brown algae | algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments |
sand tiger sand shark Carcharias taurus Odontaspis taurus | shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic, sometimes dangerous to swimmers |
white-throated sparrow whitethroat Zonotrichia albicollis | common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown |
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 |
tree swallow tree martin Hirundo nigricans | of Australia and Polynesia, nests in tree cavities |
martin | any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings, migrate around Martinmas |
house martin Delichon urbica | common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses |
bank martin bank swallow sand martin Riparia riparia | swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks |
purple martin Progne subis | large North American martin of which the male is blue-black |
side-blotched lizard sand lizard Uta stansburiana | one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States |
sand lizard Lacerta agilis | a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia |
hognose snake puff adder sand viper | harmless North American snake with upturned nose, may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed |
sand snake | small North American burrowing snake |
banded sand snake Chilomeniscus cinctus | a sand snake of southwestern United States, lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims', banding resembles that of coral snakes |
horned viper cerastes sand viper horned asp Cerastes cornutus | highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye |
sandgrouse sand grouse | pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young |
brown snail Helix aspersa | serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings, nearly cosmopolitan in distribution |
beach flea sand hopper sandhopper sand flea | small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas, common on ocean beaches |
brown hyena strand wolf Hyaena brunnea | of southern Africa |
sand cat | a desert wildcat |
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 |
sand fly sandfly Phlebotomus papatasii | any of various small dipterous flies, bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis |
sand cricket Jerusalem cricket Stenopelmatus fuscus | large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States |
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 |
sand dollar | flattened disklike sea urchins that live on sandy bottoms |
brown rat Norway rat Rattus norvegicus | common domestic rat, serious pest worldwide |
sand rat Meriones longifrons | southern European gerbil |
brown lemming Lemmus trimucronatus | of northwestern Canada and Alaska |
sand rat | small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas |
Brown Swiss | large hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from Switzerland |
hog badger hog-nosed badger sand badger Arctonyx collaris | southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig |
yellow-throated marten Charronia flavigula | large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma |
brown bullhead | freshwater catfish of eastern United States |
brown trout salmon trout Salmo trutta | speckled trout of European rivers, introduced in North America |
sand stargazer | small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head, they burrow in sand to await prey |
sand lance sand launce sand eel launce | very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches |
sand dab | small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America |
sand sole Psettichthys melanostichus | a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America |
Brown University Brown | a university in Rhode Island |
bunker sand trap trap | a hazard on a golf course |
sand painting | a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho), made of fine colored sands on a neutral background |
sand wedge | a wedge used to get out of sand traps |