Antarctic (a.) Opposite to the northern or arctic pole |
East Indian () Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. |
East Indian (n.) A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies. |
Indian (a.) Of or pertaining to India proper |
Indian (a.) Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America |
Indian (a.) Made of maize or Indian corn |
Indian (n.) A native or inhabitant of India. |
Indian (n.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America |
Mediterranean (a.) Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land |
Mediterranean (a.) Inland |
Mediterranean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea |
Ocean (n.) The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe |
Ocean (n.) One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans. |
Ocean (n.) An immense expanse |
Ocean (a.) Of or pertaining to the main or great sea |
Pacific (a.) Of or pertaining to peace |
Petition (n.) A prayer |
Petition (n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it |
Petition (v. t.) To make a prayer or request to |
Petition (v. i.) To make a petition or solicitation. |
Proposed (imp. & p. p.) of Propose |
Right whale () The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. |
Right whale () Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii) |
Sanctuary (n.) A sacred place |
Sanctuary (n.) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people |
Sanctuary (n.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed. |
Sanctuary (n.) A house consecrated to the worship of God |
Sanctuary (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum |
South (n.) That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north |
South (n.) A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another |
South (n.) Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line. |
South (n.) The wind from the south. |
South (a.) Lying toward the south |
South (adv.) Toward the south |
South (adv.) From the south |
South (v. i.) To turn or move toward the south |
South (v. i.) To come to the meridian |
Southern (a.) Of or pertaining to the south |
Southern (n.) A Southerner. |
South southerly () the old squaw |
Sperm whale () A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale. |
West Indian () Belonging or relating to the West Indies. |
West Indian () A native of, or a dweller in, the West Indies. |
Whale (n.) Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone. |
ocean trip voyage | an act of traveling by water |
Indian Mutiny Sepoy Mutiny | discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in and , the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow) |
French and Indian War | a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes), - |
whale shark Rhincodon typus | large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide, resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton |
Pacific spiny dogfish Squalus suckleyi | dogfish of Pacific coast of North America |
hill myna Indian grackle grackle Gracula religiosa | glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech |
Pacific newt | any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America |
Pacific giant salamander Dicamptodon ensatus | large (to inches) salamander of western North America |
crapaud South American bullfrog Leptodactylus pentadactylus | large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog |
southern spadefoot Scaphiopus multiplicatus | this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States |
Pacific tree toad Hyla regilla | the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America |
South American poison toad | a South American toad |
Pacific ridley olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea | oliveolored sea turtle of tropical Pacific and Indian and the southern Atlantic oceans |
Indian rat snake Ptyas mucosus | enter buildings in pursuit of prey |
Indian python Python molurus | very large python of southeast Asia |
Indian cobra Naja naja | a cobra of tropical Africa and Asia |
Mediterranean water shrew Neomys anomalus | a type of water shrew |
whale louse | amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans |
whale | any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head |
baleen whale whalebone whale | whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water |
right whale | large Arctic whalebone whale, allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil |
bowhead bowhead whale Greenland whale Balaena mysticetus | large-mouthed Arctic whale |
blue whale sulfur bottom Balaenoptera musculus | largest mammal ever known, bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere |
finback finback whale fin whale common rorqual Balaenoptera physalus | large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat, of Atlantic and Pacific |
sei whale Balaenoptera borealis | similar to but smaller than the finback whale |
lesser rorqual piked whale minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata | small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific |
humpback humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae | large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives |
grey whale gray whale devilfish Eschrichtius gibbosus Eschrichtius robustus | medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific |
toothed whale | any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc. |
sperm whale cachalot black whale Physeter catodon | large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil, also a source of ambergris |
pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps | small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America |
dwarf sperm whale Kogia simus | very small (to feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific |
beaked whale | any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw |
bottle-nosed whale bottlenose whale bottlenose Hyperoodon ampullatus | northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead |
Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops gilli | a bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean |
killer whale killer orca grampus sea wolf Orcinus orca | predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin, common in cold seas |
pilot whale black whale common blackfish blackfish Globicephala melaena | small darkolored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States, the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school |
white whale beluga Delphinapterus leucas | small northern whale that is white when adult |
South American sea lion Otaria Byronia | of the southern coast of South America |
Pacific walrus Odobenus divergens | a walrus of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific |
Indian mongoose Herpestes nyula | keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret, often domesticated |
Mediterranean fruit fly medfly Ceratitis capitata | small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit |
southern cabbage butterfly Pieris protodice | common North American form of cabbage butterfly |
Mediterranean flour moth Anagasta kuehniella | small moth whose larvae damage stored grain and flour |
southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi | of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canada |
southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans | small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States |
cayuse Indian pony | a small native range horse |
Indian rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis | having one horn |
Malayan tapir Indian tapir Tapirus indicus | a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra |
Indian buffalo | upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive, used for draft and milk |