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wood stork |
Noun
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any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis |
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whooping crane |
Noun
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rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call |
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weka |
Noun
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flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting |
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wading bird |
Noun
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any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food |
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wader |
Noun
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any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food |
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wood hen |
Noun
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flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting |
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willet |
Noun
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large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts |
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woodcock |
Noun
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game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe |
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woodcock snipe |
Noun
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small long-billed woodcock |
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woodcock snipe |
Noun
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Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe |
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whole snipe |
Noun
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common snipe of Eurasia and Africa |
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white-headed stilt |
Noun
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stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck |
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wandering albatross |
Noun
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very large albatross |
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white pelican |
Noun
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large American pelican |
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white-chinned petrel |
Noun
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large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin |
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water turkey |
Noun
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blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions |
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whale |
Noun
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any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head |
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whale |
Noun
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a very large person |
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whale |
Verb
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hunt for whales |
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whalebone whale |
Noun
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whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water |
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wire-haired fox terrier |
Noun
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a fox terrier with wiry hair |
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wirehair |
Noun
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a terrier with wiry hair |
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wirehaired terrier |
Noun
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a terrier with wiry hair |
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wire-haired terrier |
Noun
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a terrier with wiry hair |
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white whale |
Noun
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small northern whale that is white when adult |
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walrus |
Noun
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either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber |
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water dog |
Noun
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a dog accustomed to water and usually trained to retrieve waterfowl |
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water dog |
Noun
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a person who enjoys being in or on the water |
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wolfhound |
Noun
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the largest breed of dogs |
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whippet |
Noun
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small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England |
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water spaniel |
Noun
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any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowl |
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wire-haired pointing griffon |
Noun
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breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat |
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working dog |
Noun
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any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs |
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watchdog |
Noun
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a dog trained to guard property |
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watchdog |
Noun
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a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste |
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wolf |
Noun
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any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs |
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wolf |
Noun
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a cruelly rapacious person |
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wolf |
Noun
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a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women |
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wolf |
Verb
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eat hastily |
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white fox |
Noun
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thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions |
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white wolf |
Noun
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wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail |
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warrigal |
Noun
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wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia |
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warrigal |
Noun
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Australian wild horse |
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warragal |
Noun
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wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia |
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warragal |
Noun
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Australian wild horse |
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wing case |
Noun
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either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings |
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webfoot |
Noun
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a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin |
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western pipistrel |
Noun
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of western North America |
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webbed foot |
Noun
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a bird's foot with folds of skin between the toes |
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western big-eared bat |
Noun
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bat of western North America having extremely large ears |