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Greater Bairam
Bairam Bai*ram", n. [Turk. ba["i]r[=a]m.] Either of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one (the Lesser Bairam) is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other (the Greater Bairam) seventy days after the fast.
greater Ionic
Ionic I*on"ic, n. 1. (Pros.) (a) A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called the greater Ionic; or two short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a spondee, in which case it is called the smaller Ionic. (b) A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet. 2. The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic. 3. (Print.) Ionic type.
greater pettychaps
Pigpecker Pig"peck`er, n. (Zo["o]l.) The European garden warbler (Sylvia, or Currica, hortensis); -- called also beccafico and greater pettychaps.
greater plover
Greenshank Green"shank`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.
greater redpoll
Linnet Lin"net (l[i^]n"n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[=i]netwige, fr. AS. l[=i]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See Linen.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite. Green linnet (Zo["o]l.), the European green finch.

Meaning of Greater from wikipedia

- Greater may refer to: Greatness, the state of being great Greater than, in inequality In terms of geography and politics it is used in referring to a...
- Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a po****tion of 2,798,800. It encomp****es one of the largest metropolitan areas...
- Greater London is a region (conurbation) of England which forms the administrative boundaries of London, as well as a county for the purposes of the lieutenancies...
- The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea: Cuba, Hispaniola (containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto...
- The Cleveland metropolitan area, or Greater Cleveland as it is more commonly known, is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Cleveland in Northeast...
- The greater-than sign is a mathematical symbol that denotes an inequality between two values. The widely adopted form of two equal-length strokes connecting...
- The greater trochanter (great trochanter) of the femur is a large, irregular, quadrilateral eminence and a part of the skeletal system. It is directed...
- Greater St. Louis is a multi-state metropolitan area that completely surrounds and includes the independent city of St. Louis (its prin****l city). It...
- The greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californi****) is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, from Southwestern United States and Mexico. The...
- Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encomp****ing the muni****lity of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of M****achusetts, and...
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