sterile animal

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• stérile — [ steril ] adj. • 1370; lat. sterilis I ♦ 1 ♦ Inapte à la génération, à la reproduction par défaut de production de spermatozoïdes (chez l homme) ou d ovules (chez la femme) ou par suite de circonstances s opposant à la fécondation. ⇒ infécond ;… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Sterile insect technique — is a method of biological control, whereby millions of sterile insects are released. The released insects are normally male as it is the female that causes the damage, usually by laying eggs in the crop, or, in the case of mosquitoes, taking a… …   Wikipedia

• sterile — sterile, barren, impotent, unfruitful, infertile mean not having or not manifesting the power to produce offspring or to bear literal or figurative fruit. Sterile, opposed to fertile, in its basic application to living things implies an inability …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• animal learning — ▪ zoology Introduction       the alternation of behaviour as a result of individual experience. When an organism can perceive and change its behaviour, it is said to learn.       That animals can learn seems to go without saying. The cat that… …   Universalium

• sterile — ster|ile [ˈsteraıl US rəl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: sterilis] 1.) a person or animal that is sterile cannot produce babies = ↑infertile ≠ ↑fertile make/render/leave sb sterile ▪ Radiotherapy has left her permanently sterile. 2.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sterile — [[t]ste̱raɪl, AM rəl[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Something that is sterile is completely clean and free from germs. He always made sure that any cuts were protected by sterile dressings... Urine is sterile. Derived words: sterility [[t]stərɪ̱lɪti[/t]] …   English dictionary

• sterile — adjective Etymology: Middle English steryle, from Latin sterilis; akin to Gothic stairo barren animal, Sanskrit starī sterile cow Date: 15th century 1. a. failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores b. failing to produce or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sterile — adj. 1 not able to produce crop or fruit or (of an animal) young; barren. 2 unfruitful, unproductive (sterile discussions). 3 free from living micro organisms etc. 4 lacking originality or emotive force; mentally barren. Derivatives: sterilely… …   Useful english dictionary

• Bladder stone (animal) — Bladder stones or uroliths are a common occurrence in animals, especially in domestic animals such as dogs and cats. The stones form in the urinary bladder in varying size and numbers secondary to infection, dietary influences, and genetics.… …   Wikipedia

• stirk — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stirc; akin to Middle Low German sterke young cow and perhaps to Gothic stairo sterile animal more at sterile Date: before 12th century British a young bull or cow especially between one and two… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …   Universalium