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 |
hadrosaur
hadrosaurus
duck-billed dinosaur | any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet, may have been partly aquatic |
| dove | any of numerous small pigeons |
rock dove
rock pigeon
Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
mourning dove
Zenaidura macroura | wild dove of the United States having a mournful call |
black-billed cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
ivorybill
ivory-billed woodpecker
Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
platypus
duckbill duckbilled platypus
duck-billed platypus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus | small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet, only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae |
boatbill
boat-billed heron
broadbill Cochlearius cochlearius | tropical American heron related to night herons |
razorbill
razor-billed auk
Alca torda | black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill |
thick-billed murre
Uria lomvia | a variety of murre |
pied-billed grebe
Podilymbus podiceps | American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill |
fruit bat
megabat | large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit |
harpy harpy bat
tube-nosed bat
tube-nosed fruit bat | any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes |
fruit fly
pomace fly | any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits |
Mediterranean fruit fly
medfly
Ceratitis capitata | small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit |
| fruit machine | a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
| knob | a round handle |
| knob boss | a circular rounded projection or protuberance |
| knob pommel | an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger |
yield
fruit | an amount of a product |
| forbidden fruit | originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality) |
| fruit of the poisonous tree | a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used |
| dove | an emblem of peace |
| fruit | the consequence of some effort or action, he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies |
| fruit cocktail | a mixture of sliced or diced fruits |
candied fruit
succade
crystallized fruit | fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals |
compote
fruit compote | dessert of stewed or baked fruit |
| fruit custard | a custard containing fruit |
| fruit bar | cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in bars |
squab
dove | flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising, flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled |
| edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
carambola
star fruit | deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit, used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert |
citrus
citrus fruit
citrous fruit | any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp, grown in warm regions |
tangelo
ugli
ugli fruit | large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin |
| dried fruit | fruit preserved by drying |
| passion fruit | egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines, used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks |
genipap
genipap fruit | a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind |
kiwi
kiwi fruit
Chinese gooseberry | fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh |
| fruit salad | salad composed of fruits |
fruit juice
fruit crush | drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit |
fruit drink
ade | a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice |
| fruit punch | a punch made of fruit juices mixed with water or soda water (with or without alcohol) |
Columba
Dove | a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum |
dove
peacenik | someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations |
| fruit grower | someone who grows fruit commercially |
samara
key fruit
key | a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple |
banana passion fruit
Passiflora mollissima | cultivated for fruit |
| fruit tree | tree bearing edible fruit |