golden-breasted fulvetta

golden-breasted fulvetta (plural golden-breasted fulvettas)

Lioparus chrysotis, a species of fulvetta.


Santander poison frog

en-noun

Santander poison frog (plural Santander poison frogs)

From Santander (“department of Colombia”) + poison + frog.

affix

poison dart frog
poison dart frog#English

Ranitomeya virolinensis, a species of poison dart frog only found in two departments of Colombia.


bare-legged owl

en-noun

bare-legged owl (plural bare-legged owls)

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Margarobyas lawrencii, a species of owl endemic to Cuba.


airplane ears

From the shape of a cat's ears resembling the wings of an airplane.

The folded ears of a cat when it is irritated or angry.


Xalda sheep

Borrowed from Asturian xaldu ("inhabitant of the valleys").

An endangered breed of sheep indigenous to the Asturias province of Northern Spain.


umbrella cockatoo

umbrella cockatoo (plural umbrella cockatoos)

A medium-sized all-white cockatoo endemic to the tropical rainforests and islands of Indonesia.


yellow-bellied sea snake

yellow-bellied sea snake (plural yellow-bellied sea snakes)

A venomous species of sea snake found in the tropical oceanic waters around the world except for the Atlantic Ocean.


Jackson's chameleon

Jackson's chameleon (plural Jackson's chameleons)

Described by Belgian-British zoologist George Albert Boulenger in 1896 and named after English explorer and ornithologist Frederick John Jackson, who was serving as the first Governor of Kenya at the time of Boulenger’s description.

A chameleon of species Trioceros jacksonii, native to Africa, but also introduced to Hawaii, Florida, and California.

Frederick John Jackson
George Albert Boulenger


upside-down catfish

upside-down catfish (plural upside-down catfish or upside-down catfishes)

upside-down catfish (plural)
upside-down catfishes (plural)

Through the advent of air travel the amazing family of upside-down catfishes has been introduced, and is now providing us with several species of amusing and interesting scavengers.

1963, Derek McInerny, Geoffrey Gerard, “Synodontidæ”, in All About Tropical Fish, new edition, London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, →OCLC, page 359:

Upside-down catfish are delightful aquarium pets. They eat any foods offered to them, and they are generally peaceful.

1968, Alan Mark Fletcher, “The Upside-down Catfish”, in Unusual Aquarium Fishes, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →LCCN, page 43:

Any of various freshwater catfish that swim upside-down, such as Synodontis decorus, Synodontis multipunctatus, and especially Synodontis nigriventris


Sri Lanka hill myna

Sri Lanka hill myna (plural Sri Lanka hill mynas)


foliage-gleaner

An individual of various species of the genera Automolus and Clibanornis, perching birds of the New World.


black-breasted leaf turtle

black-breasted leaf turtle (plural black-breasted leaf turtles)

Geoemyda spengleri, a species of endangered turtle from Southeast Asia.


Abe's salamander

Abe's salamander (plural Abe's salamanders)

From Abe (Japanese surname, from Yoshio Abe) + -'s + salamander, a partial calque of translingual Hynobius abei.

partial calque

Hynobius abei, a critically endangered species of salamander endemic to Japan.


obscure honeyeater

en-noun

obscure honeyeater (plural obscure honeyeaters)

From obscure + honeyeater, a partial calque from translingual of either translingual Meliphaga obscura, translingual Lichenostomus obscurus or translingual Caligavis obscura.

Caligavis obscura, a honeyeater species found in New Guinea.


snouted cobra

Naja annulifera, a highly venomous species of cobra found in Africa.


eyelash viper

A species of venomous pit viper, Bothriechis schlegelii, in the family Viperidae, native to Central and South America.


pale weasel

Mustela altaica, a weasel of central to eastern Asia.


mountain weasel

mountain weasel (plural mountain weasels)


onaga

From Japanese 尾長 (onaga) or 尾長鯛 (onagadai).

