(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.
Climber
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, climbs
(n.) A plant that climbs.
(n.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot.
(v. i.) To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber.
Example Sentences:
(1) At least 300 foreign climbers and hundreds more Sherpas had been on the mountain, or close to it, when the disaster struck.
(2) His greatest passion on the trek up, apart from finding a 3G signal and playing rap music from a speaker on the back of his pack, was playing Tigers and Goats, a local version of chess, taking on all-comers – climbers, Sherpas, trekkers, random elderly porters passing through the lodges.
(3) Mountaineering officials say nine Nepalese guides have reached the peak of Mount Everest , becoming the first climbers in two years to conquer the world’s highest mountain following two years of disasters.
(4) In animals identified as "non-climbers" using the screening dose of apomorphine, only L-dopa induced a marked climbing response.
(5) Every year about 600 climbers come to Nepal hoping to reach the summit, creating a multimillion-pound industry and bringing problems of overcrowding.
(6) It feels like most people who are climbing Everest are having a film crew follow them.” Sherpa review – peril in the shadow of Everest Read more Since April’s earthquake, the Nepalese government have limited access to permits to experienced climbers, hoping that will address concerns about safety and overcrowding.
(7) Ang Tshering, who headed a government committee to review mountain tourism in Nepal, said the government plans to more strictly monitor climbers to make sure they bring down all their climbing gear, food wrappings and oxygen cylinders.
(8) Hiroki Ogawa, 31, from Japan, and Nicole Sutton, 29, from New Zealand, were part of a group of climbers who reached the summit of Mount Taranaki on Saturday before encountering bad weather on the descent, police said.
(9) Seven climbers (elite climbers, AE) had previously ascended to 8,000 m or more above sea level, and 9 (A) had never achieved such extreme altitude.
(10) All right, Lego, maybe it's not your job to dictate culture and produce female mountain climbers.
(11) This can be a good move,” Ang Tshering said, pointing out that China did not allow climbers below 16 years of age or older than 75 to climb Everest from the northern side.
(12) The three climbers – Ueli Steck from Switzerland, Italy's Simone Moro and British alpinist Jon Griffith – had been moving without ropes more than 7,000m (23,000ft) up the mountain's Lhotse face, which leads to the South Col, acclimatising for a later attempt on a new route.
(13) 466 Climbers, mostly recreational: 47 at 2850 m, 128 at 3050 m, 82 at 3650, and 209 at 4559 m.
(14) More than half of the injured climbers had been treated by a physician for their injury.
(15) Nearly 4,000 climbers have reached the top of Everest since the pioneering May 1953 climb, while 240 have lost their lives on its slopes.
(16) Officials said 12 bodies had so far been recovered and ferried to base camp, while a further three injured climbers were being taken to Kathmandu.
(17) An additional eye of one of these climbers had a central retinal vein occlusion with vitreous hemorrhage, which reduced visual acuity to counting fingers.
(18) Romanian climber Alex Gavan, who was in the base camp and survived by running from his tent, posted a desperate appeal on Twitter on Saturday.
(19) It was the most deadly accident on any major mountain for several years, and the fact that it hit Sherpa climbers, not westerners, was not a coincidence.
(20) The National Park Service rescued 27% of the climbers.