(n.) Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pairs of great blue heron eggs were collected from three British Columbia colonies with low, intermediate, and high levels of dioxin contamination: Nicomekl, Vancouver, and Crofton, respectively.
(2) Austrobilharzia terrigalensis from Egretta sacra and Larus novaehollandiae at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, is described.
(3) Chicks of great blue herons (Ardea herodias) from four heronaries located near South St. Paul, Royalton, and Wabasha, Minnesota, and La Crosse, Wisconsin, were analyzed for organochlorines, Highest mean wet-weight concentrations, 6.43 ppm PCBs.
(4) In many herons and bitterns, only one cecum is present, and in the secretary bird there are two pairs of ceca.
(5) Jake and Dinos Chapman's Hell, Tracey Emin's tent, as well as many other works owned by Charles Saatchi and – saddest of all – a large chunk of the estate of the painter Patrick Heron, were consumed.
(6) The Heron tower, which stands in Bishopsgate next to Liverpool Street station, has just opened, while several other towers are under development, including the Pinnacle, which is also in Bishopsgate.
(7) Richard Thompson, Robyn Hitchcock, Danny Thompson and Dr Strangely Strange will be on hand to play and sing them, as will Heron and Palmer.
(8) The prosobranch snail Planaxis sulcatus is the natural intermediate host of A. terrigalensis at Heron Island.
(9) Freud's exceptional ability to convey tactile information is evident in early drawings, especially those of gorse sprigs, a dead heron and a bearded Christian Bérard in a dressing gown.
(10) Marked differences in levles of viremia were not observed among Black-crowned Night Herons, Great Egrets, or Snowy Egrets.
(11) In the 1950s, Scott was known as a pioneer of abstraction in Britain and exhibited alongside Ben Nicholson, Terry Frost , Victor Pasmore and Patrick Heron .
(12) A new hepadnavirus (designated heron hepatitis B virus [HHBV]) has been isolated; this virus is endemic in grey herons (Ardea cinerea) in Germany and closely related to duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) by morphology of viral particles and size of the genome and of the major viral envelope and core proteins.
(13) Before Dylan and Jagger cut the ribbon to open our bourgeois-friendly field, Mike Heron, Robin Williamson and Clive Palmer of the Incredible String Band had already snuck in and were happily ensconced in a far corner that few have visited since.
(14) That, at least, is what many people have insisted from antiquity on – while prompting at the same time all kinds of counter-claims that other species share our expression of mirth (monkeys and, most recently, rats being the most common candidates, though there is one suggestion, in an ancient Jewish commentary, that for some reason Aristotle thought herons were laughers too).
(15) These observations suggest that fish frozen in brine is unsuitable food for hand-rearing of young herons.
(16) Because E. tarda and E. agglomerans were the only species isolated from the heron esophagus, the intimate bacterial-worm association in the heron mouth may be due specifically to Achromobacter sp.
(17) And the Olympic torch completed its remarkable journey, the penultimate stage undertaken from Hampton Court to Tower Bridge on the prow of the gilded Gloriana, at the head of a flotilla of rowboats that drew curious glances from the cormorants, herons and great crested grebes in their haunts by Richmond Bridge.
(18) It's home to pelicans, cormorants, herons and dozens of other bird species, along with the carp, trout and eel that end up on the area's dinner plates.
(19) The 30-bed Heron Unit at Feltham Young Offenders Institution is funded by the Conservative mayor and offers prisoners extra support in a bid to curb reoffending after their release.
(20) Brain ChE activity of nestling snowy egrets (Egretta thula) and black-crowned night-herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) collected in one colony each from Rhode Island, Texas and California (USA) also increased significantly with age and did not differ among individuals from different nests or colonies.
Stork
Definition:
(n.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Example Sentences:
(1) I found swans and storks and all manner of seabirds but, again, no owls, because stuffing them is forbidden in France.
(2) Antisera raised against domestic fowl transthyretin (thyroxine-binding prealbumin) and quail albumin were used to identify thyroxine-binding proteins in the plasma of White storks (Ciconia ciconia) and to measure seasonal changes in these proteins.
(3) The application of the transformation technique of Stork and Falk [J. Opt.
(4) "It's outrageous and cruel that people are taken off to detention and the families hear nothing until the body shows up with signs of abuse," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch.
(5) "The Lebanese government is bearing an incomparable burden with the Syrian refugees crossing its borders, but blocking Palestinians from Syria is mishandling the situation," said HRW's deputy Middle East and North Africa director, Joe Stork.
(6) "There is a lack of transparency and there is every reason to think there has been a shocking lack of due process," said Joe Stork, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa for the campaign group.
(7) In experiments, adult marabou storks were fed with hydatid fluid of viable Echinococcus cysts obtained from sheep and goats.
(8) His call was condemned by the evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins , who said: "If the museum was to go down that road then perhaps they should bring in the stork theory of where babies come from.
(9) 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.).
(10) Paddle across the delta, the sea winds at your back, spotting storks, herons and kingfishers along the shore (three hours from €25).
(11) I've since heard about a rafting trip from Thun to the capital, Bern, that serves up fast-flowing Alpine water, views of the Bernese Alps and the chance of spotting storks, from an inflatable boat or canoe.
(12) The uropygial gland of the white stork secrets mono- and diester waxes as well as triglycerides, all of which contain unbranched medium chain fatty acids.
(13) The plasma concentrations of transthyretin and albumin were measured in male and female storks exposed to the photoperiodic and climatic conditions experienced during an annual cycle at 46 degrees N, 11 degrees E. The storks were in four age groups, fledglings and 1-, 2- and 3-year-old birds.
(14) At rest, however, there was a significant decrease in storke volume (p less than 0.05) and an increase in heart rate (p less than 0.05).
(15) Finally, in "Act 3", a stork flies across the screen and drops a baby Pac-Person in front of them.
(16) Joe Stork , the deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said: “The claims of Bahrain and its allies that authorities have ended torture in detention are simply not credible.
(17) "Iraqi security forces and officials act as if brutally abusing women will make the country safer," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch.
(18) The birdwatching is fantastic: on my way down south this time, I saw storks, vultures, eagles and the odd falcon sitting on a pole.
(19) Her brother helped her find a job at an advertising agency, but she was pretty skint all the same, living on the potato crisps that were served at parties, and going through the bins round the back of the Stork Club, where she found "handbags and all sorts of lovely things".
(20) Macular stains are commonly seen in newborns, and they consist of faint vascular stains of the glabella, eyelids, and nuchal region called "nevus flammeus," "stork bite," "salmon patch," etc.