyroid function, although a transitory increase in T4 levels was seen in both pinealectomized and sham-operated birds shortly after the operations.
(6) Differences between parental and nonparental birds in VIP profiles were detected in the ventral portion of the infundibular region.
(7) The enterococcal population of the 'dosed' birds contained a greater proportion of Enterococcus faecium than did that of the control birds while the converse was true for Ent.
(8) Somewhat surprisingly then, in view of the mechanisms in mammals, birds do not seem to use this seasonal message in the photoperiodic control of reproduction.
(9) After 32 days of feeding, body weight, liver weight and egg production decreased in birds fed lead while kidney weights increased.
(10) Phyla as diverse as insects, birds, and mammals possess distinct HRAS and KRAS sequences, suggesting that these genes are essential to metazoa.
(11) Changes in brain size are compared with observations found in other domesticated birds.
(12) The presence in lamprey kidney of a loop which is similar to Henle's loop in mammals and birds indicates that the development of the system of osmotic concentration conditioned by the formation in the kidney of the medulla and from a sharp increase in renal arterial blood supply.
(13) We simply do whatever nature needs and will work with anyone that wants to help wildlife.” His views might come as a surprise to some of the RSPB’s 1.1 million members, who would have been persuaded by its original pledge “to discourage the wanton destruction of birds”; they would equally have been a surprise to the RSPB’s detractors in the shooting world.
(14) Water restriction of HYD birds for 5 days as adults stimulated tubule hypertrophy but not to the same extent as the chronic regimen and with no evidence for hyperplasia.
(15) Thus, the possibility exists that androgen secretion in some chelonian systems may exhibit a high degree of LH specificity like that of mammals and birds.
(16) 1 After the injection of labelled procaine and lidocaine in mice, the location and concentration of radioactivity was demonstrated by autoradiographical methods.2 An accumulation in some endocrine cells such as the pancreatic islets, the hypophysis, the adrenal medulla and certain cells of the thyroid (probably representing the calcitonin-producing parafollicular cells) was shown.3 After the injection of [(14)C]-procaine in chicks, an accumulation of radioactivity was observed in the ultimobranchial gland (which produces calcitonin in birds), but not in the thyroid.4 Radioactivity was also shown to be strongly concentrated in structures containing melanin, such as the pigment of the eye, skin and hair and in some organs involved in the metabolism and excretion of these drugs.
(17) Respiration frequency increased during exposure to 35 (four birds) and 40 degrees C (six birds) in the normally hydrated quail, while in the dehydrated quail, respiration frequency increased only in three birds during exposure to 35 degrees C, and four birds during exposure to 40 degrees C, the frequencies were lower during dehydration.
(18) A man in New Zealand suggested that they need to rid the country of cats to protect their native birds.
(19) Birds showed evidence of increased tolerance, with age, to phenylpropanolamine but not to monensin.
(20) Again, changes in birds fed CTN + OA for 7 days were similar but milder.
Bord
Definition:
(n.) A board; a table.
(n.) The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures.
(n.) See Bourd.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was found that the cultured amniotic fluid cells was the most reliable material for the prenatal diagnosis of Tay-Sachs disease, because the values of hexoxaminidase A in the cultured cells were well in accord with those in serum from the consequently bord children.
(2) Advertisement feature: The CEO of Bord Bia on Ireland’s journey towards a sustainable food system The food hub is funded by The Irish Food Board.
(3) In both patients, left coronary arteries presented eccentric lesions with irregular bordes and intraluminal lucencies.
(4) During the outbreak reported, it was noted that only young pups were clinically affected and it is suggested that Bord.
(5) For cocktails and a taste of the local party scene, stop by Au Bord de L’Eau .
(6) Nine hundred and seventy-seven strains of Bordetella pertussis and 6 strains of Bord.
(7) Besides these, herpes simplex, measles, influenza A2, influenza B, mumps, poliovirus and respiratory syncytial virus were detected.Bordetella pertussis was isolated from 22% of the cases.It appears that a pertussis-like syndrome can be caused by many agents besides Bord.
(8) Clifford has spent the past 45 years poised somewhere between glamour and guttersnipery as the country's leading and most renowned publicist; he has represented Pamella Bordes, Simon Cowell, Mohamed Al Fayed and Steve McClaren among many, and he seems to have approached cancer in much the same way as he might approach a public relations conundrum: "It was trying to make the best of a bad situation," he says at one point.
(9) There seems to be a need for methodological studies on the antibiotic susceptibility of Bord.
(11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cocktail o’clock at Au Bord de l’Eau.
(12) He represented MP David Mellor's mistress, Antonia de Sancha, former Miss India and society escort Pamella Bordes, and Imogen Thomas, briefly famous for her alleged affair with footballer Ryan Giggs.
(14) They conceded possession at a ruck on France’s 10-metre line and Sébastien Tillous-Borde found himself with the prop Dan Cole for company on his 60-metre run to the line before the wing Noa Nakaitaci had a run-in which he nearly blew by going too close to the posts and being pushed out of play by Youngs.
(15) Anglo: the Musical, opening at Dublin's Bord Gáis theatre next week, recounts through songs and drama how the Anglo Irish Bank fuelled the property boom and then collapsed, costing the Irish taxpayer up to €30bn to date.
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