falculate

en-adj

falculate (comparative more falculate, superlative most falculate)

more falculate (comparative)
most falculate (superlative)

falculate scales

falculate nails

(zoology, archaic) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.


monógamo

pt-adj

monógamo (feminine monógama, masculine plural monógamos, feminine plural monógamas)

monógama (feminine)
monógamos (masculine plural)
monógamas (feminine plural)

(zoology) monogamous (having only one sexual partner at a time)


monógamo

Borrowed from Medieval Latin monogamus, from Ancient Greek μονόγαμος (monógamos, “marrying only once”).


ametabolian

(zoology) Of or pertaining to insects that do not undergo metamorphosis

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ametabola (Apterygota)


semipupa

(zoology) An insect in an early stage of being a pupa, after being a larva.


didelphid

(zoology) A member of Didelphidae; opossum


scolopendrine

en-adj

scolopendrine (comparative more scolopendrine, superlative most scolopendrine)

more scolopendrine (comparative)
most scolopendrine (superlative)

(zoology, archaic) Belonging to, or pertaining to the Scolopendra, a genus of centipedes.


perisarc

From peri- + Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”).

(zoology) The outer hardened integument that covers most hydrozoan coelenterates


retineum

(archaic, zoology) Part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.


trichopterous

trichopterous (comparative more trichopterous, superlative most trichopterous)

more trichopterous (comparative)
most trichopterous (superlative)

(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing the Trichoptera.


tricurvate

a tricurvate spicule

a tricurvate ridge

(zoology, dated) Curved in three directions.


haustellate

(zoology) Having a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.


pulmoniferous

From Latin pulmo, pulmonis (“a lung”) + -ferous.

pulmoniferous mollusc

(zoology, archaic) Having lungs; pulmonate.


acelom

(zoology) The absence of a celom, as in flatworms


prescutum

(zoology) The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect


pseudopupa

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudopupa.wav

(zoology) A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects.


phyllobranchia

(zoology) A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.


terebratulid

(zoology) A brachiopod of the order Terebratulida, having a short pedicle and a calcareous loop supporting the tentacles.


tenderling

(zoology) One of the first antlers of a deer.


alitrunk

From Latin ala (“wing”) + truncus (“trunk”).

Alitrunk of Cossus ligniperda

1818, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction To Entomology: Or, Elements Of The Natural History Of Insects:

(zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.


basicerite

From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ite.

He considers the characters of the external antennae, particularly of their second joint (basicerite) of paramount importance[…]

1863 April, Wm. Stimpson, M. D., “On the Classification of the Brachyura, and on the Homologies of the Antennary Joints in Decapod Crustaceans”, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 3), volume 11, number 64:

One of the major distinguishing features between A. barbara and A. clamator, the presence of a spine on the basicerite of the second antenna in the latter species, is inconsistent.

1990, Mark K. Wicksten, “On the status of Alpheus barbara Lockington (Crustacea: Caridea: Alphedidae)”, in Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, volume 103, number 1:

(zoology) The second joint of the antennae of crustaceans. [from 19th c.]


capreoline

From Latin capreolus (“wild goat”), from caper (“goat”).

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the subfamily Capreolinae.


capreoline

Among the capreolines can be counted the roe deer, the moose, the reindeer and most American deer species (with the notable exception of the elk).

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 106:

(zoology) A member of the deer subfamily Capreolinae.


laciniato

it-adj

laciniato (feminine laciniata, masculine plural laciniati, feminine plural laciniate)

laciniata (feminine)
laciniati (masculine plural)
laciniate (feminine plural)


megalops

(zoology) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large.


แพะ

→ Northern Thai: ᨻᩯᩡ

→ Lao: ແພະ (phæ)

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *bəɓeʔ (“goat”), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Khmer ពពែ (pɔɔpɔpɛɛ), Mon ဗ္ၜေံ, Nyah Kur แพะ, Chong แพ่ะ, Tày bẻ.


lacertiloid

en-adj

lacertiloid (comparative more lacertiloid, superlative most lacertiloid)

more lacertiloid (comparative)
most lacertiloid (superlative)

(archaic, zoology) Resembling or belonging to the Lacertilia.


arachnidan

(zoology, archaic) arachnid (any of the Arachnida).


trochantine

(zoology) The second joint of the leg of an insect, often united with the coxa.


geneta

Possibly from genet, or borrowed directly from Arabic.


subbreed

(zoology) A race or strain having different characteristics from others in the same breed.


achatina

(zoology) Any of the snails of the genus Achatina.


veliger

(zoology) The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.


pectinibranchiate

From Latin pecten (“comb”), pectinis (“comb”) + English branchiate.

(zoology, archaic) Having pectinated gills.


spatangoid

The enlarged rear interambulacrum on the oral side of holasteroids and spatangoids is known as the plastron.

1983, Ulrich Lehmann, Fossil Invertebrates, page 292:

Spatangoids constitute a monophyletic group of heart urchins that appears in the early Cretaceous (145 M.Y. ago) and ranges to the Recent.

2003, Gunther J. Eble, “Developmental Morphospaces and Evolution”, in James P. Crutchfield, Peter Schuster, editors, Evolutionary Dynamics, page 47:

Oval tests with specific ventral morphology for efficient burrowing allowed spatangoids to burrow deeply in sand to avoid gastropod predation.

2010, Kenichi Kanazawa, “Adaptive evolution in Cenozoic spatangoid echinoids”, in Mike Reich, Joachim Reitner, Vanessa Roden, Ben Thuy, editors, Echinoderm Research 2010: 7th European Conference on Echinoderms, Göttingen, page 61:

(zoology) Any echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, of heart urchins.


myophan

From myo- + the root of Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to show”) (for unclear reasons).


endochrome

en-noun

endochrome (countable and uncountable, plural endochromes)

(zoology) The coloured endoplasm of a cell.


trichiuriform

en-adj

trichiuriform (comparative more trichiuriform, superlative most trichiuriform)

more trichiuriform (comparative)
most trichiuriform (superlative)

(zoology, rare) Like or pertaining to the genus Trichiurus or family Trichiuridae, comprising the scabbardfishes and hairtails.


väliseinä

väliseinä (nominative singular)
väliseinät (nominative plural)
väliseinä (accusative nominative singular)
väliseinät (accusative nominative plural)
väliseinän (accusative genitive singular)
väliseinät (accusative genitive plural)
väliseinän (genitive singular)
väliseinien (genitive plural)
väliseinäin (genitive plural rare)
väliseinää (partitive singular)
väliseiniä (partitive plural)
väliseinässä (inessive singular)
väliseinissä (inessive plural)
väliseinästä (elative singular)
väliseinistä (elative plural)
väliseinään (illative singular)
väliseiniin (illative plural)
väliseinällä (adessive singular)
väliseinillä (adessive plural)
väliseinältä (ablative singular)
väliseiniltä (ablative plural)
väliseinälle (allative singular)
väliseinille (allative plural)
väliseinänä (essive singular)
väliseininä (essive plural)
väliseinäksi (singular translative)
väliseiniksi (plural translative)
väliseinättä (abessive singular)
väliseinittä (abessive plural)
väliseinin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
väliseinäni (nominative singular)
väliseinäni (nominative plural)
väliseinäni (accusative nominative singular)
väliseinäni (accusative nominative plural)
väliseinäni (accusative genitive singular)
väliseinäni (accusative genitive plural)
väliseinäni (genitive singular)
väliseinieni (genitive plural)
väliseinäini (genitive plural rare)
väliseinääni (partitive singular)
väliseiniäni (partitive plural)
väliseinässäni (inessive singular)
väliseinissäni (inessive plural)
väliseinästäni (elative singular)
väliseinistäni (elative plural)
väliseinääni (illative singular)
väliseiniini (illative plural)
väliseinälläni (adessive singular)
väliseinilläni (adessive plural)
väliseinältäni (ablative singular)
väliseiniltäni (ablative plural)
väliseinälleni (allative singular)
väliseinilleni (allative plural)
väliseinänäni (essive singular)
väliseininäni (essive plural)
väliseinäkseni (singular translative)
väliseinikseni (plural translative)
väliseinättäni (abessive singular)
väliseinittäni (abessive plural)
väliseinineni (comitative plural)
väliseinäsi (nominative singular)
väliseinäsi (nominative plural)
väliseinäsi (accusative nominative singular)
väliseinäsi (accusative nominative plural)
väliseinäsi (accusative genitive singular)
väliseinäsi (accusative genitive plural)
väliseinäsi (genitive singular)
väliseiniesi (genitive plural)
väliseinäisi (genitive plural rare)
väliseinääsi (partitive singular)
väliseiniäsi (partitive plural)
väliseinässäsi (inessive singular)
väliseinissäsi (inessive plural)
väliseinästäsi (elative singular)
väliseinistäsi (elative plural)
väliseinääsi (illative singular)
väliseiniisi (illative plural)
väliseinälläsi (adessive singular)
väliseinilläsi (adessive plural)
väliseinältäsi (ablative singular)
väliseiniltäsi (ablative plural)
väliseinällesi (allative singular)
väliseinillesi (allative plural)
väliseinänäsi (essive singular)
väliseininäsi (essive plural)
väliseinäksesi (singular translative)
väliseiniksesi (plural translative)
väliseinättäsi (abessive singular)
väliseinittäsi (abessive plural)
väliseininesi (comitative plural)
väliseinämme (nominative singular)
väliseinämme (nominative plural)
väliseinämme (accusative nominative singular)
väliseinämme (accusative nominative plural)
väliseinämme (accusative genitive singular)
väliseinämme (accusative genitive plural)
väliseinämme (genitive singular)
väliseiniemme (genitive plural)
väliseinäimme (genitive plural rare)
väliseinäämme (partitive singular)
väliseiniämme (partitive plural)
väliseinässämme (inessive singular)
väliseinissämme (inessive plural)
väliseinästämme (elative singular)
väliseinistämme (elative plural)
väliseinäämme (illative singular)
väliseiniimme (illative plural)
väliseinällämme (adessive singular)
väliseinillämme (adessive plural)
väliseinältämme (ablative singular)
väliseiniltämme (ablative plural)
väliseinällemme (allative singular)
väliseinillemme (allative plural)
väliseinänämme (essive singular)
väliseininämme (essive plural)
väliseinäksemme (singular translative)
väliseiniksemme (plural translative)
väliseinättämme (abessive singular)
väliseinittämme (abessive plural)
väliseininemme (comitative plural)
väliseinänne (nominative singular)
väliseinänne (nominative plural)
väliseinänne (accusative nominative singular)
väliseinänne (accusative nominative plural)
väliseinänne (accusative genitive singular)
väliseinänne (accusative genitive plural)
väliseinänne (genitive singular)
väliseinienne (genitive plural)
väliseinäinne (genitive plural rare)
väliseinäänne (partitive singular)
väliseiniänne (partitive plural)
väliseinässänne (inessive singular)
väliseinissänne (inessive plural)
väliseinästänne (elative singular)
väliseinistänne (elative plural)
väliseinäänne (illative singular)
väliseiniinne (illative plural)
väliseinällänne (adessive singular)
väliseinillänne (adessive plural)
väliseinältänne (ablative singular)
väliseiniltänne (ablative plural)
väliseinällenne (allative singular)
väliseinillenne (allative plural)
väliseinänänne (essive singular)
väliseininänne (essive plural)
väliseinäksenne (singular translative)
väliseiniksenne (plural translative)
väliseinättänne (abessive singular)
väliseinittänne (abessive plural)
väliseininenne (comitative plural)
väliseinänsä (nominative singular)
väliseinänsä (nominative plural)
väliseinänsä (accusative nominative singular)
väliseinänsä (accusative nominative plural)
väliseinänsä (accusative genitive singular)
väliseinänsä (accusative genitive plural)
väliseinänsä (genitive singular)
väliseiniensä (genitive plural)
väliseinäinsä (genitive plural rare)
väliseinäänsä (partitive singular)
väliseiniään (partitive plural)
väliseiniänsä (partitive plural)
väliseinässään (inessive singular)
väliseinässänsä (inessive singular)
väliseinissään (inessive plural)
väliseinissänsä (inessive plural)
väliseinästään (elative singular)
väliseinästänsä (elative singular)
väliseinistään (elative plural)
väliseinistänsä (elative plural)
väliseinäänsä (illative singular)
väliseiniinsä (illative plural)
väliseinällään (adessive singular)
väliseinällänsä (adessive singular)
väliseinillään (adessive plural)
väliseinillänsä (adessive plural)
väliseinältään (ablative singular)
väliseinältänsä (ablative singular)
väliseiniltään (ablative plural)
väliseiniltänsä (ablative plural)
väliseinälleen (allative singular)
väliseinällensä (allative singular)
väliseinilleen (allative plural)
väliseinillensä (allative plural)
väliseinänään (essive singular)
väliseinänänsä (essive singular)
väliseininään (essive plural)
väliseininänsä (essive plural)
väliseinäkseen (singular translative)
väliseinäksensä (singular translative)
väliseinikseen (plural translative)
väliseiniksensä (plural translative)
väliseinättään (abessive singular)
väliseinättänsä (abessive singular)
väliseinittään (abessive plural)
väliseinittänsä (abessive plural)
väliseinineen (comitative plural)
väliseininensä (comitative plural)

[ˈʋæliˌs̠e̞i̯næ]

nenän väliseinä: nasal septum

sydämen kammioiden väliseinä: interventricular septum

(anatomy, zoology, mycology, botany) septum


podotheca

Unlike the sheath of the bill, the podotheca is never simple and continuous, being divided and subdivided in various ways.

1903, Elliott Coues, Key to North American Birds:

The character of the tarsal podotheca is a useful generic character but too variable to use in delimiting the subfamilies .

1912, Joel Asaph Allen, Historical and Nomenclatorial Notes on North American Sheep, page 262:

In different kinds of birds, the podotheca begins on the tibiotarsus (shank), on the ankle, or at some more distal level; it extends to the tips of the toes.

2013, Donald S. Farner, James R. King, Avian Biology: Volume II, page 47:

(zoology) The scaly or skin covering of the foot of a bird or animal.


panorpid

(zoology) Any in the family Panorpidae of scorpionflies.


lamellirostral

Ducks and geese are lamellirostral.

For example, the shape of the horn can be like a comb or the moon, and the shape of the head can be acutilingual or lamellirostral.

2021, Jianwei Zhang, Stefan Wermter, Fuchun Sun, Cross-Modal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction, page 2101:


mastigopod

After swimming about for a while, these mastigopods draw in their flagella, and become creeping myxopods.

1888, Thomas Henry Huxley, A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals, page 77:

(zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).


erectopatent

(zoology) Standing partially spread and erect; said of the wings of certain insects.


spiculigenous

(zoology, rare) Producing or containing spicules.


lepidosiren

From lepido- + Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn, “Siren”).


bešika

bèšika (canonical feminine)
бѐшика (Cyrillic)

Borrowed from Romanian bășică, from Italian vescica, from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

(zoology) a flexible sac in fish that can expand and contract and that holds air; swimming bladder


propodite

(zoology) The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean, usually the penultimate joint.

The arrangement of the propodite muscles in the carpopodite is very similar to that of the carpopodite muscles within the meropodite.

1959, “White Shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico”, in Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, volume 59, page 103:

(zoology) One of the muscles responsible for moving the propodite.


postfurca

From Late Latin post (“behind”) + furca (“a fork”).

(zoology) One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect


ephemeran

(zoology) Any mayfly of the genus Ephemera


paliform

paliform (comparative more paliform, superlative most paliform)

more paliform (comparative)
most paliform (superlative)

the paliform lobes of the septa in corals


бешика

бѐшика (canonical feminine)
bèšika (romanization)


coast rat

(zoology) A small South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), that builds extensive burrows.


pescada

Merlangius merlangus
Merlangius merlangus#Translingual

(zoology) whiting (Merlangius merlangus)


subumbonal

(zoology) Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell.


androphore

(zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.


infusory

(zoology, obsolete) One of the Infusoria.


myrmicine

The discovery of tandem calling with pheromones in Leptothorax throws considerable light on the evolution of chemical recruitment techniques in myrmicine ants generally.

1990, Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson, The Ants, page 274:

The chemistry of the myrmicine genus Solenopsis is so aberrant that it reduces generalizations about ant venoms to the absurd.

2012, Murry Blum, Chemical Defenses of Arthropods, page 329:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae.

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the ant genus Myrmica.


myrmicine

Subfamily Myrmicinae
[…]Species of myrmicines are most likely to be confused with species of Leptanilla or Tetraponera because of the two-segmented petiole.

1999, Steven O. Shattuck, Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification, volume 3, page 122:

The other dominant ant subfamilies were also present but with lesser importance (fig. 1.4). Toward the end of the ponerine expansion (Early Eocene), the myrmicines began to radiate, surpassing the ponerines in biomass and diversity.

2007, Victor Rico-Gray, Paulo S. Oliveira, The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions, page 12:

The pseudomyrmecines can only be mistaken for myrmicines, but in the former there is always a fully developed promesonotal suture that is fully articulated and flexible in fresh specimens—a character that is always absent from myrmicines.

2016, Brian L. Fisher, Barry Bolton, Ants of Africa and Madagascar: A Guide to the Genera, page 56:

(zoology) Any ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae.


terebratuliform

terebratuliform (comparative more terebratuliform, superlative most terebratuliform)

more terebratuliform (comparative)
most terebratuliform (superlative)

terebratuliform loop

terebratuliform shell

(archaic, zoology) Having the general form of a terebratula shell.


petauristid

(zoology) Any member of the genus Petaurista, including some flying squirrels.


انتشار

ar-noun

اِنْتِشَار • (intišār) m

اِنْتِشَار (canonical)
intišār (romanization)
اِنْتِشَار (indefinite informal singular triptote)
الِانْتِشَار (definite informal singular triptote)
اِنْتِشَار (construct informal singular triptote)
اِنْتِشَارٌ (indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الِانْتِشَارُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
اِنْتِشَارُ (construct nominative singular triptote)
اِنْتِشَارًا (accusative indefinite singular triptote)
الِانْتِشَارَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
اِنْتِشَارَ (accusative construct singular triptote)
اِنْتِشَارٍ (genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الِانْتِشَارِ (definite genitive singular triptote)
اِنْتِشَارِ (construct genitive singular triptote)

→ Azerbaijani: intişar

→ Persian: انتشار (entešâr)

→ Ottoman Turkish: انتشار (intişar)

Turkish: intişar

(obsolete, veterinary medicine) the swelling or inflammation of a tendon


paramécie

→ Persian: پارامسی (pârâmesi)


phalangerid

Orbital orientation in the slow-moving phalangerid Phalanger maculatus is more primate-like than in other phalangerids, including Pseudocheirus lemuroides, one of the most acrobatic of arboreal marsupials.

1972, Matt Cartmill, “4: Arboreal Adaptations and the Origin of Order Primates”, in Russell Tuttle, editor, The Functional and Evolutionary Biology of Primates, published 2009, page 112:

One of these species, Phalanger gymnotis (ground cuscus), is reported to be the most frugivorous of the eight New Guinean phalangerid species, and is perhaps the most frugivorous of all phalangerids.

1999, Ian D. Hume, Marsupial Nutrition, page 202:

Phalangerids are predominantly herbivorous, and some prefer leaves, whereas others eat more fruit, flowers, or grasses.

2010, Peter S. Ungar, Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity, page 139:

(zoology) Any of the nocturnal marsupials of family Phalangeridae, which includes cuscuses and brushtail possums.


sfrascare

it-verb

sfrascàre (first-person singular present sfràsco, first-person singular past historic sfrascài, past participle sfrascàto, auxiliary avére)

sfrascàre (canonical)
sfràsco (first-person present singular)
sfrascài (first-person historic past singular)
sfrascàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
sfrascàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
sfrascàndo (gerund)
sfrascànte (participle present)
sfrascàto (participle past)
sfràsco (first-person indicative present singular)
sfràschi (indicative present second-person singular)
sfràsca (indicative present singular third-person)
sfraschiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
sfrascàte (indicative plural present second-person)
sfràscano (indicative plural present third-person)
sfrascàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sfrascàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sfrascàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sfrascavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sfrascavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sfrascàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sfrascài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sfrascàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
sfrascò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sfrascàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
sfrascàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
sfrascàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
sfrascherò (first-person future indicative singular)
sfrascherài (future indicative second-person singular)
sfrascherà (future indicative singular third-person)
sfrascherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
sfrascheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
sfrascherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
sfrascherèi (conditional first-person present singular)
sfrascherésti (conditional present second-person singular)
sfrascherèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
sfrascherébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
sfrascherémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
sfrascheréste (conditional plural present second-person)
sfrascherèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
sfrascherébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
sfràschi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sfràschi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sfràschi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sfraschiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sfraschiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sfràschino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sfrascàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sfrascàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sfrascàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sfrascàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sfrascàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sfrascàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sfràsca (imperative second-person singular)
sfràschi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sfraschiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
sfrascàte (imperative plural second-person)
sfràschino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
sfrascàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
sfràschi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sfraschiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
sfrascàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
sfràschino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, zoology, rare) to jump from branch to branch, with associated noise (of a bird, etc.) [auxiliary avere]


trachelipodous

/ˌtɹækəˈlɪpədəs/

(zoology, obsolete) of or pertaining to the molluscs of the former order Trachelipoda, that have their foot attached to the neck.


laminiplantar

From lamina + Latin planta (“sole of the foot”).

(archaic, zoology) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most songbirds.


pilidium

From Ancient Greek πῑλίδιον (pīlídion, “little cap”), diminutive of πῖλος (pîlos), probably influenced by other formations in -idium, like miracidium, planidium, and coracidium.

der

(zoology) The free-swimming, hat-shaped larva of certain nemertean worms. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm develops in its interior.


pilidium

(zoology) pelagic larva of certain nemertean worms


aphidophagous

Some beetles of the family Coccinellidae are aphidophagous.


coenobium

en-noun

coenobium (plural coenobiums or coenobia)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin coenobium (“cloister, convent; monastery”), from Koine Greek κοινόβιον (koinóbion, “life in community; monastery”), the neuter form of κοινόβιος (koinóbios, “communal living”), from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common, shared”) + βίος (bíos, “life”). Doublet of coenoby.
The plural form coenobia is borrowed from Late Latin coenobia.

der

The Radiolaria are marine rhizopods, whose unicellular body always consists of two parts,— […] The individuals are usually single: in only a small minority are the unicellular organisms united in colonies or caenobia.

1887 June 17, “Challenger Report”, in Science.—Supplement, volume IX, number 228, New York, N.Y.: The Science Company, →OCLC, page 596, column 2:

eutely Phenomenon exhibited by a few phyla, notably nematodes, where all individuals have the same number of cells (or nuclei in a coenobium).

2007, “eutely”, in J. M. Lackie, editor, The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology, 4th edition, Burlington, Mass.: Academic Press, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 151, column 1:

(zoology) A colony of unicellular organisms (such as protozoa) which acts as a single organism.

kenobio

colony of unicellular organisms which acts as a single organism


petiolated

a petiolated leaf

the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera


-zoo

es-noun

-zoo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -zoos)

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).


ocypodian

(zoology, archaic) A member of the crab family Ocypodidae.


ectocyst

(zoology) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.


phytozoon

From phyto- + zoon, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek.

(zoology) A plant-like animal; a zoophyte.


monotocous

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) + τόκος (tókos).

(zoology) Laying a single egg; uniparous.


phylactocarp

From Ancient Greek φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”) + -carp.

(zoology) A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.


trichopter

(zoology) One of the Trichoptera; a caddis fly.


protonym

The protonym of Macroscyphus appears to be Nees von Esenbeck's (1817) [genus] Peziza ...

1968, Mien A. Rifai, The Australasian Pezizales in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew:

Protonyms form the name for later revised opinions on a taxon concept as implicitly or explicitly circumscribed in a subsequent publication...

2005, Bertram Ludäscher, Louiqa Raschid, Data integration in the life sciences:

(zoology, taxonomy) The first legitimate name of a taxon, on which the currently accepted name is based.


siofónach

head

siofónach (genitive singular masculine siofónaigh, genitive singular feminine siofónaí, plural siofónacha, not comparable)

siofónaigh (genitive masculine singular)
siofónaí (feminine genitive singular)
siofónacha (plural)
nominative (positive)
siofónach (masculine singular)
siofónach
shiofónach
tsiofónach


physeter

(zoology) A member of the genus Physeter; a sperm whale.


curculionidous

(zoology, dated) Relating to the weevil family Curculionidae.


hydriform

en-adj

hydriform (comparative more hydriform, superlative most hydriform)

more hydriform (comparative)
most hydriform (superlative)

(zoology) Having the form or structure of a hydra.


actinozoal

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the obsolete class of animals, Actinozoa.


fissurella

(zoology) Any of the genus Fissurella of marine gastropod mollusks.


mystacal

From Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax, “moustache”), whence also moustache.

der

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the upper lip, or moustache.


porpita

(zoology) A marine organism, Porpita porpita, the blue button.


hirtellous

en-adj

hirtellous (comparative more hirtellous, superlative most hirtellous)

more hirtellous (comparative)
most hirtellous (superlative)

Diminutive from Latin hirtus (“hairy”), with -ous.


pseudoheart

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(zoology) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates that is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.


acraspeda

It may be that the pelagic habit of the acraspeda is secondary, and while the polyps, the craspedota and the acraspeda have unquestionably had a common starting point in a free pelagic ancestor, it is quite possible that […]

1893, William Keith Brooks, Salpa in Its Relation to the Evolution of Life, page 202:

(zoology) A group of acalephs that includes most of the larger jellyfish


noctilionid

(zoology) A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, with cheek pouches and large incisor teeth; a bulldog bat.


ascidiozooid

(zoology) One of the individual members of a compound ascidian.


obomegoid

obomegoid (comparative more obomegoid, superlative most obomegoid)

more obomegoid (comparative)
most obomegoid (superlative)


reptatory

(zoology, obsolete, rare) Crawling, creeping.


homogangliate

(zoology, archaic) Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates.


larviform

larviform (comparative more larviform, superlative most larviform)

more larviform (comparative)
most larviform (superlative)

(zoology) Having the shape or structure of a larva


psorosperm

(zoology, obsolete) A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarinae, in the pseudonavicula stage.


pterylography

en-noun

pterylography (usually uncountable, plural pterylographies)

(zoology) The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or of the pterylae, of birds.


psalterial

psalterial aperture

psalterial fibre

psalterial cords

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the psalterium.


squamigerous

en-adj

squamigerous (comparative more squamigerous, superlative most squamigerous)

more squamigerous (comparative)
most squamigerous (superlative)

From Latin squamiger; squama (“a scale”) + gerere (“to bear”).

Can it be possible that silver is to be trodden down by the feet and claws of gold-bugs, flattened by the Kanchulla of money-devils or swallowed by the squamigerous hydra of Wall Street?

1897 May 13, “Run Here, Somebody”, in The Montgomery Advertiser, volume LXVII (old series) / XXXII (new series), number 291, Montgomery, Ala.: The Advertiser Co., →OCLC, page 4, column 2:


peritreme

(zoology) That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles.

(zoology) The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.


mesomyodous

(zoology, rare) Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.


fringilline

(zoology) Pertaining to the family Fringillidae, the true finches.


siringe

Borrowed from Latin sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx). Doublet of seringa.

(zoology) syrinx (sound-producing organ, in birds, which is found at the lower end of the trachea)


trichiuroid

trichiuroid (comparative more trichiuroid, superlative most trichiuroid)

more trichiuroid (comparative)
most trichiuroid (superlative)

(zoology) Of, like, or pertaining to Trichiurus.


epicranium

(zoology) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.


haliotoid

haliotoid (comparative more haliotoid, superlative most haliotoid)

more haliotoid (comparative)
most haliotoid (superlative)

(zoology, archaic) Belonging to the genus Haliotis.


solipede

(zoology, obsolete) A mammal having a single hoof on each foot; a solidungulate.


auchenium

(zoology) The posterior portion of the neck in birds.


multicarinate

multicarinate (comparative more multicarinate, superlative most multicarinate)

more multicarinate (comparative)
most multicarinate (superlative)

multicarinate mollusc shells

multicarinate scales

(zoology) Many-keeled; having many keel-like ridges


cryptobranchiate

cryptobranchiate (comparative more cryptobranchiate, superlative most cryptobranchiate)

more cryptobranchiate (comparative)
most cryptobranchiate (superlative)

(zoology) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.


ganoid

Ancient Greek γάνος (gános, “brightness, sheen”) + -oid

uder

(zoology) One of the Ganoidei, a disused taxonomic grouping of fishes, including the bowfin, gars, and sturgeons.


parapterum

From New Latin parapteron. See para-, and pteron.

(zoology) In certain insects, a parapteron

(zoology) In birds, the scapular and adjoining feathers of the wing.


sarcoseptum

(zoology) One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan.


ascidium

From New Latin ascidium, from Ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον (askídion), from ἀσκός (askós, “leather bag”) + -ιδιον (-idion, “diminutive ending”).

(zoology) One of the former genus Ascidium of simple ascidians, which included most of the known species; sometimes used as a name for the family Ascidiidae or for all the Tunicata, or Ascidiacea.


hydrachnid

(zoology) An aquatic mite of the genus Hydrachna or of its relatives in Hydrachnidiae or similar groups.


suprabranchial

(zoology) Situated above the branchiae; applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.


Accipitres

From Latin accipitres, plural of accipiter (“hawk”).

(obsolete, zoology) An obsolete order that includes rapacious birds, and now forms part of the Accipitriformes. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.

Aves in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae#Accipitres


cardueline

(zoology) Belonging to the subfamily Carduelinae of finches.


nematogene

(zoology) Alternative spelling of nematogen


pennigerous

From Latin penniger, from penna (“feather”) + gerere (“to bear”), + -ous.

(zoology, dated) Bearing feathers or quills.


implacental

(zoology, archaic) Not having a placenta (said of e.g. marsupials and monotremes).


implacental

(zoology, archaic) A mammal having no placenta.


tylarus

From New Latin tylarus, from Ancient Greek τυλάριον (tulárion, “cushion”).

der

(zoology) One of the pads on the undersurface of the toes of birds.


tenuirostral

en-adj

tenuirostral (comparative more tenuirostral, superlative most tenuirostral)

more tenuirostral (comparative)
most tenuirostral (superlative)

The tenuirostral birds include the hummingbirds.


truttaceous

truttaceous (comparative more truttaceous, superlative most truttaceous)

more truttaceous (comparative)
most truttaceous (superlative)

Latin trutta (“trout”), Latin tructa. See trout.

(zoology, archaic) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout.


formicaroid

formicaroid (comparative more formicaroid, superlative most formicaroid)

more formicaroid (comparative)
most formicaroid (superlative)

formicaroid bird

(zoology, archaic) Like or pertaining to the family Formiicaridae of antthrushes.


ptenoglossate

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.


ovicell

Moreover, the lepralielliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is entirely calcified though perforated by numerous pseudopores, precludes these species from being affiliated with taxa having a microporelliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is uncalcified.

2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development


pseudorhabdite

(zoology) One of the rod-like corpuscles found in the integument of certain Turbellaria, filled with a soft granular substance.


testicond

From Latin testis (“testis”) + condere (“to hide”).

testicond mammals

Although the testes of some mammals, such as elephants and manatees, are also testicond, in most mammals the testes migrate downward, or descend, as the embryo develops.

2009, Bruce D. Olsen, Understanding Human Anatomy Through Evolution:

(zoology) Having the testicles naturally concealed within the abdomen, such as in the case of the cetaceans.


proscolex

From New Latin proscōlēx, from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) + σκώληξ (skṓlēx).

(zoology) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia.


nectocalyx

(zoology) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.

(zoology) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophorae, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.


rhopalium

From New Latin rhopalium, from Ancient Greek ῥοπαλιον (rhopalion), diminutive of ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club”).

(zoology) One of the small sensory tentacular structures of various jellyfish species.


vermetus

From translingual Vermetus, from Latin vermis (“worm”).

(zoology) Any of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae.


ensate

ensate (comparative more ensate, superlative most ensate)

more ensate (comparative)
most ensate (superlative)

From New Latin ensatus, from Latin ensis (“sword”).

(botany, zoology) Having sword-shaped leaves or appendages.


areolet

Diminutive of Latin areola. See -et, -let.

(zoology) A small enclosed area, especially one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.


placoganoid

(zoology, obsolete) Relating to the Placoganoidei, apparently a synonym of Placodermi.


trochosphere

(zoology) A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia is developed around the anterior end.


tentaculocyst

(zoology) One of the auditory organs of certain medusae.


crinoidal

crinoidal limestone

crinoidal remains

(zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.


spulciatura

(veterinary medicine) removal of fleas, nits etc.


balane

Borrowed from Latin balanus, from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”). Cognate with Catalan bàlan, Italian balano, Portuguese bálano, Spanish bálano.

der

(zoology) barnacle, especially the acorn barnacle


balano

Borrowed from Latin balanus, from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).

(zoology) any crustacean of the Balanus taxonomic genus


syringeal

the syringeal muscle


coronamen

(zoology) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.


gnathite

(zoology) Any of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda.


corneocalcareous

(rare, zoology) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, like some shells and corals.


ganoidal

(zoology, obsolete) Relating or belonging to the ganoids.


infuscated

en-adj

infuscated (comparative more infuscated, superlative most infuscated)

more infuscated (comparative)
most infuscated (superlative)


protocercal

(zoology) Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal.


gradatory

gradatory (comparative more gradatory, superlative most gradatory)

more gradatory (comparative)
most gradatory (superlative)

Under this name we group together a large number of very similar forms; or if dissimilar, forms connected by gradatory specimens

1897, John van Denburgh, The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin:

(zoology) Suitable for walking, or able to walk (said of an animal, especially a bird, or of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land).


zoogonous

(zoology) That gives birth to live offspring (rather than laying eggs)


zoophaga

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) + φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”)

(zoology) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.


petaurine

(zoology) Relating to the possum family Petauridae.


inferobranchiate

(zoology, archaic, said of some mollusks) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.


Bojanus organ

From the name of the discoverer, Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus.

(zoology) A glandular organ of bivalve mollusks, serving in part as a kidney.


syndactyle

(zoology, archaic) Any bird with syndactylous feet.


selachoid

selachoid (comparative more selachoid, superlative most selachoid)

more selachoid (comparative)
most selachoid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling the Selachii (sharks).


spermophore

(zoology) rare spelling of spermatophore


desmognathous

(zoology, obsolete) belonging to a former taxonomic group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), having the maxillopalatine bones united


epithema

From New Latin epithema, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθεμα (epíthema, “lid, cover”).

der

(zoology) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.


curvicaudate

en-adj

curvicaudate (comparative more curvicaudate, superlative most curvicaudate)

more curvicaudate (comparative)
most curvicaudate (superlative)

Latin curvus (“bent”) + English caudate.

(zoology) Having a curved or crooked tail.


branchiomerism

(zoology) The state of being formed of branchiate segments.


branchiogenic

(zoology) That originates in the branchial arches


branchiomere

(zoology) The embryonic structure that develops into the branchial arch


branchiomotor

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the movement of the gills or the muscles of the branchial arches


branchiostegal

Ancient Greek βράγχιον (bránkhion, “gill (used in the plural)”) + στέγω (stégō, “cover”) + -al

uder

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish


branchial arch

en-noun

branchial arch (plural branchial arches)

(zoology, fish anatomy) Any of a series of bony looped structures which support the gills of fish; any of the pharyngeal arches in a fish embryo.

Kiemenbogen

bony looped structure supporting the gills


cercal

From Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + -al. Compare cercus, from the same source but with a divergent meaning.


porcu

Inherited from Latin porcus. Cognate with Italian and Portuguese porco and Corsican and Sardinian porcu.


discina

(zoology) Any member of the brachiopod genus Discina.


formicid

(zoology) Any member of the ant family Formicidae.


endostyle

(zoology) A longitudinal ciliated groove on the ventral wall of the pharynx which produces mucus to gather food particles, found in urochordates and cephalochordates and in the larvae of lampreys.


saurognathous

From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”) + -gnathous.

(zoology) having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers


encephalous

(archaic, zoology, said of mollusks) Having a distinct head.


redmouth

(zoology) Applied to various fishes with a bright red mouth.


mesogastric

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.


ecthoreum

From Ancient Greek ἐκθορέω (ekthoréō, “to leap out”), from θρῴσκω (thrṓiskō, “jump”), + -eum.

der

(zoology) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida.


microsthenic

en-adj

microsthenic (comparative more microsthenic, superlative most microsthenic)

more microsthenic (comparative)
most microsthenic (superlative)

(zoology, archaic, rare) Having a typically small size (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals)


dalatiid

(zoology) Any member of the shark family Dalatiidae.


annulose

annulose (comparative more annulose, superlative most annulose)

more annulose (comparative)
most annulose (superlative)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.


teredo

From Latin terēdō (“woodworm”), from Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn, “wood-worm”). Compare Ancient Greek: τέρην (térēn, “smooth, gentle”).

desc

Meet fell Tᴇʀᴇᴅᴏ, as he mines the keel / With beaked head, and break his lips of steel […].

1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 123:

No timber that would stand the exposure to water as well as the ravages of white ants and the teredo, could be found.

1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 272:

(zoology) A mollusc of the genus Teredo, especially the shipworm, Teredo navalis.


heilminteolaíocht

head

heilminteolaíocht f (genitive singular heilminteolaíochta)

heilminteolaíochta (genitive singular)
nominative (indefinite)
heilminteolaíocht (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a heilminteolaíocht (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
heilminteolaíochta (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an heilminteolaíocht (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
na heilminteolaíochta (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an heilminteolaíocht (definite singular)
don heilminteolaíocht (definite singular)

From heilmint (“helminth”) + eolaíocht (“science; -ology”).


cephalomere

we would suggest that the head of Arthropoda be termed the Cephalosome , the cephalic segments cephalomere

1877, Alpheus Spring Packard, A Monograph of the Phyllopod Crustacea of North America:

(zoology) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.


torcinaso

Verb-object compound, composed of torci (“to twist”) + naso (“nose”).

it-verb-obj

(veterinary medicine) twitch (device for controlling a horse during minor surgery or other operations)


pseudembryo

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(zoology) An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding.


hemerobiid

Recent hemerobiids (brown lacewings) are terrestrial insects and both adults and larvae prey on small soft-bodied arthropods.

1977, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology series, volume 33, page 259:

Hemerobiids often are active at relatively low temperatures; thus they can be useful as biological control agents in temperate regions early in the season when other natural enemies remain inactive.

2009, Catherine A. Tauber, Maurice J. Tauber, Gilberto S. Albuquerque, “Neuroptera (Lacewings, Antlions)”, in Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé, editors, Encyclopedia of Insects, page 705:

Coccinellid beetles and hemerobiids (brown lacewings), and other such predators are most likely to have a major impact on aphid densities.

2010, Claire Ozanne, “Chapter 9: Insect pests of some forest trees”, in Bryan G. Bowes, editor, Trees and Forests, page 180:

(zoology) Any insect of the brown lacewing family (Hemerobiidae).


apostatic

en-adj

apostatic (comparative more apostatic, superlative most apostatic)

more apostatic (comparative)
most apostatic (superlative)

apostatic selection

(zoology) negative frequency-dependent; depending on being rare.


somatocyst

(zoology) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophorae.


exsanguious

exsanguious (comparative more exsanguious, superlative most exsanguious)

more exsanguious (comparative)
most exsanguious (superlative)

From Latin exsanguis, from ex (“out”) + sanguis, sanguinis (“blood”). Compare exsanguineous.

Insects are exsanguious.


unguligrado

it-adj

unguligrado (feminine unguligrada, masculine plural unguligradi, feminine plural unguligrade)

unguligrada (feminine)
unguligradi (masculine plural)
unguligrade (feminine plural)


umbonato

umbonato (feminine umbonata, masculine plural umbonati, feminine plural umbonate)

umbonata (feminine)
umbonati (masculine plural)
umbonate (feminine plural)


solpugid

(zoology) Any arachnid of the order Solifugae


turbellaria

(zoology) Any member of Turbellaria; a flatworm.


multiradiate

en-adj

multiradiate (comparative more multiradiate, superlative most multiradiate)

more multiradiate (comparative)
most multiradiate (superlative)


supraocular

supraocular scales of fishes and reptiles


supraocular

(zoology) One of the scales above the eyes.


metagnathous

/mɪˈtæɡnəθəs/

(zoology) having the mandibles crossing at the tip of the bill, as in the crossbill


cycloganoid

(zoology) Any of the obsolete taxon Cycloganoidei, a group of fishes which included the bowfin.


phacellus

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek, meaning "bundle of faggots".

(zoology) One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.


patellula

en-noun

patellula (plural patellulae or patellulæ)

(zoology) A cup-like sucker on the feet of certain insects.


ascidiform

en-adj

ascidiform (comparative more ascidiform, superlative most ascidiform)

more ascidiform (comparative)
most ascidiform (superlative)

(zoology or botany) Shaped like an ascidian (sea squirt).


cirriform

cirriform (comparative more cirriform, superlative most cirriform)

more cirriform (comparative)
most cirriform (superlative)

(biology, zoology) Formed like a cirrus or tendril.


totipalmate

From Latin totus (“all, whole”) + English palmate.

