What's the difference between larval and measly?

Larval


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a larva.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At midclimax, adult and larval RBCs were separated on a Renografin continuous density gradient.
  • (2) Replication patterns of the larval salivary gland chromosomes were compared after pulse labeling with 3H-thymidine and autoradiography.
  • (3) Larvae of both mutants also excrete 3H-3-hydroxykynurenine and 3H-kynurenine rapidly, which probably accounts for the normal levels of kynurenine during larval life.
  • (4) These data suggested that an inter-thymic exchange of cells did not occur during larval life.
  • (5) The test is based on the ability of larvae to freely migrate through selected mesh sizes of nylon sieves and the reduced ability of larvae to migrate after preincubation with, and in the presence of, substances that inhibit or reduce larval motility.
  • (6) During the first 15 to 20 min of metamorphosis the larval arms are retracted and resorbed into the aboral surface of the juvenile.
  • (7) Dose-response experiments showed that lower concentrations of both ivermectin and closantel were not as effective in reducing larval growth.
  • (8) Skin grafts from Xenopus isogeneic to the donors of the MHC-incompatible larval and adult thymus implants are always tolerated by Tx hosts.
  • (9) pipiens disappeared in larval habitats by December but An.
  • (10) Radioimmunoassay using this antibody showed that these proteins are induced in the hemolymph in response to injury of the larval body wall.
  • (11) We detail the fatty acid compositions of last larval instars of two lepidopterans, Spodoptera frugiperda and Trichoplusia ni, two tissues from T. ni, a cell line derived from each species and the respective larval and cell culture media.
  • (12) Larval growth in vitro was significantly inhibited by alpha 2M and AT III (P less than 0.05) when compared to albumin controls but was not affected by alpha 1PI.
  • (13) Therefore, in the cricket cercal sensory system, both regeneration of the central synapses following axotomy of the presynaptic sensory neurons and the normal rearrangement of connectivity during larval development appear not to require axonal action potentials.
  • (14) The histochemical activities of succinic dehydrogenase (SDH) and Ca++-activated ATPase (pHs 7.4 and 9.4) were studied in the larval tail musculature of Rana japonica, Rana catesbeiana and Rana ornativentris.
  • (15) The heads were examined for adult and larval meningeal worms (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) by physical examination of the brain surfaces, and the Baermann technique, respectively, and for ear mites by examination of ear scrapings.
  • (16) Adhfn46 adults and larvae accumulate abundant ADH-like distal (adult) and proximal (larval) transcripts that are shorter than transcripts in wild-type flies by a lesion located in the second ADH protein-coding exon.
  • (17) Larval populations from the three rivers were genetically distinct.
  • (18) The seasonal abundance pattern of larval I. persulcatus on four small mammal species appears as a bimodal peak (June and September), but nymphal I. persulcatus has a monomodal peak during spring.
  • (19) The neotenic urodelan amphibian species model represents actually the only model in which the coexistence of larval (or neonatal) and adult heavy chains is maintained throughout life in adults.
  • (20) Modifications have also arisen in proportions of the embryo fated to become various cell types and larval structures.

Measly


Definition:

  • (a.) Infected with measles.
  • (a.) Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and beef.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No wonder some older persons are drinking more than the permitted amount, which seems rather measly anyway.
  • (2) Really I suspect I’d be bored stiff, and anyway, like many people my age, I couldn’t afford it because my pension – combined state and measly private one – is too small.
  • (3) After shutting out San Francisco, allowing a measly four hits and striking out seven, the free agent to be politely fended off comparisons to Sandy Koufax , who was dramatically summoned from the bullpen by manager Don Mattingly to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
  • (4) We are the largest per capita emitter of carbon pollution of any developed country and the Turnbull government’s measly reduction targets will keep it that way.” But Frank Jotzo, associate professor at the Australian National University’s Crawford School, said while Australia’s financial contribution could be larger, the move signalled a much more positive approach to the Paris negotiations by the Coalition .
  • (5) The candleholder, by contrast, produced a ratings drop of a measly three points.
  • (6) Clearly, the greatest thing on TV right now is Channel 4's Homeland ( Sun, 9pm ), a strong acquisition, currently being fed to the UK in measly weekly ad-filled 45-minute morsels.
  • (7) The measly amount is not topped up with housing benefit, because that does not exist.
  • (8) And Labour delivered 63% of its 2015 vote to remain , not that much lower than the Liberal Democrats’ 70%, and way above the Conservatives’ measly 42%.
  • (9) Average pay among the top tenth of earners has increased by 1.8% over the past year, to £26.75 an hour, while the bottom tenth saw a measly 0.1% rise, to £7.01.
  • (10) Not that you care, NatWest, but one machine more, and one cashier less, and I'm warning you, I'm taking my account and measly savings elsewhere.
  • (11) Liverpool’s glaring weakness was in attack last season, where their recognised strikers Daniel Sturridge, Lambert, Balotelli and Fabio Borini produced a measly eight Premier League goals combined.
  • (12) Paternity leave is paid at a measly £136 a week – £100 less than a full-time job on minimum wage – and the government's recent shared parental leave is so complicated and filled with loopholes that it is expected that only 4% of dads will take it up.
  • (13) "Over the last year the number of savings accounts that beat inflation for basic rate taxpayers has dropped successively from 91 to a measly five today.
  • (14) Last year's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 got a measly 25% "rotten" rating on the review aggregator site rottentomatoes.com .
  • (15) He has left One Direction’s channel , with its measly 10 million subscribers, for dust.
  • (16) Every conceivable lever has been pulled to get growth going again – interest rates at 0.5%, a budget deficit worth 11% of national output, and £200bn of quantitative easing – yet the economy managed to grow by just a measly 0.2%.
  • (17) He introduces me to a young Unite activist who works in a Lloyds Bank call centre, and has managed to recruit most of its workforce, as well as take issue with a measly pay offer.
  • (18) In September 2007, Hayward took over at BP following a "dreadful" quarter: profits had slumped 12%, to a measly $5.3bn.
  • (19) At this year’s general election, turnout among the over-65s was 78%, as against a measly 43% for 18-24 year olds.
  • (20) Many had written off the 22-year-old after an injury-disrupted first season at Spurs in which he managed a measly three league starts.

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