Sentence examples for base of head from inspiring English sources

When Emlen compared the position of horns in 74 species of nocturnal dung beetle with those in 87 species that are active by day, he found that the nocturnal species tended to avoid having horns at the base of head, where they would affect the size of their eyes.

Pronotum: rounded at sides, widest posterior to midlength and not explanate, slightly wider than base of head; about 4/5 times as long as wide at anterior margin; posterior edge about as wide as pronotal length; anterior and posterior pronotal edges almost straight; central disc flattened, without elevation but with large tubercles.

Dab a few bits at the base of the head and make sure that her head is in the position that you want it dried in.

Make two slices lengthwise all the way through the head of lettuce, starting near the base of the head and running all the way to the tips of the leaves.

You can either tie the bandana at the base of your head or slightly to the side on top of your head.

From a safe distance, look for: A flat, triangular-shaped head (although this may not be adequate to mark it) — broader at the base of the head than at the front.

The shot was perfect: clean through the base of the head.

The frontal diameter of the base of the head ranged between 39.4 and 50 mm.

Executions are normally carried out within days of the trial, by shooting the convict in the base of the head.

He pressed the muzzle to the base of the head, below the rock-hard skull, and fired twice.

I speared it with my gig at the base of its head and unceremoniously dumped it into a garbage bag I then sealed.