(n.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.
Example Sentences:
(1) Incidence of cockroach hypersensitivity was 58% among asthmatic adults and 69% among asthmatic children.
(2) The action of the venom of the wasp Campsomeris sexmaculata on the insect CNS has been studied using the cercal nerve-giant interneuron preparation of the sixth abdominal ganglion of the cockroach.
(3) The factors acting at the crayfish and cockroach blood-brain barrier are summarized in FIGURE 8 and would be well suited for providing efficient K+ spatial buffering of the CNS.
(4) The metathoracic musculature of the American cockroach Periplaneta americana was denervated by dissecting the nerves originating in the metathoracic ganglion on one side within 2 days after the last moult.
(5) The synaptic action of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) was studied in the sixth abdominal ganglion of the cockroach Periplaneta americana L. The drug 4-AP did not modify the affinity of cholinergic receptors.
(6) The toxicities of Raid Max Roach Bait (sulfluramid) and COMBAT Roach Control System (hydramethylnon) to susceptible and field-collected German cockroaches were examined.
(7) In terrestrial insects such as locusts and cockroaches ventilatory movements are governed by a dominant oscillator in the metathoracic or anterior abdominal ganglion.
(8) Levels of ATP are near normal in the cockroach nerve cord when hypoxia is sufficient to cause coma as determined by behavioral observations and nerve cord electrical activity.
(9) Susceptibility to some antagonists of vitamin B6 was studied in frogs and cockroaches after operational intervention in their central nervous systems, and also in the intack frogs and cockroaches.
(10) A study was conducted to isolate and identify microorganisms of medical importance from cockroaches (Blattella germanica) and to ascertain their vector potential in the epidemiology of nosocomial infections.
(11) The susceptibility of American cockroaches, Periplaneta americana (L.); smoky brown cockroaches, P. fuliginosa (Serville); oriental cockroaches, Blatta orientalis L.; German cockroaches, Blattella germanica (L.); and brownbanded cockroaches, Supella longipalpa (F.), to Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser (All strain) was evaluated under laboratory conditions.
(12) There was no rejection of skingrafts by naive insects showing that the immune system of the cockroach had been triggered non-specifically to recognise tissue previously treated as "self".
(13) Salivary fluids of Blaberus craniifer, a common pest species of cockroach, were found to produce leukocytolysis and hemagglutination reactions of human blood cells under in vitro conditions.
(14) The effect of toxaphene upon ion fluxes of the central nervous system (CNS) of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana (L.), was studied in vitro.
(15) The first gonotrophic cycle of oocyte maturation was defined for virgin Blaberus discoidalis cockroaches.
(16) The rhetoric that sees innocent people labelled “marauding,” “swarms” and “cockroaches” is what makes it permissible for society to imprison them, and it should come as no surprise that women and children are at particular risk from punitive immigration laws.
(17) In addition, receptors in the fat-body of the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) recognize the peptide, resulting in carbohydrate elevation in the blood.
(18) In these studies both dust mites and pollens were significant, but cat and cockroach allergy were also important.
(19) He congratulated the citizens on defending themselves from the "inyenzi" (cockroaches) and told them to keep up the good work.
(20) Indeed, diglycerides constitute the largest neutral lipid fraction in the hemolymph of silkmoths, locusts, cockroaches, bugs, etc.
Orca
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Japan should undertake some DNA research in Japanese fish markets, where endangered whales - including orcas and humpbacks - are being sold as minke whales.
(2) Last month, toymaker Mattel announced that it would no longer produce a SeaWorld version of its Barbie doll, which came dressed as a SeaWorld orca trainer.
(3) Its breeding programme is probably doomed by a combination of regulation (Californian authorities last year refused redevelopment plans for its San Diego site unless it stopped breeding orcas) and the fact that its virile male, Tilikum, appears to be dying .
(4) Partly out of recognition of Tilikum's huge size – at 12 tonnes he is the largest orca in captivity – and partly out of knowledge of the past, the park's 28 trainers were never allowed to swim with him.
(5) Would people bring their children to SeaWorld if they knew the cruelty behind the orca whale circus show?
(6) SeaWorld has long known this but accepts that abnormal (even desperate) orca behavior ... is the price paid for this form of human entertainment and company profit,” the court documents say.
(7) It asks whether a large corporation that makes money from the orca whales in its amusement parks has covered up dangers to the trainers and to the whales.
(8) The documentary implies that the orcas are driven to psychosis – and attacking humans – by the cruelties and indignities of their imprisonment.
(9) It is the second time SeaWorld has been sued in less than three weeks, after a similar class action lawsuit was filed in California last month alleging the company is misleading the public by claiming its captive killer whales, or orcas, are happy and thriving.
(10) It had previously issued a steady stream of lower-key newspaper ads, trying to push back aggressively against the message presented by Blackfish and the pall that was cast over the company when, in late 2009 and early 2010, trainer Alexis Martineau was killed by a SeaWorld-owned orca on loan to a Spanish theme park, and another trainer, Dawn Brancheau, was killed by a giant male orca during a show at SeaWorld in Orlando.
(11) But none of the conditions that led to these tragedies have truly changed for him, for the trainers, or for other orcas.
(12) The completeness of the amino acids composition of Orca meat proteins enables it to utilize this raw material for obtaining valuable food products in the form of concentrates or hydrolysates.
(13) Its five-day Orcas and Northern Lights break, staying in Grundarfjordur , costs from £1,148pp, with flights and full-board.
(14) They are also beautiful, rugged and rainforested, with views to the Rockies, and bays where you can often see orcas and humpback whales.
(15) The story she unravelled about Tilikum, a male orca at SeaWorld that was involved in the deaths of three people, turned her into an inadvertent activist.
(16) • Park website , Sacajawea Interpretive Center San Juan Islands national monument Facebook Twitter Pinterest An orca in San Juan Islands.
(17) They include excoriating cinematic treatments of Indonesian death squads, evangelical homophobia in Uganda, the uprising in Tahrir Square and an attack on the incarceration of orca whales in marine parks.
(18) SeaWorld lawsuit alleges orcas are drugged and confined in 'chemical tubs' Read more The environmental advocacy and research group Earth Island Institute, based in Berkeley, California, is advising the legal team representing the plaintiffs.
(19) At multiple points, the trainers attest to the orcas’ advanced emotional and mental characteristics, yet see no problem with locking that intelligence up for mere circus spectacle.
(20) The proteins of the Orca meat contain all the amino acids, including essential ones.