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gallus

(ˈɡæləs)

adj

Scot bold; daring; reckless

[a variant of gallows used as an adjective, meaning fit for the gallows]

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Noun	1.	gallus - elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) suspender, brace man's clothing - clothing that is designed for men to wear shoulder strap, strap - a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
	2.	Gallus - common domestic birds and related forms genus Gallus bird genus - a genus of birds domestic fowl, fowl, poultry - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl gallina, jungle fowl - small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl family Phasianidae, Phasianidae - pheasants; quails; partridges

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Camels are not beautiful, and their long under lip gives them an exceedingly "gallus"--[Excuse the slang, no other word will describe it]--expression.

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Blyth, whose opinion, from his large and varied stores of knowledge, I should value more than that of almost any one, thinks that all the breeds of poultry have proceeded from the common wild Indian fowl(Gallus bankiva).

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Preliminary information about 'Sejanus:' Of the characters in the play the following are patriots, opposed to Sejanus: Agrippina, Drusus, the three boys, Arruntius, Silius, Sabinus, Lepidus, Cordus, Gallus, Regulus.

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Estudio anatomico del sistema reproductor del gallo domestico (Gallus domesticus) reproductive system.

Anatomical study on domestical fowl (Gallus domesticus) reproductive system/Estudio anatomico del sistema reproductor del gallo domestico (Gallus domesticus)

In addition, some of the definitions have been changed: "eggs" now includes unbroken eggs laid by fowl of the Gallus gallus species, meant for consumption and "broken" or "hatching" eggs intended both for food or non-food (industrial) purposes.

AGRICULTURE : EGG MARKETING STANDARDS TO BE MADE SIMPLER

Gallus has taken over where the Solid Rock Cafe left off but has more of an ear for acoustic music than rock - solid or otherwise.

Going out: Inn and out

Comentario a la Lex Gallus de Alonso de Cartagena, s.e., Burgos 2002, 412 pp.

Rafael Sanchez Domingo, El derecho comun en Castilla. Comentario a la Lex Gallus de Alonso de Cartagena

Groups of nine 3-week-old domestic geese (Anser anser domesticus), 3-week-old domestic Pekin ducks (Anas platyrhyncos), 4-week-old chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus), 3-week-old turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), and 5-week-old Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonicus) were each injected intratracheally with [10.sup.6.2] mean tissue culture infective doses (TCI[D.sub.50]) of Vero E6 propagated Urbani SARS-CoV per bird in a volume of 0.1 mL.

Domestic poultry and SARS coronavirus, southern China

BASF reports that Actaris (Reims), a French supplier of equipment to measure the flow of gases and liquids, is using an Ultraform polyoxymethylene (POM) to house the measuring unit of the Gallus 2000 gas meter.

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Iacobus Gallus. V rokopisu ohranjene skladbe = Compositions Preserved in Manuscript.

Iacobus Gallus

Gallen is obviously associated with a saint: he was Gallus, an Irishman who travelled to the continent in the sixth century with his friend St.