purple bacteria | free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll |
purple finch Carpodacus purpureus | North American finch having a raspberryed head and breast and rump |
green-tailed towhee Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
purple grackle Quiscalus quiscula | eastern United States grackle |
purple martin Progne subis | large North American martin of which the male is blue-black |
redtail red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
swallow-tailed kite swallow-tailed hawk Elanoides forficatus | graceful North American black-and-white kite |
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 |
tailed frog bell toad ribbed toad tailed toad Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
zebra-tailed lizard gridiron-tailed lizard Callisaurus draconoides | swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs, of deserts of United States and Mexico |
sharp-tailed grouse sprigtail sprig tail Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
pin-tailed sandgrouse pin-tailed grouse Pterocles alchata | sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers |
pintail pin-tailed duck Anas acuta | long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers |
nail-tailed wallaby nail-tailed kangaroo | small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail |
brush-tailed phalanger Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
brewer's mole hair-tailed mole Parascalops breweri | mole of eastern North America |
short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
purple gallinule | gallinules with showy purplish plumage |
slender-tailed meerkat Suricata suricatta | a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail |
freetail free-tailed bat freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
banded purple white admiral Limenitis arthemis | North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band |
red-spotted purple Limenitis astyanax | similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces |
purple emperor Apatura iris | large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple |
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 |
round-tailed muskrat Florida water rat Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
brush-tailed porcupine brush-tail porcupine | porcupine with a tuft of large beaded bristles on the tail |
long-tailed porcupine Trichys lipura | porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail |
Virginia deer white tail whitetail white-tailed deer whitetail deer Odocoileus Virginianus | common North American deer, tail has a white underside |
black-tailed deer blacktail deer blacktail Odocoileus hemionus columbianus | mule deer of western Rocky Mountains |
longtail weasel long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata | the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tail |
pentail pen-tail pen-tailed tree shrew | brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third, of Malaysia |
Madagascar cat ring-tailed lemur Lemur catta | small lemur having its tail barred with black |
a bassarisk cacomistle cacomixle coon cat raccoon fox ringtail ring-tailed cat civet cat miner's cat Bassariscus astutus | raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings |
four-tailed bandage | a bandage consisting of a strip of cloth split in two on both ends, the central part is placed under the chin to restrict motion of the mandible and the tails are tied over the top of the head |
sodium thiopental phenobarbital phenobarbitone Luminal purple heart | a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative |
swallow-tailed coat swallowtail morning coat | a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back |
purple purpleness | a purple color or pigment |
Tyrian purple | a vivid purplished color |
reddish purple royal purple | a shade of purple tinged with red |
purple passage | a passage full of ornate and flowery language |
Order of the Purple Heart Purple Heart | a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action |
purple onion red onion | flat mild onion having purplish tunics, used as garnish on hamburgers and salads |
purple anise Illicium floridanum | small shrubby tree with purple flowers, found in wet soils of southeastern United States |
purple clematis purple virgin's bower mountain clematis Clematis verticillaris | climber of northeastern North America having waxy purplish-blue flowers |
red clover purple clover Trifolium pratense | erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers, the most commonly grown forage clover |
prince's-feather gentleman'sane prince's-plume red amaranth purple amaranth Amaranthus cruentus Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys | tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple, seeds often used as cereal |
purple cress Cardamine douglasii | small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers |
late purple aster | a variety of aster |