(Hawaii) Longtail snapper (Etelis coruscans), a species of ray-finned fish.


tombo ahi

From Japanese トンボ (tonbo, “dragonfly”, a nickname for the albacore tuna; its long pectoral fins are likened to the wings of a dragonfly) + ahi, from Hawaiian ʻahi (“yellowfin tuna”).

der

Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus alalunga#Translingual

(Hawaii) Albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga)


monchong

(Hawaii) Sickle pomfret (Taractichthys steindachneri)

(Kōchi) エチオピア (echiopia, literally “Ethiopia”)

(Kantō) テツビン (鉄瓶, tetsubin, literally “cast iron kettle”)


white-lipped peccary

en-noun

white-lipped peccary (plural white-lipped peccaries)

Tayassu pecari
Tayassu pecari#Translingual

Tayassu pecari, widespread in much of tropical South America, less so in Central America.


lungless salamander

lungless salamander (plural lungless salamanders)

(herpetology) Any of numerous salamanders in the family Plethodontidae, who do not have lungs, and instead respirate through their skin and the lining of their mouths.


arhynchobatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Arhynchobatid.


smurgle

en-verb

smurgle (third-person singular simple present smurgles, present participle smurgling, simple past and past participle smurgled)

smurgles (present singular third-person)
smurgling (participle present)
smurgled (participle past)
smurgled (past)

(Internet slang, neologism, transitive, intransitive) Of a cat, to snuggle up to something, while kneading, nuzzling or purring.


man-of-war hawk

en-noun

man-of-war hawk (plural man-of-war hawks)

Yon black man-of-war-hawk that wheels in the light / O’er the black ship’s white sky-s’l, sunned cloud to the sight, / Have we low-flyers wings to ascend to his height?

1888, Herman Melville, John Marr and Other Sailors:


spiny seahorse

A species of seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus


tambaqui

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tambaqui, from Old Tupi tambaky.

bor+

A freshwater fish of species Colossoma macropomum, native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America.


FEI

From French Fédération Équestre Internationale (“International Equestrian Federation”).

der

The International Federation for Equestrian Sports.


torrent-lark

Grallina bruijni
Grallina bruijni#Translingual

Grallina bruijni, a monarch flycatcher native to New Guinea.


kakamega

grey-chested babbler
grey-chested babbler

The grey-chested babbler (Kakamega poliothorax)


cuckoo-finch

Anomalospiza imberbis
Anomalospiza imberbis#Translingual

A species of bird, Anomalospiza imberbis.


flycatcher-shrike

Either of two species of birds in the genus, Hemipus.


Asian house shrew

en-noun

Asian house shrew (plural Asian house shrews)

Suncus murinus
Suncus murinus#Translingual


kurdyuk

Study of the blood factors of 345 sheep, including hybrids and backcrosses between the wild O. polii karelini and the New-Caucasian Merino, Prococe, and Kurdyuk, showed that in glutthione concentration, dry residue and specific gravity of the blood, and resistance of erythrocytes to solution the hybrids excelled the purebreds.

1939, United States. Office of Experiment Stations, Experiment Station Record, page 489:


hippie chimp

Due to their generally peaceful behavior.


southern common cuscus

southern common cuscus (plural southern common cuscuses)

Coordinate term: northern common cuscus

An arboreal marsupial endemic to Australia, southern New Guinea and possibly the Aru Islands.


gray cuscus

northern common cuscus
northern common cuscus#English


northern common cuscus

northern common cuscus (plural northern common cuscuses)

Coordinate term: southern common cuscus

Bismarck Archipelago
Bismarck Archipelago

A species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae native to northern New Guinea and adjacent smaller islands, and also found in the Bismarck Archipelago, southeast and central Moluccas, the Solomon Islands, and Timor.


meezer

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(Sia)mese + -er. This nickname was from the cats' vocal attitude and loud, low-pitched meows.

(endearing, slang, humorous) A Siamese cat.


goldspotted snake eel

goldspotted snake eel (plural goldspotted snake eels)

Myrichthys ocellatus, a species of snake eel found off the eastern coasts of North and Central America, in coral reefs.


forest robin

Old World flycatcher
Old World flycatcher#English

Stiphrornis erythrothorax, a species of Old World flycatcher.


zebress

“ZEBRESS” COMES TO PARK / The population of the city’s menagerie in Central Park is increasing fast. The increase is due principally to a high birth rate, while yesterday a female zebra, styled by one of the park employes as a “zebress,” arrived from an animal dealer’s place in Germany to become the mate of Paddy, a zebra purchased some months ago. […] The “zebress” is three years old and is a fine specimen.

1913 June 11, New-York Tribune, volume LXXIII, number 24,314, New York, N.Y., page 4, column 1:

The lady now appearing wears a dress of black and white stripes—she might be very properly termed a zebra or zebress—and her sash is of pale, canary silk.

1927, Esther Singleton, “Dolls of To-day”, in Dolls, New York, N.Y.: Payson & Clarke Ltd, page 136:

A male zebra who lives at Livingston park in Jackson longed for love and affection. So lonely did he become that a local hotel sought a mate, presented her to him. Delighted with the selection, zebra and zebress have become friskly,^([sic]) renewed interest in life.

1928 August 2, E. L., “Mississippi Brevities”, in The Lexington Advertiser, volume 91, number 12, Lexington, Miss., page 3, column 2:

zebrass: zebra plus ass—hybrid of zebra and jenny ass or zebress and jackass

1964, Ralph De Sola, Abbreviations Dictionary: Abbreviations, Acronyms, Contractions, Signs & Symbols Defined […], revised edition, New York, N.Y.: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, →LCCN, page 213, column 1:

And the arrows were up and the gangplank down – / And here come the animals afraid to drown! / Through every doorway, entrance and egress, / Come dashing teams, a zebra and zebress, / A tiger and tigress, a gnu and a she-gnu, / A jack and a jenny, a mu and an emu, / A pair of elephants, a brace of rhinoceros, / Two dinosaurus – mostly esophagus, […]

1967, Paul Hiebert, “Jordan Middleduck”, in Willows Revisited, Toronto, Ont.; Montreal, Que.: McClelland and Stewart Limited, page 110:

As Leonie, she obviously loves Morgan, but how can you have a life with a man who keeps seeing you as a gazelle or a lioness or zebress?

1967 January 15, Dick Benke, “Movie Review: ‘Morgan’; Reality, Fantasy Get All Mixed Up”, in Independent Star-News, Pasadena, Calif., page C-8, column 4:

A Grant zebra was acquired to provide sweetness, light, friendship and, possibly, romance for the zoo’s zebress.

1970 March 23, David L. Maulsby, “Zoo’s New Denizens Include An Aoudad (Or Aou-Mom?)”, in The Sun, volume 266, number 45, Baltimore, Md., page C 8, column 1:

“Taking my kid, offspring, heir, bairn in Edinburgh and garcon in Nice to the Washington Zoo today.” “They got everything from A to Z there.” “Aardvarks, acaroids, addax, agouti, alligators, alpaca, antlions, amardillo,^([sic]), aug, auklets, aurochs, areayes …” “He’ll go ape before he gets to the azygous axoloti^([sic]) which as you know is amphibious.” “It’ll be dark, dusk, twilight, eventide before we zero in on the zander, zebra, zebress, zebu, aibet, aoril and zorilla.”

1979 January 19, Hugh Mulligan, “Mulligan’s Stew”, in Evening Express, volume 96, number 82, Portland, Me., page 3, columns 3–4:

A zebress was once introduced to a donkey. / The donkey said darling, I know this sounds funky, / But let’s you and me / Get together; you’ll see / We’ll make us a little zebronkey. / The zebress said cooly,^([sic]) that’s sweet of you, hon, / But we’re species apart, and I really must run.

1983, Jean Morgan, “Crazy Jean Tries a Limerick: On Reading in Darwin of the Zebra Who Refused the Donkey Until He Looked Something Like Her”, in High priestess of Change, Laurinburg, N.C.: St. Andrews Press, →ISBN, page 46:

“You two can start exploring if you like,” I said. “Or wait here in the car. I’m just going to ask her about hosting the garden club buffet.” / “No, let’s beard the lioness in her den,” Dr. Blake said, offering Caroline his arm. / “More like a zebress, don’t you think?” Caroline said.

2009 August, Donna Andrews, Swan for the Money (Meg Langslow Mysteries; 11), New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 42:

Zebra: I am sooo turned on by your stripes baby! / Zebress: Oh really? Well in that case......... KICK! / Zebra: OW! Let me move on up behind you here. This good for you? / Zebress: KICK! Approach vector too high. Permission to land is DENIED / Zebra: Tower, request permission for fly-by / Zebress: Negative Ghost-Rider, the pattern is full. KICK!

2016, Brian Scott Bowers, “The Passionate Prison, a Zoological Adventure…”, in It’s a Poop Sneeze: From Family Dysfunction & Fast Food Funnies to a “F*cker” in Politics, →ISBN, section 9 (Au Naturale^([sic])), page 152:


black crake

Zapornia flavirostra
Zapornia flavirostra#Translingual

A species of waterbird (Zapornia flavirostra)


Indian nightjar

Indian nightjar (plural Indian nightjars)

Indian + nightjar, due to the bird's natural range including parts of India.

