(n.) Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See Medusa.
Example Sentences:
(1) When Matt Slater went swimming with his dog Mango in a Cornish estuary this month, he bumped into a barrel jellyfish.
(2) In-hospital resuscitation from unresponsive circulatory arrest should now involve intravenously-administered verapamil (or its equivalent) and additional box-jellyfish antivenom, while the patient is being monitored.
(3) The ultrastructure and major soluble proteins of the transparent eye lens of two cubomedusan jellyfish, Tripedalia cystophora and Carybdea marsupialis, have been examined.
(4) I was sitting in the room, reading all the negativity and death threats, and by now the helium balloons were half-full, hovering like jellyfish.
(5) I know a little about the jellyfishes of Australia because when I worked there for the Guardian, poisonous species such as the box jellyfish would occasionally kill a luckless swimmer off the tropical north coast.
(6) The survey for the UK, which asks people to report jellyfish they see in the sea or on beaches, comes after a mass invasion of thousands of miles of the Mediterranean coastline by millions of jellyfish in June, affecting tourists who head there in the summer.
(7) Both women reported having been stung by jellyfish a month earlier.
(8) These cases corroborate the vascular and neurogenic injury, which previously have been reported in experimental animals and in human patients, that may result from jellyfish venoms.
(9) Contact with the tentacles of the jellyfish had produced characteristic whiplash-like weals on the skin.
(10) Among the newly created MCZs are Mounts Bay, covering St Michael’s Mount and the Marazion where seagrass, stalked jellyfish and crayfish live, and Greater Haig Fras, the only substantial area of rocky reef in the Celtic Sea.
(11) The few skin reactions obtained confirm the low dermototoxicity of the jellyfish studied.
(12) Jellyfish stings should be recognised as an unusual variant of the numerous causes which have been described for Mondor's disease.
(13) From intrepid turtles to pioneering jellyfish, a host of animals have made their mark as the unsung heroes of space exploration.
(14) Mechanisms that cause reentry were defined in rings of tissue cut from jellyfish as early as 1906 by Mayer.
(15) Also featured are the puffer fish, dung beetle, veiled chameleon and moon jellyfish.
(16) It's hard not to describe this creature without resorting to multiple similes – it's like a mushroom, an umbrella, a beating heart, an alien lifeform – all of which diminish its glory, as indeed does the word "jellyfish".
(17) This isn’t just about the effect on other species,” said Stefano Piraino, a jellyfish expert at the University of Salento, and one of the 18 signatories.
(18) Jellyfish appear to be on the increase globally, which may be part of a natural cycle or linked to factors caused by humans such as pollution, over-fishing or even climate change, experts said.
(19) Aequorin, a Ca(II)-sensitive bioluminescent protein from jellyfish, emits light at 469 nm from an excited state of a substituted pyrazine (oxyluciferin) which results from the oxidation of a chromophore molecule that is noncovalently bound to the protein.
(20) A new cytolysin has been isolated from the nematocysts of the jellyfish, Rhizostoma pulmo, and named rhizolysin.
Kingfisher
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies.
Example Sentences:
(1) Meanwhile, there was some positive news in the UK retail sector as B&Q owner, Kingfisher , saw sales in the country increase 5.7% during the three months to end of October, compared with a year earlier.
(2) Nine current FTSE 100 chief executives, including Smith Group's Philip Bowman, Kingfisher's Ian Cheshire, Diageo's Paul Welsh and Centrica's Sam Laidlaw sit on the remuneration committees of fellow blue chip companies.
(3) Kingfisher, the UK home improvement retailer, announced a set of ambitious net positive targets in 2012 including its goal of “global net reforestation”.
(4) In contrast, the Kingfisher team works in one small room so that all information gathered is instantly shared: “We even want our phone calls overheard by the rest of the team,” says MacInnes, “because we’ve realised the power of sharing even the smallest piece of information with the rest of the team.
(5) Sutherland, who took the helm on May 1 after leaving Kingfisher’s B&Q, said on the group’s Facebook page that “an individual or individuals” were determined to undermine him.
(6) There was an altercation with guards, after which the roommate was removed to the Kingfisher isolation unit for three days.
(7) Keep your eyes peeled for Spawning salmon or sea trout, kingfishers or dippers, or even an otter or a seal in the river.
(8) In 2009, parent company Kingfisher's new boss Ian Cheshire announced a repositioning of the China business as losses mounted to £50m.
(9) That’s how you start putting together the jigsaw.” Kingfisher’s approach involves social workers, whose caseloads are considerably lighter than is usual, adopting the skills of detectives – and detectives using the skills of social workers.
(10) "The actual position is not changed because of this order," Kingfisher said in a statement this weekend.
(11) In a letter to the Financial Times, Ian Cheshire, chief executive of Kingfisher, Charlie Mayfield, chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, and Andy Clarke, chief executive of Asda, called for the moratorium.
(12) Kingfisher refused to comment on Monday's meeting, which was described as "inconclusive" in the local media.
(13) Kingfishers flashed by, bright white egrets pottered around but there was no sign of the beavers.
(14) The billionaire liquor baron fled to the UK last year owing hundreds of millions of dollars to creditors and facing charges including money laundering, in connection to the collapse of his business venture Kingfisher Airlines.
(15) Sir Ian Cheshire , outgoing boss of B&Q Kingfisher, is another retailer with a track record of taking on troubled firms.
(16) 1984 British retailer Kingfisher buys Comet for £129m.
(17) Wade across the river – catch a flash of kingfisher green among the mangroves – and two miles of deserted beach lie ahead.
(18) Two of 9 sacred kingfishers were infected with ovoid-truncated, 22 (19-25) X 16 (12-18) micron oocysts of E. duncani.
(19) 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.).
(20) Controlled by the flamboyant Mallya – the 56-year-old self-styled "King of Good Times" – Kingfisher's fleet has been grounded since the start of the month when a staff protest turned violent.