| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| erect perennial Old World herb of dry grassy habitats |
Agrimonia eupatoria
,
harvest-lice
|
| large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes |
bustard
|
| small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains |
bustard quail
,
button-quail
,
button quail
,
hemipode
|
| small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States |
Cryptotis parva
,
least shrew
|
| long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore |
esplanade
|
| low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water |
fen
,
fenland
,
marsh
,
marshland
|
| uncontrolled fire in a grassy area |
grassfire
,
prairie fire
|
| grassy turf |
greensward
|
| grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms |
Heteranthera dubia
,
mud plantain
,
water star grass
|
| tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened species |
Kobus leche
,
lechwe
|
| extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America) |
llano
|
| terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of the United States southwest |
lowland burrowing treefrog
,
northern casque-headed frog
,
Pternohyla fodiens
|
| open grassy field |
meadow
|
| hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States |
Oryzomys palustris
,
rice rat
|
| vast grassy plains of northern Argentina |
pampas
|
| treeless grassy plain |
prairie
|
| large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze |
range
|
| any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) |
range animal
|
| grassy plain located in hot regions |
savanna
|
| brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows |
Saxicola rubetra
,
whinchat
|
