(n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.
(n.) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta.
(n.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.
(n.) See under Cloud.
Example Sentences:
(1) sp., from Chalcophaps i. indica, has three or four testes, and a cirrus pouch 93 to 108 mum long, 28 to 45 mum wide, and its egg capsules are 10 to 12 mum long, seven to nine mum wide, each containing four to six eggs.
(2) in having a transverse cirrus pouch anterior to the vagina.
(3) The new species is characterized by davaineidlike rostellar hooks, absence of a rostellar pouch, a huge cirrus pouch in gravid proglottids, a bilobed uterus that becomes progressively reticular, absence of a paruterine organ, and eggs with an internal coat forming a crescentic protuberance outside the embryophore.
(4) For the first time, the full story of Cirrus's collusion to rig prices can now be told.
(5) Paul Welch, a 70-year-old disabled retired civil servant living in a Peverel-managed block outside Bournemouth, told Carlex that Cirrus had just quoted £29,190.04 while Jackson quoted £33,306.04.
(6) SP- and FMRFamide-IR were identified in the CNS, and FMRFamide-immunopositive nerve fibres were also evident in association with the gonopore cirrus region and with the terminal excretory pore.
(7) sp., from Ducula aenea palawanensis, has 12 to 15 testes, and a cirrus pouch 130 to 150 mum long, 52 to 72 mum wide.
(8) The lumina of seminal vesicle, ejaculatory duct and cirrus are filled with spermatozoa.
(9) This cestode differs from other related species of this genus in the form of rostellar hooks and form and armament of cirrus.
(10) A gauzy light filters down through high streaks of cirrus and ranks of towering cumulus look like smoke thrown up over the fells from a giant cannon salvo.
(11) It differs from the related species of the genus--C. oculatus, C. flexiosus, C. australis, C. nagibinae, and C. pedunculatus--in the shape and articulation of accessory piece with cirrus and in having a crescentic posteromedian process on its dorsal bar.
(12) Inhaled pentamidine has become an important method of treatment and prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and we have compared nebuliser efficiency in terms of drug output and droplet sizes in four brands of jet nebuliser (Acorn-22, Inspiron, Cirrus, Respirgard II) and one brand of ultrasonic nebuliser (Fisoneb), at 2 pentamidine concentrations and 3 flow rates, using a laser particle sizer.
(13) In vivo development of Echinostoma malayanum Leiper, 1911 was studied in white rats and the developmental process was arbitrarily divided into four stages: organogeny, vitellogenesis, formation of Mehlis' gland complex and cirrus sac, and oviposition.
(14) Acid phosphatase (AcPase), alkaline phosphatase (AlPase) and adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) were present in almost all structures: tegument; subtegumental muscles; subtegumental cells; excretory canal; testes; sperm ductules; vas deferens; cirrus sac; cirrus; ovary; receptaculum seminis; vagina; vitelline gland cells; oocytes; uterus; embryonated eggs.
(15) Serotoninlike immunoreactivity was seen on the external seminal vesicle, the sphincter and cirrus sac, and the proximal portion of the vagina.
(16) Restriction fragment patterns for several enzymes were observed in both large and small genotrophs which consistently differed from the progenitor, Stormont Cirrus.
(17) This cestode is distinguished by the structure of the cirrus and other morphologic characters from other species of Aploparaksis Clerc 1903 in which there are 10 rostellar hooks and the vitelline gland is aporal to the ovary.
(18) The mean aerosol content, expressed as a percentage of the total weight loss, varied from as little as 15% for the Wright jet nebulisers to 54% (range 45-61%) for the Turbo and Micro-Cirrus jet nebulisers under the operating conditions used.
(19) In the peripheral nervous system, immunoreactivity occurs in the nerve plexuses supplying the subtegumental musculature, the oral and ventral suckers, and the muscular lining of the male and female reproductive ducts, including the ootype, uterus, cirrus pouch and gonopore.
(20) P. paralonchuri differs from other Pseudohaliotrema by the characteristics of the cirrus, accessory piece, anchors and bars.
Citrus
Definition:
(n.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.
Example Sentences:
(1) Adult Persian lime trees grafted on Citrus macrophylla and C. volkameriana were used, planted on a groundwater-affected red ferrilytic soil in the La Habana Province.
(2) However, even if you prefer Marmite to marmalade on your toast, citrus peel is a powerful tool in the kitchen, especially at this time of year, when bright, fresh flavours are at a premium.
(3) Calculations were based on the contamination of 2310 specimens of citrus fruits, pitted and seedy fruits and vegetables collected in the 1985-86 and 1989 campaigns.
(4) It is not so much a problem affecting a specific cultivation, but rather a conflict of food security.” Citrus crops have already been hit by the heat this year, with production of some types of mandarins and clementines forecast to be down by as much as 25%.
(5) The kind of inhibition on kiwi pectin methylesterase was found to be competitive with an apparent Ki of 0.22 microM, using citrus pectin as a substrate.
(6) In contrast to the eight cows that developed the syndrome only one out of 68 heifers which were fed larger quantities of citrus pulp for 10 days developed mild signs of the syndrome and then recovered, suggesting that older animals may be more susceptible.
(7) When sharpened with citrus and lubricated with olive oil, this is a real delight.
(8) The zesty, citrus whiff of oranges freshens up the January kitchen, drawing a line under heavy celebratory food, and lighting up the virtuous, but enticing path to a lighter, healthier diet.
(9) Flavonoids in immature citrus fruit decomposed gradually by standing after divided horizontally in two parts.
(10) Despite its rich, earthy, nutty flavour, the taste is very delicate, and thus pairs really well with a sharp citrus reduction.
(11) The recent trends in the possible use of irradiation as an alternative treatment to chemical fumigants for disinfestation of citrus and avocados and the prospects for the future application of irradiation for preservation of some of these fruits are outlined.
(12) PVP was prepared from dry citrus (lemon, orange) peels by special technology.
(13) Heidi was nauseous, slept all day and started craving citrus fruits and salty things.
(14) The effect of grapefruit pectin (Citrus paradisi) on plasma cholesterol, triglycerides, very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and the low-density lipoprotein:high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio was studied.
(15) The antioxidative activities of twenty types of citrus fruits were investigated with a screening method which is based on rat liver microsomal lipid peroxidation induced by dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP).
(16) In Czapek medium containing citrus pectin, pectin lyase (PL; EC 4.2.2.10) was produced faster and at higher amounts than in a medium containing NaPP as the sole carbon source.
(17) Alcoholic extracts of the rhizomes of Alpinia galanga, Andrographis paniculata, bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum, rind of Citrus decumana, Desmodium triflorum, seeds of Hydnocarpus wightiana, rhizomes of Kaempfaria galanga, Lippia nodiflora, tender leaves of Morinda citrifolia, rhizomes of Pollia serzogonian, Tephrosia purpuria and rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbeth showed good in vitro anthelmintic activity against human Ascaris lumbricoides.
(18) of a liquid meal containing 20 g citrus pectin, 35.0 g sucrose and 100 mg phenol red made up to 1 l. was introduced.
(19) The quantitative analysis of eight kinds of methoxylated flavonoids in Citrus iyo Hort.
(20) Designations which can be used to describe distinct viroids within the four groups include (i) CEVd-g, a grapevine isolate of citrus exocortis viroid, (ii) GVd-c, a grapevine viroid recovered from cucumber, and AGVd, Australian grapevine viroid, (iii) GYSVd-1 and GYSVd-2, two viroids inducing yellow speckle disease and (iv) HSVd-g, a grapevine isolate of hop stunt viroid.