anomalepid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Anomalepidae.


anomalepidid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Anomalepididae.


anhanguerid

(zoology) Any pterosaur of the family Anhangueridae.


amphicyonid

Although now extinct, for over 30 million years amphicyonids predated their way around the Northern continents and Africa, successfully exploiting niches from more slender, wolf-like runners, to big stocky brutes that put the “bear” in “bear-dog”.

2016 November 26, Elsa Panciroli, “Rifling through the 'wastebaskets' of palaeontology reveals surprises”, in The Guardian:

(zoology) A member of the extinct Amphicyonidae family of carnivorans; a beardog.


anomalomyid

(zoology) Any of the extinct rodents in the family †Anomalomyidae.


anatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anatidae of ducks and close relatives.


anoplopomatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Anoplopomatidae, the sablefish and skilfish.


anguid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anguidae.


antennariid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Antennariidae, the frogfish.


anteosaurid

(zoology) Any of the therapsids in the family Anteosauridae.


alepocephalid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Alepocephalidae, the slickheads.


anomalopid

(zoology) Any of the family Anomalopidae of flashlight fishes.


aotid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aotidae, the night monkeys


anotopterid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Anotopteridae, the daggertooths.


anthracosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the extinct family Anthracosauridae.


anoplotheriid

A variety of strange and primitive ungulates belonging to six artiodactyl families, including the duiker-like anoplotheriids and the rabbit-sized dichobunids, also flourished.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 64:

(zoology) Any member of the extinct mammal family Anoplotheriidae.


acipenserid

1989, Laurie J. Bryant, Non-dinosaurian Lower Vertebrates Across the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in Northeastern Montana, Geological Sciences: Volume 134, University of California Press, page 17,
A second distinct acipenserid morphotype occurs in the Hell Creek and Tullock formations. It is not found in the Lance Formation in Wyoming, although acipenserids are so rare in the Lance Formation that this is possibly the result of sampling error.

While acipenserid outgroups lack any extensive scalation, the most distinctive hallmark of acipenserids is their scutes (Character 1).

1997, E. K. Findeis, “Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of sturgeons (Acipenseridae)”, in Vadim J. Birstein, John R. Waldman, William E. Bemis, editors, Sturgeon Biodiversity and Conservation, page 121:

Why is it that shortnose sturgeon - the far more residential of the two sturgeons - appears to nearly stop growing at adulthood and at a small size for an acipenserid whereas the more marine Atlantic sturgeon continues to grow and to a potentially massive size?

2006, J. R. Waldman, “Diadromous Fishes”, in Jeffrey S. Levinton, John R. Waldman, editors, The Hudson River Estuary, page 183:

(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)


anostomid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Anostomidae, one of several with fish known as headstanders.


apatemyid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Apatemyidae.


aphredoderid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Aphredoderidae, the pirate perches.


aplochitonid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Aplochitonidae, now considered part of the family Galaxiidae.


aplocheilid

(zoology) Any killifish in the family Aplocheilidae.


aplodontid

(zoology) Any member of the Aplodontiidae.


apterygid

(zoology) Any member of the Apterygidae.


anurognathid

Some fed on fish and dead floating animals, while others, like the anurognathids, may have chased insects on the wing.

2014, Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva, Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico, page 130:

(zoology) Any pterosaur of the family Anurognathidae.


aploactinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Aploactinidae.


anomalurid

(zoology) Any member of the Anomaluridae, a family of rodents found in central Africa.


archaeohyracid

(zoology) Any of the extinct mammals of the family Archaeohyracidae.


aracanid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aracanidae of fish similar to boxfishes.


archegosaurid

(zoology) Any of the extinct amphibian-like vertebrates in the family Archegosauridae.


apodid

(zoology) Any member of the family Apodidae of swifts.


archaeonycteridid

(zoology) Any of the extinct bats in the family Archaeonycterididae.


archeriid

(zoology) Any of the extinct amphibian-like vertebrates in the family Archeriidae.


apteronotid

(zoology) Any member of the family Apteronotidae, the ghost knifefishes.


antilocaprid

Antilocapra americana
Antilocapra americana#Translingual

(zoology) Any member of the family Antilocapridae, Antilocapra americana and its extinct close relatives.


anthracotheriid

See anthracothere § Etymology. By surface analysis, anthraco- + theri- + -id.

surf

(zoology) Any mammal of the extinct family Anthracotheriidae.


archaeopterygid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Archaeopterygidae of fossil birds.


anabantid

Again, the emotions of jealousy and rivalry are manifested to such an extent by the anabantid betta pugnax of Siam, that the species has been cultivated by the inhabitants of the country for the sport they furnish, which for them vies in interest with the cock-fights and bull-fights of the Spanish peoples.

1883 June 30, “Animal Intelligence”, in The Critic, volume 3, number 77, page 300:

Anabantids are a very popular group of fish from Asia and Africa, most of which are known as gouramis.

2002, Alice Burkhart, Pocket Guide to the Care and Maintenance of Aquarium Fish, page 86:

Toxotid and anabantid fish from Southeast Asia project spouts of water toward prey above the surface of the water .

2011, Robert W. Shumaker, Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals:

(zoology) Any member of the family Anabantidae of climbing perches.


argentinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Argentinidae of herring smelts.


arripid

(zoology) Any of the fish in the family Arripidae


artedidraconid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Artedidraconidae


pelick

Fulica americana
Fulica americana#Translingual

(dated, New England) An American coot, species Fulica americana.


artamid

(zoology) Any bird of the family Artamidae.


ascaphid

(zoology) Any of the tailed frogs in the family Ascaphidae


ariid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ariidae of catfishes.


aspidorhynchid

(zoology) Any of the extinct fish in the family Aspidorhynchidae


arvicolid

(zoology) Any member of the cricetid subfamily Arvicolinae, formerly considered to be the family Arvicolidae.


asterosteid

(zoology) Any of the extinct placoderm fish of the family Asterosteidae.


astroblepid

(zoology) Any of the catfish in the family Astroblepidae.


ateleopodid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Ateleopodidae.


ardeid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ardeidae, the herons, egrets and bitterns.


arctocyonid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Arctocyonidae of extinct carnivores.


astrapotheriid

(zoology) Any of the extinct mammals in the family Astrapotheriidae.


aspredinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aspredinidae of banjo catfishes.


archaeolemurid

(zoology) Any of the extinct lemurs in the family Archaeolemuridae.


atoposaurid

(zoology) Any of the extinct reptiles in the family Atoposauridae.


atlantosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Atlantosauridae, which is probably a synonym of the Diplodocidae.


atherinopsid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Atherinopsidae.


atrichornithid

(zoology) Any member of the Atrichornithidae.


auchenipterid

(zoology) Any catfish of the family Auchenipteridae.


atractaspidid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Atractaspididae.


atherinid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Atherinidae of silversides.


aulostomid

(zoology) Any of the family Aulostomidae of trumpetfishes.


avimimid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Avimimidae.


avisaurid

(zoology) Any extinct bird (or bird relative) of the family Avisauridae.


baenid

(zoology) Any of the extinct turtles in the family Baenidae.


balaenopterid

(zoology) Any member of family Balaenopteridae of rorqual whales.


bagrid

(zoology) Any in the family Bagridae pf naked catfishes.


balaenid

(zoology) Any member of the family Balaenidae; a right whale.


balitorid

(zoology) Any of the hillstream loaches in the family Balitoridae.


aulorhynchid

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


barbourofelid

(zoology) Any of the large catlike extinct carnivores in the family Barbourofelidae.


baphetid

(zoology) Any of the extinct early tetrapods in the family Baphetidae.


banjosid

(zoology) Any member of the family Banjosidae, which contains only one known species: Banjos banjos (banjofish).


bathyclupeid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathyclupeidae.


balistid

(zoology) Any triggerfish in the family Balistidae.


basilosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct cetacean of the family Basilosauridae.


atelid

(zoology) Any monkey in the family Atelidae.


baryonychid

(zoology) Any of the dinosaurs in the family Baryonychidae, a synonym for the Spinosauridae.


bathylagid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathylagidae.


anniellid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anniellidae.


bathyergid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Bathyergidae.


bathymasterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathymasteridae.


bathydraconid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathydraconidae.


bedotiid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Bedotiidae.


bauriid

(zoology) Any of the extinct therapsids in the family Bauriidae.


baurusuchid

(zoology) Any extinct crocodile-like reptile in the family Baurusuchidae.


belontiid

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


bathysaurid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Bathysauridae, the deepwater lizardfishes.


belonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Belonidae of needlefishes.


benthosuchid

(zoology) Any of the amphibian-like tetrapods in the family Benthosuchidae.


bembrid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bembridae.


berycid

(zoology) Any member of the family Berycidae, the squirrelfish.


bipedid

(zoology) Any member of the family Bipedidae.


bolosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct parareptile of the family Bolosauridae.


blikanasaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur of the sauropodomorph family Blikanasauridae.


batagurid

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 member of the Bataguridae (now Geoemydidae).


bombinatorid

(zoology) Any toad of the family Bombinatoridae.


bombycillid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Bombycillidae.


bolyeriid

(zoology) Any snake of the family Bolyeriidae.


batrachoidid

From translingual Batrachoididae, from Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”).

der

(zoology) Any fish in the family Batrachoididae, the toadfishes.


brachionichthyid

(zoology) Any anglerfish of the family Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes.


brevicipitid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Brevicipitidae.


brachystelechid

(zoology) Any extinct microsaur of the family Brachystelechidae.


brachyopid

(zoology) Any extinct primitive amphibian of the family Brachyopidae.


botiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Botiidae.


bradypodid

(zoology) Any sloth in the Bradypodidae.


brasilodontid

(zoology) Any cynodont of the family Brasilodontidae, relatives of the early mammals.


brachaelurid

(zoology) Any shark of the family Brachaeluridae.


arthroleptid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Arthroleptidae.


bregmacerotid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bregmacerotidae, the codlets.


bramid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bramidae, the pomfrets.


bovichtid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Bovichtidae.


brachycephalid

(zoology) Any of the toads or frogs in the family Brachycephalidae.


branchiostegid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Branchiostegidae, now considered the subfamily Latilinae of the family Malacanthidae of tilefishes.


brontornithid

(zoology) Any of the giant extinct carnivorous birds in the phorusrhacid subfamily Brontornithinae (formerly the family Brontornithidae).


brontotheriid

(zoology) Any of the extinct rhinoceros-like mammals in the family Brontotheriidae.


bucerotid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Bucerotidae, the hornbills.


brithopodid

(zoology) Any of the extinct carnivorous therapsids in the family Brithopodidae.


bothremydid

But the European fossils are from a most unusual branch of the family known as bothremydids.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 29:

(paleontology) Any extinct turtle of the family Bothremydidae.


bucconid

(zoology) Any member of the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds.


branchiosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct amphibian of the family Branchiosauridae.


borhyaenid

They eat the low vegetation cautiously and with eyes alert, constantly on the lookout for borhyaenids: pouched predators and relatives of marsupials with hyena-like crushing jaws and grooved, ever-growing canines.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 63:

(zoology) Any of the extinct marsupial-like mammals of the family Borhyaenidae.


bufonid

(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.


buphagid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Buphagidae, the oxpeckers.


bythitid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bythitidae, the brotulas.


burramyid

(zoology) Any of the pygmy possums in the family Burramyidae.


cacatuid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cacatuidae, the cockatoos.


burnetiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Burnetiidae.


achirid

(ichthyology) Any member of the Achiridae.


burhinid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Burhinidae, the stone curlews and thick-knees.


caenagnathid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Caenagnathidae.


caenolestid

(zoology) Any member of the family Caenolestidae of shrew opossums.


callaeid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Callaeidae.


callanthiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Callanthiidae.


caeciliid

(zoology) Any of the wormlike amphibians in the family Caeciliidae.


caesionid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Caesionidae.


callichthyid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Callichthyidae.


callorhinchid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Callorhinchidae.


balbarid

His research, which has focused on the few partial kangaroo skeletons found, has provided insights into why the bulungamayine kangaroos were so successful while the balbarids vanished.

2004, Tim Flannery, Country: A Continent, a Scientist & Kangaroo, Text Publishing, page 118:

The other interesting feature of the balbarids is that they may not have hopped because the forelimbs and hindlimbs were of similar length and they had the first digit on each hind foot, similar to the Musky Rat-kangaroo.

2010, Stephen Jackson, Karl Vernes, Kangaroo: A portrait of an extraordinary marsupial, Allen & Unwin, page 15:

As in the late Oligocene, the most diverse macropodoids of the early Miocene are balbarids.

2012, Karen H. Black et al., “The Rise of Australian Marsupials”, in John A. Talent, editor, Earth and Life: Global Biodiversity, Extinction Intervals and Biogeographic Perturbations Through Time, Springer, page 1026:

(zoology) Any member of the family †Balbaridae of extinct kangaroos.


caluromyid

(zoology) Any opossum of the family Caluromyidae, now considered to be the didelphid subfamily Caluromyinae.


capitonid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Capitonidae, New World barbets.


campephagid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Campephagidae; a cuckooshrike.


camuropiscid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Camuropiscidae.


camptosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur of the family Camptosauridae.


capitosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl amphibian of the family Capitosauridae.


carapid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Carapidae; a pearlfish.


canowindrid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Canowindridae.


captorhinid

(zoology) Any primitive extinct reptile of the family Captorhinidae.


camarasaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Camarasauridae of dinosaurs of the late Jurassic.


capromyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Capromyidae, the hutias.


caracanthid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Caracanthidae.


bothid

1978, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services, Development of Fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, [page 125],
Accepting this classification, the bothids can be distinguished from the pleuronectids and the soles by usually having both eyes on the left side of the head.

Bothids are left-eyed flounders, that is, both eyes are found on the left side of the adults after metamorphosing from the more traditional one-eye-per-side mode as post-larvae.

1994, G. H. Burgess, S. H. Smith, E. D. Lane, “11: Fishes of the Cayman Islands”, in M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies, editors, The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography, volume 71, page 222:

Among the flatfish, bothids are mainly found in deeper, less muddy situations while cynoglossids occur in shallower muddy areas.

1997, S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries, page 106:

(zoology) Any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.


caproid

(zoology) Any member of family Caproidae of boarfishes.


cardinalid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cardinalidae.


carcharodontosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Carcharodontosauridae of dinosaurs.


carcharhinid

The carcharhinids are rather large sharks, ranging from three to twelve feet in length.

1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 111:

Any member of the family Carcharhinidae of sharks.


carduelid

(zoology) Any finch in the family Carduelidae, now considered to be the fringillid subfamily Carduelinae.


caristiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Caristiidae.


cathartid

(zoology) Any member of the Cathartidae, the New World vultures.


caviid

(zoology) Any member of the family Caviidae of guinea pigs and similar rodents.


carpolestid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Carpolestidae.


centriscid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Centriscidae.


centrarchid

(zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae, the freshwater sunfishes.


castorid

(zoology) Any member of the Castoridae; a beaver.


centracanthid

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


centrolenid

(zoology) Any glass frog in the family Centrolenidae.


cariamid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cariamidae; a seriema.


catostomid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Catostomidae


centrolophid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Centrolophidae, the medusafishes.


cephalomyid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Cephalomyidae.


centrophorid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Centrophoridae.


cepolid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cepolidae of bandfish.


ceratobatrachid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.


ceratiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Ceratiidae.


callionymid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets.


ceratosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Ceratosauridae.


centropomid

Late larvae that will become herbivores, omnivores, or bottom fish, such as sparids, mugilids, pleuronectids, and soleids seem to be less particular about food and could be slightly easier to wean than more raptorial fish, such as centropomids, percithyids, and serranids (Kertouri, 1981; pers. obs.).

1998, John W. Tucker, Marine Fish Culture, page 336:

2009, David A. Milton, Chapter 9: Living in Two Worlds: Diadromous Fishes, and Factors Affecting Population Connectivity Between Tropical Rivers and Coasts, Ivan Nagelkerken (editor), Ecological Connectivity among Tropical Coastal Ecosystems, page 346,
Catadromous fish species such as centropomids can have enhanced survival and growth in years when larvae and juveniles from coastal spawning grounds access more productive freshwater habitats (Staunton-Smith et al. 2004).

2009, K. G. Smith, M. D. Diop, M. Niane, W. R. T. Darwall, The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa, IUCN Red List, page 30,
This 'fishing down food webs' has been seen in the Ouèmè river in Benin, where large predatory centropomids and catfishes have been replaced by small catfish, cichlids and cyprinids (Helfman 2007).

(zoology) Any fish of the family Centropomidae.


ceratophryid

(zoology) Any horned frog in the family Ceratophryidae.


cerylid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cerylidae.


carettochelyid

Loss of scutes (and corresponding loss of sucli^([sic]) on the underlying shell plates) is widely regarded as a derived condition that has occurred independently in trionychids, advanced carettochelyids (Carettochelyidae), and derived sea turtles such as dermochelyids and protostegids (e.g., Meylan 1988; Hirayama and Chitoku 1996).

2012, Donald B. Brinkman, editor, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles:

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Carettochelyidae.


cetiosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Cetiosauridae.


caseid

(zoology) Any extinct synapsid in the family †Caseidae.


cetotheriid

(zoology) Any whale in the family Cetotheriidae.


cetopsid

(ichthyology) Any catfish in the family Cetopsidae.


chacid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Chacidae.


ceratodontid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Neoceratodontidae (until recently known as family Ceratodontidae) (Australian lungfish or barramunda).


cetorhinid

(zoology) Any basking shark in the family Cetorhinidae.


chaenopsid

clipping

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

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chaenopsidae.


chaetodontid

(zoology)Any fish in the family Chaetodontidae.


champsodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Champsodontidae.


champsosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Champsosauridae.


characid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Characidae.


chanid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chanidae, which has only one living species, the milkfish.


channid

(zoology) Any member of the family Channidae of snakeheads.


chaudhuriid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chaudhuriidae.


chandid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chandidae, a synonym for the Ambassidae.


channichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Channichthyidae.


chaunacid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chaunacidae.


chelonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cheloniidae of sea turtles.


cheilodactylid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Cheilodactylidae, the morwongs.


cheloniid

(zoology) Any sea turtle in the family Cheloniidae.


cheirogaleid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Cheirogaleidae.


chimaerid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chimaeridae of cartilaginous fish.


chiasmodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chiasmodontidae.


chigutisaurid

(zoology) Any extinct amphibian in the family Chigutisauridae.


chiniquodontid

(zoology) Any extinct cynodont therapsid in the family Chiniquodontidae.


chilodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chilodontidae, one of several related families of fish known as headstanders.


chirodipterid

(zoology) Any extinct lungfish in the family Chirodipteridae.


chionid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Chionidae; a sheathbill.


caulophrynid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Caulophrynidae of fanfins or hairy anglerfish.


chrysochlorid

(zoology) Any member of the family Chrysochloridae, the golden moles.


chlopsid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Chlopsidae.


chondrosteid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Chondrosteidae, which is related to the sturgeons and paddlefish.


chlorophthalmid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Chlorophthalmidae, the greeneyes.


chroniosuchid

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


chelid

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Chelidae.


casuariid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Casuariidae, the cassowaries and emus.


chironemid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chironemidae; a kelpfish.


chionidid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Chionididae, the sheathbills.


certhiid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Certhiidae, the creepers.


aulopid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Aulopidae, the flagfins.


ciconiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ciconiidae the storks.


cimolomyid

(zoology) Any extinct primitive mammal in the family Cimolomyidae.


cimolodontid

(zoology) Any extinct primitive mammal in the family Cimolodontidae.


cinclid

(zoology) Any bird of the family Cinclidae; a dipper or water ouzel.


cirrhitid

(zoology) Any hawkfish in the family Cirrhitidae.


cinosternoid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cinosternoidae, syn. Kinosternidae, of mud turtles.


cladoselachid

(zoology) Any cartilaginous fish in the family Cladoselachidae.


citharinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Citharinidae, the lutefish.


citharid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Citharidae.


claroteid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Claroteidae.


clinid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Clinidae.


clavelinid

(zoology) Any tunicate in the family Clavelinidae.


cisticolid

(Ornithology) Any of the warblers in the family Cisticolidae.


climacterid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Climacteridae; an Australasian treecreeper.


climacoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Climacoceratidae, which were deer-like relatives of the giraffe.


cistecephalid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal-like reptile in the family Cistecephalidae.


chalicotheriid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Chalicotheriidae.


clariid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Clariidae.


coerebid

Any bird in the family Coerebidae, often considered part of the Thraupidae.


cobitid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Cobitidae.


coelophysid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Coelophysidae.


coelurid

(zoology) Any member of the often revised family Coeluridae of dinosaurs.


coelurosauravid

(zoology) Any extinct diapsid reptile in the family Coelurosauravidae, a synonym of the Weigeltisauridae.


colosteid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Colosteidae.


coliid

(zoology) Any mousebird in the family Coliidae.


chamaeleonid

Chamaeleonids have carried the trend further; nearly all species have lost or greatly reduced vomeronasal and olfactory systems [Parsons, 1970; Gabe and Saint Girons, 1976] and rely, instead, on vision.

1993, S. Karger, Brain, Behavior and Evolution, volume 41, page 133:

Iguanids apparently were isolated in Africa by epicontinental seas and gave rise to chamaeleonids in the west and agamids in the east; the scincomorphs radiated in Laurussia, giving rise to the teiids in North America and lacertids in Europe.

2007, Thomas T. Veblen, Kenneth R. Young, Antony R. Orme, editors, The Physical Geography of South America, page 119:

Chamaeleonids’ ears have simplified over time, and they are not visible externally, being covered with skin and scales. Unlike other lizards, chamaeleonids possess neither an exterior aperture nor a tympanic membrane, but they share some skeletal and fluid structure similarities with snakes.

2009, François Le Berre, Richard D. Bartlett, The Chameleon Handbook, page 31:

(zoology) Any lizard of the family Chamaeleonidae; a chameleon.


coelacanthid

(zoology) Any of the extinct coelacanth fish in the family Coelacanthidae.


compsognathid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Compsognathidae of dinosaurs.


colymbid

Any member of the Colymbidae, an obsolete family made up of two groups of birds that are now known to be not closely related: the grebes (modern Podicipedidae) and the loons/divers (modern Gaviidae).


congrid

(zoology) Any eel of the family Congridae.


congiopodid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Congiopodidae.


columbid

Any dove or pigeon in the family Columbidae.


cochleosaurid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Cochleosauridae.


coraciid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Coraciidae; a roller or dollarbird.


conopophagid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Conopophagidae; a gnateater.


cordylid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cordylidae.


cotingid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cotingidae.


cottocomephorid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Cottocomephoridae.


crocodylid

(zoology) Any member of the family Crocodylidae; a crocodile.


cranoglanidid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Cranoglanididae.


creediid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Creediidae.


crenuchid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Crenuchidae of South American darters.


cracticid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cracticidae.


cretoxyrhinid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Cretoxyrhinidae.


crotalid

(zoology) A pit viper; any member of the subfamily Crotalinae (formerly the family Crotalidae) in family Viperidae.


cottid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Cottidae, the sculpins.


cryptacanthodid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Cryptacanthodidae.


crotaphytid

collared lizards
collared lizard#English

(zoology) Any member of the Crotaphytidae, or collared lizards.


cimoliasaurid

(zoology) Any plesiosaur in the former family Cimoliasauridae, a synonym of the Elasmosauridae.


cryptoclidid

(zoology) Any plesiosaur in the family Cryptoclididae.


cryptocleidid

(zoology) Any plesiosaur in the family Cryptocleididae.


ctenochasmatid

(zoology) Any pterosaur of the family Ctenochasmatidae


ctenosauriscid

(zoology) Any archosaur in the family Ctenosauriscidae.


curimatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Curimatidae.


cyamodontid

(zoology) Any extinct placodont in the family Cyamodontidae.


cyclopterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Cyclopteridae.


cynodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Cynodontidae.


cynocephalid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cynocephalidae, the colugos or flying lemurs.


cyprinodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Cyprinodontidae, the pupfishes.


cypselid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae (the swifts).


cynognathid

(zoology) Any cynodont in the family Cynognathidae.


cyttid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Cyttidae.


dactyloscopid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Dactyloscopidae.


dactylopterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Dactylopteridae; the flying gurnards.


egg-bird

Onychoprion fuscatus
Onychoprion fuscatus#Translingual

(dated) Any of several species of tern, especially:

The sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) of the West Indies.


dasyatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Dasyatidae; a stingray.


dasypodid

(zoology) Any armadillo in the family Dasypodidae.


pen-tailed treeshrew

en-noun

pen-tailed treeshrew (plural pen-tailed treeshrews)

A shrew-like animal native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, Ptilocercus lowii.


deinotheriid

(zoology) Any prehistoric proboscidean of the suborder Deinotherioidea


daubentoniid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Daubentoniidae, of which the only living species is the aye-aye.


deinocheirid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Deinocheiridae.


delphinid

(zoology) Any marine mammal in the family Delphinidae, the dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives.


ctenomyid

New adaptive radiations of small fossorial rodents followed, including crice- tids in the Pliocene and spalacids and ctenomyids primarily in the Pleistocene.

