buff (noun)
101cliff swallow — noun Date: 1825 a colonial swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) of the New World with a pale buff rump and dark throat patch that builds mud nests resembling jugs especially under eaves and on cliffs …
102clothes moth — noun Date: 1753 any of several small yellowish or buff colored moths (especially Tinea pellionella and Tineola bisselliella of the family Tineidae) whose larvae eat wool, fur, or feathers …
103coyote — noun (plural coyotes or coyote) Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl coyōtl Date: 1759 1. a buff gray to reddish gray North American canid (Canis latrans) closely related to but smaller than the wolf 2. one who smuggles immigrants into the …
104hoodman-blind — noun Date: 1565 archaic blindman s buff …
105jaguar — noun (plural jaguars; also jaguar) Etymology: Portuguese, from Tupi jawára large carnivore Date: 1604 a large cat (Panthera onca) chiefly of Central and South America that is larger and stockier than the leopard and is brownish yellow or buff… …
106loess — noun Etymology: German Löss Date: 1833 an unstratified usually buff to yellowish brown loamy deposit found in North America, Europe, and Asia and believed to be chiefly deposited by the wind • loessial adjective …
107manila paper — noun Usage: often capitalized M Date: 1866 a strong and durable paper of a brownish or buff color and smooth finish made originally from Manila hemp …
108red-tailed hawk — noun Date: 1805 a widely distributed chiefly rodent eating New World hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) that is usually mottled dusky above and white streaked dusky and tinged with buff below and has a rather short typically reddish tail called also… …
109red-winged blackbird — noun Date: 1797 a North American blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) of which the adult male is black with a patch of bright scarlet at the bend of the wings bordered behind with yellow or buff called also redwing blackbird …
110sage grouse — noun Date: 1876 either of two large grouses (Centrocercus urophasianus and C. minimus) of the dry sagebrush plains of western North America that have mottled gray and buff plumage above with a contrasting black belly …