Caprimulgus asiaticus, a common species of nightjar perching bird found in southern and southeastern Asia.


white-necked myna

white-necked myna (plural white-necked mynas)

white + necked + myna, a partial calque of translingual Streptocitta albicollis, from Latin albicollis (“white-necked”).

partial calque

Streptocitta albicollis, a common species of myna often confused for a magpie due to its coloration, endemic to Indonesia.


scimitar-winged piha

en-noun

scimitar-winged piha (plural scimitar-winged pihas)

Lipaugus uropygialis, a species of cotinga.


hill pigeon

Columba rupestris
Columba rupestris#Translingual

Columba rupestris, a species of pigeon widely spread throughout northern Asia.


garnet-throated hummingbird

garnet-throated hummingbird (plural garnet-throated hummingbirds)

Lamprolaima rhami, a common species of hummingbird found in parts of Middle America.


black-headed saltator

black-headed saltator (plural black-headed saltators)

black + headed + saltator, a calque of translingual Saltator atriceps.

calque

Saltator atriceps, a species of tanager.


Larch Mountain salamander

en-noun

Larch Mountain salamander (plural Larch Mountain salamanders)

Plethodon larselli, a small species of salamander endemic to the United States.


free-tailed bat

free-tailed bat (plural free-tailed bats)

Bats of family Molossidae, many species of which are known as mastiff bats.


longbill

Any of a number of birds with long bills.


Chinese trumpetfish

Chinese trumpetfish (plural Chinese trumpetfish)

A bony fish of the species Aulostomus chinensis.


Atlantic trumpetfish

Atlantic trumpetfish (plural Atlantic trumpetfish)

A bony fish of the species Aulostomus strigosus.


West Atlantic trumpetfish

West Atlantic trumpetfish (plural West Atlantic trumpetfish)

A bony fish of the species Aulostomus maculatus.


paradise flycatcher

paradise flycatcher (plural paradise flycatchers)

Any of Terpsiphone spp., birds of Africa and Asia.


Lost River sucker

Lost River sucker (plural Lost River suckers)

Deltistes luxatus, a species of fish within the taxonomic family Catostomidae.


c'waam

Lost River sucker
Lost River sucker#English

Deltistes luxatus, the Lost River sucker


shortnose sucker

shortnose sucker (plural shortnose suckers)

Chasmistes brevirostris
Chasmistes brevirostris#Translingual

A fish of species Chasmistes brevirostris, within the taxonomic family Catostomidae of suckers.


koptu

Chasmistes brevirostris
Chasmistes brevirostris

shortnose sucker
shortnose sucker#English

Chasmistes brevirostris, the shortnose sucker


para-dressage

An adaptation of the sport of dressage for athletes with a physical disability.


alauahio

Any of most of the species of genus Paroreomyza of Hawaiian honeycreepers.


white scavenger vulture

white scavenger vulture (plural white scavenger vultures)

Egyptian vulture
Egyptian vulture#English


ʻākohekohe

a species of honeycreeper endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaii (Palmeria dolei)


wren-spinetail

any bird of the genus Spartonoica, of which the bay-capped wren-spinetail (Spartonoica maluroides) is the sole species.


rock chat

brown-tailed rock chat
brown-tailed rock chat

brown-tailed rock chat, Oenanthe scotocerca

any of a number of species of wheatear
sombre rock chat, Oenanthe dubia

any of a number of species of wheatear
brown rock chat, Oenanthe fusca


yellownape

greater yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha)

Any of various birds with a yellow nape
lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)

checker-throated yellownape
checker-throated yellownape

Javan yellownape/checker-throated yellownape (Chrysophlegma mentale)


shrike-flycatcher

African shrike-flycatcher
African shrike-flycatcher

red-eyed shrike-flycatcher
red-eyed shrike-flycatcher

African shrike-flycatcher/red-eyed shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus


black-capped babbler

black-capped babbler (plural black-capped babblers)

black + capped + babbler, likely a calque of translingual Pellorneum nigrocapitatum.

calque

A bird of the species Pellorneum capistratum, Pellorneum nigrocapitatum or Pellorneum capistratoides; formerly considered one species.


gafftop

Bagre marinus, a catfish of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Southeastern US Atlantic.


marine otter

Lontra felina, an otter of the South American Pacific.


ground cuckoo

A Neotropical cuckoo of the genus Neomorphus.


Mexican mud turtle

en-noun

Mexican mud turtle (plural Mexican mud turtles)

Mexican + mud turtle, named after its range.

Kinosternon integrum, a species of mud turtle endemic to Mexico.


Tahiti petrel

Tahiti + petrel, so called because they are numerous on the island of Tahiti.

The Tahiti petrel is the largest of the four Pseudobulweria petrels, the others being Beck's, Fiji and Mascarene petrel.

(Can we date this quote?), “Tahiti petrel”, in Colin Miskelly, editor, New Zealand Birds Online: The digital encyclopaedia of New Zealand birds, archived from the original on 2024-05-21:

Pseudobulweria rostrata
Pseudobulweria rostrata#Translingual

Pseudobulweria rostrata, a species of seafaring petrel found throughout Oceania.


Mexican garter snake

Mexican garter snake (plural Mexican garter snakes)

Mexican + garter snake, due to its range.

Thamnophis eques, a species of snake most commonly found in lake basins of Mexico, with smaller populations in Arizona and New Mexico.


kibty

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(Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of kitty.


yinotherian

Any of the egg-laying mammals of the subclass Yinotheria; a monotreme.


ouppy

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WHOS OUPPY IS THIS

cause of death: OUPPY

WAKE UP EVENATION!! NEW OUPPY PHOTO JUST DROPPED!!! AND WHY HE EEPY??? 😎😂

2023 December 23, @strawb3rryfemme, Twitter:

being ouppy after A long day Of boymoding

(Internet slang, childish, endearing, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of puppy.


spindlehorn

From spindle + horn, after the appearance of the horns.

Synonym of saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)


ranchu

Borrowed from Japanese 蘭(らん)鋳(ちゅう) (ranchū).

A variety of hooded goldfish native to Japan, which lacks a dorsal fin.


ardipith

(anthropology, paleontology) Any of the hominids of the extinct genus Ardipithecus.


ardipith

en-adj

ardipith (comparative more ardipith, superlative most ardipith)

more ardipith (comparative)
most ardipith (superlative)

(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to the hominids of the extinct genus Ardipithecus.


king quail

(ornithology) A bird of the species Synoicus chinensis.


tree-maker

In making saddles to run and try in, the trees of them are occasionally leaded by the tree-maker or saddler, agreeably to the directions either may receive from his employer; and a four-pound saddle in this way is made to weigh seven pounds.

1828, Richard Darvill (V.S. 7th Hussars.), A Treatise on the Care, Treatment and Training of the English Racehorse, page 219:

This instrument was procured and the Investigating Officer was easily convinced of the accuracy of the wood-carver's statements, and, on the result being communicated to the victim of the theft, the thief was easily found: in fact the last servant whom the banker had dismissed had formerly been a tree maker, and indeed went back to that trade whenever he was out of a place .

1907, Hans Gross, John Adam, John Collyer Adam, Criminal Investigation, page 153:

It takes Hill from a week to at least a month to make a saddle, figuring drying time for the dampened leather and depending on the type of saddle. He starts with the tree, which he acquired from a tree maker.

1985, Oklahoma Today - Volumes 35-36, page 11:

(equestrianism) One who makes or constructs saddle trees.


iduna

Hundreds of warblers made the mass - mainly Blackcap and Lesser Whitethroat but also quite many Reed Warblers and an assortment of other sylvias, locustellas, idunas and phyllos, plus some other bits and pieces.

2012 April 14, Yoav Perlman, “Busy busy”, in Yoav Perlman (blog):

Most Idunas share a rather peculiar jizz.

2016 August 26, “Focus On: Booted Warbler”, in BirdGuides:

Booted Warblers are the more northerly breeders of the two sibling Idunas.

2019, Sudhir Vyas, Indian BIRDS, Indian BIRDS Monographs, Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Passage migrant (Fairly common), page 92:

(ornithology) Any warbler of the genus Iduna.


smoothhead

Off the United States, the National Marine Fisheries Service is helping industry explore fisheries for deep shrimp, rattails, chimeras, orange roughy, smoothheads, slackjaw eels, blue hake, skates and dogfish, which the National Fisheries Institute, an industry group, in an effort to improve their marketability, has renamed cape shark.

1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times:


hoptoad

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I'd like to turn her into a fat, old hoptoad.

Jumpin' hoptoads!


Colorado Desert sidewinder

en-noun

Colorado Desert sidewinder (plural Colorado Desert sidewinders)

Colorado Desert + sidewinder, so called due to its range.

Crotalus cerastes laterorepens, a subspecies of the sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) found in the Colorado Desert.


Siberian ibex

Siberian + ibex. Compare translingual Capra sibirica.


horse show

An event where horses are exhibited and may win prizes in various categories.


red-chested cuckoo

red-chested cuckoo (plural red-chested cuckoos)

Cuculus solitarius
Cuculus solitarius#Translingual


blue racer

A subspecies of snake, Coluber constrictor foxii


black racer

Coluber constrictor
Coluber constrictor#Translingual

A snake of species Coluber constrictor, of North and Central America, especially US.


nyan-binary

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(Internet slang) Non-binary, in contexts relating to cats.


Congo moor chat

Congo moor chat (plural Congo moor chats)

A bird of species Myrmecocichla tholloni, found in tropical grasslands of Africa.


Madagascar yellowbrow

Madagascar yellowbrow (plural Madagascar yellowbrows)

a species of Malagasy warbler found in Madagascar (Crossleyia xanthophrys)


Malagasy warbler

Malagasy warbler (plural Malagasy warblers)


wren-babbler

Any of various birds in seven genera in four families.


mohoau

North Island takahē (Porphyrio mantelli)


odedi

Bougainville bush warbler
Bougainville bush warbler

Bougainville bush warbler (Horornis haddeni)


mesia

silver-eared mesia (Leiothrix argentauris)


minla

blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera)

bar-throated minla (Actinodura strigula)

Any of various laughingthrushes
red-tailed minla (Minla ignotincta)


grosbeak-canary

northern grosbeak-canary
northern grosbeak-canary

Abyssinian grosbeak-canary
Abyssinian grosbeak-canary

The northern grosbeak-canary or Abyssinian grosbeak-canary, Crithagra donaldsoni

southern grosbeak-canary
southern grosbeak-canary

Kenya grosbeak-canary
Kenya grosbeak-canary

The southern grosbeak-canary or Kenya grosbeak-canary, Crithagra buchanani


harrier-hawk

African harrier-hawk
African harrier-hawk

Polyboroides typus
Polyboroides typus#Translingual

A bird of either of two species in genus Polyboroides

An African harrier-hawk (Polyboroides typus)


tyrant-manakin

Any of various birds in the family Pipridae


hemispingus

Any species of bird in (former?) genus Hemispingus


blue-capped kingfisher

blue-capped kingfisher (plural blue-capped kingfishers)

Actenoides hombroni, a species of kingfisher endemic to parts of the Philippines.


sombre rock chat

sombre rock chat (plural sombre rock chats)

Djibouti[…] At least one Sombre Rock Chat Cercomela dubia was photographed there on 25th; this appears to be the first record for the country.

2011 March, “Recent reports”, in Bulletin of the African Bird Club, volume 18, page 96:

A bird species, Oenanthe dubia, found in Ethiopia and Somalia


brown rock chat

brown rock chat (plural brown rock chats)

From the housetops the brown rock-chat begins to pour forth his exceedingly sweet lay.

1916, Douglas Dewar, A Bird Calendar for Northern India, page 35:

Finally, it was this early-riser’s vivid avian call—melodious songs with multiple notes like those of a thrush—which left us spellbound.[…] Hence, we were compelled to rediscover this special guest—the quintessential Brown Rock Chat or, simply, the Indian Chat.

2022 August, Gargi Mishra, “A chatting rockstar”, in Gobar Times, page 3:

A bird species, Oenanthe fusca, found in northern and central India


brown-tailed rock chat

brown-tailed rock chat (plural brown-tailed rock chats)

red-tailed chat[…] Distinguishing characters: Very similar to the Brown-tailed Rock-Chat, but tail chestnut with central tail feathers and tips of the others blackish brown.

1952, C.W. Mackworth-Praed, C.H.B. Grant, Birds of Eastern and North Eastern Africa, page 274:

A bird species, Oenanthe scotocerca, found in parts of Africa from Chad to Ethiopia


crab-eating rat

crab-eating rat (plural crab-eating rats)

Ichthyomys hydrobates, a species of rat found in northern South America.


hoary bamboo rat

hoary bamboo rat (plural hoary bamboo rats)


spot-legged poison frog

spot-legged poison frog (plural spot-legged poison frogs)

poison dart frog
poison dart frog#English

Ameerega picta, a species of poison dart frog.


vervain hummingbird

vervain hummingbird (plural vervain hummingbirds)

Mellisuga minima, a species of hummingbird found in the Carribean.


tadpole goby

Any fish of the genus Benthophilus, distributed through the deeper regions of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov.


dinobird

From dinosaur and bird. Equivalent to dino- + bird.

A dinosaur with feathers and other bird-like characteristics.


janitor fish

From janitor + fish, coined by the Filipino locals and as well as the aquarium fish enthusiasts for its ability to clean aquaria by eating algae & fish excrements.

The janitor fish infestation that has plagued Marikina River and Laguna de Bay has also spread to Mindanao, and is now threatening to run riot across the delicately balanced ecosystem of Asia’s largest marshland, the Agusan Marsh in Agusan del Sur.

2006 June 6, Mike Baños, “Janitor fish threatens Asia's largest marshland”, in Philstar.com:

(Philippines) pleco, pleco fish or plec: Any of several South & Central American fish, of the family Loricariidae.


bay duiker

An antelope of species Cephalophus dorsalis, with a prominent black stripe down the center of its back.


banded pig

Calque of translingual Sus scrofa vittatus.

calque

Sus scrofa vittatus, a subspecies of wild boar found in Southeast Asia.


eighth pole

(horse racing) A pole indicating that the finish line is one eighth of a mile away.


nom de course

(horse racing) A name, usually a pseudonym, used by a racehorse owner under which their horse is registered to compete.


far turn

(horse racing) The turn off the backstretch into the home stretch (and furthest from the finish line).


blue hen

(horse racing, slang) A mare who benefits a breed by producing many high-quality offspring.


circle the field

(horse racing) To go very wide around other horses in order to move into a winning position.


quarter pole

Coordinate term: eighth pole

(horse racing) A pole indicating that the finish line is one quarter of a mile away.


pinhook

en-verb

pinhook (third-person singular simple present pinhooks, present participle pinhooking, simple past and past participle pinhooked)

pinhooks (present singular third-person)
pinhooking (participle present)
pinhooked (participle past)
pinhooked (past)

(horse racing) To buy young racehorses in order to resell them later for profit.


clubhouse turn

When the horses reached the clubhouse turn the sport-shirted man and his housedressed wife and his blue-jeaned son were all on their feet.

1956 July 30, Humphrey S. Finney, “Horse Racing”, in Sports Illustrated, volume 5, number 5, page 40:

(horse racing) The turn to the right of the grandstand.


epaulette shark

en-noun

epaulette shark (plural epaulette sharks)

longtail carpet shark
longtail carpet shark

Hemiscyllium ocellatum
Hemiscyllium ocellatum

A species of longtail carpet shark; Hemiscyllium ocellatum.

Any species of shark in the genus Hemiscyllium that has "epaulette shark" in its common name rather than "carpetshark".


longtail carpet shark

longtail carpet shark (plural longtail carpet shark or longtail carpet sharks)

longtail carpet shark (plural)
longtail carpet sharks (plural)


tremarctine

Any of the ursids of the subfamily Tremarctinae, including the extant spectacled bear and related extinct species.


Indonesian speckled carpetshark

Indonesian speckled carpetshark (plural Indonesian speckled carpetsharks)

Indonesian speckled carpetsharks (plural)

From Indonesian + speckled + carpetshark.

Hemiscyllium freycineti
Hemiscyllium freycineti

A species of bamboo shark; Hemiscyllium freycineti.


post time

(horse racing) The time of day when a race is scheduled to begin.


minus pool

(horse racing, gambling) A pool of money made up (usually by the racing association) to pay the legally required minimum on each winning bet, when there is not enough left in the pari-mutuel pool.


new shooter

(horse racing, Canada, US) A horse that has skipped the Kentucky Derby to run in the Preakness Stakes or Belmont Stakes.


post parade

(horse racing) The movement of the horses from the paddock to the starting gate ("post"), past the grandstands.


hand-ride

en-verb

hand-ride (third-person singular simple present hand-rides, present participle hand-riding, simple past hand-rode, past participle hand-ridden)

hand-rides (present singular third-person)
hand-riding (participle present)
hand-rode (past)
hand-ridden (participle past)

(horse racing) To urge the horse on with one's hands, without using the whip.


deirochelyine

(zoology) Any turtle in the subfamily Deirochelyinae.


emydine

(zoology) Any turtle in the subfamily Emydinae.