rough-legged hawk
roughleg
Buteo lagopus | large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers |
Ixodes pacificus
western black-legged tick | a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans, principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California |
Ixodes scapularis
black-legged tick | parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans, principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England), northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick) |
red-legged partridge
Alectoris ruffa | common western European partridge with red legs |
hairy-legged vampire bat
Diphylla ecaudata | similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus, of tropical America including southern California and Texas |
forest goat
spindle horn
Pseudoryx nghetinhensis | cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope, characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat |
| spike spindle | any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object, the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order |
| spindle | a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning |
spindle mandrel
mandril
arbor | any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts |
| spindle | a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe, used as a baluster, chair leg, etc. |
| spindle | (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division, the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle, chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis |
Celastraceae
family Celastraceae
spindle-tree family
staff-tree family | trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having brightolored fruits |
spindle tree
spindleberry
spindleberry tree | any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries |
common spindle tree
Euonymus europaeus | small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit |
winged spindle tree
Euonymous alatus | bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings, brilliant red in autumn, northeastern Asia to central China |
spindle-legged
spindle-shanked | having long slender legs |
bandy
bandy-legged
bowed
bowleg
bowlegged | have legs that curve outward at the knees |
| legged | having legs of a specified kind or number, four-legged animals, a peg-legged man |
| straight-legged | having straight legs |
| three-legged | having or as if having three legs, a three-legged stool, a three-legged race |
fusiform
spindle-shaped
cigar-shaped | tapering at each end |
leggy long-legged
long-shanked | having long legs |
| cross-legged | with the legs crossed, he sat on the floor cross-legged and meditated |