(a.) Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.
(a.) Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals.
(a.) To beshrew; to curse.
Example Sentences:
(1) Musk shrews (Suncus murinus) were maintained for 8 weeks in long (16 h light:8 h darkness) or short (8 h light:16 h darkness) daylengths.
(2) Mating experiments indicated that the kinky-coat character is controlled by a single autosomal recessive gene designated kc (kinky coat), which is not allelic to the gene ch (curly hair) previously reported in the Tr strain derived from wild musk shrews on Taramajima Island, Japan.
(3) The feedback mechanism between the gonad and the pituitary may be slightly different in the shrew from that in other mammals.
(4) Seroprevalence surveys have shown the presence of toxoplasmosis in local meat animals (sheep, pigs and cattle) and Toxoplasma strains have been isolated from the pig, tree shrew (Tupaia glis), slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) and guinea pigs.
(5) The regression is less pronounced in voles than in shrews.
(6) The histochemical study of the Ear of female Suncus murinus (Indian musk shrew) was studied by the use of the cholinesterase technique.
(7) This difference may have relevance to the low T3 state of the shrew.
(8) 1, the time course for the photoperiodic response in juvenile male musk shrews was examined by exposing animals to short (10L:14D) or long (14L:10D or 18L:6D) daylengths for 10, 20, 40 or 56 days.
(9) A morphological study of parafollicular cells in the thyroid gland and parathyroid gland of the house shrew (Suncus murinus) was made.
(10) Special attention was given to measuring BMR in resting and postabsorptive shrews.
(11) Such an insuloacinar portal system found in the pancreas of the tree shrew was similar to that found in the horse and monkey.
(12) The contributions of the ovary and the adrenal gland to sexual behavior were examined in the female musk shrew (Suncus murinus).
(13) Adult male common shrews, both Robertsonian heterozygotes and homozygotes, were collected from Oxford and elsewhere in Britain.
(14) The adult body weight of the F1 shrews at 120 days of age averaged 86.0g in the males and 51.7g in the females.
(15) Our results suggest that GABAergic circuitry is an important part of the functional organization in the LGN of the tree shrew.
(16) In Experiment 3, ovariectomized musk shrews were treated with E2 implants.
(17) The macroscopic and microscopic distribution of intramuscularly injected, essentially monomeric, 239Pu was studied in the skeleton of the adult tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri).
(18) The lingual gingival and the alveolar mucosa of mandible of the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus) were stained by methylene blue vital staining or osmic acid staining, and mounted as whole thickness preparations.
(19) Eosinophilopoiesis in the musk shrew, Suncus murinus, a representative of the order Insectivora, was studied by light and electron microscopy.
(20) Both the segmental distribution of hindlimb dorsal root fibers and their pattern of termination in Clark's nucleus in the tree shrew were similar to that reported in quadrupedal primates and other quadrupedal mammalian forms.
Threw
Definition:
() imp. of Throw.
(imp.) of Throw
Example Sentences:
(1) We wish to thank once again all the Chinese people and people around the world who have supported Beijing 2022 in this extraordinary bid journey.” Earlier, the president Xi threw his weight behind China’s bid, promising the “strongest support” for the Beijing Games in a one-minute video address to the IOC delegates.
(2) "They knew that and despite that they threw me out.
(3) Abe’s attempts to build closer ties with Russia since he took office in 2012 registered some success until Tokyo threw its weight behind G7 sanctions following Russia’s annexation of Crimea last year, and increased aid to Ukraine.
(4) Violence also flared before the game when 300 Torino fans tried to block the Juventus team bus from entering the stadium compound and threw stones at the vehicle, breaking one of its windows.
(5) Two weeks after his forced dismissal, several colleagues threw a going-away party for the retired marine officer at the Army-Navy Club on Farragut Square, a few blocks from the White House.
(6) "Then came the javelin and I threw a personal best.
(7) He told one journalist to “visit the ear doctor” and threw a banana skin at the head of a cameraman.
(8) Using two synchronized cameras, four experienced boxers were filmed while they threw a series of punches at a practice bag.
(9) And, nearly as famously, he actually threw his only draft of it away at one point, until his wife convinced him to rescue it from the rubbish.
(10) Shopkeepers said they were afraid to open after gunmen believed to be working for the Knights Templar cartel threw firebombs at several of the city's businesses and city hall over the weekend.
(11) Immigration has been central to the Trump campaign from day one: he threw his hat into the crowded presidential ring with the remark that Mexican immigrants are “bringing drugs.
(12) His performance was encapsulated by the shrug that was his simple response to a Celtics fan who threw beer on him after the game .
(13) We are harder to beat now and that is six games unbeaten now.” While Pardew threw on Yohan Cabaye, the club’s £10m record signing, the Bournemouth manager, who is close to sealing a loan move for the Roma forward Juan Iturbe, turned to the South Africa striker Tokelo Rantie, who has not scored since October last year, but he, too, failed to trouble the Palace defence.
(14) The Cowboys had one last chance to beat the Eagles but Kyle Orton, doing his best Tony Romo impersonation, threw an interception to end Dallas hopes.
(15) Who was the asshole who threw the bottle?” Matt asked, rubbing his sore spot.
(16) Britain threw down the gauntlet to donors on Monday by announcing that it would commit £1bn to replenish the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria on condition that other countries agreed to follow suit.
(17) The Nevada senator aimed his fire in particular at McConnell, who threw his support behind Trump last week when it became all but certain that the real estate mogul had clinched the nomination.
(18) He took Jessica's mobile out of her pocket; he carried their bodies down the stairs and, after checking no one was around, bundled them into the cramped boot of his car, bending their legs to fit them in; he collected petrol and bin bags (to protect his feet and thus conceal evidence); he drove to Lakenheath and found a lonely track; he got out where the vegetation grew thickly and he rolled the two girls down into the ditch; he climbed into the ditch and cut off their clothing - their red football shirts and their tracksuit trousers, their knickers, Holly's black bra which she and her mother had bought the day before - and then he poured petrol over their bodies and threw on a match.
(19) Brett Pitman was flagged offside when he finally found the net for Bournemouth in the closing minutes, which Paul Ince had to watch from the stands after the bottle he threw bounced into the crowd.
(20) The Chiefs lost key running back Jamaal Charles to a suspected concussion early but it did not appear to affect KC as Alex Smith threw four touchdown passes and Knile Davis ran for a score to help the Chiefs to a 38-10 lead early in the third quarter of the wild card game.