(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.
Emu
Definition:
(n.) A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Reference is made to possible modes of financial compensation in the context of mVGE or EmU procedures.
(2) The absence of a credible vision of a reformed EMU and financial 'firewall' has rendered Spain and other so-called peripheral nations vulnerable to capital flight and undercut their access to affordable fiscal funding."
(3) The rest of the week he drives to other city centres and commercial sites, with Emu sitting on a perch in a large wooden box in the back of the van.
(4) An assessment has been undertaken of potential doses to future aboriginal inhabitants of the Maralinga and Emu areas of South Australia, where nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s and 1960s have resulted in residual radioactive contamination.
(5) The size of the solubilized enzyme varied from r = 6.2 nm in sodium cholate to r = 8.3 nm in Berol EMU-043.
(6) A new type of globular particle, the 'insoluble yolk globule', was isolated from the egg yolk of three avian species (hen, duck, and emu) by centrifugation or gel-filtration chromatography.
(7) Competitive labelling with[14C]acetic anhydride over a range of pH values has been used to explore the surface topography of the apovitellenin I moiety in emu egg yolk low-density lipoprotein.
(8) Repeated examinations of EMU smears were positive in about 20% of cases.
(9) Emu takes the hint and flies back across the road to handler David Bishop.
(10) A laboratory test of E3G in early morning urine (EMU) from 38 subjects showed that delineating a defined fertile period (day of maximum follicular diameter minus 3 to day plus 2) was possible in 89% of cases.
(11) This value is low when compared with other birds and may be related to the large size of the emu.
(12) For this to be grounded in law, she called for a revision of the EU Treaty as her first choice, but also pointed to the possibility of bilateral contracts (see, EMU's post-crisis institutional landscape is taking shape, 28 November), if EU treaty change could not be achieved in the near term.
(13) We all know that our inclusion in EMU ensures for us greater stability and opens up new horizons," the prime minister, Costas Simitis, said in a televised New Year message.
(14) An out-of-control 4,000-hectare bushfire in the Benloch area on Thursday morning was travelling north and also threatening Pastoria East, Pastoria, Nulla Vale, Baynton and Emu Flat.
(15) We believe that the German commitment to complement EMU with a fiscal union may eventually include joint liability, which would exceed the narrowly defined limits under the ESM.
(16) This protein is analogous to the principal protein from the corresponding lipoprotein of emu's egg yolk, i.e.
(17) As we talk, parents and children on their way to school come up to say hello and ask about Emu.
(18) There's more: Herman Van Rompuy (@euHvR) Leaders agree fundamentals to tackle crisis: financial stability, sound public finances, fight unemployment, long-term reforms #BTTD13 #euro April 22, 2013 Herman Van Rompuy (@euHvR) Banking union crucial: we must keep momentum and overcome financial fragmentation & credit crunch #BTTD13 #euro April 22, 2013 Herman Van Rompuy (@euHvR) We have to fix systemic flaws of EMU architecture.
(19) Multimeric analysis on SDS agarose gels employing 125I-emu anti-human vWF revealed striking homology between human and guinea pig vWF.
(20) Before applying urinary determination of hormonal levels with a chemiluminescence immuno assay (LIA) method in early morning urine (EMU) samples, we had studied the correlation of RIA-LIA procedures with reference to follicular volumes at hCG day and to recovered oocyte maturity; in fact follicular growth and oocyte morphological features are the main parameters to evaluate a successful induced cycle.