(n.) Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus).
(v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ernst Reissner studied the formation of the inner ear initially using the embryos of fowls, then the embryos of mammals, mainly cows and pigs, and to a less extent the embryos of man.
(2) These same areas were previously reported to increase metabolic activity in imprinted Guinea fowl chicks, when they heared the imprinting stimulus during the 2-deoxyglucose experiment.
(3) In contrast, uncloned NJ12508 stock virus killed 1 of 24 hens and FL27716 stock virus killed 4 of 24 hens, and neither produced the complete spectrum of lesions associated with fowl plague.
(4) In several groups of galliform birds (chicken, turkey, pheasant and guinea fowl) the presence and function of plasma haptoglobin (Hp) have been studied.
(5) The Semliki Forest virus spike subunit E2, a membrane-spanning protein, was transported to the plasma membrane in BHK cells after its carboxy terminus, including the intramembranous and cytoplasmic portions, was replaced by respective fragments of either the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein or the fowl plague virus hemagglutinin.
(6) Kidneys from young fowl fed a salt deficient diet for up to five weeks were examined under the electron microscope.
(7) Twenty-five and 6.6% of embryos derived from 7-8 and 24 to 30 months old chickens respectively, 30% of liver specimens from 3-4 months old chickens 3.3% of liver specimens from adult guinea-fowl and 72% of liver specimens from Maran fowl contained the group-specific leukosis complement-fixing antigen (gs-antigen).
(8) The effect of hemorrhage on blood arginine vasotocin level in the domestic fowl.
(9) Based on the facts in 1) and 2), we consider that the glands located in the fowl esophagus are undifferentiated gastric glands.
(10) I will not find out the charge until I go to trial, so I just do not know.” Fowle, a 56-year-old equipment operator for the city of Moraine, Ohio, said he was originally detained at a large tourist hotel in Pyongyang and later moved to what he described as a suite-style room in a guest house, which he did not name.
(11) Also studied was the serum resistance of seven serotype 3, 4 isolates obtained from the lungs of M9-vaccinated turkeys from seven flocks experiencing increased mortality due to fowl cholera.
(12) The main animal paramyxoviruses are parainfluenza 3 (agent of shipping fever) in cattle; NDV (cause of fowl pest) and Yucaipavirus in birds; Sendai and PVM in mice; Nariva virus in rodents; possibly bovinerespiratory syncytial virus; and SV5 and SV41 in monkeys.
(13) This peptide, termed eel atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), has sequence homology of 59% to mammalian (human or rat) ANP, 52% to fowl ANP, and 46% to frog ANP.
(14) The distribution of 3 beta-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase was examined in the subcellular fractions of granulosa cells collected from the ovary of the domestic fowl.
(15) In adult fowls, the area of the media was increased by 93% (radial) and 32% (ulnar) following denervation and the number of smooth muscle cell layers increased by 39% (radial) and 11% (ulnar).
(16) Fasting heat production, scaled on metabolic body size (bodyweight in kg)0.75, was similar to that of mature male domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus).
(17) Results indicate that age of poults and method of vaccination may be important factors in the development of acquired resistance to fowl cholera when aflatoxin is present in the diet.
(18) Urolithiasis (kidney stone formation) is an acquired degenerative kidney lesion affecting sexually mature and immature domestic fowl.
(19) The immune response of chicks to oral vaccination with HP1-strain of fowl pox virus was studied using intracellular virus alone or a combination of intra and extracellular viruses.
(20) The infection, confirmed by viral culture, was produced by Dutch strain (Hav 1 Neq 1) of fowl plague virus.
Partridge
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird.
(n.) Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera.
(n.) The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).
Example Sentences:
(1) A film sequel to 2013’s Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa is also on the cards.
(2) You had to admire the party’s commitment to its Alan Partridge roots.
(3) Testing the bone models to failure in tensile mode showed that the perforations weakened the bone and that the Partridge plates and bands decreased the weakening effects of the perforation.
(4) Baby Cow is owned by his friends, Henry Normal and Partridge star Steve Coogan, and for Iannucci, who doesn't live in London, its offices are a useful base for future projects.
(5) Erysipelas was diagnosed in chukar partridges (Alectoris graeca) kept as hunting stock.
(6) The photoperiodic control of puberty in birds was studied using hybrid red-legged partridges (Alectoris graeca chukar).
(7) Anderson (Men's) 10:30 – 12:30 huntergather 11:00 Margaret Howell (Men's) 1 11:30 – 13:00 Kit Neal e 11:30 – 14:30 Christopher Kane (Men's) 12:00 Oliver Spencer 12:30 – 14:00 Fashion East Men's Presentations 12:30 – 14:30 John Smedle y 13:00 Richard James 13:30 – 15:30 Maharishi 14:00 Hackett London 14:30 – 16:00 COMMON 15:00 Jimmy Choo 15:30 – 17:30 Ducham p 16:00 Alexander McQueen (Men's ) 16:30 - 18:30 Pringle of Scotland (Men's) 17:00 James Long 17:00 – 19:00 Solange Azagury-Partridge 17:30 – 19:00 Alex Mullins 18:00 Moschino 19:00 Casely-Hayford Updated at 9.01am BST
(8) This study examines the anatomic and biomechanical effects of femoral shaft perforation at arthroplasty, and the effects of supporting the perforated bone with Partridge plates and bands.
(9) It's hardly experienced the development hell of "Monkey Tennis", but after seven years of waiting the Alan Partridge movie seems finally to be making its way to the big screen.
(10) Chukar partridges were fed diets containing 1.25, 2.5, or 5 ppm aflatoxin; 1, 2, or 4 ppm ochratoxin A (OA); or 4, 8, or 16 ppm T-2 toxin.
(11) Molecular modeling studies [Islam, S.A., Neidle, S., Gandecha, B.M., Partridge, M., Patterson, L.H., & Brown, J.R. (1985) J. Med.
(12) In a show like I'm Alan Partridge, Partridge feels like less of a monster because of the presence of the audience.
(13) "But, whilst the commentary of David Harmon and Sean Kelly is pretty good, it isn't a patch on Alan Partridge."
(14) However, it is difficult to determine whether this biochemical "rescue" results in any improvement in the structure or function of the treated muscle, because the vigorous regeneration of mdx muscle more than compensates for the degeneration (Coulton, G. R., N. A. Curtin, J. E. Morgan, and T. A. Partridge.
(15) We are pleased that the BBC Trust's editorial standards committee has agreed that these comments "strayed into an offensive stereotypical assumption [and] was not editorially justified in this context," said James Partridge, Changing Faces founder and chief executive.
(16) As far as SRBC is concerned, the antibody response was sex independent, but declined markedly in partridges older than 1 year.
(17) The last series of I'm Alan Partridge aired on BBC2 in 2002.
(18) Presence and the relation of the nerve endings with associated structures in the lund of Rattus rattus rufescens (Indian black rat) and Francolinus pondicerianus (grey partridge or safed teeter) has been studied by cholinesterase technique.
(19) And on that bombshell … we await The Alan Partridge movie, which should be hitting cinemas in 2013.
(20) We were so blessed to spend five weeks with him last Christmas and January.” Head of Flinders’ junior school, Greg Partridge, said Luke was a confident boy with a positive impact on students around him.