(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.
Ibis
Definition:
(n.) Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles.
Example Sentences:
(1) Twenty-one of 24 adult male and female cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis ibis) collected in Geneva County, Alabama had numerous white cyst-like structures (1,466 microns X 354 microns) found within the loose connective tissues of the skeletal muscles of the inguinal region, beneath the serosa of the proventriculus and in the heart beneath the epicardium (one adult male bird).
(2) IBI duration decreased with increasing CA, although this trend was not very prominent when very restrictive criteria for measurement of IBI length were used.
(3) The occurrence of epilepsy was 14% in IBI, 15% in ICH, and 35% in SAH.
(4) In aspirin-treated platelets from human plasma, a distinct phase of aggregation induced by epinephrine can be blocked by IBI with KB of 2 x 10(-5) M. This indicates a small but selective alpha 2 related action of IBI.
(5) This indicates a lack of specificity of IBI in differentiating various phases of aggregation.
(6) As soon as it located prey, the ibis's bill snapped shut.
(7) Premier Inn has 72 hotels in Greater London, Travelodge has 67, Holiday Inn 38 and Ibis 24; and all brands continue to expand: a fifth Hub by Premier Inn is set to open on Goodge Street, Fitzrovia, for example; Ibis Styles is opening in west London; while Z hotels is adding Covent Garden and Soho to its collection of listed townhouses in 2018.
(8) A simplified model consisting of random voltage fluctuations superimposed upon a linear pacemaker depolarization of slope a is used to analyze the N-dependent shape of the IBI histogram.
(9) Although the sector has improved on that front with Ibis Styles and Z Hotels making a genuine effort with decor.
(10) Bird life is abundant and includes oystercatchers, ibis, egrets and cormorants.
(11) Heart rate (interbeat interval, or IBI) and mean arterial pressure were tracked for 90 subsequent beats.
(12) We found that in the SE-BS group the coefficient of variability of IBI duration was highly correlated with the logarithm of mean IBI duration while in the HIE-BS group, there was no significant correlation between these 2 variables.
(13) In contrast to human platelets, both ABI and IBI produced contractions of rat aorta; however, only the responses to ABI were blocked in a competitive manner by the alpha-antagonists, phentolamine, prazosin, and SKF 104078.
(14) Great Egrets, Striated and Boat-billed Herons and Scarlet Ibis older than 30 days of age developed viremias of lower levels and shorter durtions than did young birds.
(15) From 1989-1991, the concentrations of heavy metals and selenium were studied in the feathers of fledgling cattle egrets Bubulcus ibis, a terrestrially-feeding insectivore, from New York and Delaware in the northeastern United States, from Puerto Rico, and from Egypt.
(16) infusion of hypertonic NaCl solution increased BP and shortened IBI.
(17) Thus, the longer duration of action of IBI may be attributed to the S=C=N group substitution of the molecule.
(18) Three weeks and 17 more group interaction hours later, they also described each same-group participant, including self, on Lorr and McNair's (1963) Interpersonal Behavior Inventory (IBI).
(19) Therefore, as compared to tolazoline, IBI presents an interesting paradox in its interaction with various receptors or mechanisms in the vascular tissue and platelets.
(20) However, for laboratories where sequence analysis is not a major effort and the expense of a full sequence analysis workstation cannot be justified, MicroGenie and IBI-Pustell offer a satisfactory alternative.