• groundling
• groundlings

groundling (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

• Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially:
• The (vern, spined loach) ((taxlink, Cobitis taenia, species, noshow=1)), weather loach ( (taxlink, Misgurnus fossilis, species, noshow=1)), or other member of the loaches.
• * (quote-book, year=1681 , title=Musaeum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge , author=Nehemiah Grew , page= , ISBN= , passage=The BEARDED-LOACH or '''GROUNDLING'''. ''Gobites Barbatula''. It is a small fish about five inches long, bearded with six small Threads, three on each side )
• * (quote-book, year=1825 , title=The Complete Angler , author= , page= , ISBN= , passage=When you angle for a trout, you are to do it as deep, that is, as near to the bottom as you can, provided your bait do not drag, although a trout will sometimes take it in that posture: if for a grayling, you are then to fish further from the buttom, it being a fish that usually swims nearer to the middle of the water, and lies always loose; or, however, is more apt to raise than trout, and more inclined to raise than to descend, even to a '''groundling'''. )
• * (quote-book, year=1958 , title=Soviet Physics, Doklady , author= , page=464 , ISBN= , passage=Fertilized '''groundling''' (Misgurnus fossilis) and sturgeon (Acipenser Stellatus) eggs were irradiated (10,000 r) at stages from fertilization to middle gastrulation. )
• * (quote-book, year=1999 , title=The Neural Crest in Development and Evolution , author=Brian K. Hall , page=82 , ISBN=0387987029 , passage=Lopashov (1944) extirpated and grafted neural tubes from several species of teleosts—the '''groundling''', ''Misgurnus fossilis'', the loach, ''Nemacheilus barhatulus'', and the perch, ''Perca fluviatilis'' — to determine whether pigment cells were of neural crest origin. )
• The ringed plover, ''Charadrius hiaticula''.
• An audience member in the cheap section (usually standing; originally in Elizabethan theater).
• By extension, an individual of uncultivated or uncultured taste.
• One who is confined to the ground, especially:
• (lb, en, military, slang) A soldier who fights on the ground or serves as ground crew, as opposed to a seaman, pilot, etc.
• * (quote-book, year=1937 , title=The Field Artillery Journal - Volume 27 , author=Field Artillery Association (U.S.) , page=342 , ISBN= , passage=The poor plodding '''groundling''', helpless and impotent, is swooped upon at will, day and night, completely wiped out at the whim of the low- flying plane, which soars off leaving complete and utter destruction behind it! )
• * (quote-book, year=2010 , title=How to Build a Fire: And Other Handy Things Your Grandfather Knew , author=Erin Bried , page= , ISBN=0345525108 , passage=He then enlisted in the air force and served as a '''groundling''' in North Africa, Sicily, and England. )
• * (quote-book, year=2012 , title=The Fear in the Sky: Vivid Memories of Bomber Aircrew in World War Two , author=Pat Cunningham , page= , ISBN=1783036303 , passage=Present at the Battle of Jutland, he had been recalled for the duration of this war and, being in the area, he had come to see how his little lad was faring in the sky. I was given permission to fall out and join him, gladly setting aside my '''groundling's ''' bayonet. )
• (lb, en, fantasy) A member of a race that lives primarily underground, such as a dwarf.
• * (quote-book, year=2008 , title=Lucy's Blade , author=John Lambshead , page=184 , ISBN=1416555773 , passage=Simon noticed a '''groundling''' look intently at Walsingham's purse and nudge his mate. )
• * (quote-book, year=2015 , title=Stories of the Raksura: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below , author=Martha Wells , page= , ISBN=1597805807 , passage=One, a short '''groundling''' with dark leathery skin and long white hair, said, "It's not your house, Ventl. You, stranger, did you come here to trade?" )
• * (quote-book, year=2016 , title=Dark Paths: The Legends of the Alfar , author=Markus Heitz , page= , ISBN=1784299707 , passage=It was obvious that the brown-haired '''groundling''' had been involved in some heavy hand-to-hand combat recently. )
• (lb, en, Abrahamic religions) Adam, before eating the apple of knowledge of good and evil (emphasizing his creation from the ground).