(n.) The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although most previous studies have assumed that Silurana is the sister group of Xenopus, recent morphological work suggests that Silurana is more closely related both to the South American genus Pipa and to the African genera Hymenochirus and Pseudhymenochirus than it is to Xenopus.
(2) Hadopi was the same breed as the now comatose American Pipa ( Protect Intellectual Property Act ) and Sopa ( Stop Online Piracy Act ).
(3) Mutant pIPB showed 10% secretion, while 60%-70% secretion was observed for pIPA.
(4) The biology and behaviour of Pipa carvalhoi are compared to that of other pipid frogs, and it is suggested that the specialized breeding biology of the genus Pipa evolved as an adaptation to the life in small ponds and ditches which are rich in nutrients but poor in oxygen.
(5) Feeding, mating behaviour, communication, breeding biology, and development of Pipa carvalhoi are described.
(6) The filter apparatus of Pipa is somewhat reduced and seems modified for the retention of relatively large (20+ microns) particles.
(7) Special interest groups like the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) who helped write the resoundingly rejected Sopa and Pipa internet censorship bill are literally paying for a seat at the table, shaping the TPP to make sure it prioritises the profits and power of multinational corporations over people’s basic online rights to communicate and express themselves.
(8) Within hours of the unprecedented assault, Sopa , the Stop Online Piracy Act, was dead and a sister act, Pipa, a neat acronym for the tortuously titled Protect IP Act (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act) was sunk too .
(9) We have applied the Pipas-McMahon algorithm based on free energy calculations to the search for a 5S RNA base-pair structure common to all known sequences.
(10) Outdated units of Adsol blood, were divided into two aliquots and incubated with equal volumes of a solution of 100 mM pyruvate and inosine, 103 mM phosphate and 5 mM adenine (PIPA) or 0.9% saline.
(11) Two years on from success against Sopa and Pipa in the US this mobilised community is taking on the next front in the battle for digital rights.
(12) We previously showed (M. J. Tevethia, J. M. Pipas, T. Kierstead, and C. Cole, Virology 162:76-89, 1988) that sequences downstream of amino acid 626 are not required for immortalization of primary MEFs.
(13) Use of PIPA produced greater-than-normal levels of adenosine triphosphate in the preserved erythrocytes.
(14) The main radioactive component in blood was 123I-PIPA for any species and the urinary components were metabolic conjugates of 123I-PIPA.
(15) In 2012, Swartz was one of the guiding lights of the movement against a pair of US laws, SOPA and PIPA, which threatened to damage the legal underpinning of the internet, by potentially blocking access to any site which hosted user generated content.
(16) CIC levels were analysed by means of KgB-ELISA (conglutinin binding enzyme linked immunosorbent assay), C1qB-ELISA (C1q-binding enzyme linked immunososrbent assay), RFb-ELISA (rheumatoid factor binding enzyme linked immunosorbent assay) and by PIPA (platelet 125J-labelled staphylococcal protein-A test).
(17) Last year the fans were shouting 'Pipa [Higuaín's nick-name] please stay' after we won the league in Bilbao.
(18) Swartz, an advocate for open access online, founded Demand Progress, to rally the online community against two internet censorship bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and the Protect IP Act (Pipa).
(19) Two insertion mutants, pIPA and pIPB, retained enzyme activity.
(20) Conglutinin-binding (KgB), C1q-binding (C1qB), platelet iodinated protein A test (PIPA) and RF-enzyme immunoassay (RF-EIA) gave positive results in 31%, 62%, 23% and 31% of the cases, respectively and separated cancer sera from normal blood donors (p less than 0.001).
Pita
Definition:
(n.) A fiber obtained from the Agave Americana and other related species, -- used for making cordage and paper. Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.
(n.) The plant which yields the fiber.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Palestinian Authority is very encouraging, Pita says, but it cannot afford to offer the industry desperately needed financial support.
(2) Photograph: Tristram Kenton In one of the early rehearsals I sit and watch as these two veterans are taught to tango for a piece by Pita.
(3) Baby spinach salad with Medjool dates and almonds Recipe by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi Serves 4 1 tbsp white wine vinegar ½ medium red onion, thinly sliced 100g pitted Medjool dates, quartered lengthways 30g unsalted butter 2 tbsp Zaytoun olive oil 2 small pitas, about 100g, roughly torn into 4cm pieces 75g whole unsalted almonds, roughly chopped 2 tsp sumac ½ tsp chilli flakes 150g baby spinach leaves, washed 2 tbsp lemon juice salt Put the vinegar, onion and dates in a small bowl.
(4) The Palestinian IT Association (Pita) estimates that at least half of these graduates are unemployed.
(5) Twelve NIDDM subjects were given a meal tolerance test (MTT) with or without CSDF before and after daily supplementation of CSDF (16.5 g) in pita twice a day for a month.
(6) The Little Match Girl Arthur Pita niftily sidesteps the usual Christmas source material and choreographs one of the less well known of Hans Christian Andersen’s tales.
(7) Well, I really didn’t go into it, thinking: ‘Yes, this is it, I am going to cover myself in crap and roll on the floor and I’m going to win an Olivier,’ he says of Arthur Pita’s version of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis .
(8) In a test case against Debenhams, who codenamed their scheme Project Pita, standing for "pain in the arse", the court of appeal ruled against the scheme, concluding that "there was no other economic justification ... other than that of creating a tax advantage".
(9) Add the pita and almonds and cook them on a medium heat for 4–6 minutes, stirring all the time, until the pita is crunchy and golden brown.
(10) They revealed a profound change in dietary habits since their arrival in Israel, with consumption of large amounts of refined carbohydrate in place of spicy stews and injura (Ethiopian pita) that had constituted dietary staples in better times in Ethiopia.
(11) The known prevalence, in the area of Pita is 1.23%.
(12) When you are ready to serve, toss the spinach leaves with the pita mix in a large mixing bowl.
(13) But I understand how frightening those ideas are to others whose worldviews have been warped and terrified by Guy Fieri's "Mondo Pita-Partied Hemorhhagic Meated Wads with Volcano Adobo Mayo and You-Don't-Know-Chedder-Jack™ Agglutinate".