(n.) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.
(n.) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances.
(n.) One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple.
(n.) The hagfish (Myxine).
Example Sentences:
(1) Changes in haemolymph juvenile hormone (JH) concentrations of larvae of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella, were used to estimate the activity of the corpora allata.
(2) 1964.-A highly proteolytic bacterial species was isolated from the alimentary canal of the marine borer, Limnoria.
(3) European corn borer phosphodiesterase is highly activated by (NH4)2SO4 and moderately activated by NH4C1 (pH 7.6, 33 degrees).
(4) Worse, pests like the berry borer beetle and leaf rust fungus are flourishing as the world warms.
(5) It utilizes the clasper from male pharate adult European corn borers and measures the incorporation of [14C]N-acetylglucosamine.
(6) The results obtained with a borer electrode, designed by the authors, are reported (130 cases).
(7) The major quantitative characteristics of chromosomal Q-HR variability were shown to be very similar in oil-borers and natives, and this is considered to be the result of specific selection of individuals according to the amount of Q-HRs in their genome.
(8) The acetone precipitation procedure, introduced by Gluck, L., Kulovich, M.V., Borer, R.C.
(9) Results of field physiologic and hygienic investigations of borer's work schedule during the subterranean gold extraction in the Chukot Range [correction of Chukotka] are presented.
(10) The E and Z pheromonal strains of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, are characterized by female production of and male preference for opposite blends of (E)-11-and (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetate.
(11) Spores of two microsporidia, Nosema pyrausta (from the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis) and N. furnacalis (from the Asian corn borer, O. furnacalis) were harvested from laboratory-reared O. nubilalis caterpillars and purified by centrifugation through Percoll.
(12) Dithyreanitrile inhibits feeding of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) larvae.
(13) Both compounds are effective antifeedants when incorporated into artificial diets and fed to fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) or European corn borer (Ostrina nubilalis) larvae.
(14) Ultrastructural examination of diapause and nondiapause larval brains of the European corn borer disclosed anatomical differences that may be related to the insect's "blood-barrier".
(15) In in vitro tests caffeine (0.008 M) and theophylline (0.008 M) inhibit phosphodiesterase more effectively in European corn borer larvae than in crayfish, ovine, bovine, or rat tissue.
(16) An adduct of Kepone, Kelevan, is now distributed by Spiess and Sohn, Chemische Fabrik, Germany, with an as yet unknown manufacturer, for control of the Colorado potato beetle in Eastern Europe and Ireland, and for control of the banana root borer in the cameroons, Caribbean, and South America.
(17) The pest, berry borer beetle, was unknown until about 2000 in Ethopia, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, as it preferred the warmer temperatures at lower altitudes.
(18) (E,Z)-3,13-octadecadien-1-ol acetate, and (Z,Z)-3,13-octadecadien-1-ol acetate, isolated from the female lesser peachtree borer, Synanthedon pictipes (Grote and Robinson), and the female peachtree borer, Sanninoidea exitiosa (Say), respectively, strongly attract the respective males of these species in field bioassays.
(20) Dr David Schudel of Keith Borer Consultants said: "The new GPS devices are bulkier and protrude from the leg, lending themselves open to being snagged, twisted or rotated away from the leg, and are generally likely to be subject to greater forces in normal wear than the old style tags."
Boxer
Definition:
(n.) One who packs boxes.
(n.) One who boxes; a pugilist.
Example Sentences:
(1) The brains of 22 ex-boxers were examined histologically to determine the frequency of recent or old haemorrhage.
(2) I will destroy you.” Khan, a former WBA and IBF light world welterweight champion, also turned on Manny Pacquiao, accusing him and his team, led by Bob Arum, of providing conflicting reasons for choosing to fight Timothy Bradley in April, instead of the Bolton born boxer.
(3) Neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), one of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease are observed in very high densities in the brains of former professional boxers suffering from dementia pugilistica.
(4) The British boxer Nick Blackwell is in an induced coma after suffering a bleed on the brain following a domestic title fight defeat on Saturday night.
(5) Our board of trustees already involves [the ice hockey player] Ilya Kovalchuk and his wife Nicole, and we are now negotiating with [the boxer] Roy Jones Jr, who recently received Russian citizenship.” It is clear that Shatov is an achiever more than than a dreamer – a down-to-earth character who will never forget where he came from.
(6) Chronic hypertrophic gastritis in a 7-year-old Boxer dog is described.
(7) Using two synchronized cameras, four experienced boxers were filmed while they threw a series of punches at a practice bag.
(8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Maurice Core has been training boxers in the area for decades.
(9) · Floyd Patterson, boxer, born January 4 1935; died May 11 2006
(10) In his final fight, against the journeyman boxer Kevin McBride, he was a pitiful figure - slumped in a corner, legs splayed, unable or unwilling to stand himself up.
(11) Now it’s my era.” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs), whose lone career defeat was a majority-decision loss to Floyd Mayweather in 2013, was thought to be the faster and stronger fighter and he showed it on Saturday night, consistently landing the harder, more meaningful blows against one of this generation’s finest boxer-punchers, mostly getting off first.
(12) Danny Green plays punchy ex-boxer "One-Round", Peter Sellers's Harry is the archetypal cockney spiv, Cecil Parker's seedy ex-officer Major Courtney a recurrent postwar figure.
(13) Boxer, 68, is in her third term in the Senate and easily won re-election in 1998 and 2004.
(14) If there's one lesson I've learned through my experience as a boxer is that when someone throws a punch, curling up in the foetal position is not an option.
(15) The high-tech production sticks closely to the original story charting the rise and romance of amateur boxer Rocky Balboa, played by Drew Sarich.
(16) Three folate-sensitive autosomal fragile sites not observed in cells from the control dogs were identified in cells from boxers with mast cell tumors.
(17) It would appear from the video that Johnson, who was a semi-professional boxer until drugs got the better of him, is out of it – oblivious to his surroundings, oblivious to what is happening to him.
(18) Seven of these boxers had an abnormal clinical neurological examination, eight an abnormal EEG and nine of 15 examined had abnormal neuropsychometry.
(19) Three breeds (beagle, boxer, and golden retriever) had a significantly greater risk for thyroid carcinoma than did all dogs combined, whereas miniature and toy poodles had a low risk.
(20) Antiarrhythmic therapy for Boxer cardiomyopathy both enhances the quality of life and improves life expectancy.