Sentences with phrase «snout of»

Scientists say a lake at the snout of the Chorabari Glacier was almost brimming over with glacial meltwater [continue reading...]

The most commonly recognized feature in this schnauzer looking dog is the mustache and beard that give the snout of the dog a square appearance.

While the flat face and short snout of brachycephalic dog breeds, such as the bulldog, pug, shih tzu and chow chow, lend those dogs a certain quirky charm, that aesthetic peculiarity comes at a price.

It is not recommended to ever slap the snout of a puppy; this may actually encourage a firmer grip.

The snout of a dolphin was too blunt an instrument to pry off the ring, and Lefty's parents were too proud to ask a marlin or a sword fish for help.

Every now and then, pairs of gimlet - eyed cops in maroon berets and camouflage would yank some poor devil out of the mob, probe his deteriorating cardboard box with the snout of a machine gun, and haul him off into the shadows.

Topping the range is the 155kW 2.0 - litre TSI engine that can also be found under the snout of the current Golf GTI, as we reported last week.

Those representatives told us that the longer and higher - set snout of the new Mini Cooper three - door hardtop and other recent Mini models is the result of European pedestrian safety standards, as well as the need to house the new crash - safety tech.

And just beyond that is the distinctive snout of a 911.

YOU would think it would be hard to miss, but the formidable snout of the sawfish has evolved to be undetectable to prey as it swishes through water.

Now, lab tests show that fluid disturbances just ahead of the snout of the dwarf seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae) are only one - fifth as large as those elsewhere around its head, researchers report online today in Nature Communications.

It possesses the flattened forehead of a horse, the shifty eyes of a lizard, the long snout of an aardvark, the armored plates of a stegosaur, the brood pouch of a kangaroo, and the prehensile tale of a monkey.

Rey says that this curious - looking creature — described as having the snout of a pig, the ears of a rabbit and the tail of a kangaroo — is much more than just a curiosity to be checked off a bucket list.

By using new techniques based on computerised X-ray micro-tomography (CT scan) and digital three - dimensional modelling, Benoit found that the maxillary canal of therapsids, a bony tube in the snout of the animal that houses the trigeminal nerve, is shorter in therapsids than in reptiles.

The trigeminal nerve is the nerve that gives sensitivity to the snout of the animal, and as the maxillary canal is shortened, it allows for movement of the nerve as it branches into the soft tissue of the lip and nose where it innervates the whiskers.

One afternoon a member of the team spotted what looked like the snout of a flatheaded fish sticking out of a cliff.

One time, it was the snout of a horse.

But sizing up how sensitive the snout of, say, a seal is compared with a bat or human isn't straightforward.

A Ukrainian teen watching NEPTUNE's online webcams glimpsed the snout of a mysterious creature slurping up a slimy hagfish on the seafloor, at a depth of nearly 900 meters.

ANTARCTICA»S Blood Falls — the reddish outflow from the snout of the Taylor glacier — contain microbes that have survived beneath thick ice for millions of years.

A bullet hole is visible above its eye socket, and the snout of the animal has been destroyed, likely when the horn was removed.

There was a particular outbreak of «snout of order» behaviour during the 2009 expenses crisis, and any time a politician files a dubious pile of receipt, signs up for an exciting foreign «fact - finding mission», or raises the possibility of a pay rise, they are, inevitably, compared to our curly - tailed and trottered friends.

It would have spared her from having to make up all the BS that caused her nose to enlarge to enormous proportions and to ultimately resemble the snout of a swine.

The larger pom poms will be the eyes and the smaller pom poms will be the snout of the dragon.

As a bonus it would protect that fragile snout of his too.

The small kibble size is perfect for small breed dogs and the short snouts of most French bulldogs.

The dogs came from a variety of breeds which have been bred over thousands of years to have — among other traits — snouts of various lengths.

White cottony fungal growth is seen on the snouts of affected animals, a prominent sign of White Nose Syndrome (WNS).

Oppenheim and Larraín's ability to overturn so many stones and explore so many corners of both American life and Jackie's personal descent into melancholia, all under the watchdog snouts of overeager politicians, public scrutiny and the constant threat of the media's clicking cameras, is nothing shy of hugely impressive, especially operating within such a relatively constrained run time, a mere 110 minutes.

We've always been full of praise for the diffs in the snouts of hot Méganes, loving the aggressive way that they tighten the line in a corner, pulling you through with supreme traction almost from before the apex.

[19] It has been concluded that «findings imply that when selective breeding was done by humans, it squashed the snouts of certain dog breeds, it also morphed their brains» (Scientific American, 2010).

The same goes for the snouts of «outlet» glaciers, where ice from the interior funnels through gaps in coastal mountain ranges, and where warming seawater has broken up clots of ice that can hold things up, like a logjam in a river.

I first learned about this kind of work when I went to Switzerland in the early 1990s to report on the accelerating retreat of glaciers in the Alps and met several scientists studying centuries worth of paintings, drawings, and other artistic representations to clarify where the snouts of glaciers sat in centuries past.

Not exact matches

The arm landed on a table where a group of four - armed, long - snouted Culisettos was gambling.

It's always been them, snouts in the soil, not a whit of ambition but milk for their bairns.

Look for a «haze» about forty feet away from his body and you might be able to see the jagged line of his tail or snout or something.

Luther was exasperated with the absurdity of the situation: `... Even a sow could be a Christian, for she has a big enough snout to receive the sacrament outwardly», if that was the only criterion for being a Christian.

A squad of whole suckling pigs was lined - up on long grills waiting to be carved by lively snout - wearing chefs who served them up with Mascarpone Polenta accompanied by sautéed wild mushrooms in a Spanish sherry sauce with green chile.

Save larger piece of marshmallow for the snout.

Press the larger piece of the marshmallow, cut side down, onto the lower half of the cupcake for the pig's snout.

He would keep staring until he had managed to transform his own image into that of his beloved Doberman, until his own nose sharpened into a snout and his own ears rose into points at the top of his head, and then he knew he was ready for battle.

But in the stream, in their fairly advanced stage of deliquescence, with backs and snouts scarred and sore and whitish, they looked considerably less interesting than floundering carp.

This way he can practice heart massage and mouth - to - snout breathing without fear of injuring Spot.

Our club is in serious decline, our transfer window activity compared to the other big clubs is pathetic, clearly profit driven for greedy Kroenke, wenger is a subservient puppet and gazidis is just another yes man, none of the current board have any interest or backbone for the club they represent, as long as the silly fans keep the money coming all the management are happy, to keep their respective snouts in the trough (money pit) and laugh all the way to the bank.

Some of the pundits had their snouts so up either of these 2 clubs» rectum they nearly asked that the league trophy be handed over to them before a ball was kicked.

Essential reading for all connoisseurs of political snouts and troughs.

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Limousines «nose» their way through traffic, except in the case of Peter Mandelson's «blue, premier - class Jaguar» which is described as having «snouted through the gates of Downing Street».

After examining a museum display of broad - snouted dire wolf (Canis dirus) skulls, Klapper made a beeline for the security guard and asked to see a curator.

The shape of the creature's 36 - centimeter (1.2 - foot) snout, which points straight forward rather than slightly downward like today's river dolphins, suggests the mammal spent most of its time at sea and likely fed on fish, the scientists say.