major surgery | any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
Peasant's Revolt Great Revolt | a widespread rebellion in against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England, suppressed by Richard II |
great care | more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons, the pilot exercised great care in landing |
World War I World War Great War First World War War to End War | a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from to |
variola major variola major virus | a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to percent |
great white shark white shark man-eater man-eating shark Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
blue shark great blue shark Prionace glauca | slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark, blue body shades to white belly, dangerous especially during maritime disasters |
spotted eagle ray spotted ray Aetobatus narinari | ray with back covered with white or yellow spots, widely distributed in warm seas |
spotted antbird Hylophylax naevioides | a kind of antbird |
spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata Muscicapa grisola | common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage |
great bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis | large bowerbird of northern Australia |
great horned owl Bubo virginianus | brown North American horned owl |
great grey owl great gray owl Strix nebulosa | large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia |
spotted owl Strix occidentalis | a large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico, has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest |
spotted salamander fire salamander Salamandra maculosa | European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots |
spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum | glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots |
Chihuahuan spotted whiptail Cnemidophorus exsanguis | having longitudinal stripes overlaid with light spots, upland lizard of United States southwest and Mexico |
woodpecker peckerwood pecker | bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects |
green woodpecker Picus viridis | woodpecker of Europe and western Asia |
downy woodpecker | small North American woodpecker with black and white plumage and a small bill |
ivorybill ivory-billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
redheaded woodpecker redhead Melanerpes erythrocephalus | black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck |
giant kangaroo great grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus | very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas |
great blue heron Ardea herodius | large American heron having bluish-grey plumage |
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 |
spotted crake Porzana porzana | Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes |
great bustard Otis tarda | largest European land bird |
spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia | common North American sandpiper |
great snipe woodcock snipe Gallinago media | Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe |
black-backed gull great black-backed gull cob Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
great skua Catharacta skua | large brown skua of the northern Atlantic |
great auk Pinguinus impennis | large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts, extinct |
great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus | large Old World grebe with black ear tufts |
Great Dane | very large powerful smoothoated breed of dog |
liver-spotted dalmatian | a brown-spotted dalmatian |
Great Pyrenees | bred of large heavyoated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland |
spotted hyena laughing hyena Crocuta crocuta | African hyena noted for its distinctive howl |
spotted lynx Lynx pardina | of southern Europe |
jackass bat spotted bat Euderma maculata | a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous ears |
two-spotted ladybug Adalia bipunctata | red ladybug with a black spot on each wing |
red-spotted purple Limenitis astyanax | similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces |
spotted skunk little spotted skunk Spilogale putorius | small skunk with a marbled black and white coat, of United States and Mexico |
ant bear giant anteater great anteater tamanoir Myrmecophaga jubata | large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws, of South America |
great ape pongid | any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae |
Australian arowana Dawson River salmon saratoga spotted barramundi spotted bonytongue Scleropages leichardti | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
spotted sunfish stumpknocker Lepomis punctatus | inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida, esteemed panfish |
Kentucky black bass spotted black bass Micropterus pseudoplites | a variety of black bass |
spotted weakfish spotted sea trout spotted squeateague Cynoscion nebulosus | weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States |