What's the difference between cobby and manx?

Cobby


Definition:

  • (n.) Headstrong; obstinate.
  • (n.) Stout; hearty; lively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cobby and Ashford analyzed absorption and elimination phases of each alcohol dose separately and found no influence of meprobamate on BAC and significant heterogeneity in the residual error terms.
  • (2) The design, analysis and conclusions of the series of experiments by Carpenter et al., Ashford and Cobby, and Cobby and Ashford [J.
  • (3) The analyses of Ashford and Cobby and Cobby and Ashford used the mathematical models, which represented pharmacological and physiological actions of the drugs.
  • (4) related the results of behavioral measures to drug doses, Ashford and Cobby to the concentrations of the drugs in the blood.
  • (5) It was while working there that he met a young man nicknamed Cobby, a rebellious youth who introduced him to petty crime.

Manx


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language.
  • (n.) The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mark Cavendish, the flash "Manx Missile", who has won 25 stages of the Tour de France, thanks his "sprint train" with expensive watches and designer clobber when they lead him out to victory.
  • (2) On the one hand, the desire to preserve languages and their cultural heritage is a highly commendable endeavour — it is the reason why languages such as Manx, Livonian and Cornish have been brought back from the brink of extinction.
  • (3) In the Manx shearwater, it is found that this novel area projects visually into the binocular field below the bill.
  • (4) The retinal ganglion cells in five species (Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, Kerguelen petrel, Pterodroma brevirostris, great shearwater, Puffinus gravis, broad-billed prion, Pachyptila vittata, and common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix) were examined by Nissl staining and also by silver staining in the case of the common diving petrel.
  • (5) The Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, is a pelagic sea bird which feeds from the surface of the sea and by shallow surface and plunge dives.
  • (6) Cook, who was born in Dorchester, will now fight in the European and world championships under a Manx flag, after he followed through on his promise to switch his allegiance unless the GB Taekwondo selectors responsible for his omission resigned.
  • (7) A progressive, apparently inherited corneal dystrophy is described in an inbred line of Manx cats.
  • (8) During studies on the etiology of puffinosis, a disease of the Manx shearwater, 1 to 4% of full-grown birds were found to have dry, non-pigmented lesions on the webs of the feet.
  • (9) Manx of these infants has additionally dermatological symptoms and some respiratory symptoms.
  • (10) Decreased serum and CSF chloride concentrations were documented in a 5-year-old Manx cat referred for evaluation of anorexia.
  • (11) This summer the Manx cyclists Mark Cavendish and Pete Kennaugh represented Team GB in London.
  • (12) The roads of Yorkshire are still marked with graffiti urging on the Brit favourite, Mark “Cav” Cavendish – a poignant reminder that the Manx sprinter didn’t even make it to stage two after crashing at the first finish in Harrogate.
  • (13) Verbs tend to ascribe benign agency to the parts of a dead animal, as with the announcement by the waiter at L'Enclume who, in Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's TV series The Trip , introduces a dish thus: "You've got some little manx queenies which are baby queen scallops.
  • (14) Are Manx, Jersey and Guernsey coins legal tender in the UK?
  • (15) News of the chancellor's tax grab on the Isle of Man was read out by the island's chief minister, Tony Brown, in front of a sombre Tynwald, the Manx parliament.
  • (16) Scotland data are similar to Cumbrian and Manx results and dissimilar to the Irish data.
  • (17) The mononuclear retinal field of the Manx shearwater eye is 148 degrees wide and is asymmetric with respect to the optic axis.
  • (18) In Manx shearwater eyes, the ratio of focal length:axial length and the ratio of lens refractive power:corneal refractive power may be correlated with a nocturnal life style.
  • (19) The Manx population has higher Esterase D 2 gene frequencies than neighbouring populations.
  • (20) Saliva specimens were collected from 163 Manx and 994 Cumbrian individuals and tested for secretor group.

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