ant thrush | a kind of antbird |
thrush | songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast |
missel thrush mistle thrush mistletoe thrush Turdus viscivorus | large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries |
song thrush mavis throstle Turdus philomelos | common Old World thrush noted for its song |
ring ouzel ring blackbird ring thrush Turdus torquatus | European thrush common in rocky areas, the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck |
hermit thrush Hylocichla guttata | North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song |
veery Wilson's thrush Hylocichla fuscescens | tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song |
wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina | large thrush common in eastern American woodlands, noted for its melodious song |
thrush nightingale Luscinia luscinia | large nightingale of eastern Europe |
lesser whitethroat whitethroat Sylvia curruca | Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller |
water thrush | brownish North American warbler found near streams |
thrasher mocking thrush | thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs |
brown thrasher brown thrush Toxostoma rufums | common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage |
lesser prairie chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas |
lesser scaup lesser scaup duck lake duck Aythya affinis | common scaup of North America, males have purplish heads |
lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes | a variety of yellowlegs |
lesser rorqual piked whale minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata | small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific |
lesser kudu Tragelaphus imberbis | a smaller variety of kudu |
tamandua tamandu lesser anteater Tamandua tetradactyla | small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and fourlawed forelimbs, of tropical South America and Central America |
lesser ape | gibbons and siamangs |
lesser panda red panda panda bear cat cat bear Ailurus fulgens | reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore, in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas |
bursa omentalis omental bursa lesser peritoneal cavity | an isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach |
lesser omentum | a part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and liver and supporting the hepatic vessels |
rhomboid minor muscle lesser rhomboid muscle musculus rhomboideus minor | rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward |
Lesser Antilles Caribees | a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies |
Lesser Sunda Islands Nusa Tenggara | a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java, includes Bali and Timor |
thrush | a woman who sings popular songs |
lesser celandine pilewort Ranunculus ficaria | perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups, its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles |
lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula | semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears, naturalized in New Zealand |
hop clover shamrock lesser yellow trefoil Trifolium dubium | clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers, often considered the true or original shamrock |
common duckweed lesser duckweed Lemna minor | of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia |
common burdock lesser burdock Arctium minus | a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil, found in most of Europe and North Africa |
lesser knapweed black knapweed hardheads Centaurea nigra | a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers, native to Europe but widely naturalized |
lesser twayblade Listera cordata | orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rustolored flowers with the lip flushed mauve, Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland |
lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia Habenaria bifolia | south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers, sometimes placed in genus Habenaria |
lesser bullrush narrow-leaf cattail narrow-leaved reedmace soft flag Typha angustifolia | reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia |
lesser wintergreen Pyrola minor | the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers, Europe and North America |
lesser centaury Centaurium minus | common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes |
lesser galangal Alpinia officinarum Alpinia officinalis | Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring |
lesser calamint field balm Calamintha nepeta Calamintha nepeta glantulosa Satureja nepeta Satureja calamintha glandulosa | low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain, naturalized in United States |
fool's parsley lesser hemlock Aethusa cynapium | European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten |
thrush | candidiasis of the oral cavity, seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults |
lesser | smaller in size or amount or value, the lesser powers of Europe, the lesser anteater |
lesser | of less size or importance, the lesser anteater, the lesser of two evils |
less to a lesser extent | used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, less interesting, less expensive, less quickly |