What's the difference between plumage and speckle?

Plumage


Definition:

  • (n.) The entire clothing of a bird.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Body-plumage of hens moulted at 11 degrees C was 25% heavier than of hens moulted at 29 degrees C. 3.
  • (2) Distinctive for its embroidered yellow plumage, the honeyeater is considered a “flagship” species: the most marketable of a group of endangered animals that share a habitat.
  • (3) For all loci the genotype suppressing colour was associated with less plumage deterioration, this being highly significant for loci C and S. 5.
  • (4) The plumage represented 5-8% of the total body weight, and its iron content oscillated between 152-163 p.p.m.
  • (5) Recent studies have employed the plumage carotenoids to test hypotheses of genetic divergence, to relate plumage color to environmental process, and to demonstrate the influence of synthetic changes on color.
  • (6) Afterward, as the ducks began to acquire adult feathers, short-chain wax esters composed of 2- and 4-monomethyl fatty acids began to appear with 2-methylhexanoyl and 4-methylhexanoyl as the major acyl components; esters of short-chain monomethyl fatty acids (less than or equal to C12) constituted 90% of the lipids when the ducks were 2 months old and had acquired adult plumage.
  • (7) Back in early 2013, shortly after Cruz’s arrival in the Senate, McCain had deemed him and colleagues with similarly flamboyant conservative plumage “wacko birds”.
  • (8) The negative influences comprise disorders in social behaviour, loss of typical plumage functions and disabilities of normal mobility, as well as genetic defects and pathogenic predispositions.
  • (9) An investigation was conducted among the progeny from crosses between Exchequer Leghorn and Ancona bantams into the relationship between two plumage phenotypes, pied and mottled, both of which are arrangements of non-pigmentation expressed on a background of eumelanin.
  • (10) The genetic basis for plumage color of the Blue Andalusian breed was studied.
  • (11) Data are presented on the genetics of the plumage color of the Villafranquina, a breed of Spanish chicken representing a black-tailed red type of the columbian restriction pattern.
  • (12) Groups of 3-5 homing pigeons individually recognizable by different colours of their plumage were followed by helicopter on their way home.
  • (13) Changes in testicular size and plumage molt were monitored at regular intervals during the 12-week period.
  • (14) Heart weights, plasma corticosterone levels, durations of tonic immobility (TI), and plumage conditions were compared for top and bottom birds in the dominance ranks.
  • (15) The greater part of these plumage modifications is generally of interest for exhibition poultry fancy.
  • (16) Modifications of the plumage and specific feather malformations, as developed during the domestication process of different poultry species are described.
  • (17) Mercury exposure in Western Europe is not excessive, as shown by the relatively low levels in the summer plumage.
  • (18) Growth rate, egg number, egg and adult body weight, plumage condition, food intake and efficiency of laying hens were compared in birds differing in plumage colour genotype at five loci (C, I, S, Ig, B).
  • (19) All birds on long days moulted into adult plumage, whereas those on short days retained juvenile plumage.
  • (20) Some birds lack colored spots and show pure white plumage.

Speckle


Definition:

  • (n.) A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.
  • (v. t.) To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The nuclear origin of the Ha antigen was confirmed by the speckled nuclear immunofluorescence staining pattern given by purified antibody to Ha obtained from a specific immune precipitate.
  • (2) Ensemble averaging of a large number of unfiltered spectra was used as the "gold standard" in the evaluation, i.e., as the output of an ideal filter which reveals the exact nature of the underlying Doppler spectrum after speckle has been eliminated.
  • (3) Rather than the predominant homogeneous pattern seen elsewhere in systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis, the speckled pattern was commonest among Thai patients with these two diseases (67.9% and 76.9% respectively).
  • (4) The localization of these key components of the pre-mRNA splicing machinery to speckled nuclear regions suggests that these regions may be involved in pre-mRNA splicing.
  • (5) The commonest FANA pattern is the speckled pattern.
  • (6) It is shown that there exists a trade-off between speckle reduction and reproduced density range.
  • (7) The secretory granules of the pro-acinar cells contained speckled or rod-like substructures which stained intensively for carbohydrates and were digested by proteolytic enzymes.
  • (8) Clinical and laboratory findings were correlated from 46 patients with IgG localization in epidermal nuclei in a speckled (particulate) pattern on direct immunofluorescence of normal skin.
  • (9) A 2 year-old girl presented with bacterial meningitis followed by a lupus erythematosus syndrome consisting of erythematous rash, Raynaud's phenomenon and mutilating cicatricia atrophy; high speckled antinuclear antibodies and anti-Sm and anti-Ro antibodies titers; a selective absence of C4; moderate mesangial proliferation with IgM and C1q mesangial deposits.
  • (10) Indirect immunofluorescence examination of cultured human embryo cells, using the serum of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer, showed a speckled nuclear pattern.
  • (11) A new online signal processing technique is described to reduce speckle noise in ultrasound images.
  • (12) Serological examination revealed antinuclear antibodies with a titer of 1:5120 (speckled pattern) and anti-RNP antibody with a titer of 1:32.
  • (13) Time-average speckle interferometry has been applied to obtain displacement patterns on the chest wall produced by cardiac action, in the absence of breathing, during various phases of the cardiac cycle.
  • (14) We present applications to speckle reduction, detection of specular reflectors, attenuation estimation and ultrasound imaging.
  • (15) Live animal speckle scores classified carcasses as Select or Choice with 77% accuracy.
  • (16) A unique sparsely speckled antinuclear antibody pattern was seen.
  • (17) The sand was brown-red and the speckles of salt sparkled in the sun.
  • (18) They re-enter the newly formed nuclei of the two daughter cells at early telophase, producing speckled nuclear fluorescent patterns typical of interphase cells.
  • (19) This agrees with earlier manual-visual measurements but the higher precision due to computer evaluation of the speckle patterns gives much more reliable estimate of the repositioning error.
  • (20) The monoclonal antibody reacted with the 350-kDa protein in immunoblot analysis and immunostained intranuclear speckles; both immunoreactions were abolished by treatment with alkaline or acid phosphatase.