scrub scrubbing scouring | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water |
spotted eagle ray spotted ray Aetobatus narinari | ray with back covered with white or yellow spots, widely distributed in warm seas |
scrubbird scrub-bird scrub bird | small fastunning Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub |
spotted antbird Hylophylax naevioides | a kind of antbird |
spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata Muscicapa grisola | common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage |
rubyrowned kinglet rubyrowned wren Regulus calendula | American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch |
sedge warbler sedge bird sedge wren reedbird Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa |
wren warbler | small Asiatic and African bird, constructs nests like those of tailorbirds |
wren jenny wren | any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails, they feed on insects |
winter wren Troglodytes troglodytes | small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere |
house wren Troglodytes aedon | common American wren that nests around houses |
marsh wren | a wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes |
long-billed marsh wren Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
rock wren Salpinctes obsoletus | wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico |
Carolina wren Thryothorus ludovicianus | large United States wren with a musical call |
cactus wren | large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico |
New Zealand wren | birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens |
rock wren Xenicus gilviventris | short-tailed bird resembling a wren |
wren-tit Chamaea fasciata | small brown bird of California resembling a wren |
spotted owl Strix occidentalis | a large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico, has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest |
spotted salamander fire salamander Salamandra maculosa | European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots |
spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum | glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots |
Chihuahuan spotted whiptail Cnemidophorus exsanguis | having longitudinal stripes overlaid with light spots, upland lizard of United States southwest and Mexico |
megapode mound bird mound-bird mound builder scrub fowl | large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs |
spotted crake Porzana porzana | Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes |
spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia | common North American sandpiper |
liver-spotted dalmatian | a brown-spotted dalmatian |
spotted hyena laughing hyena Crocuta crocuta | African hyena noted for its distinctive howl |
spotted lynx Lynx pardina | of southern Europe |
jackass bat spotted bat Euderma maculata | a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous ears |
two-spotted ladybug Adalia bipunctata | red ladybug with a black spot on each wing |
red-spotted purple Limenitis astyanax | similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces |
spotted skunk little spotted skunk Spilogale putorius | small skunk with a marbled black and white coat, of United States and Mexico |
Australian arowana Dawson River salmon saratoga spotted barramundi spotted bonytongue Scleropages leichardti | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
spotted sunfish stumpknocker Lepomis punctatus | inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida, esteemed panfish |
Kentucky black bass spotted black bass Micropterus pseudoplites | a variety of black bass |
spotted weakfish spotted sea trout spotted squeateague Cynoscion nebulosus | weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States |
scrub brush scrubbing brush scrubber | a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning |
scrub plane | a narrow woodworking plane used to cut away excess stock |
spotted dick | a suet pudding containing currants |
scrub chaparral bush | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes |
scrub nurse | a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery |
Wren Sir Christopher Wren | English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (-) |
scrub pine Virginia pine Jersey pine Pinus virginiana | common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of |
Joe-Pye weed spotted Joe-Pye weed Eupatorium maculatum | North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of small pinkish or purple flower heads |
spotted coral root Corallorhiza maculata | common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips, Guatemala to Canada |
common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii | European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple |
scrub beefwood beefwood Stenocarpus salignus | tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers, yields hard heavy reddish wood |
scrub oak | any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets |