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gulp

[gəlp]
(computer science)
A series of bytes considered as a unit.

gulp

An unspecified number of bytes.
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DEAD SEXY: Coffinfish; ALL MOUTH: A fierce looking specimen; COMICAL: Stone Crab; MASSIVE: Chimaera fish; NOSEY: Chimaera pup; CUTE: Blob fish; BOX OF TRICKS: The Umbrella Mouth Gulper Eel has a hinged skull it uses to catch prey; SHARP: Hatchet fish; WELL-NAMED: The Fangtooth
MONSTERS OF THE TSUNAMI; Disaster throws up deep sea secrets
A possible new species of gulper shark similar to the Japanese gulper shark from the Pacific Ocean, Centrophorus acus, is found in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico (McEachran and Fechhelm, 1998).
Deepwater and other sharks of the U.S. Atlantic Ocean Exclusive Economic Zone
Fang tooth has the largest teeth in the ocean for its size - so big that it can't close its mouth - while gulper eels can swallow prey as big as themselves.
It's scary stuff down there; The Blue Planet BBC1, 9.00pm
When little Louis gets eaten by a Gulper, big sister Sarah knows she has a chance to save him, knowing that Gulpers swallow their food whole, and she quickly sets off on her red bike in pursuit.
Fardell, John: The Day Louis Got Eaten
The organisation is helping him to buy a gulper - like a big vacuum cleaner - which will suck out the tanks in a more sanitary way.
Real Lives: Is this the worst job in the world?; In India, cleaning toilets and septic tanks by hand is left to the `untouchables', society's lowest group. But is there hope for the men and women forced to carry out this subhuman task?
This means that red jellyfish cannot be seen, but the predators have other qualities to compensate for their lack of sight - gulper eels can swallow prey as big as themselves.
THE BLUE PLANET (BBC One Wales, 9pm).; Television : WILDLIFE
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has found that SPF mid-water trawlers pose a low risk to deep water species such as orange roughy and gulper sharks and decided that many of the current closures are not required to protect these species during SPF trawler operations.
Australia : More offshore waters opening in Small Pelagic Fishery
Having been wished good luck, off the reader goes on a magnificent journey full of excitement, discovery and incredible creatures such as the cookie-cutter shark and the gulper whale.
Woodward, John: The Deep, Deep Ocean
A sort of vertical worm, with a jaw-droppingly large mouth, the Gulper Eel certainly lived up to its billing, although the Fang Fish, the "Dumbo" octopus (an orange beachball with fins) and the Hairy Angler ("this monster is half a metre across") were right up there.
Shelley Vision: Awe of ocean colour scene
Purchase one sludge gulper, replacing a worn-out vehicle.
Purchase of one gully emptier

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