(zoology) Having all four toes united by a web, as in the pelican.


mesonotum

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek, meaning "middle of the back".

Frons mat black, orbits slightly paler, more greyish; mesonotum distinctly mat, greyish-black, but with some subshine; […]

2013, K. A. Spencer, Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance, page 264:

(zoology) The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.


actinosome

(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.


chinchillid

Chinchillids like Eoviscaccia are not yet strongly adapted to the cooler climates found in either high altitudes or southerly altitudes.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 66:

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Chinchillidae.


haematocryal

haematocryal animal

haematocryal creature


homocercy

(zoology) The possession of a homocercal (symmetric) tail (by a fish).


pipra

(zoology) Any member of the bird genus Pipra; a manakin.


colleterial

The right ovary with its duct has been removed, and only a small portion of the colleterial glands is shown

1892, Arthur Milnes Marshall, A Junior Course of Pracical Zoology:

(zoology) Relating to the colleterium of insects.


tubulidentate

(zoology) Having teeth traversed by canals; said of certain edentates


pterostigma

Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón) + στίγμα (stígma), meaning "wing mark".

The pterostigma is particularly noticeable in dragonflies.

(zoology) A cell in the outer wing of insects which is often thickened or coloured and so stands out from other cells


spinnerule

(zoology) One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.


biocellate

From Latin bis (“twice”) + ocellatus. See ocellated.

a biocellate wing

(zoology) Having two ocelli, or eye-like spots.


siphoniferous

siphoniferous (comparative more siphoniferous, superlative most siphoniferous)

more siphoniferous (comparative)
most siphoniferous (superlative)

The shell of the nautilus is siphoniferous.

siphoniferous mollusc


myxinoid

myxinoid (comparative more myxinoid, superlative most myxinoid)

more myxinoid (comparative)
most myxinoid (superlative)

(zoology) pertaining to, the hagfish class Myxini.


syndactylous

Kingfishers are syndactylous.

syndactylous cattle

syndactylous cow

(zoology) Having the toes firmly joined together for a long distance, and not webbed

syndactylous digits

(zoology, of toes) firmly joined together for a long distance, but not webbed


sarcophagous

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/sɑɹˈkɑfəɡəs/

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(zoology) Feeding on flesh; carnivorous.

(zoology, rare) Relating to genus Sarcophaga or its members.


chlamydoselachid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae of frilled sharks, which comprises two extant species in genus Chlamydoselachus and several extinct species in the genera Chlamydoselachus and †Proteothrinax.


heterodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family Heterodontidae of bullhead sharks.


hexanchid

clipping

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Hexanchidae</i>

Hexanchid sharks (Family Hexanchidae) are extremely rare in Lower Cretaceous deposits and are known only from isolated teeth.

1995, P.J.Smart, Hexanchid shark teeth (Chondrichthyes, Vertebrata) from the Lower Cretaceous Albian sediments of Leighton Buzzard, South-central England:

(zoology) Any member of the family Hexanchidae, of cow sharks.


rhabdite

The rhabdite-forming cells are situated in the parenchyma underneath the longitudinal subepidermal muscle layer.

2017, R. Sluys, A Monograph of the Marine Triclads, page 6:

(zoology) A minute smooth rod-like or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.

(zoology) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.


interscapulars

(zoology) The interscapular feathers of a bird.


pteropodous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the obsolete group Pteropoda, the pteropods.


retinulate

en-adj

retinulate (comparative more retinulate, superlative most retinulate)

more retinulate (comparative)
most retinulate (superlative)

(zoology) Having, or characterized by, retinulae.


epipodium

From epi- (“on”) + -podium (“relating to a leg-like structure”).

af

(zoology) One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.


stylommatophorous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Stylommatophora.


perradial

(zoology) Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate.

perradial axis

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the perradium.


prostomium

From Ancient Greek, meaning "before the mouth".

(zoology) The portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.


pleurobranch

(zoology) Any of the gills of certain crustaceans, such as some shrimp, that are attached to the side of the thorax


pupivorous

From pupa + -i- + Latin vorare (“to devour”).

(zoology) Feeding on the pupae (or larvae) of insects.


gobioid

en-adj

gobioid (comparative more gobioid, superlative most gobioid)

more gobioid (comparative)
most gobioid (superlative)

(zoology) Like, or pertaining to, the goby, the genus Gobius, or, especially, suborder Gobioidei.


zoarcid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Zoarcidae; an eelpout.


dactylar

dactylar base of a crustacean

dactylar finger of a shrimp

dactylar tubercle on a crab

(zoology) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or the claw of an insect or crustacean.


pedimanous

(archaic, zoology) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as in the opossums and monkeys.


hidra

hidrák (plural)
hidra (nominative singular)
hidrák (nominative plural)
hidrát (accusative singular)
hidrákat (accusative plural)
hidrának (dative singular)
hidráknak (dative plural)
hidrával (instrumental singular)
hidrákkal (instrumental plural)
hidráért (causal-final singular)
hidrákért (causal-final plural)
hidrává (singular translative)
hidrákká (plural translative)
hidráig (singular terminative)
hidrákig (plural terminative)
hidraként (essive-formal singular)
hidrákként (essive-formal plural)
hidrában (inessive singular)
hidrákban (inessive plural)
hidrán (singular superessive)
hidrákon (plural superessive)
hidránál (adessive singular)
hidráknál (adessive plural)
hidrába (illative singular)
hidrákba (illative plural)
hidrára (singular sublative)
hidrákra (plural sublative)
hidrához (allative singular)
hidrákhoz (allative plural)
hidrából (elative singular)
hidrákból (elative plural)
hidráról (delative singular)
hidrákról (delative plural)
hidrától (ablative singular)
hidráktól (ablative plural)
hidráé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
hidráké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
hidráéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
hidrákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
hidrám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
hidráim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
hidrád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
hidráid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
hidrája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
hidrái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
hidránk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
hidráink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
hidrátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
hidráitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
hidrájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
hidráik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

(zoology) hydra (any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra)


postabdomen

en-noun

postabdomen (plural postabdomens or postabdomina)

postabdomens (plural)
postabdomina (plural)

(zoology) The part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax.


tetraonid

Latin tetrao (“a heath cock, grouse”), from Ancient Greek. Compare French tétraonide.

The grouse, partridge and quail are tetraonids.

(zoology) A bird belonging to the tribe Tetraonini, of which the genus Tetrao is the type.


chilostomatous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma, a genus of land snails.


nodosarine

en-adj

nodosarine (comparative more nodosarine, superlative most nodosarine)

more nodosarine (comparative)
most nodosarine (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria.


nodosarine

(zoology) Any foraminifer of the genus Nodosaria or allied genera.


elytroid

elytroid (comparative more elytroid, superlative most elytroid)

more elytroid (comparative)
most elytroid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling a beetle's wingcase.


ditokous

Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + τόκος (tókos, “a bringing forth, offspring”).

Certain annelids are ditokous.

Some birds are ditokous.

(zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.


spineback

(zoology) A fish with spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.


zeuglodont

(zoology) Any of the family †Basilosauridae of extinct cetaceans, formerly under the taxonomically invalid name Zeuglodontidae.


subpedunculate

(botany, zoology) Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle.


hyporhachis

(zoology) The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.


actinomere

(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism


ingluvial

ingluvial hypomotility

ingluvial ganglion

ingluvial nerve

The ingluvial content was removed by ingluviotomy and analyzed.

1993, J.T. Lumeij, Ina Westerhof, T. Smit, T. J. Spierenburg, “Diagnosis and treatment of Poisoning in Raptors from the Netherlands”, in Patrick Thomas Redig, John E. Cooper, J. David Remple, D. Bruce Hunter, editors, Raptor Biomedicine, page 234:

The occipital gan glion connects the endocrine glands the recurrent nerve runs upto the ingluvial ganglion above the crop.

2007, Prakash Puranik, Asha Bhate, Animal Forms And Functions: Invertebrata, page 321:

In the praying mantis, Mantis religiosa (Mantodea) and the embians, Adelembia sp. and Heoembia sp. (Embioptera), a single dorsal oesophageal nerve, which sends numerous side branches along its entire course, terminates in the ingluvial ganglion.

2012, M. Lehane, P. Billingsley, Biology of the Insect Midgut, page 63:

Ingluvial hypomotility is a relatively common clinical concern observed in a large number of avian species.

2016, Jennifer E. Graham, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Avian, page 153:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the ingluvies or crop of birds or other animals.


macruroid

macruroid (comparative more macruroid, superlative most macruroid)

more macruroid (comparative)
most macruroid (superlative)


podophthalmite

From podo- + Ancient Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”) + -ite.

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ὀφθαλμός</i> (ophthalmós, “eye”)


actinostome

(zoology) The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.


suprapedal

the suprapedal gland

(zoology) Situated above the foot of a mollusk.


ráthaíocht

head

ráthaíocht f (genitive singular ráthaíochta, nominative plural ráthaíochtaí)

ráthaíochta (genitive singular)
ráthaíochtaí (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
ráthaíocht (indefinite singular)
ráthaíochtaí (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a ráthaíocht (indefinite singular)
a ráthaíochtaí (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
ráthaíochta (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an ráthaíocht (definite singular)
na ráthaíochtaí (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na ráthaíochta (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an ráthaíocht (definite singular)
don ráthaíocht (definite singular)
leis na ráthaíochtaí (definite plural)


polythalamous

en-adj

polythalamous (comparative more polythalamous, superlative most polythalamous)

more polythalamous (comparative)
most polythalamous (superlative)

The shells of Foraminifera are polythalamous.


opisthobranchiate

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchia.


opisthobranchiate

(zoology, obsolete) One of the Opisthobranchia.


macrural

macrural (comparative more macrural, superlative most macrural)

more macrural (comparative)
most macrural (superlative)


semiplume

(zoology) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather.


lutrine

From lutra + -ine; from Latin lūtra (“otter”), from luō (“wash”).

(zoology) Any of the otter subfamily of animals.


catanadromous

(zoology) Ascending and descending freshwater streams from and to the sea, as the salmon does; anadromous.


puff-legged

(zoology) Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.


entogastric

(zoology) Relating to the interior of the stomach; applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.


compsognathoid

compsognathoid (comparative more compsognathoid, superlative most compsognathoid)

more compsognathoid (comparative)
most compsognathoid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling the dinosaur genus Compsognathus.


protoconch

en-noun

protoconch (plural protoconches or protoconchs)

protoconches (plural)
protoconchs (plural)

(zoology) The embryonic shell, or initial chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods


placentiferous

(botany, zoology, archaic) Having or producing a placenta.


aplacental

(zoology) Lacking a placenta; belonging to the Aplacentata.


aphidivorous

From aphis + Latin vorare (“to devour”).


procerebrum

In several respects, the procerebrum is the most unusual region in the entire CNS. Its embryological origins are associated with those of the tentacle ganglion, and it only joins the rest of the cerebrum at a late stage in development (van Mol, 1974).

