(n.) A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.
(n.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces.
(n.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
(n.) The flesh of fish, used as food.
(n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
(n.) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard.
(v. i.) To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
(v. i.) To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
(v. t.) To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.
(v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.
(v. t.) To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream.
(v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n.
Example Sentences:
(1) Both the vitellogenesis and the GtH cell activity are restored in the fish exposed to short photoperiod if it is followed by a long photoperiod.
(2) Roadford Lake with over 730 acres for watersports, fishing and birdwatching plus paths and bridleways.
(3) External exposures to a contaminated fishing net and fishing boat are considered pathways for fishermen.
(4) Two fully matured specimens were collected from the blood vessel of two fish, Theragra chalcogramma, which was bought at the Emun market of Seoul in May, 1985.
(5) The telencephalon of teleost fish shows high affinity uptake for D-[3H]aspartate, intermediate levels of GABAergic markers and low levels of cholinergic enzymes.
(6) The authors present the first results on the utilization of fish infusion (IFP) as a basic medium for the cultivation of bacteria.
(7) In telecost fishes, the corpuscles of Stannius contain Bowie-stainable granules and a renin-like pressor substance.
(8) Fish were trained monocularly via the compressed or the normal visual field using an aversive classical conditioning model.
(9) Alternatively, try the Hawaii Fish O nights, every Friday from 26 July until the end of August, featuring a one-hour paddleboard lesson, followed by a fish-and-chip supper looking out over the waves you've just battled (£16.75).
(10) Small and medium fish swim up when stressed, whereas larger fish swim down.
(11) Macron hit back on Twitter, saying her proposals to take France out of the EU would destroy France’s fishing industry.
(12) Careless Herbicidal aerial spray of a field for weed control and defoliation of cotton before machine picking, resulted in the contamination of an adjoining reservoir, killing large volume of fish.
(13) The function of these triple cones can not be deduced from the behavior patterns of these fishes.
(14) Both fatty acid composition and the degree of lipid peroxidation were measured in this study in 23 OTC fish oil preparations.
(15) The possibility of mammalian mitochondria functioning in fish embryos has been studied.
(16) Instead, they say, we should only eat plenty of lean meat and fish, with fruit and raw vegetables on the side.
(17) The nerve endings in the heart of fishes were studied using silver impregnation techniques.
(18) As for fish attractiveness, motion, freshness, size, color and species were found as important parameters in the food-preference mechanism.
(19) Interest in the antithrombotic potential of diets enriched with fish oil-derived polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFAs) prompted us to examine how these fatty acids, when taken preoperatively, affect hemostasis, plasma lipid levels, and production of prostacyclin (PGI2) by vascular tissues in atherosclerotic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
(20) The olfactory organs of fishes are diversely developed.
Kingfisher
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies.
Example Sentences:
(1) Meanwhile, there was some positive news in the UK retail sector as B&Q owner, Kingfisher , saw sales in the country increase 5.7% during the three months to end of October, compared with a year earlier.
(2) Nine current FTSE 100 chief executives, including Smith Group's Philip Bowman, Kingfisher's Ian Cheshire, Diageo's Paul Welsh and Centrica's Sam Laidlaw sit on the remuneration committees of fellow blue chip companies.
(3) Kingfisher, the UK home improvement retailer, announced a set of ambitious net positive targets in 2012 including its goal of “global net reforestation”.
(4) In contrast, the Kingfisher team works in one small room so that all information gathered is instantly shared: “We even want our phone calls overheard by the rest of the team,” says MacInnes, “because we’ve realised the power of sharing even the smallest piece of information with the rest of the team.
(5) Sutherland, who took the helm on May 1 after leaving Kingfisher’s B&Q, said on the group’s Facebook page that “an individual or individuals” were determined to undermine him.
(6) There was an altercation with guards, after which the roommate was removed to the Kingfisher isolation unit for three days.
(7) Keep your eyes peeled for Spawning salmon or sea trout, kingfishers or dippers, or even an otter or a seal in the river.
(8) In 2009, parent company Kingfisher's new boss Ian Cheshire announced a repositioning of the China business as losses mounted to £50m.
(9) That’s how you start putting together the jigsaw.” Kingfisher’s approach involves social workers, whose caseloads are considerably lighter than is usual, adopting the skills of detectives – and detectives using the skills of social workers.
(10) "The actual position is not changed because of this order," Kingfisher said in a statement this weekend.
(11) In a letter to the Financial Times, Ian Cheshire, chief executive of Kingfisher, Charlie Mayfield, chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, and Andy Clarke, chief executive of Asda, called for the moratorium.
(12) Kingfisher refused to comment on Monday's meeting, which was described as "inconclusive" in the local media.
(13) Kingfishers flashed by, bright white egrets pottered around but there was no sign of the beavers.
(14) The billionaire liquor baron fled to the UK last year owing hundreds of millions of dollars to creditors and facing charges including money laundering, in connection to the collapse of his business venture Kingfisher Airlines.
(15) Sir Ian Cheshire , outgoing boss of B&Q Kingfisher, is another retailer with a track record of taking on troubled firms.
(16) 1984 British retailer Kingfisher buys Comet for £129m.
(17) Wade across the river – catch a flash of kingfisher green among the mangroves – and two miles of deserted beach lie ahead.
(18) Two of 9 sacred kingfishers were infected with ovoid-truncated, 22 (19-25) X 16 (12-18) micron oocysts of E. duncani.
(19) The distribution of delta5 3beta-hydroxüsteroid dehydrogenase (delta5 3beta-HSDH), 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17beta-HSDH), Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PDH) and NADH-diaphorase enzymes has been histochemically studied in the interrenal gland and the ovary of the stork-billed kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis (Linn.).
(20) Controlled by the flamboyant Mallya – the 56-year-old self-styled "King of Good Times" – Kingfisher's fleet has been grounded since the start of the month when a staff protest turned violent.