| banded gecko | any of several geckos with dark bands across the body and differing from typical geckos in having movable eyelids, of United States southwest and Florida Gulf Coast |
ribbon snake
Thamnophis sauritus | slender yellow-striped North American garter snake, prefers wet places |
Western ribbon snake
Thamnophis proximus | yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics |
common water snake
banded water snake
Natrix sipedon
Nerodia sipedon | in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia, western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water |
banded sand snake
Chilomeniscus cinctus | a sand snake of southwestern United States, lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims', banding resembles that of coral snakes |
banded krait
banded adder
Bungarus fasciatus | sluggish krait banded with black and yellow |
timber rattlesnake
banded rattlesnake
Crotalus horridus horridus | widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States |
numbat
banded anteater
anteater Myrmecobius fasciatus | small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites, nearly extinct |
ribbon worm
nemertean
nemertine
proboscis worm | soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract |
banded stilt
Cladorhyncus leucocephalum | web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings |
banded palm civet
Hemigalus hardwickii | an East Indian civet |
banded purple
white admiral Limenitis arthemis | North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band |
peba
nine-banded armadillo
Texas armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus | having nine hinged bands of bony plates, ranges from Texas to Paraguay |
apar
three-banded armadillo
Tolypeutes tricinctus | South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates |
rudderfish banded rudderfish
Seriola zonata | fish having the habit of following ships, found in North American and South American coastal waters |
| ribbon | notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming |
| ribbon typewriter ribbon | a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter |
| ribbon development | building complex in a continuous row along a road |
decoration
laurel wreath
medal
medallion
palm
ribbon | an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event |
blue ribbon
cordon bleu | an honor or award gained for excellence |
blue ribbon commission
blue ribbon committee | an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue |
special jury
blue ribbon jury | a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues |
ribbon
thread | any long object resembling a thin line, a mere ribbon of land, the lighted ribbon of traffic, from the air the road was a grey thread, a thread of smoke climbed upward |
reed canary grass
gardener's garters
lady's laces
ribbon grass
Phalaris arundinacea | perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves, Europe and North America |
ribbon tree
ribbonwood Plagianthus regius
Plagianthus betulinus | deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton |
| ribbon-leaved water plantain | a variety of water plantain |
| ribbon fern Ophioglossum pendulum | epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America |
grass fern
ribbon fern Vittaria lineata | epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America |
ribbon fern
spider fern Pteris serrulata | fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands |
agate line
line | space for one line of print (one column wide and
inch deep) used to measure advertising |
| agate | an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony, used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles |
| moss agate | an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings |
| banded | identified with a band especially around a leg, kept watch for the return of their banded birds |
| banded | characterized by a band of especially white around the body, banded cattle |
| banded | marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture, a banded rock |
| cross-banded | (of snakes) having crossing bands on the back |
| yellow-banded | having yellow bands |
| ribbon-shaped | shaped in the form of a ribbon |
blue-ribbon(a)
select | selected or chosen for special qualifications, the blue-ribbon event of the season |