| golden parachute | giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover |
| golden algae | algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll |
golden shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas | shiner of eastern North America having golden glints, sometimes also called `bream' |
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 |
Eurasian green toad
Bufo viridis | Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring |
golden pheasant
Chrysolophus pictus | brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia |
Eurasian kingfisher
Alcedo atthis | small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage |
| golden mole | mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur |
| plover | any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings, closely related to the sandpipers |
piping plover
Charadrius melodus | small plover of eastern North America |
killdeer
kildeer
killdeer plover
Charadrius vociferus | American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry |
Pluvialis
genus Pluvialis | golden plovers |
| 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 |
upland sandpiper
upland plover
Bartramian sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda | large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands |
Eurasian woodcock
Scolopax rusticola | short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock |
stilt stiltbird longlegs
long-legs
stilt plover
Himantopus stilt | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons |
| golden retriever | an English breed having a long silky golden coat |
| goldeneye golden-eyed fly | a variety of green lacewing |
Eurasian hamster
Cricetus cricetus | a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia |
golden hamster
Syrian hamster
Mesocricetus auratus | small lightolored hamster often kept as a pet |
Eurasian otter
Lutra lutra | otter found in Europe and Asia |
Eurasian badger
Meles meles | a variety of badger native to Europe and Asia |
angwantibo
golden potto
Arctocebus calabarensis | a kind of lemur |
| 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 |
| golden mean | the middle between extremes |
| Golden Rule | a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount, Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them (Matthew :) |
| golden rule | any important rule, the golden rule of teaching is to be clear |
oldie
golden oldie | a song that was formerly popular |
| golden handshake | a lucrative severance agreement offered to an employee (usually as an incentive to retire) |
Golden Delicious
Yellow Delicious | a sweet eating apple with yellow skin |
| Grimes' golden | yellow apple that ripens in late autumn, eaten raw |
treacle
golden syrup | a pale cane syrup |
| Golden Horde | a Mongolian army that swept over eastern Europe in the th century |
California
Golden State
CA
Calif. | a state in the western United States on the Pacific, the rd largest state, known for earthquakes |
| Golden Gate | a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean, discovered in by Sir Francis Drake |
| Eurasian | a person of mixed European and Asian descent |
oldster
old person
senior citizen
golden ager | an elderly person |
wonder boy
golden boy | a man who is unusually successful at an early age |
golden larch
Pseudolarix amabilis | Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves |
golden clematis
Clematis tangutica | Chinese clematis with serrate leaves and large yellow flowers |
goldthread
golden thread
Coptis groenlandica
Coptis trifolia groenlandica | low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers |
goldenseal
golden seal
yellow root
turmeric root
Hydrastis Canadensis | perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves |
golden wattle
Acacia pycnantha | shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers, widely cultivated as an ornamental |
common allamanda
golden trumpet
Allamanda cathartica | vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers |
golden pothos
pothos ivy arum
Epipremnum aureum
Scindapsus aureus | evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage |
golden club
Orontium aquaticum | aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers |