whale shark
Rhincodon typus | large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide, resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton |
southern spadefoot
Scaphiopus multiplicatus | this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States |
| whale louse | amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans |
| whale | any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head |
baleen whale
whalebone whale | whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water |
| right whale | large Arctic whalebone whale, allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil |
bowhead
bowhead whale
Greenland whale
Balaena mysticetus | large-mouthed Arctic whale |
blue whale
sulfur bottom
Balaenoptera musculus | largest mammal ever known, bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere |
finback
finback whale
fin whale
common rorqual
Balaenoptera physalus | large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat, of Atlantic and Pacific |
sei whale
Balaenoptera borealis | similar to but smaller than the finback whale |
lesser rorqual
piked whale
minke whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata | small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific |
humpback
humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae | large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives |
grey whale
gray whale
devilfish Eschrichtius gibbosus
Eschrichtius robustus | medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific |
| toothed whale | any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc. |
sperm whale
cachalot
black whale Physeter catodon | large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil, also a source of ambergris |
pygmy sperm whale
Kogia breviceps | small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America |
dwarf sperm whale
Kogia simus | very small (to feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific |
| beaked whale | any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw |
bottle-nosed whale
bottlenose whale
bottlenose Hyperoodon ampullatus | northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead |
killer whale
killer
orca
grampus sea wolf
Orcinus orca | predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin, common in cold seas |
pilot whale
black whale common blackfish
blackfish Globicephala melaena | small darkolored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States, the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school |
white whale
beluga Delphinapterus leucas | small northern whale that is white when adult |
southern cabbage butterfly
Pieris protodice | common North American form of cabbage butterfly |
southern bog lemming
Synaptomys cooperi | of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canada |
southern flying squirrel
Glaucomys volans | small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States |
whale sucker
whalesucker
Remilegia australis | large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins |
scup southern porgy
southern scup
Stenotomus aculeatus | porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America |
southern flounder
Paralichthys lethostigmus | flounder of southern United States |
| Southern Tai | a branch of the Tai languages |
| Southern Baptist Convention | an association of Southern Baptists |
subspecies
race | (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species, usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species |
| southern hemisphere | the hemisphere to the south of the equator |
Zimbabwe
Republic of Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia | a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia, achieved independence from the United Kingdom in |
Southern Cross
Crux
Crux Australis | a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus |
Triangulum Australe
Southern Triangle | a small bright constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Circinus and Apus |
giant hulk
heavyweight whale | a very large person, impressive in size or qualities |
| Southern Baptist | a member of the Southern Baptist Convention |
aurora australis
southern lights | the aurora of the southern hemisphere |
| El Nino southern oscillation | a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrientich water does not occur, kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns |
longleaf pine
pitch pine southern yellow pine
Georgia pine
Pinus palustris | large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs, bark is red-brown deeply ridged, an important timber tree |
southern white cedar
coast white cedar
Atlantic white cedar
white cypress
white cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides | slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States, resembles American arborvitae |
southern red cedar
Juniperus silicicola | juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States, similar to eastern red cedar |
bald cypress
swamp cypress
pond bald cypress
southern cypress
Taxodium distichum | common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base, found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms |
southern magnolia
evergreen magnolia
large-flowering magnolia
bull bay
Magnolia grandiflora | evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers |
southern spatterdock
Nuphar sagittifolium | of flowing waters of the southeastern United States, may form obstructive mats in streams |
| southern aster | a variety of aster |
southern harebell
Campanula divaricata | bellflower of southeastern United States (Maryland to Georgia) having pale blue flowers |
southern beech
evergreen beech | any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves |
southern red oak
swamp red oak
turkey oak Quercus falcata | large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks, New Jersey to Illinois and southward |
southern live oak
Quercus virginiana | medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico, often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown, extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding |