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 |