grounder ground ball groundball hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
dark ground illumination dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
ground attack | an attack by ground troops |
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 |
ground-shaker seismosaur | huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America |
ground snake Sonora semiannulata | small shy brightlyinged terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America |
eastern ground snake Potamophis striatula Haldea striatula | in some classifications placed in genus Haldea, small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America |
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 |
ground rattler massasauga Sistrurus miliaris | small pygmy rattlesnake |
cuckoo | any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail |
European cuckoo Cuculus canorus | common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call, lays eggs in the nests of other birds |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
pheasant coucal pheasant cuckoo Centropus phasianinus | Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant |
ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms |
numbat banded anteater anteater Myrmecobius fasciatus | small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites, nearly extinct |
banded stilt Cladorhyncus leucocephalum | web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings |
banded palm civet Hemigalus hardwickii | an East Indian civet |
ground beetle carabid beetle | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
cuckoo-bumblebee | a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees |
banded purple white admiral Limenitis arthemis | North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band |
ground squirrel gopher spermophile | any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds, often destroy crops |
mantled ground squirrel Citellus lateralis | common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America, resembles a large chipmunk |
flickertail Richardson ground squirrel Citellus richardsoni | of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada |
Arctic ground squirrel parka squirrel Citellus parryi | large ground squirrel of the North American far north |
eastern chipmunk hackee striped squirrel ground squirrel Tamias striatus | small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches |
barren ground caribou Rangifer arcticus | of tundra of northern Canada, in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus |
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 |
ground sloth megathere | gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America |
rudderfish banded rudderfish Seriola zonata | fish having the habit of following ships, found in North American and South American coastal waters |
air-to-ground missile air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground |
anchor ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
c Bedlam booby hatch crazy house cuckoo's nest funny farm funny house loony bin madhouse nut house nuthouse sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
cuckoo clock | clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo |
flat coat ground primer priming primer coat priming coat undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
ground | (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting |
ground earth | a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
ground bait | bait scattered on the water to attract fish |
ground cable | a mooring cable, runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor |
ground control | a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a groundontrolled approach to landing |
ground floor first floor ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
ground plan | a floor plan for the ground level of a building |
groundsheet ground cloth | a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture |
hovercraft ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
land mine ground-emplaced mine booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
proving ground | a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas |