safe harbor | the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive, the acquisition gave the company a safe harbor |
Battle of the Marne Belleau Wood Chateau-Thierry Marne River | a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in |
Granicus Battle of Granicus River | the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians ( BC) |
Metaurus River | a battle during the second Punic War ( BC), Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy |
Meuse Meuse River Argonne Argonne Forest Meuse-Argonne Meuse-Argonne operation | an American operation in World War I (), American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November |
Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle in World War I () |
Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle of World War II () |
Yalu River | a battle in the Korean War (November ), when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River , Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back |
mole salamander Ambystoma talpoideum | brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States |
cooter river cooter Pseudemys concinna | large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico |
pouched mole marsupial mole Notoryctus typhlops | small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole |
mole | small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet |
starnose mole star-nosed mole Condylura cristata | amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose |
brewer's mole hair-tailed mole Parascalops breweri | mole of eastern North America |
golden mole | mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur |
shrew mole | slender mole having a long snout and tail |
Asiatic shrew mole Uropsilus soricipes | shrew mole of eastern Asia |
American shrew mole Neurotrichus gibbsii | greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada |
river limpet freshwater limpet Ancylus fluviatilis | minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants |
longlawed prawn river prawn Palaemon australis | large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers |
harbor porpoise herring hog Phocoena phocoena | the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific |
river dolphin | any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia |
harbor seal common seal Phoca vitulina | small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere |
mole cricket | digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots |
bandicoot rat mole rat | burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon |
mole rat | furry short-limbed tailless rodent resembling a true mole in habits and appearance, of eastern Europe and Middle East |
mole rat | African rodent resembling a mole in habits and appearance |
naked mole rat | fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa, neither mole nor rat, they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites |
queen queen mole rat | an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males |
Damaraland mole rat | colonial mole rat of western Africa, similar to naked mole rat |
hippopotamus hippo river horse Hippopotamus amphibius | massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa |
river otter Lutra canadensis | sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America |
river shad Alosa chrysocloris | shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage, very similar to Alosa sapidissima |
Australian arowana Dawson River salmon saratoga spotted barramundi spotted bonytongue Scleropages leichardti | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
breakwater groin groyne mole bulwark seawall jetty | a protective structure of stone or concrete, extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away |
harbor harbour | a place of refuge and comfort and security |
New River Gorge Bridge | a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia |
river boat | a boat used on rivers or to ply a river |
Sydney Harbor Bridge | a steel arch bridge in Sydney, Australia |
mole | a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin |
anchovy pear river pear | West Indian fruit resembling the mango, often pickled |
river prawn | large Australian prawn |
mole | spicy sauce often containing chocolate |
harbor patrol | patrol of officers who police a harbor area |
Hudson River school romantic realism | the first coherent school of American art, active from to , painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England |
river basin basin watershed drainage basin catchment area catchment basin drainage area | the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries, an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet, flood control in the Missouri basin |
seaport haven harbor harbour | a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo |
Pearl Harbor | a harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu, location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on Dec |
Boston Harbor | the seaport at Boston |
East River | a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn |