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leopard lizard |
Noun
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any of several large lizards with many dark spots |
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leaf-nosed snake |
Noun
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any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America |
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lined snake |
Noun
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secretive snake of city dumps and parks as well as prairies and open woods |
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lyre snake |
Noun
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mildly venomous snake with a lyre-shaped mark on the head |
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lesser prairie chicken |
Noun
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a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas |
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lovebird |
Noun
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small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates |
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lovebird |
Noun
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small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors |
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lory |
Noun
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small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits |
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lorikeet |
Noun
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any of various small lories |
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leipoa |
Noun
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Australian mound bird |
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lowan |
Noun
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Australian mound bird |
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lesser scaup |
Noun
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common scaup of North America |
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lesser scaup duck |
Noun
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common scaup of North America |
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lake duck |
Noun
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common scaup of North America |
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least shrew |
Noun
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small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States |
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livestock |
Noun
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any animals kept for use or profit |
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lorica |
Noun
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a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example) |
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liver fluke |
Noun
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flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans |
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long-neck clam |
Noun
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an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
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long-neck clam |
Noun
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a clam that is usually steamed in the shell |
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littleneck |
Noun
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a young quahog |
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littleneck |
Noun
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a quahog when young and small |
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littleneck clam |
Noun
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a young quahog |
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littleneck clam |
Noun
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a quahog when young and small |
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lugworm |
Noun
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marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back |
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lug |
Noun
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marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back |
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lug |
Noun
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a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something |
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lug |
Noun
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a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast |
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lug |
Verb
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carry with difficulty |
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lug |
Verb
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obstruct |
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lobworm |
Noun
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marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back |
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leech |
Noun
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carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end |
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leech |
Noun
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a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage |
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leech |
Verb
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draw blood |
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limpet |
Noun
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any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells |
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limpet |
Noun
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mollusk with a low conical shell |
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lip |
Noun
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either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell |
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lip |
Noun
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the top edge of a vessel or other container |
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lip |
Noun
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either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking |
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lip |
Noun
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an impudent or insolent rejoinder |
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lip |
Noun
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(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx |
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loligo |
Noun
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somewhat flattened cylindrical squid |
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long-clawed prawn |
Noun
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large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers |
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lobster |
Noun
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any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae |
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lobster |
Noun
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flesh of a lobster |
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langouste |
Noun
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large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters |
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langouste |
Noun
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warm-water lobsters without claws |
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lady crab |
Noun
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brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States |
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land rail |
Noun
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common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields |
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little egret |
Noun
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Old World egret |