urosacral

the urosacral vertebrae of birds

(zoology, anatomy, archaic) Of or pertaining to both caudal and sacral parts of the vertebral column.


myomorph

(zoology) Any of the suborder Myomorpha of mouse-like rodents.


bosset

(zoology) A rudimentary antler of a young male deer.


hydrophore

It is, in our opinion, unfortunate that the term "hydrophore" has come into general use for this rudimentary form of hydrotheca.

1907, Sydney John Hickson, Hydroid zoophytes, page 26:

Thus if Phylactothcca is to be regarded as a valid genus, it can only be, on the basis of Billard's definition, if the hydrophores are definitely not of the typical Halecium-form.

1938, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, page 314:

The very short hydrophore pedicel projects from a shelf-like process near the distal end of the internode, which is not enlarged where the hydrophore appears.

1946, Charles McLean Fraser, Distribution and Relationship in American Hydroids, page 276:

Internodes approximately uniform but becoming shorter distally, segments comparatively short, hydrophore distal, usually parallel with segment, not delimited by node.

2001, Peter Schuchert, Hydroids of Greenland and Iceland:

(zoology) A cup-like projection that terminates the pedicels of some hydroids.


unicornous

unicornous beetles


gonidial

a gonidial groove of an actinian

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the angles of the mouth.


tetraxile

(zoology) Having four branches diverging at right angles; said of certain spicules of sponges.


delundung

(zoology) An East Indian carnivorous mammal, Prionodon linsang, having spots and resembling the civet, but without scent pouches.


margaritiferous

en-adj

margaritiferous (comparative more margaritiferous, superlative most margaritiferous)

more margaritiferous (comparative)
most margaritiferous (superlative)

from Latin margarītifer, from margarīta (“pearl”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French margaritifère.


tingid

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the family Tingidae, the lace bugs.


tingid

(entomology) Any of the family Tingidae, the lace bugs.


univalvular

(botany, zoology) Having only one valve.


ciliograde

From cilio- + -grade (“means of locomotion”). Compare French ciliograde.

(zoology) Moving by means of cilia or similar organs.


amphistomous

Some entozoa are amphistomous.

They would even strip off the amphistomous worms which literally live in the stomachs of all cattle in this region, and, without more ado, put them raw into their mouths by the handful.

1875 April, “Miscellany: Food of the Bongos”, in Popular Science, volume 6, number 41, page 766:

In many a pylom occurs also at the aboral pole, so that the shell, perforated by a mouth at both poles of the principal axis, acquires an amphistomous character.

1889, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History - Volume 4, page 302:

Some shells of an amphistomous Rhizopod were observed from near Recess, W. Ireland, which probably pertained to this genus. The shells were chitinoid, yellow in colour, and each aperture was situated on a slight protuberance.

1901, Pamphlets on Protozoology (Kofoid Collection):

Arendt and coworkers propose that the blastopore in this species is amphistomous, giving rise to both mouth and anus.

2009, Daniel H. Shain, Annelids in Modern Biology, page 108:

Contrary to the view of Cable (1974), we do not consider larvae of this species as amphistomous.

2013, K. V. Galaktionov, A. Dobrovolskij, The Biology and Evolution of Trematodes, page 507:

(zoology) Having a sucker or opening at each extremity.


oxyurid

(zoology) Any of the order Oxyurida of nematode worms.


gnathopodite

(zoology) Any leg-like appendage of a crustacean that is modified to serve as a jaw.


tipulary

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the tipulas.


neurocentral

the neurocentral suture

(anatomy, zoology) Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra.


leucosoid

leucosoid (comparative more leucosoid, superlative most leucosoid)

more leucosoid (comparative)
most leucosoid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling or pertaining to the Leucosiidae, a family of marine crabs, and possibly the Leucosioidea (superfamily) too.


deltidium

en-noun

deltidium (plural deltidiums or deltidia)

Borrowed from New Latin deltidium. By surface analysis, delta + -idium.

(conchology) The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.


nitter

[The bots] were hatched, into (what is called in the country) a horse-bee or nitter.

1809, Medical Repository of Original Essays and Intelligence Relative to Physic, Surgery, Chemistry, and Natural History, volume 12, page 124:

The last three species are the nitters so well known in this country; particularly the leg and throat nitters. It is the received opinion that the nits on the legs of horses, are taken into the mouth of the horse, conveyed into the intestines, and at length become the bot larva.

1826, Amos Eaton, Zoological Text-book Comprising Cuvier's Four Grand Divisions of Animals, page 226:

If the "throat nitter" (Œ veterinus) is the true bot however, […] it must be evident that the remedy proposed […] is at least doubtful […]

(zoology, archaic) A louse that deposits nits on horses.


pintailed

(zoology) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest.


osseter

From Russian осётр (osjótr, “sturgeon”).

(zoology) Acipenser gueldenstaedtii, the Russian sturgeon.


meleagrine

Having disposed of such records as we have of the extinct ancestors of the American turkeys — the so-to-speak meleagrine records — we can now pass to what is, comparatively speaking, the modern history of these famous birds, although some of this history is already several centuries old.

1914, Edward A. McIlhenny, The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting, Doubleday, page 39:

To use the district court's meleagrine analogy, one may add an additional step to the recipe: "continuing to cook the turkey until the skin is burned to a crisp."

2003, United States Patents Quarterly, volume 65, page 1968:

The sad incident with the turkeys is hardly the first case of an improper response to wild animals that have wandered out of their natural habitat. […] Perhaps this aquiline newspaper would like to memorialize its late meleagrine friends by publishing posters or essays from Berkshire schoolchildren and scout troops.

11 October 2005, “Henpecking is not the solution”, in The Berkshire Eagle:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris, including turkeys.


antenniferous

/æntəˈnɪfəɹəs/

antenniferous tubercles


oostegite

/əʊˈɒstɪd͡ʒaɪt/

Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + στέγη (stégē, “roof”) + -ite

(zoology) One of the plates which, in some crustaceans, enclose a cavity in which the eggs are hatched.


serrula

Borrowed from Latin serrula (“a little saw”).

(zoology) A kind of tooth found in spiders.

(zoology) One of the serrated appendages of the throat of the mudfish.


swellfish

swellfish (plural swellfishes or swellfish)

(zoology) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, such as the pufferfish.


virgularian

(zoology) Any of numerous corals of Virgularia and allied genera in the family Virgularidae.


tabularium

The unusually long minor septa and the restricted tabularia are features that I have not seen in any other species of Prismatophyllum.

1940 January, Erwin C. Stumm, “Upper Devonian Rugose Corals of the Nevada Limestone”, in Journal of Paleontology, volume 14, number 1, page 64, column 1:

Tabulae are transverse plates which may be flat, convex or concave. They usually occupy a central space or tabularium, and if there is an axial complex they join with it. […] Dissepiments, the small plates usually found towards the edge of the corallum, lie peripheral to the tabularium and like the tabulae are constructed of fibro-normal tissue.

1979, E[uan] N[eilson] K[err] Clarkson, Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution, London, Boston, Mass., Sydney, N.S.W.: George Allen & Unwin, published 1983, →ISBN, page 74, columns 1–2:

If further investigation shows that clinotabulae are absent from the Geyerophyllidae and biform tabularia are developed, then the Geyerophyllidae should be placed in synonymy with the Petalaxidae.

2007, Jerzy Fedorowski, E. Wayne Bamber, Calvin H. Stevens, Lower Permian Colonial Rugose Corals, Western and Northwestern Pangaea: Taxonomy and Distribution, Ottawa, Ont.: NRC Research Press, →ISBN, page 149, column 1:

(zoology) A central calicle of a coral or hydroid.


infumated

en-adj

infumated (comparative more infumated, superlative most infumated)

more infumated (comparative)
most infumated (superlative)

(entomology) Having a cloudy appearance.


oscinine

oscinine (comparative more oscinine, superlative most oscinine)

more oscinine (comparative)
most oscinine (superlative)

(ornithology) Of or pertaining to the Oscines, or songbirds (birds of the clade Passeri).


infralabial

(zoology) Below the lower lip; said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.


forficate

forficate (comparative more forficate, superlative most forficate)

more forficate (comparative)
most forficate (superlative)

(zoology, said mostly of tails of certain birds) Deeply forked


siphuncled

(zoology) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.


conirostral

(obsolete, zoology) Belonging to the former tribe Conirostres of perching birds with strong, conical beaks.


anthozoic

(zoology, archaic) Of or pertaining to the anthozoans (any member of Anthozoa, the corals, sea pens and sea anemones).


altrices

Borrowed from Latin altrīcēs, plural of altrīx (“nourisher”).


floscularian

(zoology) Any of the rotifers of the genus Floscularia.


tentaculiferous

tentaculiferous (comparative more tentaculiferous, superlative most tentaculiferous)

more tentaculiferous (comparative)
most tentaculiferous (superlative)

tentaculiferous arm

tentaculiferous disc

tentaculiferous cephalopod

(zoology) Producing or bearing tentacles.


interbrachial

interbrachial arcs

interbrachial septa


wing-handed

(archaic, zoology) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, such as bats, flying foxes or pterodactyls.


notidanian

(zoology) Any of various sharks of the obsolete family Notidanidae, at present corresponding to the Hexanchidae.


globiferous

globiferous (comparative more globiferous, superlative most globiferous)

more globiferous (comparative)
most globiferous (superlative)

globiferous organ

globiferous pedicellariae

(zoology) Having a round or globular tip.


latisternal

Latin latus (“broad”) + English sternal.

latisternal ape

(zoology, archaic) Having a broad breastbone, or sternum (said of Pithecina, a former taxonomic classification that is now probably Pitheciidae or Pithecia)


urosternite

(zoology) The sternal or lower of any of the segments of insects and other arthropods, often described as genitalia.


Bathybius

Latin, from Ancient Greek. See bathy-. Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley.

(zoology, obsolete) A gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.


urodelian

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the salamanders of Urodela (synonym of Caudata).


urodelian

Salamanders are urodelians.

(zoology) Any member of the Urodela (synonym of Caudata).


xenoplasty

(zoology) Transplantation between different species or genera.


annuloid

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida, an obsolete classification.


vitrella

(zoology) One of the transparent lens-like cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.


trapezate

trapezate (comparative more trapezate, superlative most trapezate)

more trapezate (comparative)
most trapezate (superlative)

(archaic, entomology) Having the shape of a trapezium; trapeziform.


hypognathous

(zoology) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper jaw.


bispinose

bispinose apices

bispinose legs


necrophagan

(entomology, obsolete) Any of the former tribe Necrophaga of beetles that feed on carrion.


palpocil

(zoology) A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.


anneloid

(zoology) Any animal resembling an annelid.


heteropodous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda (any of the zoological subdivisions).


coprophagan

/ˌkɒpɹəˈfeɪɡən/

(zoology) Any of a number of beetles that feeds on dung.


caudad

From Latin cauda (“tail”) + ad (“to”). By surface analysis, cauda + -ad.

(zoology) backwards; toward the tail or posterior part


hispidulous

hispidulous (comparative more hispidulous, superlative most hispidulous)

more hispidulous (comparative)
most hispidulous (superlative)

(botany, zoology) Minutely hispid; having tiny hairs.


spongoblast

(zoology) In sponges, one of the cells that secrete spongin.


hemimetabolic

Grasshoppers and cockroaches are hemimetabolic.


binervate

From Latin bis (“twice”) + nervus (“sinew, nerve”).

(zoology, botany) Having only two nerves.


ophiophagous

From ophio- (“snake”) + -phagous (“eating”).


cnidocil

(zoology) The fine hairlike trigger of a cnidoblast.


vansire

Borrowed from French vansire, from Malagasy vontsira.

(zoology) An ichneumon, Atilax paludinosus (syn. Herpestes galera), native to Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white.


siphonal

siphonal index

siphonal area

siphonal tufts

(zoology) Resembling or relating to a siphon.

siofónach

zoology: resembling or relating to a siphon


microhylid

(zoology) Any of the frog family Microhylidae.


scaphiophrynine

(zoology) Any of the frogs in the microhylid subfamily Scaphiophryninae.


leptiform

leptiform (comparative more leptiform, superlative most leptiform)

more leptiform (comparative)
most leptiform (superlative)

(zoology) Having a form somewhat like leptus; said of active insect larvae with three pairs of legs.


heterogynous

heterogynous (comparative more heterogynous, superlative most heterogynous)

more heterogynous (comparative)
most heterogynous (superlative)

Some heterogynous insects have winged males and wingless females.

(zoology) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure.

(zoology) Having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants or bees.


ostracean

/ɒsˈtɹeɪʃən/

From Latin ostrea (“an oyster”). See oyster.

(zoology, archaic) Any bivalve of the family Ostreidae; an oyster.


vitelligenous

(zoology) Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; applied to certain cells formed in the ovaries of insects and supposed to supply nutrition to the developing ova.


membral

This man speakes of an unnaturall ill-favourdnesse and membrall deformity, but we call ill-favourdnesse a kinde of unseemelinesse at the first sight, which chiefely lodgeth in the face, and by the colour worketh a dislike in us.

1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.12:

(now rare) Relating to a member, in various senses; especially, (anatomy, zoology) pertaining to a limb.


water mouse

From Middle English water mous, watermowse, equivalent to water + mouse.

(zoology) Any of several species of rodents of the genus Hydromys, native to New Guinea and Australia, with strong hind legs and partially webbed toes.


apteran

Ultimately from a- + Ancient Greek πτερ(όν) (pter(ón), “wing”). The noun is specifically Aptera + -an; the adjective is a- + -pteran.

der

(zoology) Any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods.

áptero

any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods


epeirid

(zoology) Any of the former genus Epeira (now Araneus) of spiders.


filoplumaceous

en-adj

filoplumaceous (comparative more filoplumaceous, superlative most filoplumaceous)

more filoplumaceous (comparative)
most filoplumaceous (superlative)

(zoology) Having the structure of a filoplume.


mixogamous

(zoology) Pairing with several males; said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning.


Mothman

(cryptozoology, ufology) A legendary creature, regarded as a cryptid or alien, reportedly seen in West Virginia in the mid-1960s.


holostome

From holo- (“whole”) + -stome (“mouth”).

(conchology, obsolete) Any of the division Holostomata of gastropods.

(ichthyology, obsolete) Any of the suborder Helostomi of eel-like fish.


spiculiform

spiculiform (comparative more spiculiform, superlative most spiculiform)

more spiculiform (comparative)
most spiculiform (superlative)

spiculiform fungi

spiculiform organs

(archaic, zoology) Having the shape of a spicule.


thysanurous

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Thysanura (now Zygentoma), an order of insects with three long caudal filaments.


infrabranchial

infrabranchial cavity

infrabranchial chamber

infrabranchial sinus

infrabranchial space


heterogangliate

(archaic, zoology) Having the ganglia of the nervous system arranged in an asymmetrical manner; said of certain invertebrate animals.


subumbrella

(zoology) The integument of the undersurface of the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a jellyfish.


dermestoid

The carpet-beetle, which is commonly, but with no good reason, called the buffalo-moth, is a dermestoid beetle.

(zoology) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.


tubicolous

tubicolous annelid

tubicolous worm


larviparous

Trichuris is oviparous, Trichinella is larviparous, and C. philippinensis is both oviparous and larviparous.

2007, K. Darwin Murrell, Bernard Fried, Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses: Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites:

(zoology) Laying or dipositing living larvae, instead of eggs


vermetid

(zoology) Any species of Vermetidae (worm snails).


stomatopod

From order name Stomatopoda, corresponding to stomato- + -pod.

Although there has been variation, stomatopods have thrived with little change in their essential design for more than four hundred million years.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 101:

(zoology) A member of the Stomatopoda order of marine crustaceans; a mantis shrimp.


equipedal

(zoology) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.


hystricomorphous

hystricomorphous (comparative more hystricomorphous, superlative most hystricomorphous)

more hystricomorphous (comparative)
most hystricomorphous (superlative)

(zoology) Relating to the rodent group Hystricomorpha, which has had many definitions throughout its history.


neuropod

The notopods begin on the second or third segment and the neuropods are very variable in their segment of origin, being sometimes altogether absent from the anterior region.

1935, John Roxborough Norman, Coast Fishes: South Atlantic:


spheromere

(archaic, zoology) Any of the symmetrical segments arranged around the central axis and composing the body of a radiate animal.


homopterous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Homoptera, a former suborder of insects.


malacostracous

(zoology) Belonging to the Malacostraca.


ootype

From Ancient Greek; corresponding to oo- + -type.

(zoology) The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which the ova are completed and furnished with a shell.


uropoetic

(zoology) Of or relating to a system of organs that eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the blood of certain invertebrates.


mesobranchial

mesobranchial region

mesobranchial ridge

mesobranchial area

mesobranchial tubercle

(zoology) Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.


amphiuma

(zoology) Any of the genus Amphiuma of aquatic salamanders.


siphonostomatous

(zoology) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell lengthened in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; said of certain gastropods.


siphonostomatous

(zoology, obsolete) Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.


tanagrine

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the tanagers.


tetradactylous

(zoology) Having four digits on the foot or hand.


gonydial

gonydial angle

(zoology, rare) Pertaining to the gonys of a bird's beak.


ichthyodorulite

From ichthyo- + Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru) + -lite.

af

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">δόρυ</i> (dóru)

(zoology) One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail of certain skates.


paragnathous

(ornithology, archaic) having both mandibles of equal length, with the tips meeting, as in certain birds


locustella

(zoology) A bird, the European cricket warbler.


fasciole

Borrowed from Latin fasciola (“a little bandage”). See fascia.

(zoology) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.


lepismoid

(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Lepisma, of wingless insects including Lepisma saccharinum (silverfish).


metapode

From New Latin metapodium, from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) + πούς (poús). By surface analysis, meta- + -pode.

(zoology) The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.


mucivore

From Latin mucus (“slime, mucus”) + -vore.

(zoology) An insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, such as certain Diptera like aphids.


gorgelet

The head mottled with brownish-black; spots of the same colour, descending in a line from the lower mandible to the upper part of the breast, forming an interrupted gorgelet.

1831, John James Audubon, Ornithological Biography, volume 2, The Canada Flycatcher:


isogonism

(zoology) The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar hydrants; said of certain hydroids.


cephalous

From Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”), with the suffix -ous.

(zoology, obsolete) Having a head; applied chiefly to the former division of mollusks Cephalata, or Cephalophora (mollusks with a head).


gastrostege

(zoology) One of the large scales on the underside of a snake.


protractive

en-adj

protractive (comparative more protractive, superlative most protractive)

more protractive (comparative)
most protractive (superlative)

Axial ribs not strongly protractive.

1888, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection - Volume 2788, page 34:

This keel on the first half of the last whorl consists of oblique, protractive strong short ridges, which on the last half disappear and give place to rough corrugations.

1943, United States National Museum, Bulletin - Issues 180-181, page 111:

The horizontal component of the resultant muscular force is protractive during the closing stages,

1993, Belgian Journal of Zoology - Volume 123, page 248:

(zoology) Extending forward or projecting outward.


rhizodont

(archaic, zoology) A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, such as the crocodile.


tentaculiform

tentaculiform (comparative more tentaculiform, superlative most tentaculiform)

more tentaculiform (comparative)
most tentaculiform (superlative)

tentaculiform cirrhi

tentaculiform filaments

tentaculiform suckers

(zoology, archaic) Shaped like a tentacle.


ambulacriform

ambulacriform (comparative more ambulacriform, superlative most ambulacriform)

more ambulacriform (comparative)
most ambulacriform (superlative)


blepharicerid

(zoology) Any member of the Blephariceridae, or net-winged midges.


edriophthalmous

(zoology) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma, a former classification of peracarids.


anisodactylous

(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.

anisodáctilo

having three toes turned forward and one backward


aphanipterous

According to the brief text surrounding the drawing, the emerald was an aphanipterous parasite of Caledonian wintergreen, a plant peculiar to Scotland, and was sometimes endowed with an intermittent phosphorescence at night which gave rise to a sort of green halo above it, parallel to the general plane of its body.

1914, Raymond Roussel, translated by Rupert Copeland Cuningham, Locus Solus:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to fleas of Aphaniptera, a former classification of insects.


malacopterygious

From translingual Malacopterygii + -ous.

(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the Malacopterygii, an obsolete order of fish.


rhizopodous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the rhizopods.


sublineation

en-noun

sublineation (usually uncountable, plural sublineations)

At that time, before sublineation had become significant for the local group, banishment would have amounted to dismissing a troublesome individual and his wife and children, rather than an entire sublineage consisting of several families ...

1961, Louis C. Faron, Mapuche Social Structure, page 97:

The larger the lineage, as a general rule, the more segmented it becomes. Sublineation, on the other hand, depends exclusively on the size and "antiquity" of the lineage.

1968, Hugo G. Nutini, San Bernardino Contlá, page 148:

In reviewing the Mapuche case, I will examine how regionally standardized ceremonial places and elaborate symbols and objects of social status have developed and spread across the social and physical landscape by means of the exchange of women and the sublineation of kinship units linked through participation in public ritual and competition over access to, and regulation of, prime agricultural land and other key resources.

1992, Frederick W. Lange, Wealth and Hierarchy in the Intermediate Area, →ISBN:

(anthropology) A system of forming kinship groups that subdivide a major lineage into subgroups of more closely related individuals.


gnathostegite

From gnatho- + Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + -ite.

affix

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">στέγος</i> (stégos, “roof”)

(zoology, rare) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other organs in the mouth.


carinaria

(zoology) Any of the genus Carinaria of oceanic heteropod molluscs.


antambulacral

(zoology) Away from the ambulacral region.


endognathal

endognathal lobe

endognathal segment


periproct

(zoology) The region surrounding the anus, particularly in echinoderms.


culminal

culminal lobe

culminal ridge

(zoology) Pertaining to, or found on a culmen.


hexamerous

From hexa- + -merous, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

hexamerous flowers

hexamerous gastric pouch

(botany, zoology) In six parts; occurring in sixes.


syngnathous

This will not appear utterly incredible, if we reflect that the males of syngnathous fishes receive the eggs of the females in their pouches , hatch them, and afterward nourish the young.

1871, Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, page 210:

(ichthyology) Relating to the order Syngnathiformes (sometimes suborder Syngnathoidei or Syngnathi) of pipefishes and close relatives.


racloir

(archaeology) A prehistoric flint scraper.


tupaiid

Some authors rank tupaiids in a separate order Tupaioidea (Martin, 1966), while others retain them among the Primates (Napier and Napier, 1967) or 1nsectivora (Hill, 1953b).
The uncertainty surrounding tupaiid phylogeny is a consequence of an inadequate fossil record.

1987, F. A. Jenkins, Jr., “1: Tree Shrew Locomotion and the Origins of Primate Arborealism”, in John G. Fleagle, editor, Primate Evolution and Human Origins, page 2:

Dental characters have proven to be of little use as there is no Paleocene tree shrew, which would show more primitive tupaiid dental characters. From the dentition of living tupaiids, one would easily infer that all of them have derived characters that prevent them from being ancestral to primates, among which [are] specializations in their dentitions or molar characters in tupaiines (see Butler, 1980).

2007, Marc Godinot, “Chapter 4: Primate Origins: A Reappraisal of Historical Data Favoring Tupaiid Affinities”, in Matthew J. Ravosa, Marian Dagosto, editors, Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution, page 120:

Figure 12.16 A typical tupaiid. This common treeshrew (Tupaia glis) superficially resembles a squirrel. Tupaiids have had a confused taxonomic history—at various times being placed in the Orders Primates and Insectivora, and currently within their own order, Scandentia.

2007, George A. Feldhamer, Lee C. Drickamer, Stephen H. Vessey, Joseph F. Merritt, Carey Krajewski, Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, 3rd edition, page 252:

(zoology) Any of the family Tupaiidae of tree shrews.


cuirassed

(zoology, archaic) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; said of certain fishes.


guevi

(zoology) Any pygmy antelope of the genus Cephalophus, the duikers, of Africa.


antisaccade

(ethology) An (often voluntary) movement of the eye away from a point of stimulus

movimento antissacádico

a movement of the eye away from a point of stimulus


turbinella

(zoology) Any of the genus Turbinella of large marine gastropods.


molossine

The monk bat is a molossine.

(zoology, dated) A bat of the genus Molossus.


interepimeral

interepimeral gland

interepimeral hair

interepimeral space


hematherm

(zoology, obsolete) Any warm-blooded animal.


interbranchial

interbranchial septum

interbranchial ridge


ischiocerite

/ˌɪskiəʊˈsɪəɹaɪt/

(zoology) The third segment of the antennae of a crustacean.


thysanopteran

All life stages can be recorded from the foliage in the case of leaf+dwelling thysanopterans. The population dynamics of these thrips is also highly under the influence of succession of vegetation in the scrub jungle of MCC campus.

2017, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

(zoology) A thrips; one of the Thysanoptera.


rhinolophine

en-adj

rhinolophine (comparative more rhinolophine, superlative most rhinolophine)

more rhinolophine (comparative)
most rhinolophine (superlative)

(archaic, zoology) Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.


trachinoid

trachinoid (comparative more trachinoid, superlative most trachinoid)

more trachinoid (comparative)
most trachinoid (superlative)

(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or like fish of genus Trachinus (the weevers).


hydrozoon

en-noun

hydrozoon (plural hydrozoons or hydrozoa)


tomium

From New Latin tomium, from Ancient Greek τομός (tomós, “sharp”) + -ium. See -tome.

(zoology) The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.


nautiloid

en-adj

nautiloid (comparative more nautiloid, superlative most nautiloid)

more nautiloid (comparative)
most nautiloid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling a nautilus; pertaining to the subclass Nautiloidea.


chilognath

(zoology) Any of the subclass Chilognatha of the millipedes.


archiannelid

(zoology) Any member of the class Archiannelida of primitive marine worms.


myelencephalous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon.


artiodactylous

(zoology) even-toed; belonging to the Artiodactyla


atokous

The eggs of certain annelids are atokous.

(zoology) Producing only asexual individuals.


infraocular

the infraocular antennae of certain insects

(anatomy, zoology) Situated below the eyes.


protosomite

(zoology) One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal.


holostomatous

From holo- + -stomatous. Compare siphonostomatous.

holostomatous shell

holostomatous mollusc

(zoology, said of many shells) Having an entire aperture not interrupted by the siphonal canal, notch, or by any other extension


bipupillate

(zoology) Having an eyespot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different colour, as in some butterflies.


doryline

(zoology) Of or relating to the ant subfamily Dorylinae.


doryline

(zoology) Any member of the ant subfamily Dorylinae.


scrobicular

scrobicular ring

scrobicular spine

scrobicular tubercles

(zoology) Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae.


ommateal

/ˌɒməˈtiːəl/

ommateal column

ommateal capsule

ommateal sac

(zoology, archaic) Of or pertaining to an ommateum (compound eye).


hydrozoal

hydrozoal structure

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Hydrozoa.


gonocalyx

From gono- + Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “cup of a flower”).

af

(zoology) The bell-shaped opening of a sessile gonozooid.


pseudocone

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(zoology) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.


monothalamous

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) and θᾰ́λᾰμος (thálamos).

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roughtail

(zoology, in animal names) Having a rough tail.


epozoic

(zoology) Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic.


macrurous

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to an obsolete subdivision of crustaceans, Macrura, having long tails.


malacopterygian

(archaic) (zoology) Any of the obsolete order of fish Malacopterygii.


elytriform

en-adj

elytriform (comparative more elytriform, superlative most elytriform)

more elytriform (comparative)
most elytriform (superlative)

elytriform wings

(zoology) Having the form or structure of an elytron.


ascidiarium

(zoology) The structure that unites the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.


alular

alular digit

alular metacarpal

alular quills


anenterous

These anenterous Echinoderms (Ophiuridæ, Luidea, Asterias proper, Astropecten,) belong to the order Asteroideat

1843, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals:

(zoology) Without a stomach or an intestine.


piciform

(zoology) Of or pertaining to Piciformes


nucleobranch

(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata, a former order of molluscs that have the gills packed in the shell along with the heart.


nucleobranch

(zoology, obsolete) One of the Nucleobranchiata.


bubaline

bubaline (comparative more bubaline, superlative most bubaline)

more bubaline (comparative)
most bubaline (superlative)

bubaline milk

of bubaline origin

bubaline placenta

(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a buffalo.


schizognathism

(zoology) The state of a bird having a schizognathous palate.


synocil

(zoology) A sense organ found in certain sponges, consisting of several filaments, each arising from a single cell.


cercopod

The long, slender terminal segment bears two very long, narrow cercopods ending in one large and several small setæ[…]

1877, Alpheus Spring Packard, A Monograph of the Phyllopod Crustacea of North America:


holostean

(zoology) Any fish of the class or infraclass Holostei.


metabranchial

metabranchial lobe

metabranchial maargin

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.


gracility

en-noun

gracility (countable and uncountable, plural gracilities)

Stephen L. Whittington, David M. Reed (eds.) (2006) Bones of the Maya: Studies of Ancient Skeletons, Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 69: “Gracility is usually considered a female characteristic and contrasts strikingly here with the robusticity and large size of the mandible.”

(often anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile.

стройност

the property or condition of being gracile


siphonet

(zoology) One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the rear part of the abdomen of aphids, which secrete honeydew.


plectospondylous

(obsolete, zoology) Of or pertaining to the Plectospondyli, a former suborder of fish.


epipodite

(zoology) The outer branch of the legs in certain crustaceans.


metanotum

From New Latin metanōtum, from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) + νῶτον (nôton).

Metanotum shining, indistinctly punctured at the base in the centre, the sides closely punctured; the areola large, obliquely narrowed at the base, its apex open, there are 2 lateral areas, both widely open at the base on the outerside; the posterior median area bears about 10 stout, transverse keels; on its apical outerside is a triangular area; the spiracular is bounded on the outerside by a distinct keel .

1906, Records of the Albany Museum - Volume 1, page 314:

(zoology) The dorsal portion of the metathorax of insects


dermopteran

(mammalogy) Any mammal in the order Dermoptera, a colugo.

Earwigs are dermopterans.

(entomology, obsolete) Any insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight.

(entomology) Misspelling of dermapteran.


mesopodium

From New Latin mesopodium, from meso- + -podium.

(zoology) The middle portion of the foot in the gastropods and pteropods.


siphonostome

(zoology, obsolete) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata.


neurocord

A neurocord, which does have a central lumen, is formed by invaginated nervous tissue in the intermediately located collar and connects the dorsal nerve cords of the proboscis and the trunk.

2005, Ann B. Butler, William Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy: Evolution and Adaptation:

(zoology) A cord-like organ composed of elastic fibres, situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids such as the earthworm.


ptilonorhynchid

(zoology) A member of the Ptilonorhynchidae; a bower bird.


protomerite

(zoology) The second segment of one of the Gregarinae.

(arachnology) The proximal segment of chelicerae.


epignathous

(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one


elasmobranchiate

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.


blastostyle

(zoology) In certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid whose special function is to produce medusoid buds.


pteryla

Possibly from ptero- + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “forest”).

(ornithology) One of the areas of a bird's skin on which feathers grow.


fimbricate

(zoology) Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, like the antennae of certain insects.


exarticulate

(zoology) Having only one joint; said of certain insects.


crossopterygian

From Crossopterygia + -an, Greek krossoí “tassels, fringe” + -o- + pterýgion “little wing or fin,” equivalent to pteryg- (stem of pterýx ) “wing, fin” + -ion + -an.

One consequence was that the crossopterygian fishes (distantly related to the famous ‘living fossil’ coelacanth Latimeria) were dethroned from their privileged position as ancestors.

2000, Richard Fortey, “No Such Thing as a Fish”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 13:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii, an infraclass of bony fish.


schizognathous

(zoology) having the maxillopalatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, and many other birds


terminalia

The terminalia consist of the terminal complex of modified genital and anal segments, plus any adjacent segments that show modifications for copulation and oviposition.

1981, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 37:

Part of the documentation includes the first detailed illustrations and descriptions of structures of the male terminalia.

2005, “Revision of New World Species of Shore Fly Genus Discomyza Meigen (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America^(http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098%5B0431:RONWSO%5D2.0.CO;2), volume 98, number 4, page 431:

(entomology) The hindmost segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.


integumation

(botany, zoology) The branch of physiology that deals with integuments.


hydrocaulus

From New Latin hydrocaulus, from hydro- + Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stalk, stem”).

af

(zoology) The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or branched.


longipennine

en-adj

longipennine (comparative more longipennine, superlative most longipennine)

more longipennine (comparative)
most longipennine (superlative)

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the former order Longipennes, various long-winged birds


longirostral

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Longirostres, a clade of crocodilians.


razor-backed

razor-backed (comparative more razor-backed, superlative most razor-backed)

more razor-backed (comparative)
most razor-backed (superlative)

a razor-backed hog

a razor-backed perch

(zoology) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back.


falcer

(zoology, archaic, rare) One of the mandibles of a spider.


lithocyst

(zoology) A sac containing otoliths, found in medusae and other invertebrates.


mesotrochal

mesotrochal band

mesotrochal larva

(zoology) Having the middle of the body surrounded by bands of cilia (said of the larvae of certain marine annelids).


pseudoneuropterous

From translingual Pseudoneuroptera + -ous.

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Pseudoneuroptera, a former division of insects somewhat resembling the Neuroptera.


testacean

From Latin testaceus (“having a shell”) + -an.

(zoology) One of the rhizopods in Testacea.


geodephagous

When I first searched for insects in the Transvaal, and in a valley beneath high cliffs, I was intensely surprised to find the stones turned over before my arrival. Being positively certain that no other geodephagous coleopterist was in the neighbourhood, I was somewhat inclined, like the Roman missionaries, who, on their arrival in Thibet, found Catholic ritual among the Buddhists, to ascribe the circumstance to occult influence; but this was before I became acquainted with the insect-searching attributes of my friends the Baboons

1897 January 20, The Zoologist, volume 1, number 667, Notes on the Chacma Baboon:

(zoology, archaic) Living in the earth; applied to the ground beetles.


antennate

en-verb

antennate (third-person singular simple present antennates, present participle antennating, simple past and past participle antennated)

antennates (present singular third-person)
antennating (participle present)
antennated (participle past)
antennated (past)

From antenna + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Workers attempt to avoid the queen, but if antennated try to escape or exhibit a submissive crouching posture, while the queen starts to bite and pull their legs and antennae.

2005, Peter J.B. Slater, Jay S. Rosenblatt, Charles T. Snowdon, Advances in the Study of Behavior, →ISBN, page 10:

(entomology, of an insect) To bring one's antennae into contact with another insect.


pycnodont

From pycno- + -odont, describing the round and flattened teeth.

(zoology) Any of the extinct oyster genus †Pycnodonte.


calcisponge

(zoology) Any of a group of marine sponges containing calcareous spicules.


epipharynx

en-noun

epipharynx (plural epipharynxes or epipharynges)

epipharynxes (plural)
epipharynges (plural)

(zoology) A structure that overlaps the mouth in certain insects.


tubivalve

(zoology, rare) A shell or tube formed by an annelid, such as a serpula.


siphuncular

siphuncular membrane

siphuncular tube

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.


hamiform

en-adj

hamiform (comparative more hamiform, superlative most hamiform)

more hamiform (comparative)
most hamiform (superlative)

First attested in glossaries in 1842 and first used in 1870; either directly from the Latin hāmiformis (1651, 1806) or formed from the suffixation of its etymon, hāmus (“hook”), with the English -form.

HAMIFORM. (Hamus, a hook.) Curved at the extremity.

1842, George Brettingham Sowerby, A Conchological Manual, 3rd edition, page 156:

Hamiform, curved at the extremity.

1843, Thomas Brown, The Elements of Fossil Conchology, glossary, page 129:

Distinguished by the elongated hamiform siphonal canal and the posterior canal co-ordinated with the “facies” of Aporrhais.

1870, American Journal of Conchology, volume V, page 139:

Legs (♂) light: anterior femora long, rather narrow; a short cylindrical hamiform process (a hook with apex sharply bent towards base of femur) projecting from lower side at about ⅓ of its length: anterior tibiæ long, narrow on basal half, wide at apex, nor curved; intermediate long (longer than femora), strongly curved inwards; posterior long, slender: anterior tarsi stout, joints not dilatate, 5th longest, longer than three preceding together, basal joint much longer than 2nd, squamulose in middle of lower side near apex, 2nd and 3rd joints with two narrow rows of squamæ in middle of lower side; four posterior tarsi narrow, cylindrical, posterior much longer than intermediate; posterior coxæ contiguous.

1904, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, volume XXVIII, page 590:


fasciculate

(malacology, of ribs on a shell) Branching, with many lines extending from one point, as in a few Choicensisphinctes ammonites.


scutellate

scutellate (comparative more scutellate, superlative most scutellate)

more scutellate (comparative)
most scutellate (superlative)

Latin scutella (“a dish, salver”). Compare English scuttle (“a basket”).

(zoology) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella, as in certain birds.


cephalate

From cephal- + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).


gymnoblastic

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the order Anthoathecata, formerly known as Gymnoblastea.


gnathidium

(zoology) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked.


intersternal

intersternal joints

intersternal articulations

intersternal membrane

intersternal fold

(zoology) Between the sterna; said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.


spheroconic

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(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a coiled shell approaching a sphere in shape.


setiger

(zoology, archaic) An annelid having setae; a chaetopod.


cotyligerous

en-adj

cotyligerous (comparative more cotyligerous, superlative most cotyligerous)

more cotyligerous (comparative)
most cotyligerous (superlative)


dentile

From Latin dentillus, for Latin denticulus. See dentil.

(zoology) A small tooth, like that of a saw.


turritella

/ˌtʌɹɪˈtɛlə/

From the New Latin genus name Turritella.

(zoology) Any sea snail of the genus Turritella (or allied genera) of spiral marine gastropods with an elongated, turreted shell.


endocyst

(zoology) An inner layer of the cyst walls of Bryozoa.


vespertinal

(botany, zoology) Opening or active in the evening.


sphex

From the Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”), plural σφῆκες (sphêkes).

(zoology) Any of the sand wasps of Sphex and allied genera.


holaspidean

From holo- + Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) + -ean.

(zoology, dated) Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; said of certain birds.


planoblast

(zoology) Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa.


propodium

(zoology) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.

(zoology) The first abdominal segment, when it forms a unit with the thorax of a hymenopterous insect in the group Apocrita.


palliobranchiate

palliobranchiate shells

(zoology, archaic) Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods.


ommateum

From New Latin ommateum, from Ancient Greek ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).

(zoology, archaic) A compound eye, found on, for example, insects and crustaceans.


encompassment

en-noun

encompassment (countable and uncountable, plural encompassments)

It sometimes seems as though the anthropological nostalgia for Culture and the academic imperative to defend our space by defending our concept blinds us to the reality that the processes of encompassment neither leave others alone nor make them Western. Rather, encompassment creates a new terrain and terms for the production of sameness and difference, value and meaning.

2001, Edward LiPuma, Encompassing Others: The Magic of Modernity in Melanesia:

This appears then as a moment of encompassment. The work of the technologist is encompassed by the artist, or the contribution of the facilitator is claimed as part of the creative process (genius, fortune) of the artist themselves.

2007, Amiria Henare, Martin Holbraad, Sari Wastell, Thinking Through Things:

On the level involving encompassment, moreover, women are simply invisible, thanks precisely to their encompassment.

2010, Robert Parkin, Anne de Sales, Out of the Study and Into the Field:

Baumann (2004, 25–27) identifies yet another way of othering as “encompassment,” which means that a larger group constitutes a hierarchy of dominance over subgroups that are included under the condition that they acquiesce to the larger group.

2020, Robert L. Brawley, Luke: A Social Identity Commentary:

(anthropology, sociology) A hierarchical structure such that when two elements of a whole are recognized as opposites, one of them is considered hierarchically superior, while the other is subordinated to the whole.


retrocopulation

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Now from the nature of this position, there ensueth a necessitie of Retrocopulation, which also promoteth the conceit. For some observing them to couple without ascension, have not been able to judge of male or female […]

1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:


calcarate

calcarate auricle

calcarate corolla

calcarate petal

calcarate nectary

(botany, zoology) Having a spur; spurred.


ostracoid

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the ostracods


metazoon

From the singular form of translingual Metazoa.


isospondylous

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the former order Isospondyli.

(zoology) Having the anterior vertebrae separate and normal.


nyctophile

Case 25. The Nycteres of Africa, and the Petalias of Java; the Nyctophiles of Australia; the Barbastelles and long-eared bats of Europe; and the true bat and Scotophiles, which are scattered over different parts of the world, and the Lasiures of America.

1843, Synopsis, or Guide Book to the British Museum, London: George Woodfall and Son, page 29:

(zoology, archaic) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.


malapterurid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Malapteruridae; an electric catfish.


strigate

From Latin strigatus, from striga (“row, strip, swath”).

(zoology) Having transverse bands of colour.


clypeate

en-adj

clypeate (comparative more clypeate, superlative most clypeate)

more clypeate (comparative)
most clypeate (superlative)

From Latin clupeatus, past participle of clupeare (“to arm with a shield”), from clupeus, clipeus (“shield”).

(zoology) Furnished with a protective plate or shell.


forcipate

(botany, zoology) Having a forceps-like structure.


lilacine

lilacine (comparative more lilacine, superlative most lilacine)

more lilacine (comparative)
most lilacine (superlative)


lineolate

lineolate (comparative more lineolate, superlative most lineolate)

more lineolate (comparative)
most lineolate (superlative)

From Latin lineola, diminutive of linea (“line”).


cerite

(zoology) A horn-shaped cerithiid shell.


lampyrine

(zoology) An insect of the genus Lampyris or family Lampyridae; firefly.


holorhinal

(anatomy, ornithology) Having the nasal bones contiguous.


trimaculated

(zoology, archaic) Marked with three spots.


falculate

falculate (comparative more falculate, superlative most falculate)

more falculate (comparative)
most falculate (superlative)

falculate scales

falculate nails

(zoology, archaic) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.


ametabolian

(zoology) Of or pertaining to insects that do not undergo metamorphosis

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ametabola (Apterygota)


semipupa

(zoology) An insect in an early stage of being a pupa, after being a larva.


scolopendrine

scolopendrine (comparative more scolopendrine, superlative most scolopendrine)

more scolopendrine (comparative)
most scolopendrine (superlative)

(zoology, archaic) Belonging to, or pertaining to the Scolopendra, a genus of centipedes.


didelphid

(zoology) A member of Didelphidae; opossum


trichopterous

trichopterous (comparative more trichopterous, superlative most trichopterous)

more trichopterous (comparative)
most trichopterous (superlative)

(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing the Trichoptera.


perisarc

From peri- + Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”).

(zoology) The outer hardened integument that covers most hydrozoan coelenterates


haustellate

(zoology) Having a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.


retineum

(archaic, zoology) Part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.


tricurvate

a tricurvate spicule

a tricurvate ridge

(zoology, dated) Curved in three directions.


pulmoniferous

From Latin pulmo, pulmonis (“a lung”) + -ferous.

pulmoniferous mollusc

(zoology, archaic) Having lungs; pulmonate.


acelom

(zoology) The absence of a celom, as in flatworms


prescutum

(zoology) The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect


pseudopupa

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(zoology) A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects.


terebratulid

(zoology) A brachiopod of the order Terebratulida, having a short pedicle and a calcareous loop supporting the tentacles.


phyllobranchia

(zoology) A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.


tenderling

(zoology) One of the first antlers of a deer.


alitrunk

From Latin ala (“wing”) + truncus (“trunk”).

Alitrunk of Cossus ligniperda

1818, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction To Entomology: Or, Elements Of The Natural History Of Insects:

(zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.


basicerite

From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ite.

He considers the characters of the external antennae, particularly of their second joint (basicerite) of paramount importance[…]

1863 April, Wm. Stimpson, M. D., “On the Classification of the Brachyura, and on the Homologies of the Antennary Joints in Decapod Crustaceans”, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 3), volume 11, number 64:

One of the major distinguishing features between A. barbara and A. clamator, the presence of a spine on the basicerite of the second antenna in the latter species, is inconsistent.

1990, Mark K. Wicksten, “On the status of Alpheus barbara Lockington (Crustacea: Caridea: Alphedidae)”, in Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, volume 103, number 1:

(zoology) The second joint of the antennae of crustaceans. [from 19th c.]


capreoline

From Latin capreolus (“wild goat”), from caper (“goat”).

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the subfamily Capreolinae.


capreoline

Among the capreolines can be counted the roe deer, the moose, the reindeer and most American deer species (with the notable exception of the elk).

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 106:

(zoology) A member of the deer subfamily Capreolinae.


megalops

(zoology) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large.


lacertiloid

lacertiloid (comparative more lacertiloid, superlative most lacertiloid)

more lacertiloid (comparative)
most lacertiloid (superlative)

(archaic, zoology) Resembling or belonging to the Lacertilia.


arachnidan

(zoology, archaic) arachnid (any of the Arachnida).


trochantine

(zoology) The second joint of the leg of an insect, often united with the coxa.


advolute

[...] of the same whorl, measured in a line parallel to the plane of bilateral symmetry; in a gyroconic or advolute shell, the most dorsal point most [...]

2013, Neil H. Landman, Kazushige Tanabe, Richard Arnold Davis, Ammonoid Paleobiology, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 842:

(malacology) Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a line (but do not overlap).


subbreed

(zoology) A race or strain having different characteristics from others in the same breed.


veliger

(zoology) The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.


achatina

(zoology) Any of the snails of the genus Achatina.


redtail

(entomology) A species of damselfly, Ceriagrion aeruginosum, of Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia, having a bright red abdomen.


pectinibranchiate

From Latin pecten (“comb”), pectinis (“comb”) + English branchiate.

(zoology, archaic) Having pectinated gills.


trichiuriform

trichiuriform (comparative more trichiuriform, superlative most trichiuriform)

more trichiuriform (comparative)
most trichiuriform (superlative)

(zoology, rare) Like or pertaining to the genus Trichiurus or family Trichiuridae, comprising the scabbardfishes and hairtails.


spatangoid

The enlarged rear interambulacrum on the oral side of holasteroids and spatangoids is known as the plastron.

1983, Ulrich Lehmann, Fossil Invertebrates, page 292:

Spatangoids constitute a monophyletic group of heart urchins that appears in the early Cretaceous (145 M.Y. ago) and ranges to the Recent.

2003, Gunther J. Eble, “Developmental Morphospaces and Evolution”, in James P. Crutchfield, Peter Schuster, editors, Evolutionary Dynamics, page 47:

Oval tests with specific ventral morphology for efficient burrowing allowed spatangoids to burrow deeply in sand to avoid gastropod predation.

2010, Kenichi Kanazawa, “Adaptive evolution in Cenozoic spatangoid echinoids”, in Mike Reich, Joachim Reitner, Vanessa Roden, Ben Thuy, editors, Echinoderm Research 2010: 7th European Conference on Echinoderms, Göttingen, page 61:

(zoology) Any echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, of heart urchins.


myophan

From myo- + the root of Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to show”) (for unclear reasons).


endochrome

en-noun

endochrome (countable and uncountable, plural endochromes)

(zoology) The coloured endoplasm of a cell.


podotheca

Unlike the sheath of the bill, the podotheca is never simple and continuous, being divided and subdivided in various ways.

1903, Elliott Coues, Key to North American Birds:

The character of the tarsal podotheca is a useful generic character but too variable to use in delimiting the subfamilies .

1912, Joel Asaph Allen, Historical and Nomenclatorial Notes on North American Sheep, page 262:

In different kinds of birds, the podotheca begins on the tibiotarsus (shank), on the ankle, or at some more distal level; it extends to the tips of the toes.

2013, Donald S. Farner, James R. King, Avian Biology: Volume II, page 47:

(zoology) The scaly or skin covering of the foot of a bird or animal.


mastigopod

After swimming about for a while, these mastigopods draw in their flagella, and become creeping myxopods.

1888, Thomas Henry Huxley, A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals, page 77:

(zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).


lamellirostral

Ducks and geese are lamellirostral.

For example, the shape of the horn can be like a comb or the moon, and the shape of the head can be acutilingual or lamellirostral.

2021, Jianwei Zhang, Stefan Wermter, Fuchun Sun, Cross-Modal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction, page 2101:


propodite

(zoology) The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean, usually the penultimate joint.

The arrangement of the propodite muscles in the carpopodite is very similar to that of the carpopodite muscles within the meropodite.

1959, “White Shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico”, in Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, volume 59, page 103:

(zoology) One of the muscles responsible for moving the propodite.


erectopatent

(zoology) Standing partially spread and erect; said of the wings of certain insects.


spiculigenous

(zoology, rare) Producing or containing spicules.


panorpid

(zoology) Any in the family Panorpidae of scorpionflies.


fuscation

From Latin fuscare, fuscatum (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).

It is true other species have some fuscation but with them it is slight, not noticeable casually, and has usually been omitted in descriptions.

1911, A. A. Girault, “Hymenoptera”, in Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume 37, page 51:

The same as victoria but the scape is also dark red, including also the long pedicel and the first two funicle joints (and a part of the third); the abdoment is reddish only along the median line of the venter; the fore wings bear the same general pattern ( as regards fuscation ) but they are more irregularly fumated, the two fumated areas less distinctly separated, especially caudad.

1915, Ronald Hamlyn-Harris, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volume 4, page 333:

Air-tube index 6.5 to 7.0, without any fuscation near the center;

1954, Richard H. Foote., The Larvae and Pupae of the Mosquitoes Belonging to the Culex Subgenera Melanoconion and Moschlostyrax, page 60::

(entomology) A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation.


lepidosiren

From lepido- + Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn, “Siren”).


postfurca

From Late Latin post (“behind”) + furca (“a fork”).

