(n.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.
(n.) A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Experiments in which this method has been applied to the measurement of hunger and thirst in doves are outlined, and the results are discussed in terms of their implications for motivation theory in general.
(2) These results suggest the existence of specific, saturable binding sites for PRL in dove brain which conceivably could mediate the reported effects of PRL on behavior and gonadal function in this species.
(3) Similar effects occurred in dose-related fashion in male doves given ICV injections of ovine prolactin.
(4) The autogeneic fibula dove-tailed strut graft is favored over an iliac crest bone graft because with multilevel decompression in the cervical spine, it provided structural stability and a high union rate.
(5) He used his final speech as an MPC member to indicate a rate rise was getting closer and he also rejected the “dove” label ascribed to him given his apparent support for monetary stimulus during his six years there.
(6) Despite the findings of this study, it was suggested that future dove management strategies consider the possibility of disease outbreaks involving white-winged doves and susceptible populations of mourning doves.
(7) The distribution of labeled cells was investigated in the brain of the ring dove one hour after administration of 3H-estradiol.
(8) The Dove Project, which specialises in providing both residential and domiciliary care to people with disabilities and mental health problems as well as older people, has found it hard to recruit staff of the standard it requires.
(9) In both quail and dove, the activities of hypothalamic aromatase and 5 alpha-reductase were lower in the chick brain than in the adult, but brain 5 beta-reductase activity was much higher during early development than in adulthood.
(10) Mourning doves (Zenaidura macroura) shed the agent sparingly, but turkeys exposed to them did not become infected, These findings and knowledge of the habits of these various species are discussed.
(11) They also point out that the White House and the State Department appear to be similarly split between hawks and doves.
(12) Three other columbid species, C. leucocephala (white-crowned pigeon), C. fasciata (band-tailed pigeon), and Zenaidura macroura (mourning dove) harbored strains of serotype C only.
(13) Doves that received lead treatments had readily discernable lead intranuclear inclusion bodies in cells of the proximal convoluted tubules.
(14) ‘We were simple as doves, wise as serpents’: Portugal toast Euro 2016 win Read more Has any player been through as many contrasting emotions in the space of a major final?
(15) The preoptic area (POA) of the male dove is a known target area for separable behavioral actions of testosterone and 17 beta-estradiol (E2) and contains an active aromatase system.
(16) "When Doves Cry – it's nice to hear When Doves Cry again…" Tumbleweed.
(17) A simultaneous squab--egg choice test was given on days 1, 4, 10, and 13 of incubation and on the day following hatching in normal reproductive cycles of experienced and naïve male and female ring doves.
(18) "This report will certainly strengthen the case for the doves on the committee going into the next meeting this month,' said Millan Mulraine, a senior strategist with TD Securities in New York.
(19) The true value of these celebrity paintings: like Picasso's Child with a Dove , which left Britain when the Qatar royal family bought it for £50m, is tarnished by massive sums.
(20) Polman said the global appeal of Unilever products – from Dove soap to Magnum ice cream – gave the company an opportunity to educate consumers.
Squab
Definition:
(a.) Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
(a.) Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.
(n.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.
(n.) A person of a short, fat figure.
(n.) A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.
(adv.) With a heavy fall; plump.
(v. i.) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
Example Sentences:
(1) But it includes other delicious things, too: pot-roasted squab, stewed rabbit, braised oxtail.
(2) Prolactin significantly increased the incidence or frequency of parental regurgitation-feeding episodes in tests with all three squab age groups and, in addition, increased the incidence of parental feeding invitations (squab-oriented bill openings) in tests with 6- to 8-day-old squabs.
(3) These changes suggest that all the food was not being digested by the adult birds during brooding but was almost exclusively regurgitated to feed the squabs.
(4) A simultaneous squab--egg choice test was given on days 1, 4, 10, and 13 of incubation and on the day following hatching in normal reproductive cycles of experienced and naïve male and female ring doves.
(5) The period is made up of 15 days incubating eggs and 4-5 days brooding squabs.
(6) With the use of genetically marked transferrin, a major portion of circulating transferrin from a newly hatched squab was found to be derived from the mother through the egg.
(7) env sequences were not detectable in DNAs from Japanese quail, ring-necked pheasant, golden pheasant, duck, squab, salmon sperm, or calf thymus.
(8) Squabs introduced during late incubation have more of a positive effect on squab choice than when introduced during early incubation.
(9) In the second experiment, birds fed the diet with no supplemental fat did not produce squabs, whereas fat-supplemented diets resulted in production of at least six squabs.
(10) Systemic administration of ovine prolactin (PRL) has been previously reported to stimulate parental feeding behavior toward 7-day-old foster squabs by nonbreeding ring doves with previous breeding experience.
(11) The DNAs of 11 various mammalian and avian species, including both natural predators of mice and squabs from the farms with virus-positive mice, lacked amphotropic envelope-related sequences.
(12) Weekly, when new offspring were banded, a squab data sheet was taken into the pen to record the offspring's permanent leg band number, hatch date, strain, pen number, and parents' band numbers.
(13) Average energy intake was about 235 kcal ME per pair per day for pigeons not producing squabs.
(14) Experiment II shows that squab reared without seed in their home cage do not develop normal levels of pecking unless exposure to seed is followed in close temporal proximity by interaction with parents.
(15) Two experiments were conducted to study the effects on the performance of squabbing pigeons of two feeding systems based on two protein levels, two fat sources, and varying fat and energy levels.
(16) Such feedings may have been essential for producing the previous observation (Graf, Balsam, & Silver, 1985) that pecking develops normally if squab which have been separated from their parents are given a daily 20-min interaction with seed followed by an immediate return to their parents.
(17) However, squab must actually be given experience in handling and ingesting seeds before adult levels of pecking can be obtained.
(18) Young squabs may be permanently sterilized when fed crop milk by treated birds.
(19) In this experiment, 6- to 8-day-old test squabs were used to determine if parental behavior is enhanced by twice-daily intracerebroventricular (ICV) injections of PRL in doses below those required to stimulate peripheral target organs.
(20) It is concluded that an association between some aspect of squab's interaction with seed and a parentally provided unconditioned stimulus is sufficient for normal pecking to develop.