(n.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study we describe the adult parasites and the microfilaria of the "Cruorifilaria tuberocauda" (Nematoda, Filarioidea), Eberhard, Morales & Orihel (1976) obtained from the arteries of the kidney of two capybaras from Apure and Barinas states of Venezuela.
(2) The accessory olfactory formation among mammals also exhibits variation in the compactness of the large perikarya: a broadband in most but a compact layer in a few others such as the chinchilla and the capybara.
(3) Somatic sensory, auditory and visual areas of cerebral neocortex were mapped in anesthetized capybaras using surface macroelectrode-evoked potential recording methods.
(4) Infection without neoplastic transformation also was obtained in pigs, rhesus monkeys, chimpanzees, and rabbits, and was observed in capybaras and water buffaloes.
(5) In this study we describe briefly the adult parasites and, the microfilaria of the species "Dipetalonema (Alafilaria) hydrochoerus" which were isolated from skin nips and we have found that the capybara "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris" is parasitized in a proportion of 80% in the 16 animals studied.
(6) With silhouetted palms at sunset, capybaras bathing in streams, vivid birdlife and viscachas (a type of chinchilla) snuffling around the site at dusk, it’s a photographers’ paradise.
(7) The response of the chymotrypsins was more variable and those of capybara and rabbit showed extreme sensitivity.
(8) from the capybara Hydrochaerus hydrochaerus in South America; Frenkelia sp.
(9) Infection without neoplastic transformation was also obtained in pigs, rhesus monkeys, chimpanzees, rabbits and observed in capybaras and water-buffaloes.
(10) The representation of the perioral skin in SI cortex was relatively large in capybaras and guinea pigs.
(11) Even though a severe tissue response is seen in the walls of the blood vessels occupied by the adult worms, it appears to be a common parasite in the population of capybaras surveyed.
(12) In 2009, a staffer was suspended for two days without pay after a capybara – the world’s largest rodent – was crushed to death in a hydraulic door , while in 2007 a six-year-old hippo died less than 24 hours after being transferred from the Denver Zoo as part of an international breeding program.
(13) Phil Harrison spoke about Microsoft's record with independent games, but then showed just two of note: Minecraft , which hardly counts any more due to its profound global success, and the intriguing Below , a new "roguelike" RPG hackathon from Sword and Sworcery developer Capybara.
(14) Infection without neoplastic transformation has also been demonstrated in pigs, rhesus monkeys, chimpanzees and rabbits and observed in capybaras and water buffaloes.
(15) On the bank was a family of capybaras, the world's largest rodent, dog-sized and shaggy-haired, with a funny rectangular-shaped head.
(16) Trypanosoma evansi was seen in blood samples taken randomly from both wild and semi-captive capybaras caught in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil and in sick dogs brought into local veterinary clinics.
(17) Rumen ophryoscolecid protozoa were observed in feces obtained from two capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) housed at the Columbus Zoo, Columbus, Ohio.
(18) Four filariae are known to parasitize the capybara "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris" namely the "Cruorifilaria tuberocauda", Eberhard, Morales & Orihel, 1976; the "Dipetalonema (Alafilaria) hydrochoerus", Yates & Jorgenson, 1983, and "Mansonella longicapita" and "Mansonella rotundicapita [corrected]", Eberhard, Campo-Aasen & Orihel, 1983.
(19) Species affected included a range of primates and birds, a rodent (Capybara) and a carnivore (Caracal Lynx).
(20) On the way we spotted an armadillo, peccaries, a tarantula, more capybaras and tall, flightless rheas.
Marmot
Definition:
(n.) Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.
(n.) Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.
Example Sentences:
(1) Plasma ANF of both groups of nonhibernating marmots was significantly higher (P less than 0.01) than that the hibernating group, but there was no difference between nonhibernating males and females.
(2) The aim of this study was to determine the effects of circulating catecholamines and light on the daily melatonin rhythm in the marmot.
(3) CV Sir Michael Marmot Age 65 Lives London Education University of Sydney; University of Berkeley PhD Career 1971-85: epidemiologist, University of Berkeley; research professor of epidemiology and public health, University College London 1986-present: chair of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health set up by the World Health Organisation in 2005; led the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (Elsa) 2004: won the Balzan Prize for Epidemiology 2006: gave the Harveian Oration 2008: won the William B Graham Prize for Health Services Research 2010 (February): published the report, Fair Society, Healthy Lives, based on a review of health inequalities he conducted at the request of the British government 2010-2011: president of the British Medical Association Family married, three children Interests tennis, playing viola The Marmot Review NHS Confederation Conference The Black Report
(4) "By all means make special efforts on the poorest," says Marmot.
(5) An earlier version misquoted Michael Marmot as referring to a contraction of capital and income, instead of a concentration of capital and income.
(6) When Sir Michael Marmot published his official report earlier this year examining the link between health and wealth, the findings demonstrated an alarming "social gradient".
(7) Responses of normothermic and hibernating marmots to manipulations of the preoptic-hypothalamic temperature (TPO) were studied.
(8) The rest is left to mule deer, cougars, marmots, badgers – and me.
(9) It was concluded that normothermic marmots have a RAA system comparable to other mammalian species.
(10) Over 75% of local governments are now working to embed Marmot principles in their approaches to improving health and reducing inequalities, and the Institute of Health Equity have developed partnerships across London, England and Europe to further develop and implement approaches to health inequality.
(11) There were bears out west, mountain lions, coyotes and wolves, badgers, marmots, golden eagles – and what did we have?
(12) Hunting, skinning and eating marmots or other infected animals are the main causes of infection.
(13) Extras: Mountain Marmots morning ski school, £249 per child, Monty’s Afternoon Club, including lunch, £239 per child, skifamille.co.uk MARCH: FOR SPRING SKIING It’s low season again, so the crowds have gone, prices are lower, and the snow should be good – along with some warmer spring days, when there’s ample opportunity to sit outside for a long lunch in the sun.
(14) So, while the response to the Marmot review locally and nationally has more than met our expectations and hopes, there are also some worrying signs.
(15) It will be chaired by Sir Michael Marmot and will include some eminent statisticians, none of whom have been involved in the breast screening controversy before.
(16) In brown adipose tissue of alp-marmot (Marmota marmota), badger (Meles meles) and Wistar rats steroids of C21- and C19-type are identified and quantified.
(17) Body contact with euthermic nestmates warmed torpid marmots passively.
(18) The lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isozymes from heart, liver, kidney and skeletal muscle in Himalayan marmots (Marmota himalayana robusta) in non-hibernation were investigated in the present experiment.
(19) Glucose uptake was measured throughout the year in marmots (Marmota flaviventris) by the hyperglycemic clamp technique.
(20) Adrenal steroid secretion rates and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAA) system were studied in the normothermic marmot.