butterfly butterfly stroke | a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down |
European bream Abramis brama | European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales, of little value as food |
butterfly ray | a stingray with a short tail and a broad fin |
blackbird merl merle ouzel ousel European blackbird Turdus merula | common black European thrush |
common European jay Garullus garullus | fawnolored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wings |
European magpie Pica pica | a common magpie of Eurasia |
European creeper Certhia familiaris | common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with downurved bill |
European nuthatch Sitta europaea | a kind of nuthatch |
European shrike Lanius excubitor | a common European butcherbird |
European water ouzel Cinclus aquaticus | a water ouzel of Europe |
ern erne grey sea eagle gray sea eagle European sea eagle white-tailed sea eagle Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
European fire salamander Salamandra salamandra | a kind of European salamander |
European toad Bufo bufo | common toad of Europe |
European tortoise Testudo graeca | small land tortoise of southern Europe |
European wolf spider tarantula Lycosa tarentula | large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement) |
European black grouse heathfowl Lyrurus tetrix | large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail |
peacock | male peafowl, having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots |
European cuckoo Cuculus canorus | common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call, lays eggs in the nests of other birds |
European roller Coracias garrulus | common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back |
European swift Apus apus | common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs |
European goatsucker European nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus | Old World goatsucker |
European water shrew Neomys fodiens | widely distributed Old World water shrew |
European spider crab king crab Maja squinado | a large spider crab of Europe |
European lobster Homarus vulgaris | lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe |
European bittern Botaurus stellaris | a kind of bittern |
European gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio | purple gallinule of southern Europe |
European sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos | a variety of sandpiper |
European curlew Numenius arquata | common Eurasian curlew |
European wildcat catamountain Felis silvestris | bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat |
serotine European brown bat Eptesicus serotinus | common brown bat of Europe |
European house cricket Acheta domestica | lives in human dwellings, naturalized in parts of America |
common European earwig Forficula auricularia | sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs |
butterfly | diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings |
nymphalid nymphalid butterfly brush-footed butterfly four-footed butterfly | medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and mucheduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast |
mourning cloak mourning cloak butterfly Camberwell beauty Nymphalis antiopa | of temperate regions, having dark purple wings with yellow borders |
tortoiseshell tortoiseshell butterfly | brilliantly colored, larvae feed on nettles |
ringlet ringlet butterfly | any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae |
comma comma butterfly Polygonia comma | anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing |
emperor butterfly emperor | large richly colored butterfly |
peacock peacock butterfly Inachis io | European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot |
danaid danaid butterfly | large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste |
monarch monarch butterfly milkweed butterfly Danaus plexippus | large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings, the larvae feed on milkweed |
pierid pierid butterfly | any of numerous paleolored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs |
cabbage butterfly | white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage |
southern cabbage butterfly Pieris protodice | common North American form of cabbage butterfly |
sulphur butterfly sulfur butterfly | any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies |
lycaenid lycaenid butterfly | any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae |
hairstreak hairstreak butterfly | small butterflies having striped markings under the wings |
corn borer European corn borer moth corn borer moth Pyrausta nubilalis | native to Europe, in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants |
European rabbit Old World rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus | common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere, widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs, young are born naked and helpless |