1979, Richard F. Johnston, Peter W. Frank, Charles Duncan Michener, Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, volume 10, page 271:

Foraging by geomyids and ctenomyids is more generalized in that all portions of plants may be consumed.

2000, Cristina Busch, C. Daniel Antinuchi, J. Cristina del Valle, Marcelo J. Kittlein, Ana I. Malizia, Aldo I. Vassallo, Roxana R. Zenuto, “Chapter 5: Population Ecology of Subterranean Rodents”, in Eileen A. Lacey, James L. Patton, Guy N. Cameron, editors, Life Underground: The Biology of Subterranean Rodents, page 191:

Ctenomyids first appear in the late Miocene of South America.

2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, page 231:

(zoology) Any rodent of the family Ctenomyidae.


denticipitid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Denticipitidae.


derichthyid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Derichthyidae.


dendrocygnid

(zoology) Any duck in the family Dendrocygnidae, now considered to be the anatid subfamily Dendrocygninae; a whistling duck or tree duck.


dermatemydid

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Dermatemydidae.


northern tree shrew

northern tree shrew (plural northern tree shrews)

Tupaia belangeri
Tupaia belangeri#Translingual

A shrew-like animal native to Southeast Asia from Assam to Indonesia, Tupaia belangeri.


dendrerpetontid

(zoology) Any member of the Dendrerpetontidae.


dermochelid

Dermochelys coriacea
Dermochelys coriacea#Translingual

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Dermochelidae, comprising only one species: the leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea.


desmatophocid

(zoology) Any extinct pinniped in the family Desmatophocidae.


desmostylid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Desmostylidae.


diadectid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Diadectidae.


cybiid

(zoology) Any in the family Cybiidae, sometimes considered to be the scombrid subfamily Cybiinae.


dibamid

(zoology) Any lizard of the family Dibamidae.


dendrocolaptid

(zoology) Any bird of the family Dendrocolaptidae, now considered to be the furnariid subfamily Dendrocolaptinae; a woodcreeper.


dicrurid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Dicruridae; a drongo.


corytophanid

/ˌkɒɹɪtəʊˈfænɪd/

/ˌkɑɹɪtoʊˈfænɪd/

From translingual Corytophanidae + -id. Corytophanidae is derived from Ancient Greek κόρῠθος (kóruthos, “helmet”) + φᾰνερός (phanerós, “visible”) + -idae, referring to the lizard’s prominent helmet-like head crest.

der

The species differs from other corytophanids by having a triangular-shaped head casque projecting posteriorly past the head.

2004 October 30, Josiah H. Townsend, James R. McCranie, Larry David Wilson, “Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem): Smoothhead Helmeted Basilisk, Turipache Selvático”, in Andrew H. Price, editor, Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, New York, N.Y.: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, →DOI, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-03-25, page 789.2, column 1:

(herpetology (saurology)) Any lizard in the family Corytophanidae; a casquehead or helmeted lizard.

Harvard University
Jonathan Losos
Museum of Comparative Zoology


dicamptodontid

(zoology) Any salamander in the family Dicamptodontidae, now generally considered to be part of the Ambystomatidae.


dichobunid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Dichobunidae.


dicaeid

(zoology) Any flowerpecker in the family Dicaeidae.


dicraeosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Dicraeosauridae.


diceratiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Diceratiidae.


dicynodontid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Dicynodontidae.


dinomyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Dinomyidae.


dilophosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Dilophosauridae of dinosaurs.


dasyproctid

From Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”) + Ancient Greek πρωκτός (prōktós, “anus, rectum”) + -id, equivalent to translingual Dasyprocta + -id.

bor

(zoology) Any member of the family Dasyproctidae of agoutis and acouchis


cynoglossid

Cynoglossids are elongate and oval in profile, with eyes on left side of head, pectoral fins absent or represented by a membrane, and dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin.

2006, John D. McEachran, Janice D. Fechhelm, Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, volume 2, Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes, page 872:

Only the soleids, bothids and some species of cynoglossids constitute fishery resources of commercial importance in the area.

2008, Richard Millner, Stephen J. Walsh, Juan M. Díaz de Astarloa, “Chapter 11: Atlantic flatfish fisheries”, in Robin N. Gibson, editor, Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation, page 250:

(zoology) Any species of the tonguefish family Cynoglossidae.


dimorphodontid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Dimorphodontidae.


dinichthyid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Dinichthyidae.


diomedeid

(zoology) Any member of the Diomedeidae (the family of albatrosses).


diodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family Diodontidae of porcupine fish.


diplocaulid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Diplocaulidae.


diplodactylid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Diplodactylidae.


dipnorhynchid

(zoology) Any extinct lungfish in the family Dipnorhynchidae.


distichodontid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Distichodontidae


diretmid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Diretmidae.


diplodocid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Diplodocidae of large dinosaurs.


diplocercid

(zoology) Any extinct coelacanth fish in the family Diplocercidae.


discoglossid

(zoology) Any frog or toad in the family Discoglossidae, a synonym of the Alytidae.


discosauriscid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Discosauriscidae.


djadochtatheriid

(zoology) Any multituberculate mammal in the family Djadochtatheriidae.


diprotodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family Diprotodontidae of extinct large marsupials, similar to wombats in form.


draconettid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Draconettidae.


dipodid

(zoology) Any rodent of the family Dipodidae.


dromaiid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Dromaiidae; an emu.


drepanosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Drepanosauridae.


drepanidid

(zoology) Any Hawaiian honeycreeper in the family Drepanididae.


dulid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Dulidae, the palmchats.


dryosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Dryosauridae.


doradid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Doradidae.


dussumieriid

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


diplomystid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Diplomystidae.


dunkleosteid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Dunkleosteidae.


dromomerycid

(zoology) Any extinct deer-like mammal in the family Dromomerycidae.


dsungaripterid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Dsungaripteridae.


dvinosaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Dvinosauridae.


dryopithecid

(zoology) Any extinct hominid in the family Dryopithecidae, now considered to be the tribe Dryopitheciini or the subfamily Dryopithecinae.


dryptosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Dryptosauridae.


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.


echimyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Echimyidae.


echinorhinid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Echinorhinidae.


edestid

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


elassomatid

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


eleotrid

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


elmisaurid

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


eleutherodactylid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae.


emmelichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Emmelichthyidae.


emballonurid

(zoology) Any member of the Emballonuridae.


enaliarctid

(zoology) Any extinct pinniped in the family Enaliarctidae.


elephantid

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


dugongid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Dugongidae, such as the dugong, the Steller's sea cow, and other extinct species.


dinornithid

(zoology) Any extinct giant flightless bird in the family Dinornithidae; a moa.


docodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammaliaform in the family Docodontidae.


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.


echeneid

They are characterized by a unique cephalic sucking disc by which the echeneid attaches itself externally to its host.

2000, T. Trnski, J. M. Leis, “81: Echeneidae (Remoras)”, in Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart, editors, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes, page 518:

Postflexion stage, larvae, and juveniles of some echeneids have been illustrated by Richards (2005a).

2010, Kathleen Sabina Cole, Reproduction and Sexuality in Marine Fishes: Patterns and Processes, page 38:

With a force applied to their caudal peduncle, the echeneids generated suction pressure differentials averaging –92.7 kPa within the disk cavity while attached to Plexiglas.

2015, Hermann Ehrlich, Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Vertebrates, page 430:

Any fish of the family Echeneidae (the remoras or suckerfish).


edopid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Edopidae.


enaliornithid

(zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Enaliornithidae.


engraulid

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


endothiodontid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Endothiodontidae.


eocardiid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Eocardiidae.


eogyrinid

(zoology) Any labyrinthodont in the family Eogyrinidae.


eosimiid

(zoology) Any extinct primate in the family Eosimiidae.


eomoropid

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


eothyridid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Eothyrididae.


eomyid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Eomyidae.


ephippid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Ephippidae.


epigonid

deepwater cardinalfishes
deepwater cardinalfish#English

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


cyematid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Cyematidae, the bobtail snipe eels.


eobaatarid

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


erinaceid

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


erethistid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Erethistidae.


erycid

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


epoicotheriid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Epoicotheriidae.


eryopid

(zoology) Any extinct amphibian of the family †Eryopidae


erythrinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Erythrinidae.


exocoetid

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


esocid

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


erythrosuchid

(zoology) Any archosaur in the family Erythrosuchidae.


eurylaimid

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


euhelopid

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


eucosmodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Eucosmodontidae.


euhelopodid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Euhelopodidae.


eurhinodelphinid

(zoology) Any toothed whale in the family Eurhinodelphinidae.


etmopterid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Etmopteridae.


eurymylid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Eurymylidae.


eschrichtiid

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


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.


eutypomyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Eutypomyidae.


euplerid

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


estemmenosuchid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Estemmenosuchidae.


eurypygid

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


eublepharid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Eublepharidae.


evermannellid

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


ctenodactylid

Miocene and Pliocene ctenodactylids are known from Asia and Africa. In the Oligocene forms cheek-teeth were brachydont, and all known fossil ctenodactylids retained P 4 and p 4, with these teeth showing various stages of reduction.

1967, Sydney Anderson, Recent Mammals of the World: A Synopsis of Families, page 30:

According to Luckett (1985), Bugge (1985), and George (1985), ctenodactylids are an early offshoot of the hystricognathous rodents. Beintema et al. (1991), stating that no molecular data were available, investigated tissues, blood, and proteins and concluded that it was not yet possible to determine whether ctrnodactylids and hystricognathous rodents "share a common ancestor or are located on separate branches."

2005, Fritz Dieterlen, “Family Ctenodactylidae”, in Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder, editors, Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, volume 12, page 1536:

Ctenodactylids share many derived characters with the Hystricognathi, but ctenodactylids retain many primitive features and are considered (along with the Diatomyidae) a possible sister group to hystriognath rodents (Dietrlen 2005; Huchon et al. 2007).

2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, unnumbered page:

(zoology) Any of the several rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.


eurypharyngid

Clipping of translingual Eurypharyngidae

clipping

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

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


sawwhet

A small North American owl (Aegolius acadicus) with feathered toes and no ear tufts.


euparkeriid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Euparkeriidae.


fabrosaurid

(zoology) Any ornithischian dinosaur in the family Fabrosauridae.


fundulid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Fundulidae.


galeorhinid

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


galbulid

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


gadid

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


formicariid

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


fistulariid

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


furipterid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Furipteridae.


foratid

(zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Foratidae.


galesaurid

(zoology) Any cynodont in the family Galesauridae.


gasteropelecid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Gasteropelecidae.


falconid

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


galagonid

(zoology) Any galago in the family Galagonidae.


galeopithecid

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


fregatid

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


gasterosteid

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


gaviid

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


furnariid

(zoology) Any member of the Furnariidae; ovenbirds.


geoemydid

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


geotriid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Geotriidae.


gerrhosaurid

/ˌdʒɛɹəˈsɔːɹɪd/

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


gephyrostegid

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


gerreid

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


giganturid

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


ginglymostomatid

(zoology) Any nurse shark of the family Ginglymostomatidae


glyptodontid

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


gobiesocid

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


gigantactinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Gigantactinidae.


glareolid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Glareolidae, the coursers and pratincoles.


gobiconodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Gobiconodontidae.


glaucosomatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Glaucosomatidae.


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.


gnathorhizid

(zoology) Any extinct lungfish in the family Gnathorhizidae.


gomphotheriid

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


gonostomatid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Gonostomatidae.


goniopholidid

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


gonorynchid

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


goodeid

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


gomphotherid

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


goniopholid

(zoology) Any extinct crocodylomorph in the family Goniopholidae.


grammatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Grammatidae.


grammistid

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


gymnotid

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


guaibasaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Guaibasauridae.


gymnophthalmid

(zoology) Any lizard of the family Gymnophthalmidae.


grallinid

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


gymnarchid

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


haemulid

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


gyrinocheilid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Gyrinocheilidae.


gobiid

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


gymnurid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Gymnuridae.


halcyonid

(zoology) A tree kingfisher in the family Halcyonidae.


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.


harpagiferid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Harpagiferidae.


hapalodectid

(zoology) Any mesonychian in the family Hapalodectidae.


hapsidopareiontid

(zoology) Any tuditanomorph microsaur in the family Hapsidopareiontidae.


heleophrynid

(zoology) Any ghost frog in the family Heleophrynidae.


hegetotheriid

(zoology) Any notoungulate in the family Hegetotheriidae.


halosaurid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Halosauridae.


hemiscylliid

(zoology) Any of the family Hemiscylliidae of sharks.


hemitripterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hemitripteridae.


hemisotid

(zoology) Any shovelnose frog in the family Hemisotidae.


hemiramphid

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


hemiphractid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Hemiphractidae.


hemigaleid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hemigaleidae.


heptapterid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Heptapteridae.


heptaxodontid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae.


herpetotheriid

(zoology) Any metatherian in the family Herpetotheriidae.


hemiodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hemiodontidae.


herrerasaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaure in the family Herrerasauridae.


heterenchelyid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Heterenchelyidae.


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.


heteromyid

(zoology) Any rodent of the family Heteromyidae.


heliornithid

(zoology) Any finfoot in the family Heliornithidae.


helodermatid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Helodermatidae


heteropneustid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Heteropneustidae.


hexagrammid

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


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.


herpestid

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


hiodontid

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


hirundinid

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


heylerosaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the Heylerosauridae.


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.


histiopterid

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


holocentrid

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


homalodotheriid

(zoology) Any toxodont in the family Homalodotheriidae.


homalocephalid

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


hoplichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hoplichthyidae.


huayangosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Huayangosauridae,


hyaenodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hyaenodontidae.


hybodontid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Hybodontidae.


hoplocercid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Hoplocercidae.


holoptychiid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Holoptychiidae.


hyaenid

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


hydrobatid

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


hylaeochampsid

(zoology) Any extinct eusuchian in the family Hylaeochampsidae.


hyopsodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hyopsodontidae.


hydrochoerid

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


hydrophiid

(zoology) Any sea snake in the family Hydrophiidae.


hyperoodontid

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


hypsidorid

(zoology) Any extinct catfish in the family Hypsidoridae.


hynobiid

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


hypopomid

(zoology) Any knifefish in the family Hypopomidae.


hyracodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hyracodontidae.


hypertragulid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hypertragulidae.


hypoptychid

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


hyperoliid

Borrowed from translingual Hyperoliidae.

Any in the family Hyperoliidae of frogs.


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.


ichthyornithid

(zoology) Any avialan in the family Ichthyornithidae.


ichthyophiid

(zoology) Any caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae.


ichthyostegid

(zoology) Any labyrinthodont in the family Ichthyostegidae.


icosteid

(zoology) Any ragfish in the family Icosteidae.


ictalurid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Ictaluridae.


ichthyosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ichthyosauridae.


iguanodontid

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


intasuchid

(zoology)Any temnospondyl in the family Intasuchidae.


indostomid

(zoology)Any fish in the family Indostomidae.


indicatorid

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


ilariid

(zoology) Any extinct marsupial in the family Ilariidae.


inermiid

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


hystricid

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


ipnopid

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


idiacanthid

(zoology) Any fish in the stomiid subfamily Idiacanthinae.


irenid

(zoology)Any bird in the family Irenidae.


himantolophid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Himantolophidae.


ilysiid

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


indriid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Indriidae.


hesperornithid

From translingual Hesperornithidae, from Hesperornis (“genus name”).

