gibnut

Borrowed from Belizean Creole gibnat, gibnut, givnat, from Miskito ibina, ibihna, ibinha.

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From the Heart of the Maya Empire to a Retreat for Buccaneers, a Safe-haven for Ex-pirates and Pioneers, a Crown Colony and Modern Nation

The woods abound in game and wild animals, the small red deer, ten varieties of wild hog, the peccary (Dicotyles labiatus) and waree (a mere variety), the paca (Cœlogenys subnigra), a burrowing animal locally called gibbonet or gibnut, considered good eating; [...]

1883, Archibald Robertson Gibbs, “The Labour Question—Climate—Productions—Flora and Fauna—and General Features”, in British Honduras: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Colony from Its Settlement, 1670. […], London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 185:

We have some splendid game in these woods, among which is the gibnut, a beautiful little animal, which, when cooked, tastes very much like a nice, fat little pig. [From the New York Sun.]

1884 August 23, “In the Honduras forests”, in D. P. Kingsley, editor, Grand Junction News, volume II, number 44, Grand Junction, Colo.: Price & Kingsley, →OCLC, page 4, column 3:

On digging in the earth in this cave, we found the arm and leg bones of a single skeleton. [...] We also found the lower jaw of a gibnut and of another small rodent, but no other bones.

1895 May 16, T[homas] Gann, “[Notes on the Exploration of Two Mounds in British Honduras]”, in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, volume XV (Second Series), London: Printed by Nichols and Sons, for the Society of Antiquaries [of London], […], →OCLC, page 433:

While hunting for a gibnut he traced one to a hole in the ground; on poking a stick into this hole, he was astonished on withdrawing it to find that he had brought out on its end a small painted pottery cylinder. The hole on being enlarged proved to be the entrance to a chultun, one of those curious underground chambers cut in the limestone rock found throughout Yucatan and the northern part of British Honduras, especially in the neighborhood of ruins.

1918, Thomas W[illiam] F[rancis] Gann, “Description of Mounds [Mound No. 41]”, in The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras (Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin; 64), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 138:

One reason people come to Belize is for adventure. That's why you might want to try gibnut, bamboo chicken and cow's foot soup.

1993, Richard Harris, Stacy Ritz, edited by Joanna Pearlman, The Maya Route: The Ultimate Guidebook: Yucatan, Belize, Guatemala, Cancún, Berkeley, Calif.: Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 359:

The three men had bagged an iguana and two gibnuts. Except for the spots on their backs, the gibnuts resembled twenty-pound guinea pigs.

2009, Joan Fry, How to Cook a Tapir: A Memoir of Belize (At Table series), Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 77:

But what he knows to do is hunt gibnut as was amply demonstrated when he opened his sack. A pair of gibnuts but he didn't use the gun on them, he smoked them out of a tree bark and used the machete and bundled them for good measure with a few xate leaves.

2009 December 7, Jules Vasquez, “Illegal Xatero in Chiquibul Busted on Camera”, in 7 News Belize, archived from the original on 2010-01-05:

In the case of gibnut (Agouti paca), however, my memories are occupied predominately with my efforts to avoid eating this creature.

2011, Helen R. Haines, “A Rat by Any Other Name: Conflicting Definitions of ‘Dinner’ in Belize, Central America”, in Helen R. Haines, Clare A. Sammells, editors, Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences in Dining from Around the World, Boulder, Colo.: University Press of Colorado, →ISBN, section I (The Main Course), page 45:

(Belize) A paca (“a large rodent of the genus Cuniculus native to Central America and South America, which has dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides”).


phalangeriform

Any marsupial of the suborder Phalangeriformes


headstander

From head + stander, from their habit of swimming at a 45° angle, head pointed downwards, as if standing on their heads.

Any of several species of South American fish, in families Anostomidae and Chilodontidae in order Characiformes.


pompadour fish

en-noun

pompadour fish (plural pompadour fishes or pompadour fish)

pompadour fishes (plural)
pompadour fish (plural)


gaudeamurid

Any extinct hystricognathous rodent of the family Gaudeamuridae


hawksbill sea turtle

hawksbill sea turtle (plural hawksbill sea turtles)

Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata#Translingual

Eretmochelys imbricata, a critically endangered sea turtle.


Javan myna

The ubiquitous Javan myna birds of Singapore first arrived as pets from Indonesia around 1925, sought after at the time as virtuoso impersonators.

2018, Menno Schilthuizen, “Darwin comes to town”, in The Guardian:

A species of myna, Acridotheres javanicus, found across Asia.


northern palm squirrel

northern palm squirrel (plural northern palm squirrels)

In Perth, the Indian northern palm squirrel was released in 1898 and since then has maintained a healthy population thanks to the abundant fruits of African date palms and other exotic palm trees in the city.

A species of squirrel, Funambulus pennantii, native to the Indian subcontinent.


Guanay shag

Leucocarbo bougainvillii
Leucocarbo bougainvillii#Translingual

A cormorant found in Peru and northern Chile (Leucocarbo bougainvillii).


American cliff swallow

American cliff swallow (plural American cliff swallows)

Researchers in the US found that the wingspan of American cliff swallows, which took up the habit of colonising concrete highway bridges in the 1980s, had decreased by about two millimetres a decade since then.

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota#Translingual

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae.


otocephalan

Relating to fish of the clade Otocephala.


mountain lioness

mountain lioness (plural mountain lionesses)


racerunner

Any of a group of lizards, of the family Teiidae, native to the Americas.

Any of a group of lizards, of the genera Eremias or Pseuderemias


glass eel

When these glass eels enter freshwater they transform again into elvers – miniature versions of the adult eels.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 69:


simbil

Ciconia abdimii
Ciconia abdimii#Translingual

A shortish-legged African stork, Ciconia abdimii.


black-faced ibis

Theristicus melanopis
Theristicus melanopis#Translingual

Theristicus melanopis, a South American bird in the family Threskiornithidae.


southern lapwing

southern lapwing (plural southern lapwings)

Vanellus chilensis
Vanellus chilensis#Translingual

Vanellus chilensis, a wader in the order Charadriiformes, found in Central and South America.


New Zealand starling

New Zealand starling (plural New Zealand starlings)


octodontoid

Any rodent of the superfamily Octodontoidea


grawl

Back-formation from grawls, a variant of graulse, mistaken as a plural. Ultimately, graulse is a variant of English grilse.

(Scotland, Ireland) A young salmon; grilse


globidontan

Any alligatoroid of the clade Globidonta


rainbow darter

Etheostoma caeruleum, a North American freshwater fish.


lettice

From Middle English letuse, from Anglo-Norman letuse; further etymology is unknown.

(historical) A kind of whitish-grey fur from the winter coat of the least weasel.


lettice

lettice (countable and uncountable, plural lettices)

To have Syrup of Succory compounded with Rhubarb; Take ſome whole Barley-Corns, the Roots of Smallage, Fennel, and Sparagraſs, with some white crude Tartar, of each two Ounces; two Leaves of Succory, Dandelion, Endive or Scariole, ſmooth Sow-Thiſtle, common Lettice, and Sage […]

1725, [Noël] Chomel, “SYRUP”, in R[ichard] Bradley, editor, Dictionaire Oeconomique: Or, The Family Dictionary. […], volume II (I–Z), London: […] D[aniel] Midwinter, […], →OCLC, column 1:

Obsolete spelling of lettuce.; however, more often a misspelling of lettuce.


writing master

The bird is so called because of the scribbly marks on its eggs.

Emberiza citrinella
Emberiza citrinella#Translingual

A bird, the yellow bunting or yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella.


sphenodont

(zoology) Any member of the order Sphenodontida


balaenopteroid

Any baleen whale of the superfamily Balaenopteroidea


herpetocetine

Any mysticete of the subfamily Herpetocetinae


protosuchian

Any crocodyliform of the clade Protosuchia


sphagesaurid

Any mesoeucrocodylian of the family Sphagesauridae


drepanosaur

Paths scratched in the mosses on tree trunks mark the presence of drepanosaurs, another of Madygen's evolutionary oddities.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 161:

An extinct reptile of the family Drepanosauridae.


scarlet ibis

Eudocimus ruber
Eudocimus ruber#Translingual

Eudocimus ruber, a brightly scarlet, migratory species of ibis of South America and the Caribbean.


scansoriopterigid

Any dinosaur of the family Scansoriopterygidae


spinosauroid

Any dinosaur of the superfamily Spinosauroidea


tuskfish

tuskfish (plural tuskfishes or tuskfish)


yardfowl

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-yardfowl.wav

From yard + fowl. Sense 2 (“political sycophant”) may allude to the tendency of chickens to gather around a person who is feeding them.

Like an expectant dog barking for his supper, he [Barbados Prime Minister Tom Adams] rushes in to please his new master [Ronald] Reagan like all good yardfowls by attacking Grenada.

1980 November 10, Maurice Bishop, quotee, “Adams’ election call angers Bishop”, in The Daily Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica: Gleaner Company, →OCLC, page 5; quoted in Tony Thorndike, “The Political Economy of Independence of the Former Associated States of the Commonwealth Caribbean”, in Paul Sutton, editor, Dual Legacies in the Contemporary Caribbean: Continuing Aspects of British and French Domination (Legacies of West Indian Slavery), London: Frank Cass & Co., 2005, →ISBN, page 153:

All Caribbean politicians have a network of supporters and informants, popularly known as ‘yard-fowls’. The VSN [Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale, or Tonton Macoute] were the yard-fowl armed.

1985, Graham Walker, editor, The World Today, London: Royal Institute of International Affairs; Oxford University Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 107, column 1:

The peculiar term "Yardfowl" has been with us for nearly 40 years. Its humble beginnings to present day, this apparently indigenous adjective has gone through its own socioeconomic changes. [...] Meant to convey a derogatory, pejorative connotation, "Yardfowl" was given immortality by our Calypso King the Mighty Gabby, when he produced a musical tribute, some years ago highlighting this unique Barbadian expression.

[1986, Sanka Price, Jr., editor, Politics Barbados: The Guide to the General Election, 1986, Bridgetown, Barbados: Barbados Labour Party, →OCLC, page 84:

A yardfowl, according to Marjorie's St. Euribian dictionary of standard dialect, is anybody who t'ink dat being able to call de prime minister by he first name is a paycheck. In other words, a total jackass.

2009, Ronald A. Williams, chapter 6, in Four Saints and an Angel, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 40–41:

The loathsome use of "yardfowl" has really never been meant to describe the average member of any political party in Barbados. [...] So "yardfowls" are generally not the people who will attend the party caucuses or the constituency meetings to ask questions and seek answers. Instead, you would expect those so designated, even by leading members of the political parties, to be the leading hecklers of opponents and to be mindlessly singing the praises of those whom they favour. Their refrain: "Talk yuh talk, I wid you all the way." They represent a unique vociferous brand.

2015 May 2, “Editorial: ‘Yardfowl’ here to stay”, in The Daily Nation, Bridgetown, Barbados: Nation Pub. Co., →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-03-18:

I was completely paralyzed by the wealth of idiocy on display this week and the complete intellectual impoverishment taking place in this country. Sadly, there is only one article per week and not every yardfowl is worthy of a decent or printable response.

