(n.) Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.
Example Sentences:
(1) The aggressive tendencies of male dark-eyed juncos Junco hyemalis did not differ significantly following deprivation from food for 20 and 60 min.
(2) Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) were maintained on one of three semi-synthetic diets, differing only in their sulphur amino acid content.
(3) Species of the genus Junco are polymorphic for chromosomes 2 and 5.
(4) A male migratory songbird (dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis) was used as a model for studies on the influence of testosterone (T) on feeding, and on interactive effects on this behavior between T and the opioid antagonist naloxone hydrochloride (Nal).
(5) Male, dark-eyed juncos, Junco hyemalis, were held in captivity under conditions simulating winter temperature and photoperiod.
(6) T-treated juncos exhibited a decreased sensitivity to the anorexic influence of Nal administration, demonstrating that T interacts with opioids to control food consumption.
(7) Diplotene karyotypes of 61 adult male Dark-eyed Juncos, Junco hyemalis, were analyzed in order to determine the basis of the polymorphisms.
(8) To assess whether alterations in the normal pattern of testosterone (T) secretion might be beneficial or detrimental, we studied a breeding population of dark-eyed juncos in which we elevated T experimentally and measured its effect on potential correlates of fitness.
(9) Changes in deposition and the utilization of lipids during one night of migratory activity (nocturnal physical activity) were investigated in dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) held in large outdoor aviaries.
(10) During vernal migration (May), captive Juncos were sampled at the beginning and conclusion of one night of nocturnal restlessness.
(11) We used two phylogenetically distant avian species (dark-eyed junco, hyemalis, Passeriformes; domestic pigeon, Columba livia, Columbiformes) to determine the immunocytochemical distribution of opioid (leucine-enkephalin, dynorphin B) and non-opioid (adrenocorticotropic hormone) peptides in the n. intercollicularis (ICo), a midbrain region which plays a central role in the control of vocalizations.
Unco
Definition:
(a.) Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved.
(adv.) In a high degree; to a great extent; greatly; very.
(n.) A strange thing or person.
Example Sentences:
(1) In recent years the auditory brainstem evoked response (BSER) has become an established aid in assessing hearing in unco-operative subjects.
(2) The test heat treatment led to neurological complications, ranging from unco-ordinated use of the forelegs to paralysis of both forelegs.
(3) Using it on young children which are unco-operative the Auto-Refractor is not as sufficient as we hoped it to be.
(4) The former editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller, is the target of special ire for his allegedly unco-operative attitude, described as "a moral pygmy with a self-justifying streak the size of the San Andreas fault".
(5) The managers' efforts to identify unmet need were often piecemeal and unco-ordinated, and this may have been, in part, because managers were facing difficulties in meeting existing demands for services.
(6) Pregnancy outcome improved markedly in the latter years, possibly owing to non-exposure to warfarin, less immunosuppression, and improvement in neonatal care, and four of the five mothers who suffered deterioration in renal function were notoriously unco-operative in their medical care.
(7) The uncal or the unco-parahippocampal branches of the anterior choroidal artery were divided into rostral and caudal; the former were present in 70.6%, and the latter were present in 94.1%.
(8) The use of Ketalar as a general anesthetic in dental treatments particularly in extractions of unco-operative children of 2-5 years was studied.
(9) The existence of co-operation between species has been cast as a problem to the selfish-gene view of evolution: why does co-operation persist, when it would seem that individual selection should favor the unco-operative individual who exploits the co-operative tendencies of its partner and gives nothing in return?
(10) At the onset of purposeless, unco-ordinated movements of the entire body, blood samples were obtained to determine the CNS excitation-threshold plasma concentration (ETPC) of laudanosine.
(11) The results indicate that changes in blood-flow patterns and loss of marginal definition of basal vessels are unreliable signs of left-sided insufficiency in old patients or in unco-operative patients, in the presence of a high diaphragm and in the supine position.
(12) A method for securing nasoenteric tubes in the unco-operative patient is presented.
(13) A series of 40 patients with degnerative discopathy was effectively treated to means of trans-unco-discal approach, which is a combined anterior and lateral approach to cervical discs.
(14) The author of that report, Graham Badman, called for "authoritative social work practice" whereby social workers actively and robustly challenged unco-operative or violent clients.
(15) The uncal or the unco-parahippocampal branches of the internal carotid artery, which originated 1.4 to 4.2 mm from its bifurcation site, existed in 58.8%.
(16) The electron spin resonance spectrum, g 4.25, and the low molar relaxivity, 473m(-1).s(-1), of water H(+) suggest the presence of high-spin Fe(III) unco-ordinated to water in the enzyme.
(17) Minor neurological symptoms were observed one day after 75 min at 42.3 degrees C. The incidence and severity of the neurological symptoms (ranging from unco-ordinated use of the forelegs to paralysis) increased with increasing temperature and duration of the hyperthermic treatment.
(18) Vigorous grunts of approval came from Joe Rukin (video) , national co-ordinator of Stop HS2 who was wrestling with the elephant's unco-operative generator.
(19) CNIL also criticised the company for being unco-operative in its responses to queries from the commissioners.
(20) Like a rich country fruit cake, Kidnapped is seasoned throughout with handfuls of dialect words, "ain" (one), "bairn" (child), "blae" (cheerless), "chield" (fellow), "drammach" (raw oatmeal), "fash" (bother), "muckle" (big), "siller" (money), "unco" (extremely) , "wheesht!"