The generic name Megaptera from the Greek mega-/μεγα- "giant" and ptera/πτερα "wing", refers to their large front flippers.
Its French title, "The Beating of the Butterfly's Wing," refers to a famous pop-science example of chaos theory, namely that the motion of insect wings over the Atlantic Ocean can raise hurricanes (or in an alternate version, tidal waves) in the Pacific.
Smith named the shark megalopterus, from the Greek mega ("large") and pteron ("wing"), referring to its large fins.
We should all agree that law-abiding Americans who are wrongly put on a secret government list should not be denied their constitutional right to due process," said Chris Cox, the head of the NRA's lobbying and political campaign wing, referring to concerns that there are people on various watch lists when they shouldn't be.
In this context it is perhaps noteworthy that ΔNArm1 155, the mutant with the most significant effect on levels and localisation of E-Cadherin/Armadillo at the AJ and basolateral membrane, also appeared to cause sorting defects in wings (refer to Figure 13C).
Pteropod, meaning "wing foot," refers to a group of animals that have neither wings nor feet as we usually think of them.
Therefore these wing discs or wings are referred to in the text as mutant discs or wings.
A smaller wing, sometimes referred to as the "maid's wing", abuts the center common area and includes a pantry and kitchen on its ground floor and smaller dorm rooms that originally housed servants on the floors above.
"There was actually a point in the second period where I was having flashbacks to two years ago," said right wing Mark Parrish, referring to the dreary days when the Islanders were one of the worst teams in the league.
A wing moving in fluids experiences a fluid force, which Follows the conventions found in aerodynamics, the force component normal to the direction of the far field flow relative to the wing is referred to as lift (L), and the force component in the opposite direction of the flow is drag (D).
Correction: August 26 , 2001 Sunday An article last Sunday about Camp Kinderland, a Massachusetts summer camp with a tradition of left-wing politics, referred incorrectly to the mother of Eric Mingus, a former camper who is a son of the bassist Charles Mingus.
