| golden parachute | giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover |
cyanobacteria
blue-green algae | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll, occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats, important as phytoplankton |
| golden algae | algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll |
| yellow-green algae | any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment |
green algae
chlorophyte | algae that are clear green in color, often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water |
golden shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas | shiner of eastern North America having golden glints, sometimes also called `bream' |
green-tailed towhee
Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
yellow warbler
golden warbler
yellowbird Dendroica petechia | yellow-throated American wood warbler |
golden oriole
Oriolus oriolus | bright yellow songbird with black wings |
golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos | large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck |
green frog
spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
Eurasian green toad
Bufo viridis | Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring |
American green toad
Bufo debilis | small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes |
green turtle
Chelonia mydas | large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup |
green lizard
Lacerta viridis | a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long |
| green snake grass snake | either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color |
smooth green snake
Opheodrys vernalis | of western and central United States |
rough green snake
Opheodrys aestivus | of southern and eastern United States |
| green snake | any of numerous African colubrid snakes |
| green mamba | green phase of the black mamba |
golden pheasant
Chrysolophus pictus | brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia |
green peafowl
Pavo muticus | peafowl of southeast Asia |
woodpecker
peckerwood
pecker | bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects |
green woodpecker
Picus viridis | woodpecker of Europe and western Asia |
| downy woodpecker | small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill |
ivorybill
ivory-billed woodpecker
Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
redheaded woodpecker
redhead Melanerpes erythrocephalus | black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck |
greenwing
green-winged teal
Anas crecca | common teal of Eurasia and North America |
| golden mole | mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur |
| green gland | one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae |
| golden plover | plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots |
lapwing
green plover
peewit pewit | large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs |
| golden retriever | an English breed having a long silky golden coat |
green June beetle
figeater | large greenish June beetle of southern United States |
apple aphid
green apple aphid
Aphis pomi | bright green aphid, feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves |
| green peach aphid | yellowish green aphid that is especially destructive to peaches |
green lacewing
chrysopid
stink fly | pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae |
| goldeneye golden-eyed fly | a variety of green lacewing |
golden hamster
Syrian hamster
Mesocricetus auratus | small lightolored hamster often kept as a pet |
green monkey
African green monkey
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus | common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail |
angwantibo
golden potto
Arctocebus calabarensis | a kind of lemur |
Acapulco gold
Mexican green | a particularly potent variety of marijuana |
farmer's market
green market
greenmarket | an open-air marketplace for farm products |
| golden calf | (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship, destroyed by Moses, it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly |
| Golden Gate Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate |
K
jet super acid
special K
honey oil
green
cat valium
super C | street names for ketamine |
pot grass
green goddess
dope
weed
gage sess
sens
smoke skunk
locoweed
Mary Jane | street names for marijuana |
soft soap
green soap | a soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils, used in certain skin diseases |
green
greenness
viridity | green color or pigment, resembling the color of growing grass |
| sea green | the property of a moderate green color resembling the waters of the sea |