(a.) Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) Both groups of goats were infested with small numbers of immature stages of the tortoise tick, Amblyomma marmoreum, and the yellow dog tick, Haemaphysalis leachi.
(2) Psilotrema simillimum has one intermediate host, the mollusk Bithynia leachi.
(3) In spermatocytes of Bithynia leachi and B. tentaculata, synaptonemal complexes with nodules in an achiasmatic meiosis were demonstrated for the first time by means of the spreading technique.
(4) Fourteen tick species were recovered and the seasonal abundance of adult Haemaphysalis leachi and adult Rhipicephalus simus was determined.
(5) The presence of Rickettsia conorii both in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks collected in southern France, and in Rhipicephalus simus and Haemaphysalis leachi from Zimbabwe was demonstrated.
(6) Two stocks of large Babesia from dogs originating in France, transmitted by Dermacentor reticulatus, two from North Africa, having Rhipicephalus sanguineus as vector, and one from South Africa, transmitted by Haemaphysalis leachi, were compared in cross-immunity tests in dogs and in the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT).
(7) Strains of Haemaphysalis Leachi, Haemaphysalis silacea and Ixodes pilosus were also tested.
(8) It seems possible that the leachi and spinulosa subgroups have evolved from a complex of species included today in the spinulosa and canestrinii subgroups.
(9) We have now determined in Bursatella leachi plei, an Opisthobranch closely related to A. californica, that the ocular pacemakers are mutually coupled.
(10) The probable intermediate host is a hard tick, Haemaphysalis leachi.
(11) The exact role of dogs and their ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus, R. simus and Haemaphysalis leachi) in the epidemiology of human tick-bite fever remains unclear, since dog ticks were seldom found to harbour rickettsia-like organisms and man is not one of their preferred hosts.
(12) The data from the canestrinii group suggest the existence of a relationship between the indica-heinrichi-canestrinii subgroup, spinulosa subgroup and leachi subgroup, because they share many morphological features.
(13) By virtue of the interaction between the pacemakers of B. leachi plei, the period of the ocular rhythm is increased by 1.5 h. In addition, eyes that remain attached to the nervous system show an increase in the sustainability of the free-running rhythm compared with isolated eyes.
(14) Reproductive organs of four botryllid ascidians, Botryllus primigenus, Botryllus schlosseri, Botrylloides violaceus and Botrylloides leachi, were studied histologically.
Peachy
Definition:
(a.) Resembling a peach or peaches.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's partial setting in the 50s deliberately echoes Frank Capra, and it would be daft to underestimate the reach of the allure of this peachy American dream.
(2) We also have a few seasonal beers, too, such as a blood orange-infused IPA called Bloody 'Ell, and Quelle Saison, a peachy yellow Belgian-style creation.
(3) 52 min: Johnson turns inside from the right wing and sends a peachy cross towards the far post.
(4) Educating Yorkshire does not pretend race relations are peachy at Thornhill.
(5) Shimmery metallics popped against a peachy colour palette, in a collection that was awash with Zimmermann trademarks: eye-catching prints, cut-out shapes, handkerchief hems and, as always, a wink to the past.
(6) Wonga does not expect to be one of the companies driven out of the market, and the company's advertising strategy tries to set Wonga aside from the myriad of evocatively named rival online companies that offer money if you Google payday loans: Kwikcash, Loans for Women, QuickQuid, Toothfairy, Payday UK, Payday Express, GetCashToday.co.uk and Peachy (which has a "representative" APR of 16,381%).
(7) Wonga is the biggest online lender in the payday loan sector with about a 30-40% market share, but there are around 90 other lenders including Dollar Financial UK (the parent company of brands that include The Money Shop, Payday Express and Payday UK), CashEuroNet, QuickQuid, Peachy and Sunny.
(8) The Wonga puppets, and characters created by other payday lenders, have come under fire The Advertising Standards Authority has already taken some action, banning a Cash Lady advert which used Kerry Katona's financial problems to market its 2,760% APR loans, and a radio advert for Peachy Loans where the 1,918% interest rate was read as "nineteen eighteen".