(n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
Example Sentences:
(1) Whereas all extant vertical clingers and leapers share certain femoral traits (i.e., long femur, proximally restricted trochanters, ventrally raised patellar articular surface), Galagidae and Tarsiidae share features of the proximal femur (i.e., cylindrical head, large posterior expansion of articular surface onto the neck) that clearly distinguish them from the specialized leapers of the Malagasy Republic (Indriidae and Lepilemur).
(2) The tarsal bones referred to Arapahovius suggest that animals in this genus were habitual leapers.
(3) In small-bodied leapers we therefore find adaptations that increase the distance or length of time for propulsion and maximize speed.
(4) Accordingly, large-bodied leapers have adaptations that allow optimal use of available muscle force.
(5) In an arm-swinging movement, the long, heavy arms of the large-bodied leapers are effectively used to gain additional momentum.
(6) Species which exploit a 3-dimensional environment and execute fast and complicated head and body movements have a larger VC than closely related species confined to the ground or which are less skilled leapers.
(7) In order to relate the details of locomotor behaviour to a certain environment, the biomechanics of jumping are analyzed in five primate species: The three mainly arboreal prosimian species Galago moholi, the smallest and most specialized leaper of all, Galago garnettii, a medium-sized bushbaby with some capacities for jumping, and Lemur catta also with some abilities to jump.
(8) Contrary to the most common view, the euprimate morphotype was probably not a specialized leaper.
(9) Some traits suggested as being characteristic of vertical clingers and leapers (i.e., deep femoral condyles facing posteriorly, narrow patellar groove with prominent lateral margin, greater trochanter overhanging anterior aspect of shaft) are shown to be common to all prosimians except the slow-climbing lorisids.
(10) How does body size determine the locomotor performance and proportions of leapers?
(11) Not only the dentition shows different morphs, but also postcranial material represents two vertical clingers and leapers of different size.
(12) In addition, take-offs of the larger-bodied leapers are characterized by a regularly occurring arm swing movement, thus making additional use of nonhindlimb muscles for acceleration.
Reaper
Definition:
(n.) One who reaps.
(n.) A reaping machine.
Example Sentences:
(1) There are, however, plenty of arguments to be made about the Slim Reaper's supporting cast.
(2) • How the coalition is increasingly using deadly Reaper drones to hunt and kill Taliban targets by remote control from a base in Nevada.
(3) The RAF has not disclosed the number of US-made Reapers deployed in Afghanistan, but say they will double the total over the next two years.
(4) A "light installation" is projecting a shadowy grim reaper.
(5) However, the whispering Grim Reapers are, I think and hope, unduly pessimistic.
(6) The reaper has come for America’s strongest bank.
(7) The government disclosed as part of last year’s defence review that it would double its drone fleet from 10 to 20 and the existing Reapers will give way to an updated version, the Protector, capable of remaining airborne for 40 hours and due to come into service in around 2020.
(8) There may be pictures coming in from another Reaper in the area."
(9) And the Reaper surely attracts the image of the Grim Reaper, harvesting the souls of those damned with its Hellfire missiles .
(10) Reaper drones, which are armed with Hellfire missiles, are controlled remotely from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and a USAF base in Creech, Nevada.
(11) The RAF is also flying small manned twin turboprop Beechcraft King Air planes to complement surveillance missions undertaken by the unmanned Reapers.
(12) Bowie broke the silence in 2013 with The Next Day , a gnarly rock album spitting anger at warmongers, zombie celebrities and The Reaper with equal venom, as he prepares to “stumble to the graveyard and lay down by my parents”, adding archly, “just remember duckies, everybody gets got”.
(13) A small number of UK personnel are currently embedded within the US RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) programme, supporting Reaper aircraft in roles which are either engaged only in the launch and recovery phase or in non-operational environments.
(14) The cost of British weapons used against Isis targets by Tornados and Reapers amounts so far to over £13m, and probably significantly more.
(15) In the end, the result was a little memoir, My Year Off, an account of rediscovering life after a serious brush with the grim reaper.
(16) Government sources said that ministers then “agreed an approach” – a strike by an unmanned RAF Reaper drone – and authorised intelligence agents and the RAF to identify the right moment to strike.
(17) The RAF has about 10 armed Reaper reconnaissance drones in Afghanistan, and these could be deployed in Iraq or Jordan if the war against Isis looks as if it may be prolonged.
(18) Reaper “remotely piloted aircraft systems” as the MoD calls them, were first used by British forces in Afghanistan and are controlled via satellite many thousands of miles away in RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.
(19) The events which have no name scythe through the valley like invisible reapers.
(20) The rules governing the firing of the Reapers' missiles "are no different to those used for manned combat aircraft, the weapons are all precision guided and every effort is made to ensure the risk of collateral damage and civilian casualties is minimised", a defence official said.