Ant thrush
() One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants. |
Ant thrush
() See Ant bird, under Ant. |
Brown thrush
() A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird |
Burying ground
() Alt. of Burying place |
Cinque-spotted
(a.) Five-spotted. |
Eye-spotted
(a.) Marked with spots like eyes. |
Ground
(imp. & p. p.) of Grind |
Ground
(n.) The surface of the earth |
Ground
(n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth. |
Ground
(n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface |
Ground
(n.) Land |
Ground
(n.) The basis on which anything rests |
Ground
(n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another |
Ground
(n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief. |
Ground
(n.) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied |
Ground
(n.) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle. |
Ground
(n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached |
Ground
(n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody. |
Ground
(n.) The tune on which descants are raised |
Ground
(n.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground
(n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids |
Ground
(n.) The pit of a theater. |
Ground
(v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground. |
Ground
(v. t.) To found |
Ground
(v. t.) To instruct in elements or first principles. |
Ground
(v. t.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit. |
Ground
(v. t.) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5) |
Ground
(v. i.) To run aground |
Ground
() imp. & p. p. of Grind. |
Middle-ground
(n.) That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. |
Spotted
(imp. & p. p.) of Spot |
Spotted
(a.) Marked with spots |
Thrush
(n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs. |
Thrush
(n.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits |
Thrush
(n.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae. |
Thrush
(n.) An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog. |
Water thrush
() A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S. Noveboracensis). |
Water thrush
() The European water ousel. |
Water thrush
() The pied wagtail. |
Winter-ground
(v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter |
grounder
ground ball
groundball
hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
| ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
dark ground illumination
dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
| ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
spotted eagle ray
spotted ray
Aetobatus narinari | ray with back covered with white or yellow spots, widely distributed in warm seas |
| ant thrush | a kind of antbird |
spotted antbird
Hylophylax naevioides | a kind of antbird |
spotted flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
Muscicapa grisola | common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage |
| thrush | songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast |
missel thrush
mistle thrush
mistletoe thrush
Turdus viscivorus | large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries |
song thrush
mavis
throstle
Turdus philomelos | common Old World thrush noted for its song |
ring ouzel
ring blackbird
ring thrush
Turdus torquatus | European thrush common in rocky areas, the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck |
hermit thrush
Hylocichla guttata | North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song |
veery
Wilson's thrush
Hylocichla fuscescens | tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song |
wood thrush
Hylocichla mustelina | large thrush common in eastern American woodlands, noted for its melodious song |
thrush nightingale
Luscinia luscinia | large nightingale of eastern Europe |
| water thrush | brownish North American warbler found near streams |
thrasher
mocking thrush | thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs |
brown thrasher
brown thrush
Toxostoma rufums | common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage |
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 |
ground-shaker
seismosaur | huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America |
ground snake
Sonora semiannulata | small shy brightlyinged terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America |
eastern ground snake
Potamophis striatula
Haldea striatula | in some classifications placed in genus Haldea, small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America |
ground rattler
massasauga Sistrurus miliaris | small pygmy rattlesnake |
| ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
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 |
ground beetle
carabid beetle | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
red-spotted purple
Limenitis astyanax | similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces |
ground squirrel
gopher spermophile | any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds, often destroy crops |
mantled ground squirrel
Citellus lateralis | common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America, resembles a large chipmunk |
flickertail
Richardson ground squirrel
Citellus richardsoni | of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada |
Arctic ground squirrel
parka squirrel
Citellus parryi | large ground squirrel of the North American far north |
eastern chipmunk
hackee
striped squirrel
ground squirrel Tamias striatus | small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches |
barren ground caribou
Rangifer arcticus | of tundra of northern Canada, in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus |
spotted skunk
little spotted skunk
Spilogale putorius | small skunk with a marbled black and white coat, of United States and Mexico |
ground sloth
megathere | gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America |
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 |
air-to-ground missile
air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground |