dynastid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Dynastidae, now considered to be the scarabaeid subfamily Dynastinae.


dvinosaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Dvinosauridae.


dytiscid

(zoology) Any member of the family Dytiscidae of diving beetles.


dryptosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Dryptosauridae.


eatoniellid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Eatoniellidae.


dunkleosteid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Dunkleosteidae.


drosophilid

Domestication and the evolution of anthrophilic traits in houseflies and some drosophilids have allowed certain species to attain cosmopolitan status.

2005, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 372:

(zoology) Any member of the Drosophilidae.


clinid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Clinidae.


echimyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Echimyidae.


echinasterid

(zoology) Any starfish in the family Echinasteridae.


echinorhinid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Echinorhinidae.


echinometrid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Echinometridae


ecnomid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ecnomidae of caddisflies.


edopid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Edopidae.


electrophorid

(zoology) Any member of the Electrophoridae.


echinorhynchid

(zoology) Any member of the family Echinorhynchidae, of thorny-headed worms.


edestid

(zoology) Any extinct shark-like fish in the family Edestidae.


ectopsocid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Ectopsocidae.


elipsocid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Elipsocidae.


eimeriid

(zoology) Any member of the family Eimeriidae of chromists.


elassomatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Elassomatidae, which has until recently been considered part of the Centrarchidae; a pigmy sunfish.


elasmid

(zoology) Any tiny parasitic wasp in the family Elasmidae, now considered to be part of the Eulophidae.


ellesmeroceratid

(zoology) Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Ellesmeroceratidae.


dysderid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Dysderidae.


elachistid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Elachistidae.


eleutherodactylid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae.


eleotrid

(zoology) Any member of species in the family Eleotridae of sleeper fishes.


elonid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Elonidae.


ellobiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ellobiidae of air-breathing saltwater snails.


empidid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Empididae.


elephantid

(zoology) Any member of the family Elephantidae of elephants and their extinct close relatives.


elysiid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Elysiidae, a synonym of the Plakobranchidae.


embiotocid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Embiotocidae, the surfperches.


emballonurid

(zoology) Any member of the Emballonuridae.


elmisaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Elmisauridae, now considered to be the caenagnathid subfamily Elmisaurinae.


elenchid

(zoology) Any strepsipteran in the family Elenchidae.


enaliarctid

(zoology) Any extinct pinniped in the family Enaliarctidae.


empusid

(zoology) Any member of family Empusidae of mantises.


enaliornithid

(zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Enaliornithidae.


emuellid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Emuellidae.


endodontid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Endodontidae.


encrinurid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Encrinuridae.


endoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Endoceratidae.


endomychid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Endomychidae.


dilarid

In the laboratory, however, larval dilarids have been reared on a variety of disabled, sofy-bodied insect prey (MacLeod and Spiegler 1961).

1992, Diomedes Quintero, Annette Aiello, editors, Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies, page 450:

Given the abundance of Early Cretaceous records for other families in the dilarid clade as well as the basal phylogenetic position of pleasing lacewings within this lineage, the dilarids are presumably rather ancient, perhaps relict today.

2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, page 353:

The adult morphological data suggest that these events were followed by the separation of two lineages—one that includes the Coniopterygidae + the dilarid-like families and another encompassing the remainder of the hemerobiiform families and another encompassing the remainder of the hemerobiiform families + the Myrmeleontiformia.

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 701:

(zoology) Any insect of the pleasing lacewing family, Dilaridae.


dussumieriid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Dussumieriidae, the round herrings.


diretmid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Diretmidae.


distichodontid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Distichodontidae


doid

(zoology) Any member of the Doidae, a family of moths.


encyrtid

In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids).

2005, Norman F. Johnson, Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 531:

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.


ectinosomid

(zoology) Alternative form of ectinosomatid.


emydid

It is perhaps instructive to note that tropical riverine batagurids, although more similar to other river-dwelling lineages in reproductive patterns than to other semi-aquatic and terrestrial batagurids, still tend to have lower fecundities and bigger eggs relative to their body sizes than do the other groups (e.g., riverine emydids, trionychids, and podocnemids) (Moll & Moll, 1990).

2004, Don Moll, The Ecology, Exploitation and Conservation of River Turtles, page 46:

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Emydidae.


emmelichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Emmelichthyidae.


elaterid

(zoology) Any member of the family Elateridae of click beetles.


dromornithid

Some dromornithids reached colossal size, such as Bullockornis, nicknamed the Demon Duck of Doom, which likely stood 2.5 metres tall.

2017 November 22, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian:

(zoology) Any member of the Dromornithidae.


enchytraeid

The effect of fertilizers on the diversity of enchytraeids has not been studied but occurrence of high abundance of enchytraeids after organic manure application has been noted.

1999, M. V. Reddy, Management of Tropical Agroecosystems and the Beneficial Soil Biota, page 218:

Enchytraeids probably consume and further process larger fecal pellets and castings of soil macrofauna, such as collembolans and earthworms (Zachariae, 1984; Rusek, 1985).

2006, Eldor A. Paul, Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry, page 177:

The exclusion of enchytraeids from many treatises and aquatic oligochaetes keys cannot be justified as approximately one third of the total enchytraeid species (Martin et al. 2008) inhabit aquatic habitats.

2011, Pilar Rodriguez, Trefor B. Reynoldson, The Pollution Biology of Aquatic Oligochaetes, page 21:

(zoology) Any of the microdrile oligochaetes of the family Enchytraeidae, which resemble small earthworms.


ectinosomatid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Ectinosomatidae.


dictynid

Originally only capitalized, from New Latin Dictynidae (“taxonomic family”), as Dictyna + -id.

der

(zoology) Any spider in the family Dictynidae.


endothiodontid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Endothiodontidae.


engonoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Engonoceratidae.


enoploteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Enoploteuthidae.


enoplometopid

(zoology) Any lobster-like crustacean in the family Enoplometopidae.


entomobryid

(zoology) Any springtail of the family Entomobryidae.


eoderoceratid

(zoology) Any member of the Eoderoceratidae.


eocardiid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Eocardiidae.


engraulid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Engraulidae; an anchovy.


eomyid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Eomyidae.


engraulidid

(zoology) Alternative spelling of engraulid.


eophliantid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Eophliantidae.


eosimiid

(zoology) Any extinct primate in the family Eosimiidae.


eosentomid

(zoology) Any proturan in the family Eosentomidae.


eogyrinid

(zoology) Any labyrinthodont in the family Eogyrinidae.


entonyssid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Entonyssidae.


eotomariid

(zoology) Any member of the gastropod family Eotomariidae.


eothyridid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Eothyrididae.


eomoropid

(zoology) Any extinct odd-toed ungulate in the family Eomoropidae.


ephippid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Ephippidae.


epicriid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Epicriidae.


epermeniid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Epermeniidae.


entoniscid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Entoniscidae.


epigonid

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deepwater cardinalfish#English

(zoology) Any member of the family Epigonidae: the deepwater cardinalfishes.


epidermoptid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Epidermoptidae.


epimeriid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Epimeriidae.


epizoanthid

(zoology) Any cnidarian in the family Epizoanthidae.


epipsocid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Epipsocidae.


epitoniid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Epitoniidae; a wentletrap.


epipyropid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Epipyropidae.


eresid

(zoology) Any member of the family Eresidae of velvet spiders.


epidendroid

/ˌɛpɪˈdɛndɹɔɪd/

(zoology) Any orchid in the subfamily Epidendroideae.


epoicotheriid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Epoicotheriidae.


eremiaphilid

(zoology) Any mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.


ergasilid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Ergasilidae.


eriococcid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Eriococcidae.


erethistid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Erethistidae.


eriocraniid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Eriocraniidae.


eremobatid

(zoology) Any arachnid in the family Eremobatidae.


eriphiid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Eriphiidae.


erinaceid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Erinaceidae, the hedgehogs, gymnures and moonrats.


eriophyid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Eriophyidae.


erycid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Erycidae, now considered to be the boid subfamily Erycinae.


erythraeid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Erythraeidae.


eriosomatid

(zoology) Any aphid in the family Eriosomatidae, now considered to be the subfamily Eriosomatinae.


eryonid

(zoology) Any extinct crustacean in the family Eryonidae.


erythrinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Erythrinidae.


eryopid

(zoology) Any extinct amphibian of the family †Eryopidae


erymid

(zoology) Any extinct crustacean in the family Erymidae.


enid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Enidae.


erebid

(zoology) Any member of the family Erebidae of moths.


erpobdellid

(zoology) Any leech of the family Erpobdellidae.


erycinid

(zoology) Any butterfly in the former family Erycinidae, which was found to contain species better classified as belong to two families, the Riodinidae and the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae.


eschrichtiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Eschrichtiidae of gray whales.


ethmiid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Ethmiidae.


esocid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Esocidae, the pikes


erythrosuchid

(zoology) Any archosaur in the family Erythrosuchidae.


estemmenosuchid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Estemmenosuchidae.


etheriid

(zoology) Any freshwater mussel in the family Etheriidae.


entamoebid

(zoology) Any member of the Entamoebidae.


eudrilid

(zoology) Any oligochaete worm in the family Eudrilidae.


eublepharid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Eublepharidae.


euhelopid

(zoology) Any member of the Euhelopidae, a synonym of the Euhelopodidae.


eucosmodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Eucosmodontidae.


eudendriid

(zoology) Any hydroid in the family Eudendriidae.


eucharitid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Eucharitidae.


eulimid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Eulimidae.


eubranchid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Eubranchidae.


etmopterid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Etmopteridae.


eulophid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp of the family Eulophidae.


etyid

(zoology) Any extinct crab in the family Etyidae.


eobaatarid

(zoology) Any extinct multituberculate mammal in the family Eobaataridae.


euconulid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Euconulidae.


euphemitid

(zoology) Any extinct mollusk in the family Euphemitidae.


euphaeid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Euphaeidae.


eurypygid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Eurypygidae; a sunbittern.


euparkeriid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Euparkeriidae.


entoliid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Entoliidae.


eurytomid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Eurytomidae.


euryleptid

(zoology) Any flatworm in the family Euryleptidae.


eurhinodelphinid

(zoology) Any toothed whale in the family Eurhinodelphinidae.


eurymylid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Eurymylidae.


euphthiracarid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Euphthiracaridae.


eusirid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Eusiridae.


eophrynid

(zoology) Any extinct arachnid in the family Eophrynidae.


eurylaimid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Eurylaimidae; a broadbill.


eurysquillid

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp of the family Eurysquillidae.


eurybrachid

(zoology) Any planthopper in the family Eurybrachidae.


eupterotid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Eupterotidae.


ephydrid

The ephydrids are especially prominent around inland salt and alkaline ponds and marshes and thermal and mineral springs.

1956, Robert Leslie Usinger, editor, Aquatic Insects of California, page 462:

A number of studies have been conducted on the abundance and distribution of numerous ephydrids, including Parydra in various habitats or on various substrates.

1985, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, page 362:

Another interesting example is ephydrids that colonize wood that has been heavily contaminated with human urine in ancient European buildings.

2013, Jill Lancaster, Barbara J. Downes, Aquatic Entomology, page 34:

(zoology) Any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae.


eutrephoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Eutrephoceratidae, often considered to be part of the Nautilidae.


eutypomyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Eutypomyidae.


evermannellid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Evermannellidae, the sabertooth fishes.


exocoetid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Exocoetidae; a flying fish.


euomphalid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.


evaniid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Evaniidae.


eupelmid

(zoology) Any member of the family Eupelmidae of parasitic wasps.


eunicid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Eunicidae.

(zoology, more broadly) Any polychaete worm of the order Eunicida.


eviphidid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Eviphididae.


euhelopodid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Euhelopodidae.


endromid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Endromidae.


eurypharyngid

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(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Eurypharyngidae, the pelican eels.


erethizontid

Erethizontids are primarily herbivorous.[…]With their elaborate courtship behavior, the erethizontids are a fascinating group of mammals.

1987, Joseph F. Merritt, Guide to the Mammals of Pennsylvan, page 235:

The erethizontids, with four genera (including eight species) achieved their greatest known diversity, representing 22% of the total diversity.

2010, M. G. Vucetich, A. G. Kramarz, A. M. Candela, “14: Colhuehuapian rodents from Gran Barranca and other Patagonian localities: the state of the art”, in Richard H. Madden, editor, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca, page 212:

Erethizontids inhabit a broad variety of habitats, from tundra to the tropics and from dense forests to open settings.

2010, Peter S. Ungar, Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity, page 212:

(zoology) Any of the New World porcupines comprising the family Erethizontidae.


fabrosaurid

(zoology) Any ornithischian dinosaur in the family Fabrosauridae.


fallotaspidid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Fallotaspididae.


fasciolid

(zoology) Any trematode flatworm in the family Fasciolidae.


facelinid

(zoology) Any sea slug of the family Facelinidae.


fanniid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Fanniidae.


faviid

(zoology) Any coral in the family Faviidae.


ficid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Ficidae; a fig shell.


figitid

(zoology) Any parasitoid wasp in the family Figitidae.


ferussaciid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Ferussaciidae.


fionid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Fionidae.


fimbriid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Fimbriidae.


fissurellid

(zoology) Any keyhole limpet in the family Fissurellidae.


firolid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Firolidae.


fistulariid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Fistulariidae of cornetfishes.


foratid

(zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Foratidae.


flavivirid

(zoology) Any member of the Flaviviridae.


furipterid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Furipteridae.


flabellinid

(zoology) Any of the family Flabellinidae of sea slugs.


fundulid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Fundulidae.


formicariid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Formicariidae; an ant thrush.


gadiniid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Gadiniidae, a synonym of the Trimusculidae.


fedrizziid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Fedrizziidae.


flatid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Flatidae.


galbulid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Galbulidae; a jacamar.


galagonid

(zoology) Any galago in the family Galagonidae.


fregatid

(zoology) Any member of the Fregatidae; a frigatebird.


gadid

(zoology) Any member of the family Gadidae of fish such as cod and pollack.


galatheid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Galatheidae.


falconid

(zoology) Any member of the Falconidae; a falcon or caracara.


galeommatid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Galeommatidae.


fulgorid

(zoology) Any hemipteran of the family Fulgoridae


galesaurid

(zoology) Any cynodont in the family Galesauridae.


filistatid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Filistatidae.


eumolpid

From the family name Eumolpidae, which was named after the type genus, Eumolpus.

(zoology) Any beetle in the chrysomelid subfamily Eumolpinae.


gasterophilid

(zoology) Any botfly in the oestrid subfamily Gasterophilinae, formerly the family Gasterophilidae.


galeopithecid

(zoology) Any member of the family Galeopithecidae, now considered to be a synonym of the family Cynocephalidae, the colugos or flying lemurs.


gadilid

(zoology) Any tusk shell in the family Gadilidae.


gasteropelecid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Gasteropelecidae.


gasteruptiid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Gasteruptiidae.


galeorhinid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Galeorhinidae, now considered to be the triakid subfamily Galeorhininae.


gammarid

(zoology) Any amphipod of the suborder Gammaridea.

(zoology, less common) Any amphipod of the family Gammaridae.


gasterosteid

(zoology) Any fish in the Gasterosteidae; a stickleback.


gastrochaenid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Gastrochaenidae.


gasteruptionid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Gasteruptionidae, a synonym of the Gasteruptiidae.


gastropterid

(zoology) Any sluglike gastropod in the family Gastropteridae.


gaviid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Gaviidae; a loon or diver.


gastronyssid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Gastronyssidae.


gaudryceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Gaudryceratidae.


gazid

(zoology) gastropod in the family Gazidae, now known as the Margaritidae.


gecarcinid

(zoology) Any land crab of the family Gecarcinidae


euplerid

(zoology) Any member of the family Eupleridae, Malagasy mongooses, cat-like mammals of Madagascar.


furnariid

(zoology) Any member of the Furnariidae; ovenbirds.


gecarcinucid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Gecarcinucidae.


gastrodelphyid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Gastrodelphyidae.


gelechiid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Gelechiidae (twirler moths).


geoplanid

(zoology) Any member of the Geoplanidae.


geisonoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Geisonoceratidae.


geoemydid

(zoology) Any member of the family Geoemydidae of turtles.


geotriid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Geotriidae.


georyssid

(zoology) Alternative form of georissid.


georissid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Georissidae.


geryonid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Geryonidae.


gerreid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Gerreidae, the mojarras.


gibberichthyid

(zoology) Any member of the Gibberichthyidae.


gigantactinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Gigantactinidae.


geotrupid

(zoology) Any in the family Geotrupidae of earth-boring dung beetles.


ginglymostomatid

(zoology) Any nurse shark of the family Ginglymostomatidae


gastornithid

However, as the beaks lack hooks typical for carnivorous birds, and calcium isotopes in the bones do not support a meat-based diet (Angst et al., 2014), it is now assumed that gastornithids were herbivores.

(zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Gastornithidae.


gephyrostegid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile-like tetrapod in the family Gephyrostegidae.


ginkgoid

(zoology) Any gymnosperm in the subclass Ginkgoidae.


forficulid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Forficulidae


glaphyrid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Glaphyridae.


glossid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Glossidae.


glossiphoniid

(zoology) Any leech of the family Glossiphoniidae.


giganturid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Giganturidae, the telescopefish.


glaresid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Glaresidae.


glycymeridid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Glycymerididae.


glaphyritid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Glaphyritidae.


gerrhosaurid

/ˌdʒɛɹəˈsɔːɹɪd/

(zoology) Any member of the family Gerrhosauridae of plated lizards.


eucinetid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Eucinetidae.


glaucid

(zoology) Any nudibranch in the family Glaucidae.


gnathiid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Gnathiidae.


glomerid

(zoology) Any millipede in the family Glomeridae.


dermestid

Stray dermestids are a great hazard in a biology department.

1968, Milton Hildebrand, Anatomical Preparations, page 23:

Some small dermestids are found in bee or wasp nests, where they feed on old pollen stores or on dried remains of bees or wasps.

1983, Richard E. White, Beetles, Peterson Field Guides, page 194:

In nature, dermestids can be found on old, dry carcasses, in bird and mammal nests, while the adults of some species visit flowers, where they feed on pollen and nectar.

2010, George Hangay, Paul Zborowski, A Guide to the Beetles of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, page 133:

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Dermestidae, most of which are scavengers that feed on dry animal or plant material.


glossosomatid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Glossosomatidae.


glyphipterigid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Glyphipterigidae.


glyptodontid

(zoology) Any of the family †Glyptodontidaeof extinct armadillos.


gobiconodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Gobiconodontidae.


gnaphosid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Gnaphosidae; a ground spider.


glaucosomatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Glaucosomatidae.


gobiesocid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Gobiesocidae of clingfish.


gomphid

(zoology) Any dragonfly in the family Gomphidae.


gobiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Gobiidae, the gobies.


gonatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Gonatidae of armhook squids.


golfingiid

(zoology) Any sipunculan worm of the family Golfingiidae.


goneplacid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Goneplacidae.


gomphotheriid

(zoology) Any extinct elephant-like mammal in the family Gomphotheriidae.


gomphotherid

(zoology) Any extinct elephant-like mammal in the family Gomphotheridae.


gonodactylid

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the family Gonodactylidae.


gonioloboceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Gonioloboceratidae.


goniopholid

(zoology) Any extinct crocodylomorph in the family Goniopholidae.


gradungulid

(zoology) Any spider of the family Gradungulidae.


gonorynchid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Gonorynchidae; a beaked salmon.


goniatitid

/ˌɡəʊniəˈtaɪtɪd/

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Goniatitidae.


goniopholidid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Goniopholididae, related to the crocodilians.


gorgonocephalid

(zoology) Any basket star in the family Gorgonocephalidae.


gorgoniid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae


gonyleptid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Gonyleptidae.


grapsid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Grapsidae.


grammatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Grammatidae.


goodeid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Goodeidae, the splitfins.


gonostomatid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Gonostomatidae.


grallinid

(zoology, dated) Any member of the former family Grallinidae of passerine birds.


gromiid

(zoology) Any cercozoan in the family Gromiidae.


grantiid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Grantiidae.


grammistid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Grammistidae, now considered to be the serranid tribe Grammistini or subfamily Grammistinae.


grylloblattid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Grylloblattidae, the ice crawlers.


grypoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Grypoceratidae.


gymnotid

(zoology) Any member of the Gymnotidae; a naked-back knifefish.


gymnitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Gymnitidae.


guaibasaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Guaibasauridae.


gymnurid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Gymnuridae.


gymnarchid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Gymnarchidae, consisting of a single species: the aba or African knifefish.


gryphaeid

(zoology) Any member of the Gryphaeidae, honeycomb oysters or foam oysters.


gempylid

He also placed Lepidocybium Gill 1862 as the sister group of all the other gempylids and trichiurids.

1998, The Museum, Contributions in Science, numbers 469-480, page 4:

The larvae most likely to be confused with trichiurids are paralepidids and gempylids.

2000, F. J. Gago, J. M. Leis, T. Trnski, “111: Trichiuridae”, in Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart, editors, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes, page 704:

The gempylids, or snake mackerels, are a small group of predatory oceanic or pelagic fish.

2002, S. S. Deshpande, Handbook of Food Toxicology, page 696:

(zoology) Any fish of the escolar family, Gempylidae.


gyrinocheilid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Gyrinocheilidae.


gymnophthalmid

(zoology) Any lizard of the family Gymnophthalmidae.


gnathophyllid

(zoology) Any shrimp in the family Gnathophyllidae.


haemoproteid

(zoology) Any member of the Haemoproteidae.


haemogamasid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Haemogamasidae.


haemadipsid

(zoology) Any leech of the family Haemadipsidae.


haminoeid

(zoology) Any member of the Haminoeidae.


halcampid

(zoology) Any sea anemone in the family Halcampidae.


gnathorhizid

(zoology) Any extinct lungfish in the family Gnathorhizidae.


gastrioceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Gastrioceratidae.


halarachnid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Halarachnidae.


halichondriid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Halichondriidae.


haemulid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Haemulidae, the grunts.


gammarellid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Gammarellidae.


halkieriid

(zoology) Any member of the Halkieriidae.


haleciid

(zoology) Any hydroid in the family Haleciidae


halcyonid

(zoology) A tree kingfisher in the family Halcyonidae.


halimococcid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Halimococcidae.


hapalodectid

(zoology) Any mesonychian in the family Hapalodectidae.


halictophagid

(zoology) Any strepsipteran insect in the family Halictophagidae.


gyrinid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Gyrinidae, a whirligig beetle.


harrimaniid

(zoology) Any hemichordate in the family Harrimaniidae.


harpagiferid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Harpagiferidae.


haploceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Haploceratidae.


hapsidopareiontid

(zoology) Any tuditanomorph microsaur in the family Hapsidopareiontidae.


haustoriid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Haustoriidae.


haloritid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Haloritidae.


hartmannellid

(zoology) Any amoebozoan in the family Hartmannellidae.


harpid

(zoology) Any member of the family Harpidae of snails.


helicarionid

(zoology) Any snail of the family Helicarionidae.


helcomyzid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Helcomyzidae.


helicodiscid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Helicodiscidae.


halosaurid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Halosauridae.


hegetotheriid

(zoology) Any notoungulate in the family Hegetotheriidae.


haliotid

(zoology) Abalone, any member of the family Haliotidae.


helioporid

(zoology) Any coral in the family Helioporidae


helcionellid

(zoology) Any extinct mollusk in the family Helcionellidae.


heleophrynid

(zoology) Any ghost frog in the family Heleophrynidae.


heliodinid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Heliodinidae.


helicopsychid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Helicopsychidae.


heleid

(zoology) Any biting midge in the family Heleidae, a synonym of the Ceratopogonidae.


hemiodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hemiodontidae.


helotid

(zoology) Any member of the family Helotidae of beetles.


hemimerid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Hemimeridae.


hemiramphid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hemiramphidae; a halfbeak.


helophorid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Helophoridae.


geomyid

Whereas geomyids seem to dominate the montane grassland, microtenes dominated the tallgrass, cricetines dominated the shortgrass and heteromyids dominated the desert grassland site.

1982, L. D. Harris, G. B. Bowman, “6: Vertebrate predator subsystem”, in A. I. Breymeyer, George M. van Dyne, editors, Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man, page 595:

A second potential problem is the geomyids in their phylogeny are linked more closely to the sciurids than to the muroids, yet several authorities suggest the geomyids should be placed among the muroidomopha (e.g. Eisenberg, 1981).

1999, J. R. Speakman, “The Cost of Living: Field Metabolic Rates of Small Mammals”, in A. H. Fitter, D. G. Raffaelli, editors, Advances in Ecological Research, volume 30, page 226:

Compared with geomyids, little is known about the roles of other subterranean rodents in ecological succession.

2000, Guy N. Cameron, “Chapter Six: Community Ecology of Subterranean Rodents”, in Eileen A. Lacey, James L. Patton, Guy N. Cameron, editors, Life Underground: The Biology of Subterranean Rodents, page 244:

(zoology) Any gopher of the family Geomyidae.


helicid

(zoology) Any snail of the family Helicidae.


hemitheid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Hemitheidae, now considered to be the geometrid tribe Hemitheini.


gavialid

The gavialids, found in India, eat fish and have slender snouts.

1999, Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, The Oryx Guide to Natural History: The Earth and All Its Inhabitants, page 178:

Several genera of crocodiles, gavialids, and turtles evolved from Mesozoic stock.

2007, Thomas T. Veblen, Austin Kenneth R. Young, Antony R. Orme, The Physical Geography of South America, page 39:

The second was based on trees including Gavialis as the closest relative of Tomistoma, and two dates—the basal split within Crocodylia and the crocodylid–gavialid split—were estimated.

2009, Christopher A. Brochu, “Crocodylians (Crocodylia)”, in S. Blair Hedges, Sudhir Kumar, editors, The Timetree of Life, page 147:

(zoology) Any reptile of the family Gavialidae.


hemiscylliid

(zoology) Any of the family Hemiscylliidae of sharks.


hemiphractid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Hemiphractidae.


heliconiid

(zoology) Any butterfly in the family Heliconiidae, now considered to be the nymphalid subfamily Heliconiinae.


hemisotid

(zoology) Any shovelnose frog in the family Hemisotidae.


haliplid

He wrote, ‘The haliplids are the crawling water beetles. They are small, oval and convex and are usually yellow or brown with dark spots. They may be discerned from other aquatic beetles by their large and plate-like hind coxae.’

2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 193:

(zoology) Any member of the family Haliplidae of crawling water beetles.


heptaxodontid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae.


henicid

(zoology) Any king cricket or weta in the family Henicidae.


hercoglossid

(zoology) Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Hercoglossidae.


hemigaleid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hemigaleidae.


grammicolepidid

1956, Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin, Volume 7, Division of Systematic Biology, Stanford University, page 91,
However, the peculiar Grammicolepididae may be rather closely allied to the Oreosomatidae, and the spikes or hooks seen on the sides of some grammicolepidids (see especially Barnard, 1940, p. 11 and plate, on Xenolepidichthys americanus in South Africa) may be the homologues of the "hills" of Oreosoma.

Only zanclids, caproids, luvarids, menids, grammicolepidids and perhaps siganids and leiognathids have larvae that could be confused with acanthurids.

2004, Jeffrey M. Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes: An Identification Guide to Marine Fish Larvae, page 681:

2005, J. G. Ditty, Chapter 105: Families Parazenidae, Zeniontidae, Zeidae, Oreosomatidae, & Grammicolepidae, William J. Richards (editor), Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Volume 2, page 1109,
Grammicolepidids have dorsoventrally elongate linear scales rather than the cycloid or ctenoid scales of other zeiform families.

(zoology) Any of the deep-sea fish of the family Grammicolepididae.


hermaeid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Hermaeidae.


hemitripterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hemitripteridae.


glypheid

(zoology) Any lobsterlike crustacean in the family Glypheidae.


heptapterid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Heptapteridae.


helodermatid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Helodermatidae


herrerasaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaure in the family Herrerasauridae.


heliornithid

(zoology) Any finfoot in the family Heliornithidae.


heliozelid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Heliozelidae.


herpyllobiid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Herpyllobiidae.


hersiliid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Hersiliidae.


glossoscolecid

(zoology) Any earthworm of the family Glossoscolecidae.


herpetotheriid

(zoology) Any metatherian in the family Herpetotheriidae.


hippolytid

(zoology) Any shrimp in the family Hippolytidae.


hesionid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Hesionidae.


heterobathmiid

(zoology)Any moth in the family Heterobathmiidae.


heterozerconid

(zoology) Any member of the Heterozerconidae.


heterophyid

(zoology) Any trematode flatworm in the family Heterophyidae.


hiatellid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Hiatellidae.


halictid

A single Eleodes hispilabris (apparently on its last leg) was seen near the north end of the mesa, which I photographed and collected, and on the way back I encountered a small patch of Sphaeralcea coccinea (scarlet globemallow) in bloom, from the flowers of which I collected a few small melyrid-type beetles and a small halictid bee for Mike.

2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:

(zoology) Any member of the family Halictidae, many of which are known as sweat bees.


heteropneustid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Heteropneustidae.


hesperiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper.


hexagrammid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Hexagrammidae of greenlings.


heteromyid

(zoology) Any rodent of the family Heteromyidae.


heterocerid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Heteroceridae.


hexathelid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hexathelidae of funnel-web tarantulas.


heterenchelyid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Heterenchelyidae.


hippid

(zoology) Any sand crab in the family Hippidae.


himantolophid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Himantolophidae.


hexapodid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Hexapodidae.


helminthoglyptid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Helminthoglyptidae, now considered to be the xanthonychid subfamily Helminthoglyptinae.


heylerosaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the Heylerosauridae.


hipponicid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Hipponicidae.


hirundinid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Hirundinidae; a swallow or martin.


hiodontid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Hiodontidae, the mooneyes.


hildoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Hildoceratidae.


heterogynid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Heterogynidae.


hipposaurid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Hipposauridae.


herpestid

(zoology) Any member of the family Herpestidae of mongooses.


holopeid

(zoology) Any extinct sea snail in the family Holopeidae.


heteroderid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Heteroderidae.


heleomyzid

Carrion in woods possibly has a distinctive fauna; the commonest flies are Piophila (especially Pnigriceps) and the heleomyzid Neoleria inscripta while Calliphoridae are less in evidence.

1978, Alan Stubbs, A dipterist's handbook, page 119:

Trixoscelids are scarcely distinguishable from heleomyzids.

1979, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada:

The larvae of a small fly called a heleomyzid were present in some numbers on the body, suggesting that the burial probably took place at the end of winter or in early spring because eggs laid before winter would not have survived to produce larvae.

2013, Zakaria Erzinçlioglu, Maggots, Murder, and Men:

(zoology) Any member of the family Heleomyzidae of flies.


histiostomatid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Histiostomatidae.


homalocephalid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Homalocephalidae, probably a synonym of the Pachycephalosauridae.


holothuriid

(zoology) Any sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.


holoptychiid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Holoptychiidae.


hoplitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Hoplitidae.


hoplichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hoplichthyidae.


holmiid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Holmiidae.


homalodotheriid

(zoology) Any toxodont in the family Homalodotheriidae.


histioteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Histioteuthidae.


hormotomid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Hormotomidae, now known as the Murchisoniidae.


histiopterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Histiopteridae, now considered to be the pentacerotid subfamily Histiopterinae.


homoceratid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Homoceratidae of extinct ammonites.


gracillariid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Gracillariidae.


hoplocercid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Hoplocercidae.


homarid

(zoology) Any lobster in the family Homaridae, a synonym of the Nephropidae.


homalonotid

(zoology) Any trilobite the family Homalonotidae.


homalonychid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Homalonychidae.


homolodromiid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Homolodromiidae.


homolid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Homolidae.


holocentrid

(zoology) Any member of the family Holocentridae of squirrelfishes and soldierfishes.


huayangosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Huayangosauridae,


hyaenodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hyaenodontidae.


hyalid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Hyalidae.


hyalellid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Hyalellidae.


hybodontid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Hybodontidae.


hormathiid

(zoology) Any sea anemone in the family Hormathiidae.


geodiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Geodiidae of sponges.


goniasterid

(zoology) Any starfish in the family Goniasteridae


hoplolaimid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Hoplolaimidae.


henricosborniid

(zoology) Any member of the Henricosborniidae.


hyaenid

(zoology) Any member of the Hyaenidae; an aardwolf or hyena.


helicinid

(zoology) Any snails in the family Helicinidae.


hybotid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Hybotidae.


hydatinid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Hydatinidae.


hydraenid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hydraenidae of minute moss beetles.


hydrobiid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Hydrobiidae.


hydrobatid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Hydrobatidae; a storm petrel.


hydrocenid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Hydrocenidae.


hubbardiid

(zoology) Any arachnid in the family Hubbardiidae.


hexabranchid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Hexabranchidae.


hydroptilid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Hydroptilidae.


hydrophiid

(zoology) Any sea snake in the family Hydrophiidae.


hydropsychid

(zoology) Any caddisfly in the family Hydropsychidae.


hydractiniid

(zoology) Any hydrozoan of the family Hydractiniidae.


hymenosomatid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Hymenosomatidae.


hygrobiid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Hygrobiidae.


hylid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hylidae of frogs, including tree frogs.


hydrochoerid

(zoology) Any rodent of the family Hydrochoeridae (now reclassified as the subfamily Hydrochoerinae).


hylaeochampsid

(zoology) Any extinct eusuchian in the family Hylaeochampsidae.


hymenopodid

(zoology) Any mantis in the family Hymenopodidae.


hymenolepidid

(zoology) Any tapeworm in the family Hymenolepididae.


hyocephalid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Hyocephalidae.


hydroscaphid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Hydroscaphidae.


hyopsodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hyopsodontidae.


hyriid

(zoology) Any freshwater mussel in the family Hyriidae.


hyperoodontid

(zoology) Any beaked whale in the family Hyperoodontidae, a synonym of the Ziphiidae.


hydrobiosid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Hydrobiosidae.


hypsidorid

(zoology) Any extinct catfish in the family Hypsidoridae.


hypopomid

(zoology) Any knifefish in the family Hypopomidae.


hypsibiid

(zoology) Any tardigrade in the family Hypsibiidae.


hyperiopsid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Hyperiopsidae.


hypertragulid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hypertragulidae.


hyperiid

(zoology) Any amphipod of the suborder Hyperiidea.

(zoology, less common) Any amphipod of the family Hyperiidae.


ibaliid

(zoology) Any cynipoid wasp in the family Ibaliidae.


icelid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Icelidae, which is now generally considered to be part of the family Cottidae.


hypsiprymnodontid

(zoology) A musky rat-kangaroo, sole member of the family Hypsiprymnodontidae.


hyracodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hyracodontidae.


hahniid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hahniidae of dwarf sheet spiders.


ichthyophiid

(zoology) Any caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae.


ichthyornithid

(zoology) Any avialan in the family Ichthyornithidae.


hypogastrurid

(zoology) Any springtail in the family Hypogastruridae.


icosteid

(zoology) Any ragfish in the family Icosteidae.


ictalurid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Ictaluridae.


ichthyosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ichthyosauridae.


ichneumonoid

(zoology) Any member of the superfamily Ichneumonoidea.


ichthyodectid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Ichthyodectidae of extinct predatory fish principally of the Cretaceous.


idiopid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Idiopidae.


idiacanthid

(zoology) Any fish in the stomiid subfamily Idiacanthinae.


hynobiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hynobiidae of salamanders.


immid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Immidae.


ichthyostegid

(zoology) Any labyrinthodont in the family Ichthyostegidae.


indostomid

(zoology)Any fish in the family Indostomidae.


idoteid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Idoteidae.


iguanodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Iguanodontidae of iguana-like dinosaurs.


idiosepiid

(zoology) Any in the family Idiosepiidae of cephalopods.


ilariid

(zoology) Any extinct marsupial in the family Ilariidae.


hyblaeid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Hyblaeidae.


hepialid

(zoology) Any member of family Hepialidae of ghost moths.


inachid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Inachidae.


hystricid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hystricidae, Old World porcupines


inocelliid

(zoology)Any snakefly in the family Inocelliidae.


inermiid

(zoology)Any fish in the family Inermiidae, a synonym of the Haemulidae.


hygromiid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Hygromiidae.


incurvariid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Incurvariidae.


interatheriid

(zoology) Any notoungulate in the family Interatheriidae.


inoceramid

(zoology)Any extinct bivalve in the family Inoceramidae.


iravadiid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Iravadiidae.


homerid

From Latin Homeridae. Equivalent to Homer + -id.


irenid

(zoology)Any bird in the family Irenidae.


iridinid

(zoology)Any freshwater mussel in the family Iridinidae.


ilysiid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Ilysiidae, a synonym of the Aniliidae.


ironomyiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Ironomyiidae.


indicatorid

(zoology) Any member of the Indicatoridae, the honeyguides.


indriid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Indriidae.


iniid

According to Cozzuol (1996), iniids (including fossil taxa) are characterized by an extremely elongated rostrum and mandible, very narrow supraoccipital, greatly reduced orbital region, and pneumatized maxillae forming a crest.

2015, Annalisa Berta, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology, page 88:

(zoology) Any river dolphin of the family Iniidae.


hybosorid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Hybosoridae.


isaeid

(zoology)Any amphipod in the family Isaeidae.


ingolfiellid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Ingolfiellidae.


histerid

Later, mostly in the 1950s, eight more histerid species were imported into Hawaii to attack the horn fly, of which four became established, including Pachylister caffer (Erichson) (Legner, 1978; Funasaki et al, 1988).

1999, K. S. Hagen, N. J. Mills, G. Gordh, J. A. McMurtry, “16. Terrestrial Arthropod Predators of Insect and Mite Pests”, in T. W. Fisher, Thomas S. Bellows, L. E. Caltagirone, D. L. Dahlsten, Carl B. Huffaker, G. Gordh, editors, Handbook of Biological Control, Academic Press, page 447:

Histerids are mainly predators of soft-bodied insect larvae and eggs, particularly those of cyclorraphan^([sic – meaning cyclorrhaphan]) Diptera.

2001, Peter W. Kovarik, Michael S. Caterino, “Family 15. HISTERIDAE Gyllenhal, 1808”, in Ross H. Arnett Jr., Michael C. Thomas, editors, American Beetles, Volume 1, CRC Press, page 216:

Histerids are scavengers and predators in decomposing organic material such as animal carcasses.

2004, David P. Rees, Insects of Stored Products, CSIRO Publishing, page 72:

(zoology) Any of the numerous beetles in the family Histeridae; a clown beetle.


hypochilid

Dr. Gertsch advised us that scorpions are remote relatives of spiders — no closer than a wasp is to a snout beetle — and that the rare ancient spider he nabbed was a hypochilid, dating back two hundred and fifty million years to the Carboniferous Age.

1953, The New Yorker, volume 29, number 3, page 33:

Their four booklungs linked these hypochilids with primitive mygalomorphs.

1999, Raymond R. Forster, Spiders of New Zealand and Their World-wide Kin, page 69:

The cribellar fibrils of the 12 hypochilid species are cylindrical with a diameter of about 25 nm, whereas fibrils of all other cribellate species, except members of the family Filistatidae, have regularly spaced, swollen nodes that have a diameter of about 35 nm.

2013, Wolfgang Nentwig, Spider Ecophysiology, page 305:

(zoology) Any member of the Hypochilidae (the lampshade spiders).


issid

(zoology) Any of the planthoppers in the family Issidae.


ischnochitonid

(zoology) Any chiton in the family Ischnochitonidae.


ischyrocerid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Ischyroceridae.


jacobsoniid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Jacobsoniidae.


isotemnid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Isotemnidae of extinct ungulates.


isotomid

(zoology) Any springtail in the family Isotomidae.


isostictid

(zoology)Any damselfly in the family Isostictidae.


istiophorid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Istiophoridae, the marlins.


istiodactylid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Istiodactylidae.


janthinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Epitoniidae (syn. Janthinidae); a wentletrap.


isidid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Isididae


jakobid

(zoology) Any protozoan in the order Jakobida.


intasuchid

(zoology)Any temnospondyl in the family Intasuchidae.


japygid

The japygids could not be established with certainty as carnivores, and efficiencies were calculated (a) with these animals ignored, (b) with them considered as carnivores, and (c) with them considered as 'herbivores'.

1970, John Anthony Wallwork, Ecology of soil animals, page 244:

(zoology) Any hexapod of the family Japygidae or superfamily Japygoidea.


kalotermitid

(zoology) Any member of the family Kalotermitidae of termites.


kermesid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Kermesidae.


juraphyllitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Juraphyllitidae.


juliid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Juliidae.


kathlaniid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Kathlaniidae.


kannemeyeriid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Kannemeyeriidae.


karaurid

(zoology) Any salamander-like amphibian in the family Karauridae.


keraterpetontid

(zoology) Any lepospondyl in the family Keraterpetontidae.


keroplatid

(zoology) Any fungus gnat of the family Keroplatidae.


kinosternid

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Kinosternidae.


jassid

(zoology) Any leaf-hopper in the family Jassidae, now considered to be the cicadellid subfamily Iassinae.


kentriodontid

(zoology) Any extinct cetacean in the family Kentriodontidae.


katsuwonid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Katsuwonidae, a synonym of the Scombridae.


kneriid

(zoology) Any gonorynchiform fish in the family Kneriidae.


julid

(zoology) Any millipede in the order Julida.

(zoology) Any millipede in the family Julidae.


kuehneosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct lizardlike gliding reptile of the family Kuehneosauridae.


kerriid

(zoology) Any lac insect in the family Kerriidae.


labidurid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Labiduridae.


kuhliid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Kuhliidae, the flagtails.


kuehneotheriid

(zoology) Any mammaliaform in the family Kuehneotheriidae.


labiid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Labiidae.


hypoptychid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hypoptychidae of gasterosteiform fish.


halid

(zoology) Any spider in the now obsolete family Halidae, which since 2006 is considered part of the family Pisauridae.


janolid

A third species of janolid has been collected from San Diego, California and was depicted by Behrens (1980, fig. 152).

Food abundance does not appear to be a limiting factor as many ectoproct colonies are devoid of janolids.

1982, Annals of the South African Museum, volume 86, page 40:

As an example, the up to now unknown structure and function of the janolid caruncle (see GOSLINER 1994) was investigated herein.

2003, Michael Schrödl, Sea slugs of southern South America, page 117:

(zoology) Any member of the Janolidae (synonym of Proctonotidae), a family of sea slugs.


laelapid

(zoology) Any member of the family Laelapidae of mites.


lamellorthoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Lamellorthoceratidae.


ipnopid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Ipnopidae, the deepsea tripod fish.


lachesillid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Lachesillidae.


lactariid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lactariidae.


lamellariid

(zoology) Any of the gastropods in the family Lamellariidae, now considered the velutinid subfamily Lamellariinae.


kogaionid

Some, such as Kogaionids, probably laid eggs and hopped like frogs.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 25:

(zoology) An extinct multituberculate of the family Kogaionidae.


labrisomid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Labrisomidae.


kionoceratid

(zoology) Any member of the Kionoceratidae.


kogiid

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

(zoology) Any whale in the family Kogiidae.


lagosuchid

(zoology) Any archosaur in the family Lagosuchidae.


lampridid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Lamprididae, the opahs.


ischnurid

(zoology) Any scorpion in the family Ischnuridae.


lamponid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Lamponidae.


laniid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Laniidae; a shrike.


lampropid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Lampropidae.


largid

(zoology) Any plant bug in the family Largidae.


latiid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Latiidae.


latimerid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Latimeridae, the coelacanths.


laternulid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Laternulidae.


lanthanotid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Lanthanotidae.


latreilliid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Latreilliidae.


latiscopid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Latiscopidae.


laubierinid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Laubierinidae.


lamnid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Lamnidae.


ixodorhynchid

(zoology)Any mite in the family Ixodorhynchidae.


lebiasinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lebiasinidae.


leiognathid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Leiognathidae.


lecithocerid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Lecithoceridae.


leiodid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Leiodidae.


lecanodiaspidid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Lecanodiaspididae.


leiopelmatid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Leiopelmatidae.


kraemeriid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Kraemeriidae, the sand gobies.


lepetid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Lepetidae.


lauxaniid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lauxaniidae of flies.


lepadid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lepadidae, gooseneck barnacles in the order Pedunculata.


lepicerid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Lepiceridae.


lemoniid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Lemoniidae, now considered to be part of the Brahmaeidae.


lepidosirenid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Lepidosirenidae, the South American lungfish.


lepidoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Lepidoteuthidae.


lasiocampid

(zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.


lepilemurid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Lepilemuridae.


lepisosteid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lepisosteidae; a gar.


lamiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lamiidae, now considered to be the cerambycid subfamily Lamiinae.


leptonetid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Leptonetidae.


leptochariid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Leptochariidae.


leptochitonid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Leptochitonidae.


leptocerid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Leptoceridae.


leptotyphlopid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.


leptodactylid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Leptodactylidae


leptoscopid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Leptoscopidae.


leptodorid

(zoology) Any water flea in the family Leptodoridae.


lernaeodiscid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lernaeodiscidae, parasitic barnacles in the superorder Rhizocephala.


lestid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Lestidae.


lethrinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lethrinidae.


leucothoid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Leucothoidae.


leuctrid

(zoology) Any stonefly in the family Leuctridae.


lauriid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Lauriidae.


lepismatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lepismatidae of silverfish and bristletails


leuconid

(zoology) Any member of the family Leuconidae of hooded shrimps.


limid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Limidae.


lernaeopodid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Lernaeopodidae.


libytheid

(zoology) Any butterfly in the family Libytheidae, now considered to be the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae.


liljeborgiid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Liljeborgiidae.


leucosiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Leucosiidae of crabs.


limoniid

(zoology) Any cranefly in the family Limoniidae.


limnoriid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Limnoriidae.


limnodynastid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Limnodynastidae.


limacodid

(zoology) Any moth the family Limacodidae.


lineid

(zoology) Any nemertean worm in the family Lineidae.


limnocytherid

(zoology) Any ostracod in the family Limnocytheridae.


kyphosid

The kyphosids are today one of the most primitive percosid families.

1967, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 135, page 50:

A few apogonids are similarly shaped and pigmented, but none are as robust as kyphosids, and all have a prominent gas bladder and a divided dorsal fin with fewer elements. Heavily pigmented perciform larvae such as Iatids and toxotids have different skin meristics and smaller head spines than kyphosids.

2000, H. J. Walker Jr., F. J. Neira, A. G. Miskiewicz, B. M. Carson-Ewart, “74: Kyphosidae (Rudderfishes, Sea Chubs)”, in Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart, editors, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes: An identification guide to marine fish larvae, page 467:

Siganids and kyphosids are less speciose than scarines and acanthurids, and are more conservative in their feeding habitats (Choat 1991, Choat et al 2002).

2009, Alison L. Green, David R. Bellwood, Monitoring Functional Groups of Herbivorous Reef Fishes as Indicators of Coral Reef Resilience, page 21:

(ichthyology) Any of the perciform fish of the family Kyphosidae (the sea chubs).


limapontiid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Limapontiidae.


leontiniid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Leontiniidae.


linophrynid

(zoology)Any fish in the family Linophrynidae.


liocranid

(zoology) Any member of the family Liocranidae of certain sac spiders.


limnoscelid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Limnoscelidae.


liparoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Liparoceratidae.


limacid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Limacidae.


liochelid

(zoology) Any scorpion in the family Liochelidae, a synonym of the Hemiscorpiidae.


liolaemid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Liolaemidae.


lituitid

(zoology) Any in the family †Lituitidae of extinct cephalopods.


liphistiid

(araneology, zoology) Any spider in the family Liphistiidae.


liroceratid

(zoology) Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Liroceratidae.


littorinid

(zoology) Any member of the Littorinidae of univalves.


locustid

(zoology) Any member of the Locustidae family, now included in subfamily Oedipodinae in family Acrididae.


loliginid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Loliginidae.


listrophorid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Listrophoridae.


limulid

(zoology) Any horseshoe crab in the family Limulidae.


litiopid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Litiopidae.


lobotid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lobotidae; a tripletail.


lithornithid

(zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Lithornithidae.


loricariid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Loricariidae.


lophospirid

(zoology) Any extinct sea snail in the family Lophospiridae.


ithonid

The second, and most important, event was the publication of his first scientific paper (Adams 1950) - a short note on the rare North American ithonid Oliarces clara Banks.

1998, Journal of Neuropterology, volumes 1-2, page 76:

Like the ithonids, they appear to be an isolated and ancient family.

2005, Cedric Gillott, Entomology, 3rd edition, page 302:

2008, Lionel Stange, Lacewings, Antlions and Mantispids (Neuroptera), John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, Volume 4, page 2105,
Some species of ithonids (Ithone, Megalithone and Oliarces) have been observed swarming in vast numbers for short periods of time.

(zoology) Any insect of the moth lacewing family Ithonidae.


loriid

(zoology) Any parrot in the family Loriidae, now considered to be the psittacid subfamily Loriinae.


lophotid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Lophotidae, the crestfish or unicornfish.


lonchopterid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Lonchopteridae.


limacinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Limacinidae of heterobranch snails, known as sea butterflies.


lonchaeid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Lonchaeidae.


lomid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lomidae of hairy stone crabs.


lithodid

(zoology) Any of the crab-like crustaceans in the family Lithodidae, the king crabs.


latrid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Latridae.


lorisid

(zoology) Any primate in the family Lorisidae; a loris or potto.


lotid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lotidae of lings and similar fish.


lepetellid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Lepetellidae.


limopsid

(zoology) Any bivalve in the family Limopsidae.


lophocoronid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Lophocoronidae.


latridiid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Latridiidae.


lovenellid

(zoology) Any hydroid in the family Lovenellidae


loxoscelid

(zoology) Any in the former family Loxoscelidae of recluse spiders, now considered part of the family Sicariidae.


loxonematid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Loxonematidae.


loxommatid

(zoology) Any primitive tetrapod in the family Loxommatidae, a synonym of the Baphetidae.


loveniid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Loveniidae


lycoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Lycoteuthidae.


lyctid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Lyctidae.


lymexylid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Lymexylidae.


lycosuchid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Lycosuchidae.


lumbriculid

(zoology) Any worm of the family Lumbriculidae.


lottiid

(zoology)Any gastropod in the family Lottiidae.


lymantrid

(zoology) Alternative spelling of lymantriid.


lyonsiid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Lyonsiidae.


lymnaeid

(zoology) Any pond snail in the family Lymnaeidae.


lymnocardiid

(zoology) Any cockle in the family Lymnocardiidae, now considered to be the cardiid subfamily Lymnocardiinae.


lyonetiid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Lyonetiidae.


lysianassid

(zoology) Any crustacean of the family Lysianassidae.


lypusid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Lypusidae.


lysorophid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Lysorophidae, a synonym for the Molgophidae.


lystrosaurid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Lystrosauridae.


lumbricid

(zoology) Any earthworm in the family Lumbricidae.


macristiid

(zoology) Any fish in the obsolete family Macristiidae, which turned out to be a collection of misidentified larval aulopiforms.


lygaeid

(zoology) Any plant bug in the family Lygaeidae.


macraucheniid

(zoology) Any extinct hoofed mammal of the family Macraucheniidae.


macluritid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Macluritidae.


macariid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Macariidae, now considered to be the geometrid tribe Macariini.


macrochelid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Macrochelidae.


machaerotid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Machaerotidae.


macropodid

(zoology) Any member of the Macropodidae; a kangaroo.


macrophthalmid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Macrophthalmidae.


macropetalichthyid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Macropetalichthyidae.


kurtid

(zoology) Any nurseryfish in the family Kurtidae.


lucanid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lucanidae.


macroscelidid

(zoology) Any member of the family Macroscelididae, the elephant shrews.


macroramphosid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Macroramphosidae.


macronyssid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Macronyssidae.


malachiid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Malachiidae, now considered to be the melyrid subfamily Malachiinae.


leucospid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Leucospidae.


maenid

(zoology) Any member of the family Maenidae (now Centracanthidae) of picarel fishes.


malacanthid

(zoology) Any in the family Malacanthidae of tilefishes.


macrostomid

(zoology) Any flatworm in the family Macrostomidae.


maizaniid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Maizaniidae.


malletiid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Malletiidae.


marathonitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Marathonitidae.


mastacembelid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Mastacembelidae.


mamenchisaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Mamenchisauridae.


mammutid

(zoology) Any member of the family Mammutidae; a mammoth.


margaritiferid

(zoology) Any freshwater mussel in the family Margaritiferidae.


malleid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Malleidae.


margarodid

(zoology) Any in the family Margarodidae of scale insects.


mastodonsaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Mastodonsauridae.


mazocraeid

(zoology) Any flatworm in the family Mazocraeidae.


mastotermitid

(zoology) Any termite of the family Mastotermitidae.


massospondylid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Massospondylidae.


marginellid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Marginellidae.


mastigoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Mastigoteuthidae.


matutid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Matutidae.


mecicobothriid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Mecicobothriidae.


mawsoniid

(zoology) Any extinct coelacanth in the family Mawsoniidae.


meandrinid

(zoology) Any stony coral in the family Meandrinidae.


mecochirid

(zoology) Any extinct lobsterlike crustacean in the family Mecochiridae.


mecysmaucheniid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Mecysmaucheniidae.


megamerinid

(zoology) Any member of the Megamerinidae.


megadermatid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Megadermatidae.


medlicottiid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Medlicottiidae.


megalonychid

(zoology) Any sloth in the family Megalonychidae.


megalopygid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Megalopygidae.


megalichthyid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Megalichthyidae.


megaladapid

(zoology) Any extinct lemur in the family Megaladapidae.


megalurid

(zoology) Any warbler in the family Megaluridae, a synonym for the Locustellidae.


liotiid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Liotiidae.


megapodid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Megapodiidae; a megapode or mound builder.


megalyrid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Megalyridae.


megapodiid

(zoology) Alternative form of megapodid.


megalosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur of the family Megalosauridae.


megatheriid

(zoology) Any in the family Megatheriidae of ground sloths.


megalodontid

(zoology) Any of the extinct bivalves in the family Megalodontidae.


megaspirid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Megaspiridae.


melanopsid

(zoology) Any freshwater snail in the family Melanopsidae.


megathymid

(zoology) Any skipper in the family Megathymidae, now considered to be part of the Hesperiidae, perhaps as the subfamily Megathyminae.


megapodagrionid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae; a flatwing.


melandryid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Melandryidae.


lycid

For an instant I thought it was a lycid, but it moved characteristically like a longhorned beetle, and I quickly realized that I had collected Elytroleptus floridanus—a quite rare southeastern U.S. species that I have only seen once before when I reared a single individual from dead oak that I collected in the Missouri bootheel (and representing a new state record).

2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:


melamphaid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Melamphaidae.


luciocephalid

(zoology) Any gourami in the family Luciocephalidae, now considered to be the osphronemid subfamily Luciocephalinae.


megazostrodontid

(zoology) Any mammaliaform cynodont in the family Megazostrodontidae.


megisthanid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Megisthanidae.


megophryid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Megophryidae.


meliponid

(zoology) Any bee in the family Meliponidae, now considered to be the apid tribe Meliponini.


melanocetid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Melanocetidae.


melitid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Melitidae.


meinertellid

(zoology) Any bristletail in the family Meinertellidae.


melaniid

(zoology) Any freshwater snail in the family Melaniidae (synonym of family Thiaridae).


melithaeid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Melithaeidae


melphidippid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Melphidippidae.


melanonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Melanonidae of deep-sea fish.


melanorosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur of the Melanorosauridae.


melid

(zoology) Any member of the family Melidae, now usually subfamily Melinae in family Mustelidae, of badgers.


melongenid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Melongenidae.


meleagridid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Meleagrididae, now considered to be the phasianid subfamily Meleagridinae, the turkeys.


melanotaeniid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Melanotaeniidae, the rainbowfishes.


lydekkerinid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Lydekkerinidae.


menthid

(zoology) Any pseudoscorpion in the family Menthidae.


menippid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Menippidae.


mephitid

(zoology) Any member of the family Mephitidae of skunks and stink badgers.


menurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Menuridae of lyrebirds.


menid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Menidae, the moonfishes.


meropeid

(zoology) Any scorpionfly in the family Meropeidae.


metarbelid

(zoology) Any member of the Metarbelidae.


merulid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Merulidae, an old name for the Turdidae; a thrush.


merluccid

(zoology) Alternative form of merlucciid.


metastrongylid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Metastrongylidae.


membraniporid

(zoology) Any bryozoan in the family Membraniporidae.


luciferid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Luciferidae.


metridiid

(zoology) Any sea anemone of the family Metridiidae.


microcerberid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Microcerberidae.


metridinid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Metridinidae.


mesotheriid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Mesotheriidae.


microbrachid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Microbrachidae.


metoposaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl of the family Metoposauridae.


microdomatid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Microdomatidae.


microbiotheriid

(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Microbiotheriidae; a monito del monte.


microdesmid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Microdesmidae, the wormfishes and dartfishes.


mesosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Mesosauridae; a mesosaur.


metriorhynchid

(zoology) Any crocodylomorph in the family Metriorhynchidae.


michelinoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Michelinoceratidae, a synonym of the Orthoceratidae.


microcosmodontid

(zoology) Any multituberculate in the family Microcosmodontidae.


microcionid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Microcionidae.


magilid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Magilidae, synonym for the muricid subfamily Coralliophilinae.


lipotid

(zoology) Any river dolphin of the family Lipotidae.


micromelerpetontid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Micromelerpetontidae.


microhedylid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Microhedylidae, possibly a synonym of the Parhedylidae.


mermithid

Mermithids are occasionally found, but spirurids, so common in the above 2 groups, are lacking in the Grylloidea, as are other groups of nematodes.

1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations:

(zoology) Any member of the family Mermithidae of nematode worms that are endoparasites in arthropods.


micromalthid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Micromalthidae.


micropygid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Micropygidae


majid

(zoology) Any of the family Majidae of sea spiders or spider crabs.


micromelaniid

(zoology) Any aquatic snail in the family Micromelaniidae, now considered to be a synonym of the hydrobiid subfamily Pyrgulinae.


microphysid

(zoology) Any bug in the family Microphysidae.


mathildid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Mathildidae.


microstigmatid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Microstigmatidae.


lycosid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Lycosidae; a wolf spider.


micropezid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Micropezidae.


micropterigid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Micropterigidae.


microsporid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Microsporidae, a synonym of the Sphaeriusidae.


microstomatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Microstomatidae.


migid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Migidae.


milichiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Milichiidae.


mictyrid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Mictyridae.


micryphantid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Micryphantidae, now considered to be a synonym of the linyphiid subfamily Erigoninae.


milleporid

(zoology) Any hydrozoan in the family Milleporidae.


millerettid

(zoology) Any parareptile in the family Millerettidae.


mitrid

(zoology) Any in the family Mitridae of sea snails.


mimallonid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Mimallonidae.


microstomid

(zoology) Any flatworm in the family Microstomidae.


melyrid

A single Eleodes hispilabris (apparently on its last leg) was seen near the north end of the mesa, which I photographed and collected, and on the way back I encountered a small patch of Sphaeralcea coccinea (scarlet globemallow) in bloom, from the flowers of which I collected a few small melyrid-type beetles and a small halictid bee for Mike.

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles.


minuid

(zoology) Any harvestman in the family Minuidae, a synonym of the Kimulidae.


miliolid

(zoology) Any foraminifer in the order Miliolida.


mixodectid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Mixodectidae.


mitsukurinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Mitsukurinidae, a goblin shark.


mimetid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Mimetidae.


modulid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Modulidae.


mohoid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Mohoidae.


monodactylid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Monodactylidae.


megascolecid

Before the study was begun, the known oligochaete fauna of Tasmania consisted of six species of aquatic microdriles, twenty-three indigenous species of megascolecid earthworms, and introduced earthworms of the family Lumbricidae.

1975, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Zoology, volume 26, page 205:

(zoology) Any earthworm of the family Megascolecidae.


miturgid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Miturgidae.


momphid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Momphidae.


mixosaurid

(zoology) Any ichthyosaur in the family Mixosauridae.


momotid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Momotidae; a motmot.


molpadiid

(zoology) Any sea cucumber in the family Molpadiidae


moinid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Moinidae.


mnesarchaeid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Mnesarchaeidae.


monommatid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Monommatidae, now considered to be the zopherid tribe Monommatini.


monognathid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Monognathidae, the onejaws.


monommid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Monommidae, synonym for the zopherid tribe Monommatini.


monotomid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Monotomidae.


monstrillid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Monstrillidae.


macrosemiid

(zoology) Any fish in the extinct family Macrosemiidae.


monophlebid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Monophlebidae.


mantellid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Mantellidae.


mordellid

(zoology) Any in the family Mordellidae of beetles.


mobulid

(zoology) Any member of the subfamily Mobulinae, in family Myliobatidae (sometimes family Mobulidae), the manta rays and devil rays.


monodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family Monodontidae; a beluga or a narwhal.


mordaciid

(zoology) Any member of the family Mordaciidae of lampreys or the generally equivalent subfamily Mordaciinae of family Petromyzontidae.


mopaliid

(zoology) Any chiton in the family Mopaliidae.


moeritheriid

(zoology) Any member of the Moeritheriidae.


montacutid

(zoology) Any bivalve in the family Montacutidae.


moronid

(zoology) Any in the family Moronidae of temperate basses.


moschorhinid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Moschorhinidae, a synonym of the Akidnognathidae.


mormoopid

(zoology) Any member of the Mormoopidae of bats; ghost-faced bats.


moschid

(zoology) Any member of the family Moschidae, several species of musk deer in genus Moschus.


muraenesocid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Muraenesocidae.


munidid

(zoology) Any crustacean of the family Munididae, the squat lobsters.


mutillid

(zoology) Any velvet ant in the family Mutillidae.


muraenolepidid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Muraenolepididae.


murchisoniid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Murchisoniidae.


mutelid

(zoology) Any freshwater mussel in the family Mutelidae, a synonym of the Iridinidae.


musophagid

(zoology) Any member of the family Musophagidae, the turacos.


mycterid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Mycteridae.


molossid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Molossidae


myid

(zoology) Any member of the Myidae family of clams.


muscicapid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Muscicapidae.


myopsocid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Myopsocidae.


malkarid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Malkaridae.


mycetopodid

(zoology) Any freshwater mussel in the family Mycetopodidae.


mylodontid

(zoology) Any ground sloth in the family Mylodontidae.


mussid

(zoology) Any coral in the family Mussidae.


mycetophagid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Mycetophagidae.


mydid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Mydidae.


mymarid

(zoology) Any chalcid wasp in the family Mymaridae.


myochamid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Myochamidae.


mylagaulid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Mylagaulidae.


myobatrachid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Myobatrachidae.


mycalid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Mycalidae.


myrmecolacid

(zoology) Any strepsipteran in the family Myrmecolacidae.


myocastorid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Myocastoridae; a nutria or coypu.


myrmecobiid

(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Myrmecobiidae; a numbat.


myxobolid

(zoology) Any myxozoan in the family Myxobolidae


mytilicolid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Mytilicolidae.


mystacinid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Mystacinidae.


muraenid

The posterior nostril in xenocongrids lies immediately before the center of the eye, on the outside of the upper lip, or inside the confines of the mouth; in the muraenids, it nearly always lies above the eye.

1993, James E. Böhlke, Charles C. G. Chaplin, Fishes of the Bahamas and Adjacent Tropical Waters, page 70:

(zoology) Any eel in the family Muraenidae.


myrmeleontid

(zoology) Any antlion in the Myrmeleontidae.


mysmenid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Mysmenidae.


mythicomyiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Mythicomyiidae.


milacid

The buccal mass in milacids is spheroidal, and contains an oxygnathic jaw.

2004, G. M. Barker, Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs, page 299:

Chemically unknown tissue toxins from internal organs that may kill Pterostichus carabids are uniquely known from the milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis, which shows an aposematic coloration (orange dorsal line).

2010, Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology, page 392:

The atrium is a simple structure in the Limacidae and in Milacidae but in some milacid slugs it is equipped with a stimulator (see Section 5.1.7) and, in most milacids, accessory or atrial glands open into the atrium.

2012, A. South, Terrestrial Slugs: Biology, ecology and control, page 110:

(zoology) Any member of the family Milacidae of slugs.


miniopterid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Miniopteridae.


naidid

(zoology) Any worm of the family Naididae.


myxillid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Myxillidae.


nacellid

(zoology) Any limpet in the family Nacellidae.


mimid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Mimidae, the mockingbirds, catbirds and thrashers.


mymarommatid

(zoology) Any tiny wasp in the family Mymarommatidae.


megaspilid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Megaspilidae.


narcinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Narcinidae.


lysiosquillid

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the family Lysiosquillidae.


nannastacid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Nannastacidae.


myliobatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Myliobatidae of eagle rays.


nannochoristid

(zoology) Any mecopteran insect in the family Nannochoristidae.


nassariid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Nassariidae.


mysid

(zoology) Any crustacean of the order Mysida.

(zoology, less common) Any crustacean of the family Mysidae.


nectariniid

(zoology) Any member of the Nectariniidae; a sunbird or spiderhunter.


naticid

(zoology) Any the family Naticidae of gastropods.


nebaliid

(zoology) Any member of the family Nebaliidae of small crustaceans.


nematogenyid

(zoology) Any member of the Nematogenyidae.


natalid

(zoology) Any member of the family Natalidae of funnel-eared bats.


neilonellid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Neilonellidae.


neanurid

(zoology) Any springtail of the family Neanuridae.


mycetophilid

Borrowed from translingual Mycetophilidae.

(zoology) Any fungus gnat in the family Mycetophilidae.


narkid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Narkidae.


nemegtosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Nemegtosauridae.


nannosquillid

(zoology) Any stomatopod in the family Nannosquillidae.


melittid

Regarding the transport sites, apids, melittids, ctenoplectrids, and megachilids all show little variation whereas the other bee families display wide variation.

1992, David W. Roubik, editor, Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees, page 45:

In further support of the antiquity of this clade is the widely disjunct distribution of some of its basal members among the dasypodaine melittids, as indicated in Sections 26 and 68 and Michener (1981a).

2000, Charles Duncan Michener, The Bees of the World, volume 1, page 95:

The relatively good fossil representation of melittids and their long-tongued associates has been argued to be a reflection of a bias in favour of resin-collecting bees.

2010, Geoff Williams, Paul Adam, The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: A Plant and Pollination Miscellany, page 105:

(zoology) Any bee of the family Melittidae.


nemichthyid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Nemichthyidae.


nemipterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Nemipteridae.


nemesiid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Nemesiidae.


nemestrinid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Nemestrinidae.


ligiid

[…] an asellote (Iathrippa longicauda) and a ligiid (Ligia italica) […]

1991, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, volumes 31-32, page 164:

(zoology) Any member of the family Ligiidae of woodlice.


nemertodermatid

(zoology) Any acoelomorph in the family Nemertodermatidae.


nematistiid

(zoology) Any in the family Nematistiidae of roosterfish.


meliphagid

Flowers with long, tubular corollas are visited mainly by long-billed meliphagids; the latter, however, also visit flowers of other types.

1985, Allen Keast, An introductory ecological biogeography of the Australo-Pacific Meliphagidae: New Zealand Journal of Zoology, volume 13, number 4, page 620:

The meliphagids, as their common name implies, are primarily nectar feeding or nectarivorous and were quite possibly prevented from any significant adaptive radiation on each main island by competition from the (presumably) earlier radiated Hawaiian honeycreepers.

2002, Alan C. Ziegler, Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution, page 263:

I am not familiar with any detailed studies of the ecology of nectarivores in the brushtongued parrots, meliphagids, and certain marsupial mammals in forests of Australia and New Guinea.

2012, James R. Karr, “Chapter 22: Birds”, in H. Lieth, M.J.A. Werger, editors, Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems: Biogeographical and Ecological Studies, page 408:

(zoology, ornithology) Any bird of the family Meliphagidae; a honeyeater.


nautilid

Nautilids puttered along from that day to this, growing slowly, building thick shells, and laying large yolky eggs.

2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 76:

(zoology) A cephalopod of the family Nautilidae.


nemourid

(zoology) Any stonefly in the family Nemouridae.


meiolaniid

The meiolaniids were ancient turtles that evolved during the Eocene epoch, between 55 and 34 million years ago. Fossils of meiolaniid species come from Argentina, from Australia, and from several islands near Australia, including Tasmania and New Caledonia.

2007, Rebecca Stefoff, Turtles, page 52:

Turtle remains are particularly common at Lightning Ridge, comprising several distinct lineages including aquatic chelids and peculiar meiolaniid-like taxa—meiolaniids were spectacular horned turtles known from the Australian region and South America.

2012, Elizabeth T. Smith, Benjamin P. Kear, “Chapter 9: Spoochelys ormondea gen. et sp. nov., an archaic Meiolaniid-Like Turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, Australia”, in Donald B. Brinkman, Patricia A. Holroyd, James D. Gardner, editors, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles, page 121:

Meiolaniids are a peculiar group of extinct turtles bearing cranial horns and frills, caudal rings, and tail clubs and restricted to South America (Eocene) and Australasia (Oligocene to Holocene).

2014, Marcelo de la Fuente, Juliana Sterli, Ignacio Maniel, Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles, page 134:

(zoology) Any of the extinct armoured land turtles of the family †Meiolaniidae.


nemopterid

(zoology) Any member of the Nemopteridae.


myrmecophagid

(zoology) Any anteater in the family Myrmecophagidae


meloid

Cantharidin is sometimes referred to as Spanish fly because of its derivation from adults of the large meloid Lytta vesicatoria that is commonly found in Spain; it is a potent vesicant with a putative function as an aphrodisiac.

1981, Murry Blum, Chemical Defenses of Arthropods, page 20:

Meloids are herbivorous as adults, and their larvae are parasites of bees or eat grasshopper eggs.

2002, Frank N. Young, Jr., Gene Kritsky, A Survey of Entomology, page 200:

Cantharidin is also a potent blistering agent.[…]Individual meloids may contain as much as 17 milligrams of cantharidin, or 10% of live weight.

2005, Thomas Eisner, Maria Eisner, Melody V. S. Siegler, Secrets Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Others Many-Legged Creatures, page 221:

2009, "Coleoptera", entry in Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé (editors), Encyclopedia of Insects, page 198,
Although meloids are known to produce cantharidin, transfer of this compound during meloid mating has not been documented.

(zoology) Any beetle of the taxonomic family Meloidae; a blister beetle.


merycoidodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Merycoidodontidae.


nemastomatid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Nemastomatidae.


megalopid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Megalopidae.


microporellid

(zoology) Any bryozoan in the family Microporellidae.


mugilid

(zoology) Any member of the family Mugilidae of grey mullets.


neoceratiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Neoceratiidae.


neopseustid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Neopseustidae.


neolanid

(zoology) Any member of the family Neolanidae of spiders.


moringuid

(zoology) Any in the family Moringuidae of eels.


neoepiblemid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Neoepiblemidae.


neobalaenid

(zoology) Any whale in the family Neobalaenidae; a pygmy right whale.


neolepetopsid

(zoology) Any limpet in the family Neolepetopsidae.


neoechinorhynchid

(zoology) Any acanthocephalan in the family Neoechinorhynchidae.


neomphalid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Neomphalidae.


monacanthid

(zoology) Any in the family Monacanthidae of filefishes.


neoscopelid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Neoscopelidae, such as the blackchin.


neovenatorid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Neovenatoridae.


neoglyphioceratid

(zoology) Any member of the Neoglyphioceratidae.


nephilid

(zoology) Any spider in the former family Nephilidae, now considered part of the family Araneidae.


nephropsid

(zoology) Any lobster in the family Nephropsidae.


nephtheid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Nephtheidae


nephtyid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Nephtyidae.


neottiophilid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Neottiophilidae, a synonym of the Piophilidae.


nereidid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the Nereididae.


neoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Neoteuthidae.


nepticulid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Nepticulidae.


nephropid

(zoology) Any member of the Nephropidae.


neriid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Neriidae.


nerineid

(zoology) Any extinct sea snail in the family Nerineidae.


neritiliid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Neritiliidae.


neritid

(zoology) Any in sea snail in the family Neritidae; a nerite.


neritopsid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Neritopsidae.


nesomyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Nesomyidae.


nesticid

(zoology) Any spider of the family Nesticidae.


nestorid

(zoology) Any member of family Nestoridae of parrot-like birds of New Zealand.


nerillid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Nerillidae.


nepid

However some gerrids, nepids and veliids are attacked by allantonematid nematodes and Burton (1963) found Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobb) in a bedbug, although this insect was not considered an intermediate host.

1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations:

(zoology) Any member of the family Nepidae, the water scorpions.


nesophontid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Nesophontidae.


nerinellid

(zoology) Any extinct sea snail in the family Nerinellidae.


nicomiid

(zoology) Any treehopper in the family Nicomiidae, a synonym of the Membracidae.


nicothoid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Nicothoidae.


niphargid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Niphargidae.


quercypsittid

(zoology) Any extinct parrot in the family Quercypsittidae.


nitidulid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Nitidulidae.


nevrorthid

(zoology) Any lacewing in the family Nevrorthidae.


nicoletiid

(zoology) Any of the primitive wingless insects in the family Nicoletiidae.


nettastomatid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Nettastomatidae.


nicodamid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Nicodamidae.


myzopodid

(zoology) Any member of the family Myzopodidae of bats; Madagascar sucker-footed bat.


nogodinid

(zoology) Any fulgoroid planthopper in the family Nogodinidae.


noasaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Noasauridae.


nocticolid

(zoology) Any cockroach in the family Nocticolidae.


nomeid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Nomeidae, the driftfishes.


noetiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Noetiidae of clams.


nolid

(zoology) Any member of the family Nolidae of moths.


nostoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Nostoceratidae.


notacanthid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Notacanthidae, the deep-sea spiny eels.


notharctid

(zoology) Any extinct prosimian in the family †Notharctidae.


noterid

(zoology) Any member of family Noteridae of burrowing water beetles.


notopterid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Notopteridae, the featherbacks.


notostylopid

(zoology) Any notoungulate in the family Notostylopidae.


notodontid

(zoology) Any member of the Notodontidae, whose caterpillars have a horn-like hump on the back.


nuculanid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Nuculanidae.


nototheniid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Nototheniidae of cod icefishes.


notosuchid

(zoology) Any extinct crocodylomorph in the family Notosuchidae.


nycteribiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Nycteribiidae.


nyctibiid

(zoology) Any potoo in the family Nyctibiidae.


nyctosaurid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Nyctosauridae.


nyctiphruretid

(zoology) Any parareptile in the family Nyctiphruretidae.


nycterid

(zoology) Any member of the family Nycteridae of bats; slit-faced bats.


numidid

(zoology) Any member of the Numididae; a guineafowl.


nymphomyiid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Nymphomyiidae.


nuculid

(zoology) Any member of the family Nuculidae of nut clams.


ochodaeid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Ochodaeidae.


ochterid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Ochteridae.


notohippid

(zoology) Any toxodont in the family Notohippidae.


ochyroceratid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Ochyroceratidae.


oculinid

(zoology) Any of the family Oculinidae of stony corals.


octopodid

(zoology) Any octopus in the family Octopodidae.


odiniid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Odiniidae.


odontaspidid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Odontaspididae.


odontobutid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Odontobutidae.


oceanitid

(zoology) Any member of the family Oceanitidae of southern storm petrels or Austral storm petrels.


odiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Odiidae (now Ochlesidae) of small shrimp-like crustaceans.


octopoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Octopoteuthidae.


obolid

(zoology) Any member of the family Obolidae of lamp shells.


ochlesid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ochlesidae of small shrimp-like crustaceans.


oldfieldthomasiid

(zoology) Any notoungulate mammal in the family Oldfieldthomasiidae.


odontophorid

(zoology) Any quail in the family Odontophoridae.


nymphonid

(zoology) Any sea spider in the family Nymphonidae.


oecobiid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Oecobiidae.


odontasterid

(zoology) Any starfish in the family Odontasteridae


oedipodid

(zoology) Any grasshopper in the family Oedipodidae, now considered to be the acridid subfamily Oedipodinae.


ocypodid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Ocypodidae.


oestrid

(zoology) Any member of the family Oestridae, the botflies.


oecophorid

(zoology) Any in the family Oecophoridae of concealer moths.


odostomiid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Odostomiidae, now considered to be the pyramidellid subfamily Odostomiinae.


odontodactylid

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the family Odontodactylidae (Odontodactylus spp.).


oedicerotid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Oedicerotidae.


oleacinid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Oleacinidae.


ochotonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ochotonidae, the pikas.


oedemerid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Oedemeridae.


ogcocephalid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ogcocephalidae.


olenellid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Olenellidae.


olethreutid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Olethreutidae, now considered to be the tortricid subfamily Olethreutinae


oligacanthorhynchid

(zoology) Any acanthocephalan in the family Oligacanthorhynchidae.


oligopithecid

(zoology) Any extinct monkey in the family Oligopithecidae.


olivid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Olividae.


onchidiid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Onchidiidae.


olivellid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Olivellidae, now considered to be part of the family Olividae.


ommatid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Ommatidae.


olyrid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Olyridae, which may be a synonym for the Bagridae.


ologamasid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Ologamasidae.


omosudid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Omosudidae, which consists of a single known species, the deep-sea hammerjaw, Omosudis lowii.


ommastrephid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Ommastrephidae.


oncaeid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Oncaeidae.


omphalotrochid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Omphalotrochidae.


onychochilid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Onychochilidae.


oneirodid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Oneirodidae.


oncoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Oncoceratidae.


onuphid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Onuphidae.


neoplagiaulacid

(zoology) Any ptilodontoid mammal in the family Neoplagiaulacidae.


onychodontid

(zoology) Any extinct fish the family Onychodontidae


oncopodid

(zoology) Any harvestman/daddy longlegs in the family Oncopodidae, a synonym of the Sandokanidae.


opabinid

(zoology) Any extinct arthropod in the family Opabinidae.


oonopid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Oonopidae.


ophidiasterid

(zoology) Any starfish in the family Ophidiasteridae.


onychoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Onychoteuthidae.


opheliid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Opheliidae.


ophiactid

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Ophiactidae.


ophiderpetontid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Ophiderpetontidae.


ophichthid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Ophichthidae.


ophiacodontid

(zoology) Any synapsid in the family Ophiacodontidae.


owenettid

(zoology) Any extinct parareptile in the family Owenettidae.


ophiodermatid

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Ophiodermatidae.


opalinid

(zoology) Any heterokont in the family Opalinidae.


oweniid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Oweniidae.


oxyaenid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Oxyaenidae.


ophiocomid

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Ophiocomidae.


ophiceratid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Ophiceratidae of extinct ammonite cephalopods.


oplurid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Opluridae.


opilioacarid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Opilioacaridae.


ophiotrichid

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Ophiotrichidae.


opomyzid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Opomyzidae.


opisthoproctid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Opisthoproctidae; a barreleye.


opostegid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Opostegidae.


opisthorchiid

(zoology) Any trematode flatworm in the family Opisthorchiidae.


opisthoteuthid

(zoology) Any octopus in the family Opisthoteuthidae.


nosodendrid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Nosodendridae.


oplophorid

(zoology) Any shrimp in the family Oplophoridae.


oplegnathid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Oplegnathidae.


orbiniid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Orbiniidae.


orculid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Orculidae.


orbitestellid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Orbitestellidae.


oxynoid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Oxynoidae


oreosomatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Oreosomatidae.


oxynotid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Oxynotidae.