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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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- Look up greater in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Greater may refer to: Greatness, the state of being great Greater than, in inequality Greater (film)...
- Greater London is an administrative area in England governed by the Greater London Authority. It is organised into 33 local government districts: the...
- Greater Manchester is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England, with a po****tion of 2.8 million, comprising ten metropolitan boroughs:...
- 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...
- 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 Khingan Range or Da Hinggan Range (simplified Chinese: 大兴安岭; traditional Chinese: 大興安嶺; pinyin: Dà Xīng'ān Lǐng; IPA: [tâ ɕíŋ.án.lìŋ])...
- Greater Khorāsān, or Khorāsān (Middle Persian: Xwarāsān; Persian: خراسان [xoɾɒːˈsɒːn] (listen)), is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plateau...
- The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. It is found in Africa, the Indian subcontinent...
- Greater China is an informal geographical area that shares commercial and cultural ties with the Han Chinese people. The notion of "Greater China" refers...
- Greater Noida is a planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city was created as an extension to...