(n.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidae, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.
(v. t.) To draw or serve, as drink.
(v. i.) To serve or draw liquor.
(n.) Drink; also, pottage.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ultrastructural differences between cardiac and striated muscle fibres observed in the ocellated skink (Chalcides ocellatus ocellatus) indicate that functional differences have a structural correlate in the muscle cells.
(2) Future of Carmichael mine hinges not on skinks or snakes, but its business case Read more The decision to pull out of the A$16bn (£7.8bn) Carmichael mine and port throws the project further into doubt.
(3) The latest update of endangered species showed worrying declines for the okapi, the white-winged flufftail, the red belly toad, Caribbean skinks and the martial eagle.
(4) African host species are all lizards: 4 agamids, 3 skinks, 2 chamaeleonids, one chordyline, and one gerrhosaurine.
(5) Experimental doses of 200 oocysts failed to produce infections in skinks monitored for as long as 7 wk.
(6) The federal environment department lists habitat loss as a key threat to both the yakka skink and the ornamental snake.
(7) In skink brain, one immunoreactive and bioactive GnRH form, which eluted in the same position as His5,Trp7,Tyr8-GnRH on reverse phase HPLC, was identified.
(8) Australasian host species are also all lizards: 6 agamids, 9 skinks, 2 lacertids, one (or two?)
(9) The group argued Hunt has failed to take into account departmental advice on the Carmichael mine’s impact on the ornamental snake and the yakka skink.
(10) Administration of 100 mg sodium fluoroacetate (compound 1080) per kilogram body weight to T. rugosa resulted in a 3.4-fold increase in plasma citrate levels 48 h after dosing while administration of 3 mg sodium fluoroacetate per kilogram body weight to R. norvegicus produced a fivefold increase in plasma citrate levels within 4 h. Administration of 300 mg sodium fluoroacetate per kilogram body weight reduced the oxygen consumption of the skink by between 2.5 and 11% while in the rat, 2 mg sodium fluoroacetate per kilogram body weight reduced oxygen consumption by between 28 and 57%.
(11) Today it’s the yakka skink, tomorrow it will be the koala,” she said in a statement.
(12) Some of these conditions are designed to protect threatened species such as the black-throated finch , red goshawk and yakka skink .
(13) The gastrointestinal tract of the King's skink (Egernia kingii) was examined for the presence of fifteen regulatory peptides, two proteinases and an amine by immunohistochemical methods.
(14) Experimentally infected skinks produced large numbers of oocysts continuously during the 3-4 wk they were monitored after the onset of patency, but exhibited no signs of disease.
(15) The house mouse (laboratory strain), Mus musculus (L.), the cotton mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus (LeConte), the broad-headed skink, Eumeces laticeps (Schneider), and the guinea pig, Cavia porcellus (L.), were successively infested five times with larvae of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say.
(16) Coalition will take six to eight weeks to revise its Carmichael coalmine approval Read more The federal environment department has said it will take six to eight weeks to reassess the project after it emerged the environment minister, Greg Hunt, had not properly considered the mine’s impact on two vulnerable species – the yakka skink and the ornamental snake.
(17) The use of ketamine hydrochloride and sodium pentobarbitone in the anaesthesia of two species of Australian skink was examined.
(18) This prompted an attack on Wednesday from trade minister Andrew Robb on conservationists he said were using “a skink” for “a patsy” in obstructionist legal challenges that were undermining trade talks with India.
(19) The structure of the Sertoli cell and its physical relationship with the germ cells was studied in laboratory maintained skinks, Eumeces laticeps (Schneider) in January, and September, corresponding to the periods of prenuptial and postnuptial spermatogenesis respectively.
(20) Respiration in both species was depressed but heart rate was increased in Bobtail skinks (Tiliqua rugosa) and depressed in King's skinks (Egernia kingii).
Spink
Definition:
(n.) The chaffinch.
Example Sentences:
(1) Speaking as the debate was going on earlier in the day, Paul Spinks, the manager of a day nursery, explained that he and his partner were waiting until the gay marriage law was passed to commit to one another legally.
(2) Jack said Muhammad Ali and Leon Spink s, for the heavyweight title.
(3) In February 1978, he lost the title to the workaday Leon Spinks and regained it once again that September – but tiredly, for now the feet were flat, the reflexes dull, the senses dimmed.
(4) Two months earlier Mike Tyson had knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
(5) Two fights with Sonny Liston, where he proclaimed himself 'The Greatest' and proved he was; three epic wars with Joe Frazier; the stunning victory over George Foreman in 1974's 'Rumble in the Jungle'; dethroning Leon Spinks in 1978 to become heavyweight champion for an unprecedented third time.
(6) Spink had made only one previous appearance in the first team but went on to excel, keep a clean sheet as Villa beat Bayern 1-0.
(7) Spinks advocated centralized coordination of policy, an approach deliberately rejected in 1981 by the Government in favour of continued pluralism, with each of the scientific research councils and various ministries 'doing their own thing'.
(8) The industrial progress and dissemination of biotechnology has been slower than Spinks implied, but we have a clear understanding of the importance of such contributors to the climate for investment as balanced regulation, training and public perception.
(9) Three years later, Aston Villa's rookie goalkeeper Nigel Spink was summoned from the bench after 10 minutes to replace the injured Jimmy Rimmer.
(10) There's no way they'll let Spinks win – the fight business won't make a dime.
(11) October 3, 2012 Updated at 8.42pm BST 8.07pm BST Shaun Spink with the University of Denver vacuums on the stage prior to the first presidential debate at Magness Arena at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, October 3, 2012.
(12) You can limit palm oil, you can be careful about how you produce it, but I think it’s quite wrong to prevent it.” Rosie J Spinks is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in GOOD Magazine, Marie Claire, The Ecologist, Sierra Magazine, and EcoSalon.
(13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Emily Spink: ‘If there’s one thing that has come out of this whole sorry tale, I will not hear a word against the NHS.’ Photograph: Jim Wileman for the Guardian My partner stabbed me in the back Emily Spink never dreamed her then partner would hurt her.
(14) * This name has been changed Rosie Spinks started the Three Course Story project in 2013, interviewing attendees at North London Action for the Homeless (NLAH), a Hackney-based charity that serves a meal twice a week to anyone who needs it – most are homeless, socially isolated, mentally ill, immigrants or those struggling with addiction.
(15) Retired In 1978, after winning the title for a third time by avenging a loss to Leon Spinks, Ali retired.
(16) The establishment of a research-orientated biotechnology company was one of the recommendations of the Spinks Committee.
(17) Jayne Spink, the director of policy and research at the MS Society, said: "There is still a long way to go before the palliative and end of life care offered to people with MS is the best it can be.
(18) With possibly two more golds to come, Robert McCracken's excellent squad are poised to become the best British boxing team of modern times, better even than the heroes of Melbourne, 1956, when Terry Spinks and Dick McTaggart each won gold.
(19) A previous Essex defector (remember Bob Spink anyone?)
(20) Government policy towards biotechnology has come a long way since the Spinks Report.