Sentence examples for aquatic mode from inspiring English sources

Body form in whales and fishes is homoplastic and relates to their aquatic mode of life (Figure 4).

This retrogression is probably the result of their adaptation chiefly to an aquatic mode of life, in which less support is required by the girdles.

The name amphibian, derived from the Greek meaning "living a double life," reflects this dual life strategy though some species are permanent land dwellers, while other species have a completely aquatic mode of existence.

The so-called amphitruck can transition from terra firma to aquatic mode in under 10 seconds, and reach 30 miles per hour on water and highway speeds on land, the company claims.

The name amphibian, derived from the Greek amphibios meaning "living a double life," reflects this dual life strategy though some species are permanent land dwellers, while other species have a completely aquatic mode of existence.

Because of many other shared derived characters of mammals that whales possess (for example, giving birth to live young and nursing their young), we conclude that whales are mammals that no longer need much hair for their fully aquatic mode of life.

We sense aquatic modes of being and growth formations that allow for survival but on a marvelously fragile basis, dependent on energy's microscopic conversions and surrendering to mythological layers and archaic systems.

Other interesting facts demonstrated here include the monophyletic independent sister lineages of Adenomera and Leptodactylus [ 17, 18, 20, 23, 31, 32] and the independent origins of less aquatic modes, occurring in the ancestors of both genus, as suggested by Heyer [ 15].

The correlation analysis also confirmed the association between the presence of spines and egg pigmentation with the more aquatic reproductive mode (mode 11) and a negative correlation with the more terrestrial breeding (mode 32).

An opposite relationship was noticed in the more aquatic reproductive mode, with tadpoles using external sources of energy from the beginning of development, leading to a smaller egg dimension and larger clutch size, and consequently, to a correlation of egg size and oviposition.

For example, the backlash between gear meshes may compromise the accuracy of locomotion in legged walking or aquatic paddling modes.