| brown algae | algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments |
| ant thrush | a kind of antbird |
| thrush | songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast |
missel thrush
mistle thrush
mistletoe thrush
Turdus viscivorus | large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries |
song thrush
mavis
throstle
Turdus philomelos | common Old World thrush noted for its song |
ring ouzel
ring blackbird
ring thrush
Turdus torquatus | European thrush common in rocky areas, the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck |
hermit thrush
Hylocichla guttata | North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song |
veery
Wilson's thrush
Hylocichla fuscescens | tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song |
wood thrush
Hylocichla mustelina | large thrush common in eastern American woodlands, noted for its melodious song |
thrush nightingale
Luscinia luscinia | large nightingale of eastern Europe |
babbler
cackler | any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song, in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae |
| water thrush | brownish North American warbler found near streams |
thrasher
mocking thrush | thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs |
brown thrasher
brown thrush
Toxostoma rufums | common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage |
brown creeper
American creeper
Certhia americana | a common creeper in North America with a downurved bill |
brown snail
Helix aspersa | serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings, nearly cosmopolitan in distribution |
brown hyena
strand wolf
Hyaena brunnea | of southern Africa |
brown bear
bruin Ursus arctos | large ferocious bear of Eurasia |
Alaskan brown bear
Kodiak bear
Kodiak
Ursus middendorffi
Ursus arctos middendorffi | brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia |
| brown bat | any of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide in caves and trees and buildings |
little brown bat
little brown myotis
Myotis leucifugus | the small common North American bat, widely distributed |
big brown bat
Eptesicus fuscus | rather large North American brown bat, widely distributed |
serotine
European brown bat
Eptesicus serotinus | common brown bat of Europe |
brown soft scale
Coccus hesperidum | pest on citrus trees |
brown lacewing
hemerobiid
hemerobiid fly | small darkolored lacewing fly |
browntail
brown-tail moth
Euproctis phaeorrhoea | small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States, pest of various shade and fruit trees |
brown rat
Norway rat
Rattus norvegicus | common domestic rat, serious pest worldwide |
brown lemming
Lemmus trimucronatus | of northwestern Canada and Alaska |
| Brown Swiss | large hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from Switzerland |
| brown bullhead | freshwater catfish of eastern United States |
brown trout
salmon trout Salmo trutta | speckled trout of European rivers, introduced in North America |
Brown University
Brown | a university in Rhode Island |
brown
brownness | an orange of low brightness and saturation |
| Vandyke brown | a moderate brown color |
chocolate
coffee
deep brown
umber
burnt umber | a medium brown to dark-brown color |
| light brown | a brown that is light but unsaturated |
dun
greyish brown
grayish brown
fawn | a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color, she wore dun |
reddish brown
sepia
burnt sienna
Venetian red
mahogany | a shade of brown with a tinge of red |
yellowish brown
raw sienna
buff
caramel
caramel brown | a medium to dark tan color |
| olive brown | a shade of brown tinged with green |
| brown study | a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness |
| brown sugar | unrefined or only partly refined sugar |
| brown Betty | baked pudding of apples and breadcrumbs |
| brown bread Boston brown bread | dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water |
dark bread
whole wheat bread
whole meal bread
brown bread | bread made with whole wheat flour |
| brown rice | unpolished rice retaining the yellowish-brown outer layer |
| brown sauce sauce Espagnole | bouillon or beef stock thickened with butter and flour roux and variously seasoned with herbs or Worcestershire etc. |
Chinese brown sauce
brown sauce | a sauce based on soy sauce |
Lyonnaise sauce
brown onion sauce | brown sauce with sauteed chopped onions and parsley and dry white wine or vinegar |
brown butter
beurre noisette | clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with vinegar or lemon juice and capers |