(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.
Screamer
Definition:
(n.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.
Example Sentences:
(1) "It's been another frustrating night," said Pearson, after Harry Kane's header proved an insufficient response to a close-range Troy Deeney volley and a 30-yard screamer by Nathaniel Chalobah.
(2) 48 min: The busy Di Maria cuts in from the right and unleashes a screamer towards the top-left corner.
(3) In contrast all true geese, the Mute Swan as well as the Northern Blackneck Screamer contain lysozyme g in their egg white.
(4) 36 Real Madrid 7-1 Celta Vigo , La Liga, 5 March 2016 Ronaldo blasted four goals in 26 second-half minutes, starting with a 25-yard screamer, adding a curling free-kick from the edge of the area, finishing from close range for his hat-trick before heading home his fourth, turning what had been a close contest into a rout.
(5) Vocal cord nodules have a variety of synonyms in the literature, including laryngeal nodules, laryngeal nodes, corditis nodosa, singers' nodes, teachers' nodules, screamers' nodes, parsons' nodes, and nodular laryngitis.
(6) 63 min: Frank Lampard tries to score with a left-footed surface-to-air screamer from 25 yards.
(7) United equalised through Stuart Pearson, and though Tony Towers belted home a screamer with ten minutes remaining to regain the lead for the visitors, Jeff Clarke scored an own goal with less than 180 seconds left on the clock.
(8) One of them, a dipping screamer against Uruguay, is the goal of this World Cup to date.
(9) 71 mins: Steven Gerrard sends a screamer blazing over the bar from a few yards outside the box.
(10) The first had a crystalline internum and was found only in the order Anseriformes, which included the black-necked screamer, ducks, geese and swans.
(11) It falls to Musa, though, who unleashes an absolute screamer from the edge of the box and into the top of the net.
(12) Brazil 0-7 Germany (Schurrle 78) That is a sublime finish from Andre Schurrle, who roofs the ball into the top corner with a diagonal left-footed screamer from about eight yards out, on the left side of the penalty area, after Germany had turned Marcelo inside-out again with yet another attack down the left.
(13) I’m not massively into the screamers, because I think sometimes fellas just hit it and there’s an element of luck over whether it flies into the top corner or over the bar.
(14) Southampton march on after Sofiane Boufal screamer sinks Sunderland Read more
(15) The Frenchman shoots first time and sends his surface-to-air screamer high and wide.
(16) As she crossed the line I felt like old man Beckham must have felt when David fired home that screamer against Greece in 2001 .
(17) Tottenham’s other strikers, Emmanuel Adebayor and Roberto Soldado, were not a part of the squad in Munich, as they negotiated transfers away from the club, although Pochettino said that Soldado was still a part of his plans: “He did not come here because there was a problem with his back but he is in our plans.” Tottenham played well and they took the lead early on when Chadli scored a screamer from the edge of the area.
(18) He explained his screamer against China in the group stage in rather more simple fashion: 'The truth is that I just fix the position of the target in my mind, close my eyes and try to hit it as hard as possible.'
(19) The goal went in, a screamer against Sheffield Wednesday which put Ibe into the record books as Wycombe’s youngest ever goalscorer, and he made straight for his family standing behind the perimeter fence on half way.
(20) Remember his screamer against Juventus at Anfield in 2005?