Set amongst the Machiavellian machinations of New York City power politics and finance , BILLIONS weaves an intricate narrative featuring a high-stakes game of predator-versus-prey as it follows two highly ambitious opposing figures : hard-charging , blue-blooded , politically connected U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades ( Paul Giamatti ) and brilliant , ...
[Slang] Sand badger (Zo[o]l.), the Japanese badger ( Meles ankuma). Sand bag. A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. Sand bath. (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace.
All sand dollars have a rigid skeleton known as a test. This is the typical white disk found washed up on beaches. The living animals have a skin of movable spines on the test. Movement is done by the action of the spines. Like other sea urchins, sand dollars have five paired rows of pores.The pores are arranged in a petal-like pattern. These pores are perforations in the endoskeleton through which the tube feet, used in gas exchange, project from the body.hey are softer and much shorter than those of the sea urchin. Like all echinoderms, sand dollars have tube feet. They are not used to move around, but simply to breathe. The sand dollar's tube feet actually stick out of the top of the sand dollar.