Billed (imp. & p. p.) of Bill |
Billed (a.) Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird |
Buffalo (n.) A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. |
Buffalo (n.) A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa |
Buffalo (n.) Any species of wild ox. |
Buffalo (n.) The bison of North America. |
Buffalo (n.) A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below. |
Buffalo (n.) The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below. |
Cream-white (a.) As white as cream. |
Duck-billed (a.) Having a bill like that of a duck. |
Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill. |
Schwann's white substance () The substance of the medullary sheath. |
Snow-white (a.) White as snow |
Spoon-billed (a.) Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end. |
Stork-billed (a.) Having a bill like that of the stork. |
Water buffalo () The European buffalo. |
Water-white (n.) A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst. |
Weaver (n.) One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. |
Weaver (n.) A weaver bird. |
Weaver (n.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling. |
White (superl.) Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined |
White (superl.) Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color |
White (superl.) Having the color of purity |
White (superl.) Gray, as from age |
White (superl.) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like |
White (superl.) Regarded with especial favor |
White (n.) The color of pure snow |
White (n.) Something having the color of snow |
White (n.) Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white |
White (n.) A person with a white skin |
White (n.) A white pigment |
White (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage. |
White (v. t.) To make white |
White-blaze (n.) See White-face. |
White-ear (n.) The wheatear. |
White-eye (n.) Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit. |
White-face (n.) A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose |
White-foot (n.) A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin. |
White friar () A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite. |
White-fronted (a.) Having a white front |
White-heart (n.) A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. |
White-hot (a.) White with heat |
White-limed (a.) Whitewashed or plastered with lime. |
White-livered (a.) Having a pale look |
White-pot (n.) A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, etc., baked in a pot. |
White-water (n.) A dangerous disease of sheep. |
whitelash white backlash | backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances |
Wild West Show Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | a spectacular show organized in by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale, toured the United States and Europe |
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 |
buffalo fish buffalofish | any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley |
black buffalo Ictiobus niger | fish of the lower Mississippi |
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 |
weaver weaverbird weaver finch | finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests |
long-billed marsh wren Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
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 |
hadrosaur hadrosaurus duck-billed dinosaur | any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet, may have been partly aquatic |
Argiopidae family Argiopidae orb-weaver | spiders that spin orb webs, cosmopolitan in distribution |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
ivorybill ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
platypus duckbill duckbilled platypus duck-billed platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus | small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet, only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae |
white stork Ciconia ciconia | the common stork of Europe, white with black wing feathers and a red bill |
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 |
boatbill boat-billed heron broadbill Cochlearius cochlearius | tropical American heron related to night herons |
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 |
razorbill razor-billed auk Alca torda | black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill |
thick-billed murre Uria lomvia | a variety of murre |
pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps | American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill |
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 |
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 |
buffalo carpet beetle Anthrenus scrophulariae | a small black and red and white carpet beetle |
blackfly black fly buffalo gnat | small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae, sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals |
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 |
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 |
Old World buffalo buffalo | any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo, Cape buffalo |
water buffalo water ox Asiatic buffalo Bubalus bubalis | an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal |