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fter plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zoöl.), a small European bird, the wheatear (Saxicola ænanthe). See Wheatear.

A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks.

A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.

A European herb (Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family.

on fennel, and is used as a pot herb. -- Dog's fennel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also mayweed. -- Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. N.Damascena is common in gardens. N.sativa furnishes the fennel se…

The name given to Europeans by the Hindos. [Written also Feringhee.]

The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. Fiddler crab. (Zoöl.) See Fiddler, n., 2.

The European garden warbler (Sylvia, or Currica, hortensis); -- called also beccafico and greater pettychaps.

A small European kinglet (Regulus ignicapillus), having a bright red crest; -- called also fire-crested wren.

A European sting ray of the genus Trygon (T. pastinaca); -- called also fireflare and fiery flaw.

The European band fish (Cepola rubescens).

The European redstart; -- called also fireflirt. [prov. Eng.]

The European polecat; also, its fur.

The European polecat (Putorius foetidus). See Polecat.

as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.

See Flipper. "The flapper of a porpoise." Buckley. Flapper skate (Zoöl.), a European skate (Raia intermedia).

The European red-backed shrile (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.

A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.

seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from flowerless plants. -- Flowering rush, a European rushlike plant (Butomus umbellatus), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.

A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard.