Dreaded by U-Boats, it was nicknamed " The Flying Porcupine " ( Fliegendes Stachelschwein in German ), perhaps due to its extensive armament and the several prominent dorsal antennae.

The first dorsal fin is small, high and pointed ( and may be spinous ); the second dorsal fin runs along the rest of the back and merges with the tail and extensive anal fin.

Their eyes and terminal mouths are large, with a single long, continuous dorsal fin which begins just behind the head ; the anal fin is similarly extensive, and both it and the dorsal fin may either have 1-2 spines, or none at all.

More specifically, the dorsal peak of A10 cells is more extensive in primates when compared to other mammals.

The small, short dorsal fin begins before the body's midpoint and may have 4-7 spines ; the anal fin is extensive and usually has 3 spines.

The anal fin is also fairly extensive.

Their pastel colours, tall fins and extensive chrome make them a favouriste subject for tourist photographs.

If an evil which is certain and extensive and immediate may rarely be compensated for by a problematic, speculative, future good, by the same token not every present, certain, and immediate good ( or lesser evil ) that may have to be done will be outweighed by a problematic, speculative, and future evil.

Depending on the client's needs and the jurisdiction's requirements, the spectrum of the architect's services may be extensive ( detailed document preparation and construction review ) or less inclusive ( such as allowing a contractor to exercise considerable design-build functions ).

This population decline is due to extensive hunting for fur, for glands used as medicine and perfume, and because their harvesting of trees and flooding of waterways may interfere with other land uses.

Widely available German, British, and American records agree on certain facts, but a number of details of the incident may or may not have been fabricated based upon a less notable or extensive violation.

They may also feature extensive collaborative efforts with programs in other fields ( such as the University's Medical School or other engineering divisions ), owing again to the interdisciplinary nature of BME.

This may exemplify a rare example of insular dwarfing in a mainland context, with the " islands " being formed by the extensive river networks in the Amazon Basin, which form effective biogeographic barriers.

In 2003 a publication in Science received a large amount of press attention when it suggested that early humans may have practiced extensive cannibalism.

Such institutional support may include government recognition or designation ; presentation as being the " correct " form of a language in schools ; published grammars, dictionaries, and textbooks that set forth a " correct " spoken and written form ; and an extensive formal literature that employs that dialect ( prose, poetry, non-fiction, etc .).

However, when it comes to phonological structures, Italian and Spanish have undergone less change than French, with the result that some native speakers of Italian and Spanish may attain a degree of mutual comprehension that permits extensive communication.

These summaries may either form the basis of the initial description of the data as part of a more extensive statistical analysis, or they may be sufficient in and of themselves for a particular investigation.

The range of the DSM represents an extensive scope of psychiatric and psychological issues or conditions, and it is not exclusive to what may be considered " illnesses ".

An extensive system of affixes may be freely combined with roots to generate vocabulary ; and the rules of word formation are straightforward, allowing speakers to communicate with a much smaller root vocabulary than in most other languages.

FGM may complicate pregnancy and place women at higher risk for obstetrical problems, which are more common with the more extensive FGM procedures.

There may also be extensive capital flight or flight to a “ hard ” currency such as the US dollar.

Larger hotels may operate with an extensive management structure consisting of a General Manager who serves as the head executive, department heads who oversee various departments, middle managers, administrative staff, and line-level supervisors.

Fund managers may employ extensive risk management strategies in order to protect the fund and investors.

Rainfall in the mountains is more abundant and may reach a year in some places, but the terrain precludes extensive cultivation.

Beneath the surface, complex underground drainage systems ( such as karst aquifers ) and extensive caves and cavern systems may form.

Public and institutional collections and services may be intended for use by people who choose not to — or cannot afford to — purchase an extensive collection themselves, who need material no individual can reasonably be expected to have, or who require professional assistance with their research.

It is more like the evolution of microbes, with extensive lateral gene transfer: Quite distantly related languages may affect each other through language contact, which in extreme cases may lead to languages with no single ancestor, whether they be creoles or mixed languages.

In the eastern wing can be found the Library of online books, the Museum of generic objects ( which account-holders may create instances of ), and an extensive area for the LambdaMOO RPG.

On 21 September 2010, it was announced that the two airlines, which had already begun extensive code-sharing and set up joint ground handling, maintenance and catering services, were to merge by November of that year, which was later postponed indefinitely, though.

The whole complex is linked by an extensive system of underground passageways which merge with surrounding commercial buildings and shopping centres.

