sand tiger sand shark Carcharias taurus Odontaspis taurus | shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic, sometimes dangerous to swimmers |
tree swallow tree martin Hirundo nigricans | of Australia and Polynesia, nests in tree cavities |
martin | any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings, migrate around Martinmas |
house martin Delichon urbica | common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses |
Riparia genus Riparia | a genus of Hirundinidae |
bank martin bank swallow sand martin Riparia riparia | swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks |
purple martin Progne subis | large North American martin of which the male is blue-black |
side-blotched lizard sand lizard Uta stansburiana | one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States |
sand lizard Lacerta agilis | a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia |
hognose snake puff adder sand viper | harmless North American snake with upturned nose, may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed |
sand snake | small North American burrowing snake |
banded sand snake Chilomeniscus cinctus | a sand snake of southwestern United States, lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims', banding resembles that of coral snakes |
horned viper cerastes sand viper horned asp Cerastes cornutus | highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye |
sandgrouse sand grouse | pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young |
beach flea sand hopper sandhopper sand flea | small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas, common on ocean beaches |
sand cat | a desert wildcat |
sand fly sandfly Phlebotomus papatasii | any of various small dipterous flies, bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis |
sand cricket Jerusalem cricket Stenopelmatus fuscus | large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States |
sand dollar | flattened disklike sea urchins that live on sandy bottoms |
sand rat Meriones longifrons | southern European gerbil |
sand rat | small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas |
hog badger hog-nosed badger sand badger Arctonyx collaris | southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig |
sand stargazer | small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head, they burrow in sand to await prey |
sand lance sand launce sand eel launce | very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches |
sand dab | small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America |
sand sole Psettichthys melanostichus | a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America |
bunker sand trap trap | a hazard on a golf course |
sand painting | a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho), made of fine colored sands on a neutral background |
sand wedge | a wedge used to get out of sand traps |
backbone grit guts moxie sand gumption | fortitude and determination, he didn't have the guts to try it |
sand dab | the lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America |
Saint Martin St. Martin Saint Maarten St. Maarten | an island in the western Leeward Islands, administered jointly by France and the Netherlands |
dune sand dune | a ridge of sand created by the wind, found in deserts or near lakes and oceans |
sandbar sand bar | a bar of sand |
Buber Martin Buber | Israeli religious philosopher (born in Austria), as a Zionist he promoted understanding between Jews and Arabs, his writings affected Christian thinkers as well as Jews (-) |
Charcot Jean Martin Charcot | French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (-) |
Cline Martin Cline | American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in ) |
Frobisher Sir Martin Frobisher | English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient, served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (-) |
Hall Charles Martin Hall | United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (-) |
Heidegger Martin Heidegger | German philosopher whose views on human existence in a world of objects and on Angst influenced the existential philosophers (-) |
King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr. | United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (-) |
Klaproth Martin Heinrich Klaproth | German chemist who pioneered analytical chemistry and discovered three new elements (-) |
Luther Martin Luther | German theologian who led the Reformation, believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (-) |
Martin Dean Martin Dino Paul Crocetti | United States singer (-) |
Martin Mary Martin | United States actress (-) |
Martin Steve Martin | United States actor and comedian (born in ) |
Martin St. Martin | French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in ) |
Martin V Oddone Colonna | Italian pope from to whose election as pope ended the Great Schism (-) |
Sand George Sand Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin Baroness Dudevant | French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (-) |
Scorsese Martin Scorsese | United States filmmaker (born in ) |