(n.) Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (Urinator imber, or Colymbus torquatus), and the red-throated loon or diver (U. septentrionalis), are the best known species. See Diver.
Example Sentences:
(1) That's slightly different from what Feldman said earlier this year after the Times and the Telegraph reported that a senior figure had said that Conservative associations "are all mad, swivel-eyed loons."
(2) This presequence transports attached subunit IV of cytochrome c oxidase into the intermembrane space (van Loon et al.
(3) Historically, our masters have always imagined we lowly peasants will digest information more easily if it is written, for example, in a speech bubble coming out of the mouth of an imaginary squirrel pedestrian in yellow loon pants.
(4) In addition, isolates of S. Saint paul from loons were found resistant to tetracycline and streptomycin, while 2 of 7 isolates of S. infantis were resistant to tetracycline only.
(5) It is the raging rows over Ukip, gay marriage, Europe and swivel-eyed loons that have given these people a political presence.
(6) It comes as a shock then to discover that in one crucial and fundamental area of social care the SNP resembles the "swivel-eyed loons" of the Tory shires.
(7) Mike Cassidy, head of the project dubbed Project Loon , said in a blogpost : "We believe that it might actually be possible to build a ring of balloons, flying around the globe on the stratospheric winds, that provides internet access to the earth below.
(8) Entamoeba histolytica cysts were recovered from dog faeces at Loon Lake, Saskatchewan.
(9) An epizootic of type E botulism (Clostridium botulinum) occurred among common loons (Gavia immer) along the Lake Michigan shore of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (USA) during October and November 1983.
(10) Salmonella spp (representing 8 serotypes) were isolated from 27 (14%) of the loons, and lesions typical of those produced by Aspergillus fumigatus were found in 34 (18%) of the loons.
(11) The fact is, no one becomes this successful, this far-reachingly influential, by behaving like a loon.
(12) Renal coccidiosis was diagnosed in a common loon (Gavia immer).
(13) were found in double-crested cormorants and common loons in Florida.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Common loon ( Gavia immer ) with downy young riding on back, in a Matanuska Valley lake, Alaska.
(15) Amino acid analyses of the two proteins are also in reasonable agreement when based on the exact monomer molecular weight of beef eye lens protein obtained by the van Loon group ((1982) J. Biol.
(16) The latest "moonshot" innovation from Google X follows hot on the heels of Google's Project Loon, its experimentation with solar-panelled balloons to bring Wi-Fi to remote regions of Africa and the Asia Pacific.
(17) Which spurs them on to demand expensive tests, investigations, and treatments and (egged on by ranting loons on forums) refuse to be "fobbed off".
(18) Type E botulinal toxin was demonstrated in blood samples and stomach contents of dead loons, and in samples of three species of dead fish found on the Lake Michigan shore.
(19) Other studies have demonstrated that cAMP enhanced junctional conductance in intact heart and isolated heart cells (De Mello, 1986; De Mello and van Loon, 1987; Burt and Spray, 1988).
(20) Google is also exploring the idea of using a network of high-tech balloons – Project Loon – to provide internet access to "rural, remote and underserved areas", although the scheme recently drew criticism from former Microsoft chief Bill Gates .
Orca
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Example Sentences:
(1) Japan should undertake some DNA research in Japanese fish markets, where endangered whales - including orcas and humpbacks - are being sold as minke whales.
(2) Last month, toymaker Mattel announced that it would no longer produce a SeaWorld version of its Barbie doll, which came dressed as a SeaWorld orca trainer.
(3) Its breeding programme is probably doomed by a combination of regulation (Californian authorities last year refused redevelopment plans for its San Diego site unless it stopped breeding orcas) and the fact that its virile male, Tilikum, appears to be dying .
(4) Partly out of recognition of Tilikum's huge size – at 12 tonnes he is the largest orca in captivity – and partly out of knowledge of the past, the park's 28 trainers were never allowed to swim with him.
(5) Would people bring their children to SeaWorld if they knew the cruelty behind the orca whale circus show?
(6) SeaWorld has long known this but accepts that abnormal (even desperate) orca behavior ... is the price paid for this form of human entertainment and company profit,” the court documents say.
(7) It asks whether a large corporation that makes money from the orca whales in its amusement parks has covered up dangers to the trainers and to the whales.
(8) The documentary implies that the orcas are driven to psychosis – and attacking humans – by the cruelties and indignities of their imprisonment.
(9) It is the second time SeaWorld has been sued in less than three weeks, after a similar class action lawsuit was filed in California last month alleging the company is misleading the public by claiming its captive killer whales, or orcas, are happy and thriving.
(10) It had previously issued a steady stream of lower-key newspaper ads, trying to push back aggressively against the message presented by Blackfish and the pall that was cast over the company when, in late 2009 and early 2010, trainer Alexis Martineau was killed by a SeaWorld-owned orca on loan to a Spanish theme park, and another trainer, Dawn Brancheau, was killed by a giant male orca during a show at SeaWorld in Orlando.
(11) But none of the conditions that led to these tragedies have truly changed for him, for the trainers, or for other orcas.
(12) The completeness of the amino acids composition of Orca meat proteins enables it to utilize this raw material for obtaining valuable food products in the form of concentrates or hydrolysates.
(13) Its five-day Orcas and Northern Lights break, staying in Grundarfjordur , costs from £1,148pp, with flights and full-board.
(14) They are also beautiful, rugged and rainforested, with views to the Rockies, and bays where you can often see orcas and humpback whales.
(15) The story she unravelled about Tilikum, a male orca at SeaWorld that was involved in the deaths of three people, turned her into an inadvertent activist.
(16) • Park website , Sacajawea Interpretive Center San Juan Islands national monument Facebook Twitter Pinterest An orca in San Juan Islands.
(17) They include excoriating cinematic treatments of Indonesian death squads, evangelical homophobia in Uganda, the uprising in Tahrir Square and an attack on the incarceration of orca whales in marine parks.
(18) SeaWorld lawsuit alleges orcas are drugged and confined in 'chemical tubs' Read more The environmental advocacy and research group Earth Island Institute, based in Berkeley, California, is advising the legal team representing the plaintiffs.
(19) At multiple points, the trainers attest to the orcas’ advanced emotional and mental characteristics, yet see no problem with locking that intelligence up for mere circus spectacle.
(20) The proteins of the Orca meat contain all the amino acids, including essential ones.