(n.) A carnivorous mammal of the genus Putorius, allied to the weasel. The European mink is Putorius lutreola. The common American mink (P. vison) varies from yellowish brown to black. Its fur is highly valued. Called also minx, nurik, and vison.
Example Sentences:
(1) Acini in the parotid gland of the North American mink (Mustela vision) are composed of seromucous cells that contain secretory granules of peculiar morphology.
(2) Analysis of 15 other biochemical markers located on 12 of the mink chromosomes revealed the activities of mink galactokinase (a syntenic marker) in 5 transformed clones, and that of mink aconitase-1 (the marker of mink chromosome 12) in 1 clone.
(3) Naturally occurring transmissible spongiform encephalopathies have been recognised in sheep, man, mink, captive deer and cattle.
(4) After euthanasia and removal of the pelts, liver and kidney samples were collected from 174 mink and analyzed for 22 elements using inductively coupled argon plasma emission spectroscopy.
(5) Campbell said that if all signatories to the convention killed as many minke whales as Japan does, then more than 83,000 would be slaughtered in the Southern Ocean every year.
(6) Next year they will target 50 fin whales, 50 endangered humpbacks, and another 925 minkes.
(7) 154 renal samples from sick animals and 10 samples from uninfected mink were processed by routine histopathological techniques and metacrylate inclusions.
(8) The RSPB said it was also concerned at the potential release of American minks and ring-necked parakeets into the wild.
(9) By using strand-specific in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry, evidence for replication of the Aleutian mink disease parvovirus was observed in cells resembling macrophages and cells resembling follicular dendritic cells at 10 days after infection but only in macrophages at 60 days.
(10) Japan should undertake some DNA research in Japanese fish markets, where endangered whales - including orcas and humpbacks - are being sold as minke whales.
(11) Pastel mink inoculated with parallel doses of ADV also produced antibody but did not develop AD.
(12) The thyroid gland functional state was studied by means of 131J-triiodothyronine in minks of two genotypes.
(13) We have now found that the level of xenotropic MuLV (defined operationally as MuLV able to infect mink cell cultures) is also markedly increased in thymus of 6-month-old AKR mice and that this increase in virus correlates closely with increased MuLV-antigen expression.
(14) At a level of 0.64 ppm of PCB in ration one of 12 mink produced three kits, all of which died during the first day after birth.
(15) The sequence relationships betwen AKR ecotropic virus and an AKR-derived "mink cell focus-inducing" (MCF) isolate (AKR MCF 247), between Moloney murine leukemia virus (M-MLV) and an M-MLV MCF isolate (M-MLV83), and between AKR and M-MLV were studied by electron microscopic heteroduplex analysis.
(16) We conclude that mink and A. speciosus cannot serve as definitive hosts and intermediate hosts of E. multilocularis, respectively, in Hokkaido.
(17) To explain these results, it is suggested that in the mink exposure to light during the circadian photosensitive phase induces inhibition of testicular activity and stimulation of prolactin secretion.
(18) We thus attempted to identify melatonin binding sites in the mink brain.
(19) The survivability of the adult mink was adversely affected only at 350 ppm supplemental F. At the termination of the study, no differences were observed in hematologic parameters or serum calcium concentrations between the controls and treated mink (P greater than .05), but serum alkaline phosphatase activities were increased (P less than .05) by the two highest dietary F levels.
(20) The CD8 antigen-reactive antibody reacted with lymphocytes from mink, cat, dog, and sheep, while the CD4 antigen-reactive antibody reacted with lymphocytes from mink.
Rink
Definition:
(n.) The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.
(n.) An artificial sheet of ice, generally under cover, used for skating; also, a floor prepared for skating on with roller skates, or a building with such a floor.
Example Sentences:
(1) Putin rink side and asked him about the firing of former.
(2) Regular rink days are Thursday to Sunday, until 10:30pm.
(3) Many complexes have dedicated around half their space to restaurants, cinemas, skating rinks, bowling alleys, spas, playgrounds and even language schools.
(4) Even one outdoor ice rink in cold-accustomed South Dakota is shutting down.
(5) Alexandra Palace Ice Rink , London N22 ( sadlerswells.com ) , 28-31 October.
(6) There was still no football at Halifax, but the local club opened its ground as a public ice rink and hundreds skated on it."
(7) And yet Sprague remained in awe of her former boss ( despite an acrimonious departure which resulted in her suing the company ), recalling the times his obsessive attention to detail uncovered the misalignment of terraces during the construction of Trump Tower, or drove the renovation of Central Park’s ice rink in 1981.
(8) He missed the place: the cold, the skating rinks, the desperate need for mittens in winter.
(9) A group of men outside were spraying the street with water from a fire hose in order to create a frozen ice rink that would be too slippery for riot police to attack from.
(10) At the other end of the rink, Jonathan Quick can be inhumanly mesmerizing when called upon by the Kings to save the day.
(11) UVM is turning its ice rink into Sno Cones Photograph: University of Vermont Hat tip: AKenyon 6.45pm BST Apartment Therapy said that the Museum of Modern Art is launching a pregnancy tracker app that compares the size of your baby to the size of works in its collection.
(12) A prospective survey has been made of the injuries to members of the public attending a well established ice rink in a major city.
(13) Better rink discipline, instruction classes and safety publicity should be helpful in minimising accidents.
(14) His speech began with a ramble through Manhattan geography, followed by a tutorial on ice skating rinks: “You want rubber hose, and you want water, and in the water you want salt so it doesn’t freeze.” Then he described his idea of New York values: policemen and firefighters; transit workers who “keep those trains and buses going and everything else”; families in Central Park, “some together, some not”.
(15) The opening of an ice rink resulted in 469 attendances at the local Accident and Emergency department over the first year.
(16) The range of injuries sustained at an ice-rink and presented to an Accident Service department is described.
(17) A., Berg, C., Hendrick, J. P., LaBranche-Chabot, H., Metspalu, A., Rinke, J., and Yario, T. (1988) J.
(18) Three ways of minimizing leakage are as follows: (1) Use a less leaky indicator, such as BCECF (Rink et al., 1982); (2) lower the incubation temperature; (3) continuously remove external indicator by perfusion technique (Boron, 1982).
(19) They also suggest, although they do not prove, that the translocation of these cations occurs through an agonist-operated channel as proposed by Hallam and Rink (FEBS Lett.
(20) Dustin Brown grabs, lifts and skates the Cup around the rink - he is the first American born captain to win it twice, both with the Kings, who now have two titles in three seasons.