2017 November 3, “The 1929 Anti-Corruption Act”, in Barbados Today, archived from the original on 2020-03-18:

(Barbados, politics) A political sycophant.


nandine

(archaic) A small West African carnivore, Nandinia binotata, with spots on its sides.


ruddy turnstone

ruddy turnstone (plural ruddy turnstones)

Arenaria interpres
Arenaria interpres#Translingual

A stout short-billed wading bird in the wader family of Scolopacidae; Arenaria interpres.


euchondrocephalan

Any extinct cartilaginous fish of the subclass Euchondrocephali


crayfish snake

So called because they often eat crayfish.

Certain of the semiaquatic snakes of the genus Regina.


phoebodont

Any extinct cartilaginous fish of the family Phoebodontidae


phoebodontiform

Any extinct cartilaginous fish of the order Phoebodontiformes


protacrodont

Any extinct shark of the order Protacrodontiformes


satinbird

Any passerine bird of the family Cnemophilidae


sibyrhynchid

Any extinct fish of the family Sibyrhinchidae


xenacanth

Any member of the clade Xenacanthida of extinct cartilaginous fishes.


crab-eating frog

crab-eating frog (plural crab-eating frogs)

Lo, the crab-eating frog, which lives in mangrove swamps and marshes, and is the only known modern amphibian which can tolerate salty water.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 15:

A species of frog, Fejervarya cancrivora, native to southeast Asia.


frogamander

This amphibian Abraham, aka the frogamander, lived during the early Permian but was only discovered in 2007, a fossil in Don's Dump Fish Quarry in Baylor County, Texas.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 14:

The “frogamander” is still full of mystery as scientists work to figure out how and where it fits in the amphibian family tree.

2016, Melissa Shofner, Mariel Bard, Amphibian Fossils, page 21:

(paleontology) The extinct amphibamid Gerobatrachus.


symmoriiform

Any extinct cartilaginous fish of the class Symmoriiformes


snowflake moray

snowflake moray (plural snowflake morays)

Any member of species Echidna nebulosa of moray eels, widespread through the Indo-Pacific.


accipitriform

Any bird of prey of the order Accipitriformes


snowflake eel

The Snowflake eel, a kind of moray, is harmless if you leave it alone and refrain from drinking its blood (which is toxic).

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 68:


carnotaurine

Any dinosaur of the family Carnotaurinae


dendrobatoid

Any frog of the superfamily Dendrobatoidea


edmontosaur

Any hadrosaurid dinosaur of the genus Edmontosaurus.


brownsnout spookfish

brownsnout spookfish (plural brownsnout spookfish)

The Brownsnout spookfish, which is usually found more than 1,000 metres down beneath tropical-to-temperate waters, looks as if it has four eyes, but there are really just two that are each split into two parts, as if by grotesquely exaggerated bifocal spectacles, with one part looking upward and the other downward.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 107:

A species of barreleye, Dolichopteryx longipes, with widespread tropical and temperate distribution.


lamprologine

Any cichlid fish of the tribe Lamprologini


poposauroid

Any pseudosuchian of the clade Poposauroidea


salipenter

Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English [Term?].

A species of the polecat, and another of the fox, are destructive to the Indian's poultry; while the opossum, the guana, and salempenta, afford him a delicious morsel.

1825, Charles Waterton, “First Journey”, in Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824. […], London: Printed [by A[ugustus] Applegath] for J. Mawman, […], →OCLC, page 8:

The Salempenta or El Mateo, measuring from the tail to the nose three feet, is exceedingly ugly; colour chiefly a brownish green, with yellow spots; and marked in the most extraordinary hieroglyphical manner; [...] The Salempenta has (like the Chameleon, and several others of the same species) in some measure the faculty of changing its colour when in any way excited, either through fright or anger; [...]

1834, R[obert] Montgomery Martin, “British Guyana— …”, in History of the British Colonies. … In Five Volumes, volume II (Possessions in the West Indies), London: Cochrane and M‘Crone, […], →OCLC, page 104:

A large land-lizard, called the Salempenta, or Salipanta, is likewise common, and is said to destroy fowls.

1869, Greville John Chester, “British Guiana”, in Transatlantic Sketches in the West Indies, South America, Canada, and the United States, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 131:

Salempenta (Teius Teguexin).—This fine lizard is sometimes called the Safeguard, because it is supposed to give notice of the approach of the alligator, just as the African monitors are believed to warn travellers against the crocodile. [...] Like the iguana, the Salempenta affords very delicate food, which is thought to resemble the flesh of a very delicate young chicken. New comers are at first averse to eating a lizard of any description, but they very soon find out their mistake, and would even prefer an iguana or Salempenta cutlet to a chicken.

1879, J[ohn] G[eorge] Wood, “Explanatory Index”, in Charles Waterton, Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824. […] Edited, with Biographical Introduction and Explanatory Index, new edition, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 467:

How far foxes, ocelots, hawks, yellow-tail and other snakes, and salempentas, contribute towards keeping down rats by destroying them for food is not easily determined. That the last named is an excellent ratter, I know from actual observation.

1894, S. R. Cochran, “Some Enemies of Our Cane-fields”, in James Rodway, editor, Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana, volume VIII (New Series), Demerara: J. Thomson, →OCLC, page 104:

I know very little about the details of the regular diet of salempentas, but fowls' and lizards' eggs and chickens are favorites. My nephew wounded a plover and as it was only slightly hurt, he tethered it with a string under the house. In a short time he found a large salempenta on the end of the string, having swallowed the bird.

1919, William Beebe, quoting Edgar Beckett, “Field Notes on the Lizards of Kartabo, British Guiana, and Caripito, Venezuela. Part 3. Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae and Scincidae.”, in [Henry] Fairfield Osborn [Jr.], editor, Zoologica: Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, volume 30, part 1, New York, N.Y.: New York Zoological Society, published 27 April 1945, →OCLC, page 25, column 2:

Lizards usually have white flesh, tasting more like fowl than anything else. The Salempenta lizard of Guiana, which is amphibious and unpleasant to behold, is a favourite dish of the Indians.

1922, Chambers’s Journal, volume XCIX, part 139, London, Edinburgh: W[illiam] & R[obert] Chambers […], →OCLC, page 421, column 1:

I could sting you for a bounty of reparations, but keep your money and let me talk like dis and dat, let me say I come from the tribe of Bongo-Bongo; that I am germane and first-cousin to jungle beasts like anthropophagi, hermaphrodites, salipenters and all the other creatures dreamt of by your writers or discovered by your travellers.

1999, David Dabydeen, A Harlot’s Progress, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5:

Along its bank a salipenter, the colour of the mud, sped furtively, its eyes on some domestic fowls picking at the verge of the mud hole.

2004, Deloris Craig, “The Crossing”, in Labba and Creek Water Stories from the Caribbean, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, page 118:

Their [iguanas'] eggs and meat are food resources for predators such as salipenter (Tegu lizard), hawks, vultures, and humans.

2012 January 22, “Iguana”, in Stabroek News, Georgetown, Guyana: Guyana Publications, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-02-06:

Slowly, he peeped from behind his hiding place just in time to see a black-and-white furry object dash behind a salipenter.

2015 October 28, Rohan Singh, chapter 1, in Adventures of Suliman and the Sandopie, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:

Fruits and a ‘salipenter (large lizard)’ were what he used to help with his hunger.

2016 August 11, Neil Primus, “Goings and Comings”, in Nigel Williams, editor, Guyana Chronicle, Georgetown, Guyana: Guyana National Newspapers, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-03-21:

(Guyana) A tegu lizard (genus Tupinambis), especially the gold tegu (Tupinambis teguixin).


megaraptoran

A carnivorous theropod dinosaur of the clade Megaraptora


tatac

A bird called Pinto's spinetail, with scientific name (Synallaxis infuscata), found in northeastern Brazil


boonder

Obsolete form of bandar (“rhesus macaque”).


breastgirth

An oblong application supporting the mammaries of a human female


massopodan

Any sauropodomorph dinosaur of the clade Massopoda


German sparrow

Named “German” because the introduced population originally released in Missouri in 1870 came from Germany.

Passer montanus
Passer montanus#Translingual


dogmonaut

(humorous, rare) A dog sent to space by the Soviet space program.


asterophryine

Any of the subfamily Asterophryinae of microhylid frogs.


caenopithecine

Any extinct primate of the subfamily Caenopithecinae


ceratodontiform

Any lungfish of the order Ceratodontiformes


cercamoniine

Any extinct primate of the subfamily Cercamoniinae


dryolestoid

Any extinct mammal of the superorder Dryolestoidea


euprimate

Any true primate (member of the order Primates but not of the order Dermoptera)


neoichthyosaur

Any ichthyosaur of the former clade Neoichthyosauria


aegyptosuchid

Any extinct crocodyliform of the family Aegyptosuchidae


guariba

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese guariba, from Old Tupi gûariba. Other early European spellings/renderings of the same Tupian word include guariva, guariha, uariba, waariba, and in French ouarive/ouariue (which was misread as ouarine, giving rise to that word and, by anglicization of it, to warine).
The Century Dictionary suggests a possible relation to araguato and/or araba (an obsolete word for a howler monkey of the genus Mycetes); the New English Dictionary directs readers to compare alouatte and araguato.

bor+

[He saw] ahead of him the carcass of a guariba. It was drifting towards them, [...]

It was not a man at all, it was a guariba. Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric. Of sociable disposition, and not very savage, ...

1911, Jules Verne, The five hundred millions of the begum, page 261:

THE MAN WHO MARRIED THE GUARIBA MONKEY
There was once a man who unknowingly married a guariba monkey in human form. The couple lived together until she grew pregnant; she then suggested a visit to her father.

1963, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology:

Any of several South American howler monkeys with prehensile tails.


Malabar rat

(obsolete) A bandicoot (rodent of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia).


winter white Russian hamster

en-noun

winter white Russian hamster (plural winter white Russian hamsters)

A Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus).


humphead wrasse

humphead wrasse (plural humphead wrasses)


avemetatarsalian

(zoology) A member of the Avemetatarsalia clade of archosaurs which resemble birds more than crocodiles.


hare-wallaby

Any of several wallabies of the genera Lagorchestes and Lagostrophus.


leptolepidid

Any extinct fish of the genus Leptolepides


neoplesiosaurian

Any plesiosaurian of the disputed clade Neoplesiosauria


plesiosauroid

Any marine plesiosaur of the superfamily Plesiosauroidea


elasmobranchid

Any cartilaginous fish of the subclass Elasmobranchii


elpistostegalian

Any prehistoric fish of the clade Elpistostegalia


eotetrapodiform

Clipping of translingual Eotetrapodiformes

clipping

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

Any sarcopterygian fish of the clade Eotetrapodiformes


pygmy falcon

Polihierax semitorquatus
Polihierax semitorquatus#Translingual

Polihierax semitorquatus, African pygmy falcon, native to eastern and southern Africa.


parrotling

I can fancy myself there now, the sun and the sweetness of the orange blossom bewildering in their purity, the green parrotlings in a nest behind a carven god simmering away contentedly like half a dozen kettles until with an express train shriek a red and green parent whizzed past me bearing a dinner for one, […]

1903 April 11, F[lora] A[nnie] Steel, “The Beasts That Perish”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume 95, number 2,476, London, page 449, column 1:


bubbly-jock

(Scotland) A turkeycock (pompous or self-important person).


heathwren

Any of the birds in genus Hylacola (sometimes included in Calamanthus), native to Australia.


speckled warbler

en-noun

speckled warbler (plural speckled warblers)

Pyrrholaemus sagittatus
Pyrrholaemus sagittatus#Translingual

A warbler of species Pyrrholaemus sagittatus, native to Australia.


gnatwren

Any of several birds of various genera in the family Polioptilidae which are browner and more thickset, and have proportionally shorter tails and longer bills, than their relatives the soft blue-grey gnatcatchers.


sharpnose

Atlantic sharpnose shark
Atlantic sharpnose shark

An Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae)


Atlantic sharpnose shark

Atlantic sharpnose shark (plural Atlantic sharpnose sharks)

A requiem shark of species Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, found in parts of the Atlantic Ocean


croppie

"Bexar" is correct as to the black bass, croppie and wide-mouthed perch, all of which are very abundant in Texas waters, but whether the ...

"Our Croppie," the greatest pan-fish of the West, is highly esteemed by us for the table. We have seen a monster Croppie this spring, weighing over three pounds, taken at Murdock Club Lake, near St. Louis, on the Illinois […]

1888, George Brown Goode, American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North America, with Especial Reference to Habits and Methods of Capture, page 72:

[page 31:] The croppie usually has only six spines in the dorsal, while the calico bass has seven.
[page 34:] Such a rod, while being quite light, is strong enough to lift the fish from the water, for the croppie gives very [little resistance. ...] The croppies, and especially the southern croppie or newlight, rise well to the artificial fly, and […]

1891, Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries and Game for Indiana:


avetheropodan

Any avian theropod of the clade Avetheropoda


violaceous euphonia

violaceous euphonia (plural violaceous euphonias)

Euphonia violacea, a finch of South America


upland plover

Bartramia longicauda
Bartramia longicauda#Translingual

(dated) The upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, a bird native to the Americas.


eudromaeosaur

Any dinosaur of the clade Eudromaeosauria


lindholmemydid

Any extinct turtle of the family Lindholmemydidae


lagomerycid

Any extinct deer of the subfamily Lagomerycinae


neornithischian

Any dinosaur of the clade Neornithischia


mormyroid

The simple anacrosomal aquasperm of the notopteroid Papyocranus afer, the African Knife Fish, appears to be a plesiomorph condition, contrasting with the apomorphic, aflagellate sperm of mormyroids, but does not in itself necessitate exclusion of the mormyroids form the Notopteroidea in which Greenwood (1973) placed them.

1991, Barrie G. M. Jamieson, Fish Evolution and Systematics:

Any freshwater elephantfish (family Mormyridae).


saurolophid

Any dinosaur of the family Saurolophidae


aspidorhynchiform

Clipping of translingual Aspidorhynchiformes

clipping

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

(ichthyology) Any extinct fish of the order Aspidorhynchiformes


callipurbeckiid

Any extinct fish of the family Callipurbeckiidae


dapediid

Any extinct fish of the family Dapediidae


trevalla

Variant of trevally, though the terms are now usually distinguished as referring to distinct types of fish.

The trevalla was fresh off the boats, and eating it I could not help feeling a twinge on Potter's behalf […] .

2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 80

(Australia) Any of various medusafish of the family Centrolophidae, especially Hyperoglyphe antarctica and Seriolella punctata.


Bartram's sandpiper

en-noun

Bartram's sandpiper (plural Bartram's sandpipers)

Named for American naturalist William Bartram. See also sandpiper.

Eight examples of Bartram's Sandpiper have been obtained in Britain. The species inhabits temperate North America.

1896, Henry Seebohm, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, page 134:

Guess what? Upland sandpipers are also sometimes called upland plovers or Bartram's sandpipers.

2010, Mary Elizabeth Salzmann, Albatross to Zebra Finch: Birds from A to Z, page 24:

(archaic) The upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, a bird native to the Americas.


halecostome

Any fish of the clade Halecostomi, including bowfins and most ray-finned fishes.


pliopithecoid

From scientific Latin Pliopithecoidea (superfamily name).

Pliopithecoids persisted in Europe, Asia and Africa long after the first true apes and Old World monkeys appeared, and the fossil of one was the specimen Darwin was referred to.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 110:

A member of the extinct superfamily of catarrhine primates, Pliopithecoidea.


lepisosteoid

Any gar of the superfamily Lepisosteoidea


macrosemiiform

Any extinct fish of the order Macrosemiiformes


Bartramian sandpiper

Bartramian sandpiper (plural Bartramian sandpipers)

Named for American naturalist William Bartram, with suffix -ian. See also sandpiper.

I first saw willets and bartramian sandpipers—called plover—the 13th. I saw a good many mallards, some widgeon and bluewing teal, four ruddy ducks (the only ones seen during the year), hooded mergansers, two sandhill cranes, and flocks of geese that looked very large to me, and they were when compared with what I had seen in old Connecticut.

1891, Elmer T. Judd, “Dakota game birds”, in Forest and Stream, page 169:

But still on the pastures and prairies of the Illinois country are born, each year, a new generation of Bartramian sandpipers, shore larks, yellow-winged sparrows and grass finches—the names by which we knew them in a day long gone.

2008, Joel Greenberg, Of Prairie, Woods, and Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing, →ISBN, page 654:

(archaic) An upland sandpiper of species Bartramia longicauda, a bird native to the Americas.


obaichthyid

Any extinct fish of the family Obaichthyidae


waracabra

[…] it may be a lithe, graceful ocelot, so intent on stalking an unsuspecting bush-turkey or a sleepy monkey that your nearness is unnoticed; or again it may be a flock of trumpet-birds or waracabras feeding and dancing in some tiny open glade.

1929, Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, Thirty Years in the Jungle, page 115:

Frequently the growling of our lorry would frighten up coveys of waracabra—black jungle birds somewhat resembling guinea fowls, but with larger and longer legs.

1953, Robert H. Pierson, Paddles Over the Kamarang: The Story of the Davis Indians, page 7:

The Grey-winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans) is distributed north of the Amazon River, in Ecuador, Colombia, south Venezuela, north-east Brazil, north-eastern Peru and the Guianas. Locally the species is known as ‘Waracabra‘.

2011 September 18, “Grey-winged Trumpeter”, in Stabroek News:


pachychormiform

Any extinct fish of the order Pachycormiformes


perleidiform

Any extinct fish of the order Perleidiformes


rhamphorhynchine

Any pterosaur of the genus Rhamphorhynchus.


semionotid

Any of the family Semionotidae of extinct fishes.


thalassodromine

Any pterosaur of the subfamily Thalassodrominae


tapejarine

Any pterosaur of the subfamily Tapejarinae


Colorado River toad

Colorado River toad (plural Colorado River toads)

Sonoran Desert toad
Sonoran Desert toad#English


thunderfish

thunderfish (plural thunderfish or thunderfishes)

thunderfish (plural)
thunderfishes (plural)

An electric catfish Malapterurus electricus


dhufish

The Western Australian fish Glaucosoma hebraicum.


moudiewart

My faith, he's as black as a craw, and as sleek as a moudiewart.

1828, M. Corbett, Tales and Legends - Volume 1, page 62:

It's an unyearthly kind of trade, turning night intil day, and working like moudiewarts in the dark, when decent folks are in their beds sleeping—And so, as I was saying, ye see, it happened ae Sunday night that a chap cam to the back door; and the mistress too heard it.

1853, David Macbeth Moir, The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith, page 96:

O gin my sons were moudiewarts To hide into the earth, O gin my head lay in the mools Ere I had gien them birth !

1925, Alexander Keith, Last leaves of traditional ballads and ballad airs, page 255:


necrosaur

Any lizard of the extinct family Necrosauridae


nigger-fish

nigger-fish (plural nigger-fishes or nigger-fish)

nigger-fishes (plural)
nigger-fish (plural)

All of the groupers […] are game-fishes worthy of the steel of the angler, and grow to goodly size, twenty to forty pounds. […] Those named are rather sober in their garb, which is more or less marbled or spotted with black, but some of the groupers about Key West are remarkably handsome fishes, and are much given to very gay and bizarre attire; their coats, like Joseph's, being of many colors. […] But the dude of the family is the niggerfish, which is a rag-time dandy, always in full dress for a cake walk.

1908, James A. Henshall, Favorite Fish & Fishing, page 61:

Other prominent marine Serranidae in America are the jewfishes, niggerfishes, groupers, hinds, guasas, scamps, squirrel fishes, and yellowtails.

1930, Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams, The New International Encyclopaedia, volume 20, page 638:

(now offensive) A Caribbean grouper, yellowfish, coney (Cephalopholis fulva) (syn. Epinephelus punctatus, Enneacentrus punctatus (family Serranidae)).


Dover sole

Dover sole (countable and uncountable, plural Dover soles)


pliosauroid

Any pliosaur of the suborder Pliosauroidea


chat-tyrant

Any of the tyrant flycatchers in the South American genera Ochthoeca and Silvicultrix


snub-nosed monkey

snub-nosed monkey (plural snub-nosed monkeys)

Any monkey of the old-world genus Rhinopithecus.


longear sunfish

longear sunfish (plural head-longear sunfish or longear sunfishes)

head-longear sunfish (plural)
longear sunfishes (plural)

A freshwater sunfish of eastern North America (Lepomis megalotis).


rhinoceros bird

rhinoceros bird (plural rhinoceros birds)


black-headed duck

black-headed duck (plural black-headed ducks)

Heteronetta atricapilla
Heteronetta atricapilla#Translingual

A South American duck of freshwater habitats, Heteronetta atricapilla, known for laying its eggs in the nests of other ducks.


tree duck

Any of the birds in the genus Dendrocygna of whistling ducks, which are in the family Anatidae with the ducks, geese and swans, but in their own subfamily.


chanate

Borrowed from Spanish chanate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tzanatl (“great-tailed grackle”).

cog

great-tailed grackle
great-tailed grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus
Quiscalus mexicanus#Translingual

great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

“A chanate has come to pay us a visit,” doña Gertrudis said. [...] “It’s a black bird with red shoulders,”

2003, Rigoberto González, Crossing Vines: A Novel, page 67:

red-winged blackbird
red-winged blackbird#English

Agelaius phoeniceus
Agelaius phoeniceus#Translingual

red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)


greater spotted eagle

en-noun

greater spotted eagle (plural greater spotted eagles)

Clanga clanga
Clanga clanga#Translingual

Clanga clanga, a medium-sized migratory raptor native to Asia, north-eastern Africa and eastern Europe.


counter-canter

She used to come to the indoor riding school at Knightsbridge and ride my charger, Foxhunter, which I taught to do counter-canters, extended trots, half-passes and other dressage movements.

2005, James Hewitt, Moving On, →ISBN, page 11:

Before you start teaching your horse to do a flying change, you need to be able to perform counter-canter.

2012, William Micklem, Complete Horse Riding Manual, →ISBN, page 151:

Because it challenges your horse's balance and strengthens his outside hind leg, the counter-canter is an excellent gymnastic exercise for improving balance and collection.

2012, Jennifer O. Bryant, The USDF Guide to Dressage, →ISBN:

(dressage) To canter in a circle, leading with the leg opposite to the direction of the canter.


horn shark

Heterodontus francisci, a bullhead shark endemic to the coastal waters off the western coast of North America.


teleosaurian

(zoology) Any member of the genus Teleosaurus.


branchiosaur

Any prehistoric amphibian of the genus †Branchiosaurus.


epinephelid

Any fish in the family Epinephelidae, now considered to be the serranid subfamily Epinephelinae; a grouper or sea bass.


geosaurine

Patrolling the open water between the tropical islands and slinking into lagoons and bays are geosaurines, smooth-skinned crocodiles as large as an orca.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 137:

Any extinct metriorhynchid crocodyliform of the subfamily Geosaurinae.


prairie warbler

prairie warbler (plural prairie warblers)

Setophaga discolor, a small New World songbird having yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks, and olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back.


gobiiform

Any goby (fish) of the order Gobiiformes


hybodont

At least for one species of hybodont, the mountain lakes of Central Asia provided a nursery for their young, a place where adults would congregate and mate.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 165:

An extinct shark (or similar fish) of the order Hybodontiformes.


turbo chook

All of which means that the nice neat pattern suggested by other Tasmanian endemic birds isn't a template for all its endemics: did the turbo chooks evolve on the mainland (and, if so, why did they lose their flight powers there?) and later run to Tasmania, or did they evolve in Tasmania and cross to the mainland during an earlier glacial period?

2018, Ian Fraser, Birds in Their Habitats: Journeys with a Naturalist, page 64:

Tribonyx mortierii
Tribonyx mortierii#Translingual

(Australia, slang) The Tasmanian nativehen, Tribonyx mortierii.


Boxador

A dog that is a cross between a boxer and a labrador.


Labradane

A dog that is a cross between a labrador and a Great Dane.


petalodontiform

Any extinct fish of the order Petalodontiformes


thalattosuchian

Any extinct crocodylomorph of the suborder Thalattosuchia


xenacanthimorph

Any extinct cartilaginous fish of the superorder Xenacanthimorpha


antpitta

Any of the small, insect-eating passerine birds in family Grallariidae, of subtropical and tropical Central and South America.


basilisk lizard

basilisk lizard (plural basilisk lizards)

My first impression was that the behavior was identical to that of Central American basilisk lizards (Basiliscus) or the South American lizard Uranoscodon, both of which run across water when approached.

2006, Eric R. Pianka, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, page 73:

A tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus.


cardiocraniine

Any rodent of the subfamily Cardiocraniinae


dipodoid

Any rodent of the superfamily Dipodoidea


opisthodontian

Any extinct rhynchocephalian of the clade Opisthodontia


pleurosaur

Any extinct reptile of the genus Pleurosaurus


striped whipsnake

striped whipsnake (plural striped whipsnakes)

A species of snake (Masticophis taeniatus)


ailuropodin

Any giant panda of the subfamily Ailuropodinae


amphipithecid

Any extinct monkey of the family Amphipithecidae


caviine

Any guinea pig or similar animal of the subfamily Caviinae


dolichotine

Any mara (rodent) of the subfamily Dolichotinae


ghost moose

He is all white lak de moon on de watair. He come not often, oh, ver' seldom." "What !" cried I, "is he a ghost moose?" "Yaas, jes' so — a ghost moose."

1905, Bret Harte, Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, page 71:

In camp that evening the discussion turned to strategy for the campaign against the ghost moose. He was given to hanging out near the mouth of a sluggish stream which drained a big swamp far back in the spruce.

1958, T.S. Denison, Hunting Adventures, page 123:

Its massive head, shaggy and white, fell out of an old '78 Ford pickup, as my friends and I sat on our ten-speed bikes listening to the three Americans drinking Coca-Colas outside Sam's Place joke about how they shot the ghost moose coming out of a swamp south of Pickle Lake.

2006, Christopher Banks, The Cold Panes of Surfaces, page 49:

"A rare ghost moose."

1996, Wayne Mergler, The last new land: stories of Alaska, past and present, page 419:

(Canada) Synonym of spirit moose (“a white moose”)


firecrown

Any hummingbird of the genus Sephanoides.


hyaenodontine

Any extinct mammal of the subfamily Hyaenodontinae


hyaenodontidan

Any extinct mammal of the clade Hyaenodonta


hydrochoerine

Any rodent of the subfamily Hydrochoerinae.


maradid

Any extinct marsupial of the family Maradidae


hierofalcon

A member of any of four closely related species of falcon which make up the subgenus Hierofalco of genus Falco.


vombatomorphian

Any marsupial of the suborder Vombatiformes


zygomaturine

In turn, there are two subfamilies of the diprotodontids: the zygomaturines, whose members have multi-cusped last upper premolars; and the diprotodontines, whose members have much simpler premolars.

2000, Michael Archer, Australia's Lost World: Prehistoric Animals of Riversleigh, page 111:

Any extinct marsupial of the subfamily Zygomaturinae.


regent-bird

regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)


dermophiid

Any caecilian of the family Dermophiidae


nandiniid

(zoology) Any palm civet of the family Nandiniidae


siphonopid

Any caecilian of the family Siphonopidae


Sri Lankan junglefowl

Sri Lankan junglefowl (plural Sri Lankan junglefowl or Sri Lankan junglefowls)

Sri Lankan junglefowl (plural)
Sri Lankan junglefowls (plural)

A species of fowl, Gallus lafayettii, endemic to, and national bird of, Sri Lanka.


wood frog

The frog species Lithobates sylvaticus, native to North American woodland.


menopome

From Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “remain”) + πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), referring to its persistent gill aperture.

(obsolete) The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis).


eusthenodont

Any prehistoric fish of the genus Eusthenodon


taraquito

From Spanish taraquito, from Tagalog talakitok.

Caranx ignobilis
Caranx ignobilis#Translingual

(Philippines) The giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)


sinolepid

Any placoderm of the suborder Sinolepidae


river hog

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris#Translingual

(obsolete) capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)


Wilson's phalarope

Wilson's phalarope (plural Wilson's phalaropes)

Named after Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson.

Phalaropus tricolor
Phalaropus tricolor#Translingual

Phalaropus tricolor, a small wading bird.


triportheid

Similar condition was described by Mirande in the triportheids Agoniates Müller & Troschel, Clupeacharax Pearson, and Engraulisoma Castro, where the pelvic bones also articulate.

2013 January 2, André Luiz Netto-Ferreira, “A New Miniature Characid (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae), with Phylogenetic Position Inferred from Morphological and Molecular Data”, in PLOS ONE:

(very rare) Any fish of the family Triportheidae.


dinosauroid

Blend of dinosaur + humanoid, coined by American-Canadian paleontologist Dale Russell in 1982.

coin

(science fiction) A hypothetical descendant of troodontid dinosaurs with human-like intelligence and physiology.


borophagine

1989, Kathleen Munthe, The Skeleton of the Borophaginae (Carnivora, Canidae): Morphology and Function, Publications in Geological Sciences, Volume 133, University of California Press, page 66,
Except in Borophagus and late Hemphillian Osteoborus, there is an entepicondylar foramen in borophagines, found in no living canid or hyaenid, but characteristic of felid humeri. In C. lupus and borophagines the lateral epicondyle bears two or more facets for the origin of the carpal and digital extensors and the supinator muscle.

The arctoids and early borophagine canids are the hallmark of the North American Mid-Miocene epoch.

1993, Frederick S. Szalay, Michael J. Novacek, Malcolm C. McKenna, Mammal Phylogeny: Placentals, Springer-Verlag, page 69:

The history of the borophagines also begins with a small fox-like form, Archaeocyon, in the late Oligocene.

2007, X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, “1: Evolutionary History of Canids”, in Per Jensen, editor, The Behavioural Biology of Dogs, CABI, page 10:

Any extinct canid of the subfamily Borophaginae; a bone-crushing dog.


condylarthran

Any extinct mammal of the order Condylarthra


pale-throated sloth

en-noun

pale-throated sloth (plural pale-throated sloths)

Bradypus tridactylus, a sloth that lives in the forests of northern South America.


Faverolles

From the name of the French village where the breed was developed.

A chicken of a heavy breed with beard, muffs, feathered feet and five toes per foot.


racehorse goanna

racehorse goanna (plural racehorse goannas)


sand goanna

A large monitor lizard native to Australia (Varanus gouldii).


bungarra

Our jam-tree, too, as Villiers knows, / Adds zest to boiled bungarra; / But p'r'aps he doesn't also know, / Though jam-trees in profusion grow, / We're also "Canning-Jarrah"

1902, A Mingled Yarn, March 30, The Sun, p. 4

On nearing the spot they were surprised to see a 5ft., or more, bungarra with its head through the hand grip of the bag.

1923, A Thirsty Bungarra, April 5, The Mullewa Mail, p. 3

This one bungarra, an' he lookin' for berry bush. But he know that fella eagle watchin' him and he know that fella is cunnin' fella.

1986, Jack Davis, “No Sugar”, in Heiss & Minter, editor, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin, published 2008, page 61:

(Australia) One of several species of large Australian monitor lizard, usually Varanus gouldii or Varanus panoptes.


bushchat

Any of a number of small insect-eating birds in the muscicapid genus Saxicola.

Any of several African birds in the genus Cercotrichas.


paleomerycid

Any extinct ruminant of the family Palaeomerycidae


saurornitholestine

Any dinosaur of the subfamily Saurornitholestinae


alepocephaliform

Any slickhead of the order Alepocephaliformes


booid

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


colubroidean

Any snake of the superfamily Colubroidea


noctilionoid

Any bat of the superfamily Noctilionoidea


smilodontine

Any extinct cat of the tribe Smilodontini


sphenodontine

Any tuatara (reptile resembling lizards) of the family Sphenodontidae


ungaliophiine

Any booid snake of the subfamily Ungaliophiinae


grey hen

Alternative form: greyhen

I heard a grey hen cackling among the ling[.]

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 28:

That the British Greyhen differs from the typical Scandinavian bird (Lyrurus t. tetrix) has for some years been suspected by Witherby, who has been waiting to obtain sufficient material before coming to a definite conclusion. Recently Lönnberg, on comparing a Scottish killed Greyhen with Swedish birds, also noticed the differences between them.

1913, H.F. Witherby, Einar Lönnberg, “The British Black Grouse”, in British Birds Journal, volume 6, page 270:

Lyrurus tetrix
Lyrurus tetrix#Translingual

A female of the black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix.


blackspot sea bream

en-noun

blackspot sea bream (countable and uncountable, plural blackspot sea breams)

Pagellus bogaraveo
Pagellus bogaraveo#Translingual


pond loach

pond loach (countable and uncountable, plural pond loaches)

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus#Translingual


giant trevally

giant trevally (countable and uncountable, plural giant trevallies)


Surinam toad

Pipa pipa, a South American frog in the family Pipidae.


gnathosaurine

Any pterosaur of the subfamily Gnathosaurinae


chubhead

Rhomboplites aurorubens (vermillion snapper)


insectivoran

Any animal of the former order Insectivora


European chub

Squalius cephalus
Squalius cephalus#Translingual


red ape

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, ape.


lonchodectid

A pterosaur of the family Lonchodectidae


macroscelidean

Any insectivorous mammal of the order Macroscelidea; an elephant shrew.


wolfaboo

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

Undaunted, Bridges has continued telling his story, thanking “all of you wolf loving fools” for gaining him new followers on his Wolf Control website. “I only had to ban 150 or so wolfaboos,” he crowed. “You people are your own worst enemies ... please, please, keep it up.”

2014 November 8, Betsy Marston, “Heard around the west”, in Lewiston News-Argus, volume 132, number 127, page 4:

Last year I came across a forum where wolfaboos believed that they were "special snowflakes" who where blessed with the ability to physically shape shift into wolves.

2018, Scary Garry SG1, 99, unnumbered page

Frustration with fluff and wolfaboos is understandable: at stake in Otherkin representation is not merely an opinion about how the community should be characterized, but the very idea that Otherkin identification is a viable way to exist in the world.

2019, Devin Proctor, "On Being Non-Human: Otherkin Identification and Virtual Space", dissertation submitted to George Washington University, page 243

(Internet slang, derogatory) Someone who is obsessed with wolves and identifies with them, especially a furry or otherkin.


neoazhdarchian

Any pterosaur of the clade Neoazhdarchia


paleoparadoxiid

Any extinct aquatic mammal of the family Paleoparadoxiidae


kalij pheasant

Lophura leucomelanos
Lophura leucomelanos#Translingual

Lophura leucomelanos, a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from Pakistan to western Thailand.


silver pheasant

silver pheasant (plural silver pheasants)

Lophura nycthemera
Lophura nycthemera#Translingual

Lophura nycthemera, a pheasant found mainly in mountain forests in parts of Asia.


robin snipe

A bird, the red-breasted snipe or dowitcher.


argentiniform

Borrowed from translingual Argentiniformes, equivalent to argentine + -iform.

bor+

Any fish of the order Argentiniformes of certain marine smelts.


baldicoot

The coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.


Baltimore finch

en-noun

Baltimore finch (plural Baltimore finches)

Baltimore oriole
Baltimore oriole#English


sabrefish

sabrefish (plural sabrefishes or sabrefish)


blenniiform

Any fish of the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes of blennies.


dentatherinid

Any silverside (fish) of the family Dentatherinidae


cottiform

Characteristic of fish of the genus Cottus (freshwater sculpins), especially in morphology.


sabrewing

A large neotropical hummingbird of the genus Campylopterus.


euarchontogliran

Any mammal of the superorder Euarchontoglires.


eurypterygian

Any fish of the infracohort Eurypterygia


marmotine

Any ground squirrel of the tribe Marmotini


percomorphacean

Any fish of the clade or subdivision Percomorphaceae


scombriform

Back-formation from translingual Scombriformes

back-formation

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

(zoology) Any fish of the order Scombriformes


kori bustard

Ardeotis kori
Ardeotis kori#Translingual

A species of bustard, Ardeotis kori, which is the largest flying bird native to Africa.


ankylosaurine

Any dinosaur of the subfamily Ankylosaurinae


aplocheiloid

Any killifish of the suborder Aplocheiloidei


australosphenidan

Any echidna or platypus of the infraclass Australosphenida


ceratophryine

Any horned frog of the subfamily Ceratophryinae


silver perch

en-noun

silver perch (countable and uncountable, plural silver perches)

Bairdiella chrysoura (family Sciaenidae), native to the east coast of the United States; silver croaker.

Bidyanus bidyanus (family Terapontidae), endemic to Australia.

Leiopotherapon plumbeus (family Terapontidae), endemic to the Philippines.


dermochelyoid

Any sea turtle of the clade Dermochelyoidae


pelomedusoid

Any freshwater turtle of the superfamily Pelomedusoidea


sivatherine

The sivatherines became the dominant giraffids of the late Miocene terrestrial ecosystems and persisted in Africa until the early Pleistocene, coexisting with the first hominids.

2005, Jordi Agust, Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids:


stumptail

In the yellow sand of the track ahead a stumpy tail lizard lies inert.

1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 129:

An Australian lizard, Tiliqua rugosa, that has a stumpy tail.


zonosaurine

Pertaining to the lizard subfamily Zonosaurinae, the zonosaurs.


pilosaurid

Any extinct marine reptile of the family Pliosauridae


cryptodontian

Any dicynodont therapsid of the clade Cryptodontia


white-headed eagle

white-headed eagle (plural white-headed eagles)


leptocleidian

Any plesiosauroid of the clade Leptocleidia


black mudfish

Neochanna diversus, a galaxiid fish found in swamps and wetlands of the North Island of New Zealand.


spinosaur

Since then, all that has been discovered are some specimens of related smaller spinosaurs, as well as some isolated bones of Spinosaurus itself.

Any theropod dinosaur of the genus Spinosaurus.


fulvetta

golden-breasted fulvetta

Borrowed from translingual Fulvetta, from Latin fulvus (“tawny”) + Latin -etta (feminine diminutive).

affix

The common name for a bird belonging to the genera Alcippe (family Alcippeidae) or Fulvetta (family Paradoxornithidae).


asiadapine

clipping

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

Any extinct primate of the subfamily Asiadapinae


elephantimorph

Clipping of translingual Elephantimorpha

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


Sussex spaniel

The breed was developed in Sussex, England.

A spaniel of a particular low, compact breed having a distinctive golden liver-coloured coat.


notharctine

Any extinct primate of the subfamily Notharctinae


telemetacarpal deer

en-noun

telemetacarpal deer (plural telemetacarpal deer)


plesiadapoid

Any extinct primate of the superfamily Plesiadapoidea


melomys

A rat of the genus Melomys, principally of Australasia.


lappet-faced vulture

lappet-faced vulture (plural lappet-faced vultures)

Torgos tracheliotus
Torgos tracheliotus#Translingual

A species of vulture in the family Accipitridae living across Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula Torgos tracheliotus.


arietiform

/ˌɛəɹiˈɛtɪfɔːm/

/ˌɛɹiˈɛtɪfɔɹm/

From Latin arietis (the genitive singular of ariēs (“a ram”)) + English -form (suffix meaning ‘having the shape or form of’). Ariēs is derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“a certain domestic animal”).

ref

From Robert Ridgway (1886) A Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists, and Compendium of Useful Knowledge for Ornithologists, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, figure XV.

der

The arietiform marks become broader and more prominent.

The great mass of the strata in question clearly belongs to the "Lima-beds or Zone of Ammonites Bucklandi." This is proved by the remarkable abundance of Gryphœa arcuata of the typical form, and by the numerous and fine examples of Lima gigantea which occur—and especially by the presence of such characteristic arietiform Ammonites as A. Bucklandi, Sow., A. Conybeari, Sow., A. Kridion, Hehl, and many others.

1878 January 23, John W[esley] Judd, “39. The Secondary Rocks of Scotland. Third Paper. The Strata of the Western Coast and Islands.”, in The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, volume XXXIV, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer […], →ISSN, →OCLC, section V (Description of the Secondary Strata and Associated Formations in the Western Highlands), page 702:

The species is S[chlegelia] wilsoni, better known as Paradisea or Diphyllodes wilsoni, of Waigiou and Batanta. The male is 7¼ inches long, the tail 2, with its middle pair of feathers as long again, twice crossed and then curled in arietiform figure.

1890–1891, “Schlegelia”, in William Dwight Whitney, editor, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 5391, column 3:

The writer is of the opinion that this grouping is in great need of revision, in the following respects: Halilucites comprises the arietiform Hungarites of the Bosnian Muschelkalk and is either a synonym or subgenus of Eutomoceras Hyatt, for the type species of Hungarites Mojsisovies is one of the arietiform group and closely allied with Eutomoceras laubei Meek, the type of Eutomoceras.

1914, James Perrin Smith, “Systematic Descriptions”, in The Middle Triassic Marine Invertebrate Faunas of North America (United States Geological Survey Professional Paper; 83), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 75:

Discotropites mojsvarensis Smith, […] The form and ornamentation are decidedly arietiform and bear some resemblance to the arietiform Eutomoceras (Halilucites) of the Middle Triassic but differ in the spiral lines, long body chamber, and digitate septa.

1927, James Perrin Smith, “Systematic Descriptions”, in Upper Triassic Marine Invertebrate Faunas of North America (U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper; 141), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 42, column 2:

As compared with D[ipodomys] a[gilis] agilis, D. a. fuscus [a subspecies of kangaroo rat] differs as follows: Dorsal color darker; yellow-orange of sides paler, arietiform facial markings heavier, and black rather than brownish; […]

1943 September 16, Jean T[hresher] Boulware, “Dipodomys agilis fuscus, New Subspecies”, in J. F. Daniel, E. R. Hall, Harold Kirby, S. F. Light, editors, Two New Subspecies of Kangaroo Rats (Genus Dipodomys) From Southern California (University of California Publications in Zoölogy; volume 46, number 7), Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press; London: Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, page 394:

(zoology) Having the shape of a ram's head or of the astrological symbol of Aries, ⟨♈⟩.


meganterid

Any prehistoric feline of the genus Megantereon


argyrolagid

Any extinct metatherian of the family Argyrolagidae


wyla

Likely from a Pama-Nyungan language; compare Awabakal waiila (“black cockatoo”).

The natives tell me of another kind of Cockatoo (besides Wyla and Geringora), which they call Carat’. It is very shy.

1826, N.A. Vigors, Thomas Horsefield, “A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society”, in Transactions of the Linnean Society, volume 15, page 273:

The dark-plumaged funereal cockatoo or wyla (Calyptorhynchus funereus) is another Australian species.

1952, Encyclopædia Britannica, A New Survey of Universal Knowledge, page 912:

yellow-tailed black cockatoo
yellow-tailed black cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus funereus
Calyptorhynchus funereus#Translingual

The yellow-tailed black cockatoo or funereal cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus funereus, a bird native to Australia.


rock plover

Calidris maritima
Calidris maritima#Translingual

Calidris maritima (syn. Erolia maritima, purple sandpiper).


coregonid

Any freshwater whitefish of the former family Coregonidae (now Salmonidae)


hillstar

One of several varieties of hummingbirds, principally of genus Oreotrochilus, which live at higher altitudes.


bare-throated bellbird

en-noun

bare-throated bellbird (plural bare-throated bellbirds)

A species of bird found in moist subtropical and tropical forests in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, Procnias nudicollis.


peggy

Any of several small warblers, the whitethroat, etc.


red porgy

Pagrus pagrus
Pagrus pagrus#Translingual

Pagrus pagrus, the common seabream, of the Atlantic, Caribbean and Mediterranean.


eusauropterygian

Any extinct aquatic reptile of the superorder Eusauropterygia


thistletail

An ovenbird of the former genus Schizoeaca, now regarded as belonging to the genus Asthenes which also comprises canasteros.


loggerhead musk turtle

loggerhead musk turtle (plural loggerhead musk turtles)

Sternotherus minor, native to the southern US, having a head larger in size relative to its body than similar turtles.


loggerhead kingbird

loggerhead kingbird (plural loggerhead kingbirds)


loggerhead duck

loggerhead duck (plural loggerhead ducks)

Tachyeres brachypterus
Tachyeres brachypterus#Translingual

Tachyeres brachypterus, a shellfish-eating duck of the Falkland Islands; a poor diver, incapable of true flight.


phyllomedusine

Any [of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae of tree frogs.


ichthyodectiform

Any fish of the order Ichthyodectiformes


scaletail

From scale + tail, from the scales that appear on the tails.

There is to be found in Africa, only, a flying-squirrel so different in structure and relationships that it is held to represent a separate order by some zoölogists, — the anomalurus lurus, or "scaletail."

1907, Ernest Ingersoll, The life of animals: the mammals, page 446:

The most generalised member of the family is the flightless scaletail (Zenkerella insignis) of West Africa, which has the appearance of a small grey squirrel, although furnished with scales on the tail.

1910, Harmsworth Natural History: A Complete Survey of the Animal Kingdom, page 550:

Scaly-tailed flying squirrels, or scaletails, are placed in 4 genera and about 12 species, all but one of which, the flightless scaletail (Zenkerella insignis), possess gliding membranes.

1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia (10 v.), page 204:

It can be found both in the capybara and the harvest mouse, in the beaver and the squirrel, and in the meadow mouse and the scaletail.

2013, Pierre-P. Grassé, Evolution of Living Organisms: Evidence for a New Theory of Transformation, →ISBN, page 6:

Any of the scaly-tailed species of flying squirrel, especially of Zenkerella insignis


Risso's dolphin

Risso's dolphin (plural Risso's dolphins)

Named after Antoine Risso, who provided an early description.

Grampus griseus
Grampus griseus#Translingual

Grampus griseus, a large dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters worldwide.


teru-tero

The teru-tero (Vanellus cayanensis), is another bird, which often disturbs the stillness of the night.

1839, Charles Darwin, Journal and remarks: 1832-1836, volume 3, page 133:

southern lapwing
southern lapwing#English


river otter

Any otter of the four species in genus Lontra.

Lontra canadensis (North American river otter)


see-see partridge

see-see partridge (plural see-see partridges)

Ammoperdix griseogularis
Ammoperdix griseogularis#Translingual

A bird in the Phasianidae family, of species Ammoperdix griseogularis.


fjord horse

Probably an anglicisation of Norwegian fjordhest.

a relatively small but very strong horse breed from the mountainous regions of western Norway.


dojo loach

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, a freshwater fish of east Asia, the pond loach.


Atlantic bonito

Atlantic bonito (plural Atlantic bonitos)

Sarda sarda, of the shallower waters of the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea.

Katsuwonus pelamis
Katsuwonus pelamis#Translingual

(UK) Katsuwonus pelamis (skipjack tuna).


rock lizard

Any of the small lizards, of several genera in family Lacertidae, that dwell in rocky places.

Any of the species of genus Petrosaurus in family Phrynosomatidae in suborder Iguania.


bloody noun

From "blood 'n' 'oun's", from "blood and wounds". Several sources, including Harrison Garman's 1892 A Synopsis of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Illinois, say the frog is so called because "its peculiar bass notes […] have a fancied resemblance to the expression" blood and wounds and other similar-sounding and similarly imposing phrases like "be drowned".

"Ye little spalpeeny frog of a bog-throtting son of a bloody noun!"

1850, Edgar Allan Poe, Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling:

The big fellow was not there, but a keen-eyed little bull-frog had taken his place and he seemed to comprehend the situation at a glance. For he set up the croak, Bloody nouns, played out! played out!! PLAYED OUT!!!

1868, F. O. S., of Shreveport, Louisiana, quoted in The Land We Love: A Monthly Magazine; V. 1-6; May 1866-Mar. 1869, page 165

"Bloody nouns are the big ones."
[…]
A name given by boys in Philadelphia to large bullfrogs.

1898, Henry George, The Science of Political Economy, book 2, page 62, quoting a Philadelphia boy

(US dialects, now rare) The bullfrog, or the sound made by it.


box stall

Then he made out a black horse lying down in the centre of a box stall. The animal plunged at once to its feet, and crowding as far as possible away against the wall, turned its head and stared at them with flashing eyes.

1920, Max Brand, chapter 21, in The Night Horseman, A.L. Burt Company, page 188:

An enclosed stall with walls, within which the animal can move freely.


polar wolf

polar wolf (countable and uncountable, plural polar wolves)

From polar + wolf.
From being a wolf found in the northern polar region, specifically, that of Canada.

Synonym of Arctic wolf (“Canis lupus arctos”)


white wolf

white wolf (countable and uncountable, plural white wolves)

Synonym of Arctic wolf (“Canis lupus arctos”) (an all-white wolf subspecies found in the Canadian Arctic)

Arctic wolf

Synonym of spirit wolf (a mystical creature found in Native American traditions)


Arctic wolf

Arctic wolf (countable and uncountable, plural Arctic wolves)

From Arctic + wolf.
From being a wolf found in the Canadian Arctic.

Canis lupus arctos
Canis lupus arctos#Translingual

Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Canadian Arctic Archipelago

(uncountable) Canis lupus arctos; A subspecies of the grey wolf, living in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, including once Greenland, that is all-white.


codlet

Any fish from the family Bregmacerotidae, which resemble small cod.


starfrontlet

Any of several species of South American hummingbirds in the genus Coeligena.


emydopoid

Any extinct therapsid of the superfamily Emydopoidea


takh

Przewalski's horse
Przewalski's horse#English


Madame Berthe's mouse lemur

Madame Berthe's mouse lemur (plural Madame Berthe's mouse lemurs)

Named after the conservationist and primatologist Berthe Rakotosamimanana, of Madagascar.

A small mouse lemur (Microcebus berthae)

Berthe Rakotosamimanana
Madame Berthe's mouse lemur


crested hawk-eagle

crested hawk-eagle (plural crested hawk-eagles)

changeable hawk-eagle
changeable hawk-eagle#English

Nisaetus cirrhatus
Nisaetus cirrhatus#Translingual

Synonym of changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)


changeable hawk-eagle

changeable hawk-eagle (plural changeable hawk-eagles)

A bird of prey of species Nisaetus cirrhatus


hawk-eagle

Any of several eagles of the family Accipitridae


samson fish

samson fish (plural samson fish or samson fishes)

samson fish (plural)
samson fishes (plural)


willow wren

A bird of our own country called a willow-wren (Motacilla) runs up the stem of the crown-imperial (Frittillaria coronalis) and sips the pendulous drops within its petals.

1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 202:

Phylloscopus trochilus
Phylloscopus trochilus#Translingual

The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus).


toxicoferan

Any squamate reptile of the clade Toxicofera


dinornithiform

Any extinct moa of the order Dinornithiformes


three-spined stickleback

three-spined stickleback (plural three-spined sticklebacks)

Gasterosteus aculeatus
Gasterosteus aculeatus#Translingual

Gasterosteus aculeatus, a small fish of coastal and inland waters of the Northern Hemisphere, that can make its spines erect when threatened, which makes it hard to swallow.


mist frog

Any of several species of the genus Litoria of Australian tree frogs, but especially of the species Litoria rheocola.


parasaurolophin

Any hadrosaurid of the tribe Parasaurolophini


honed dace

A small freshwater fish, Semotilus atromaculatus


horned viper

Cerastes spp., North African desert vipers.

Bitis caudalis (horned puff adder, horned adder), of south-west Africa.

Vipera ammodytes
Vipera ammodytes#Translingual


horned adder

Any of certain venomous South African vipers


horned snake

Synonym of horned viper (Cerastes cornutus)


horned toad

A South American frog of the genus Ceratophrys


sicistine

Any birch mouse of the subfamily Sicistinae


birch mouse

Any of the species of the genus Sicista, found in Eurasian forests and steppes.


baracromian

Any of the clade †Baracromia of extinct ichthyosaurs.


neoichthyosaurian

Any ichthyosaur of the clade Neoichthyosauria


ophthalmosaur

Any of the genus †Ophthalmosaurus of ichthyosaurs.


parvipelvian

Relating to ichthyosaurs of the clade Parvipelvia


parvipelvian

Any ichthyosaur of the clade Parvipelvia


rousette

Any of a number of species of fruit bat, of the genus Rousettus.

bare-backed rousette (Rousettus spinalatus


stakeswinner

(horse racing) A winner of a stakes race


reefgoby

Any of a number of the species of genus Priolepis of true gobies.


stakeswinning

(horse racing) Having won a stakes race.


screech thrush

screech thrush (plural screech thrushes)

Turdus viscivorus
Turdus viscivorus#Translingual


apatotherian

Any extinct mammal of the suborder †Apatotheria (sole family: †Apatemyidae)


australobatrachian

Any frog of the suborder Australobatrachia


bidentalian

Any extinct therapsid of the superfamily Bidentalia


cimolestid

Any extinct eutherian of the family †Cimolestidae


champsosaur

clipping

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

Somewhere out there, predatory lizards called chapsosaurs and large alligator-like crocodilians lurk, mostly submerged in the water, snapping at fish.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 107:

Any extinct diapsid reptile of the genus †Champsosaurus.


dyscophine

Any tomato frog of the subfamily Dyscophinae


eutherocephalian

Any extinct therapsid of the clade †Eutherocephalia


tomato frog

An orange to red frog of the genus Dyscophus.


necrosaurid

Any extinct varanoid lizard of the family †Necrosauridae


neodiapsid

Clipping of translingual Neodiapsida, from neo- + diapsid.

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


nesomyine

Any Malagasy rodent of the subfamily Nesomyinae


tomistomine

A crocodylian of the subfamily Tomistominae, which includes one living species, the false gavial, and many extinct species.


false gavial

A freshwater crocodilian native to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, Tomistoma schlegelii.


pantodontan

Any extinct eutherian mammal of the suborder †Pantodonta


paracryptodiran

Any extinct turtle of the infraorder †Paracryptodira


palaeobatrachid

In habits and body shape, the palaeobatrachids resembled the grotesque clawed frogs of Africa and the Surinam toads of South America, and like them seem to have lived their entire lives underwater […].

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 42:

Any extinct frog of the family †Palaeobatrachidae


pleurosternid

Any extinct turtle of the family †Pleurosternidae


vespertilionoid

Any bat of the superfamily Vespertilionoidea


afroinsectiphilian

Any insectivorous mammal of the clade Afroinsectiphilia.


alderman lizard

en-noun

alderman lizard (plural alderman lizards)


moon eye

(veterinary medicine) A kind of diseased eye in horses.


striped panchax

striped panchax (plural striped panchaxes)

A small fish endemic to the fresh and brackish waters of India and Sri Lanka, Aplocheilus lineatus.


winter book

(horse racing) A bookmaker's guide to the likely performance of racehorses in the upcoming season.


Asian koel

Eudynamys scolopaceus
Eudynamys scolopaceus#Translingual

Eudynamys scolopaceus, a member of the cuckoo family of south and east Asia.


warabi

From Wunambal warabi (“mythological site in the Kimberley region (mistakenly taken as name of marsupial)”).

bor

(Australia) Synonym of monjon (“species of rock-wallaby”)


red avadavat

An estrildid finch (Amandava amandava), of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.


tethytherian

Any of the clade Tethytheria of mammals, including elephants, dugongs, and manatees.


colubroid

clipping

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

Any snake of the superfamily Colubroidea


erycine

Some dwarf boas and erycines climb occasionally, and arboreal specializations have evolved independently in Green Pythons (Morelia viridis), Pacific Tree Boas (C. bibronii), neotropical tree boas (Corallus), and Vine Boas (Epicrates gracilis).