Finally, the Volgorod locality, Maastrichtian in age, has yielded two dinosaurs (an indeterminate hesperornithid and a basal theropod) and a few turtles.

2011, David B. Weishampel, Coralia-Maria Jianu, Transylvanian Dinosaurs, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 109:

The arrival of these hesperornithids in more southern waters during the early Campanian may indicate a cooler climate, closer shores, adaptations to changes in prey, or other factors.

2017, Michael J. Everhart, Oceans of Kansas, Indiana University Press, page 365:

2020, Alan Feduccia, Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs, Universal Publishers (BrownWalker Press), page 83,
9. Cretaceous foot-propelled divers, the hesperornithids, were grouped cladistically with loons (Eocene) and grebes (Miocene) as a clade, which would require re-evolution of teeth from an edentulous ancestor.

(paleontology) Any extinct avialan in the family Hesperornithidae.


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.


icterid

(ornithology) Any member of the family Icteridae of grackles and related New World birds.


isotemnid

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


istiodactylid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Istiodactylidae.


istiophorid

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


ichthyodectid

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


jacanid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Jacanidae; a jacana.


hipposaurid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Hipposauridae.


karaurid

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


kannemeyeriid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Kannemeyeriidae.


kentriodontid

(zoology) Any extinct cetacean in the family Kentriodontidae.


keraterpetontid

(zoology) Any lepospondyl in the family Keraterpetontidae.


kuehneotheriid

(zoology) Any mammaliaform in the family Kuehneotheriidae.


kinosternid

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Kinosternidae.


kuehneosaurid

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


kneriid

(zoology) Any gonorynchiform fish in the family Kneriidae.


kuhliid

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


kurtid

(zoology) Any nurseryfish in the family Kurtidae.


labrisomid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Labrisomidae.


katsuwonid

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


kraemeriid

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


lagosuchid

(zoology) Any archosaur in the family Lagosuchidae.


lactariid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lactariidae.


hylid

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


kogiid

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

(zoology) Any whale in the family Kogiidae.


larid

(ornithology) Any member of the family Laridae, the gulls, terns, skimmers and noddies .


latiscopid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Latiscopidae.


laniid

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


latrid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Latridae.


latimerid

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


lamnid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Lamnidae.


lebiasinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lebiasinidae.


lampridid

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


lanthanotid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Lanthanotidae.


leiopelmatid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Leiopelmatidae.


leiognathid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Leiognathidae.


lepilemurid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Lepilemuridae.


lepidosirenid

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


lepisosteid

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


interatheriid

(zoology) Any notoungulate in the family Interatheriidae.


leptochariid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Leptochariidae.


leptodactylid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Leptodactylidae


leptotyphlopid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.


leptoscopid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Leptoscopidae.


leptosomatid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Leptosomatidae, the cuckoo rollers.


lethrinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lethrinidae.


pig-footed bandicoot

en-noun

pig-footed bandicoot (plural pig-footed bandicoots)

A small marsupial of the arid and semi-arid plains of Australia, †Chaeropus ecaudatus, now presumed to be extinct.


limnodynastid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Limnodynastidae.


linophrynid

(zoology)Any fish in the family Linophrynidae.


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.


limnoscelid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Limnoscelidae.


paradise parrot

paradise parrot (plural paradise parrots)

A colourful, medium-sized parrot, Psephotus pulcherrimus, native to the grassy woodlands of the Queensland - New South Wales border area of northeastern Australia, believed to be extinct.


liolaemid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Liolaemidae.


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).


lithornithid

(zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Lithornithidae.


lipotid

(zoology) Any river dolphin of the family Lipotidae.


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.


lobotid

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


loricariid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Loricariidae.


lotid

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


loxommatid

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


luciocephalid

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


lycosuchid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Lycosuchidae.


lydekkerinid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Lydekkerinidae.


lorisid

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


lysorophid

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


macraucheniid

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


lystrosaurid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Lystrosauridae.


macristiid

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


macroramphosid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Macroramphosidae.


macropetalichthyid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Macropetalichthyidae.


macropodid

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


malacanthid

(zoology) Any in the family Malacanthidae of tilefishes.


macroscelidid

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


leontiniid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Leontiniidae.


macrosemiid

(zoology) Any fish in the extinct family Macrosemiidae.


mamenchisaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Mamenchisauridae.


mantellid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Mantellidae.


maenid

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


massospondylid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Massospondylidae.


mawsoniid

(zoology) Any extinct coelacanth in the family Mawsoniidae.


mastodonsaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Mastodonsauridae.


mastacembelid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Mastacembelidae.


mammutid

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


megalichthyid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Megalichthyidae.


megalonychid

(zoology) Any sloth in the family Megalonychidae.


megaladapid

(zoology) Any extinct lemur in the family Megaladapidae.


megalurid

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


megalopid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Megalopidae.


megadermatid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Megadermatidae.


megophryid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Megophryidae.


megapodid

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


megazostrodontid

(zoology) Any mammaliaform cynodont in the family Megazostrodontidae.


meleagridid

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


melanocetid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Melanocetidae.


megatheriid

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


melamphaid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Melamphaidae.


melid

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


melanorosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur of the Melanorosauridae.


menid

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


melanotaeniid

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


merycoidodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Merycoidodontidae.


mesosaurid

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


metriorhynchid

(zoology) Any crocodylomorph in the family Metriorhynchidae.


metoposaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl of the family Metoposauridae.


merulid

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


mesotheriid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Mesotheriidae.


microcosmodontid

(zoology) Any multituberculate in the family Microcosmodontidae.


mephitid

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


microbiotheriid

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


meropid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Meropidae, the bee-eaters.


melanonid

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


microbrachid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Microbrachidae.


microdesmid

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


micromelerpetontid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Micromelerpetontidae.


microstomatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Microstomatidae.


miniopterid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Miniopteridae.


mixosaurid

(zoology) Any ichthyosaur in the family Mixosauridae.


mixodectid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Mixodectidae.


mitsukurinid

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


momotid

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


monacanthid

(zoology) Any in the family Monacanthidae of filefishes.


mohoid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Mohoidae.


monodactylid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Monodactylidae.


monodontid

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


monognathid

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


mordaciid

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


mobulid

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


moronid

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


millerettid

(zoology) Any parareptile in the family Millerettidae.


moringuid

(zoology) Any in the family Moringuidae of eels.


moschid

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


muraenesocid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Muraenesocidae.


mormoopid

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


moschorhinid

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


miacid

From scientific Latin Miacidae (family name), from Miacis (genus name), of uncertain origin.

The trenchant talonid is a character of some miacids and distinguishes these teeth from the hyaenodontids and oxyaenids.

1971, Thomas H. V. Rich, Deltatheridia, Carnivora, and Condylarthra (Mammalia) of the Early Eocene, Paris Basin, France:

Miacids were long-bodied, had long tails, were pine marten sized or smaller, and some lived in trees while others spent their time on the ground.

2016 November 26, Elsa Panciroli, “Rifling through the 'wastebaskets' of palaeontology reveals surprises”, in The Guardian:

(paleontology) Any member of the Miacidae family of extinct mammals.


musophagid

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


muraenolepidid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Muraenolepididae.


megalosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur of the family Megalosauridae.


myliobatid

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


myrmecobiid

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


mylodontid

(zoology) Any ground sloth in the family Mylodontidae.


mylagaulid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Mylagaulidae.


myocastorid

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


muscicapid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Muscicapidae.


myobatrachid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Myobatrachidae.


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.


mimid

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


mystacinid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Mystacinidae.


menurid

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


narcinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Narcinidae.


myzopodid

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


nandid

(zoology) Any leaffish in the family Nandidae.


natalid

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


nectariniid

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


narkid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Narkidae.


nemichthyid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Nemichthyidae.


nemipterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Nemipteridae.


nemegtosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Nemegtosauridae.


two-toed sloth

One of two species of large mammals in genus Choloepus known for their slowness of movement.


myrmecophagid

(zoology) Any anteater in the family Myrmecophagidae


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.


monarchid

(Ornithology) Any member of the Monarchidae (monarch flycatchers).


erd shrew

Sorex araneus
Sorex araneus#Translingual


mugilid

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


neobalaenid

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


neoceratiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Neoceratiidae.


neoepiblemid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Neoepiblemidae.


neoplagiaulacid

(zoology) Any ptilodontoid mammal in the family Neoplagiaulacidae.


neovenatorid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Neovenatoridae.


neoscopelid

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


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.


molossid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Molossidae


nematistiid

(zoology) Any in the family Nematistiidae of roosterfish.


nettastomatid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Nettastomatidae.


nesomyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Nesomyidae.


nestorid

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


nesophontid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Nesophontidae.


Philippine tarsier

Philippine tarsier (plural Philippine tarsiers)

Carlito syrichta
Carlito syrichta#Translingual

A very small tarsier, Carlito syrichta, native to much of the southern Philippines.


notacanthid

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


notosudid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Notosudidae, the waryfishes.


nototheniid

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


notopterid

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


notohippid

(zoology) Any toxodont in the family Notohippidae.


nomeid

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


notoryctid

(zoology) A marsupial mole, of the family Notoryctidae.


notostylopid

(zoology) Any notoungulate in the family Notostylopidae.


numidid

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


quercypsittid

(zoology) Any extinct parrot in the family Quercypsittidae.


notosuchid

(zoology) Any extinct crocodylomorph in the family Notosuchidae.


nothosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile of the family Nothosauridae.


noasaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Noasauridae.


notocheirid

(Ichthyology) Any member of the family Notocheiridae, the surf sardines.


nycterid

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


nyctibiid

(zoology) Any potoo in the family Nyctibiidae.


nyctosaurid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Nyctosauridae.


odontophorid

(zoology) Any quail in the family Odontophoridae.


odontobutid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Odontobutidae.


odontaspidid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Odontaspididae.


oldfieldthomasiid

(zoology) Any notoungulate mammal in the family Oldfieldthomasiidae.


ochotonid

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


nyctiphruretid

(zoology) Any parareptile in the family Nyctiphruretidae.


oligopithecid

(zoology) Any extinct monkey in the family Oligopithecidae.


olyrid

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


oneirodid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Oneirodidae.


onychodontid

(zoology) Any extinct fish the family Onychodontidae


omosudid

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


ophiacodontid

(zoology) Any synapsid in the family Ophiacodontidae.


ophiderpetontid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Ophiderpetontidae.


ophichthid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Ophichthidae.


owenettid

(zoology) Any extinct parareptile in the family Owenettidae.


oxyaenid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Oxyaenidae.


oplurid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Opluridae.


opisthoproctid

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


orectolobid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Orectolobidae.


oplegnathid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Oplegnathidae.


oreosomatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Oreosomatidae.


oreopithecid

(zoology) Any extinct hominid in the family Oreopithecidae, a synonym of the hominid subfamily Dryopithecinae.


oxyruncid

(zoology) Any sharpbill in the family Oxyruncidae.


opisthognathid

From opistho- + Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”) + -id.

(zoology) Any jawfish in the family Opistognathidae.


oriolid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Oriolidae.


orodontid

(zoology) Any extinct cartilaginous fish in the family Orodontidae.


common shrew

A shrew, Sorex araneus, one of the most common mammals.


ornithosuchid

(zoology) Any pseudosuchian in the family Ornithosuchidae.


ornithocheirid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Ornithocheiridae.


orthonychid

(zoology) Any logrunner in the family Orthonychidae.


osphronemid

(zoology) Any gourami in the family Osphronemidae.


octodontid

From Octodon + -id < Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), according to the wear pattern of the teeth of these rodents, which resembles a figure 8.

(zoology) Any of the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the common degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species


ostraciid

(zoology) Any fish in the family the Ostraciidae.


osteoglossid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Osteoglossidae, the arowanas.


ornithomimid

(zoology) Any of the family Ornithomimidae of dinosaurs.


ornithorhynchid

duck-billed platypus
duck-billed platypus

(zoology) A duck-billed platypus, or any of its extinct relatives in the family Ornithorhynchidae.


oreodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Oreodontidae, a synonym of the Merycoidodontidae.


otodontid

(zoology) Any extinct shark in the family Otodontidae.


oromerycid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Oromerycidae, extinct relatives of camels.


osteolepid

(zoology) Any osteolepidid fish in the family Osteolepidae


pachycephalosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Pachycephalosauridae.


ophthalmosaurid

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(zoology) Any ichthyosaur of the family Ophthalmosauridae


otariid

(mammology) Any member of the Otariidae, the eared seals


pachycormid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Pachycormidae.


oceanitid

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


palaelodid

(zoology) Any extinct flamingolike bird in the family Palaelodidae.


pachyophiid

(zoology) Any reptile in the family Pachyophiidae, now referred to as the Simoliophiidae.


palaeoryctid

(zoology) Any extinct shrewlike mammal in the family Palaeoryctidae.


paliguanid

(zoology) Any lepidosauromorph in the family Paliguanidae.


pachypleurosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct sauropterygian reptile of the family Pachypleurosauridae.


palaeopropithecid

(zoology) Any extinct lemur in the family Palaeopropithecidae.


palorchestid

(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Palorchestidae.


pandionid

(zoology) Any osprey in the family Pandionidae.


pangasiid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Pangasiidae.


pantolestid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Pantolestidae.


pantherid

(zoology) Any member of family Pantheridae (now subfamily Pantherinae) of big cats.


pantodontid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Pantodontidae.


pantylid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Pantylidae.


palaeotheriid

Among them were the ancient palaeotheriids, early relatives of the rhinos, tapirs and horses.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 64:

(zoology) Any extinct hoofed mammal in the family Palaeotheriidae.


otidid

(ornithology) Any species of the bustard family Otididae.


panurid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Panuridae; a bearded reedling.


ornitholestid

E. H. Colbert (pers. commun. to Harshbarger, 1957) suggested that Segisaurus looks very much like an ornitholestid; Ornitholestes is found in the Morrison Formation (Jurassic).

1975, Dudley W. Bolyard, Deep drilling frontiers of the central Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, →OCLC, page 114:

In proportions, and especially in their uncompressed central metatarsal, Avisaurus retains the conservative condition seen in such basal theopods as Coelophysis and Ceratosaurus (Fig. 2), and thus retains a basal condition compared to derived theropods and Archaeopteryx, which have proximally pinched central metatarsi (eg, compsognathids, ornitholestids, allosaurids, tyrannosaurids, elmisaurids, ornithomimids, dromaeosaurs and saurornithoidids; Paul, 1984).

1985, MK Brett-Surman, “A new family of bird-like dinosaurs linking Laurasia and Gondwanaland”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 5, number 2, page 133:

Aublysodonts and tyrannosaurs appear to have been the culmination of the ornitholestid-allosaur-tyrannosaur group.

1988, Gregory S. Paul, Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated Guide, Simon & Schuster, →OCLC:

(zoology, very rare) Any member of the family †Ornitholestidae, now superseded by family †Compsognathidae.


parabrotulid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Parabrotulidae.


paradoxornithid

(zoology) Any in the family Paradoxornithidae, principally parrotbills.


paralepidid

(zoology) Any barracudina in the family Paralepididae.


paralichthyid

(zoology) Any flounder in the family Paralichthyidae.


orycteropodid

(zoology) Any member of the Orycteropodidae, the aardvark and its extinct relatives.


paramythiid

(zoology) Any member of the Paramythiidae.


parasuchid

(zoology) Any phytosaur in the family Parasuchidae.


parapithecid

(zoology) Any extinct primate in the family Parapithecidae.


parascylliid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Parascylliidae.


osmerid

Getting back to feeding, we found it convenient at Point Mugu to use two forms of fish: the smaller osmerids for training purposes (they are cleaner than cut fish), and mackerel.

1966, Kenneth Stafford Norris, Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises, page 663:

She proved the independence of the evolutionary development of osmerids and plecoglossids which form an independent suborder and clearly outlined main traits of similarity and difference of the Salmonoidei and the osmerids.

1997, Journal of Ichthyology, volume 37, page 207:

Osmerids are generally small, silvery, elongate fishes that swim in the water column.

2009, Gene Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, Douglas E. Facey, Brian W. Bowen, The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology, page 279:

(zoology) Any fish of the family Osmeridae, a smelt.


pataecid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Pataecidae.


parodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Parodontidae.


passerid

(zoology) Any member of the family Passeridae of sparrows and their close relatives.


paulchoffatiid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Paulchoffatiidae.


opisthocomid

Miller (1953) described an avian cranium from the Miocene of Colombia as an opisthocomid, Hoazinoides magdalenae.

1992, Kenneth E. Campbell, editor, Papers in Avian Paleontology: Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, page 135:

All other birds thought to be primitive [e.g. cuculiforms, opisthocomids, coraciiforms, musophagids, gruiforms (including the Cariarmidae), etc.] have definitive and often quite small feather tracts.

1995, Acta palaeornithologica: 3, Symposium SAPE: 5, Internationale Senckenberg-Konferenz, 22-26, Juni 1992, page 72:

Some of the other placements are so startling that Livezey and Zusi are unconvinced by their own results (e.g., opisthocomids [Hoatzin], steatornithids [Oilbirds] phoenicopterids [flamingos], and many of the smaller forest birds).

2007, Gary W. Kaiser, The Inner Bird: Anatomy and Evolution, page 177:

(zoology, ornithology) Any bird of the family Opisthocomidae, which comprises the hoazin and extinct relatives.


pedetid

(zoology) Any in the family Pedetidae of springhares.


peirosaurid

(zoology) Any archosaur in the family Peirosauridae.


pedionomid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Pedionomidae; a plains-wanderer.


pelecanid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelecanidae; a pelican.


pelecanoidid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Pelecanoididae; a diving petrel.


pelobatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelobatidae of spadefoot toads.


oxynotid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Oxynotidae.


pempherid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pempheridae of fish called sweepers.


pelodytid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelodytidae of parsley frogs.


pentacerotid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Pentacerotidae.


percophid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Percophidae.


percichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Percichthyidae.


percid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Percidae, the perches and darters.


peramelid

(zoology) Any member of the family Peramelidae of bandicoots; a typical bandicoot.


periptychid

(zoology) Any extinct condylarthran in the family Periptychidae.


peroryctid

(zoology) Any member of the family Peroryctidae (now subfamily Peroryctinae of family Peramelidae) of bandicoots.


peristediid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Peristediidae.


phaethontid

(zoology) Any member of the Phaethontidae, a tropicbird.


petromurid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Petromuridae.


phallostethid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Phallostethidae.


phalaropodid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Phalaropodidae , now considered to be part of the Scolopacidae; a phalarope.


philepittid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Philepittidae.


parulid

(Ornithology) Any member of the Parulidae.


phalacrocoracid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Phalacrocoracidae; a cormorant or shag.


pegasid

Named for one of the earliest-discovered exoplanets, 51 Pegasi b, which was discovered in the constellation Pegasus in 1995.


phlegethontiid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Phlegethontiidae.


phocoenid

(zoology) Any member of the Phocoenidae; a porpoise.


phlyctaeniid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Phlyctaeniidae.


petaurid

Although domestic cats are notorious for bringing young Petaurus and Pseudocheirus home to their owners, comparatively little is known of the predators of petaurids.

1987, Fauna of Australia, vol. I.2, p. 673:

(zoology) A possum of the family Petauridae.


phiomyid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Phiomyidae.


pholidichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Pholidichthyidae.


phoenicopterid

(zoology) Any member of the Phoenicopteridae; a flamingo.


phosichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Phosichthyidae.


phractolaemid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Phractolaemidae.


phrynosomatid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.


pholidosaurid

(zoology) Any crocodylomorph reptile in the family Pholidosauridae.


peramurid

(zoology) Any extinct zatherian mammal in the family Peramuridae.


picid

(zoology) Any member of the family Picidae, the woodpeckers.


pholid

From Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς (pholís, “horny scale”).

uder

(zoology) Any fish in the family Pholidae.


phylloscopid

(ornithology) Any of the warblers in the family Phylloscopidae.


phyllostomatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Phyllostomidae (syn. Phyllostomatidae), of leaf-nosed bats.


pimelodid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Pimelodidae.


percopsid

These are, the Etheostomids or stone-toters; the Centrarchids or sun-fishes, and kindred forms; the Hyodontids or gizzard-shads; the Percopsids; the Aphredoderids; the Amblyopsids, (blind and cave fishes;) the Amiids or bow-fins, and the Lepidosteids, or alligator gars.

1867, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1866, page 405:

There are, in fact, with the exception of one Percopsid in the Columbia River, no representatives of most of the families which give the stamp of peculiarity to the Union's population; the Etheostomine and indeed all other Percids are wanting, and only a single species of Centrarchids--the Perch of the Sacramento (Archoplites interruptus)--has found its way across the mountains.

1903, George Brown Goode, American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North America:

The two Green River percopsids were described in detail in Rosen and Patterson (1969), and the placement of these two species in Percopsidae was verified more recently by Patterson and Rosen (1989).

2001, Gregg F. Gunnell, Eocene Biodiversity: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats, page 27:

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Percopsidae, including two living species containing trout-perches and sand rollers


phytotomid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Phytotomidae, now considered part of the Cotingidae; a plantcutter.


notharctid

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


pinguipedid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Pinguipedidae.


piprid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Pipridae; a manakin.


pipid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pipidae, the tongueless frogs.


phytosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Phytosauridae.


pelagornithid

(zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Pelagornithidae.


plagiosaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl of the family Plagiosauridae.


platacanthomyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the Platacanthomyidae.


plagiaulacid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Plagiaulacidae.


pittid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Pittidae; a pitta.


pitheciid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pitheciidae, New World monkeys such as the sakis, titis and uakaris.


platanistid

(zoology) Any river dolphin in the Platanistidae.


placodontid

(zoology) Any placodont in the family Placodontidae.


pistosaurid

(zoology) Any sauropterygian reptile of the family Pistosauridae


pelomedusid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelomedusidae of freshwater turtles,


phenacodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Phenacodontidae of extinct large herbivorous mammals.


platanistoid

(zoology) Any river dolphin in the superfamily Platanistoidea.


percrocutid

(zoology) Any extinct feliform carnivore in the family Percrocutidae.


platycephalid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Platycephalidae.


plateosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Plateosauridae.


platytroctid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Platytroctidae; the tubeshoulders.


platysternid

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Platysternidae; a big-headed turtle.


plesiopid

(zoology) Any longfin in the family Plesiopidae.


pleurosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile of the family Pleurosauridae.


plesiadapid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Plesiadapidae.


platyrhinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Platyrhinidae.


pliopithecid

(zoology) Any extinct primate in the family Pliopithecidae.


plotid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Plotidae, a synonym for the Anhingidae.


plotosid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Plotosidae.


petropedetid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Petropedetidae.


podicipedid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Podicipedidae; a grebe.


phascolarctid

(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Phascolarctidae, including the koala.


plesiosaurid

(zoology) Any plesiosaur in the family †Plesiosauridae of extinct marine reptiles.


ploceid

(zoology) Any bird of the family Ploceidae.


podargid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Podargidae; a frogmouth.


polycentrid

(zoology) Any leaffish in the family Polycentridae.


plotopterid

(zoology) Any extinct flightless seabird in the family Plotopteridae.


podokesaurid

(zoology) Any theropod dinosaur of the family Podokesauridae, now considered to be a synonym of the superfamily Coelophysoidea.


pliosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Pliosauridae of extinct aquatic reptiles.


poeciliid

From translingual Poecilia, from ποικίλος (poikílos, “many-colored, variegated”) + -id, after translingual Poeciliidae.

(zoology) Any fish in the family Poeciliidae.