Black-gnat
a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
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petroleum.
- Black-gram
See under gram2 . (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle. any of several other beans, as the mung bean, Vigna radiata (green gram or golden gram) or the urd, V. mungo (black gram) a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for […]
- Black-grouse
a large grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, of Europe and western Asia, the male of which is black, the female mottled gray and brown. noun Also called black game. a large N European grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, the male of which has a bluish-black plumage and lyre-shaped tail a related and similar species, Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi, of W Asia
- Blackguard
a low, contemptible person; scoundrel. Obsolete. a group of menial workers in the kitchen of a large household. the servants of an army. camp followers. to revile in scurrilous language. Historical Examples The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade Four Young Explorers Oliver Optic Twos and Threes G. B. Stern Carmen Prosper Merimee The Climbers […]
- Black-guillemot
See under guillemot (def 1). a black or brown-speckled seabird of the genus Cepphus, of northern seas, having a sharply pointed black bill, red legs, and white wing patches, as C. grylle (black guillemot) of the North Atlantic and the similar C. columba (pigeon guillemot) of the North Pacific. British. a murre of the genus […]