(n.) One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
(n.) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast.
(n.) An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum.
(n.) The surf fish of California.
Example Sentences:
(1) The spotted seatrout GTH beta-subunit was used as radioligand in a radioimmunoassay (RIA) with Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) GTH antiserum.
(2) The involvement of active inorganic ion transport and Na+,K(+)-ATPase in oocyte hydration in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) and spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), marine teleosts which spawn pelagic eggs, was investigated by examining changes in the inorganic ion content of ovarian follicles containing mainly oocytes, by performing in vitro incubations of the follicles with ion channel blockers, and by assaying membrane preparations of ovaries containing hydrating and non-hydrating oocytes for Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity and content.
(3) Spermatozoa of Atlantic croaker diluted in either NaCl or sodium citrate solutions with or without DMSO were examined with the electron microscope before freezing in liquid nitrogen and after thawing.
(4) Antiserum to croaker maturational gonadotropin, which recognizes two distinct gonadotropins in sciaendis, bound strongly and specifically to the gonadotrops.
(5) The effects of several mammalian reproductive toxins on reproductive endocrine function in female Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) were examined.
(6) Proteinase II, a high-molecular-mass proteinase previously identified in white croaker skeletal muscle, was purified to apparent homogeneity by DEAE-Sephacel, phenyl-Sepharose CL 4B, and Sephacryl S-300 chromatographies.
(7) The spermatozoon of the Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) is a primitive type in that it lacks an acrosome.
(8) Ovarian tissue in the process of FOM was removed from Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) and incubated with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and pregnenolone in tissue culture medium for 8 hr.
(9) The alkaline proteinase showing pH optimum 8.0 from white croaker (Sciaena schlegeli) skeletal muscle was purified electrophoretically homogeneously (2000-fold) using a combination of DEAE-cellulose chromatography, hydroxylapatite chromatography and Ultrogel AcA 34 gel filtration.
(10) The effect of in vitro exposure to tributyltin (TBT) on the chemiluminescent (CL) responses of kidney macrophages was examined in oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus) and Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus).
(11) Fractions were bioassayed for their potency to induce GVBD of Atlantic croaker oocytes in vitro.
(12) Full-grown oocytes of Atlantic croaker are insensitive to maturation-inducing steroid (MIS) unless they are primed with gonadotropin (GtH).
(13) Pituitary extracts and plasmas from a variety of sciaenid fishes diluted parallel to the croaker GTH standard in the RIA.
(14) These findings strongly suggest that 20 beta-S is the terminal product of the MIS biosynthetic pathway in Atlantic croaker ovaries.
(15) All the steroids produced by Atlantic croaker ovaries during final oocyte maturation (FOM) were assayed for their ability to induce germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) of croaker oocytes in vitro.
(16) Based upon observations of a high prevalence of skin neoplasms near the discharge point for kraft pulp mills, experiments were conducted to determine the neoplastic induction efficiency of the effluent on the croaker and sea catfish species.
(17) These results provide further evidence that 20 beta-S is a major maturation-inducing steroid in Atlantic croaker.
(18) The objective of this study was to examine the mechanism of GtH-induced maturational competence in croaker oocytes.
(19) The contribution of environmental chemicals to the cause of chromatophoroma in the feral croaker is considered likely on the basis of the following results in our studies.
(20) A croaker (Nibea mitsukurii) has a high incidence of the skin melanoma, chromatophoroma, in a Pacific coastal area in Japan.
Grumbler
Definition:
(n.) One who grumbles.
Example Sentences:
(1) Young people should ignore the cynics and the grumblers.
(2) Immigration might rankle armchair grumblers, but housing will bring voters out fighting in 2015.
(3) And rather the fact-based miseries of these poor bastards than the fictional boohooisms of fellow "It were shite back then" costume grumbler The Village.
(4) Thus the future is assured; and with her consolidated grip on power she should be able to silence the grumblers at this weekend’s party conference in Birmingham.