labba

During the last three months, of my stay, labba meat (Cœlogenys paca), which is justly looked upon as the caviare of the bush, was fairly plentiful. This was due to a small black and white dog, belonging to one of the boat hands, which hunted labba excellently; sometimes killing four or five in a morning, and once even six.

1888, H. I. Perkins, “Seven months up the Puruni River”, in Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana:

Game included accouries (a kind of guinea pig), water-dogs (otters), labbas (hollow cheek pacas), deer, wild hogs, mypouris (tapirs), monkeys, sloths, water haas (capybaras), armadillos, snakes, tigers, jaguars, iguanas, manatees (sea cows), etc.

1995, Brian L. Moore, Cultural Power, Resistance, and Pluralism: Colonial Guyana, 1838-1900, McGill-Queen's Press:

Labba was my favourite meat. I say “was”, because that came to an end on one of my visits to Guyana.

2011, Helena Martin, Walk Wit’ Me...: All Ova Guyana, BalboaPress, page 54:


Blackburnian warbler

en-noun

Blackburnian warbler (plural Blackburnian warblers)

From Blackburne + -ian, after English naturalist Anna Blackburne.

Setophaga fusca, a small New World warbler.


giant otter

Pteronura brasiliensis
Pteronura brasiliensis#Translingual

A South American mustelid, Pteronura brasiliensis, that can reach 1.7m in length.


red oak

red oak (countable and uncountable, plural red oaks)

Agkistrodon contortrix
Agkistrodon contortrix#Translingual

Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous snake species found in North America.


scuttler

(historical) A member of a local youth gang in working-class areas of Manchester, Salford, and surrounding townships during the late 19th century.


catio

So some cat owners who would never dream of letting their pets roam free outside have come up with a creative compromise: an enclosed space — usually in the form of a screened-in porch or deck — that allows them to share the great outdoors. Please don’t call it a cage. They prefer the term “catio.”

2010 June 16, Jennifer A. Kingson, “‘Catios’ Bring Cats Outdoors”, in The New York Times:

And we have a catio of sorts, a small screened porch built by the previous owner for humans.

2010 June 21, Teresa Mears, “Do your kitties need a 'catio'?”, in MSN Money:

She made a “fence” of them for Varmint inside the wrought iron white fence that bordered the patio so that it was his “catio.”

2010, Sue Tatem, Mones, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 35:

They're happy to hang out on what we call their “catio” all day, lazing on the couch while glowering at chipmunks and letting the sun warm the downy fur on their bellies.

2012 May 1, Jen Lancaster, Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner, New American Library, →ISBN:


quab

en-verb

quab (third-person singular simple present quabs, present participle quabbing, simple past and past participle quabbed)

quabs (present singular third-person)
quabbing (participle present)
quabbed (participle past)
quabbed (past)


flashjack

bridled nailtail wallaby
bridled nailtail wallaby

(Australia, informal) The bridled nailtail wallaby.


Linnaeus's two-toed sloth

en-noun

Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (plural Linnaeus's two-toed sloths)

Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (C. didactylus) is found east of the Andes Mountains in northern South America.

2007, George A. Feldhamer, Lee C. Drickamer, Stephen H. Vessey, Joseph F. Merritt, Carey Krajewski, Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, 3rd edition, page 305:

Choloepus didactylus
Choloepus didactylus#Translingual

A species of two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus, endemic to South America.


neosuchian

(paleontology) A member of the clade Neosuchia of crocodilian and related reptiles.


Carolina dog

After the Carolinas, where the dogs were first discovered or rediscovered in the modern era.

(zoology) A type of dog, thought to have reached the North American continent before the European arrival, which has a fawn, black, white, or piebald coat and which naturally roams the cypress swamps of the Carolinas, but may be domesticated.


climbing gourami

climbing gourami (plural climbing gouramis or climbing gouramies)

climbing gouramis (plural)
climbing gouramies (plural)

Ananantidae. This family, known as the climbing gouramis, contains three genera, Anabas (1 species), Cteropoma (at least 25 species) and Sandelia (2).

1997, Jeffrey B. Graham, Air-Breathing Fishes: Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation, page 54:

The anabantids, or climbing gouramis (Channa), are adapted to freshwater wetlands.

2000, Ramon Folch i Guillén, Josep María Camarasa, Encyclopedia of the Biosphere: Tropical rainforests, volume 2, page 157:

2001, E. Yu. Krysanov, A. S. Golubtsov, Journal of Ichthyology, Volume 41, Issues 6-9, page 698,
Eight species of the African climbing gourami genera Ctenopoma and Microctenopoma were karyologically studied using the air-dried method.

Any fish of the taxonomic family Anabantidae.


anabantoid

The anabantoids are called ”labyrinth fishes” because every species in the entire suborder possesses paired suprabranchial chambers that function for air breathing (Das, 1927; Bader, 1937; Peters, 1978)[…]Early discussions of the form and possible function of the anabantoid labyrinth organ are contained in Peters (1846, 1853), Zograff (1886, 1888), and Henninger (1907).

The blue, pearl, kissing, and dwarf gouramies are well-known anabantoids. Less familiar anabantoids are the climbing perches and bushfish.[…]Anabantoids are commonly known as labyrinth fishes, referring to a specialized bone above the gill chamber. This structure starts out small in baby anabantoids, where it is called the epibranchial bone.

2004, Robert J. Goldstein, The Betta Handbook, page 1:

Anabantoid fishes have paired suprabranchial organs that function as accessory breathing structures.[…]Anabantoids must gulp air at the surface since gill respiration alone is inadequate to prevent suffocation.

2008, Tim M. Berra, Freshwater Fish Distribution, page 480:

A fish of the suborder Anabantoidei, a labyrinth fish.


labyrinth organ

labyrinth organ (plural labyrinth organs)

The labyrinth organ may work a bit like a lung, but it is an entirely different solution to the problem of how to remove oxygen from air.[…]The labyrinth organ is an effective adaptation to low-oxygen habitats.

2002, Gary Elson, Oliver Lucanus, Gouramies and Other Labyrinth Fishes, page 6:

The labyrinth organ fills most of the opercular cavity and is positioned behind and above the gill chamber and extends into the suprabranchial space; hence the name suprabranchial organ.

Anesthesia of fish with labyrinth organs (bettas, some gouramis, etc.) should be approached with caution. Owing to the unique anatomy of the labyrinth organ (enables fish to breathe atmospheric oxygen) and the gills of these fish (thick lamellae and ecreased lamellar surface area), it is possible to "drown" the fish if an overdose of an anesthetic agent is given.

2012, Helen E. Roberts, “MS 222 Anesthesia”, in Jörg Mayer, Thomas M. Donnelly, editors, Clinical Veterinary Advisor: Birds and Exotic Pets, page 513:

(zoology) An organ common to fish of the suborder Anabantoidei that enables them to breathe air.


labyrinth fish

labyrinth fish (plural labyrinth fish or labyrinth fishes)

labyrinth fish (plural)
labyrinth fishes (plural)

From labyrinth + fish; see also labyrinth organ.

Labyrinth fish have another peculiarity, in that all the internal organs are compressed into the front part of the body, so that the rear of the body contains only the spine and muscles.[…]Labyrinth fish are nearly all predatory, and many are unsuitable for the community tank.

1995, Brian Ward, The Aquarium Fish Survival Manual, page 114:

Labyrinth fish belong to different but related families of fish; they live in southwestern Africa and throughout much of southern and eastern Asia.

2001, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, Aquatic Life of the World, volume 5, page 288:

Labyrinth fishes (Anabantoidei) are grouped into three families (Osphronemidae, Helostomatidae, and Anabantidae) within the teleost Order Perciformes.[…]Labyrinth fishes form a natural (monophyletic) group of teleost fishes, the Suborder Anabantoidei.

2009, S. Blair Hedges, Sudhir Kumar, editors, The Timetree of Life, page 344:

Labyrinth fish are nest builders, and the males maintain the nest and incubate the eggs.

2010, Beth Vanhorn, Robert W. Clark, Veterinary Assisting Fundamentals & Applications, page 2017:

(zoology) Any fish that has a labyrinth organ, a fish of the suborder Anabantoidei, an anabantoid.


hemione

From New Latin hēmionus, from Ancient Greek ἡμῐ́ονος (hēmíonos, “half ass, mule”).

der

Its head is large, with ears smaller than those of the hemione, the shoulders thick, especially in the male, the limbs robust and stubbier than those of the hemiones and the asses.

1890 September, Edouard L. Troussart, “Wild Horses”, in Popular Science, page 627:

They presumably belong to hemiones (hemiones were actually recorded from the same level at Rana Gundhai) and, in spite of some optimistic statements to the contrary, it is sometimes impossible to distinguish horses fom hemiones on isolated teeth alone.

1985, Augusto Azzaroli, An Early History of Horsemanship, page 24:

Another possible area of disagreement is that asses and hemiones are associated unequivocally in the morphological tree, but less definitely in the genetic tree: whether hemiones and African ('true') wild asses are more closely related to horses or whether they are most closely related to each other and form a separate lineage has yet to be resolved unequivocally by the DNA data, and note that in the morphological data they are united by only a single derived condition (Fig. 1.1).

2000, C. P. Groves, O. A. Ryder, “Systematics and Phylogeny of the Horse”, in Ann T. Bowling, Anatoly Ruvinsky, editors, The Genetics of the Horse, page 11:

Equus hemionus
Equus hemionus#Translingual

Equus hemionus, the onager or kiang, a kind of wild ass of Tibet.


black kite

Milvus migrans
Milvus migrans#Translingual

A species of kite, Milvus migrans, widely distributed throughout the Old World.


gnu goat

Budorcas taxicolor
Budorcas taxicolor#Translingual


jumping mouse

The jumping mouse is little larger than a house mouse and has a very long, scaly, untufted tail, one-third longer than the head and body.[…]In fact, various observers have found that jumping mice with injured or amputated tails tumble over and are as helpless as a ship without a rudder.

1953, Lowell Sumner, Joseph Scattergood Dixon, Birds and Mammals of the Sierra Nevada, page 423:

In some respects a jumping mouse resembles kangaroo rats and kangaroo mice in habits and appearance. A jumping mouse may readily be distinguished from these animals, however, by its lack of fur-lined cheek pouches and by its preference for, or nearness to, moist habitats instead of arid places.

1954, Lloyd Glenn Ingles, Mammals of California and Its Coastal Waters, page 256:

That was when we realized that we have two species of jumping mice on the mountain.

1999, Marcia Bonta, Appalachian Summer, page 138:

Any species of the taxonomic subfamily Zapodinae or family Zapodidae of rodents, variously endemic to North America or China.


rock bass

en-noun

rock bass (plural rock bass or rock basses)

A rock bass of the genus Ambloplites, especially of the species Ambloplites rupestris and Ambloplites constellatus.

A spotted grouper (Epinephelus analogus)

A starry grouper (Epinephelus labriformis)

A rivulated mutton hamlet (Alphestes multiguttatus)


largemouth bass

largemouth bass (plural largemouth bass or largemouth basses)

largemouth bass (plural)
largemouth basses (plural)

Micropterus salmoides
Micropterus salmoides#Translingual

A species of black bass, Micropterus salmoides.


sifaka

Sifakas have single births, and infants ride first on their mother's front until they are about 3 months of age, then move to the mother's back, and they usually become totally independent at an age of about 6 months (Jolly 1996).

