(n.) A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris / rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.
Example Sentences:
(1) After a groundbreaking two-year investigation, Operation Bullfinch, seven men – including two sets of brothers – were convicted at the Old Bailey in May 2013 of 43 offences, which included trafficking, forcing girls into prostitution, procuring an illegal abortion, rape and physical violence.
(2) In increasing of the ambient temperature, the difference between the brain and body temperatures diminished from 1.4 degrees C (at the ambient temperature 0 degree C) to 0.5 degrees C (at the ambient temperature +37 degrees C) in bullfinches, the brain temperature being always the lower one.
(3) The technique is demonstrated using various seeds known to form part of the diet of the bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula L.), a pest of commercial orchards in southeast England.
(4) In late 2012, Operation Bullfinch resulted in seven men receiving prison sentences ranging from seven to 20 years for their involvement in an Oxford child sex ring.
(5) The popularity of craft beer has spread from its core followers in the hipster area of Shoreditch and Hackney across the capital and the rest of the UK.” The firm pointed to new entrants Long Arm Brewing in Ealing, Hackney-based 40ft Brewery and Bullfinch Brewery in Lambeth as evidence of London’s booming craft beer scene.
(6) Temporal characteristics of the vocalizations of bullfinches were investigated.
(7) The brain temperature in mice was higher than the rectal one by 0.4 degrees C. There were constant rapid oscillations of the brain temperature with the period of 1-2 min and the amplitude of 0.05-0.10 degrees C as well as slow oscillations with the period of 11-20 min and the amplitude of 0.5-1.5 degrees C both in bullfinches and mice.
(8) The calls produced by experimentally isolated bullfinches were subjected to sonagraphic analysis.
(9) These include the linnet , Dartford warbler , stonechat , meadow pipit , skylark , goldfinch , bullfinch, hedge sparrow , grey partridge and yellowhammer .
Robin
Definition:
(n.) A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.
(n.) An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.
(n.) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).
(n.) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nick Robins, head of the Climate Change Centre at HSBC, said: "If you think about low-carbon energy only in terms of carbon, then things look tough [in terms of not using coal].
(2) Though the problems associated with Robin sequence may be numerous, especially if the primary cause of the sequence is a multiple anomaly syndrome, the most acute problems in affected newborns is upper airway obstruction.
(3) ... and the #housingstrategy on Twitter: Robin Macfarlane, a retired businessman: @MacfarlaneRobin House building should have been on the agenda from day one.
(4) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.
(5) "This is a step I never thought I would see," said Prof Robin Ali , a molecular geneticist at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology in London.
(6) Top Gear, Robin Hood, Doctor Who, Primeval and Spooks were the company's top five highest-grossing shows sold internationally.
(7) The antibody, 636 (Robins et al., 1990), induced significant RTA cytotoxicity against MKN45 gastric carcinoma cells which express high levels of CEA, using the r-RTA at a concentration below that known to be intrinsically cytotoxic.
(8) The XI the Scot sent out featured no Robin van Persie, who was on the bench, while Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Chris Smalling, Danny Welbeck and Marouane Fellaini did not make the squad due to injuries.
(9) Signing up Round-robin emails encouraging web users to sign e-petitions have attracted hundreds of thousands of signatures.
(10) "Robin van Persie scored more than 30 goals [the season before last] and they were nowhere near the title.
(11) Responding to Golby's comments about Kingsnorth, the head of Greenpeace's climate and energy campaign, Robin Oakley, said: "E.ON has finally admitted that the plans for a new coal plant at Kingsnorth that it submitted to the government fall well short of what is needed and what is possible.
(12) August 11, 2014 The British actor and stand-up star, Eddie Izzard, tweeted: “Robin Williams has died and I am very sad.
(13) For the avoidance of any doubt, I will be asking this independent reviewer to examine all the evidence originally considered by Sir Robin and to establish whether his findings and recommendations still stand in the light of the new email evidence that has now emerged.” Under the law, schools are only permitted half a day’s notice of Ofsted inspections.
(14) "It is impossible to imagine this is not linked to the shooting down of the Malaysian airliner," said David Clark, chairman of the Russia Foundation and a former adviser to the Labour foreign secretary, Robin Cook.
(15) In a statement, Pamela Stephenson Connolly said: "Robin was one of the most uniquely brilliant and complicated comic artists the world has ever known.
(16) Robin Le Mare Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com
(17) The only downside was that his link-up play with Robin van Persie was noticeable for its absence.
(18) In the round-robin format, eight laboratories used the proposed method to test each of five protective clothing materials against five liquid chemicals that are widely used commercially.
(19) The results illustrate that the brain invasion is probably not hematogenic but rather due to a process of parasite migration from the subarachnoidal space over the Virchow-Robin spaces into the brain.
(20) Henry McDonald reports from Dublin: Leftwing Labour TDs and a member of the European parliament urged the government today to impose a new 48% income tax on those who earn more than €100,000 a year and a Robin-Hood-style bankers' tax on financial transactions.