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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.

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- 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 London is a ceremonial county of England that makes up the majority of the London region. This region forms the administrative boundaries of London...
- The greater omentum (also the great omentum, omentum majus, gastrocolic omentum, epiploon, or, especially in animals, caul) is a large apron-like fold...
- The greater trochanter of the femur is a large, irregular, quadrilateral eminence and a part of the skeletal system. It is directed lateral and medially...
- Greater Noida City is a city with a po****tion in excess of 100,000, located in the Gautam Budh Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The...
- Greater Bridgeport is the metropolitan area centered on the city of Bridgeport in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The area is located in Southwestern Connecticut...
- "Greater China" is a controversial term which was firstly described by some Chinese scholars to encomp****es mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and...
- Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a po****tion of 2.8 million; the third largest in...
- Coordinates: 21°59′N 79°02′W / 21.983°N 79.033°W / 21.983; -79.033 The Greater Antilles (Spanish: Grandes Antillas; French: Grandes Antilles Haitian Creole:...
- Greater Montreal is the most populous metropolitan area in Quebec and the second most populous in Canada after Greater Toronto. In 2015, Statistics Canada...
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