dwarf | a plant or animal that is atypically small |
onion yellow-dwarf virus | the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of onion plants |
potato yellow-dwarf virus | the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of potato plants |
dwarf pipefish Syngnathus hildebrandi | small ( inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast |
cuckoo | any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail |
European cuckoo Cuculus canorus | common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call, lays eggs in the nests of other birds |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
pheasant coucal pheasant cuckoo Centropus phasianinus | Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant |
dwarf sperm whale Kogia simus | very small (to feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific |
cuckoo-bumblebee | a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees |
kangaroo mouse dwarf pocket rat | small silky-haired pouched rodent, similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats |
anoa dwarf buffalo Anoa depressicornis | small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns |
c Bedlam booby hatch crazy house cuckoo's nest funny farm funny house loony bin madhouse nut house nuthouse sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
cuckoo clock | clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo |
red dwarf red dwarf star | a small, old, relatively cool star, approximately times the mass of Jupiter |
white dwarf white dwarf star | a faint star of enormous density |
gnome dwarf | a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man, lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure |
dwarf midget nanus | a person who is markedly small |
fathead goof goofball bozo jackass goose cuckoo twat zany | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
pituitary dwarf hypophysial dwarf Levi-Lorrain dwarf | a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf) |
primordial dwarf hypoplastic dwarf true dwarf normal dwarf | an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect, body parts and mental and sexual development are normal |
Swiss mountain pine mountain pine dwarf mountain pine mugho pine mugo pine Pinus mugo | low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two |
dwarf juniper savin Juniperus sabina | procumbent or spreading juniper |
ground cedar dwarf juniper Juniperus communis depressa | a procumbent variety of the common juniper |
Tasman dwarf pine Microstrobos niphophilus | small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches |
bristly sarsaparilla bristly sarsparilla dwarf elder Aralia hispida | bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark |
ragged robin cuckoo flower Lychnis flosuculi Lychins floscuculi | common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals |
lady's smock cuckooflower cuckoo flower meadow cress Cardamine pratensis | a bitter cress of Europe and America |
woolly daisy dwarf daisy Antheropeas wallacei Eriophyllum wallacei | tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads, southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah, sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum |
lamb succory dwarf nipplewort Arnoseris minima | small European herb with small yellow flowers |
dwarf hulsea Hulsea nana | similar to but smaller than alpine hulsea |
dwarf dandelion Krigia dandelion Krigia bulbosa | small yellow-flowered herb resembling dandelions of central and southeastern United States |
dwarf bilberry dwarf blueberry Vaccinium caespitosum | low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coraled flowers followed by sweet blue berries |
Allegheny chinkapin eastern chinquapin chinquapin dwarf chestnut Castanea pumila | shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts |
dwarf golden chinkapin Chrysolepis sempervirens | evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin, mountains of California |
dwarf chinkapin oak dwarf chinquapin oak dwarf oak Quercus prinoides | deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets |
Newfoundland dwarf birch American dwarf birch Betula glandulosa | small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland |
dwarf banana Musa acuminata | low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit |
Siberian elm Chinese elm dwarf elm Ulmus pumila | fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament |
dwarf iris Iris cristata | low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States |
dwarf iris vernal iris Iris verna | low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers |
dwarf tulip Tulipa armena Tulipa suaveolens | small early blooming tulip |
dwarf-white trillium snow trillium early wakeobin | a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States |
dwarf flowering almond Prunus glandulosa | small Chinese shrub with smooth unfurrowed dark red fruit grown especially for its red or pink or white flowers |
Russian almond dwarf Russian almond Prunus tenella | Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers |
cloudberry dwarf mulberry bakeapple baked-apple berry salmonberry Rubus chamaemorus | creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries |
dwarf elder danewort Sambucus ebulus | dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor |
common wood sorrel cuckoo bread shamrock Oxalis acetosella | Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers |
dwarf willow Salix herbacea | widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves |
dwarf grey willow dwarf gray willow sage willow Salix tristis | willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath |