(n.) A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.
(n.) A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.
Example Sentences:
(1) Robinson has said that he held talks with Cerberus executives including former US vice-president Dan Quayle to discuss the selloff.
(2) MPs are to look into the sale of £13bn of former Northern Rock mortgages to the US private equity group Cerberus Capital, to examine whether the deal was in the public interest.
(3) Cerberus, whose interest was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, is understood to have offered to sign a non disclosure agreement.
(4) While neither the company, nor anyone representing Verbatim Communications Ltd, acted for anyone in the Nama sale to Cerberus, Verbatim Communications fully supports all investigations into the matter whether in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.” The company added that: “Three years ago, Verbatim Communications Ltd was engaged by Tughans to assist with a very successful event relating to third-level education.
(5) Wallace said: “Cerberus have been able to sell loans for double what they paid for them in a very short space of time.
(6) Not far away lies Cape Tenaro, where Hercules is said to have descended into the underworld and tamed Cerberus, the three-headed dog.
(7) Cerberus said it was committed to being a good steward of the assets it had acquired, but lawyers warned the sale could affect borrowers, who are only now being informed of the change in ownership.
(8) Tyrie’s letter on Wednesday to Harriet Baldwin, the economic secretary to the Treasury, said: “Concerns have been raised about the suitability of Cerberus as the buyer of the mortgage book.
(9) The 2014 purchase by Cerberus of €1.6bn of Northern Ireland property assets from the National Asset Management Agency – Ireland’s state-owned “bad bank” – has been the subject of a number of investigations, including by the UK’s National Crime Agency and the US Department of Justice, following claims that a Northern Irish politician was due to receive £7m in payments .
(10) Tyrie’s letter comes after the tax expert and barrister Jolyon Maugham queried the tax implications of the Cerberus purchase, warning that the taxpayer could lose out on future revenues because of the likely structure of the deal.
(11) Cerberus was looking at efficiencies from six gun-makers it acquired to make an industry powerhouse to rival Colt Manufacturing.
(12) Cerberus, named after the mythical three-headed dog that guards Hades , declined to comment on why a Dutch entity had bought the mortgages or whether it would pay the same amount of UK tax as a UK-registered entity would have done.
(13) Cerberus could decide to roll this programme out further.
(14) Last month, Westminster’s Treasury select committee said it would examine the Cerberus acquisition of the former Northern Rock mortgages to establish whether it was in the public interest.
(15) It had now turned, after a period examining dealings with the police, to looking at press relations with politicians, an area in which Campbell, after nine years as Tony Blair's media Cerberus, certainly has an insight.
(16) Any sale of the £17bn of B&B mortgages is likely to be some months away as Ukar is has yet to complete the sell-off of the Northern Rock mortgages – known as the Granite portfolio – to Cerberus.
(17) No Verbatim Communications Ltd employees or representatives facilitated or were in any way involved in the sale of Nama assets to Cerberus.
(18) Northern Rock mortgages are latest gamble for US private equity firm Cerberus Read more Online requests for information about Cerberus European Residential Holdings were met by a statement from the Dutch equivalent of Companies House: “No financial statements have been filed.” A spokesman for Tyrie’s parliamentary committee said: “Seven years after the taxpayer bailed out Northern Rock, it is good news that the chancellor has managed to sell these assets, and at a price above their face value.
(19) In Ireland Cerberus paid just €10,320 in tax over two years, despite combined turnover for 2013 and 2014 of €224m, according to the Irish Times .
(20) Among those involved with Cerberus was the former US vice-president Dan Quayle.
Echidna
Definition:
(n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.
(n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the echidna a few dark, organelle-rich glia cells were encountered.
(2) This study provides anatomical evidence for the presence of cone-like photoreceptors in the retina of the echidna.
(3) This is a report of experiments which provide evidence in support of the existence of an electric sense in the echidna, or spiny anteater Tachyglossus aculeatus.
(4) Echidna Mb, which has one replacement (Glu-59 to Ala) within region 56-62, displayed greatly reduced cross-reactivities and relative binding affinities.
(5) Echidna band A protein has some similarity to high cystine "whey" proteins.
(6) The concentration of pituitary LH is in the range of that found in eutherian mammals, but the concentration of ACTH is lower than that reported for other vertebrates, and this may be linked causally with the remarkably low rate of corticosteroid secretion in the echidna.
(7) The presence of two lysozyme variants, echidna lysozyme I and II, has been confirmed in mature milk samples of Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus and Tachyglossus aculeatus aculeatus respectively.
(8) There is a wide disparity in growth rates of echidna young that is related to differences in the body weights of the mothers.
(9) At the time of publishing the list stands at 244, including, but certainly not limited to: disturbed balance; blurred vision; cataracts; mass bee extinction; unexplained deaths of cattle, goats, dolphins, worms and sundry other animals; family discord; disoriented echidnas; social problems among peacocks; and eggs without yolks.
(10) The gross anatomy and nerve supply of the bill of echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is described in relation to its function as an outstanding sensory organ.
(11) Within the rostral one centimetre of the Echidna beak, three specialised receptors were found: a mucous sensory gland, a rod-like structure, and an innervated epidermal pit.
(12) The cells of the secretory tubules in the mandibular gland of the echidna are packed with fairly large birefringent granules, which show a lamellated structure consisting of alternating thin and thick layers or shells of protein.
(13) Adult Aponomma concolor were able to locate their mammalian host (echidna) from distances greater than 3 reptile-infesting species could locate their hosts.
(14) Generally there are more changes between beta-chains; there are only three other examples reported where there are more changes between alpha-chains than beta-chains, these are of echidna, rabbit and dog globins.
(15) Maturation of spermatozoa in the Wolffian duct of the echidna appears to be expressed only in a changing capacity for motility and in loss of the cytoplasmic droplet.
(16) The karyotype of the platypus (2n = 52) has several features in common with those of the echidna species; six pairs of large autosomes, many pairs of small (but not micro-) chromosomes, and a series of small unpaired chromosomes which form a multivalent at meiosis.
(17) Neurohypophysial hormones of platypus seem similar to those of echidna, the other living prototherian, and to those of most placental mammals.
(18) The same properties make this formation different from the anterodorsal and anteroventral nuclei in rats, the equivalents of which could not be identified in echidnas.
(19) An additional nine live echidnas were presented for clinical examination for dog or fox wounds (eight), or wire snare wounds (one).
(20) Statistical comparison of amino acid composition of the component chains with other immunoglobulin heavy chains suggests that echidna gamma chains are more closely related to eutherian gamma chains than to the 7S Ig heavy chains from amphibia or aves.