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Quail


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
  • (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
  • (v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
  • (v. i.) To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
  • (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis).
  • (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica).
  • (n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.
  • (n.) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Small pieces of anterior and posterior quail wing-bud mesoderm (HH stages 21-23) were placed in in vitro culture for up to 3 days.
  • (2) The in vivo approach consisted of interspecies grafting between quail and chick embryos.
  • (3) The findings support our earlier suggestion that the kinetics of spermatogenesis in the quail are fundamentally similar to the pattern which has been described for mammals.
  • (4) Laminin is a constituent of the basement membrane in both chicken and quail blastoderms.
  • (5) Bidrin treatment of quail embryos results in axial anomalies as well as malformations of the beak and the limbs.
  • (6) Sporozoites were inoculated into the allantoic cavity of 7-day-old Japanese quail embryos (Coturnix coturnix japonica), after which the infected embryos were incubated at 41 C. In the chorioallantoic membrane mature first generation schizonts, mature second generation schizonts, and gametes were detected at 48 hr postinoculation of sporozoites (PI), 84 hr PI, and 126 hr PI, respectively.
  • (7) Respiration frequency increased during exposure to 35 (four birds) and 40 degrees C (six birds) in the normally hydrated quail, while in the dehydrated quail, respiration frequency increased only in three birds during exposure to 35 degrees C, and four birds during exposure to 40 degrees C, the frequencies were lower during dehydration.
  • (8) We conclude that the cellular mechanisms directing muscle fiber type-specific TnIf gene expression are mediated by cis-regulatory elements present on the introduced quail DNA fragment and that they control TnIf expression by affecting the accumulation of TnIf mRNA.
  • (9) However the characteristic fine structure and the high Na-KATPase content of the quail nasal gland suggest that it is a salt gland.
  • (10) The heart of the jungle bush quail is richly innervated.
  • (11) The presence of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was investigated in neuroretina sections from hatching quail embryos by immunocytochemistry.
  • (12) Lipid biosynthesis in the liver as well as transport into the follicles in Japanese quail were investigated depending on sexual maturity at 5, 7, 9 and 11 weeks of age.
  • (13) Both monensin and salinomycin had a reasonable safety margin in quail.
  • (14) The alternative exon sequences TnTf mRNAs expressed in anatomically distinct quail muscles can be correlated with sequences in TnTf protein isoforms in these chicken muscles.
  • (15) Both intestinal and uterine CaBP levels are higher in laying than in non-laying quails.
  • (16) The PGCs were picked up with a fine glass pipette, and one hundred were then injected into the terminal sinuses of 2-day-old Japanese quail embryos (24 somites); bubbles were then inserted to prevent haemorrhage.
  • (17) Of the four CFA determinants normally found in adult quail RBCs, only two were present on quail-chicken hybrid RBCs.
  • (18) For each of 12 transformed quail clones studied, it was possible to detect, after digestion with Kpn I, unique junctions between viral and cellular DNA.
  • (19) In eight bands of proteinase isozymes, the variation of band 5 (presence or absence) was detected among quails.
  • (20) This antibody binds transiently to a small number of brain vesicle cells in developing chick embryo as well as in quail embryo.

Quarl


Definition:

  • (n.) A medusa, or jellyfish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rachel Dolezal's definition of 'transracial' isn't just wrong, it's destructive | Syreeta McFadden Read more Last week, the new president of the Spokane NAACP chapter, Naima Quarles-Burnley, expressed empathy for her predecessor while gently denouncing her .
  • (2) A., Quarles, R. H., Dalakas, M. C., and Brady, R. O.
  • (3) One of them is James Quarles, who was part of the Watergate taskforce and focus on irregularities in GOP campaign finance.
  • (4) I saw in Rachel maybe my younger self,” she said.“Passionate, involved, all-in for social justice.” “I feel that people of all races can be allies and advocates,” Quarles-Burnley told the Spokesman-Review .
  • (5) Three lawyers on the team have made donations to Democratic campaigns, according to reports ; one of those, James Quarles, a former prosecutor on the Watergate investigation, donated to both Democrats and Republicans.
  • (6) 265, 12088-12097), or with HNK-1, a mouse monoclonal antibody which reacts with a 3-sulfoglucuronic acid residue on neural glycolipids and glycoproteins (Chou, D. K. H., Ilyas, A., Evans, J. E. Costello, C., Quarles, R. H., and Jungawala, F. B.
  • (7) The organization’s vice-president, Naima Quarles-Burnely, will become president of the chapter, according to the announcement.
  • (8) An earlier investigation from our laboratory (Ilyas AA, Wilson HJ, Quarles RH, et al.
  • (9) The results in this and the preceding paper [McIntyre, Quarles & Brady (1979) Biochem.

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