(n.) A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.
Example Sentences:
(1) Microsomal UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UDPGTs) and cytosolic glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) were examined in bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus R.) and channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus R.) liver.
(2) It appears that channel catfish B cell mIg capping, presumably a requisite for immune function, can be significantly affected by environmental temperatures; most likely such effects are attributable to changes in plasma membrane viscosities.
(3) In comparative assays, the CH50 titers of catfish sera were similar to the CH50 titers of human sera.
(4) The amino acid sequences of both forms of African catfish GnRH were determined using Edman degradation after digestion with pyroglutamyl aminopeptidase.
(5) We have observed in the catfish retina that cone horizontal cell perikarya and dendrites make conventional chemical synapses onto photoreceptor terminal telodendria and onto bipolar cell dendrites, while horizontal cell axon terminals make chemical synapses onto the perikarya and processes of amacrine cells.
(6) From these results we conclude that: adaptation in the catfish retina includes two components: a) a lateral shift of the voltage-intensity curve along the intensity axis, and b) changes in the time course of light-evoked response.
(7) In olfactory neurons isolated from the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, stimulation with olfactory stimuli (amino acids) elicits an influx of calcium that leads to a rapid increase in intracellular calcium.
(8) ), an inhibitor of GSH biosynthesis, did not deplete hepatic GSH in channel catfish.
(9) Our objective was to identify VG in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus.
(10) The endocrine pancreas of the bullhead catfish, Ictalurus nebulosus, and the channel catfish, I. punctatas was studied by light and electron microscopy.
(11) Anoxic incubation for varying periods of Isoparorchis hypselobagri from the swim bladder of the catfish Wallago attu, led to an accumulation of oxygen debt on the part of the parasite.
(12) This indicates that the neural representation of the external body surface of the channel catfish faces caudally in the FL.
(13) An estimate of the total mass of bone in the Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque, was obtained by dissection.
(14) Taste receptors for L-alanine and L-arginine in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, are differentially reactive to N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) and p-chloromercuribenzenesulphonic acid (pCMBS).
(15) Blood cells from Baltic salmon, Salmo salar, three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, eel pout, Zoarces viviparus, crucian carp, Carassius carassius, African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, and reedfish, Calamoichthys calabaricus, were incubated with tritiated 11 beta-hydroxyandrostenedione (OHA) or 11-ketoandrostenedione (OA).
(16) Catfish GH and PRL were identified by Western blotting with antisera against chum salmon GH and PRL.
(17) The cellular requirements for channel catfish MLR responses were assessed by using three functionally distinct leucocyte subpopulations isolated from the PBL.
(18) The Indian catfish, Heteropneusted fossilis, was chemically thyroidectomized with thiourea.
(19) Neither the concentrations of these three brain tissue substrates, nor L-GDH activity were significantly different between fish at the two locations even though the observed UIA concentrations were equivalent to concentrations which have been observed to increase glutamine concentration in brain tissue of catfish during exposures under laboratory conditions.
(20) Results from oral dose studies indicated that SDM is readily absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract in channel catfish and distributes rapidly to body tissues, primarily the muscle.
Lawyer
Definition:
(n.) One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.
(n.) The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.
(n.) The bowfin (Amia calva).
(n.) The burbot (Lota maculosa).
Example Sentences:
(1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
(2) On the way back to Pristina later, the lawyer told me everything was fine.
(3) Defence lawyers suggested this week that Anwar's accuser was a "compulsive and consummate liar" who may have been put up to it.
(4) The young European idealist who helped Leon Brittan, the British EU commissioner, to negotiate Chinese entry to the World Trade Organisation, also found his Spanish lawyer wife in Brussels.
(5) Antoine Comte, a lawyer for the Schloss heirs, said all the family wanted was the return of the painting.
(6) Gwendolen Morgan, the lawyer at Bindmans dealing with the case, said: "We have grave concerns about the decision to use this draconian power to detain our client for nine hours on Sunday – for what appear to be highly questionable motives, which we will be asking the high court to consider.
(7) The citizenship debate is tawdry, conflated and ultimately pointless | Richard Ackland Read more On Wednesday, the prime minister criticised lawyers for backing terrorists.
(8) Analysts say Zuma's lawyers may try to reach agreement with the prosecutors, while he can also appeal against yesterday's ruling before the constitutional court.
(9) Anna Mazzola, a civil liberties lawyer who advises the National Union of Journalists and whom I consulted, told me that in general if police can view anyone's images, they can only do so in "very limited circumstances".
(10) Sharif Mobley, 30, whose lawyers consider him to be disappeared, managed to call his wife in Philadelphia on Thursday, the first time they had spoken since February and a rare independent proof he is alive since a brief phone call with his mother in July.
(11) said Bengis, a Miami-based lawyer who campaigned hard for Hillary Clinton four years ago before she conceded the Democratic Party's nomination to Barack Obama.
(12) • Written, oral and video statements of self-incrimination and self-renunciation by the detainees, apparently induced by the authorities, have been released through official media channels (for example, lawyer Zhang Kai was induced to make such a statement, which he later retracted).
(13) But Steven Brounstein, a lawyer for one of the officers, said: 'For the DA to be equating this case to a drive-by shooting is absurd.
(14) With her expert legal aid and the help of her lawyers, I was released along with the 300 others who had been rounded up.
(15) We have the president of the tribunal, Sir Michael Burton, arguing that his work needs to be done in secret to secure the trust and co-operation of the intelligence services – but what about the trust of the British people and the confidence of the lawyers who seek to establish the rights of ordinary members of the public?
(16) Shaker Aamer , a Saudi who lived in London before travelling to Afghanistan, has given a statement to one of his lawyers in which he says British intelligence officers were present while Americans beat him and smashed his head against a wall.
(17) A lawyer advising one of the newspaper groups opposing the deal said: "All the regulator has to prove is that there is a potential for a reduction in plurality in the UK.
(18) Navalny, represented by two defence lawyers, will argue that he did not lead a criminal group to embezzle 16m roubles (£333,000) from Kirovles, a state-run timber firm, while advising the region's liberal governor, Nikita Belykh.
(19) His lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, died in a Russian jail in 2009 after being refused medical treatment.
(20) We need to stop making excuses for them: But it is up to the state to close the loopholes Yes, the state must work continually to tighten and simplify the tax regime, which is a deliberate mess keeping an entire industry of accounting firms and tax lawyers fed.