2000, Friderun Ankel-Simons, Primate Anatomy: An Introduction, 2nd edition, Academic Press, page 62:

Coquerel's sifaka (P. coquereli) is easily seen in the northwestern regions. Its chestnut-coloured arms and thighs, and piercing yellow eyes, make it particularly handsome. Like all sifakas, the young are born in June and July.

2008, Nick Garbutt, Hilary Bradt, Derek Schuurman, Madagascar Wildlife, Bradt Travel Guides, page 53:

Sifakas can jump about ten metres (thirty-three feet) – a little further than the human long-jump world record – which is not bad given that they are less than two foot high.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 258:

Any of several endangered medium-sized lemurs that comprise genus Propithecus.

冕狐猴

medium-sized lemur of the genus Propithecus


slickhead

Any of the family Alepocephalidae of marine smelts, lacking scales on the head.


Dogo Argentino

Dogo Argentino (plural Dogos Argentinos)

From Spanish dogo argentino, from dogo (“molosser”) (from English dog) + argentino (“Argentine”).

A huge dog breed used in Argentina for big-game hunting which resembles a very large pitbull terrier.


olinguito

/əʊlɪŋˈɡiːtəʊ/

From Spanish olinguito, diminutive of olingo.

“The discovery of the olinguito shows us that the world is not yet completely explored, its most basic secrets not yet revealed.”

2013 August 15, “Smithsonian scientists discover new carnivore: the olinguito”, in Smithsonian Science:

A fuzzy fog-dweller with a face like a teddy bear, the olinguito (pictured) is the first carnivore discovered in the Western Hemisphere in more than three decades, a new study says.

2013, Christine Dell'Amore, “New Carnivore Revealed: Photos of the Olinguito and its Kin”, in National Geographic:

In the year since the announcement, the olinguito has gone from literal unknown to being surprisingly well-documented through photos and videos shot by amateur naturalists, bird watchers, and others, a kind of crowd-sourced science.

2014 August 19, Jeffrey Brown, “'Crowd-sourced' Science Sheds New Light on New Mammal Olinguito”, in PBS Newshour:

First, a brand new species of mammal, considered the holy grail of the discipline, was found hiding in plain sight: the olinguito, smallest member of the raccoon family, has been around for decades, but was mistaken for its more substantial cousin, the olingo.

2014 September 1, Andrew Theitic, The Witches' Almanac, number 34, Spring 2015-Spring 2016:

The olinguito, one of science's recently discovered species, is part of the same family as raccoons, coatis, and kinkajous.

2015, Josh Hestermann, Bethanie Hestermann, Zoology for Kids: Understanding and Working with Animals, with 21 Activities, page 96:

The olinguito was found in the Andes Mountains by Smithsonian scientists in 2013.

2018, Tamra B. Orr, Animal Discoveries, page 12:

Bassaricyon neblina
Bassaricyon neblina#Translingual

Bassaricyon neblina, a raccoon-like procyonid native to the Andean forests of Colombia and Ecuador.


viscacha rat

A South American rat-like rodent of species Octomys mimax.


Egyptian cobra

A species of cobra found in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (Naja haje) often referred to as an asp.


leporiphobia

For quotations using this term, see Citations:leporiphobia.


shaheen falcon

Persian شاهین, from Middle Persian [script needed] (*šāhēn, “majestic, kingly”)

Falco peregrinus
Falco peregrinus#Translingual

A medium-sized, very swift falcon, of a sub-species of Falco peregrinus (Falco peregrinus peregrinator), that hunts small birds.


madtom

Two specimens were taken; one very large example, 9 inches long, i a pool of Bottom Creek, and a small one in the river. The stomach of the large specimen was filled with minnows and "Mad Toms."

1890, “Amblopites rupestris cavifrons (Cope). "Red Eye."”, in Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, volume 8, United States Fish Commission, page 123:

We were fishing with "mad toms" for bait; that is what the local fishermen call diminative^([sic]) bullheads.

1895 July 27, “In Appalachian Folds”, in Forest and Stream, volume 45, page 70:

On the Potomac and the Susquehanna rivers a favorite bass bait is what they call a mad-tom, which is nothing but a small yellow catfish (stone cat) with its spines cut off.

1916, Horace Kephart, Camping and Woodcraft: A Handbook for Vacation Campers and for Travelers in the Wilderness, volume 2:

Any of the catfish of the genus Noturus of the family Ictaluridae.


haarder

(South Africa) Planiliza haematocheilus, the redlip mullet, a mugilid fish.


wood rail

Any of various birds of species in genus Aramides, that inhabit mangroves, swamps and lowland forest in Central and South America.


catitude

catitude (countable and uncountable, plural catitudes)

I didn't notice Mother until Goodyear leapt up to greet me—and with dirty paws too. Pewter, full of catitude, refused to move aside for Goodyear.

1988, Rita Mae Brown, Bingo, Bantam Dell, published 2008, →ISBN, page 248:

Ally, the alpha cat in my household, has a severe case of catitude. She demands to sit on my lap and leaves as soon as she has altered whatever I was doing.

2003 October 5, “Cats' Drinking: Is It Smarts Or Snobbery?”, in The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, California:

Like "Garfield," "Catwoman" is really a parody of catitude, offering glib mockery of a domestic species notorious for its pride and hauteur.

2004 July 22, A. O. Scott, “FILM REVIEW; Not-So-Cuddly Cat: This One Cracks a Mean Whip”, in The New York Times:

(humorous) An attitude belonging to or befitting a cat.


magnificent frigatebird

magnificent frigatebird (plural magnificent frigatebirds)

Fregata magnificens
Fregata magnificens#Translingual

A species of frigatebird native to the tropical Atlantic, Fregata magnificens.


nyao

From the Japanese onomatopoeia にゃお (nyao).

Scorpion's body dropped to the ground as Felicia turned back into a cat. With a barely audible "nyao," she then began to lick and clean herself off.

1994 December 13, Mark Maestas, “Dream Tournament 3: Round 1 Results, Part 2”, in rec.games.video.arcade (Usenet):

Luna looked at me with a very skeptical face, "Nyao?!"
It must have been a cat's way of saying, 'You've got to be kidding!'

1997 August 16, Terra, “[XOver] [FanFic] Star98 - Episode 2: The Lost Senshi”, in rec.arts.anime.fandom (Usenet):

I'd Be The Family Kitty Cat! Nyao! Heehee! :::lies down on a rug and purrs:::

2001 March 25, Aylakitty [username], “Re: If AFD was a family...”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet):

(anime and manga fandom) The cry of a cat; meow, miaow.


heterostracan

Any of the subclass Heterostraci of extinct jawless vertebrates that lived primarily in marine and estuary environments.


common grackle

Quiscalus quiscula, a large, lanky blackbird with a long tail and long legs.


queen snake

Regina septemvittata, a non-venomous colubrid snake, endemic to North America.


hadada ibis

Onomatopoeic from the call. "Ha Ha Hadeda".

Bostrychia hagedash
Bostrychia hagedash#Translingual

Bostrychia hagedash, an ibis found in Sub-Saharan Africa.


gadfly petrel

The taiko, a gadfly petrel from the Chatham Islands near to New Zealand, was well known to islanders during the nineteenth century, being used by them as a food resource.

2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 61:


little bittern

From little + bittern (“a bird in the heron family Ardeidae”).

compound

Ixobrychus minutus
Ixobrychus minutus#Translingual

A bittern of the species Ixobrychus minutus.


harvestfish

en-noun

harvestfish (plural harvestfishes or harvestfish)

harvestfishes (plural)
harvestfish (plural)


jeju

Finally he sent the jeju (Erythrinus unitaeniatus; these fish are covered with a slippery phlegm), which pushed the man out ...

1946, Curt Nimuendajú, The Eastern Timbira:

In the jeju, the swim bladder has a respiratory function, while in the aruana it is an hydrostatic organ. Both are physostomes, and the swim bladder is divided into 2 chambers whose walls are made up of 3 enveloping membranes or mantles.

1981, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts:

The jeju (Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus) is a facultative air-breathing fish that utilizes a modified swim bladder as an ...

2005, Adalberto Luis Val, Vera Maria Fonseca de Almeida e Val, David J. Randall, Fish Physiology: The Physiology of Tropical Fishes, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 256:

Erythrinus unitaeniatus
Erythrinus unitaeniatus

A South American (Amazonian) erythrinid fish, Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (formerly sometimes Erythrinus unitaeniatus).


glossy ibis

Plegadis falcinellus
Plegadis falcinellus#Translingual

Plegadis falcinellus, a medium-sized wading bird with a long, decurved bill.


night heron

Any of the nocturnal species of herons of the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius.


gray triggerfish

gray triggerfish (plural gray triggerfish)

A triggerfish of the western Atlantic, found from Nova Scotia to Argentina.


stegosaurian

Any dinosaur of the suborder Stegosauria


neoceratopsian

Any dinosaur of the clade Neoceratopsia.


dinosauriform

Any reptile of the extinct clade Dinosauriformes


caniform

Modern carnivores appeared as well, diverging into the feliforms (cats, hyaenas, and mongooses) and caniforms (dogs, bears, raccoons, weasels, and seals).

1997, Peter D. Ward, The Call of Distant Mammoths: Why the Ice Age Mammals Disappeared, page 73:

It is representative of a group of early carnivores, the miacids, that were the ancestors of modern caniforms: the canids (that is, the dogs, coyotes, wolves, foxes, and jackals) and a large group made up of the bear, raccoon, and weasel families.

2011, John P. Rafferty, editor, The Cenozoic Era: Age of Mammals, page 93:

Some paleontologists argue that in fact they^([extinct nimravids]) are closer to caniforms, while others place them as a distant relative of the feliforms.

2013, Donald R. Prothero, Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology, page 544:

Any carnivore of the suborder Caniformia, which are regarded as dog-like.


velifer

spinyfin velifer
spinyfin velifer#English

Either of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae, Metavelifer multiradiatus, the spinyfin velifer and Vellifer hypselopterus, the sailfin velifer


catness

My theory is that every person contains a certain predetermined essence of either catness or dogness; a rare few contain essences of both. Catness is caution, privacy, order, mind; dogness is impulsiveness, sociability, chaos, body.

2002, Rebecca McClanahan, The Riddle Song & Other Rememberings, page 110:

For example, every cat is different, but all cats share the same catness because they participate in the cat form.

2009, Naomi Zack, The Handy Philosophy Answer Book, page 31:

The cat didn't have a sense of what a witch was, and didn't care, but it was willing to tolerate his catness as long as he maintained proper deference.

2013, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Promises to Keep, page 125:


windsucking

Wind-sucking bears a close analogy with Crib-biting[…], it arises from the same causes, and the same results follow. The Horse stands with his neck bent, his head drawn inward, his lips alternately a little opened and then closed, and a noise is heard as if he were sucking[…]. It is a Vice.

1847, George Henry Hewit Oliphant, “III. [Diseases, Defects or Alterations in Structure, and Bad Habits.]”, in The Law Concerning Horses, Racing, Wagers and Gaming; with an Appendix Containing Recent Cases, Statutes, &c., London: S[tephen] Sweet, 1, Chancery Lane, law bookseller and publisher, →OCLC, page 62:

Cribbing is scarcely a disease, though it may be productive of disease of the larynx. It is a habit usually acquired by young horses, either in idle moments or by imitation, often from the dam. The colt takes any wooden substance, such as a paling or manger, between his teeth and gnaws it. From that he proceeds to inhale the air, and often, when this habit has been acquired, he becomes a windsucker. It is probable that windsucking produces irritation in the throat and air-passages, and may lead to some enlargement, and consequently to roaring; but it is more probable that windsucking is the effect of disease.

1892, [Frederick Tynte] Warburton, “Accidents and Diseases”, in The Race Horse: How to Buy, Train, and Run Him, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company Limited, St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C., →OCLC, page 261:

A horse's habit of arching the neck and sucking air into the windpipe.


oscar

A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.


jynx

An adaptation of the Latin iynx (“wryneck”), itself an adaptation of the Ancient Greek ἴῠγξ (íunx, “Eurasian wryneck”, “Jynx torquilla”; figuratively “a spell or charm”, “passionate yearning”), which see for an explanation of the development of its senses.

iynx [in the 19th century]

adaptations of the Latin nominative singular, iynx

jyng [both disused after the 17th century]

Then is the Intelligible Jynx; next which are the Synoches, the Empyreal, the Ætherial and the Material; after the Synoches are the Teletarchs…Intelligent Jynges do themselves also understand from the Father By unspeakable Counsels being moved so as to understand.

1655, Thomas Stanley, The History of the Chaldaick Philosophy, published 1701, page 17/2:

The name of an order of spiritual intelligences in ancient “Chaldaic” philosophy.


windsucker

From wind + sucker. Where the bird or term of abuse sense is concerned, some believe the word is a recent bowdlerization of windfucker; however, it appears since at least the 17th century. See the etymology of windfucker.

Cle[rimont] Did you ever hear ſuch a Wind-ſucker, as this? / Dau[phine] Or ſuch a Rook as the other! that will betray his Maſter to be ſeen. Come, 'tis time we prevented it.

1609 December (first performance), Ben Jonson, “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Works of Beniamin Jonson, […] (Third Folio), London: […] Thomas Hodgkin, for H[enry] Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R[ichard] Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, published 1692, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv, page 186, column 2:

For ſhame then let not this wind-ſucker, / At our diſgrace thus ſneer and ſnicker.

1678, Virgil, John Phillips, Maronides; or, Virgil Travesty, being a New Paraphrase, in Burlesque Verse, upon the Fifth and Sixth Book of Virgil’s Æneids, London: Printed for Obadiah Blagrave, at the Bear in St. Paul's Church-Yard, near the Little North Door, →OCLC, book V, page 55:

What do you here? / Why do ye vex a Woman of her Goodneſs, / Her State and Worth? Can yo' bring a fair Certificate / That you deſerve to be her Footmen? Husbands, Puppies? / Husbands for Whores and Bawds, away you Wind-ſuckers; […]

1750, John Fletcher, “Wit without Money”, in The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher, volume II, London: Printed for J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, →OCLC, act IV, scene i, page 337:

Carlisle fell because Wade is a senile old windsucker […]

1989, Patricia Gaffney, Sweet Treason (Leisure Historical Romance), New York, N.Y.: Dorchester Publishing, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Leisure Books, 2000, →ISBN, page 63:

(archaic) Synonym of windfucker.
(derogatory) A term of abuse.


Soay

1961 August 3, Peter Jewell, The wild sheep of St Kilda, New Scientist, No. 246, page 268,
These apparently wild Soay sheep have bred on the island for centuries, virtually untended by Man. They are a relic of primitive domestic sheep, little improved from their wild progenitors.

We first discuss a multiyear study on Soay sheep (Ovis aries) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) that has successfully yielded a sophisticated understanding of population regulation (Clutton-Brock et al., 1997).

2000, Laurence D. Mueller, Amitabh Joshi, Stability in Model Populations, page 250:

Such selective antagonism can be seen as a form of parent-offspring conflict and has been demonstrated in Soay sheep (Wilson et al. 2005c).

2009, Alistair J. Wilson, Marco Festa-Bianchet, “5: Maternal Effects in Wild Ungulates”, in Dario Maestripieri, Jill M. Mateo, editors, Maternal Effects in Mammals, page 94:

A primitive breed of domestic sheep descended from feral sheep on the island of Soay, Scotland.


walking fish

en-noun

walking fish (plural walking fish or walking fishes)

walking fish (plural)
walking fishes (plural)

Any fish that is able to travel over land for extended periods of time


puppyship

The puppy, a wee thing, rotund as a butter ball, wandered into the police station several days ago. His puppyship made himself at home immediately.

1905 November 27, “Police Are In Mourning”, in The Spokesman-Review:

About this time his master folds up his paper, tells his puppyship, "No, he can't come," and is gone to the office, wherever that is.

1917, C. Arthur Coan, The Fragrant Note Book: Romance and Legend of the Flower Garden and the Bye-Way, G. P. Putnam's Sons, published 1917, page 32:

He displaced a warm whimpering bundle of young dog from the fur robe and handed him to Minette.
The girl gathered up his puppyship and held him close against her. He curled down contentedly absorbing the warmth of her arms and body.

1921, Mary Briarly, In His Own Image, The Macmillan Company, published 1921, page 60:

(humorous) Informal title applied to a puppy.


zeren

From Russian дзерен (dzeren), from Mongolian зээр (zeer).

Only one is strictly Asiatic, Procapra (2), of which one species, P. gutturosa, the zeren, is the type host of Pallas' (1777) Lipoptena antilopes, a ked not seen again for the past 150 years.

1953, Brooklyn Entomological Society, Entomologica Americana, volumes 32-33, page 291:

1993, Lauren S. Bahr, Bernard Johnston, Goat Gazelle, entry in Collier's Encyclopedia, Volume 2, page 285,
There are two species of goat gazelles: the goa, or Tibetan, gazelle, Procapra picticandata, and the zeren, or Mongolian, gazelle, P. gutturosa.

Saigas share part of their home range with the zeren (Procapra gutturosa). These Mongolian antelopes lack the distended nose that characterizes the saiga, but males do develop a similarly curious enlarged throat sac during the mating season.

2010, Paula Hammond, The Atlas of Endangered Animals: Wildlife Under Threat Around the World, page 195:

Procapra gutturosa
Procapra gutturosa#Translingual

The Mongolian gazelle, Procapra gutturosa.


batoid

Pristis is no longer indicated to be sister to all extant batoids except torpediniforms and may be a member of a clade including guitarfishes and rajids.

2012, Jeffrey C. Carrier, Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, CRC Press, page 80:

Any ray or skate of the superorder Batoidea.


needletail

Any of various birds in the genus Hirundapus, related to the swift.


barasingha

barasingha (plural barasinghas or barasingha)

barasinghas (plural)
barasingha (plural)

From Hindi बारहसिंगा (bārahsiṅgā), literally ‘twelve-tined’.

We could see the herd of barasinghas grazing on an open grass patch to the left of the road ahead now.

1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 357:


ophiophobia

From ophio- (“snake”) + -phobia (“fear of”).


American badger

American badger (plural American badgers)

Taxidea taxus, a species of badger native to North America.


andrewsarchus

Named after palaeontologist Roy Chapman Andrews.

named-after

We know that they're not pigs, some scientists think they're related to hippos, and others the andrewsarchus.

2016, Theo Fischer, The Forgotten Monsters of Prehistory, page 55:

An extinct mammal, of genus †Andrewsarchus, from the Eocene epoch.


feloid

en-adj

feloid (comparative more feloid, superlative most feloid)

more feloid (comparative)
most feloid (superlative)


feliform

feliform (comparative more feliform, superlative most feliform)

more feliform (comparative)
most feliform (superlative)

From Latin feles, felis (“cat”) + -form.

Resembling a cat; applied to member of the Feliformia, a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of cat-like carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, civets, etc.


skipjack tuna

en-noun

skipjack tuna (plural skipjack tunas or skipjack tuna)

skipjack tunas (plural)
skipjack tuna (plural)

Katsuwonus pelamis
Katsuwonus pelamis#Translingual

A medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Katsuwonus pelamis.


labbie

“I met Jenny about six years ago in our local dog park. Kaine and my labbie Rambo, were quick friends and would spend hours playing together. While Jenny and I struggled to communicate at first, I soon learnt that she could lip-read, and then we just clicked and she crept into my heart,” Holmes said.

2022 February 27, “Drive to make life easier for blind, deaf woman”, in Independent Online:


xenavidin

(biochemistry) An avidin found in frogs of the genus Xenopus


Inca dove

Named after the Inca Empire, though it does not occur in any of those lands.

Columbina inca
Columbina inca#Translingual

Columbina inca, a small New World dove ranging from the southwestern United States to Central America.


diplodocine

Any dinosaur of the family Diplodocidae, and especially of the genus Diplodocus


diplodocoid

Any dinosaurs of the family Diplodocidae, and especially of the genus Diplodocus


titanosauroid

Any dinosaur of the superfamily Titanosauroidea


somphospondylian

Any of a group of dinosaurs, of the clade Macronaria, that are not also members of the family Brachiosauridae; they include the members of Euhelopodidae, Chubutisaurus and Titanosauria


titanosauriform

Any dinosaur of the clade Titanosauriformes


macronarian

Any sauropod dinosaur of the clade Macronaria


ornithodiran

Any birdlike reptile of the clade Ornithodira.


megalosauroid

Any dinosaur of the superfamily Megalosauroidea.


megaloolithid

Any fossilised dinosaur egg of the oogenus Megaloolithus


hippotherapy

(medicine) A specialized physiotherapy treatment that involves having a patient ride a horse to facilitate movement responses.


cat café

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Taiwan opened the world’s first cat cafe in 1998 and Japan followed suit in 2004. Since then, the number of animal cafes has proliferated in Japan, where many people live in apartment buildings that forbid pets.

2016 April 22, Richard Smart, “Japanese cat cafe closed down over neglect fears”, in The Guardian:

A café that has domestic cats with which the clientele can interact.


albertosaurine

Any dinosaur of the tyrannosaurid subfamily Albertosaurinae


hadrosauroid

Any dinosaur of the superfamily Hadrosauroidea


tyrannosaurine

Clipping of translingual Tyrannosaurinae

clipping

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

Any dinosaur of the subfamily Tyrannosaurinae


tuladi

From Canadian French touladi, from an Eastern Algonquian language. (The fish is sometimes said to take its name from the Touladi River where some spawn, but the river more likely takes its name from the fish.)

In Long Lake there are plenty of tuladi (salmon trout) and trout. […] I have caught tuladi running as high as sixteen pounds in the Fish River Lakes. The tuladi in Long Lake are the best, always fat. There are two kinds of tuladi; the one with the white belly is poorer than that which has spots on its belly.

1888, Edward Jack, “The Wonderful Lakes of the Upper St. John”, in The American Angler, page 35:

[…] a narrow sheet of water, about 22 M. long, abounding in large-sized trout and 'tuladi', a heavy fish of the salmon family.

1894, Karl Baedeker (Firm), The Dominion of Canada: With Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska. Handbook for Travellers, Leipsic [i.e. Leipzig] : K. Baedeker, page 64

Salvelinus namaycush
Salvelinus namaycush#Translingual

A large lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, found mainly in Canada and northern areas of the US.


pygmy marmoset

A small monkey (Cebuella pygmaea or Callithrix pygmaea), native to the far western Amazon rainforests.


gallito

Any of either of two species of the Rhinocryptidae family of birds

A crested gallito (Rhinocrypta lanceolata) or

A flowering tree in the legume family Fabaceae, of species (Erythrina fusca).


kharza

yellow-throated marten
yellow-throated marten#English


black-billed magpie

en-noun

black-billed magpie (plural black-billed magpies)

Pica hudsonia
Pica hudsonia#Translingual

Pica hudsonia, a magpie native to North America.


yellow-throated marten

yellow-throated marten (plural yellow-throated martens)

Martes flavigula
Martes flavigula#Translingual

An Asian species of marten, Martes flavigula.


African sacred ibis

African sacred ibis (plural African sacred ibis or African sacred ibises)

African sacred ibis (plural)
African sacred ibises (plural)


Yorkipoo

A small dog, crossbred from a Yorkshire Terrier and poodle, or descendant of such a dog.


Otterhound

From otter + hound, as once used for hunting otters.

A dog of a particular breed of scent hound, originating in Britain.


Xoloitzcuintle

From Spanish, from Nahuatl xōlōitzcuintli, from Xolotl (“Aztec god”) + itzcuīntli (“dog”).


American ostrich

American ostrich (plural American ostriches)

Rhea americana
Rhea americana#Translingual


English Shepherd

English Shepherd (plural English Shepherds)

A dog of a working breed related to the collies, originating in the United States.


rakali

The rakali yawns, snaps its mouth shut and curls back to sleep, untroubled […].

2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 29:

(Australia) An amphibious rodent, Hydromys chrysogaster, found throughout Australia, having dark fur and a white-tipped tail; the water rat.


yaud

From Middle English yald, ȝald. Originally used to mean "mare", then "old mare". From Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha эльде (eľďe) or Erzya эльде (eľďe).
This term influenced and was influenced by jade, but is considered etymologically distinct by some references, while others consider the two terms to be variants of one another.

"[…]Nay by my faith, if you be so heavy, I will content me with the best of you, and that's the haunch and the nombles, and e'en heave up the rest on the old oak-tree yonder, and come for it with one of the yauds."

1814, Walter Scott, Waverley, Or 'tis Sixty Years Since, volume 2, published 1821, page 98:

"[…]Get on, my fine yaud, get on! There is nothing uncanny there."
Robin coaxed thus, as well to keep up his own spirits, as to encourage his mare; for the truth is, that his hair began to stand on end with affright.

a. 1835, “Seeking the Houdy”, in The Collected Works of James Hogg: Contributions to Annuals and Gift-books, James Hogg, published 2006, page 60:

[…]he threw it overboard, subjecting it to a spell, that it never should be removed save by the co-operation of "Two twin yauds, two twin oxen, two twin lads, and a chain forged by a smith of kind."

1846, Moses Aaron Richardson, The Local Historian's Table Book, of Remarkable Occurrences, page 106:

(Scotland, Northern England) A workhorse; an old or worn-out mare.


rose-coloured pastor

rose-coloured pastor (plural rose-coloured pastors)


rosy starling

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Pastor roseus
Pastor roseus#Translingual

Pastor roseus, a passerine bird in the starling family Sturnidae, of much of Eurasia.


mihirung

From Chaap Wuurong mihirung paringmal (literally “giant bird”).

bor

A bird of the family Dromornithidae, which became extinct in Australia 20,000 to 50,000 years ago.


owlful

en-adj

owlful (comparative more owlful, superlative most owlful)

more owlful (comparative)
most owlful (superlative)

Impenetrable growth surrounds him. // Owlful. Batful. // Great moths of prey.

1973, Thomas Kinsella, “The Clearing”, in Daniel Halpern, editor, Antæus, page 105:

Mrs Adcock will invariably force you to take two, leaving you to stagger into the owlful night.

1984, Punch, volume CCLXXXVI, number ii, page 67:

What // is that on the unmooned owlful slope, // the silver movement five yards west of your glance?

2001, J. Allyn Rosser, Misery Prefigured, part three, “Rods and R.”, pages 40–41, lines 34–36


anomalure

From Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “anomalous”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

der

A rodent of any species of the family Anomaluridae, having membranes between their front and hind legs like those of a flying squirrel (Sciuridae), found in central Africa


glyptosternoid

Any catfish of the subfamily Glyptosterninae.


notornis

From translingual Notornis (“a genus name”), from Ancient Greek νότος (nótos, “south”) + ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).

The weather had been exceptionally severe, and it is supposed that this was how the Notornis came to be found on the flats, having been driven down from the high country.

1881, Walter L. Buller, “On the Notornis”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute:

(New Zealand) The takahe, Porphyrio mantelli, a flightless rail native to New Zealand.


anthia

Any fish of the subfamily Anthiinae in the family Serranidae of basses, basslets, and groupers.


goldstripe darter

en-noun

goldstripe darter (plural goldstripe darters)

Etheostoma parvipinne, a small drab freshwater fish with a rounded snout.


gekkotan

(zoology) Any member of the Gekkota infraorder of reptiles, the geckos.


strigiform

There's still something boyish about Muldoon, and still something birdlike; strigiform.

2001 May 12, Robert Potts, “The poet at play”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(zoology) Belonging to the order Strigiformes of owls.


polyodontoid

Any paddlefish of the family Polyodontidae


keelback

Any of various colubrid snakes of the subfamily Natricinae, whose dorsal scales exhibit strong keeling.


spiny-cheeked honeyeater

spiny-cheeked honeyeater (plural spiny-cheeked honeyeaters)

Interesting records were reported of Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters moving locally in the Port Phillip district, Vic during May and September 1998.

1997, The Bird Observer: The Official Organ of the Bird Observers' Club, numbers 771-792, page 41:

The spiny-cheeked honeyeater has a more generalized diet and the gastrointestinal tract is similar structurally and proportionally to other honyeaters.[…]Due to thir specialized gut, mistletoe birds can rapidly defecate strings of one to nine A.^([Amyema]) quandang seeds, whereas spiny-cheeked honeyeaters experience considerable difficulty in defecating large numbers of seeds.

1999, Karen van Rheede van Oudtshoorn, Margaretha W. van Rooyen, Dispersal Biology of Desert Plants, page 23:

Two other species of birds (the painted honeyeater and the spiny-cheeked honeyeater) also feed on mistletoes.

2003, David Lindenmayer, editor, Wildlife on Farms: How to Conserve Native Animals, page 14:

A honeyeater, Acanthagenys rufogularis, of mainland Australia.


chin shield

Any of the scales found on the underside of a snake's head towards the anterior and touching the lower labial scales.


mudsnake

A snake of species Farancia abacura of non-venomous semi-aquatic colubrid snakes endemic to the southeastern United States.


Pantanal cat

The Pampas cat was distinguished as its own species in 2005, along with the Pantanal cat (Leopardus braccatus), but taxonomists still disagree about whether there is enough biological difference to validate the move.

2010, Scott Stevenson, Cocoa and Objective-C: Up and Running, O'Reilly, page 397:

Any of species Leopardus braccatus (sometimes subspecies Leopardus colocola braccatus) of cats of tropical South America.


bluebuck

Almost all of these antelope communities have been reduced to scattered remnants by excessive hunting in the past and loss of habitat to agricultural development, but the bluebuck is the only antelope species which has been exterminated.

1989, J. L. Anderson, R. D. Carr, A. J. Hall-Martin, S. C. J. Joubert, M. E. Keep, P. H. Lloyd, S. Vrahimis, “Chapter 10: South Africa”, in Rod East, editor, Antelopes: Southern and South-Central Africa, page 58:

The blaubok, or bluebuck, was an antelope of the same genus as the roan and the sable; it was eliminated before 1800, primarily because the settlers took over the animal's grazing land for their cattle.

1993, Raymond Bonner, At the Hand of Man: Peril and Hope for Africa's Wildlife, page 45:

The bluebuck, or blue antelope, was the first large African mammal to become extinct in historical times. Bluebuck numbers began dropping about 2000 years ago and the species was already rare by the 1700s.[…]The last bluebuck was reportedly killed in 1799.

2008, United Nations Environment Programme, Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment, page 26:

An extinct mammal, †Hippotragus leucophaeus, the first large African mammal to become extinct in historical times (circa 1800).


swordfish sucker

swordfish sucker (plural swordfish suckers)

A spearfish remora (Remora brachyptera), which attaches itself to a swordfish, billfish, or shark and feeds off it.


jerboa kangaroo

jerboa kangaroo (plural jerboa kangaroos)

Bettongia penicillata
Bettongia penicillata#Translingual


sociable weaver

sociable weaver (plural sociable weavers)

A weaverbird that builds composite nests, Philetairus socius.


Mitchell's hopping mouse

Mitchell's hopping mouse (plural Mitchell's hopping mice)

Notomys mitchellii, a bipedal Australian rodent with large back legs.


scaled dove

Columbina squammata
Columbina squammata#Translingual

Columbina squammata, a South American dove with coloured feather tips.


urchin fish

urchin fish (plural urchin fish or urchin fishes)

urchin fish (plural)
urchin fishes (plural)


pariah kite

(India, dated) A subspecies of the black kite (Milvus migrans govinda). Found in India, it is a scavenger.


pariah dog

Ultimately from Sanskrit पर (para, “distant; outsider, stranger”).

der

(zoology) Synonym of pye-dog: a half-wild stray dog, particularly in Indian contexts.


ware goose

So called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed.


varying hare

Any hare or rabbit which becomes white in winter, especially the common hare of the northern United States and Canada.


banana bird

A small American bird (Icterus leucopteryx) which feeds on bananas.


wood pewee

A bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee, but smaller.


spermaceti whale

en-noun

spermaceti whale (plural spermaceti whales)


hopping Dick

A black thrush (Turdus aurantius), native to Jamaica.


flapper skate

A European skate, Dipturus intermedius, a subspecies of the common skate.


winking monkey

greater spot-nosed monkey
greater spot-nosed monkey

(archaic) The greater spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans).


Pluto monkey

A long-tailed African monkey (Cercopithecus mitis mitus) with side whiskers. It is predominantly black with some grey parts and a white frontal band.


cliff swallow

American cliff swallow
American cliff swallow#English

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota#Translingual

Any of various birds in the genus Petrochelidon that nest in cliffs.

(in particular) Synonym of American cliff swallow (“Petrochelidon pyrrhonota”)


invisible bird

A small songbird (Myadestes genibarbis sibilans), found on the island of Saint Vincent in the Caribbean.


apodiform

(zoology) Belonging to the order Apodiformes, including swifts and hummingbirds.


burrowing owl

, burrow owl, howdy-ow, howdy owl

Athene cunicularia
Athene cunicularia#Translingual

A small owl of the Americas (Athene cunicularia or Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often dug by prairie dogs.


dog-faced baboon

dog-faced baboon (plural dog-faced baboons)

Papio hamadryas
Papio hamadryas#Translingual

(dated) A hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas).


obstetrical toad

obstetrical toad (plural obstetrical toads)

A European toad of the genus Alytes, especially Alytes obstetricans, the eggs of which are laid and then carried by the male, entwined around his legs and back.


tailorbird

From tailor + bird, from the way they sew leaves to make their nests.

A small warbler of the genus Orthotomus, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.


swan goose

Anser cygnoides
Anser cygnoides#Translingual

A large migratory goose (Anser cygnoides) belonging to the subfamily Anserinae.


cedar bird

So called as its diet includes cedar cones.

Bombycilla cedrorum
Bombycilla cedrorum#Translingual

A waxwing bird of species Bombycilla cedrorum.


spangled coquette

spangled coquette (plural spangled coquettes)

Lophornis stictolophus, a trochilid hummingbird of South America.


puffing pig

(obsolete) A porpoise, especially the harbour porpoise.


North African elephant

North African elephant (plural North African elephants)

†Loxodonta africana pharaoensis, an extinct subspecies of elephant.


harpy bat

An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Nyctimene (especially Nyctimene cephalotes), with prominent tubular nostrils.


fairy bluebird

A small passerine bird (genus Irena, the only genus in the family Irenidae) of southern Asia.


dunter goose

All sorts of Duck and Drake, Dunter-Geese, Cleck-Geese, Ember-Geese &c. they have as in Orkney

1701, John Brand, A Brief Description of Orkney […] :


mastiff bat

These bats' faces are supposed to resemble those of mastiff dogs.

Any of certain species of the bat family Molossidae, usually the genera Eumops, Mops, Promops, or Chaerephon.


longear

We went fishing for longears last summer.

Lepomis megalotis, a colourful freshwater sunfish with an elongated opercular flap.


badger dog

From badger + dog, a calque of German Dachshund (from their use in hunting badgers).

(dated) Synonym of dachshund (“type of dog”)


bat-eared fox

Otocyon megalotis
Otocyon megalotis#Translingual

Otocyon megalotis, a canid of the African savanna, with large black ears and tawny fur.


starry ray

A European skate, Amblyraja radiata, with stellate bases on the dorsal spines.


notosuchian

suffix

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

(zoology) A member of the Notosuchia, a suborder of primarily Gondwanan mesoeucrocodylian crocodylomorphs that lived during the Cretaceous period.


hearing-ear dog

en-noun

hearing-ear dog (plural hearing-ear dogs)


muriqui

Finally, if muriquis are strongly folivorous, they should conserve energy expenditure by using a relatively small area with just enough leaf sources to meet their nutritional needs, and devote a large proportion of their day to resting.

1992, Karen B. Strier, Faces in the Forest: The Endangered Muriqui Monkeys of Brazil:

A kind of monkey of the genus Brachyteles, found in Brazilian forests.


king brown

He was a long king brown, sliding through the grass as silky as 50 SAE motor oil as it pours from the can.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 17:

A large venomous snake native to Australia (Pseudechis australis).


Barau's petrel

From Barau (“a surname”) + petrel, after French agricultural engineer and ornithologist Armand Barau.

Our continued searching was rewarded, however, by excellent views of two Barau's Petrels one at each end of the day.

In 1992–93 poachers shot dozens, possibly hundreds, of Barau's Petrels as they flew inland at dusk near Saint-Pierre.

2009, Anthony Cheke, Julian P. Hume, Lost Land of the Dodo, unnumbered page:

Feral cats living near colonies preyed mostly on Barau's Petrels, killing >900 birds annually (58% adults, 42% fledglings) in 2 studied colonies (Faulquier et al. 2009); such predation, particularly of adults, is not sustainable in a normally long-lived species, and could lead to extinction within 100 years (Russell et al. 2009).

2013, Roger Safford, Frank Hawkins, The Birds of Africa, volume VIII, The Malagasy Region, page 141:

Pterodroma baraui
Pterodroma baraui#Translingual

A medium-sized gadfly petrel, Pterodroma baraui.


black cockatoo

Black cockatoos filled the air above her and their harsh screeching seemed only to echo the hostile nature of the bush.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 95:

As we walked up to one of the gum trees, a flock of black cockatoos flew out, squawking like rusty hinges, and settled on a dead gum up ahead.

1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 128:

Probosciger aterrimus
Probosciger aterrimus#Translingual

Any of various species of Australian cockatoo of the genera Calyptorhynchus and Zanda having mainly black plumage; sometimes also the great black cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus.

raafkaketoe

black cockatoo, particularly of the genus Calyptorhynchus


dairy cattle

Cattle of breeds developed primarily to provide milk; most of their male calves are used for the production of veal.


brushtail possum

brushtail possum (plural brushtail possums)

From brush + tail (originally tailed) + possum. See brushtail.

The southerly caught the tree and tipped it. It fell with a crash, pinning a large brush-tailed possum to the ground.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 56:

A brush-tailed possum wanders close, and with his rifle scope he traces its outline […] .

1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 67

There are 22 species in the family, the commonest being the brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Fig. 7.5d, Plates 12 and 13), in Australia and the northern common cuscus, Phalanger orientalis, in New Guinea.

2005, Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, Life of Marsupials, page 229:

Any nocturnal, arboreal, Australian possums of the genus Trichosurus, having furred tails with a naked tip.


starting price

(horse racing) The final odds on a horse when the race starts; also used to designate a system of fixed-odds betting using such prices. Abbreviation: SP.


king parrot

The king parrot is a magnificent bird, and the clear blue of a Melbourne spring day sets them off perfectly.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 184:

Any of several species of parrots of the genus Alisterus, often kept in homes.


tompot blenny

Parablennius gattorugine, a marine blenny found around Europe.


percopsiform

(zoology) Any fish of the order Percopsiformes


pirate perch

Aphredoderus sayanus, a North American freshwater fish of family Aphredoderidae: order Percopsiformes.


common mora

Mora moro, the mora, a deep-sea cod-like fish.


catalufa

Any of three priacanthid fish: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus, Priacanthus arenatus, and Pristigenys serrula.


chookie

‘Now, darling,’ she said to her client, ‘we have ten colours written on our chart so we can put our chookie back in its little house.’

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 292:

(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A small or young domestic fowl; a chick.


Dall sheep

Named after William Healey Dall (1845–1927), an American naturalist.

A species of wild sheep native to northwestern North America, Ovis dalli.


yellow-tailed black cockatoo

yellow-tailed black cockatoo (plural yellow-tailed black cockatoos)

Charles, to his everlasting pride and eternal shame, sold his yellow-tailed black cockatoo to the man in the pet shop outside whose establishment fortune decreed we should come to rest.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 304:

[T]he shrieks of yellow-tailed black cockatoos are said to be the lament of dead Aboriginal children.

2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 9

Calyptorhynchus funereus
Calyptorhynchus funereus#Translingual

A large cockatoo, Zanda funerea syn. Calyptorhynchus funereus, native to southeastern Australia.


golden-shouldered parrot

golden-shouldered parrot (plural golden-shouldered parrots)

Charles contemplated a rare golden-shouldered parrot, a being so beautiful that its dreamer's face showed a beatific smile […].

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 390:

Psephotus chrysopterygius
Psephotus chrysopterygius#Translingual

A rare bird, Psephotus chrysopterygius, found mainly in Queensland, Australia.


malleefowl

malleefowl (plural malleefowls or malleefowl)

malleefowls (plural)
malleefowl (plural)


casuarina cockatoo

casuarina cockatoo (plural casuarina cockatoos)

There were red-tailed cockatoos, casuarina cockatoos, a little corella and a galah.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 434:

glossy black cockatoo
glossy black cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus lathami
Calyptorhynchus lathami#Translingual

The glossy black cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus lathami.


little corella

The little corella has historically been confined to the northeast corner of South Australia but spread with the development of agriculture and irrigation, which provided new water and food sources.

2018 April 6, Royce Kurmelovs, The Guardian:

Cacatua sanguinea
Cacatua sanguinea#Translingual

A white cockatoo, Cacatua sanguinea, native to Australia and southern New Guinea.


babakoto

A kind of large lemur, the indri (Indri indri).


bristlebill

Any of various African bulbuls of the genus Bleda, family Pycnonotidae.


Peruvian Paso

A horse of a Peruvian breed known for its smooth riding gait.


greenbul

We investigated the differences in environmental selection pressures between ecotone and rainforest that could have driven the song divergence in little greenbuls, in particular the divergence in Fmin (Slabbekoorn & Smith 2002b).

2005, T. B. Smith et al., “Putting process on the map”, in Andrew Purvis, John L. Gittleman, Thomas Brooks, editors, Conservation Biology 8: Phylogeny and Conservation, page 178:

The commonest of the dull olive-green greenbuls, the Sombre Greenbul is most easily distinguished by its white eye; the race to the northeast is much yellower below and could readily be mistaken for a Yellow-bellied Greenbul were it not for its white eye.

2006, Ian Sinclair, Ian Davidson, Sasol Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide, page 198:

Birdwatchers based in Africa's savanna belt will generally want to focus more on forest birds, but mostly on such common and iconic species as great blue turaco or black-and-white casqued hornbill rather than on glimpsing a selection of more localised but duller forest greenbuls.

2013, Philip Briggs, Andrew Roberts, Uganda, 7th edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 56:

Any of various birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.

For a comprehensive list of English vernacular names


anaptomorphine

Any prehistoric primate the subfamily Anaptomorphinae


melba finch

Pytilia melba, an estrildid finch of Africa.


palm cockatoo

→ Dutch: palmkaketoe (calque)

Probosciger aterrimus, a large smoky-grey or black parrot of the cockatoo family native to New Guinea and far north Queensland, Australia, with a large black beak and prominent red cheek patches.


melodious warbler

melodious warbler (plural melodious warblers)

Hippolais polyglotta
Hippolais polyglotta#Translingual

Hippolais polyglotta, an Old World warbler in the genus Hippolais, of Southern Europe and Africa.


crested oriole

(dated) A cassican of species Psarocolius decumanus.


rearing bit

[if the horse] tosses up his head so violently or pertinaciously as to become unbearable , ride him a few times in a rearing bit

1857, Harry Hieover, Precept and Practice:

A bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting the head when rearing.


New World porcupine

New World porcupine (plural New World porcupines)

New World porcupines, found in both North and South America, are arboreal and climb trees with agility, aided in some species by a prehensile tail.

2004, Fred Cooke, editor, The Encyclopedia of Animals: A Complete Visual Guide, page 232:

The bizarre structure, shared with the New World porcupines, so impressed Stuart Landry that he argued for a common origin for the New World and Old World hystricomorphs long before the mainstream of biologists felt ready to do so (Pocock 1922; Dathe 1937; Landry 1957

2009, Uldis Roze, The North American Porcupine, page 206:

New World porcupines have some arboreal adaptations that are lacking in their more terrestrial Old World counterparts.

2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Mammalogy, page 227:

Any of the large, arboreal, spiny-furred rodents of the family Erethizontidae, native to forests and wooded regions of North America and northern South America.


Canadian porcupine

Canadian porcupine (plural Canadian porcupines)

There are deer (Caribou), bears, wolves, foxes, martens, otters, beavers, and Canadian porcupines in the interior; most of which are hunted for their skins by the few inhabitants of the coast.

1837, Henry Wolsey Bayfield, Sailing Directions for the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence, page 173:

The fisher is said to live much on frogs in the summer season; but I have been informed that its favourite food is the Canadian porcupine, which it kills by biting on the belly.

1838, Félix de Azara, The Natural History of the Quadrupeds of Paraquay and the River la Plata, page 262:

Canadian porcupines may have coats varying from almost black to grizzled brown or "tweedy" slate.

1958, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania Game News, volume 29, page 99:

North American porcupine
North American porcupine

Erethizon dorsatum
Erethizon dorsatum#Translingual

A North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum).


North American porcupine

North American porcupine (plural North American porcupines)

It is, however, different from the North American porcupine, which is a rodent but is a member of the family of Erethizontidae, which is not represented in South America.

1988, Claude Lévi-Strauss, The Jealous Potter, page 108:

The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is the largest species in the family, usually weighing less than 7 kg (15.4 pounds) though males occasionally grow significantly larger.

2011, John P. Rafferty, editor, Rats, Bats, and Xenarthrans, page 113:

North American porcupines, as well as a range of other Hystricomorph rodents, engage in urine showering as part of courtship and other behaviors.

2012, Uldis Roze, Porcupines: The Animal Answer Guide, unnumbered page:

North American Porcupines are widely distributed across North America, except on islands and in Arctic or alpine tundra, dry desert are as without trees, and intensively farmed lands that lack woodlots.

2012, Donna Naughton, The Natural History of Canadian Mammals, page 212:

A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.


dinophile

For what self-respecting dinophile would want to think of his favorite stock—the carnivorous lineage known as theropods—in undignified fashion, all covered with feathers?

2002, Allen A. Debus, Diane E. Debus, Paleoimagery: The Evolution of Dinosaurs in Art, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 126:

Stephen Jay Gould, an admitted dinophile since childhood, examines Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park and our fascination with dinosaurs from a variety of perspectives, both scientific and cultural.

2002, Charles L. P. Silet, “Introduction”, in Charles L. P. Silet, editor, The Films of Steven Spielberg, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page xviii:

For the true dinophile, drive about 35 miles out of town to the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, where you'll find relics of more than 70 dinosaurs.

2012, Eric Peterson, Frommer's Utah, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 32:

(informal) One who is keenly interested in dinosaurs.


red-necked grebe

red-necked grebe (plural red-necked grebes)

Podiceps grisegena
Podiceps grisegena#Translingual

Podiceps grisegena a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.


Abbott's booby

Abbott's booby (plural Abbott's boobies)

The first specimen was collected in 1892 by American naturalist William Louis Abbott.

Papasula abbotti
Papasula abbotti#Translingual

Papasula abbotti, an endangered large seabird of the sulid family.


Abert's squirrel

Abert's squirrel (plural Abert's squirrels)

Named after Colonel John James Abert, an American naturalist and military officer.

Sciurus aberti, a tree squirrel endemic to the Rocky Mountains from the United States to Mexico.


Mongolian gazelle

Mongolian gazelle (plural Mongolian gazelles)

Procapra gutturosa
Procapra gutturosa#Translingual

A medium-sized antelope native to the semiarid Central Asian steppes of Mongolia, as well as some parts of Siberia and China, Procapra gutturosa.


mountain degu

1990 [1936], James Frank Colyer (original author), A. E. W. Miles, Caroline Grigson (editors), Colyer's Variations and Diseases of the Teeth of Animals, 2003, Revised Edition, page 317,
In Octodontomys gliroides (mountain degu), the buccal surfaces of the upper cheek teeth are progressively turned more and more distally from the distal to the mesial ends of the arches, with P⁴ being nearly transverse to the line of the arch (Fig. 14.3).

A South American rodent, Octodontomys gliroides, related to the degus.


chinchilla rat

The chinchilla rat is a nocturnal rodent about the same size as a degu.[…]Chinchilla rats and degus live together in harmony, often seeming oblivious to each other's presence.

2001, Sharon Lynn Vanderlip, chapter I, in Degus, page 41:

Chinchilla rats look roughly like large woodrats (Neotoma, Cricetidae), reach over 400 millimeters in total length, and resemble octodontids in many ways.

2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, 5th edition, page 232:

There are also two species of chinchilla rat, agile rock climbers that ascend bushes when feeding.

2013, Tim Burford, chapter I, in Chile Highlights, page 39:

Any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae.

Famatina chinchilla rat (Ambrocoma famatina


Nashville warbler

Nashville warbler (plural Nashville warblers)

Leiothlypis ruficapilla, a small songbird in the New World warbler family, with olive-brown upperparts, a white belly, and a yellow throat and breast.


Darwin's finch

Darwin's finch (plural Darwin's finches)

They were first collected by Charles Darwin on the Galápagos Islands. The term "Darwin's finches" was first applied by Percy Lowe in 1936, and popularised in 1947 by David Lack in his book Darwin's Finches.

Any of a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds found mainly on the Galápagos Islands, often classified as the subfamily Geospizinae or tribe Geospizini, not closely related to true finches.


spiny rat

Spiny rats, Proechimys semispinosus, are rodents weighing up to 500 g which eat fruits and seeds that have fallen to the forest floor. In Lutz catchment, a spiny rat's territory is three-fifths as wide as an agouti's (Smythe et al. 1982).

1999, Egbert Giles Leigh Jr., Tropical Forest Ecology : A View from Barro Colorado Island, page 28:

Members of the important Neotropical family Echimyidae, which includes a viety of roughly rat-sized rodents, are called spiny rats.[…]Spiny rats are widely distributed in the Neotropics, occurring from Nicaragua southward through the northern half of South America to Paraguay and south-eastern Brazil.

2011, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, page 232:

Any of certain caviomorph rodents of the family Echimyidae, especially of genus Proechimys, that resemble rats and have stiff, pointed hairs, or spines.

Any murine rodent of the genus Maxomys (sometimes considered a subgenus of Rattus).

Any murine rodent of the genus Tokudaia.

Any murine rodent of the genus Echiothrix.


Peary caribou

Named after the American explorer Robert Peary.

Rangifer tarandus pearyi, a small caribou found in the high Arctic islands of Canada's Nunavut and Northwest territories.


pobblebonk

Onomatopoeic, after the frog's distinctive call.

Perhaps the most distinctive call in the Calosoma chorus is that of the local Pobblebonk (Limnodynastes dumerili).

1978, Barry P. Moore, Life on Forty Acres: Some Experiences of a Naturalist Living in the Australian Bush, Classey, page 113:

The Cane Toad can be confused with some native frogs including water-holding frogs (Cyclorana species), barred frogs (Mixophyes species) and burrowing species of Limnodynastes, especially the Banjo Frog (or Pobblebonk), Limnodynastes dumerili.

2011, Simon Watharow, Living with Snakes and Other Reptiles, CSIRO Publishing, page 112:

In a good breeding year pobblebonks can be so loud you have to shout above them if you have anything to say[…].

2013, Nick Romanowski, Living Waters, CSIRO Publishing, page 65:

Any of various Australian frogs of the genus Limnodynastes.


horse stance

A posture in Asian martial arts which takes its name from the position assumed when riding a horse.


Paso Fino

A horse of a breed originally imported to the Caribbean from Spain, prized for its smooth, natural, four-beat, lateral ambling gait.


Chilean sea bass

Chilean sea bass (plural Chilean sea bass)

Patagonian toothfish
Patagonian toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides
Dissostichus eleginoides#Translingual

(US, Canada) Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)


parula

Any of the New World warblers of the genus Parula.


moho-pereru

(New Zealand) A bird, the buff-banded rail.


Mongolian gerbil

Mongolian gerbil (plural Mongolian gerbils)

Meriones unguiculatus, a rodent of the subfamily Gerbillinae.


monk parakeet

From monk + parakeet, possibly derived from its taxonomic name, translingual Myiopsitta monachus (literally “monk Myiopsitta”).

der

Myiopsitta monachus
Myiopsitta monachus#Translingual

Myiopsitta monachus, a parrot of South America.


seahawk

A rapacious gull-like bird of the genus Stercorarius.


roundnose grenadier

en-noun

roundnose grenadier (plural roundnose grenadiers)

Coryphaenoides rupestris, a marine ray-finned fish in the family Macrouridae.


grassquit

From grass + quit (“small passerine bird”).

1988 [1948], David Lack, Notes (for 1988 edition), Darwin's Finches, page xv,
Steadman (1982) suggests that Darwin's finches are so closely related to the South American blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina), that all 14 species plus the grassquit should be considered congeners within a new genus, Geospiza.

The molecular work also makes a compelling case that Darwin's finches were originally grassquits.

1999, Peter R. Grant, Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches, page xv:

The current guess is that it was the wonderfully named dull-coloured grassquit, because this is the bird with the closest genetic code to the Galapagos finches.

2012, Jonnie Hughes, On the Origin of Tepees: Why Some Ideas Spread While Others Go Extinct, unnumbered page:

Any of several small tropical birds now placed in the tanager family Thraupidae (but previously in Emberizidae), common in the West Indies and in countries of Central and South America around the Caribbean Sea.


Patagonian gray fox

Patagonian gray fox (plural Patagonian gray foxes)

South American gray fox
South American gray fox


Patagonian fox

Patagonian fox (plural Patagonian foxes)


South American gray fox

South American gray fox (plural South American gray foxes)

Lycalopex griseus
Lycalopex griseus#Translingual

A fox of species Lycalopex griseus, found in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.


mink frog

Because of its strong scent, supposed to resemble that of a mink.

Lithobates septentrionalis, a small frog native to the United States and Canada.


Gaboon viper

A large venomous viper, Bitis gabonica, found in African rainforests.


Irish lord

The sculpin fish of the genus Hemilepidotus.


blaasop

blaasop (usually uncountable, plural blaasops)

Borrowed from Afrikaans blaasop (“blowfish”), ultimately from Dutch blaas op (“blow up”).

Any of several species of pufferfish found in South African waters.


Palestine sunbird

Palestine sunbird (plural Palestine sunbirds)

A bird which is found in the Middle East and Africa, Cinnyris osea.


hardyhead

hardyhead (plural hardyheads or hardyhead)

From reference to their hardy or robust head.

(Australia) Any of the sundry species of fish of the family Atherinidae found near Australia;


kodkod

Stalking them among the bamboo might be the guiña or kodkod, a spotted cat with a dark band across its throat and large feet.

2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 57:

Leopardus guigna
Leopardus guigna#Translingual

A small South American feline, Leopardus guigna.


peled

Ultimately from Russian пе́лядь (péljadʹ), either directly or via its scientific name.

The Coregonus peled, a whitefish of the Salmonidae family, endemic to Northern Europe and Russia.


fire-bellied toad

fire-bellied toad (plural fire-bellied toads)

From the bright red- or yellow-and-black patterns on the toads' ventral regions.


black ibis

Pseudibis papillosa
Pseudibis papillosa#Translingual

Pseudibis papillosa, an ibis found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent.


Montezuma quail

Montezuma quail (plural Montezuma quails or Montezuma quail)

Montezuma quails (plural)
Montezuma quail (plural)

Cyrtonyx montezumae
Cyrtonyx montezumae#Translingual

Cyrtonyx montezumae, a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and nearby parts of the United States.


spawn eater

A small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis hudsonius) allied to the dace.


hoary bat

Lasiurus cinereus
Lasiurus cinereus#Translingual

Lasiurus cinereus, a vespertilionid bat that occurs throughout most of North America and much of South America, with disjunct populations in the Galápagos Islands and Hawaii.


choristoderan

The choristoderans were crocodile-like reptiles with long, narrow jaws used for catching fish.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 109:

A diapsid reptile of the order Choristodera.


ichthyopterygian

Any Jurassic ichthyosaur of the superorder Ichthyopterygia.


mesosaur

Any of a group of small aquatic reptiles, from the early Permian period, of the order Mesosauria.


walking whale

Ambulocetus natans, an early cetacean that could walk as well as swim.


ocellated lizard

ocellated lizard (plural ocellated lizards)

Timon lepidus (syn. Lacerta lepida), a large wall lizard.


porolepiform

A fish of the extinct order †Porolepiformes


calico bass

calico bass (plural calico bass or calico basses)

calico bass (plural)
calico basses (plural)


papermouth

It is called bachelor in the Ohio Valley, campbellite, croppie, and new-light in Illinois, Indiana, and Кentucky; tin-mouth or paper-mouth in northern Indiana and Illinois, and sac-à-lait, and chinduapin perch in the lower Mississippi and Texas.

1905, “Crappie”, in The Nature Library, volume 5, page 334:

When Earhart and Jarvis found out that the Crappiethon Classic would be held at Lake Harris in Hot Springs, Arkansas, one year, they knew they had to develop new strategies for taking papermouths, because the lake was deep and clear -- unlike most of the lakes in their native state of Tennessee.

1997, John E. Phillips, Masters' Secrets of Crappie Fishing, page 135:


war hawk

Late 18th c., often attributed to Virginian Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke, but no written evidence exists. Popularized in debates concerning the War of 1812. Sense "eagle" probably a calque of Old English guþhafoc

Suddenly, John R. Bolton, the conservative war hawk and favorite villain of the left, is the toast of Senate Democrats, the last, best hope to prove their abuse-of-power case against President Trump.

2020 January 28, Peter Baker, “For John Bolton, an ‘Upside-Down World’ After Trump Revelation”, in The New York Times:

But critics of Washington’s hyper-aggressive foreign policy need to understand that the flight of many of the worst war hawks from the Republican Party does not mean the GOP has returned to its non-interventionist roots.

2024 October 17, Connor Okeeffe, “Beware of war hawks in ‘America First’ clothing”, in The Orange County Register:

(figurative) A proponent of war or military intrusiveness.


Bengalese finch

Bengalese finch (plural Bengalese finches)

Some female zebra finches reared with Bengalese finches for 40 days responded to male zebra finches. Others responded to male Bengalese finches which had been reared by zebra finches and hence courted them, whilst others would mate with neither. In multiple-choice tests these zebra finch females spent most of their time in front of male Bengalese finches.

1981, D. M. Broom, Biology of Behaviour: Mechanisms, Functions and Applications, page 214:

Quantitative evidence comes, among others, from three studies of adolescent male zebra finches misimprinted on Bengalese finches. In the first study, zebra finches were raised by another species of estrildid finch, the Bengalese finch.

1981, Klaus Immelmann, Stephen J. Suomi, “14: Sensitive phases in Development”, in Klaus Immelmann, George W. Barlow, Lewis Petrinovich, Mary Main, editors, Behavioral Development: The Bielefeld Interdisciplinary Project, page 410:

Using this method, we calculated average similarities between the songs of tutor and pupil in the four cross-fostered groups (Bengalese finches tutored by Bengalese finches, white-rumped munias tutored by white-rumped munias, Bengalese finches tutored by white-rumped munias, and white-rumped munias tutored by Bengalese finches).

2013, Kazuo Okanoya, “25: Birdsong as a Model for Studying Factors and Mechanisms Affecting Signal Evolution”, in Johan J. Bolhuis, Martin Everaert, editors, Birdsong, Speech, and Language: Exploring the Evolution of Mind and Brain, page 513:

A domesticated estrildid finch, Lonchura striata domestica or Lonchura domestica, thought to have been bred from the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata).


cory

All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine.
There was no change in water quality, feeding habits, or water temperature. I have no idea why all the tets would die in such a short time span.

1998 January 24, LASP, “Dead tetras”, in rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc (Usenet):

Any fish belonging to the genus Corydoras, a group of South American freshwater catfish.


bergall

/ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡɔːl/

From Norwegian berggalt (“a labrid fish”), equivalent to berg (“mountain, hill; rock”) + galte (“boar”).

Tautogolabrus adspersus
Tautogolabrus adspersus#Translingual

Tautogolabrus adspersus, a wrasse native to the western Atlantic, inhabiting inshore waters near the sea floor at depths of 10–128 metres (33–420 feet) and at latitudes of 36°–49° north, and reaching up to 38 centimetres (15 inches) in total length and up to 1 kilogram (2·2 pounds) in weight.


kholsun

The Dhole, or kholsun as it is sometimes called, inhabits the western frontiers of British India, its range extending from Midnapore to Chamar, but does not appear to take up its residence in other parts of the same great country.

1865, John George Wood, The Illustrated Natural History...: Mammalia, Volume 1, page 253:

(obsolete) The dhole, an Asian wild dog.


bluebelly

From blue + belly. The ventral abdomen of the adult lizard is characteristically blue. The soldiers wore blue gaberdines.

Sceloporus occidentalis, a North American lizard.


Irish elk

†Megaloceros giganteus, a very large extinct deer.


bulldog bat

Any of the bats of the family Noctilionidae, sole extant genus Noctilio.


wolf whelp

A young, especially an infant, wolf; a wolf cub.


Chatham Island pigeon

Chatham Island pigeon (plural Chatham Island pigeons)

Hemiphaga chathamensis
Hemiphaga chathamensis#Translingual

A pigeon, of species Hemiphaga chathamensis, found on Chatham Island and endemic to New Zealand


anatidaephobia

From Anatidae + -phobia. Coined by Gary Larson in 1988 in a Far Side comic.

My regards to the ducks who watched me as I worked and gently encouraged me to stay on track. Even mild anatidaephobia has its uses.

2010, Amber K, True Magick: A Beginner's Guide, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 9:

Worse than that, Thomas himself suffered from anatidaephobia, the fear that you were being watched by a duck. As a youth, every time those Aflac commercials came on, Thomas had to retreat to his room in anguish.

2013, Montgomery Trevour Halle-Bouern, Objects in the Mirror Aka Vulture Culture, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 16:

For example, Aflac, the insurance company, posted an ad featuring their duck mascot on the same page as an article about anatidaephobia—the fear that you are being watched by a duck (Figure 1.2).

2014, Ahava Leibtag, The Digital Crown: Winning at Content on the Web, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN:

(humorous) The fear that one is being constantly watched by a duck.


dragoon bird

(obsolete) A noisy pitta (Pitta versicolor), of Australian, New Guinea, and Indonesia.


Bavarian mountain hound

Bavarian mountain hound (plural Bavarian mountain hounds)


hare kangaroo

(archaic) A small species of kangaroo (Lagorchestes leporides), resembling the hare in size and colour.


tomb bat

Presumably so-called as some were found inhabiting in tombs.

Any of various species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous


moa-nalo

All of the raptors would have exploited rails, young ibises, and perhaps young moa-nalos, although the eagle was the only one capable of taking adult ibises or moa-nalos.

1994, Storrs L. Olson, Helen F. James, “Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriforms”, in E. Alison Kay, editor, A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands: Selected Readings II, page 451:

1996, Amoco Oil Company, Sixth North American Paleontological Convention: Abstracts of Papers, page 194,
We obtained a collection of coprolites from Thambetochen chauliodous, one of four species of flightless Hawaiian waterfowl known collectively as moa-nalos.

Moa-nalos did not occur on Hawaii, which was occupied by another herbivore, the Giant Hawaiian Goose.

2006, Guy A. Baldassarre, Eric G. Bolen, Waterfowl Ecology and Management, 2nd edition, page 41:

The moa-nalos are a clade of ducks known from subfossils on the main Hawaiian islands.

2012, Michael Heads, Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics, page 328:

Any of several extinct aberrant, goose-like ducks that lived on some islands of Hawaii from the late Pleistocene until sometime before 1778.


desert mouse

Pseudomys desertor, a murid found only in Australia.


New Zealand teal

New Zealand teal (plural New Zealand teals)


grey teal

Anas gracilis
Anas gracilis#Translingual

a vagrant dabbling duck, Anas gracilis, found in open wetlands in Australasia.


brown teal

Anas chlorotis
Anas chlorotis#Translingual

A member of the dabbling duck subfamily endemic to New Zealand; Anas chlorotis.


New Zealand scaup

New Zealand scaup (plural New Zealand scaups)

Aythya novaeseelandiae
Aythya novaeseelandiae#Translingual

A duck of the Anatinae subfamily endemic to New Zealand; Aythya novaeseelandiae.


shad frog

So called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers.

Lithobates pipiens
Lithobates pipiens#Translingual

An American spotted frog (Lithobates pipiens and Lithobates sphenocephalus).


vesper sparrow

Pooecetes gramineus, a medium-sized American sparrow.


bannerfish

bannerfish (plural bannerfishes or bannerfish)

bannerfishes (plural)
bannerfish (plural)

Any of several species of butterflyfish in the genus Heniochus (order Chaetodontiformes) that superficially resemble the Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus, order Acanthuriformes), though not closely related.


mirror carp

mirror carp (plural mirror carps or mirror carp)

mirror carps (plural)
mirror carp (plural)

From the resemblance of their large scales to mirrors.

A form of carp with irregular and patchy scaling.


Australian bear

Australian bear (plural Australian bears)


aylet

(heraldry) A black bird with red feet and beak.


horsethief

1951, William Faulkner, Notes on a Horsethief, Greenville: Levee Press:


Pacific gull

Larus pacificus
Larus pacificus#Translingual

A gull, Larus pacificus, native to Australasia and the Antarctic region.


red-billed gull

red-billed gull (plural red-billed gulls)

Chroicocephalus scopulinus
Chroicocephalus scopulinus#Translingual

A gull native to New Zealand, its surrounding islands and subantarctic islands; the Chroicocephalus scopulinus.


silver gull

A gull found in the coastal areas of Australia and its surrounding islands; Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae.


kelp gull

Larus dominicanus
Larus dominicanus#Translingual

A black-backed gull found on coasts of much of the Southern Hemisphere (Larus dominicanus).


Franklin's gull

Franklin's gull (plural Franklin's gulls)

Named after English explorer John Franklin.

Leucophaeus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan#Translingual

A migratory gull that breeds in the Northern Hemisphere and winters in the Southern Hemisphere; Leucophaeus pipixcan.


European herring gull

European herring gull (plural European herring gulls)

Larus argentatus
Larus argentatus#Translingual

A common, large seagull, Larus argentatus, having a white and gray body and a yellow bill with a red spot and found in the coastal areas of Europe.

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blue acara

Any of species Andinoacara pulcher of blue-grey freshwater cichlids found in Central and South America.


esculent swallow

esculent swallow (plural esculent swallows)

edible-nest swiftlet
edible-nest swiftlet

The edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)


beltfish

Trichiurus lepturus
Trichiurus lepturus#Translingual

The largehead hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus.


fish-eating rat

fish-eating rat (plural fish-eating rats)

A New World rat of the genus Neusticomys.


longwing

Any of the nymphalid butterfly subfamily Heliconiinae.


horseshoe bat

The name refers to a horseshoe-shaped protuberance which these bats have on their noses.


jay thrush

(archaic) Any of several species of Asian songbirds, of the genera Garrulax and Grammatoptila and related genera of the family Leiothrichidae.


pool snipe

Tringa totanus
Tringa totanus#Translingual

(archaic, dialectal) Common redshank (Tringa totanus).


preacher bird

Because of the long duration of its persistent singing, comparable to a sermon.


elf owl

Micrathene whitneyi, a small owl of North America.


Scottish terrier

Scottish terrier (plural Scottish terriers)


manini

en-adj

manini (comparative more manini, superlative most manini)

more manini (comparative)
most manini (superlative)


eggcellent

eggcellent (comparative more eggcellent, superlative most eggcellent)

more eggcellent (comparative)
most eggcellent (superlative)

When emptied of their contents and allowed to dry, chicken, duck, or goose eggshells form an “eggcellent” base that can be covered with polymer clay to form sturdy ornaments and decorative objects for Easter or other holidays.

2003, Sarajane Helm, Celebrations With Polymer Clay: 25 Seasonal Projects, Krause Publications, →ISBN, page 60:

Food trends specialist Phil Lempert offered several "eggcellent" ideas for marketing eggs during his recent remarks to the United Egg Producers.

2006 December 18, “'Eggcellent' ideas for food producers”, in Feedstuffs:

She Crabs laden with egg make very eggcellent soup.

2013, Deji Badiru, Iswat Badiru, Physics in the Nigerian Kitchen, iUniverse, →ISBN:

(informal, humorous) Excellent, when referring to eggs or Easter.


spiny-tailed lizard

en-noun

spiny-tailed lizard (plural spiny-tailed lizards)


cowpony

He was just in time to see a black streak of horse flesh from Powder River break the track record with the two fastest laps ever made by a cowpony in the Cheyenne Relays.

1936 August, Joseph S. Fleming, “Flying Hoofs. Chick Norris again leads his Mounted Patrol”, in Boys' Life, page 10:

A horse ridden by cowboys when controlling cattle


eggciting

en-adj

eggciting (comparative more eggciting, superlative most eggciting)

more eggciting (comparative)
most eggciting (superlative)

The amniotic egg was an “eggciting” development for an animal that reproduces on land.

2004, Debbie Routh, Learning About Vertebrates, Mark Twain Media, →ISBN, page 24:

A somewhat classic and "eggciting" illustration of Newton's laws of motion is the egg drop experiment.

2006, Roger Hinrichs, Merlin H. Kleinbach, Energy: Its Use and the Environment, Thomson, →ISBN, page 61:

For children, this has to be Paris's most 'eggciting' restaurant, serving nothing but chicken eggs in the form of omelettes (more than 22 varieties), […]

2008, Anna Brooke, Frommer's Paris and Disneyland Resort Paris With Your Family, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 172:

(informal, humorous) Exciting, when referring to eggs.


eggstraordinary

eggstraordinary (comparative more eggstraordinary, superlative most eggstraordinary)

more eggstraordinary (comparative)
most eggstraordinary (superlative)

So whether you are in the mood for a frittata bursting with spinach and ham, or an omelette redolent with glazed onions, heat up the skillet, and get ready for an eggstraordinary delight.

1996, Sandra Woodruff, Secrets of Fat-Free Italian Cooking: Over 130 Low-Fat and Fat-Free, Traditional and Contemporary Recipes, Avery Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 39:

An "eggstraordinary" tip is the use of salt on eggs.

2000 January 15, Betty Saw, “Eggstremely versatile”, in New Straits Times:

Decorate “eggstraordinary” Easter eggs with your family's pictures on them to make a beautiful centerpiece for your table.

2006, Sandra Magsamen, Living Artfully: A Heart-full Guide of Ideas and Inspirations That Celebrate Life, Love, and Moments That Matter, Atria Books, published 2008, →ISBN:

(informal, humorous) Extraordinary, when referring to eggs or Easter.


eggstravaganza

The cake and egg show, advertised as an "eggstravaganza," last May in Tulsa, Oklahoma, may suggest to home economists elsewhere ways of helping to improve the egg marketing situation.

1945, The Journal of Home Economics, volume 37, page 95:

It's an eggstravaganza! Garden staff dye eggs donated by local markets and tuck them into nooks and crannies throughout the expansive grounds.

2002, Karen Hastings, Insiders' Guide to Santa Barbara: Including Channel Islands National Park, Insiders' Guide, →ISBN, page 225:

Throw yourself an eggstravaganza each and every day by including heart-healthy egg whites in a multitude of ways.

2013, Julie Feldman, Grocery Makeover: Small Changes for Big Results, Spry Publishing, →ISBN:

(informal, humorous) An extravaganza involving eggs.


pupper

Around the same time, “wholesome” memes of cute doggos and puppers rejuvenated social media feeds that seemed daily filled with fresh horrors.

2019, Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, Riverhead Books, →ISBN:

(Internet slang) Synonym of dog or puppy.


scrag whale

Eschrichtius robustus
Eschrichtius robustus#Translingual

A North Atlantic baleen whale now generally considered to be part of an extinct population of the gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, once considered by some the young of right whales (Balaenidae).


rosinback

From rosin + back, since the horse's back would be rubbed with sticky rosin to keep the rider from slipping.

A horse used for bareback riding performances.


Bedlington terrier

en-noun

Bedlington terrier (plural Bedlington terriers)

Named after the mining town of Bedlington, Northumberland in North East England.

A small terrier of a breed resembling lambs.


beisa

A species of antelope from East Africa (Oryx beisa, East African oryx)


boerboel

From Afrikaans boer (“farmer”) + boel, a shortening of boelhond (“bulldog”).

A large mastiff dog breed from South Africa


Bohemian chatterer

Bohemian chatterer (plural Bohemian chatterers)

(obsolete) A bird, the Bohemian waxwing.


New York bat

(dated) A bat of species Vespertilio noveboracensis, now Lasiurus borealis).


elephantine tortoise

elephantine tortoise (plural elephantine tortoises)

A huge land tortoise, especially the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea, from the Seychelles, or the Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger, from the Galápagos Islands.


mule armadillo

Dasypus hybridus
Dasypus hybridus#Translingual

(archaic) Dasypus hybridus, the southern long-nosed armadillo.


onion fish

(obsolete, dialect) A fish, the grenadier.


sculptured tortoise

sculptured tortoise (plural sculptured tortoises)


mole shrew

short-tailed shrew
w:en:short-tailed shrew

Synonym of short-tailed shrew, any of the genus Blarina of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails, found in North America.


cactus wren

a wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus), native to the southwestern United States southwards to central Mexico.


mountain antelope

mountain antelope (plural mountain antelopes)


swellshark

Cephaloscyllium ventriosum, a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae.


top minnow

A small viviparous freshwater mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) abundant in the southern United States.


Mother Carey's goose

Mother Carey's goose (plural Mother Carey's geese)


man ape

(dated) Any anthropoid ape, such as the gorilla.


bank swallow

Riparia riparia
Riparia riparia#Translingual

A small American and European swallow (Riparia riparia) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank.


scarlet tanager

scarlet tanager (plural scarlet tanagers)

Piranga olivacea, a medium-sized American songbird. Adult males are crimson-red with black wings and tail.


night parrot

Pezoporus occidentalis
Pezoporus occidentalis#Translingual

Pezoporus occidentalis, a small parrot endemic to Australia.


border collie

Essentially the collie from the Scottish/English border.

A herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically bred for intelligence and obedience.


soft tortoise

Any of the soft-shelled turtles of the family Trionychidae.


painted turtle

A common American freshwater turtle (Chrysemys picta), with red, orange and yellow markings.


painted firetail

painted firetail (plural painted firetails)


painted finch

Emblema pictum, a common estrildid finch of Australia.


monk bat

So called because the males live in communities by themselves.

(dated) The brown mastiff bat (Prompos nasutus)


mango tilapia

mango tilapia (plural mango tilapia or mango tilapias)

mango tilapia (plural)
mango tilapias (plural)


hornsman

A snake, the horned viper (Bitis cornuta).


helmetshrike

Any of a group of crested prionopid birds.


moor buzzard

(UK, dialect) A bird, the marsh harrier.


back the field

en-verb

back the field (third-person singular simple present backs the field, present participle backing the field, simple past and past participle backed the field)

backs the field (present singular third-person)
backing the field (participle present)
backed the field (participle past)
backed the field (past)

(horse racing) To bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated "the field", will win.


bastard gemsbok

en-noun

bastard gemsbok (plural bastard gemsboks)

A calque of Afrikaans bastergemsbok, itself based on similarities between the animal and the gemsbok.

roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), native to savannas of the central latitudes of Africa.


bridle wrist

(equestrianism) The wrist of the left hand, in which a horseback rider holds the bridle.


velvet duck

Melanitta fusca
Melanitta fusca#Translingual


reedfish

reedfish (plural reedfishes or reedfish)


ropefish

ropefish (plural ropefishes or ropefish)


plantcutter

Any of a group of passerine birds in the cotinga family.


barren-ground caribou

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories

Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus, a subspecies of caribou found mainly in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, along with western Greenland.


call bird

A captive bird used by hunters to lure free-flying birds into a snare or trap.


oldfield mouse

* (Peromyscus polionotus): ?
* (Thomasomys): Named for Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (1858 – 1929), a British zoologist.

In the wild, deer mice and oldfield mice never interbreed.

2017 April 19, Carl Zimmer, “Why Are Some Mice (and People) Monogamous? A Study Points to Genes”, in The New York Times:

Peromyscus polionotus, a nocturnal rodent in the family Cricetidae, found in the southeastern United States.


green pigeon

Any member of the genus Treron of the pigeon family.

হাইঠা

bird of the dove and pigeon family Columbidae — see also bird of the dove and pigeon family Columbidae


blue pigeon

Any member of the genus Alectroenas of the pigeon family.


whalebird

From whale + bird, because they have been known to follow whaling vessels to feed on the blubber and floating oil.


crow pheasant

Centropus sinensis
Centropus sinensis#Translingual

A bird, Centropus sinensis, the greater coucal.


tiger cat

A capacious room […] slowly appeared around me, large enough to accommodate perhaps twenty people, though presently home only to two potaroos & one tiger cat which had scampered out after I entered.

2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 392:

(Australia) A tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus).


eastern indigo snake

eastern indigo snake (plural eastern indigo snakes)

Drymarchon couperi, a large non-venomous colubrid snake native to the eastern United States.


pampas cat

Leopardus pajeros, a small South American cat.


wart snake

Acrochordus javanicus of Java (illustrated here) like the other wart snakes hunts fish and for this reason has modified its teeth into long fangs.

1987, Elena Marcon, Manuel Mongini, World Encyclopedia of Animals, page 158:

The acrochordids or wart snakes, have only one genus, with three species. All of these are found in Southeast Asia and Australasia.

1998, Lenny Flank, Snakes: Their Care and Keeping, page 51:

Wart snakes are adapted to aquatic systems and prey almost exclusively on fish.

2008, Mark Mitchell, Thomas N. Tully Jr., Manual of Exotic Pet Practice, page 142:

Any of various primitive aquatic snakes in the monotypic family Acrochordidae (the single genus Acrochordus).


mango-bird

Indian golden oriole
Indian golden oriole

The Indian golden oriole, Oriolus kundoo.


blood horse

A horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized stock (typically a Thoroughbred or Arabian)


scrubbird

A shy, secretive, ground-dwelling bird of the genus Atrichornis, found in Australia.


short-tailed weasel

short-tailed weasel (plural short-tailed weasels)

Mustela erminea
Mustela erminea#Translingual

(US) The stoat or ermine (Mustela erminea).


cotton rat

Any member of the rodent tribe Sigmodontini, that build their nests from cotton, and can damage cotton crops.


porriwiggle

She went into a peal of laughter. ‘Oh, what is it? Porriwiggle?’ ¶ He grinned. ‘It's what we call a tadpole.’

1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 6, in The Unknown Ajax:


porcupine fish

porcupine fish (plural porcupine fish or porcupine fishes)

porcupine fish (plural)
porcupine fishes (plural)

I took a knife down from where it hung on the side of the fireplace, & place the sharp tip against the taut body of the porcupine fish.

2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 161:

Any of several tropical fish species in the family Diodontidae that are covered with sharp spines and inflate themselves when threatened.

siilikala

a fish species that inflates itself when threatened to expose spines