(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.
Rodent
Definition:
(v. t.) Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
(v. t.) Gnawing.
(v. t.) Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.
(n.) One of the Rodentia.
Example Sentences:
(1) Intoxicating concentrations of ethanol also inhibit excitatory synaptic transmission mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in hippocampal slices from adult rodents.
(2) This is the first clear example of activation of the K-ras gene by ethylating agents in a rodent lung tumor system.
(3) The relatively high incidence of nephroblastoma in the Nb rat using transplacentally administered ENU appears to represent a suitable basis for developing a rodent model of human nephroblastoma or Wilms' tumor.
(4) Male Sprague Dawley rats either trained (T, N = 9) for 11 wk on a rodent treadmill, remained sedentary, and were fed ad libitum (S, N = 8) or remained sedentary and were food restricted (pair fed, PF, N = 8) so that final body weights were similar to T. After training, T had significantly higher red gastrocnemius muscle citrate synthase activity compared with S and PF.
(5) This model of protective immunity in a Brugia-susceptible small rodent may provide a useful system for identification of molecularly defined filarial-protective immunogens.
(6) The receptor pattern observed in tumors does not support the hypothesis previously raised in the case of chemically induced colonic tumors in rodents.
(7) It is concluded that these rodent studies do not implicate any specific inhalational anesthetic agent in fetal toxicity, and that the effects of additional factors, such as stress, must be considered.
(8) In the course of routinely performed subchronic toxicity studies with laboratory rodents, functional neurotoxicity, i.e.
(9) Particularly striking is the distribution of CpG dinucleotides within human and rodent APRT genes.
(10) There was less of an increase following a blood meal infected with the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium berghei.
(11) An analysis of 54 protein sequences from humans and rodents (mice or rats), with the chicken as an outgroup, indicates that, from the common ancestor of primates and rodents, 35 of the proteins have evolved faster in the lineage to mouse or rat (rodent lineage) whereas only 12 proteins have evolved faster in the lineage to humans (human lineage).
(12) The differences in immunoreactivity between rodent and human amyloid plaques are consistent with other findings showing that cellular genes, not infectious purified prions, encode PrP.
(13) These products, as well as several synthetic intermediates, were evaluated for antifilarial activity against Molinema dessetae either in vivo in its natural host, the rodent Proechimys oris, or in vitro by a new test using cultures of the infective larvae.
(14) An increased neuronal activity was obtained by exercising the rats in a commercial rodent treadmill a couple of hours per day for 14 days.
(15) In a series of experiments we found that 1) growth rates of hamsters offered the Lyric diet alone or in conjunction with the standard rodent diet exceeded those of hamsters offered only the standard rodent diet.
(16) A model system of exfoliated normal human cervicovaginal squamous cells, exfoliated rodent tumor cells, and acellular, viscous, mucuslike material was used to investigate cell deposition on smear preparations made with three different instruments: plastic spatulas, wooden spatulas, and brush-tipped collectors.
(17) With repeated administrations, rodents become increasingly sensitive to the stimulant properties of amphetamine, a phenomenon termed sensitization.
(18) Although the overall rate of thymidine incorporation was lower than that for rodent cells, human hepatocytes were sensitive to lower concentrations of these growth factors, and the degree of stimulation was similar.
(19) Daily cocaine injection into rodents produces a progressive increase in the motor stimulant effect of acute cocaine administration.
(20) Since PEG-1000 treatment of HPRT- Chinese hamster cells in the absence of human cells yielded no HPRT+ cells, it is concluded that the element responsible for the restoration of rodent HPRT was contributed by the human cells and not by the agent employed to promote fusion.