Sentence examples for forepart from inspiring English sources

A spitting cobra usually raises its head and the forepart of its body in the characteristic cobra defensive posture prior to spitting, but venom can be ejected from any position.

A cobra raises the forepart of its body and spreads its hood when threatened.

At the maximum extension, the head and the forepart of the body are anchored and the posterior part drawn up as close as possible in the accordion-like folds.

Kingfishers often bob their heads and the forepart of their bodies when nervous or mildly alarmed; when startled into flight, some give sharp calls.

The so-called courtship dance of many snakes is often mistakenly interpreted as a dance in which the forepart of the bodies of a male and a female are held high and entwined.

In birds, light passes either through the eyes or through the bony tissue of the skull and stimulates the development of certain cells in the forepart of the brain.

Snakes can also dig elaborate and deep chambers; the pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) lives on sandy soil and uses its head and the forepart of its body to scoop soil from its burrows and egg chambers.

Chimera, in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing female monster resembling a lion in the forepart, a goat in the middle, and a dragon behind.

Thickheads have heavy-looking, seemingly neckless foreparts and are named alternatively for their loud, melodious voices.

It has a tiny head, thin foreparts and may reach a length of 1.8 metres (5.9 feet).

The Musée Guimet in Paris has one of the most beautiful Chinese silver-inlaid bronze vases dating from the late Warring States period and the British Museum should ideally be represented by the famous Shang dynasty vessel with the foreparts of two rams back to back.