After extensive negotiations, it was decided that the labour movement should speak with a single voice, and that the United Labour Party and the Socialist Party should merge.

After the merge with Bonnier Radio, SBS engaged in extensive research in the radio market in Stockholm.

The department planned to replace the existing signalized US 1 and Route 4 merge, converting it into a grade-separated interchange with an extensive overpass.

Dublin is served by an extensive network of nearly 200 bus routes which serve all areas of the city and suburbs.

Such proposals remained unimplemented, mainly because the extensive hunting for moose nearly drove it to extinction and because of moose aggressiveness during the rutting period.

Poles and ethnic Jews were imprisoned in nearly every camp of the extensive concentration camp system in German-occupied Poland and the Reich.

On March 16, 2011, the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status issued a third report that reaffirned the legal position adopted by the three previous presidents over nearly a quarter century that Puerto Rico remains today " subject to the Territory Clause of the U. S. Constitution ( see Report at page 26 ), that the territory's long-term economic well-being would be enhanced by an early resolution of the political status problem ( p. 33 ) and devotes most of the report to extensive economic analysis and recommendations.

The extensive and successful use of the Biwa Pearl Mussel is reflected in the name Biwa pearls, a phrase which was at one time nearly synonymous with freshwater pearls in general.

Soon it poured into Clement XII's treasury an annual sum amounting to nearly a half million scudi, enabling him to undertake the extensive building programs for which he is chiefly remembered, but which he was never able to see.

Before about 1860, most bay shores ( exception: rocky shores such as those in Carquinez Strait, along Marin shoreline, Point Richmond, Golden Gate area ) contained extensive wetlands that graded nearly invisibly from freshwater wetlands to salt marsh and then tidal mudflat.

At the end of its combat debut in 1972, the Sheridan saw extensive action in the Vietnam War, being assigned to nearly all armored cavalry squadrons involved in that conflict.

It is highly probable that a large proportion of the spearmen had acquired more extensive armour given that the country had been at war for nearly twenty years.

With its extensive underwater scenes and languid score ( as with nearly all of Luc Besson's films the soundtrack was composed by Eric Serra ), the film has been both praised as beautiful and serene, and in equal measure criticized as being too drawn out, overly reflective and introspective.

* The University of South Florida-Tampa Special Collections Department has an extensive collection of nearly 9, 000 dime novels, including Frank Tousey's the Frank Reade Library and the Frank Reade Weekly Magazine.

Higher densities and areas of trees, with largely closed canopy, provide extensive and nearly continuous shade and are referred to as forest.

The use of extensive location shooting caused logistical problems ; a scene in which Kirk is nearly run over by an irate driver required 12 – 15 cars to be repositioned if the shot was incorrect, taking a half-hour to reshoot.

After operating for nearly 75 years as part of the Underground network, the line closed in December 2007 for an extensive refurbishment and expansion project, reopening as part of the Overground network in April 2010.

* Winston Churchill, who took extensive flying lessons at Croydon and was nearly killed during a crash at take-off in 1919.

The area had extensive flooding because it is nearly flat prairie, with an average elevation of only nine feet above the Gulf of Mexico.

Valentine was nearly destroyed two years in a row: a large storm with extremely high winds caused extensive damage to trees and buildings in July 2005, and in July 2006 the " Big Rock Fire " engulfed over of land.

The largest commercial enterprise to occur in Hartwick was probably the Oneonta-Mohawk trolley line which arrived in 1901 and had extensive shops, car barn and yards on the southeast side of the village, many of the hamlets and crossings still show architectural signs of its passage nearly a century after the last passenger service.

On April 27, 1942, a tornado swept along Pryor Creek's main street from the western edge of the business district to the eastern edge of the city, destroying nearly every building and causing extensive damage to the residential section.

The group's seminal 1991 album Loveless, which took nearly two years to make and nearly bankrupted their record label, Creation Records, received extensive critical acclaim.

According to this view of the ethnic situation in Ichkeria, the primary cause of Russian emigration was the extensive bombing of Grozny ( where 4 out of 5, or nearly 200, 000 Russians in Chechnya lived before the war ) by the Russian military during the First Chechen War.

This contrasts with nearly a hundred years of extensive coal mining and steel milling within the city limits.

* For the 25th anniversary of Nelson's death, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer James Burton, Nelson's original guitarist for nearly ten years, spoke about his friendship and experiences with the singer in an extensive series of interviews for Examiner. com.

All of the tributaries, including the lesser khwae, form an extensive tree-like pattern, with branches flowing through nearly every province in central and northern Thailand.