Meanings

compact galaxy

Suez Canal

Seyfert galaxy

river engineering

Milky Way

rock dove (Columba livia)

crescentic lake

river dolphin

bush pig

waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear

starry toado (pufferfish)

to try a different venue (for drinking, socializing, etc.)

hooking backward counter throw

glacial lake

large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)

pale chub (Zacco platypus)

Artemisia apiacea (species of artemisia)

pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Yellow River (China)