(n.) One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.
Example Sentences:
(1) Xinhua, Beijing’s official news service, said Micius, a 600kg satellite that is nicknamed after an ancient Chinese philosopher, “roared into the dark sky” over the Gobi desert at 1.40am local time on Tuesday, carried by a Long March-2D rocket.
(2) The effects of beta-adrenergic agonists and antagonists on the pigmentary state of denervated melanophores in isolated, split, caudal fins of the goby Tridentiger obscurus were examined to investigate the function and the subtype of the beta-adrenoceptors of the melanophores.
(3) A sand goby retinal cDNA library was constructed and then screened with a partial sand goby rod opsin clone obtained by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
(4) The potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin, which has previously been found in puffer fish of the order Tetraordontiformes, a goby (Gobius criniger), and the California newt (Taricha torosa), has now been identified in the skins of frogs of the genus Atelopus from Costa Rica.
(5) Concentrations of chlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and goby fish (Gibius sp.)
(6) In contrast, the most acidic fraction obtained after the first Mono Q was active in the goby assays but almost inactive in the tuna and mackerel assays.
(7) Whole-animal transepithelial potential (TEP) of the goby, Gillichthys mirabilis, was measured.
(8) In gobies in which no worm eggs were deposited, second-stage larvae were found in the digestive tract wall, and third-stage larvae occurred in the digestive tract wall, mesentery, and body cavity, whereas fourth-stage larvae and adults were found in the body cavity.
(9) Liver from three teleosts (goby, salmon, and tilapia), four amphibians (Ambystoma, Necturus, bullfrog, and grass frog) and two reptiles (turtle and anole) was diced, washed, and incubated for 3 hr in isotonic medium.
(10) A comparison of the two former, high-altitude, populations showed the changes to occur more frequently (by 7.3%) in Khangai population, as compared to Gobi-Altaic residents (p less than 0.05), suggesting that the development of nonspecific myocardial changes is influenced by other, more forceful, factors, such as cold, as well as the altitude factor.
(11) The iridescence from the cornea of the sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus) occurs because of thin layer interference from the platelet-like cells in the stroma.
(12) It is significant that in two cases, larval bullfrog and 5% seawater-adapted goby, the presence of synlactin occurs in physiological states in which PRL is active.
(13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mission control at the Jiuquan space centre in the Gobi Desert after China’s longest manned space mission in 2013.
(14) Digested mixtures of squid (Loligo reynaudi), Pelagic Goby (Sufflogobius bibarbatus) and Cape Anchovy (Engraulis capensis) did not resemble the undigested standards of each species respectively.
(15) Along some stretches the landscape is so barren it looks more like the Gobi desert than an alpine meadow.
(16) These four health interventions have collectively come to be known as GOBI or GOBI-FF if one adds the provision of food and family planning services.
(17) The hypophysis of the common freshwater goby, Rhinogobius brunneus, accompanying gonadal maturation, was studied light microscopically to determine the cell types by the aid of the administration of antithyroidal and antiadrenocortical drugs.
(18) The effects of a dihydroxy and a trihydroxy bile salt on the Na+- and Cl(-)-absorbing, goby posterior intestine are quite different.
(19) They were strongly active in the tuna and mackerel assays but almost inactive in the goby assays.
(20) Urotensin II-immunoreactive elements could not be detected in the brains of the carp, goldfish and goby.
Oby
Definition:
(n.) See Obi.
Example Sentences:
(1) "On 5 November 2012, The FA interviewed Ramires and John Obi Mikel, using the TV match footage obtained by The FA.
(3) When Haghighi dropped one five minutes later he had been fouled by Obi Mikel and Ahmed Musa’s “goal” was disallowed.
(4) Hermione H oby's fine, if slightly underwhelmed, words Savages – Silence Yourself You can hear echoes of the music that inspired them … but what's striking is how easily Savages slip the moorings of their influences and come up with something fresh.
(5) Cytotoxicity of spleen MNC cultured with Obi-1 against MC-tumour, Meth A, P-815 and YAC-1 target cells showed less than 10% cytotoxic activity in almost all experiments.
(6) The club provided witness statements from two players, Ramires Santos do Nascimento ("Ramires") and John Obi Mikel.
(7) With Mikel John Obi introduced for Fàbregas during the break the visitors got a grip on the game despite their numerical disadvantage.
(8) "One rumour that keeps popping up on the fan forums is that the main character will be the long lost son or daughter of Obi Wan, though I really hope that isn't true as I don't see why everyone in the Star Wars universe has to be related."
(9) Rasulo's comments have provided succour for fans excited at the prospect of new movies featuring iconic figures such as Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobe, Han Solo and Boba Fett set within the timeline of the original trilogy.
(10) Leia Organa The only clue we have to Leia’s fate is in the shot over which Luke says: “My sister has it.” But that’s a great shot, because someone is handing down the ultimate Skywalker heirloom to a new generation – a lightsaber, and not just any lightsaber but a very distinctive lightsaber – the second made by Anakin Skywalker before he became Darth Vader and then passed on to Luke by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: A New Hope.
(11) ANP, DLI and OBI showed no significant correlation with urinary electrolyte excretion, but there was a significant positive correlation between plasma ATPI and urinary Na excretion.
(12) AOBI is more potent than OBI both in ascorbate- and NADPH-dependent LPO of microsomes.
(13) "No one else could have written an ending like that," said Mikel John Obi.
(14) Chelsea’s captain for the day had been retired from the fray just after Sunderland had taken the lead, the home players propping him on their shoulders – Branislav Ivanovic, Mikel John Obi and Juan Cuadrado took the brunt – and chairlifting him from the field.
(15) John Obi Mikel and Samuel Eto'o even had to be summoned from the bench in the latter stages to help Chelsea cling on to what they had.
(16) Ramires, whose first language is not English, explained that his instinctive reaction was to seek confirmation from John Obi Mikel as to what the referee had said.
(17) Clattenburg was involved in controversy when he was wrongly accused by Chelsea of racially abusing Mikel John Obi during Manchester United's 3-2 win at Stamford Bridge in late October, though why Mancini referenced this is unclear.
(18) Chelsea's problems before the second leg are also exacerbated by the fact that Frank Lampard and Mikel John Obi were booked and are now suspended for the second leg.
(19) The allegations come a little over a year after Clattenburg, who will take charge of Arsenal's FA Cup tie against Tottenham on Saturday, was cleared by the Football Association of using "inappropriate language" against Chelsea's Mikel John Obi.
(20) During the crucial eight seconds that cameras were on Terry, his mouth is obscured at times by his Chelsea team-mate John Obi Mikel.