mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
common kingsnake
Noun
widespread in United States except northern regions
checkered adder
Noun
nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot
common garter snake
Noun
a garter snake that is widespread in North America
cynodont
Noun
small carnivorous reptiles
ceratosaur
Noun
primitive medium-sized theropod
ceratosaurus
Noun
primitive medium-sized theropod
coelophysis
Noun
one of the oldest known dinosaurs
cere
Noun
the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds
cere
Verb
to wrap up in a cerecloth
carcase
Noun
the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
carcass
Noun
the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
carrion
Noun
the dead and rotting body of an animal
common viper
Noun
small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
chelicera
Noun
either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid
cerastes
Noun
highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
copperhead
Noun
venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
copperhead
Noun
common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
cobra
Noun
venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
cottonmouth
Noun
venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
cottonmouth moccasin
Noun
venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
constrictor
Noun
any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
canebrake rattlesnake
Noun
southern variety
canebrake rattler
Noun
southern variety
carpet snake
Noun
Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back
common water snake
Noun
in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia
coral snake
Noun
any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white
coral snake
Noun
any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
comb-footed spider
Noun
spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot
capercailzie
Noun
large black Old World grouse
cochin
Noun
Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs
cochin china
Noun
Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs
chick
Noun
young bird especially of domestic fowl
chick
Noun
informal terms for a (young) woman
cockscomb
Noun
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
cockscomb
Noun
a cap worn by court jesters
cockscomb
Noun
a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
cockscomb
Noun
garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
coxcomb
Noun
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
coxcomb
Noun
a cap worn by court jesters
coxcomb
Noun
a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
cockerel
Noun
a young domestic cock
capon
Noun
castrated male chicken
capon
Noun
flesh of a castrated male chicken
centipede
Noun
chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
curassow
Noun
large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails
chigger
Noun
larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
chigger
Noun
small tropical flea
chaparral cock
Noun
speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas
columbiform bird
Noun
a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes