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GAPE [15 records]

Record 1 2021-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
CONT

When the yolk sac is almost completely absorbed, alevins begin to feed exogenously; this is … commonly referred to as "swim-up fry. "Unlike most species, salmonids have a functional stomach present before external feeding begins... Food taken at first feeding is related to the gape of the mouth, but also to prey abundance, size, availability, and mobility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Mammals
DEF

A genus of saber-toothed cats(subfamily Machairodontinae) of the Pliocene and Pleistocene usually attaining the size of a tiger or lion and having upper canines that extend 7 inches(18 centimeters) or more below the lower jaw and a gape of usually greater than 90 degrees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Mammifères
CONT

Le genre Smilodon [...] a vécu sur le continent américain, de – 2,5 millions d'années à – 10 000 ans, à la fin de la dernière période glaciaire. On en connaît trois espèces : Smilodon populator, Smilodon fatalis et Smilodon gracilis.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
  • Mamíferos
CONT

El género Smilodon aparece inicialmente en [América del Norte] hace [aproximadamente] 2,5 millones de años iniciando la ocupación de Sudamérica hacia fines del Plioceno [...] y dispersándose por todo el subcontinente donde finalmente se extingue en el límite Pleistoceno-Holoceno [...]

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Record 3 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Butter sole. Isopsetta isolepis... Description. Body much compressed, highly asymmetrical with colour restricted to right side. Head asymmetrical with both eyes on right side, rather slender. Mouth terminal, small, with narrow gape, asymmetrical... Distribution. Southern California to southeast Alaska.

OBS

A fish of the family Pleuronectidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

plie à écailles régulières : terme préconisé par le Musée canadien de la nature.

OBS

Poisson de la famille des Pleuronectidae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Having the two sides or ends unequal, as the ends of a bivalve mollusk on either side of a line from umbo to gape.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
  • Poultry Production
CONT

Gapes is caused by the roundworm designated Syngamus trachealis which attaches to the mucous membrane of the trachea and causes severe inflammatory changes.

CONT

This parasite produces the condition commonly known as "gapes" because infested chickens "gape" and show difficulty in breathing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Élevage des volailles
DEF

Helminthose respiratoire due à la présence dans la trachée de syngames, Nématodes de l'espèce Syngamus trachea; se traduit essentiellement par de la dyspée, avec bâillement et accès de suffocation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
  • Cría de aves
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Record 6 2006-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

A flexible ligamentous joint that holds the valves of a bivalve mollusc shell together and causes them to gape ventrally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Partie de la coquille composée d'un ligament élastique et de dents articulées servant à l'articulation des deux valves chez les mollusques bivalves.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Processing of Mineral Products
DEF

In a crusher, one of a pair of nearly flat faces separated by a wedge-shaped opening.

CONT

Consider a large piece of ore falling into the feed end or "gape" of the jaw crusher. The swing jaw is moving to and fro at a rate depending on the size of the machine and of the material it must crush...

PHR

Crusher jaw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
DEF

mâchoires: Pièces d'un concasseur à mâchoires entre lesquelles le matériau est comprimé jusqu'à écrasement.

CONT

Le rapprochement de la mâchoire mobile provoque, par compression, l'éclatement des gros blocs.

PHR

Mâchoire de concasseur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Explotación minera)
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
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Record 8 2004-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
CONT

Microlance Brand disposable blood lancets... : Sterile, disposable blood lancets produce half-round gape incision that delays clotting and premature wound closure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
CONT

Lancettes à usage unique Microlance [...] : Lancette stérile à usage unique permettant de pratiquer une incision en demi-circonférence et retarder la coagulation et la fermeture prématurée de la plaie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inyecciones, intubación y transfusiones (Medicina)
  • Instrumental médico
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Record 9 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Paleontology
CONT

The name Arthrodira means "jointed neck" These advanced preditory placoderms had a movable joint between the head(cephalic) and the thoracic(body) armor... The mouth is interesting because as the lower jaw moved down the head shield moved up, thus giving a wide gape. Like all placoderms, they lacked teeth, instead using the sharpened edges of a bony plate as a biting surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Les Arthrodires forment un vaste groupe multiforme de «Poissons». [...] il est clair qu'ils sont de vrais Gnathostomes, qu'ils appartiennent aux «Elasmobranchiomorphi» [...] et qu'ils sont surtout apparentés aux Holocéphales.

