last straw | the final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit |
ringneck snake ring-necked snake ring snake | any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
black-necked cobra spitting cobra Naja nigricollis | aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa, rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness |
ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus | common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring |
ring-necked parakeet Psittacula krameri | African parakeet |
policeman bird black-necked stork jabiru Xenorhyncus asiaticus | large mostly white Australian stork |
wood ibis wood stork flinthead Mycteria americana | an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downwardurved bill, inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics |
ibis | wading birds of warm regions having long slender downurved bills |
genus Ibis | ibises |
wood ibis wood stork Ibis ibis | any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis |
sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopica | African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians |
cattle egret Bubulcus ibis | small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals |
black-necked stilt Himantopus mexicanus | stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck |
red-necked grebe Podiceps grisegena | large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck |
black-necked grebe eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis | small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck, found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States |
boater leghorn Panama Panama hat sailor skimmer straw hat | a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown |
scarecrow straw man strawman bird-scarer scarer | an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds |
straw drinking straw | a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth |
pale yellow straw wheat | a variable yellow tint, dull yellow, often diluted with white |
straw vote straw poll | an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue |
straw man strawman | a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted |
straw wine | sweet wine from grapes partially sun-dried on the vine or on straw mats |
front man front figurehead nominal head straw man strawman | a person used as a cover for some questionable activity |
straw boss assistant foreman | a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers |
yellow foxglove straw foxglove Digitalis lutea | European yellow-flowered foxglove |
straw mushroom Chinese mushroom Volvariella volvacea | small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem, an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially |
chaff husk shuck stalk straw stubble | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds |
straw | plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder |
strew straw | spread by scattering (straw is archaic), strew toys all over the carpet |
straw | cover or provide with or as if with straw, cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm |
straw | of a pale yellow color like straw, straw-colored |
straw-colored straw-coloured | having the color of dry straw |
necked | having a neck or having a neck especially as specified (often used in combination) |
decollete low-cut low-necked | (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline, a low-cut neckline |
high-necked | (of a garment) having a high neckline, a high-necked blouse |
stiff-necked | haughtily stubborn, a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin |