a low iris, Iris cristata, of the eastern and central U.S., having faintly fragrant, yellow-crested, lilac-dotted flowers.
noun 1. See under . [awk-lit] /ˈɔk lɪt/ noun 1. any of several small of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes. /ˈɔːklɪt/ noun 1. any of various small auks of the genera Aethia and Ptychoramphus
noun 1. . noun 1. a long-tailed iguanid lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, of arid areas in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, having a row of enlarged scales down the back.
noun 1. . noun 1. any of several birds of the family Hemiprocnidae, of southeast Asia and the East Indies, related to the true swifts but differing in having erectile crests and the habit of perching in trees.
- Crested tit
noun 1. a small European songbird, Parus cristatus, that has a greyish-brown plumage with a prominent speckled black-and-white crest: family Paridae (tits)