| golden parachute | giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover |
| golden algae | algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll |
| brown algae | algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments |
golden shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas | shiner of eastern North America having golden glints, sometimes also called `bream' |
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 |
yellow warbler
golden warbler
yellowbird Dendroica petechia | yellow-throated American wood warbler |
golden oriole
Oriolus oriolus | bright yellow songbird with black wings |
brown thrasher
brown thrush
Toxostoma rufums | common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage |
brown creeper
American creeper
Certhia americana | a common creeper in North America with a downurved bill |
golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos | large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck |
Argiopidae
family Argiopidae
orb-weaver | spiders that spin orb webs, cosmopolitan in distribution |
golden pheasant
Chrysolophus pictus | brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia |
| golden mole | mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur |
brown snail
Helix aspersa | serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings, nearly cosmopolitan in distribution |
| golden plover | plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots |
| golden retriever | an English breed having a long silky golden coat |
brown hyena
strand wolf
Hyaena brunnea | of southern Africa |
brown bear
bruin Ursus arctos | large ferocious bear of Eurasia |
Alaskan brown bear
Kodiak bear
Kodiak
Ursus middendorffi
Ursus arctos middendorffi | brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia |
| brown bat | any of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide in caves and trees and buildings |
little brown bat
little brown myotis
Myotis leucifugus | the small common North American bat, widely distributed |
big brown bat
Eptesicus fuscus | rather large North American brown bat, widely distributed |
serotine
European brown bat
Eptesicus serotinus | common brown bat of Europe |
brown soft scale
Coccus hesperidum | pest on citrus trees |
| goldeneye golden-eyed fly | a variety of green lacewing |
brown lacewing
hemerobiid
hemerobiid fly | small darkolored lacewing fly |
browntail
brown-tail moth
Euproctis phaeorrhoea | small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States, pest of various shade and fruit trees |
brown rat
Norway rat
Rattus norvegicus | common domestic rat, serious pest worldwide |
golden hamster
Syrian hamster
Mesocricetus auratus | small lightolored hamster often kept as a pet |
brown lemming
Lemmus trimucronatus | of northwestern Canada and Alaska |
| Brown Swiss | large hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from Switzerland |
yellow-throated marten
Charronia flavigula | large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma |
angwantibo
golden potto
Arctocebus calabarensis | a kind of lemur |
| brown bullhead | freshwater catfish of eastern United States |
brown trout
salmon trout Salmo trutta | speckled trout of European rivers, introduced in North America |
Brown University
Brown | a university in Rhode Island |
| golden calf | (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship, destroyed by Moses, it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly |
| Golden Gate Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate |
sheet bend
becket bend
weaver's knot
weaver's hitch | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
brown
brownness | an orange of low brightness and saturation |
| Vandyke brown | a moderate brown color |
chocolate
coffee
deep brown
umber
burnt umber | a medium brown to dark-brown color |
| light brown | a brown that is light but unsaturated |
dun
greyish brown
grayish brown
fawn | a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color, she wore dun |
reddish brown
sepia
burnt sienna
Venetian red
mahogany | a shade of brown with a tinge of red |
yellowish brown
raw sienna
buff
caramel
caramel brown | a medium to dark tan color |
| olive brown | a shade of brown tinged with green |
| golden mean | the middle between extremes |
| brown study | a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness |