Animals

Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis

a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird

 

earwig

any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen

 

groundfish

fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)

 

comb-footed spider

spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot

 

Bombina bombina

toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside

 

Cepphus grylle

northern Atlantic guillemot

 

eagle ray

powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays

 

Trigla lucerna

a kind of gurnard

 

cow pony

a light saddle horse trained for herding cattle

 

grassfinch

usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds

 

Manx cat

a short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man

 

Hemigalus hardwickii

an East Indian civet

 

Asian horseshoe crab

horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia

 

American egret

a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus

 

Raja laevis

one of the largest skates (to 5 feet); an active skate easy to hook

 

Ixobrychus exilis

small American bittern

 

stingray

large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds

 

porker

a pig fattened to provide meat

 

spearfish

any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare

 

ferret badger

small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia