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red coral |
Noun
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the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry |
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round clam |
Noun
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an edible American clam |
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round clam |
Noun
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Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells |
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red worm |
Noun
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terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil |
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razor clam |
Noun
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marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell |
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river limpet |
Noun
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minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants |
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river prawn |
Noun
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large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers |
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river prawn |
Noun
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large Australian prawn |
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rock lobster |
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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rock lobster |
Noun
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warm-water lobsters without claws |
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rock crab |
Noun
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crab of eastern coast of North America |
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rock barnacle |
Noun
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barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones |
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roseate spoonbill |
Noun
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tropical rose-colored New World spoonbill |
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rail |
Noun
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any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud |
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rail |
Noun
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a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) |
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rail |
Noun
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short for railway |
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rail |
Noun
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a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports |
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rail |
Noun
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a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll |
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rail |
Verb
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criticize severely |
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rail |
Verb
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spread negative information about |
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rail |
Verb
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complain bitterly |
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rail |
Verb
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fish with a handline over the rails of a boat |
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rail |
Verb
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lay with rails |
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rail |
Verb
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travel by rail or train |
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rail |
Verb
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convey (goods etc.) by rails |
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rail |
Verb
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separate with a railing |
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rail |
Verb
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provide with rails |
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rail |
Verb
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enclose with rails |
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reeve |
Noun
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female ruff |
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reeve |
Verb
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fasten by passing through a hole or around something |
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reeve |
Verb
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pass through a hole or opening |
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reeve |
Verb
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pass a rope through |
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red phalarope |
Noun
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phalarope of northern oceans and lakes |
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ruddy turnstone |
Noun
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common Arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia |
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red-backed sandpiper |
Noun
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small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions |
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red-breasted snipe |
Noun
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a dowitcher with a red breast |
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redshank |
Noun
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a common Old World wading bird with long red legs |
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rock hopper |
Noun
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small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand |
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red-necked grebe |
Noun
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large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck |
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razorbill |
Noun
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black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill |
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razor-billed auk |
Noun
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black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill |
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right whale |
Noun
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large Arctic whalebone whale |
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rorqual |
Noun
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any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin |
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rat terrier |
Noun
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any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats |
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ratter |
Noun
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any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats |
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ratter |
Noun
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a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. |
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retriever |
Noun
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a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game |
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redbone |
Noun
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a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound |
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red setter |
Noun
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an Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat |
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red fox |
Noun
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the common Old World fox |