(n.) A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey.
Example Sentences:
(1) The problem now is to explain how mules and hinnies can occasionally produce spermatozoa or ova.
(2) The mule and the hinny remain man's only successful attempt at the production of a commercially viable interspecific mammalian hybrid.
(3) In China, where mules are bred extensively for work on the farms, a fertile female mule and a fertile female hinny have now been verified by chromosomal investigation.
(4) Furthermore, the hybrid mule and hinny conceptuses both produced PMSG with an FSH:LH ratio which was approximately midway between those of the horse and donkey.
(5) The production of PMSG was greatly reduced in mares carrying mule conceptuses and greatly increased in donkeys carrying hinny conceptuses.
(6) Dictyocaulus arnfieldi (Cobbold 1884) infects the respiratory tract of horses, donkeys, mules, hinnies and zebra.
(7) The homologues of horse IgGa, IgGb, IgGc and IgA were identified in normal donkey, mule, hinny and zebra serum.
(8) The number of genes encoding the common alpha-subunit and hormone-specific beta-subunits of the equine gonadotrophins (FSH, LH and CG) were investigated in the horse (Equus caballus), donkey (E. asinus) and 2 horse x donkey hybrids (the mule and hinny).
(9) Anecdotal reports of fertility in female mules (jack donkey x mare) and hinnies (stallion x jenny donkey) have appeared in the literature over the years, but scientists have generally regarded them with scepticism.
(10) The mule and hinny Southern blots showed a combination of the horse and donkey fingerprints, consistent with the presence of both genomes in these hybrids and consistent with the expression of both horse and donkey CG by hybrid conceptuses.
(11) The behaviour of the sex chromosomes of female mules and hinnies has helped to confirm the Lyon hypothesis about X-chromosome inactivation.
(12) Fetal genotype had no obvious influence upon progestagen production in mares, but donkeys carrying hinny conceptuses showed extremely high peripheral plasma progestagen concentrations when serum PMSG levels were elevated.
(13) A few mature spermatozoa were recovered from the ejaculate and epididymal flushings of the hinny.
(14) Rat testicular radioreceptor assays specific for FSH and LH were used to determine the FSH:LH ratio of PMSG produced by horse, donkey, mule and hinny conceptuses.
(15) Mules and hinnies, both males and females, carry equal amounts of horse and donkey cytochromes c. The same ratio is found in hinnies in preparations from heart tissue and from skeletal muscle.
(16) Abnormalities of pairing were observed in the mule and hinny in most germ cells at the pachytene stage of meiotic prophase, and spermatogenesis was alsmot totally arrested.
(17) In the majority of cases we found non-expression of the horse-derived NOR chromosomes in the hinny.
(18) Since the chromosomal differences between the two parental species are so great as to render normal meiosis impossible, it is postulated that all mules and hinnies are sterile.
(19) The studies make it clear that mule and hinny fertility, at least for the female hybrid, is a real possibility.
(20) The foals show unique hybrid karyotypes different from the mule's or hinny's and different from each other's.
Vinny
Definition:
(a.) Vinnewed.
Example Sentences:
(1) THE WORLD'S FASTEST BOOKING A few years ago I remember that Wimbledon's Vinnie Jones up-ended Man City's Niall Quinn within about three seconds of the start of the game, and it was said at the time to be a new world record for the fastest-ever booking.
(2) Galavant, a medieval comedy musical filmed in Bristol, features appearances from Ricky Gervais and Vinnie Jones.
(3) Vinny's fame was quick, fickle and fizzled out a generation ago, hence leaving him quite literally sleeping in a skip, pickled by booze.
(4) Joe Pesci's burgundy velvet suit in My Cousin Vinny, tied with Ben Stiller's tracksuits in The Royal Tenenbaums.
(5) Owen Hargreaves Wilfred Zaha Raheem Sterling Vinnie Jones And he played for Wales Gibraltar competed in qualifying for the upcoming Euros for the first time in their history.
(6) It was important that Vinny should work here and prepare very well for the next game, the next two months here, because he hasn't played for us for 60 days."
(7) He did, however, give me the number of a rival IT firm and told me to ask for Vinnie.
(8) Vinnie, who declined to give his last name, was walking out of his house on Elizabeth Street in Linden when he saw police cars rush past his house.
(9) Formulas have been developed for special canned pig meat "Pig meat puree" and "Cheburashka" and horse meat "Konek-gorbunok", and a combination of pig and horse meat "Vinni Pukh", without extractives.
(10) So as you can see, M, Vinny's suit is not the greatest fashion moment for men's fashion onscreen, but it is one of them.
(11) It's like "shaking hands with God", is how former 1986 New Faces finalist Vinny, describes the sublime sensation of fame during the BBC2 Wonderland documentary I Had The X-Factor … 25 Years Ago ( Mon, 9pm, BBC2 ).
(12) Marisa Tomei, who plays Vinny's fiancee in the film was, for no real justifiable reason, given an Oscar for her performance and so instead of the film being remembered as quite a satisfying little comedy, it is sneered at for being the recipient of one of the least deserved Oscars of all time.
(13) Please settle a debate: Joe Pesci's suit in My Cousin Vinny – a great moment in movies for men's fashion, or the greatest moment in movies for men's fashion?
(14) Dan Snyder’s former general manager, Vinny Cerrato, seems to suspect as much , and every crass venal thing everyone knows about Dan Snyder suggests Cerrato isn’t wrong.
(15) Point guard Chris Paul has been his reliable self, Blake Griffin has finally emerged into a reliable second option, the Russell Westbrook to Paul’s Kevin Durant and first year head coach Doc Rivers is not only an improvement on the court from the departed and not-missed-at-all Vinny Del Negro, his presence has made players that normally might normally go to the Lakers more eager to sign with them.
(16) The Vinnie Jones advert features the Bee Gees' hit Staying Alive, which might be a dodgy record but is a perfect rhythmic touchstone.
(17) More modern changes - red cards for professional fouls and no tackling from behind (to combat Claudio Gentile, Vinnie Jones and their ilk), and the revised backpass rule (introduced after a World Cup-record low of 2.21 goals per game in Italia 90) - have all come after this same process: exploitation, then correction.
(18) Yes, Vinnie still holds the world record for the quickest booking, according to the FA's David Barber -a distinction he "earned" after a foul on Dane Whitehouse three seconds into Chelsea's game against Sheffield United in 1992.
(19) In hindsight perhaps ringing Vinnie’s wife would have been a bit more effective.
(20) I tried to talk to the Belgium manager also three months ago when Vinny was injured.