(n.) Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the basis of structural similarity of the PP molecules, however, it would appear that the tapir is more closely related to the horse than to the rhinoceros.
(2) There are troops of spider and woolly monkeys, frogs smaller than a fingernail, tapirs the size of horses, as well as ants which taste of lemon and berries so poisonous you could die in seconds if you ate one.
(3) In the Tapiridae represented by the Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), high density and low density lipoproteins were present in approximately equal amounts.
(4) The rhinoceros-sized wombat, the ten-foot kangaroo, the marsupial lion, the monitor lizard larger than a Nile crocodile, the giant marsupial tapir, the horned tortoise as big as a car – all went, in ecological terms, overnight.
(5) In this, the first of his so-called Cosmic Trilogy, a man called Ransom is taken to the planet Malacandra (that's Mars to you and me) where he meets intelligent space otters, tall, feathered humanoids, workaholic frog-tapirs and angelic spirits of the ether.
(6) They use this to swat a tapir to death, and divide its flesh up between them.
(7) Schematic fundamental frequency curves of simple statements and questions are generated for Hausa, a two-tone language of Nigeria, using a modified version of an intonational model developed by Gårding and Bruce [Nordic Prosody II, edited by T. Fretheim (Tapir, Trondheim, 1981), pp.
(8) Gross lesions suggestive of severe hepatoenteropathy and myopathy were noted in a 4.5-yr-old Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) from a zoo in Michigan (USA).
(9) Jaguars, tapirs, giant anteaters and spider monkeys have become "virtually extinct" in Brazil's Atlantic forest, while other species are being lost faster than previously believed due to the fragmentation and emptying of the once dense canopy by farmers and hunters, according to research published on Tuesday.
(10) As for the cost to conservation consciousness-raising, it’s a measure of how much that bothers the visiting public, how rarely reviewers mention a zoo’s research into, say, the lowland tapir as compared to its food or signage.
(11) But since the water was unexpectedly high, many animals – tapirs, anteaters, deer, jaguars – had been pushed deeper into the bush.
(12) Unlike kidneys with a medullary crest in diverse eutherian mammals, tapirs lacked pelvic extensions along the major intrarenal blood vessels and thus lacked pelvic intervascular eminences.
(13) Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) has been purified from extracts of the pancreas of four species of odd-toed ungulates (Perissodactyla): Przewalski's horse, mountain zebra, white rhinoceros, and mountain tapir.
(14) There were tracks of deer, tapirs, anteaters and even the paw-print of a jaguar.
(15) "With a bow and arrow, it was hard to kill an animal like the tapir, but now it's easy.
(16) Zebra PP was identical to Przewalski's horse PP, rhinoceros PP contained three substitutions relative to the horse (Ser for Ala1, Leu for Met3, and Glu for Gln16), and tapir PP contained one substitution relative to the horse (Leu for Met3).
(17) C. labilis was seen attacking elephant, C. orthograpta also water buffalo and sambar, C. minuticornis also zebu and tapir but not sambar.
(18) The renal cortex of tapirs, water-loving primordial ungulates, was continuous, nonlobed, and about 80% of renal mass in adult and 71% in term-neonate.
Taxonomic
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.
Example Sentences:
(1) The taxonomic relationship of strains H4-14 and 25a with previously described Xanthobacter strains was studied by numerical classification.
(2) Bordetella pertussis and Bacillus anthracis, two taxonomically distinct bacteria, secrete adenylate cyclase toxins that are activated by the eukaryotic protein calmodulin.
(3) The present classification of vasculitis has several objections, based on the following aspects: 1) It does not take into account taxonomic rules; 2) It uses criteria which helps to cover up; 3) It uses generic terms without a specific meaning; 4) Lack of clinical interest.
(4) As an extension to the variety of existing techniques using polymorphic DNA markers, the Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique may be used in molecular ecology to determine taxonomic identity, assess kinship relationships, analyse mixed genome samples, and create specific probes.
(5) Authors pointed on etiologic connections between particular clinical syndroms in AIDS and microbial, parasitic and viral agents belonging to different taxonomic groups.
(6) Disclosure of the 5'-terminal sequence of the HCV genome would facilitate its taxonomic classification, and contribute toward immunological diagnosis of infection and development of vaccines.
(7) The threat or risk of the child involves a substantial taxonomic variety, therefore the author tries to define the entire area by terms such as risk factor, individual at risk, group at risk and risk situation, to assess their content and extent and their mutual relations.
(8) The results suggested that allergenic cross-reactivity between some fly species exists, and may extend to taxonomically unrelated insect species.
(9) The advantages of long-term preservation of suspensions of mycobacteria by storage at -70 degrees C established in earlier studies are reinforced by present evidence that freezer storage does not alter key taxonomic features used to identify mycobacteria.
(10) Fourteen Streptomyces strains from various numerical taxonomic classes and representatives of three other genera of actinomycetes were studied using an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (IND-ELISA) to determine their serological relationships.
(11) Our goal was to encourage analysis and synthesis rather than memorization; evaluating such higher taxonomic levels of education is extraordinarily difficult.
(12) Numerical methods have been employed to determine the taxonomic value of a number of microbiological, hydrobiological and chemical characteristics of water purity either in current use or proposed.
(13) A phasics were classified by their test scores according to taxonomic criteria, independently from localization.
(14) The popular concept of "marihuana" is actually based on the chemical characteristics of the plant Cannabis, rather than on the taxonomic classification.
(15) Alternative taxonomic structures require careful scrutiny and comparison to establish whether one structure will meet the needs of the profession or whether multiple structures of nursing diagnoses relative to outcomes are required.
(16) The taxonomically close relationship between lizards and snakes, which together constitute the Squamata, is reflected in a similar distribution of DA fibers and varicosities to the dorsal ventricular ridge and the lateral cortex, and in the limited number of CSF-contacting DA neurons in the hypothalamus.
(17) In Stage 2, the conditional stimuli (CSs) were one of eight words, four reinforced (CS+) and four unreinforced (CS-), with taxonomic category (animals vs. musical instruments) as the discriminandum, and different subjects were given semantic, physical, or no additional CS processing tasks.
(18) A detailed taxonomic description of the developmental stages of female and male mite is presented.
(19) The discrepancy, and the importance of electrokaryotyping as a taxonomic tool, are discussed.
(20) The Archaea, designated since 1979 as a separate Super-Kingdom (the highest taxonomic order), are a highly novel group of microorganisms which look much like bacteria but have many molecular and genetic characteristics that are more typical of eukaryotes.