zone fire | artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations |
green-tailed towhee Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
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 |
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 |
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 |
swallow-tailed coat swallowtail morning coat | a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back |
traffic island safety island safety isle safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
twilight zone no man's land | the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both), but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal, in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity, in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression |
erogenous zone | any area of the body especially sensitive to sexual stimulation |
language area language zone | a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language |
zone zona | (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure |
comfort zone | the temperature range (between anddegrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating |
Antarctic Antarctic Zone South Frigid Zone | the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters |
Arctic Arctic Zone North Frigid Zone | the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole |
zone | an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic |
zone geographical zone | any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude |
climatic zone | any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude |
zone of interior | the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations |
Frigid Zone polar zone polar region | the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole, characterized by frigid climate |
benthos benthic division benthonic zone | a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones |
littoral litoral littoral zone sands | the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean |
loading zone loading area | a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded |
no-parking zone | a space where automobiles are not allowed to park |
parking space parking zone | a space where an automobile can be parked |
free port free zone | an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties |
Temperate Zone | the part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn, characterized by temperate climate |