Crop-tailed (a.) Having the tail cropped. |
Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth |
Dag-tailed (a.) Daggle-tailed |
Draggle-tailed (a.) Untidy |
Eye-spot (n.) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. |
Eye-spot (n.) An eyelike spot of color. |
Fan-tailed (a.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail |
Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones |
Forty-spot (n.) The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotus quadragintus). |
Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk. |
Hawk (v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey |
Hawk (v. i.) To make an attack while on the wing |
Hawk (v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances. |
Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm. |
Hawk (n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise. |
Hawk (v. t.) To offer for sale by outcry in the street |
Hawk (n.) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar. |
Hawk-eyed (a.) Having a keen eye |
Hawk moth () Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. |
Hover-hawk (n.) The kestrel. |
Pin-tailed (a.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest |
Racket-tailed (a.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. |
Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. |
Red-tailed (a.) Having a red tail. |
Ring-tailed (a.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. |
Ruby-tailed (a.) Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red. |
Scissors-tailed (a.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones. |
Sea hawk () A jager gull. |
Sparrow (n.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House. |
Sparrow (n.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge. |
Spine-tailed (a.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. |
Spot (n.) A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter |
Spot (n.) A stain on character or reputation |
Spot (n.) A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is |
Spot (n.) A small extent of space |
Spot (n.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak. |
Spot (n.) A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife. |
Spot (n.) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish. |
Spot (n.) Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. |
Spot (v. t.) To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter |
Spot (v. t.) To mark or note so as to insure recognition |
Spot (v. t.) To stain |
Spot (v. i.) To become stained with spots. |
Stiff-tailed (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. |
Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail. |
Swallow-tailed (a.) Having a tail like that of a swallow |
Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing |
Tailed (a.) Having a tail |
Vanner hawk () The kestrel. |
Water sparrow () The reed warbler. |
blot smear smirch spot stain | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it, he made a huge blot on his copybook |
spot check | a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning, spot checks ensure a high level of performance by employees |
spot welding spot-welding | creating an overlapping joint by welding at small points |
spot pass | a pass to a designated spot on the field, the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
spot jamming selective jamming | electronic jamming of a specific channel or frequency |
hedge sparrow sparrow dunnock Prunella modularis | small brownish European songbird |
New World sparrow | sparrow-like North American finches |
vesper sparrow grass finch Pooecetes gramineus | common North American finch noted for its evening song |
white-throated sparrow whitethroat Zonotrichia albicollis | common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown |
whiterowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys | finch with black-and-white striped crown |
chipping sparrow Spizella passerina | small North American finch common in urban areas |
field sparrow Spizella pusilla | common North American finch of brushy pasturelands |
tree sparrow Spizella arborea | finch common in winter in the northern U.S. |
song sparrow Melospiza melodia | small songbird common in North America |
swamp sparrow Melospiza georgiana | North American finch of marshy area |
sparrow true sparrow | any of several small dullolored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects |
English sparrow house sparrow Passer domesticus | small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe |
tree sparrow Passer montanus | Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow |
green-tailed towhee Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
Java sparrow Java finch ricebird Padda oryzivora | small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields |
hawk | diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail |
sparrow hawk Accipiter nisus | small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa |
Cooper's hawk blue darter Accipiter cooperii | bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight |
chicken hawk hen hawk | nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry |
redtail red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
rough-legged hawk roughleg Buteo lagopus | large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers |
red-shouldered hawk Buteo lineatus | North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders |
swallow-tailed kite swallow-tailed hawk Elanoides forficatus | graceful North American black-and-white kite |
white-tailed kite Elanus leucurus | grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions |
marsh hawk northern harrier hen harrier Circus cyaneus | common harrier of North America and Europe, nests in marshes and open land |
sparrow hawk American kestrel kestrel Falco sparverius | small North American falcon |
pigeon hawk merlin Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
ern erne grey sea eagle gray sea eagle European sea eagle white-tailed sea eagle Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
osprey fish hawk fish eagle sea eagle Pandion haliaetus | large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years |
hawk owl Surnia ulula | grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere |
tailed frog bell toad ribbed toad tailed toad Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
zebra-tailed lizard gridiron-tailed lizard Callisaurus draconoides | swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs, of deserts of United States and Mexico |
sharp-tailed grouse sprigtail sprig tail Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
pin-tailed sandgrouse pin-tailed grouse Pterocles alchata | sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers |
nighthawk bullbat mosquito hawk | mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker |
pintail pin-tailed duck Anas acuta | long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers |
nail-tailed wallaby nail-tailed kangaroo | small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail |
brush-tailed phalanger Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
brewer's mole hair-tailed mole Parascalops breweri | mole of eastern North America |
short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
slender-tailed meerkat Suricata suricatta | a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail |
freetail free-tailed bat freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
dragonfly darning needle devil's darning needle sewing needle snake feeder snake doctor mosquito hawk skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |