Gray
Meanings and phrases
Gray
- English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965); Louis Harold Gray
- English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771); Thomas Gray
- American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806); Robert Gray
- United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888); Asa Gray
gray
- of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; grey; greyish; grayish
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; -Coleridge; grey; grey-haired; gray-haired; grey-headed; gray-headed; grizzly; hoar; hoary; white-haired
- used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); grey
- intermediate in character or position; grey
gray
- a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black; grayness; grey; greyness
- clothing that is a grey color; grey
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; grey
- horse of a light gray or whitish color; grey
- the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad; Gy
gray
- make grey; grey
- turn grey; grey
African gray
- commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa; African grey; Psittacus erithacus
n.
- medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree; grey birch; gray birch; American grey birch; Betula populifolia
Asa Gray
- United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888); Gray
Davy 's gray
- slightly purplish or bluish dark grey; iron blue; steel grey; steel gray; Davy's grey
Louis Harold Gray
- English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965); Gray
Payne 's gray
- any pigment that produces a greyish to dark greyish blue; Payne's grey
Robert Gray
- American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806); Gray
Thomas Gray
- English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771); Gray
n.
- willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath; dwarf grey willow; sage willow; Salix tristis
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- common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England; eastern grey squirrel; cat squirrel; Sciurus carolinensis
n.
- medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree; grey birch; American grey birch; American gray birch; Betula populifolia
n.
- North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing; catbird; grey catbird; Dumetella carolinensis
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- flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico; grey flounder; Etropus rimosus
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- dark grey American fox; from Central America through southern United States; grey fox; Urocyon cinereoargenteus
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- a dyer's weed of Canada and the eastern United States having yellow flowers sometimes used in dyeing; grey goldenrod; Solidago nemoralis
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- a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery; Canada jay; grey jay; camp robber; whisker jack; Perisoreus canadensis
n.
- a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird; grey kingbird; petchary; Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis
n.
- an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency; grey market
n.
- greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons; grey matter; grey substance; gray substance; substantia grisea
- The CNS is composed of white and gray matter.
- Reduced gray matter density in certain brain structures has also been noted in human MDMA users.
- A subpopulation of polydendrocytes in the gray matter of the embryonic CNS also generates protoplasmic astrocytes.
n.
- highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet; mullet; grey mullet
- freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide; mullet; grey mullet
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- fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa; grey polypody; resurrection fern; Polypodium polypodioides
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- large rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves grey on the lower surface; native to Europe but introduced and naturalized elsewhere; grey poplar; Populus canescens
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- low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant; silver sage; silver sagebrush; grey sage; Seriphidium canum; Artemisia cana
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- bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland; ern; erne; grey sea eagle; European sea eagle; white-tailed sea eagle; Haliatus albicilla
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- found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida; grey snapper; mangrove snapper; Lutjanus griseus
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- greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons; grey matter; gray matter; grey substance; substantia grisea
n.
- medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific; grey whale; devilfish; Eschrichtius gibbosus; Eschrichtius robustus
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- a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America; timber wolf; grey wolf; Canis lupus
- Canids vary in size from the gray wolf to the fennec fox.
- An alternative explanation of the red fox's gains involves the gray wolf.
- Among canids, only the gray wolf has widely been known to prey on humans.
n.
- large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia; great grey owl; Strix nebulosa
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- slightly purplish or bluish dark grey; iron blue; steel grey; Davy's grey; Davy's gray
n.
- large grey squirrel of far western areas of United States; western grey squirrel; Sciurus griseus
E.g.
- Members also wear a white shirt and dark gray slacks.
- They vary from yellowish and orange through dark gray.
- The bark is smooth, dirty green to dark gray in color.
E.g.
- Its cheeks are light gray with a pale moustache.
- It has a stem diameter, with light gray bark.
- It had a light gray colour and was very strong and hard.
E.g.
- Ventrally, it is uniformly pale gray or pale brown.
- The colour of the spotted sea hare is very variable, from pale gray to green, to dark brown.
- When this species becomes startled they change to a pale gray color in order to camouflage themselves.
E.g.
- Humans are the coyote's greatest threat, followed by cougars and gray wolves.
- Bald eagles and osprey hunt on the refuge, and gray wolves are occasionally seen.
- She is accompanied by Amon and his triple, the gray wolves, with whom she forms close bonds with.