(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.
Fowler
Definition:
(n.) A sportsman who pursues wild fowl, or takes or kills for food.
Example Sentences:
(1) But in the event, two US writers have made the final round of this year's award: Joshua Ferris and Karen Joy Fowler .
(2) Nor were Fowler and Baker alone in receiving such criticism.
(3) The erythrocyte myosin could function together with tropomyosin on the erythrocyte membrane (Fowler, V.M., and V. Bennett, 1984, J. Biol.
(4) Joshua Ferris's novel about dentistry, virtual identity and the search for meaning is bitingly funny; Karen Joy Fowler draws on studies of chimpanzee behaviour to consider what it is that makes us human.
(5) It seems reasonable to place this malignant tumour in the group of ependymomas; in detail, the definition "embryonic ependymoma"; proposed by Fowler, appears to be the most suitable, because it comprises all morphological and biological features of this rare malignant tumour.
(6) The use of Fowler's central slip release is reported in five patients considered to be failures of closed management in a personal series of 100 consecutive "mallet fingers" seen over a period of 3 years.
(7) Unlike Fowler, the midfielder Morten Wieghorst did deliberately fire a spot kick wide while captaining Denmark against Iran at a Carlsberg Cup match in 2003.
(8) In summary, the use of a soft, flexible sheath allows the patient to safely site up in the Semi-Fowler position post PTCA with significant improvement of discomfort.
(9) Liquor kalii arsenicosi (Fowler's solution) completely blocked the development of anaphylactic bronchospasm and anaphylactic release of the pharmacologically active substances from the guinea pig lungs.
(10) The Fowler Stephens operation and microvascular procedures were compared for the management of 23 intra-abdominal testes in 15 boys, 7 of whom had the prune belly syndrome.
(11) Not since Norman Fowler back in the 1980s has a health secretary stayed in post through an election.
(12) Practice rounds with Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, DA Points and Tom Watson helped sharpen Fitzpatrick's links game over the week, and a three-ball with Russell Henley and the 19-year-old Jordan Spieth for the first two rounds helped him settle into the Open routine and, in the case of Henley, even saved him a shot.
(13) Based on Chrisman and Fowler's Systems-in-Change Model, physical function, social function, and emotional function were assessed via the McMaster Health Index Questionnaire and the Cantril Self-Anchoring Scale during participation in cardiac rehabilitation.
(14) In his new book The War on Journalism: Media Moguls, Whistleblowers and the Price of Freedom , ex-ABC journalist Andrew Fowler drops a bombshell.
(15) "He made his country the darling of aid agencies and thinktanks alike," Fowler said.
(16) It was Fowler’s FCC that in approving his acquisition of local TV stations allowed Murdoch to form his fourth major network: Fox.
(17) Anatomical deadspace was determined according to the equal area method (Fowler) using carbon dioxide as a tracer gas.
(18) Searching for some kind of vestibular recruitment that might be similar to the audiological recruitment as defined by Fowler, a caloric test was done at 44 degrees, 33 degrees, 30 degrees, 26 degrees, 17 degrees.
(19) Photograph: Christopher Fowler for the Guardian The mood was by no means confined to the midwest, or to Trump supporters.
(20) Stein and Fowler have proposed that poor binocular control of vergence eye movements is responsible for reading problems in a subset of dyslexic children, and that this subgroup is characterised by unstable performance on Dunlop's reference eye test.