What's the difference between bulbous and fritillary?
Bulbous
Definition:
(n.) Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.
Example Sentences:
(1) Vague denture complaints and complaints about a bulbous face were related to "neuroticism".
(2) We followed up 48 patients operated on for bulbous or penile strictures caused by inflammation or by urethral irritation following endoscopic manipulation or catheterization.
(3) Similar to previous cases in the literature this girl presented with proportionate intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, normocephaly, triangular face with bulbous nose, long eyelashes, short upper lip, small vermilion border of upper lip, dorsally rotated ears, deep nuchal hair line, hirsutism, and clinodactyly of little fingers.
(4) However, the bulbous part was considerably blunter and the "U"-shaped part much larger in circumference in comparison to the lower incisor.
(5) Using a new sample of 16 human brains (F = 8, M = 8), it was found that the splenial portion of the corpus callosum was larger and more bulbous in females than in males.
(6) Since 1979, 12 patients with obliterated urethras (ten membranous, two bulbous) have been treated by direct vision urethrotomy using a second cystoscope or sound passed through the previously placed suprapubic tract as a guide.
(7) In Rhinolasius, one receptor possesses a short bulbous cilium without a rootlet, with a septate desmosome of the pleated sheet (comb) type and a weakly developed electron-dense band beneath it.
(8) The filaments did not taper and had large bulbous irregularities at the ends.
(9) This is a reasonable first procedure for restoring continuity of traumatically obliterated membranous and bulbous urethras.
(10) Women tended to have 1) a smaller cross-sectional callosal area (CCA); 2) a larger fraction of CCA in the posterior fifth of the CC; 3) more slender CCs; and 4) more bulbous splenia.
(11) Two types of bulbous projections were observed in the ventricular lumen close to the ependymal surface.
(12) The cell processes contained cytoplasmic varicosities at various intervals along their lengths; and their endings often expanded into bulbous, vesicle-filled process terminals.
(13) The inner ends of the cells project into the ventricular cavity as bulbous or apical protrusions which contain many organelles, especially MVBs.
(14) In addition, the prosthecae of these fusiform caulobacters do not have crossbands, they are somewhat wider than the stalks of Caulobacter and the pseudostalks of Asticcacaulis, and they terminate in a bulbous tip.
(15) The prominent finding in the amygdaloid complex of SDAT was that swollen and bulbous TH-immunoreactive neurites were found in association with neuritic plaques, which have not, rarely if any, been found in controls.
(16) Observations made with a scanning electron microscope confirm the binding of the stereocilia to a matchhead-like bulbous terminal at the apex of the kinocilium in frog saccular receptor cells.
(17) Due to the bulbous shape of the stump prosthetic fitting of modern appliances no longer presents problems.
(18) Some meandering evaginations were also observed as, rarely, were small spherical or bulbous projections.
(19) The immunoreactive cells consisted of two subtypes; the rod-dominant ON-type with a large soma and a large bulbous axon terminal, and the cone-dominant ON-type with a small soma and small axon terminal.
(20) Three papillary tumors as large as a grain of rice or a pea were found in his fossa navicularis, besides on panendoscopic examination, a small papillary tumor was found on the bulbous urethra.
Fritillary
Definition:
(n.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria.
(n.) One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.
Example Sentences:
(1) With the exception of the subgenera Korolkowi, a supposed link between lilies and fritillaries, and chromsome complements of all plants contained bands.
(2) Last year's sites, Herridge's and Broom copses, are home to the silver-washed fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), white admiral ( Limenitis camilla ) and scarlet tiger moth ( Callimorpha dominula ), and Sulham woods is inhabited by priority conservation species including the white-letter hairstreak ( Satyrium w-album ) and rare moths.
(3) He picked out native endangered and beloved species such as the heath fritillary butterfly on Exmoor, the netted carpet moth in Cumbria and puffins on the Farne islands as having done well.
(4) "It was not my job to do the bidding of two organisations that are little more than anti-capitalist agitprop groups, most of whose leaders could not tell a snake's head fritillary from a silver-washed fritillary," he said.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The land purchase will help to protect the Glanville fritillary butterfly.
(6) Bordering the farm is the rolling chalkland of Compton Downs, home to 33 butterfly species including the Adonis blue, the common blue and chalkhill blue – plus the Glanville fritillary, which does well at Compton Bay because it needs crumbling cliffs to thrive.
(7) They know nothing about the natural world, he says; their leaders “could not tell a snakeshead fritillary from a silver-washed fritillary ”.
(8) Conservationists are excited about the site on the Isle of Wight because it is a rich habitat for butterflies including the rare Glanville fritillary, but lovers of literature and the beach will also be pleased as securing the site will help preserve access to the stunning Compton Bay and Downs , spots that inspired Tennyson.
(9) Other species of butterflies and moths at the site include the silver-washed fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), white admiral ( Limenitis camilla ), and the scarlet tiger moth ( Callimorpha dominula ).
(10) An abundance of marsh fritillary butterfly caterpillars on downs in Dorset and Wiltshire; in some places they got through all of their food-plant leaves (devil's-bit scabious).
(11) The site is home to a number of rare butterfly species that will potentially be hit by the spraying, including the silver-washed fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), white admiral ( Limenitis camilla ), and the scarlet tiger moth ( Callimorpha dominula ).
(12) The trust will work in partnership with Butterfly Conservation to create the right conditions to safeguard and improve the Glanville fritillary’s habitat.
(13) The bulb mite is the main transmitter of anhui fritillary rot, and damages the fritillary seriously.