From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishleech/liːtʃ/noun[countable]1a smallsoftcreaturethatfixesitself to theskinof animals in order todrinktheirblood2someone who takesadvantageof other people by taking their money, food etc→parasiteThe family began to see him as a leech....
Myzobdella lugubris Leidy 1851 and Illinobdella nioorei Meyer 1940 have until recently been separated primarily on the basis of salinity and host. Myzob della lugubris was known as a marine leech commensal on crustaceans (Hutton and Sogandares-Bernal, 1959; Pearse; 1936; Sawyer, 1967; Wurtz ...
Studies in the Biology of the Leech. VIII, Modifications in Neurological MicrotechniqueAuthor Institution: Department of Zoology and Entomology, Ohio State UniversityMiller, John A
M Leech,C Metz,L Santos,... - 《Arthritis Rheum》 被引量: 592发表: 2010年 The p53-dependent effects of macrophage migration inhibitory factor revealed by gene targeting Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a mediator of host immunity and functions as a high, upstream activator of ...
Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) can result in lifelong disabilities known as foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and is associated with childhood growth deficiencies and increased bone fracture risk. However, the effects of PAE on the adult skeleton
Haemopis septagon, the second terrestrial leech discovered in North America, and five aquatic taxa-Placobdella nuchalis, ... RT Sawyer,RM Shelley - 《Annals & Magazine of Natural History》 被引量: 71发表: 1976年 Escarpia southwardae sp. nov., a new species of vestimentiferan tubeworm (...
runs in ... family•It's more of a case ofmaintainingform while othersstruggle, and it oftenruns in the family.•I told you, tirednessruns in the family.•JimmySouness, who was a schoolcleaner, had ahistoryof heart disease whichruns in the family. ...
John Leech, Bioprocessing and Fermentation Technologist,Teagasc Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Republic of Ireland Industrial bioproduction — which uses living cells to produce key molecular products at scale — is in itself a whole universe of careers. The same basic science can lead you...
A new genus, Desserobdella, is described to accommodate the leech Clepsine picta Verrill, 1872 which feeds exclusively on amphibians of northern and central North America. This leech belongs to the subfamily Glossiphoniinae and therefore... JR Barta,RT Sawyer - 《Canadian Journal of Zoology》...
32. leeches, medicinal leech,33. annelids (Hirudo medicinalis),34. molluscs,35. bivalve, bi...