Sentence examples for modified to form a from inspiring English sources

The oviduct of the squid is terminally modified to form a shell gland.

The hypopharynx is modified to form a sucking tongue for imbibing fluids.

The calyx (sepals) of the florets are modified to form a pappus, a tuft of hairs, which often appears on the mature fruit.

The vertebrae of the tail tip in the rattlesnake are highly modified to form a "shaker" for the hollow rattle segments.

In some species, however, the phalanges are more numerous, as when the limb is modified to form a paddle (e.g., in whales).

In male spiders the second pair of appendages (pedipalps) are each modified to form a complex structure for both holding sperm and serving as the copulatory organs.

The terminal segments of the abdomen of females sometimes are modified to form an ovipositor used for depositing eggs.

The Pycnodontiformes, which may be related to the Semionotiformes, are unique among the holosteans in having their upper and lower dentitions modified to form an open pavement of crushing teeth.

The flag was an imitation of the logo from BBC comedy show Only Fools and Horses, with some words modified to form an offensive slogan.

In addition, engineering of the islet surface is another immunoisolation approach in which the surface of islets is modified to form an immune barrier [7].

Most moth pheromone components are even-numbered C10-C18 straight-chain, unsaturatederivativeses of fatty acids, with the carbonyl carbon modified to form an oxygen-containing functional group (alcohol, aldehyde, or acetate ester) [ 14, 15].