(n.) The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidae. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera.
Example Sentences:
(1) The low dose of reserpine in the passerine (common myna and bulbul) birds resulted in 40-84% reduction of both norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (E) from the adrenal glands irrespective of its nerve supply.
(2) More than one-half of the contents of bulbuls and eastern turtledoves were seeds and plant material.
(3) The highest isolation rate, 5 of 21 (23.8%), was found in blue magpies (Cyanopia cyanus), followed by pheasants (Phasianus colchicus tohkaidi), 5 of 33 (15.2%); gray starlings (Sturnus cineraceus), 6 of 57 (10.5%); tree sparrows (Passer montanus), 1 of 14 (7.1%); bulbuls (Hypsipetes amaurotis), 4 of 57 (7.0%); crows (Corvus levailantii or Corvus corone), 7 of 117 (6.0%); eastern turtledoves (Streptopelia orientalis), 4 of 118 (3.4%); Chinese bamboo pheasants (Bumbusicola thoracica thoracica), 1 of 36 (2.8%); and domestic pigeons (Columba livia domestica), 1 of 47 (2.1%).
(4) The highest isolation rate was found in 30 of 87 (34%) crows (Corvus levaillanti and Corvus corone), followed by 2 of 10 (20%) blue magpies (Cyanopica cyanus), 5 of 35 (14%) gray starlings (Sturnus cineraceus), 2 of 16 (13%) domestic pigeons (Columbia livia domestica), 4 of 36 (11%) bulbuls (Hypsipetes amaurotis), and 1 of 62 (2%) eastern turtledoves (Streptopelia orientalis).
Nightingale
Definition:
(n.) A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song.
(n.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species.
Example Sentences:
(1) The letter to Florence Nightingale was written by Bernita Decker as part of a nursing course assignment for our Nurse Educator advisor, Betty Pugh.
(2) The interplay of policies and principles to which Miss Nightingale subscribed, the human frailty of one of her women, Miss Nightingale's illness, and the confusion and stress which characterized the Crimean War are discussed.
(3) Nightingale's ability to react to and obstruct progressive movement with which she disagreed is also review.
(4) N was there at that time but Nightingale did not go out until 2007.
(5) The court martial centre at Bulford where sergeant Nightingale was tried, is quite unlike any ordinary court of law.
(6) However, the military prosecutors decided to order a fresh court martial even though Nightingale is being medically discharged early next year.
(7) Nightingale was originally sentenced to 18 months in detention last year but freed after a high-profile campaign.
(8) N said Nightingale had been "agitated and hyper" and sometimes used the wrong words for simple objects.
(9) One of the earliest accounts of nursing research, which indicates the power of making systematic observations, was Florence Nightingale's study.
(10) Nightingale admitted the offences last year and was detained for 18 months, but following a well-organised campaign spearheaded by his wife the sentence was reduced and the conviction quashed because of the way the case had been handled by the court.
(11) Nightingale initially claimed the pistol was a war trophy given to him by Iraqis he had helped during a posting there, and he had accumulated the ammunition because he worked as a range instructor and had failed to book it back through poor administration.
(12) In 2007, Nightingale was posted to Iraq to help combat suicide attacks on allied forces.
(13) N told the court martial that he and Nightingale had known each other for 12 or 13 years and were best friends.
(14) Nightingale was brought back to the UK from Afghanistan where he was serving and told civilian police the pistol had been a present from Iraqis he had worked with in 2007.
(15) Outside the military court in Bulford, Wiltshire, Nightingale's wife, Sally, said the family were devastated by the result.
(16) Blackett, who sat with a five-person board, said if it had not been for a previous court of appeal decision that reduced the original custodial sentence, Nightingale would be going to prison.
(17) Blackett said Nightingale's assertions that he was "a scapegoat or the victim of some wider political agenda" was "absolute nonsense".
(18) Florence Nightingale said that visiting St Peter's was, her death aside, the greatest experience she expected to have.
(19) After the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale persisted in researching the health conditions of British troops throughout the Empire.
(20) The Roy and Nightingale models share more similarities than differences: both describe their metaparadigm (ie, environment, person, health, and nursing) in relation to their models.