shoal (noun)
21middle ground — noun 1. nautical : a shoal in a fairway having a channel on either side 2. : middle distance 1 3. : a standpoint midway between extremes a middle ground between firmness and appeasement Wall Street Journal a characterless middle ground betw …
22whistling buoy — noun a buoy that makes a whistling noise • Syn: ↑whistle buoy • Hypernyms: ↑acoustic buoy * * * noun : a buoy that makes a whistling sound due to the action of waves and usually marks a shoal or channel entrance see buoy illustration * * * Naut.… …
23sandbank — noun Date: 15th century a large deposit of sand forming a mound, hillside, bar, or shoal …
24towhead — noun Date: 1829 1. a low alluvial island or shoal in a river ; sandbar 2. a head of hair resembling tow especially in being flaxen or tousled; also a person having such a head of hair • towheaded adjective …
25sandbank — noun a ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping Syn: shoal, sandbar …
26parthenogenesis — noun /ˌpɑːθᵻnəʊˈʤɛnᵻsɪs,ˌpɑːθənəʊˈʤɛnɪsɪs,ˌpɑɻθənoʊˈʤɛnəsəs/ a) Reproduction by the development of a single gamete (viz. an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare , . We may learn, to be sure, plenty of… …
27sandspit — noun A small sandy point of land or a narrow shoal projecting into a body of water from the shore …
28dace — noun /deɪs/ a) The shoal forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common in fast flowing rivers in England and Wales. Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the… …
29shelf — noun 1) the plant on the shelf Syn: ledge, sill, bracket, rack; mantelpiece; shelving 2) an ocean shelf Syn: sandbank, sandbar, bank, bar, reef, shoal …
30animal group — noun a group of animals • Hypernyms: ↑biological group • Hyponyms: ↑team, ↑brood, ↑flock, ↑fold, ↑herd, ↑pack, ↑pod, ↑ …
