Billed
(imp. & p. p.) of Bill |
Billed
(a.) Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird |
Bottle green
() A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. |
Brunswick green
() An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment |
Duck-billed
(a.) Having a bill like that of a duck. |
Grass-green
(a.) Green with grass. |
Grass-green
(a.) Of the color of grass |
Green
(superl.) Having the color of grass when fresh and growing |
Green
(superl.) Having a sickly color |
Green
(superl.) Full of life aud vigor |
Green
(superl.) Not ripe |
Green
(superl.) Not roasted |
Green
(superl.) Immature in age or experience |
Green
(superl.) Not seasoned |
Green
(n.) The color of growing plants |
Green
(n.) A grassy plain or plat |
Green
(n.) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants |
Green
(n.) pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food. |
Green
(n.) Any substance or pigment of a green color. |
Green
(v. t.) To make green. |
Green
(v. i.) To become or grow green. |
Green-broom
(n.) A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria) |
Green-eyed
(a.) Having green eyes. |
Green-eyed
(a.) Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts. |
Green-leek
(n.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi) |
Green-stall
(n.) A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale. |
Hook-billed
(a.) Having a strongly curved bill. |
Kendal green
() Alt. of Kendal |
Lincoln green
() A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England |
Mitter's green
() A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium. |
Oyster-green
(n.) A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, etc. |
Pigeon
(n.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world. |
Pigeon
(n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers |
Pigeon
(v. t.) To pluck |
Pigeon-breasted
(a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity |
Pigeon-hearted
(a.) Timid |
Pigeon-livered
(a.) Pigeon-hearted. |
Salt-green
(a.) Sea-green in color. |
Scheele's green
() See under Green. |
Sea green
() The green color of sea water. |
Sea-green
(a.) Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings. |
Sea pigeon
() The common guillemot. |
Spoon-billed
(a.) Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end. |
Stork-billed
(a.) Having a bill like that of the stork. |
Thick
(superl.) Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length |
Thick
(superl.) Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual |
Thick
(superl.) Dense |
Thick
(superl.) Not transparent or clear |
Thick
(superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space |
Thick
(superl.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation |
cyanobacteria
blue-green algae | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll, occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats, important as phytoplankton |
| yellow-green algae | any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment |
green algae
chlorophyte | algae that are clear green in color, often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water |
green-tailed towhee
Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
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 |
pigeon hawk
merlin
Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
green frog
spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
Eurasian green toad
Bufo viridis | Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring |
American green toad
Bufo debilis | small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes |
green turtle
Chelonia mydas | large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup |
green lizard
Lacerta viridis | a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long |
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 |
| green snake grass snake | either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color |
smooth green snake
Opheodrys vernalis | of western and central United States |
rough green snake
Opheodrys aestivus | of southern and eastern United States |
| green snake | any of numerous African colubrid snakes |
| green mamba | green phase of the black mamba |
green peafowl
Pavo muticus | peafowl of southeast Asia |
| pigeon | wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs |
pouter pigeon
pouter | one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out |
rock dove
rock pigeon
Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
band-tailed pigeon
band-tail pigeon
bandtail
Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
wood pigeon
ringdove cushat
Columba palumbus | Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck |
| domestic pigeon | domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food |
roller tumbler
tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
homing pigeon
homer | pigeon trained to return home |
| carrier pigeon | a homing pigeon used to carry messages |
passenger pigeon
Ectopistes migratorius | gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct |
black-billed cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
green woodpecker
Picus viridis | woodpecker of Europe and western Asia |
ivorybill
ivory-billed woodpecker
Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
greenwing
green-winged teal
Anas crecca | common teal of Eurasia and North America |
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 |
| green gland | one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae |
boatbill
boat-billed heron
broadbill Cochlearius cochlearius | tropical American heron related to night herons |
lapwing
green plover
peewit pewit | large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs |
stone curlew
thick-knee
Burhinus oedicnemus | large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint |
razorbill
razor-billed auk
Alca torda | black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill |
pigeon guillemot
Cepphus columba | northern Pacific guillemot |
thick-billed murre
Uria lomvia | a variety of murre |
pied-billed grebe
Podilymbus podiceps | American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill |
green June beetle
figeater | large greenish June beetle of southern United States |
apple aphid
green apple aphid
Aphis pomi | bright green aphid, feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves |
| green peach aphid | yellowish green aphid that is especially destructive to peaches |
green lacewing
chrysopid
stink fly | pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae |
green monkey
African green monkey
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus | common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail |
| thick skin | skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) |
Acapulco gold
Mexican green | a particularly potent variety of marijuana |
| clay pigeon | target used in skeet or trapshooting |