What's the difference between insectivore and pipit?

Insectivore


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the Insectivora.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The second molars of insectivorous species were found to parallel closely those of leaf-eating species.
  • (2) Of 142 rodents and 3 insectivores studied, 37 (26%) were seropositive for IFA.
  • (3) These species approach condylarths and leptictid and erinaceoid insectivores in structure.
  • (4) Golgi impregnation of projection cells and most local-circuit neurons of layers III-VI suggests a relatively well-developed isocortex in this insectivore.
  • (5) Regular chewing was studied in the specialized Malagasy insectivore Tenrec ecaudatus with the aid of precisely correlated electromyography of the main adductors, digastrics, and two hyoid muscles and cineradiography for which metallic markers were placed in the mandibles, tongue, and hyoid bone.
  • (6) Although the final hosts of these species of Sarcocystis are not known, it is quite possible that man, monkeys, and perhaps the moonrat (an insectivore) may serve as common intermediate hosts for one or several species of Sarcocystis.
  • (7) Linear regression analyses against log body weight were performed on these data (log translated), along with data (except SCA) from the literature for insectivores and primates.
  • (8) The data were expressed in terms of progression indices which estimate how many times a given brain center is greater than that of a Basal Insectivore of the same body weight.
  • (9) Conditions of foliage forests with high grass, where occur hosts of all developmental phases of ticks (elks, hares, rodents, insectivores), are most favourable for I. persulcatus.
  • (10) Contrary to what one may expect from an insectivore, CP smell pleasant and faintly of honey.
  • (11) In insectivores and chiroptera the loops of the inner three-dimensional capillary network are stretched along the longitudinal axis of the organ.
  • (12) Methodological difficulties relating to feeding trials on first generation offspring of insectivorous small mammals caught in the wild are described.
  • (13) Thus, the VPo of man is more than 9 times larger than that of isoponderous average prosimians, and more than 230 times larger than that of isoponderous "basal' insectivores.
  • (14) The nasopharyngeal duct of Tupaia glis was studied and compared with other Primates and some Insectivores.
  • (15) Semi-fossorial species among rodents and insectivores are scratch-diggers.
  • (16) It was used to establish that the dark gut contents of individuals of five genera of insectivorous midges (Ceratopogonidae) was not blood.
  • (17) The present investigation reports light and electron microscopical aspects of the main olfactory epithelium (MOE) of the insectivorous bat Scotophilus heathi.
  • (18) From 1989-1991, the concentrations of heavy metals and selenium were studied in the feathers of fledgling cattle egrets Bubulcus ibis, a terrestrially-feeding insectivore, from New York and Delaware in the northeastern United States, from Puerto Rico, and from Egypt.
  • (19) The high frequency harmonics of the male cricket's natural calling song overlap the lower frequency range used by insectivorous bats (10-20 kHz) and are loud enough to elicit avoidance behavior in a flying female as she closely approaches a singing male (Fig.
  • (20) In tupaias, rat-sized mammals with phylogenetic affinities to insectivores and primates, gallstones can be induced by diet.

Pipit


Definition:

  • (n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Anthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillidae. They strongly resemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They are, therefore, often called titlarks, and pipit larks.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Species whose lower brain areas were larger relative to their higher brain areas, and can produce only a handful of syllables or notes in their songs, include the tree pipit, the sand martin and the yellowhammer.
  • (2) n. (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae), from the long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarisu longicaudus Vieillot, on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, and from the red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus (Pallas), and the Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus (Linnaeus), in Chukotka, northestern Siberia, is described.
  • (3) Indeed Carrington now has a nature reserve on site, in which, according to McIntosh, "Red admiral butterflies, meadow pipits and grey partridges have all made their home."
  • (4) Meadow pipits are everywhere, bouncing up in front of me and uttering their classic “sip sip” call.
  • (5) Europe’s largest lizards chase after tawny pipit birds on the giant dunes, which are protected by gorse, bright yellow Medicago marina and shrubby everlasting.
  • (6) These include the linnet , Dartford warbler , stonechat , meadow pipit , skylark , goldfinch , bullfinch, hedge sparrow , grey partridge and yellowhammer .
  • (7) Crane flies scatter before me as I pick my way over Sharp Edge and the ebullient song of a meadow pipit contrasts with the shadowy sternness of the cliffs surrounding Red Tarn .

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