OBS

Exemple : «coccosteus» [...] du Dévonien moyen. Il a des «appendices pectoraux, mobiles, d'une seule pièce» [...] et une denture de «carnivore».

Spanish

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Record 10 1977-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the family Pholadidae have] shells elongate to globular, with [a] slitlike to nearly circular pedal gape which may or may not be closed by [a] collum in [the] adult; [the] anterior portion of [the] valves... [have] imbricate or denticulate concentric ridges and [are] commonly ribbed radially; [an] umbonal-ventral sulcus may separate [the] anterior slope from [the] disc; [the] posterior slope [is] not generally demarked,... ;accessory plates [are] present in all forms but... [vary] in number. Dorsal and ventral condyles and [an] internal umbonal-ventral rib(reflection of the umbonal-ventral sulcus of outer surface of valve) [are] present or absent; [the] pallial sinus [is] usually deep. Siphons [are] variable, usually united, capable of considerable extension, smooth or papillose, and commonly enclosed in [the] periostracal sheath, [and] may or may not be completely retracted within [the] valves when [the] animal contracts; [the] foot [is] well developed, usually truncate and adapted for suction, atrophying in adults of callum-producing forms.... "? Carb., Jur.-Rec".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Pholadidae ont une) coquille équivalve, inéquilatérale, bâillante; [une] charnière sans dents; [un] bord cardinal retourné sur les crochets qui sont en outre recouverts par des plaques accessoires; [ils n'ont pas de] ligament externe mais un ligament interne; une apophyse, dite apophyse styloïde, part du crochet et se termine librement à l'intérieur de la coquille, elle sert d'insertion au rétracteur du pied; [ils ont un] sinus palléal.

Spanish

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Record 11 1977-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the family Myidae are] elongate, chalky, mostly burrowing forms with [a] wide posterior gape; [a] chondrophore [is] present in LV. "Paleoc.-Rec".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Myidae ont une] coquille équivalve ou faiblement inéquivalve; [un] épiderme épais; [une] charnière sans dents; [un] ligament interne inséré sur un cuilleron en saillie sur la valve gauche et dans une fossette sur la valve droite; [ils ont un] sinus palléal plus ou moins profond.

Spanish

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Record 12 1977-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the family Pleuromyidae have a] shell of medium size, equivalve, oval, oblong or trapeziform, moderately to strongly inflated, with [a] narrow or moderately wide posterior gape; umbones [are] situated within [the] anterior half and usually well toward [the] anterior end of [the] shell, broadly rounded, not strongly protruding; [there are] no demarcated dorsal areas; no true hinge teeth; [the] main part of [the] ligament [is] external, opisthodetic, with short supporting nymphs; below and slightly anterior to the beak of each valve is [a] short, rounded protuberance of [the margin], slightly hollowed out above, and behind [the] protuberance is [a] small niche; [the] protuberance of RV fits above that of the left, a small internal ligament possibly occupying the space between them; [the] postero-dorsal margin of RV(...) [overlaps] that of LV; [the] pallial sinus [is] deep; [the] ostracum [is] thin, probably originally nacreous internally. [The] surface [is] with or without concentric ribbing and with a delicate ornament of radial rows of minute pustules. "Trias.-L. Cret".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Pleuromyidae ont une] coquille mince, inéquilatérale, lisse ou ornée de fines granulations disposées en rangées concentriques, bâillante en avant et en arrière; [une] charnière sans dents mais avec une protubérance sous le crochet; [un] ligament en partie interne; [et un] sinus palléal.

