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单词 stonechat
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Definition of stonechat in English:

stonechat

noun ˈstəʊntʃatˈstoʊnˌtʃæt
  • A small Old World songbird of the thrush family, having bold markings and a call like two stones being knocked together.

    Genus Saxicola, family Turdidae: three or four species, in particular the widespread S. torquata, the male of which has a black head and orange breast

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Experiments were carried out end of April (adrenocorticotrophic hormone [ACTH] challenge) and June (radiolabeled corticosterone infusion) 2000, when gonads of the stonechats were fully developed.
    • Forays off the beaten path led me to a common stonechat, a white wagtail, a plain leaf warbler, and a number of species in the shrike family; great grey shrike, masked shrike, and red-backed shrike.
    • We tested one further antibody (against 11-oxoetiocholanolone) that has been successfully used in geese but it did not give satisfying results in stonechats.
    • In the low Syrian Mesquite bushes we found a stonechat and a few white wagtails running around.
    • This companionship extended into early summer when the stonechat family was fed both in and out of the nest by the lonely Dartford.
    • In stonechats, the combined effects of ACTH administration and handling during that treatment led to a significant increase of excreted corticosteroid metabolites within 1 h 20 min.
    • Tritiated corticosterone ([1,2, 6,7] 3 H-Cc New England Nuclear-Dupont: NET - 399) was used to determine how one male and one female stonechat metabolize and excrete that steroid.
    • Migratory stonechats, Saxicola torquata, established territories as apparent male and female pairs on their wintering grounds in Israel.
    • Taken together, these results indicate that excreted corticosteroid metabolites usually integrate plasma hormone levels of 1-3 h in stonechats and thus parallel the time course of androgen metabolite excretion in this species.
    • On occasions woodchats have been known to plunder the nests of other birds, which may explain the anxiety of a pair of stonechats nearby.
    • Some, such as the wryneck, ceased to breed in East Anglia; others, notably the stonechat, all but vanished.
    • I saw half a dozen stonechats scattered singly or in pairs along a mile stretch of the fenceline.
    • The August sand-dune flora includes harebell and bloody crane's-bill, with sea rocket along the strand line and stonechats perched in the burnet roses.
 
 

Definition of stonechat in US English:

stonechat

nounˈstōnˌCHatˈstoʊnˌtʃæt
  • A small Old World songbird of the thrush subfamily, having bold markings and a call that sounds like two stones being knocked together.

    Genus Saxicola, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae: three or four species, in particular the widespread S. torquata, the male of which has a black head and orange breast

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Experiments were carried out end of April (adrenocorticotrophic hormone [ACTH] challenge) and June (radiolabeled corticosterone infusion) 2000, when gonads of the stonechats were fully developed.
    • On occasions woodchats have been known to plunder the nests of other birds, which may explain the anxiety of a pair of stonechats nearby.
    • The August sand-dune flora includes harebell and bloody crane's-bill, with sea rocket along the strand line and stonechats perched in the burnet roses.
    • Forays off the beaten path led me to a common stonechat, a white wagtail, a plain leaf warbler, and a number of species in the shrike family; great grey shrike, masked shrike, and red-backed shrike.
    • This companionship extended into early summer when the stonechat family was fed both in and out of the nest by the lonely Dartford.
    • In the low Syrian Mesquite bushes we found a stonechat and a few white wagtails running around.
    • We tested one further antibody (against 11-oxoetiocholanolone) that has been successfully used in geese but it did not give satisfying results in stonechats.
    • Tritiated corticosterone ([1,2, 6,7] 3 H-Cc New England Nuclear-Dupont: NET - 399) was used to determine how one male and one female stonechat metabolize and excrete that steroid.
    • Taken together, these results indicate that excreted corticosteroid metabolites usually integrate plasma hormone levels of 1-3 h in stonechats and thus parallel the time course of androgen metabolite excretion in this species.
    • Some, such as the wryneck, ceased to breed in East Anglia; others, notably the stonechat, all but vanished.
    • Migratory stonechats, Saxicola torquata, established territories as apparent male and female pairs on their wintering grounds in Israel.
    • I saw half a dozen stonechats scattered singly or in pairs along a mile stretch of the fenceline.
    • In stonechats, the combined effects of ACTH administration and handling during that treatment led to a significant increase of excreted corticosteroid metabolites within 1 h 20 min.
 
 
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