parula warbler northern parula Parula americana | small grey-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast, of eastern North America |
northern oriole Icterus galbula | a kind of New World oriole |
northern shrike Lanius borealis | a butcherbird of northern North America |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Surnia genus Surnia | a genus of hawk-like owls |
hawk owl Surnia ulula | grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere |
northern cricket frog Acris crepitans | a cricket frog of eastern and central United States |
lowland burrowing treefrog northern casque-headed frog Pternohyla fodiens | terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head, of the United States southwest |
northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus | a favorite game bird of eastern and central United States |
nighthawk bullbat mosquito hawk | mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker |
American lobster Northern lobster Maine lobster Homarus americanus | lobster of Atlantic coast of America |
northern phalarope Lobipes lobatus | breeds in Arctic regions of Old and New Worlds, large flocks often seen far out at sea |
stormy petrel northern storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus | sooty black petrel with white markings, of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean |
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. |
hawkmoth hawk moth sphingid sphinx moth hummingbird moth | any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed |
northern bog lemming Synaptomys borealis | of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska |
northern pocket gopher Thomomys talpoides | greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States |
northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus | large flying squirrel, chiefly of Canada |
woolly mammoth northern mammoth Mammuthus primigenius | very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphere |
northern snakehead | a voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China, can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days, a threat to American populations of fish |
Australian bonytongue northern barramundi Scleropages jardinii | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
northern pike Esox lucius | voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere |
scup northern porgy northern scup Stenotomus chrysops | found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine, esteemed as a panfish |
northern whiting Menticirrhus saxatilis | whiting of the east coast of United States, closely resembles king whiting |
northern sea robin Prionotus carolinus | large searobin, found from Nova Scotia to Florida |
mortarboard hawk | a square board with a handle underneath, used by masons to hold or carry mortar |
hawk nose | a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk |
Northern | a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans |
Northern Spy | large lateipening apple with skin striped with yellow and red |
American lobster Northern lobster Maine lobster | flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws, caught from Maine to the Carolinas |
American Baptist Convention Northern Baptist Convention | an association of Northern Baptists |
Northern Alliance United Front | a multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban |
northern hemisphere | the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator |
northern Europe | the northernmost countries of Europe |
Northern Territory | a territory in north central Australia |
Northern Marianas Northern Mariana Islands | a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam |
United Kingdom UK U.K. Britain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles, divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland, `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
Northern Ireland | a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland |
Belfast capital of Northern Ireland | capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland |