| anserine | (adj) of or resembling a goose |
| anserine | (adj) having or revealing stupidity, Syn. gooselike, dopey, foolish, goosey, jerky, goosy, dopy |
| cycloserine | (n) an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus |
| nonpasserine | (adj) relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds, Ant. passerine |
| nonpasserine bird | (n) chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes |
| passerine | (n) perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless, Syn. passeriform bird |
| passerine | (adj) relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds, Ant. nonpasserine |
| serine | (n) a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine |
| Anserine | a. [ L. anserinus, fr. anser a goose. ] 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Anseres. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Eserine | n. [ From native name of the Calabar bean: cf. F. ésérine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Passerine | n. (Zool.) One of the Passeres. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Passerine | a. [ L. passerinus, fr. passer a sparrow. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Passeres. [ 1913 Webster ] The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Serine | n. [ L. sericus silken. ] (Chem.) one of the natural L-amino acids, obtainable as a white crystalline nitrogenous substance by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin. It is found in many proteins, and, having a free primary hydroxyl group on the side chain, is involved in the catalytic action at the active site of some enzymes, such as proteases. The IUPAC abbreviation for serine in protein sequences is Ser. Chemically it is 2-amino-3-hydroxy-propanoic acid (C3H7NO3), HO.CH2.CH(NH2).COOH. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] |
| 瑠璃;琉璃 | [るり, ruri] (n) (1) lapis lazuli; (2) (abbr) (See 瑠璃色) lapis lazuli (color); (3) (abbr) (See 吠瑠璃) beryl; (4) (abbr) (See 小瑠璃, 大瑠璃, 瑠璃鶲) mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); (5) (obsc) glass #16,484 [Add to Longdo] |
| サイクロセリン | [saikuroserin] (n) cycloserine [Add to Longdo] |
| セリン | [serin] (n) serine [Add to Longdo] |
| 尉鶲 | [じょうびたき;ジョウビタキ, joubitaki ; joubitaki] (n) (uk) Daurian redstart (species of passerine bird, Phoenicurus auroreus) [Add to Longdo] |
| 菊戴 | [きくいただき;キクイタダキ, kikuitadaki ; kikuitadaki] (n) (uk) goldcrest (species of passerine bird, Regulus regulus) [Add to Longdo] |
| 金腹 | [きんぱら;キンパラ, kinpara ; kinpara] (n) (uk) chestnut munia (species of passerine bird, Lonchura atricapilla); black-headed munia [Add to Longdo] |
| 山椒喰 | [さんしょうくい;サンショウクイ, sanshoukui ; sanshoukui] (n) (uk) ashy minivet (species of passerine bird, Pericrocotus divaricatus) [Add to Longdo] |
| 緋連雀 | [ひれんじゃく;ヒレンジャク, hirenjaku ; hirenjaku] (n) (uk) Japanese waxwing (species of passerine bird, Bombycilla japonica) [Add to Longdo] |
| 頬白;画眉鳥;黄道眉 | [ほおじろ;ほほじろ(頬白);ホオジロ;ホホジロ, hoojiro ; hohojiro ( hoo shiro ); hoojiro ; hohojiro] (n) (1) (uk) meadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides); (2) (頬白 only) (obsc) (See 頬白鮫) great white shark; white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias) [Add to Longdo] |