Spanish

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Record 13 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Praecardiidae(...) [have a] shell approximately equivalve(...) with or without [a] marginal gape; [the] cardinal area [is] broad and flattened to narrow; [the] surface [is] rarely smooth, more commonly radially costate. "? U. Cam., L. Ord.-L. Miss. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Praecardiidae (...) [ont une] coquille très mince, équivalve, légèrement inéquilatérale, [le] crochet en saillie; sous le crochet, [il y a une] aréa triangulaire; du côté postérieur, quelques dents verticales; [l'] ornementation [est] faite de côtes rayonnantes.

Spanish

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Record 14 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Limidae(...) [have a] shell [that is] usually equivalve(...), ovate, orbicular or subtrigonal, most commonly higher than long, many forms somewhat extended obliquely in [an] anteroventral direction(i. e., opisthocline) ;[they are] typically biauriculate but with [the] anterior auride reduced or absent in some forms and [the] posterior wing or auricle usually obtuse and commonly ill-differentiated from [the] body of [the] shell; [a] triangular cardinal area with [a] shallow triangular ligament pit [is] present in both valves, [the] umbones [are] well separated; many forms(...) [have an] anterior gape close to or well separated from [the] hinge margin and some(...) [have a] posterior gape also, [the] gapes affecting both valves equally; [the] hinge [is] edentulous or with weak teeth of [the] taxodont type; [they are] mosomyarian, adductor scars rather obscure in most forms; [the] surface [is] smooth or with radial ornament, concentric ornament [is] very rare; [the] ostracum(...) [has an] outer calcitic layer and middle and inner layers of non-nacreous aragonite.(Some Recent forms capable of swimming by [a] flapping of valves,(...) [have the] valve margins disposed vertically; some construct [a] protective nest with byssus threads.) "L. Carb.-Rec. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Limidae (...) [ont une] coquille équivalve ou presque équivalve, inéquilatérale, plus ou moins renflée, fermée ou bâillante; lisse ou ornée de côtes rayonnantes; [les] crochets [sont] recourbés vers l'avant, [il y a] souvent une lunule, fossette ligamentaire sous les crochets droite ou oblique; [le] bord cardinal [est] sans dents ou avec quelques dents parallèles, obliques, situées dans les angles supérieurs correspondant aux oreillettes; [un] byssus [est] présent ou absent; [et ils ont] une impression musculaire au voisinage du bord postérieur. Les Limidés sont libres ou fixés par leur byssus; dans le premier cas, ils peuvent se déplacer (...) par battements de leurs valves.

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Record 15 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Pinnidae(...) [are] medium-sized to large, cuneiform, mytiliform or ham-shaped, mostly equivalve, a few forms distorted and inequivalve; beaks [are] at or near [the] anterior end of [a] long hinge margin; [the] ventral margins(...) [have a] long narrow gape near [the] anterior end for protrusion of [a] bunch of long silky byssal threads; [the] posterior margin [is] gaping in [a] dead shell, [the] living animal [is] capable of closing [the] gape by action of [the] adductor muscles owing to [the] flexible nature of [the] ostracum; [these bivalves are] dimyarian, with [the] anterior adductor relatively small and placed in [the] anterior angle of [the] shell, and [the] posterior adductor [is] large, situated at or slightly anterior to midlenght; [the] hinge [is] edentulous; [the] ligament [is] linear, subinternal, extending along [the] whole length of [the] hinge margin, its posterior part formed by [a] "fusion layer"; some specimens(...) [have] valves completely fused along [the] posterodorsal margin; [the] ostracum(...) [has an] outer layer of prismatic calcite, very thick in some forms, and [a] thin inner nacreous layer absent from [the] part of [the] shell beyond [the] posterior adductors. "L. Carb.-Rec. ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Pinnidae [ont une] coquille pouvant atteindre une très grande longueur (...) [, une] forme générale triangulaire; [le] crochet [est] terminal et pointu; [la] coquille [est] bâillante; [le] byssus [est] soyeux; [la] charnière [est] sans dents; [le] ligament [est] long, linéaire; [ils ont] deux muscles adducteurs, l'antérieur [est] petit. La couche prismatique de la coquille est très développée; les prismes se rencontrent à l'état isolé dans les roches sédimentaires.

Spanish

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