(n.) One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidae); -- so called from their very broad, flat bills.
Example Sentences:
(1) The little eagle (Haliaetus morphnoides) hunts from great heights and has no predators, whereas the tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) hunts from perches near the ground, is preyed upon, and frequently adopts an immobile camouflage posture.
(2) The male frogmouth – greyer and paler than his mate – is lying along a branch and incubating a clutch of eggs, while the browner female is equally well disguised nearby.
(3) The eagle makes saccades 10 times as frequently as the frogmouth, and in most of its saccades the eyes move in the same direction, although the eye movements are generally not conjugate; in most frogmouth saccades, on the other hand, the eyes move in opposite directions.
(4) Except that Ramsay Street certainly doesn’t have a nesting pair of Papuan Frogmouths .
(5) Probably the most striking findings are a Pro14----Ser14 replacement in weka, an Ala14----Thr15 replacement in Bulwer's pheasant, the discovery of two additional amino acid residues Ile18 and Gly18 at the P1 reactive site position in Kalij pheasant and tawny frogmouth, respectively, and the first finding of a negative (Glu34) rather than positive (Lys34 or Arg34) amino acid residue at the NH2 terminus of the alpha helix in caracara ovomucoid third domain.
(6) We also report two incidental observations: in certain circumstances, the frogmouth shows no sign of having a vestibulo-ocular reflex, and the eagle, although the quintessential foveate animal, shows extreme directional asymmetries of monocularly evoked optokinetic nystagmus.
(7) We find that both birds spend most of the time with their eyes confined to a small region of gaze, the primary position of gaze; in this position, the visual axes are much more diverged in the frogmouth than in the eagle, thereby giving it a larger total field of view at the expense of its binocular field.
Nocturnal
Definition:
(a.) Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; -- opposed to diurnal.
(a.) Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.
(n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea.
Example Sentences:
(1) We evaluated the circadian pattern of gastric acidity by prolonged intraluminal pHmetry in 15 "responder" and 10 "nonresponder" duodenal ulcer patients after nocturnal administration of placebo, ranitidine, and famotidine.
(2) Both treatments depressed nocturnal pineal melatonin content in rats and hamsters.
(3) Nocturnal ST segment changes were abolished in six patients on atenolol, in six patients on nifedipine, and in five patients on isosorbide mononitrate.
(4) Stage REM frequently appeared within 10 min of stage 1 onset and the normal sequence of stages REM and 4 were altered, demonstrating that the organization of sleep within a nap is quite different from that in monophasic nocturnal sleep.
(5) The drug proved to be of high value in alleviating nocturnal coughing controlling spastic bronchitis in children, as a pretreatment before bronchological examinations and their anaesthesia.
(6) A statistically significant difference (p less than 0.01) was found between salmeterol and the association for this criteria: during the first period, 46% of subjects treated by salmeterol did not present nocturnal awakenings during the last treatment week by comparison with 15% of subjects taking the association; during the second period, corresponding figures were 39% for salmeterol by comparison with 26% for the association.
(7) Results from studies show that there can be a general hangover the morning following nocturnal doses of 2 mg.
(8) Nafarelin also allows assessment of the bioactivity of endogenous gonadotropin, is a more potent stimulus of pituitary-testicular function than endogenous GnRH secretion, and is more cost-effective than nocturnal sampling.
(9) Nocturnal penile tumescence results correlated well with the angiographic picture.
(10) One type of short-axon horizontal cell (HC) and one type of axonless HC are described in the retina of Carinae noctua, a crepuscular bird and Tyto alba, a pure nocturnal bird.
(11) When administered to adult patients with urge incontinence (generally as a 25mg twice-daily dose) terodiline reduces diurnal and nocturnal micturition frequency and incontinence episodes.
(12) To determine what effect higher nocturnal STC would have in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on overnight lung function, oxygen saturation, and sleep quality, two different theophylline products were used to give higher or lower STC during the night.
(13) A diagnosis of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria may be suggested with magnetic resonance imaging, based on the massive renal cortical hemosiderosis that occurs in this disease.
(14) No IgE circadian rhythm was validated in healthy children while a large amplitude (approximately equal to 30% of the 24 hours mean) circadian rhythm with 2 diurnal peaks and a nocturnal trough was demonstrated (P less than 0.0023) in the asthmatics.
(15) These results extend the scope of immunologic circadian rhythms to the reticuloendothelial system as a feature of a bioperiodic defense mechanism, most active during the habitual rest light span of nocturnally active mice.
(16) The degree of change was comparable during the diurnal and nocturnal periods.
(17) The administration of vitamin E, a natural antioxidant, to a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) failed to diminish the urinary excretion of 59-Fe as monitored by 59-Fe whole body counting and urinary loss of isotope.
(18) Sleep percentages were higher when recordings were done during the nocturnal period.
(19) In comparison with age-matched normal controls, the fragile-X group showed lower melatonin values and a significant impairment of the nocturnal rise in this hormone.
(20) Accordingly, the effect of alpha-adrenergic stimulation and anticholinergic suppression was found to be insufficient to achieve nocturnal continence in patients with ileocaecal bladder replacement.