What's the difference between sailfish and snailfish?
Sailfish
Definition:
(n.) The banner fish, or spikefish (Histiophorus.)
(n.) The basking, or liver, shark.
(n.) The quillback.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three MAbs exhibited distinct specificity for sailfish albumin.
(2) The MAb-peroxidase conjugate was highly specific toward sailfish in that no reaction against heterologous species was detected.
(3) One of these species specific MAbs (M2D1) was conjugated to horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in order to construct an ELISA for identification of sailfish from serum.
(4) Suggestions included a giant squid, whose eyes can be as large as soccer balls, a bigeye thresher shark, which can reach can reach 16ft, a marlin or a particularly large sailfish.
(5) The ELISA for sailfish correctly identified eight sailfish from 26 billfish serum samples.
(6) Marlins, sailfish, and spearfishes have a heat-producing tissue beneath the brain and adjacent to the eyes.
(7) Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) from 16 different clones exhibited activity against sailfish albumin.
(8) Hybridomas were produced and screened by ELISA for reactivity with the purified albumins of sailfish, blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) and white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus).