Sentences with phrase «called spiny»

While Thwomps themselves do not appear in Paper Mario, a species of Thwomp called Spiny Tromps occasionally appear.

One of our favorite encounters so far this month has been observing a juvenile elephant seal returning from the depths of the Monterey Bay with a tasty small shark called a spiny dogfish.

Acomys mice are often called spiny mice, though scientists think they are more closely related to gerbils.

These relationships are analogous to those of another pair of species called spiny mice which Weissbrod and Marshall discovered among semi-nomadic Maasai herders in southern Kenya.

This egg - laying mammal, also called the spiny anteater, has lived in relative obscurity in the Australian bush.

Cells in the striatum called spiny neurons receive connections from neurons in the cortex that release the neurotransmitter glutamate.

As controls, fibroblasts and secretions from normal lab rats, mice, and another rodent called the spiny mouse were powerless to stop the human cancer cells growing.

Not exact matches

I was served what the Anguillans call crayfish, but they're considerably larger than the Louisiana kind yet smaller than a spiny lobster.

The protein, called SP9, was known to be important for normal medium spiny neurons, but it had not previously been associated with Huntington's disease.

In the direct reprogramming, the researchers exposed the adult skin cells to a specific mix of signaling molecules the scientists» past research had found would convert healthy skin cells directly into a type of brain cell called medium spiny neurons, without intermediate steps along the way.

His menagerie included a flock of flightless kiwis from New Zealand (which accompanied him to Cambridge when he arrived as a university student in 1887), 144 giant tortoises imported from the Galápagos Islands, a sheep - size South American rodent called a capybara, as well as wild asses, spiny and scaly anteaters, emus, and kangaroos.

In Asia, the durian is called the «King of Fruits,» but not everybody in the world bows down to these bulbous, spiny, custardy fruits.

These two types, called direct - pathway medium spiny neurons (dMSNs) and indirect - pathway medium spiny neurons (iMSNs), act as opposing forces.

These spiny - backed beasts can grow to an impressive five feet in length and it is estimated that over 10,000 iguanas call the Galapagos home.

In the level Blooming Lakitus, Lakitus throw spiked eggs called Gūrindai that hatch into Piranha plants instead of Spinies.

A pink depiction of the Spiny Cheep Cheep appears and uses the former, while two large, Boss Bass-esque Cheep Cheep species called Blurps appear, coming in red and blue.

Spiny Cheep Cheeps also debut in this game, but the NES manual simply calls them «Cheep - cheeps,» describing them as thorny.