whitelash
white backlash | backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances |
crawl front crawl
Australian crawl | a swimming stroke, arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick |
| white sale | a sale of household linens |
| white man's burden | the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects |
great white shark
white shark
man-eater
man-eating shark
Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
whitetip shark oceanic whitetip shark
white-tipped shark
Carcharinus longimanus | large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin, worldwide distribution, most dangerous shark |
white-throated sparrow
whitethroat
Zonotrichia albicollis | common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown |
| Australian magpie | black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies |
white-breasted nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast, of eastern North America |
white-bellied swallow
tree swallow Iridoprocne bicolor | bluish-green-and-white North American swallow, nests in tree cavities |
white-tailed kite
Elanus leucurus | grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions |
ern
erne
grey sea eagle
gray sea eagle
European sea eagle
white-tailed sea eagle
Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
Australian coral snake
Rhynchoelaps australis | small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red |
Australian blacksnake
Pseudechis porphyriacus | large semiaquatic snake of Australia, black above with red belly |
Australian turtledove
turtledove Stictopelia cuneata | small Australian dove |
white stork
Ciconia ciconia | the common stork of Europe, white with black wing feathers and a red bill |
wood ibis wood stork flinthead
Mycteria americana | an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downwardurved bill, inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics |
| ibis | wading birds of warm regions having long slender downurved bills |
| genus Ibis | ibises |
| wood ibis wood stork Ibis ibis | any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis |
sacred ibis
Threskiornis aethiopica | African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians |
| great white heron Ardea occidentalis | large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys |
| great white heron Casmerodius albus | widely distributed Old World white egret |
American egret
great white heron Egretta albus | a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America, it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus |
cattle egret
Bubulcus ibis | small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals |
white-headed stilt
Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus | stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck |
| stilt Australian stilt | long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia |
white pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | large American pelican, white with black wing feathers |
Old world white pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus | similar to American white pelican |
white whale
beluga Delphinapterus leucas | small northern whale that is white when adult |
Australian sea lion
Zalophus lobatus | a variety of sea lion found in Australia |
| Australian terrier | small greyish wire-haired breed of terrier from Australia similar to the cairn |
| West Highland white terrier | small white longoated terrier developed in Scotland |
white wolf
Arctic wolf
Canis lupus tundrarum | wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail |
Arctic fox
white fox
Alopex lagopus | thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions, brownish in summer and white in winter |
bald-faced hornet
white-faced hornet
Vespula maculata | North American hornet |
termite
white ant | whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood |
Australian cockroach
Periplaneta australasiae | widely distributed in warm countries |
| white admiral Limenitis camilla | Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings |
banded purple
white admiral Limenitis arthemis | North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band |
small white
Pieris rapae | small widely distributed form |
large white
Pieris brassicae | Old World form of cabbage butterfly |
white-tailed jackrabbit
whitetail jackrabbit
Lepus townsendi | largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States, brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter, tail nearly always all white |
white-footed mouse
vesper mouse
Peromyscus leucopus | American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts |
white rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Diceros simus | large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns, endangered, sometimes placed in genus Diceros |
white-lipped peccary
Tayassu pecari | blackish peccary with whitish cheeks, larger than the collared peccary |
Dall sheep
Dall's sheep
white sheep
Ovis montana dalli | large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska |
Virginia deer
white tail
whitetail
white-tailed deer
whitetail deer
Odocoileus Virginianus | common North American deer, tail has a white underside |
| white elephant | albinic Indian elephant, rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia |
Australian lungfish
Queensland lungfish
Neoceratodus forsteri | an endangered species of lungfish found in rivers in Queensland |