2001, G. M. Barker, The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs, page 196:

The terrestrial slug Limax has a highly developed olfactory center, the procerebrum, in which the LFP spontaneously oscillates,” scientists in Shido, Japan report.

2012, Issues in Neuroscience Research and Application:

The procerebrum is the equivalent structure to the lateral lobe in Hygrophila.

2019, Winston Frank Ponder, David R. Lindberg, Juliet Mary Ponder, Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, volume 1:

(zoology) A structure found at the front of the cerebral ganglion (brain) of some mollusks, such as pulmonate gastropods and cephalopods, which is associated with processing sensory information and coordinating motor functions.


endopleurite

(zoology) The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.


synapticula

synapticula (plural synapticulae or synapticulas)

synapticulae (plural)
synapticulas (plural)

Diminutive from Ancient Greek fastened together.

(zoology) One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals.


osculant

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From Latin osculans, osculantis, present participle of osculari (“to kiss”). See osculate.

(zoology) Adhering closely; applied to certain creeping animals, such as caterpillars.


heteracanth

From hetero- + Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”).

(zoology) Having the spines of the dorsal fin asymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.


cydippid

(zoology) Any of the Cydippida, an order of comb jellies with spherical or oval bodies.


ctenocyst

(zoology) An organ of the Ctenophora, possibly a sensory organ. It is a black speck in the depression on the aboral side of the body.


hydrotheca

hydrotheca (plural hydrothecas or hydrothecae)

hydrothecas (plural)
hydrothecae (plural)

(zoology) One of the calicles that protect the hydranths in certain Hydroidea (Thecaphora).


gonosome

(zoology) The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively.


pseudohaltere

(zoology) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops), resembling the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera.


scopiferous

scopiferous tarsus

(zoology, archaic) Bearing a tuft of brush-like hairs.


glochidium

From Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb of an arrow”) + -idium.

der

Glochidia were once believed to be parasites on the gills of the parents.

(zoology) The larva or young of the mussel.


opisthotic

From opistho- (“posterior”) + otic (“ear”).

(zoology, anatomy) The inferior and posterior of the three elements forming the periotic bone.


pulmograde

From Latin pulmo (“a lung”) + -grade (“means of locomotion”).

The medusae are pulmograde.

(zoology, archaic) Swimming by means of jet propulsion.


saxicavous

Latin saxum (“rock”) + cavare (“to make hollow”), from cavus (“hollow”): compare French saxicave.

a saxicavous mollusk

(zoology) Boring or hollowing out rocks.


interoperculum

(anatomy, ichthyology, archaic) interopercle


scutellation

(zoology) Collectively, the covering or arrangement of scales or scutella, such as on a reptile, or the legs and feet of a bird


meconidium

From Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”, due to a resemblance to poppy-capsules) + -idium.

(zoology) A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea (Campanulariidae), having tentacles, and otherwise resembling a free medusa, but remaining attached by a pedicel.


taxaspidean

From Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”) + ἀσπίς (aspís, “a shield”) + -ean.

(zoology) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; said of certain birds.


palpebrate

From New Latin palpebratus (“eyebrowed”), from Latin palpebra (“an eyelid”) + -atus.


tongueworm

From tongue + worm, from the resemblance of the genus Linguatula to a vertebrate tongue.

(zoology) Any of the Pentastomida, a group of parasitic invertebrates.


paradisaeid

(zoology) A member of the bird family Paradisaeidae; a bird of paradise


mugiloid

en-adj

mugiloid (comparative more mugiloid, superlative most mugiloid)

more mugiloid (comparative)
most mugiloid (superlative)

(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil or family Mugilidae — the mullets.


endaspidean

From endo- + Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “a shield”) + -ean.

(zoology) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; said of certain birds.


pinnulated

pinnulated (comparative more pinnulated, superlative most pinnulated)

more pinnulated (comparative)
most pinnulated (superlative)


clamatorial

clamatorial (comparative more clamatorial, superlative most clamatorial)

more clamatorial (comparative)
most clamatorial (superlative)

(zoology) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.


tunicary

The social and compound tunicaries resemble zoophytes, in the power they possess of budding out new individuals, and thus of multiplying their communities indefinitely, as the leaves on a tree.

1851, John Weale, A Manual of the Mollusca: Or, A Rudimentary Treatise of Recent and Fossil Shells:

(obsolete, zoology) tunicate (One of the Urochordata (syn. Tunicata)).


os clitoris

From Latin os (“bone”) + clitoris (“of the clitoris”).

(zoology) Alternative form of os clitoridis (based on differences in declension of the New Latin word clitoris)


baubellum

Medieval Latin baubellum (“jewel, gem”).

“In some species such as the squirrel, the baubellum is almost the same size as the baculum. In others, the baubellum is extremely reduced in size compared to the male structure.”

2018 January 24, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian:

(zoology) A small bone found in the clitoris of some placental mammals.


os clitoridis

From Latin os (“bone”) + clitoridis (“of the clitoris”).


os penis

Latin os (“bone”) penis (“of the penis”)


phryganeid

(zoology) Any caddis fly belonging to the family Phryganeidae.


malurid

Only a few of the 26 malurids have been studied sufficiently closely to reveal their social organization.

1990, I. Rowley, E. Russell, “1: Splendid Fairy-wrens: demonstrating the importance of longevity”, in Peter B. Stacey, Walter D. Koenig, editors, Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long Term Studies of Ecology and Behaviour, page 3:

A number of typical riparian, reed-dwelling, woodland and tall open forest species that forage in the shrub and ground layers were possibly reduced in abundance and absent (e.g. muscicapids, cuculids, malurids, acanthizids, sylviids).

1991, Queensland Naturalists' Club, Queensland Naturalist, volumes 31-35, page 56:

Fairywrens and Grasswrens, an account of the malurids by well-known ornithologists Ian Rowley and Eleanor Russell, is more than a field guide, but illustrated in guide style, three species to a plate, by Marsack.

2001, Penny Olsen, Feather and Brush: Three Centuries of Australian Bird Art, page 98:

(zoology) Any bird of the family Maluridae, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea.


plagiostome

(obsolete, ichthyology) One of the Plagiostomi, a former group of sharks


spoonbilled

(zoology) Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end, as in the spoonbills.


gallinacean

(zoology, archaic) One of the former taxonomic order Gallinae (gallinaceous birds) of birds resembling fowl.


baenopod

From Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō, “to walk”) + -pod.

(zoology, archaic, rare) One of the thoracic legs of arthropods.


lophiid

(zoology) Any of the family Lophiidae of anglerfishes.


dimeran

(zoology, obsolete) One of the two-jointed Dimera, a subdivision of the Coleptera using an obsolete system of classification.


sinistrad

From Latin sinistra (“the left hand”) + -ad.

(anatomy, zoology) Toward the left side; sinistrally.


tritovum

(zoology) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin before hatching from the egg.


ganoidian

ganoidian (comparative more ganoidian, superlative most ganoidian)

more ganoidian (comparative)
most ganoidian (superlative)


phaneroglossal

From phanero- + Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”) + -al.

phaneroglossal reptiles.


malaconotid

(zoology) One of the family Malaconotidae of bushshrikes.


paragnathus

en-noun

paragnathus (plural paragnathi or paragnatha)

(zoology) One of the two lobes forming the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea.

(zoology) One of the small, horny, tooth-like jaws of certain annelids.


leptocardian

(zoology, dated) Of or relating to the Leptocardii (formerly Leptocardia).


leptocardian

(zoology, dated) A lancelet (one of the Leptocardii).


phyllocyst

(zoology) The cavity of a hydrophyllium.


multisect

From multi- + Latin sectus, past participle of secare (“to cut”).

(zoology) Divided into many similar segments; said of an insect or myriapod


pholad

From Ancient Greek φωλάς (phōlás, “lurking in a whole”).

(zoology) Any species of the genus Pholas of marine bivalve mollusks.


suctorial

The hummingbirds are suctorial birds.

(zoology) Adapted for sucking; living by sucking.

the suctorial fishes

(zoology) Capable of adhering by suction.


elopid

(zoology) A member of the family Elopidae of ray-finned fishes, the ladyfish or tenpounders.


ephippium

From Latin ephippium (“saddlecloth”), from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion), from ἐπῐ́ (epí) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).

(zoology) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Diplostraca.


mastax

From Ancient Greek μάσταξ (mástax, “mouth, jaws”).

bor

(zoology) The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food.


tentaculum

From New Latin tentāculum. See the doublet tentacle.


tentaculum

la-noun

tentāculum n (genitive tentāculī); second declension

tentāculum (canonical neuter)
tentāculī (genitive)
tentāculum (nominative singular)
tentācula (nominative plural)
tentāculī (genitive singular)
tentāculōrum (genitive plural)
tentāculō (dative singular)
tentāculīs (dative plural)
tentāculum (accusative singular)
tentācula (accusative plural)
tentāculō (ablative singular)
tentāculīs (ablative plural)
tentāculum (singular vocative)
tentācula (plural vocative)

→ English: tentacle

→ French: tentacule

→ Romanian: tentacul

→ Spanish: tentáculo

→ Portuguese: tentáculo

→ Italian: tentacolo

→ German: Tentakel

[t̪ɛn̪ˈt̪äːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

From tentō (“I feel, touch, try”) + -culum, literally "thing for feeling".


sexradiate

Certain sponge spicules are sexradiate.


mollipilose

en-adj

mollipilose (comparative more mollipilose, superlative most mollipilose)

more mollipilose (comparative)
most mollipilose (superlative)

From Latin mollis (“soft”) + pilosus (“hairy”).

mollipilose pelage

mollipilose plumage

(zoology, archaic) Having soft hairs; downy.


muricoid

muricoid (comparative more muricoid, superlative most muricoid)

more muricoid (comparative)
most muricoid (superlative)

Classical Latin mūrex (stem: mūric-) + English -oid

(zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.


berycoid

berycoid (comparative more berycoid, superlative most berycoid)

more berycoid (comparative)
most berycoid (superlative)

From Beryx + -oid; Beryx is the typical genus.

(zoology) Resembling or relating to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes.


filoplume

From Latin filum (“a thread”) + pluma (“a soft feather”).

(zoology, archaic) A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.


tinctumutation

en-noun

tinctumutation (countable and uncountable, plural tinctumutations)

(zoology) The dynamic variation in colour of certain animals such as chameleons and cephalopods.


spirulate

en-adj

spirulate (comparative more spirulate, superlative most spirulate)

more spirulate (comparative)
most spirulate (superlative)

(zoology) Having the colour spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally.


homacanth

From homo- + Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).

(zoology) Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line.


coleopter

(zoology) One of the Coleoptera; a beetle.


grallic

The crane and fowls of a like kind, seem to hold a middle place between land and water fowls, as they have separate toes like land fowls, but the bills and legs of the aquatic orders. [...] From the length of their legs they are called grallic, or stilted.

1812, Noah Webster, Jun., “The Grallic or Stilted Kind, with Cloven Feet”, in History of Animals; Designed for the Instruction and Amusement of Persons of both Sexes, New Haven, Conn.: Published and sold by Howe & Deforest, and Walter & Steele; Walter & Steele, printers, →OCLC, paragraph 315, page 169:

(zoology, archaic) Of or relating to the Grallae, a former taxonomic classification of wading birds.


elaphine

elaphine (comparative more elaphine, superlative most elaphine)

more elaphine (comparative)
most elaphine (superlative)

Cervus elaphus
Cervus elaphus#Translingual

(zoology) Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of the red deer, Cervus elaphus.


trichite

(zoology) A delicate, hair-like siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.


charbonnier

fr-noun

charbonnier m (plural charbonniers, feminine charbonnière)

charbonniers (plural)
charbonnière (feminine)

From charbon + -ier, Latin carbōnārius, from carbō.


cetoniid

(zoology) Any of the beetle subfamily Cetoniinae (family Scarabaeidae).


pressirostral

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the order Pressirostres, a group of wading birds with flattened beaks, including bustards, plovers, and cariamas.


corneule

From French cornéule, from New Latin corneola, diminutive of cornea. By surface analysis, cornea + ule.

Behind each “corneule" is a layer of dark pigment, which takes the place, and serves the purpose, of the “iris” in the eyes of Vertebrate animals.

1856, William Benjamin Carpenter, The Microscope: and its revelations:

(zoology) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates.


timaline

(zoology) Of or relating to the genus Timalia or family Timaliidae, which formerly included some thrushes and bulbuls, but now only the babblers.


plagiostomous

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to fish of the former order Plagiostomi, generally corresponding to the sharks, rays, and skates.


balistoid

(zoology) Any fish of the genus Balistes


isis

[…] the numerous families of coral, which, under the form of tubular, starry, or stony stems, are denominated tubipores, madrepores, and isises.

1834, John Mason Good, The Book of Nature:

(zoology) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isididae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints.


entomostracous

(zoology, archaic) Belonging to the Entomostraca, a former subclass of crustaceans.


anadrom

(zoology) Any anadromous fish, a fish that lives in the sea and goes up rivers to breed in fresh water.

anádromo

fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers


pseudovum

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudovum.wav

(zoology) An egg-like germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization.


basihyal

From basi- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

uder

the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">upsilon</i>

Coburn (1982) used a posterior extension of the basihyal to group many taxa in Notropis (s. l.) (93).

1992, M. M. Coburn, T. M. Cavender, “Phylogenetics of North American Cyprinidae”, in Richard L. Mayden, editor, Systematics, Historical Ecology, and North American Freshwater Fishes, page 362:

The hyoid cartilage is formed of a series of skeletal elements: entoglossum (or paraglossals), basihyal (basihyoid), basibranchial (or urohyal), ceratobranchial, and epibranchial (Fig. 3.21), the most anterior of which (entoglossum and basihyal) constitute the tongue skeleton.

1999, Nicole Le Douarin, Chaya Kalcheim, The Neural Crest, page 111:

In most mammals, the hyoid apparatus lies at or above the entrance to the larynx and consists of two basic parts: inferiorly, the unpaired basihyal and paired thyrohyal “horns” which connect the basihyal to the thyroid cartilage and superiorly, the paired suspensory stylohyoid chains which are made up of four cartilaginous or ossified links, the ceratohyal, epihyal, stylohyal, and tympanohyal, that connect the basihyal to the temporal bone (e.g., Howes 1896; Negus 1949).

2015, Dionisios Yoloutas, Sébastien Couette, Lauren B. Halenar, “6: Morphology of Howler Monkeys: A Review and Quantitative Analyses”, in Martín M. Kowalewski, Paul A. Garber, Liliana Cortes-Ortiz, Bernardo Urbani, Dionisios Youlatos, editors, Howler Monkeys: Adaptive Radiation, Systematics, and Morphology, page 144:

(anatomy, fish anatomy, vertebrate anatomy) Either of two small bones that form the body of the inverted hyoid arch.


toxodont

(zoology) Any of the †Toxodontia, an extinct notoungulate suborder of Mammalia with long curved incisors, found in the South American Tertiary formation.


balanoid

en-adj

balanoid (comparative more balanoid, superlative most balanoid)

more balanoid (comparative)
most balanoid (superlative)

From Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”) + -oid.

uder

(zoology) Resembling an acorn; applied to the acorn barnacles


rhombogene

(zoology) A dicyemid that produces infusoria-like embryos.


cottoid

en-adj

cottoid (comparative more cottoid, superlative most cottoid)

more cottoid (comparative)
most cottoid (superlative)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to fish of the genus Cottus.


cottoid

(zoology) A fish belonging to the genus Cottus.


lucernarian

lucernarian (comparative more lucernarian, superlative most lucernarian)

more lucernarian (comparative)
most lucernarian (superlative)

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the former subclass Lucernarida, roughly equivalent to order Stauromedusae.


lucernarian

(zoology, obsolete) Any member of the former subclass Lucernarida of cnidarians.


scrobicula

(zoology) One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin.


Aristotle's lantern

en-noun

Aristotle's lantern (plural Aristotle's lanterns)

(zoology) The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.


amphisbaenoid

en-adj

amphisbaenoid (comparative more amphisbaenoid, superlative most amphisbaenoid)

more amphisbaenoid (comparative)
most amphisbaenoid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling or relating to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.


arrowworm

(zoology) A transparent predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha, found in plankton.


discal

(zoology) The central area of an insect's elytron or wing.


cystid

(zoology) Any parasitic flatworm in the trypanorhynch suborder Cystidea.


cephalosome

we would suggest that the head of Arthropoda be termed the Cephalosome

1877, Alpheus Spring Packard, A Monograph of the Phyllopod Crustacea of North America:

(zoology) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.


proclivous

proclivous (comparative more proclivous, superlative most proclivous)

more proclivous (comparative)
most proclivous (superlative)

(zoology) Having the incisor teeth directed forward.


monomerous

From mono- + -merous, ultimately from Ancient Greek roots meaning "a single part".

(zoology) Having only one joint; said of the foot of certain insects


orthid

(zoology) A brachiopod shell of the genus †Orthis (or allied genera) in the family †Orthidae.


cheiropterous

(zoology) Belonging to the Cheiroptera, or bat family.


concameration

impossible concamerations

1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:

(zoology) A chamber of a multilocular shell.


hydrophid

From hydro- + Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “a small serpent”).

der

(zoology) Any sea snake of the subfamily Hydrophiinae, venomous, preying on fishes, with a flattened tail for swimming.


mytiloid

en-adj

mytiloid (comparative more mytiloid, superlative most mytiloid)

more mytiloid (comparative)
most mytiloid (superlative)

translingual Mytilus (“genus of mussels”) + -oid

uder

(zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilidae.


dorsibranchiate

(obsolete, zoology) Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the former order Dorsibranchiata.


dorsibranchiate

(obsolete, zoology) Any marine worm of the Dorsibranchiata.


procellarian

(zoology) Any of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridae) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters.


endosternite

(zoology) The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in crustaceans and insects.


tubulipore

(zoology) Any of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to Tubulipora and allied genera, with tubular calcareous calicles.


interambulacrum

(zoology) In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones between two ambulacra.


hemidactyl

(zoology) Any species of Old World geckos of the genus Hemidactylus; house gecko


pygopodous

en-adj

pygopodous (comparative more pygopodous, superlative most pygopodous)

more pygopodous (comparative)
most pygopodous (superlative)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the former Pygopodes genus of aquatic birds that have the legs placed far back on the body.


setiparous

From seta + Latin papere (“to produce”).


opisthocomine

Opisthocomus lives upon fruits, leaves, etc.[…]No fossil forms of opisthocomine birds are known.

1895 April, The Popular Science Monthly, page 764:

Opisthocomus hoazin
Opisthocomus hoazin#Translingual

(zoology, ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the family Opisthocomidae, which is represented by the sole extant genus Opisthocomus and species Opisthocomus hoazin (hoazin).


repand

repand (comparative more repand, superlative most repand)

more repand (comparative)
most repand (superlative)

From Latin repandus (“bent backward, turned up”), from re- (“re-”) + pandus (“bent, crooked”).

der

(botany, zoology) Having a slightly undulating margin.


moner

(zoology, obsolete) Any member of the former kingdom Monera.


raptorious

en-adj

raptorious (comparative more raptorious, superlative most raptorious)

more raptorious (comparative)
most raptorious (superlative)


linyphiid

(zoology) Any spider of the family Linyphiidae; a sheet weaver.


ophidioid

ophidioid (comparative more ophidioid, superlative most ophidioid)

more ophidioid (comparative)
most ophidioid (superlative)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ophidiidae, a family of fishes.


liturate

liturate (comparative more liturate, superlative most liturate)

more liturate (comparative)
most liturate (superlative)

From Latin lituratus, past participle of liturare (“to erase”), from litura (“a blur”).

(zoology) Having indistinct spots, paler at the margins.


lemurid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Lemuridae.


endophragma

(zoology) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain crustaceans.


exotheca

(zoology) The tissue that fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.


thamnophilid

(zoology) Any of the Thamnophilidae; an antbird.


chaetiferous

chaetiferous (comparative more chaetiferous, superlative most chaetiferous)

more chaetiferous (comparative)
most chaetiferous (superlative)

chaetiferous segment

chaetiferous species


gymnopaedic

Ancient Greek From Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + a child.

(zoology, of birds) Having young that are featherless when hatched.


submedian

the submedian teeth of mollusks

(zoology) Next to the median (on either side).


sembling

time of sembling birds' droppings

1899, James William Tutt, A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera:

Upon this is founded the practice of sembling, as it is called by the London collectors, among whom, as we learn from Barbut and Harris, it has been long in use, for entrapping the males of the fox-moth […]

1831, James Rennie, Insect Architecture:

(archaic, zoology) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the encaged female. It was a (as by collectors wishing to procure specimens).


musteline

musteline (comparative more musteline, superlative most musteline)

more musteline (comparative)
most musteline (superlative)

From the Latin mūstēlīnus, from mūstēla (“weasel”), from mūs (“mouse”, “rat”).

(zoology) Like or relating to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.


musteline

(zoology) Any member of the family Mustelidae.


asiphonate

an asiphonate bivalve shell

(zoology) Lacking a siphon or breathing tube.


asiphonate

(zoology) Any mollusk lacking a siphon or breathing tube.


stomatopodous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Stomatopoda.


taenioglossate

taenioglossate (comparative more taenioglossate, superlative most taenioglossate)

more taenioglossate (comparative)
most taenioglossate (superlative)

(zoology) Of or relating to the Taenioglossa, various sea snails typically with seven teeth in each radular row.


siphonobranchiate

(zoology, obsolete) Having a siphon or siphons to convey water to the gills; belonging or relating to the Siphonobranchiata.


acrotarsium

(zoology) The instep of the foot (front of the tarsus)


mesomyodian

(zoology) Any bird with a mesomyodous larynx.


stromboid

stromboid (comparative more stromboid, superlative most stromboid)

more stromboid (comparative)
most stromboid (superlative)

(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the genus Strombus of sea snails.


malacoderm

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + -derm.

The fireflies are malacoderms.

(zoology, dated) One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body.


crotaloid

crotaloid (comparative more crotaloid, superlative most crotaloid)

more crotaloid (comparative)
most crotaloid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling the genus Crotalus of venomous snakes, including the rattlesnake.


crotaloid

(zoology) Any member of the Crotalinae, formerly known as Crotaloidae.


prophragma

From Ancient Greek before + fence, screen.

(zoology) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.


mesotheca

(zoology) The middle layer of the gonophore in the Hydrozoa.


plumularia

en-noun

plumularia (plural plumularias or plumulariae)

plumularias (plural)
plumulariae (plural)

(zoology, archaic) Any hydrozoan belonging to Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumulariidae, generally growing in plume-like forms.


podophyllous

(zoology) Having thin, flat, leaf-like locomotive organs.


sphaeridium

From Ancient Greek σφαιρίδιον (sphairídion, “sphere (diminutive form)”), by surface analysis, sphero- + -idium.

der

(zoology) A sense organ found on the exterior of most sea urchins, consisting of an oval or spherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ.


supraloral

the supraloral feathers of a bird


supraloral

(zoology) A feather or stripe situated above the lores.


squalodont

In squalodonts, the maxillae extend posteriorly over the parietals to reach the exoccipitals in adult specimens.

2002, A. Rus Hoelzel, Marine Mammal Biology:

(zoology) Any of the extinct genus Squalodon of whales.


denticulation

en-noun

denticulation (countable and uncountable, plural denticulations)

(botany, zoology) A small tooth; a denticle.


setula

From Latin setula, saetula, diminutive of seta, saeta (“bristle”).

(zoology) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta


odontocete

Learned borrowing from New Latin Odontoceti, From Ancient Greek ὀδόντος (odóntos, “teeth”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”).

noncog

Sperm whales and dolphins are odontocetes.

(zoology) Any member of the cetacean parvorder Odontoceti; a toothed whale.


tubicolar

en-adj

tubicolar (comparative more tubicolar, superlative most tubicolar)

more tubicolar (comparative)
most tubicolar (superlative)


cultirostral

cultirostral (comparative more cultirostral, superlative most cultirostral)

more cultirostral (comparative)
most cultirostral (superlative)

From Latin culter (“knife”) + rōstrum (“beak”).

(zoology, archaic) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plough, or like a knife, as in the heron, stork, etc.


pap boat

(zoology, obsolete) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapa), once used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.


crinoidean

(archaic, zoology) Any of the Crinoidea.


anomuran

anomuran (comparative more anomuran, superlative most anomuran)

more anomuran (comparative)
most anomuran (superlative)

(obsolete, zoology) Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen.


laroid

laroid (comparative more laroid, superlative most laroid)

more laroid (comparative)
most laroid (superlative)

We now come to a small group of Laroid birds, remarkable for their curious bill, the lower mandible of which has been compared with a "short-handled pitchfork," and for their long wings, viz., the skimmers, the Rhynchopinæ, not less remarkable for their peculiar habits and their geographical distribution, parts of America, Asia, and Africa being inhabited by one species each.

1888, Friedrich von Hellwald, The Riverside Natural History, volume 4, page 83:

The whole form of the skull is, indeed, essentially Laroid, and quite unlike that of the Kingfishers;

(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of the gull family, Laridae.


procoelian

(obsolete, zoology) Any of the Procoelia, a former suborder of Crocodilia.


rhabdocoelous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Rhabdocoela.


psylla

(zoology) Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae.


mulloid

mulloid (comparative more mulloid, superlative most mulloid)

more mulloid (comparative)
most mulloid (superlative)

mulloid fishes

(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, the red mullets or goatfish


cultriform

cultriform (comparative more cultriform, superlative most cultriform)

more cultriform (comparative)
most cultriform (superlative)

From Latin culter, cultri (“knife”) + -form.

(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.


postscutellum

(zoology) The hindmost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.


escharine

escharine (comparative more escharine, superlative most escharine)

more escharine (comparative)
most escharine (superlative)

(zoology) Like, or pertaining to, the former genus Eschara or family Escharidae, almost all now in phylum Bryozoa, principally in suborder Flustrina.


pseudonavicula

en-noun

pseudonavicula (plural pseudonaviculas or pseudonaviculae)

pseudonaviculas (plural)
pseudonaviculae (plural)

From pseudo- + Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”). See navicular.

(zoology) One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinae and some other Protozoa.


procerite

From pro- + Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ite.

af

Merocerite or second joint also furnished with a few yellow hairs, like the carpocerite; terminal filament or procerite a little shorter than the carapace, multiarticulate and provided with long yellow verticilated hairs .

1881, Hermann Schlegel, Notes from the Leyden Museum - Volumes 3-4, page 133:

a third, fourth, and fifth joints, narrower than the preceding, and called respectively the ischiocerite, merocerite and carpocerite, and articulated with the last an extremely long many-jointed flagellum or procerite.

1882, William Aitcheson Haswell, Australian Museum, Catalogue of the Australian Stalk- and Sessile-eyed Crustacea, page ix:

In this genus, the basicerite, ischiocerite, and merocerite are much thicker and stronger than the corresponding joints of any of the other appendages; and in the closely allied Scyllarus, the facial region of which is, on the whole, similarly constructed, these joints become extremely expanded and flattened, and are succeeded by no procerite.

1888, Thomas Henry Huxley, A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals:

There is a large tuft of tactile setæ at the base of the procerite, and a few are continued from that point down the outer margin of the carpocerite; but all the setæ below that point on the upper surface are fringing setæ, as that part is covered by the antennules and the squame.

1888, G. Lovell Gulland, “The Sense of Touch in Astacus”, in Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, volume 9, page 162:

(zoology) The segment next to the flagellum of the antennae of crustaceans.


laemodipod

(zoology, archaic) Any of the Laemodipoda, a former group of crustaceans including the whale lice and caprellids.


stomapod

(obsolete, zoology) Any of the Stomapoda, a formerly used order of crustaceans corresponding to order Stomatopoda of mantis shrimp.


taenidium

(zoology) The chitinous fibre forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects


elodian

(zoology, obsolete) Any of a group of tortoises (Elodites obs.) including the terrapins, in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.


tetrabranchiate

(zoology) Of or relating to the Tetrabranchiata; having four gills.


atrocha

(zoology) A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.


pedigerous

pedigerous segment

pedigerous somite

(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.


phascolome

Ancient Greek φάσκωλος (pháskōlos, “pouch”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse”). Compare Greek φασκωλόμυς (faskolómys, “wombat”).

uder

(zoology, obsolete) A marsupial of the former genus Phascolomys; a wombat.


pterophore

(zoology) Any moth of Pterophorus and allied genera; a plume moth.


ცივსისხლიანი

ka-adj

ცივსისხლიანი • (civsisxliani) (comparative უფრო ცივსისხლიანი, superlative ყველაზე ცივსისხლიანი)

civsisxliani (romanization)
უფრო ცივსისხლიანი (comparative)
ყველაზე ცივსისხლიანი (superlative)

ცივი (civi) + სისხლი (sisxli) + -იანი (-iani).


chalaziferous

en-adj

chalaziferous (comparative more chalaziferous, superlative most chalaziferous)

more chalaziferous (comparative)
most chalaziferous (superlative)

chalaziferous layer

chalaziferous region

(botany, zoology) Having or bearing chalazas.


cypseliform

cypseliform (comparative more cypseliform, superlative most cypseliform)

more cypseliform (comparative)
most cypseliform (superlative)

Latin cypselus (“a kind of swallow”), from Ancient Greek.

(zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.)


scolopacine

From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”), from Ancient Greek σκολόπαξ (skolópax).

(zoology) Of or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers.


steganopod

(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Steganopodes, a former suborder of birds having four toes webbed together.


cestraciont

Ancient Greek κέστρα (késtra, “hammer; a kind of fish”) + κίων (kíōn, “pillar; uvula; nasal septum”).

uder

(zoology, archaic) Any shark historically placed in the genus Cestracion, now in Heterodontus (bullheads, and the horn shark and Port Jackson shark), Sphyrna (certain hammerheads), and Eusphyrna (winghead shark).


gecarcinian

(zoology) A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus or allied genera, as in family Gecarcinidae.


emyd

(zoology) Any freshwater tortoise of the family Emydidae.


physopod

(zoology) One of the Thysanoptera (syn. Physopoda); a thrips.


sarcophile

(dated, zoology) A carnivorous marsupial, especially of genus Sarcophilus


sericterium

Late Latin sericterium, from Ancient Greek σηρικόν (sērikón, “silk”).

(zoology) A silk gland, as in the silkworms.


tyrannid

(zoology) A member of the Tyrannidae; a tyrant flycatcher.


phanerocodonic

en-adj

phanerocodonic (comparative more phanerocodonic, superlative most phanerocodonic)

more phanerocodonic (comparative)
most phanerocodonic (superlative)

From phanero- + Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn, “bell”) + -ic.

(archaic, zoology) Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; said of certain jellyfishes.