American football American football game | a game played by two teams of players on a rectangular field yards long, teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays |
North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
American Civil War United States Civil War War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
American Revolution American Revolutionary War War of American Independence American War of Independence | the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain, - |
Spanish-American War Spanish War | a war between the United States and Spain in |
flagfish American flagfish Jordanella floridae | a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes, found in swamps and streams of Florida |
American smooth dogfish Mustelus canis | found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas |
robin American robin Turdus migratorius | large American thrush having a rusted breast and abdomen |
American redstart redstart Setophaga ruticilla | flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail |
New World oriole American oriole oriole | American songbird, male is black and orange or yellow |
American crow Corvus brachyrhyncos | common crow of North America |
American magpie Pica pica hudsonia | a magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America |
brown creeper American creeper Certhia americana | a common creeper in North America with a downurved bill |
American water ouzel Cinclus mexicanus | a water ouzel of western North America |
sparrow hawk American kestrel kestrel Falco sparverius | small North American falcon |
bald eagle American eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus | a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body |
crapaud South American bullfrog Leptodactylus pentadactylus | large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog |
American toad Bufo americanus | common toad of America |
American green toad Bufo debilis | small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes |
African clawed frog Xenopus laevis | a tongueless frog native to Africa, established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals |
South American poison toad | a South American toad |
American chameleon anole Anolis carolinensis | small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color |
African chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon | a chameleon found in Africa |
African monitor Varanus niloticus | destroys crocodile eggs |
African crocodile Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus | a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa |
American alligator Alligator mississipiensis | large alligator of the southeastern United States |
African coral snake Aspidelaps lubricus | small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange |
wood tick American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis | common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia |
African grey African gray Psittacus erithacus | commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face, native to equatorial Africa |
American widgeon baldpate Anas americana | a widgeon the male of which has a white crown |
American merganser Mergus merganser americanus | common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander |
American shrew mole Neurotrichus gibbsii | greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada |
American water shrew Sorex palustris | water shrew of North America |
American lady crab lady crab calico crab Ovalipes ocellatus | brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States |
American lobster Northern lobster Maine lobster Homarus americanus | lobster of Atlantic coast of America |
American crayfish | common large crayfishes of eastern North America |
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 |
American bittern stake driver Botaurus lentiginosus | a kind of bittern |
American gallinule Porphyrula martinica | American purple gallinule |
American coot marsh hen mud hen water hen Fulica americana | a coot found in North America |
American woodcock woodcock snipe Philohela minor | small long-billed woodcock, prized as a game bird |
South American sea lion Otaria Byronia | of the southern coast of South America |
American foxhound | an American breed of foxhounds used for hunting both in packs and individually |
American Staffordshire terrier Staffordshire terrier American pit bull terrier pit bull terrier | American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat |
American water spaniel | breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liverolored curly coat |
African hunting dog hyena dog Cape hunting dog Lycaon pictus | a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs, now rare in settled area |
American black bear black bear Ursus americanus Euarctos americanus | brown to black North American bear, smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear |
American cockroach Periplaneta americana | large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed |
woolly apple aphid American blight Eriosoma lanigerum | primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees |
American copper Lycaena hypophlaeas | common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America |