| greater | (adj) greater in size or importance or degree, Ant. lesser, Example: for the greater good of the community; the greater Antilles |
| greater antilles | (n) a group of islands in the western West Indies |
| greater butterfly orchid | (n) south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria, Syn. Habenaria chlorantha, Platanthera chlorantha |
| greater kudu | (n) a variety of kudu, Syn. Tragelaphus strepsiceros |
| greater masterwort | (n) European herb with aromatic roots and leaves in a basal tuft and showy compound umbels of white to rosy flowers, Syn. Astrantia major |
| greater new orleans bridge | (n) twin cantilever bridges across the Mississippi at New Orleans |
| greater omentum | (n) part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines, Syn. caul, gastrocolic omentum |
| greater pichiciego | (n) of southern South America, Syn. Burmeisteria retusa |
| greater prairie chicken | (n) the most common variety of prairie chicken, Syn. Tympanuchus cupido |
| greater scaup | (n) large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male, Syn. Aythya marila |