1997, Harry W. Greene, Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature, page 169:

Any nonvenomous snake of the subfamily Erycinae.


pseudoxyrhophiine

Any lamprophiid snake of the subfamily Pseudoxyrhophiinae


gronk

(Australia, derogatory, informal) An unintelligent and callous person.


long-eared bat

Any of many vesper bats with ears longer than bats of similar size, especially the brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), of Eurasia.


cinclodes

Any of several species of South American furnariids in the namesake genus Cinclodes.


mahajangasuchid

Any extinct crocodyliform of the family †Mahajangasuchidae


thingodontan

Any extinct marsupial of the informal order Thingodonta, more formally known as †Yalkaparidontia


green mamba

Compound of green + mamba, from Zulu imamba.

Dendroaspis angusticeps, a venomous snake native to Africa, the common mamba, eastern green mamba.

Dendroaspis viridis, a venomous snake native to western Africa; the western green mamba.


caseasaurian

Any extinct synapsid of the clade †Caseasauria


caseasaur

Any theropod dinosaur of the genus †Caseosaurus


edaphosaur

Any edaphosaurid of the genus †Edaphosaurus


maltipoo

From malti- (representing Malte(se)) + poo(dle).

Maltipoos are a cross between Maltese and Toy or Miniature Poodles. Their coat might be more like a Poodle's or a Maltese's, or somewhere in between.

2005, Margaret H. Bonham, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Designer Dogs, →OCLC, page 88:

[What is your most treasured possession?] My new dog, Cher. She’s a maltipoo.

2015 August 22, Rosanna Greenstreet, “Q&A: Rita Ora”, in The Guardian:

A dog that is a cross between a Maltese and a miniature poodle.


rainbow snake

A large, aquatic, nonvenomous colubrid snake found in the southeastern United States, Farancia erytrogramma, especially subspecies Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma.


baurusuchine

Any extinct baurusuchid crocodyliform of the subfamily †Baurusuchinae


kenyapithecine

Any extinct ape of the subfamily †Kenyapithecinae


night snake

The North American snake Hypsiglena torquata


talpacoti

From a Native American language, possibly Classical Nahuatl tlapalcocotli, from tlapalli (“red”), cocotli.

The Talpacoti or Chocolate Dove is an inhabitant of Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. In Argentina it occurs only on the northern frontiers, and was met with by White at Oran, in the province of Salta, ...

1889, Philip Lutley Sclater, Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine Republic, page 144:

[...] bird took possession of. Unfortunately in both cases nothing came of the eggs the cock sat on. I thought at first it was because the Talpacoti Dove was so often disturbed, but this does not seem to be the case, [...]

1906, The Avicultural Magazine, page 114:

Breeding pairs may usually be obtained at a cost of a few dollars. One of the most prolific doves which I have kept, a native of eastern South America is the Talpacoti or Ruddy Ground Dove (Chamaepelia talpacoti).

1939, Carl Albert Naether, The Book of the Pigeon, page 225:

[...] the female being only slightly duller than the male. Both Mexican and South American Talpacotis have frequently been imported and reared in Europe and in the United States. The Peruvian Ground Dove (Columbigallina cruziana), about the size of the Talpacoti, is one of the most attractive and easiest small dove[s] to keep and to breed.

1959, Jean Delacour, Wild pigeons and doves, page 36:

rôla (f.) any of numerous small doves and pigeons, esp. the talpacoti dove (Columbigalla talpacoti) c.a.

1970, James Lumpkin Taylor, A Portuguese-English Dictionary, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 558:

Columbina talpacoti
Columbina talpacoti#Translingual

The ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti, found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.


ruddy ground dove

en-noun

ruddy ground dove (plural ruddy ground doves)

Ruddy Ground-Dove
Troy E. Corman
Columbina talpacoti
The fairly recent arrival of Ruddy Ground-Doves in the Southwest emulates the appearance of Inca Doves in Arizona more than a century ago. These little rusty doves are often found ...

2005, Troy E. Corman, Cathryn Wise-Gervais, The Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas, UNM Press, →ISBN, page 198:

Out-of-state birders seeking Ruddy Ground Doves should be aware of two things. Ruddies associate much more frequently with Inca Doves than with Common Ground Doves. In fact, in eleven personal sightings of this species ...

2008, Jim Burns, Jim Burns' Arizona Birds: From the Backyard to the Backwoods, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 28:

A South American ground dove, of species Columbina talpacoti.


white-eared parakeet

white-eared parakeet (plural white-eared parakeets)

Pyrrhura leucotis
Pyrrhura leucotis#Translingual

A small parrot endemic to eastern Brazil, Pyrrhura leucotis. (The Venezuelan, grey-breasted and Pfrimer's parakeets were formerly classed as subspecies but are increasingly treated as separate species.)


Blue Peter

From blue + Peter, likely in reference to the color of the birds. Attested from the 18th century.

Fulica americana
Fulica americana#Translingual

(US) American coot, mudhen (Fulica americana)


pitangua

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pitanguá, borrowed from Old Tupi pitaûã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtawari.

etymon

A genus of clamatorial passerine birds of the family Tyrannidæ, or tyrant-flycatchers; the Derbian flycatchers, not including the pitangua.

1889–1891, William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, “Pitangus”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, volume IV, number 16, New York: The Century Co., page 4513, column 3:

This was probably the pitangua flycatcher (Megarhynchus pitangua). I saw several flocks of parrakeets, — one of which lit near us, — and I started to creep up on them; but they took alarm, and flew before I was within range.

1895, Wirt Robinson, A Flying Trip to the Tropics: A Record of an Ornithological Visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the Island of Curaçao, West Indies, in the Year 1892, page 43:

[...] as the buccos or puff birds, the motmots, and the jacamars. Four of our illustrations are devoted to these birds, with an additional one of the beautiful Central American flycatcher, that is, the pitangua flycatcher (Megarhynchus pitangua) (Linn.) ...

1925, Bulletin of the Pan American Union:

Two new species recently found in the mountains include the pitangua, a night bird that nests in the ground among dry leaves, and the white-winged crossed bill, which lives exclusively in the pine forests of high mountains ...

2004, Fe Liza Bencosme, Clark Norton, Adventure Guide to the Dominican Republic, →ISBN, page 29:

The boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua.


tiriba

Perroquets, maracanas, maitaccas, tiribas, curicas, camutangas, nandayas, and other species of parrots, flew, loudly screaming, in numerous flocks from bank to bank;

1830, Josiah Conder, Brazil and Buenos Ayres ..., page 142:

The Ganuba is found in the northern parts of Brazil, especially in the regions near the Amazon river, but nowhere else in great numbers. Another of the gorgeously colored Paroquets, is the Tiriba, of Brazil (Conurus leucotis).

1878, Jacob Henry Studer, Studer's Popular Ornithology ..., page 69:

white-eared parakeet
white-eared parakeet#English

(possibly obsolete) The white-eared parakeet.


carapo

Via Portuguese [Term?] from Tupian sara'pó.

The CARAPO, so called in Brasil, has a body about a foot in length, and not two inches in breadth, being in the shape of a knife, [...]

1763, The Natural History of Fishes and Serpents, Including Sea-turtles, Crustaceous, and Shell Fishes, with Their Medicinal Uses: 3, page 67:

2. Gymnotus carapo. The head of the carapo is of a compressed form, and the upper jaw projects beyond the lower: the tongue is short, [...]. The usual length of the carapo is from 1 to 2 feet; [...]. 3. Gymnotus rostratus, or rostrated gymnote. In its general aspect this species is much allied to the carapo, but is readily distinguished by the peculiar form of the head, [...]

1806, George Gregory, A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: In Two Volumes, page 892:

The first species of the Sternopygidae mentioned in literature is the carapo of Marcgrav. The name Gymnotus was apparently introduced by Artedi [...]

1893, Carl H. Eigenmann, Papers on Fishes of South and Middle America, page 556:

This single specimen was found among the carapo individuals of sample ZMA 101968. It agrees with the generic definition of Gymnotus as given by ELLIS (1913 : 113, 116-117), but differs from carapo in the following characters (cf. also table 1): greater preanal length [...]

1957, Bulletin of Aquatic Biology, volumes 1-3, page 55:

The banded knifefish, a Brazilian fish, Gymnotus carapo.


coscoroba swan

The coscoroba swan is the smallest swan, and it is recognized by its bright-red, flattened, ducklike bill and its red legs, which are the longest in relation to body size of any swan species. Coscoroba swans share some characteristics of whistling ducks [...]. Consequently, many authorities regard the coscoroba swan as a sister species to true swans; the coscoroba swan bears the closest affinities to the whistling ducks.

2001, Catharine E. Bell, Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 1184:


coscoroba

Not certain. From a local South American (perhaps specifically Chilean) name, which probably entered English via Spanish; perhaps related to Tupi casaroba, saroba.

Their bills and legs are pink. The two babies are very light grey with dark markings. The coscorobas built a nest in February with twigs and brush provided by their keepers. The female laid two eggs, but one rolled into the pool and the other [...]

The coscorobas have a wonderfully detached, rather languid manner of rising from the water and flying, well befitting their aristocratic air. Graceful, too, in their smaller proportion were the brown or Chilean pintails, [...]

1969, Sidney Dillon Ripley, A paddling of ducks:

The history of the coscorobas at the Bronx Zoo is of particular interest because they were among the earliest acquisitions to the society's bird collection; four coscorobas from Brazil arrived on October 2, 1899, just a little over one month before [...]

The blacks produced four cygnets, the black-necks three, and the coscorobas six. Only one black swan cygnet died. Two coscoroba cygnets, unable to compete with their siblings, were taken at 28 days and hand-reared.

1977, National Zoological Park (U.S.), Annual Report - National Zoological Park

A bird of the genus Coscoroba, the only swan not belonging to Cygnus.


archaeopterodactyloid

Any pterosaur of the infraorder Archaeopterodactyloidea


goodein

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

Any splitfin fish of the subfamily Goodeinae


trematosaurian

A temnospondyl in the Trematosauria clade.


robin-chat

Any of a number of songbirds with robin-like breasts.


jeniguana

Said by Century to be from Cuban Spanish [Term?] "from a native West Indian name".

Haemulon melanurum, the jeniguana, is known from the West Indies and south to Brazil. It is rather common at Havana, but was not found by us in Porto Rico. It grows to a foot in length and is a good food-fish.

1903, David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann, American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in America North of the Equator, with Keys for Ready Identification, Life Histories and Methods of Capture, page 425:

Cottonwick (jeniguana) Not a common fish but a handsome sight to see because of its bold, scissor-like dorsal and tail stripes and the bandit-like mask which usually conceals the eye. Some fishes lack the eye stripe.

1976, Gar Goodson, The Many-splendored Fishes of the Atlantic Coast: Including the Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean : 408 Fishes in Full Color:

The cottonwick fish, Haemulon melanurum.


jiboya

Borrowed from Portuguese jiboia, borrowed from Old Tupi îyboîa, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jɨβoj.

etymon

[…] the largest animal of this kind, which has been brought into Europe, is but thirty-six feet long : the most usual length however of the jiboya is about twenty feet, and the thickness in proportion.

1820, Richard Paul Jodrell, Philology on the English Language

Prince Maximilian of Neu Wied tells us that the experienced hunter laughs when asked whether the jiboya attacks and devours man.

1886, Georg Hartwig, The Tropical World: Aspects of Man and Nature in the Equatorial Regions of the Globe, page 301

The Indians kept them in huge wooden boxes, and for a small tip, five or six boys would take out the gigantic sucuris, anacondas that live in water, and then some jiboyas of a similar size, but that are primarily land creatures.

2011, Carlos Prieto, The Adventures of a Cello: Revised Edition, with a New Epilogue, University of Texas Press


pteranodontoid

Clipping of translingual Pteranodontoidea

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

Any pterosaur of the clade †Pteranodontoidea.


black-bibbed tit

en-noun

black-bibbeded tit (plural black-bibbed tits)

black-bibbeded tit (canonical)
black-bibbed tits (plural)

Poecile hypermelaenus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


azure tit

Cyanistes cyanus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


yellow-browed tit

yellow-browed tit (plural yellow-browed tits)

Sylviparus modestus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


elegant tit

Pardaliparus elegans, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, of the Philippines


rufous-vented tit

rufous-vented tit (plural rufous-vented tits)

Periparus rubidiventris, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


Palawan tit

Pardaliparus amabilis, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


yellow-bellied tit

yellow-bellied tit (plural yellow-bellied tits)

Pardaliparus venustulus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


yellow-vented bulbul

yellow-vented bulbul (plural yellow-vented bulbuls)

Pycnonotus goiavier
Pycnonotus goiavier#Translingual

Pycnonotus goiavier, a bird of the bulbul family Pycnonotidae, of southeastern Asia.


sultan tit

Melanochlora sultanea, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


juniper titmouse

juniper titmouse (plural juniper titmouses or juniper titmice)

juniper titmouses (plural)
juniper titmice (plural)

A bird of species Baeolophus ridgwayi, in the tit family Paridae, found from southeastern Oregon to west Texas and nearby Mexico.


oak titmouse

oak titmouse (plural oak titmouses or oak titmice)

oak titmouses (plural)
oak titmice (plural)

A bird of species Baeolophus inornatus of small tits in family Paridae, found from southern Oregon to Baja California.


fire-capped tit

fire-caped tit (plural fire-capped tits)

fire-caped tit (canonical)
fire-capped tits (plural)

Cephalopyrus flammiceps, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


grey crested tit

grey crested tit (plural grey crested tits)

Lophophanes dichrous, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


bridled titmouse

bridled titmouse (plural bridled titmouses or bridled titmice)

bridled titmouses (plural)
bridled titmice (plural)

A bird of species Baeolophus wollweberi, of small tits in family Paridae, found from Arizona to southern Mexico.


tufted titmouse

tufted titmouse (plural tufted titmouses or tufted titmice)

tufted titmouses (plural)
tufted titmice (plural)

Baeolophus bicolor, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, native to virtually all of the eastern US and southernmost Canada.


black-crested titmouse

black-crested titmouse (plural black-crested titmice)

A bird of species Baeolophus atricristatus, of the tit family Paridae, found from Oklahoma to east-central Mexico.


olive-backed sunbird

olive-backed sunbird (plural olive-backed sunbirds)

Cinnyris jugularis, a bird of the sunbird family Nectariniidae


chestnut munia

Lonchura atricapilla, a bird of the passerine family Estrildidae, of southern and eastern Asia.


zebra dove

Geopelia striata
Geopelia striata#Translingual

Geopelia striata, a bird of the dove family Columbidae


rufous-naped tit

rufous-naped tit (plural rufous-naped tits)

Periparus rufonuchalis, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


capitosauroid

Any extinct temnospondyl amphibian of the clade †Capitosauria


Owston's tit

Sittiparus owstoni, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


boreal chickadee

boreal chickadee (plural boreal chickadees)

Poecile hudsonicus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae.


white-fronted tit

white-fronted tit (plural white-fronted tits)

Sittiparus semilarvatus', a small bird of the tit family Paridae


fringehead

Any of several fishes of the genus Neoclinus.


Iriomote tit

Sittiparus olivaceus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


Caspian tit

Poecile hyrcanus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


chestnut-bellied tit

chestnut-bellied tit (plural chestnut-bellied tits)

Sittiparus castaneoventris, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


Japanese tit

Parus minor, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


Carolina chickadee

Carolina chickadee (plural Carolina chickadees)

Poecile carolinensis, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


green-backed tit

green-backed tit (plural green-backed tits)

Parus monticolus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


Mexican chickadee

Mexican chickadee (plural Mexican chickadees)

Poecile sclateri, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


sombre tit

Poecile lugubris, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


chestnut-backed chickadee

chestnut-backed chickadee (plural chestnut-backed chickadees)

Poecile rufescens, a small bird of the tit family Paridae.


mountain chickadee

mountain chickadee (plural mountain chickadees)

Poecile gambeli, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


white-browed tit

white-browed tit (plural white-browed tits)

Poecile superciliosus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


Père David's tit

Père David's tit (plural Père David's tits)

Named after Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as zoologist and botanist Armand David (1826–1900).

Poecile davidi, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


black-capped chickadee

black-capped chickadee (plural black-capped chickadees)

Poecile atricapillus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


grey-headed chickadee

grey-headed tit (plural grey-headed chickadees)

grey-headed tit (canonical)
grey-headed chickadees (plural)

Poecile cinctus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


channel bass

Sciaenops ocellatus, a large red edible fish.


Sichuan tit

Poecile weigoldicus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


elasmosaur

It is the first time in Australia the head and body of an elasmosaur, a type of plesiosaur, has been found in one piece.

2022 December 6, Rachael Merritt, “Australia's first complete plesiosaur fossil discovered in outback Queensland”, in ABC News:

Any plesiosaur of the genus Elasmosaurus.


cinereous tit

Parus cinereus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


varied tit

Sittiparus varius, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


northern goshawk

northern goshawk (plural northern goshawks)

Accipiter gentilis
Accipiter gentilis#Translingual

Accipiter gentilis, a bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.


white-shouldered black tit

white-shouldered tit (plural white-shouldered black tits)

white-shouldered tit (canonical)
white-shouldered black tits (plural)

Melaniparus guineensis, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


Himalayan black-lored tit

Himalayan black-lored tit (plural Himalayan black-lored tits)

Machlolophus xanthogenys, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


yellow tit

Machlolophus holsti, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


Indian black-lored tit

Indian black-lored tit (plural Indian black-lored tits)

Machlolophus aplonotus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


Carp's tit

Melaniparus carpi, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


yellow-cheeked tit

yellow-cheeked tit (plural yellow-cheeked tits)

Machlolophus spilonotus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae

യെല്ലോ-ചീക്ക്ഡ് റ്റിറ്റ്

yellō-cīkkḍŭ ṟṟiṟṟŭ


African blue tit

African blue tit (plural African blue tits)

Cyanistes teneriffae, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


white-winged black tit

white-winged tit (plural white-winged black tits)

white-winged tit (canonical)
white-winged black tits (plural)

Melaniparus leucomelas, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


white-naped tit

white-napeded tit (plural white-naped tits)

white-napeded tit (canonical)
white-naped tits (plural)

Machlolophus nuchalis, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


southern black tit

southern black tit (plural southern black tits)

Melaniparus niger, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


cinnamon-breasted tit

cinnamon-breasted tit (plural cinnamon-breasted tits)

A small bird of species Melaniparus pallidiventris, in the tit family Paridae


rufous-bellied tit

rufous-bellied tit (plural rufous-bellied tits)

Melaniparus rufiventris, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


grey tit

Melaniparus afer, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


miombo tit

Any of species Melaniparus griseiventris of small birds, of the tit family Paridae, endemic to subtropical or tropical dry forests of Africa.


skunk blackbird

skunk blackbird (plural skunk blackbirds)


dusky tit

Melaniparus funereus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


ashy tit

Melaniparus cinerascens, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


stripe-breasted tit

stripe-breasted tit (plural stripe-breasted tits)

Melaniparus fasciiventer, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


white-bellied tit

white-bellied tit (plural white-bellied tits)

Melaniparus albiventris, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


acacia tit

Melaniparus thruppi, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


white-backed black tit

white-backed tit (plural white-backed black tits)

white-backed tit (canonical)
white-backed black tits (plural)

Melaniparus leuconotus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


red-throated tit

red-throated tit (plural red-throated tits)

Melaniparus fringillinus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae


nectridean

Any extinct amphibian of the order †Nectridea


rush toad

From rush + toad, in allusion to the plant called a rush.


spottail bass

The red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a marine fish with a dark spot near the tail.

Tropical freshwater snappers are highly prized for food and have economic value through recreational fisheries. Prominent species include mangrove jack Lutjanus argentimaculatus, Papuan black bass L. goldiei, spot-tail bass L. fuscescens, and Moses snapper L. russellii.

2011, Johann Bell, Johanna Johnson, Alistair James Hobday, Vulnerability of Tropical Pacific Fisheries and Aquaculture to Climate Change, page 585:

(Papua New Guinea) The freshwater snapper, Lutjanus fuscescens, a freshwater fish with a dark spot near the tail.


greater white-fronted goose

greater-white-fronted goose (plural greater white-fronted geese)

greater-white-fronted goose (canonical)
greater white-fronted geese (plural)

Anser albifrons
Anser albifrons#Translingual


acanthodiform

A sharklike fish of the order Acanthodiformes


Junin grebe

Podiceps taczanowskii
Podiceps taczanowskii#Translingual

A grebe, Podiceps taczanowskii, that lives on Lake Junin in Peru


yellow-billed egret

yellow-billed egret (plural yellow-billed egrets)

intermediate egret
intermediate egret#English


intermediate egret

intermediate egret (plural intermediate egrets)

A white, medium-sized species of egret found in Africa, Asia, and Australia, Ardea intermedia.


great white egret

great white egret (plural great white egrets)


yellow-billed kite

yellow-billed kite (plural yellow-billed kites)

Milvus aegyptius
Milvus aegyptius#Translingual

A kite, closely related to the black kite, found in most of Africa, Milvus aegyptius.


common bittern

Eurasian bittern
Eurasian bittern#English

Botaurus stellaris
Botaurus stellaris#Translingual

Synonym of Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris)


red-necked francolin

red-necked francolin (plural red-necked francolins)

Pternistis afer
Pternistis afer#Translingual

A gamebird found in much of Africa, Pternistis afer.


spur-winged goose

spur-winged goose (plural spur-winged geese)

Plectropterus gambensis
Plectropterus gambensis#Translingual

An anatid bird native to sub-Saharan Africa, Plectropterus gambensis.


great white heron

great white heron (plural great white herons)


Eurasian bittern

Eurasian bittern (plural Eurasian bitterns)

A bittern found in Europe, Asia, and Africa (Botaurus stellaris).


stone falcon

Accipiter nisus
Accipiter nisus#Translingual

Eurasian sparrowhawk
Eurasian sparrowhawk

A hawk of species Accipiter nisus (Eurasian sparrowhawk), which builds its nest among the rocks.


African fish eagle

African fish eagle (plural African fish eagles)

Haliaeetus vocifer
Haliaeetus vocifer#Translingual

A species of fish eagle found in much of Africa, Haliaeetus vocifer.


spotted eagle-owl

spotted eagle-owl (plural spotted eagle-owls)

An eagle-owl of species Bubo africanus, one of the smallest eagle-owls, found in Africa.


black scoter

Melanitta americana
Melanitta americana#Translingual

Melanitta americana, an arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae


northern harrier

northern harrier (plural northern harriers)

Circus hudsonius, native to most of North America and Central America