What's the difference between onager and trebuchet?

Onager


Definition:

  • (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.
  • (n.) A wild ass, especially the koulan.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Onager red cells transported this amino acid with intermediate affinity (apparent Km for influx 3.0 mM at 37 degrees C).
  • (2) Milk samples of four species of wild equids (onager, Equus hemionus onager; mountain zebra, E. zebra hartmannae; plains zebra, E. burchelli; Przewalski horse, E. caballus przewalskii) and two domesticated equids (ass, E. asinus; pony, E. caballus) were analysed.
  • (3) For pairwise comparisons within this family, estimates of sequence divergence ranged from 0% (E. hemionus onager vs. E. h. kulan) to 7.8% (E. przewalskii vs. E. h. onager).
  • (4) Chromosome fusion is apparently involved in the alterations of the karyotype of E. hemionus kulan (2n = 55, 54) when compared to the karyotype of the onager, E. hemionus onager (2n = 56).
  • (5) This polymorphism involves the same elements that participate in the polymorphic Robertsonian rearrangement producing diploid numbers of 54-56 in E. hemionus kulan and E. hemionus onager.
  • (6) The present study investigated amino acid transport mechanisms in red cells from four wild species: Przewalski's horse (Equus przewalskii), Hartmann's zebra (Zebra hartmannae), Grevy's zebra (Zebra grevyi), and onager (Equus hemonius).

Trebuchet


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Trebucket

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Samuel (a hollow-cheeked Noah Wiseman) is plagued by fears of a monster, and exhibits his anxiety in the most antisocial ways imaginable (one of the more palatable being the home-made trebuchet he takes to school).

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