(n.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.
Example Sentences:
(1) Behind her balcony, decorated with a flourishing pothos plant and a monarch butterfly chrysalis tied to a succulent with dental floss, sits the university’s power plant.
(2) In complete contrast, allozyme loci in these butterflies are strongly heterozygous and show only frequency differences (never amounting to homozygosity of alternative alleles) between races; the amount of allozyme divergence is the same between races of H. erato and H. sara, although in color pattern the first forms marked races and the other does not.
(3) "We're on track for one of the worst years on record for UK butterflies.
(4) To explain these contentions, the history, strengths, and limits of reductionist thinking are discussed, and aspects of chaos science, such as the butterfly effect and strange attractors, are described.
(5) Computerized tomography of the brain showed a butterfly-shaped hyperdensity in the splenium of the corpus callosum, with ventricular dilatation.
(6) On returning to the courtyard you can take an optional loop through the bee and butterfly wildflower meadow – the start of the path is just behind the engine shed building.
(7) At lower concentration, "parachute" and "butterfly" structures composed of two Hc molecules and one monoclonal immunoglobin G (IgG) molecule were obtained.
(8) Alex Horne: Monsieur Butterfly is at the Pleasance Courtyard, 15-29 August JOSEPH MORPURGO Facebook Twitter Pinterest Joseph Morpurgo.
(9) There are three population clusters of domestic rabbits, namely (1) New Zealand White and a hybrid combination; (2) Spanish Common, Butterfly, Burgundy, and Californian; and (3) Spanish Giant.
(10) The soil below has been planted with flowers to attract butterflies.
(11) Butterflies and birds were already migrating northwards to the poles , he added.
(12) There had been the notorious Redlands bust in 1967, after which Jagger and Richards had been jailed for possession of cannabis and amphetamines, famously prompting William Rees-Mogg to ask: "Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?"
(13) Subsequent to a critical consideration of the ambiguous methods of evaluation and documentation of electronystagmograms (ENG) practised up to now, in particular the butterfly-scheme and the L-scheme, a method is being introduced unequivocally describing the vestibular reaction, on the basis of primary nystagmus functions.
(14) Anterior spina bifida or butterfly vertebral body has a well known and characteristic appearance on plain film and CT. Its appearance on magnetic resonance imaging also appears to be characteristic and should not be mistaken for more serious abnormalities.
(15) Early stages of differentiation of the oocytes and nurse cells are comparatively studied in the polytrophic ovarioles in larvae, pupae and imago of the butterfly Laspeyresia pomonella and in the telotrophic ovarioles in larvae and imago of the bug Eurigaster integriceps.
(16) For all coils except the butterfly-shaped coil, the largest electric field was at the circumference of the coils.
(17) The colonies of migrating monarch butterflies that spend the winter in a patch of fir forest in central Mexico were dramatically smaller this season than they have been since monitoring began 20 years ago, according to the annual census of the insects released this week.
(18) I ask this question myself sometimes, sipping morning coffee in my suburban backyard, watching birds and butterflies.
(19) Fielding nods enthusiastically: 'By running a butterfly sanctuary in Peru.'
(20) The relation between the quality of the optical image and the fineness of the retinal mosaic has been studied in eyes of three different optical types: the simple eyes of spiders, the superposition compound eyes of moths, and the apposition compound eyes of butterflies.
Medley
Definition:
(n.) A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously.
(n.) The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a melee.
(n.) A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri.
(n.) A cloth of mixed colors.
(a.) Mixed; of mixed material or color.
(a.) Mingled; confused.
Example Sentences:
(1) These findings serve to further understanding about the psychological dimensions of hostility as measured by the Cook-Medley Ho scale.
(2) Hannah Miley and Aimee Willmott also qualified for the final of the women’s individual medley, with James Guy edging into the 400m freestyle final after finishing a modest fifth in his heat and sixth-fastest overall.
(3) The heritability of hostility as measured by the Cook and Medley Ho scale was assessed in an adult male sample of 60 monozygotic and 61 dizygotic twin pairs.
(4) Click here to watch Thicke clings onto some sense of class by performing a big band version of Blurred Lines, after a medley of Chicago's Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?
(5) The Cook and Medley (1954) Hostility (Ho) scale has been used in several important studies evaluating potential health consequences of hostility.
(6) Thus, it is now possible, as one scans the microscopic field, to look past the static images of red- and blue-stained cells and appreciate a dynamic and detailed medley of molecularly defined events emanating from the eyepiece.
(7) As to whom he identifies with most out of the medley of aspiring comics, Birbiglia thinks, then offers a toss up between Jack (Keegan-Michael Key) and Samantha (Gillian Jacobs), the sole couple in the group.
(8) After effortlessly overhauling the German Verena Schott in the final length of the women's 200m individual medley in a new world record time, Simmonds will be aiming to make it a hat-trick of gold medals on Tuesday in the 50m freestyle.
(9) 's anger self-report scale, and the Cook and Medley hostility scale.
(10) The Cook and Medley Hostility (Ho) Scale is an increasingly important measure in studies examining health consequences of hostility.
(11) Hannah Miley 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley Another talented young swimmer who made a breakthrough in 2010, when she won the European and Commonwealth 400m individual medley titles.
(12) The relationship of Cook Medley hostility scores (Ho) to blood pressure and heart rate reactivity was examined in 56 women and 56 men.
(13) In one of Back to the Future 's climactic scenes, Marty McFly takes to the stage at a high-school dance, there to impress a room of 1950s teenagers with a medley of music from the future.
(14) We are an amazingly diverse country with more than 22 different languages and five major religions, a loose and sometimes unravelling medley of completely different ethnic groups.
(15) Prof Graham Medley, at the University of Warwick, told the Guardian the only way to eradicate TB in cattle would be a return to the strict and effective controls in place 40 years ago.
(16) Cook-Medley-defined hostility in particular has been seen as a significant precursor of coronary disease.
(17) The rapper had just performed a medley of his singles, while Baron Cohen was airborne to present the award for best male performance to High School Musical star Zac Efron.
(18) This study was designed to evaluate relationships among the Jenkins Activity Survey, the Cook-Medley Hostility Scale, and cardiovascular reactivity measured during a semistructured interview in a hospital setting.
(19) On the basis of our previous research, a subscale of the Cook-Medley scale was formed.
(20) It is about THIS much worse than last year's Pet Shop Boys medley.