(zoology) One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect


ephemeran

(zoology) Any mayfly of the genus Ephemera


paliform

en-adj

paliform (comparative more paliform, superlative most paliform)

more paliform (comparative)
most paliform (superlative)

the paliform lobes of the septa in corals


coast rat

(zoology) A small South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), that builds extensive burrows.


subumbonal

(zoology) Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell.


androphore

(zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.


infusory

(zoology, obsolete) One of the Infusoria.


third gender

en-noun

third gender (countable and uncountable, plural third genders)

Coordinate term: third sex

(anthropology) A category (a gender), present in societies which recognize three or more genders, which is neither male nor female; in some societies, the category may contain individuals who are intersex or androgynous, while other societies may categorize transgender people into it. (Compare fourth gender.)


monogenist

(anthropology, historical) One who maintains that all members of the human race belong to a single species.


myrmicine

The discovery of tandem calling with pheromones in Leptothorax throws considerable light on the evolution of chemical recruitment techniques in myrmicine ants generally.

1990, Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson, The Ants, page 274:

The chemistry of the myrmicine genus Solenopsis is so aberrant that it reduces generalizations about ant venoms to the absurd.

2012, Murry Blum, Chemical Defenses of Arthropods, page 329:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae.

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the ant genus Myrmica.


myrmicine

Subfamily Myrmicinae
[…]Species of myrmicines are most likely to be confused with species of Leptanilla or Tetraponera because of the two-segmented petiole.

1999, Steven O. Shattuck, Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification, volume 3, page 122:

The other dominant ant subfamilies were also present but with lesser importance (fig. 1.4). Toward the end of the ponerine expansion (Early Eocene), the myrmicines began to radiate, surpassing the ponerines in biomass and diversity.

2007, Victor Rico-Gray, Paulo S. Oliveira, The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions, page 12:

The pseudomyrmecines can only be mistaken for myrmicines, but in the former there is always a fully developed promesonotal suture that is fully articulated and flexible in fresh specimens—a character that is always absent from myrmicines.

2016, Brian L. Fisher, Barry Bolton, Ants of Africa and Madagascar: A Guide to the Genera, page 56:

(zoology) Any ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae.


terebratuliform

en-adj

terebratuliform (comparative more terebratuliform, superlative most terebratuliform)

more terebratuliform (comparative)
most terebratuliform (superlative)

terebratuliform loop

terebratuliform shell

(archaic, zoology) Having the general form of a terebratula shell.


petauristid

(zoology) Any member of the genus Petaurista, including some flying squirrels.


phalangerid

Orbital orientation in the slow-moving phalangerid Phalanger maculatus is more primate-like than in other phalangerids, including Pseudocheirus lemuroides, one of the most acrobatic of arboreal marsupials.

1972, Matt Cartmill, “4: Arboreal Adaptations and the Origin of Order Primates”, in Russell Tuttle, editor, The Functional and Evolutionary Biology of Primates, published 2009, page 112:

One of these species, Phalanger gymnotis (ground cuscus), is reported to be the most frugivorous of the eight New Guinean phalangerid species, and is perhaps the most frugivorous of all phalangerids.

1999, Ian D. Hume, Marsupial Nutrition, page 202:

Phalangerids are predominantly herbivorous, and some prefer leaves, whereas others eat more fruit, flowers, or grasses.

2010, Peter S. Ungar, Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity, page 139:

(zoology) Any of the nocturnal marsupials of family Phalangeridae, which includes cuscuses and brushtail possums.


trachelipodous

/ˌtɹækəˈlɪpədəs/

(zoology, obsolete) of or pertaining to the molluscs of the former order Trachelipoda, that have their foot attached to the neck.


laminiplantar

From lamina + Latin planta (“sole of the foot”).

(archaic, zoology) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most songbirds.


aphidophagous

Some beetles of the family Coccinellidae are aphidophagous.


pilidium

From Ancient Greek πῑλίδιον (pīlídion, “little cap”), diminutive of πῖλος (pîlos), probably influenced by other formations in -idium, like miracidium, planidium, and coracidium.

der

(zoology) The free-swimming, hat-shaped larva of certain nemertean worms. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm develops in its interior.


coenobium

en-noun

coenobium (plural coenobiums or coenobia)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin coenobium (“cloister, convent; monastery”), from Koine Greek κοινόβιον (koinóbion, “life in community; monastery”), the neuter form of κοινόβιος (koinóbios, “communal living”), from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common, shared”) + βίος (bíos, “life”). Doublet of coenoby.
The plural form coenobia is borrowed from Late Latin coenobia.

der

The Radiolaria are marine rhizopods, whose unicellular body always consists of two parts,— […] The individuals are usually single: in only a small minority are the unicellular organisms united in colonies or caenobia.

1887 June 17, “Challenger Report”, in Science.—Supplement, volume IX, number 228, New York, N.Y.: The Science Company, →OCLC, page 596, column 2:

eutely Phenomenon exhibited by a few phyla, notably nematodes, where all individuals have the same number of cells (or nuclei in a coenobium).

2007, “eutely”, in J. M. Lackie, editor, The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology, 4th edition, Burlington, Mass.: Academic Press, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 151, column 1:

(zoology) A colony of unicellular organisms (such as protozoa) which acts as a single organism.

kenobio

colony of unicellular organisms which acts as a single organism


petiolated

a petiolated leaf

the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera


ocypodian

(zoology, archaic) A member of the crab family Ocypodidae.


ectocyst

(zoology) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.


phytozoon

From phyto- + zoon, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek.

(zoology) A plant-like animal; a zoophyte.


monotocous

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) + τόκος (tókos).

(zoology) Laying a single egg; uniparous.


phylactocarp

From Ancient Greek φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”) + -carp.

(zoology) A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.


trichopter

(zoology) One of the Trichoptera; a caddis fly.


protonym

The protonym of Macroscyphus appears to be Nees von Esenbeck's (1817) [genus] Peziza ...

1968, Mien A. Rifai, The Australasian Pezizales in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew:

Protonyms form the name for later revised opinions on a taxon concept as implicitly or explicitly circumscribed in a subsequent publication...

2005, Bertram Ludäscher, Louiqa Raschid, Data integration in the life sciences:

(zoology, taxonomy) The first legitimate name of a taxon, on which the currently accepted name is based.


physeter

(zoology) A member of the genus Physeter; a sperm whale.


curculionidous

(zoology, dated) Relating to the weevil family Curculionidae.


actinozoal

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the obsolete class of animals, Actinozoa.


fissurella

(zoology) Any of the genus Fissurella of marine gastropod mollusks.


mystacal

From Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax, “moustache”), whence also moustache.

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the upper lip, or moustache.


hydriform

en-adj

hydriform (comparative more hydriform, superlative most hydriform)

more hydriform (comparative)
most hydriform (superlative)

(zoology) Having the form or structure of a hydra.


porpita

(zoology) A marine organism, Porpita porpita, the blue button.


hirtellous

hirtellous (comparative more hirtellous, superlative most hirtellous)

more hirtellous (comparative)
most hirtellous (superlative)

Diminutive from Latin hirtus (“hairy”), with -ous.


pseudoheart

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(zoology) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates that is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.


ascidiozooid

(zoology) One of the individual members of a compound ascidian.


acraspeda

It may be that the pelagic habit of the acraspeda is secondary, and while the polyps, the craspedota and the acraspeda have unquestionably had a common starting point in a free pelagic ancestor, it is quite possible that […]

1893, William Keith Brooks, Salpa in Its Relation to the Evolution of Life, page 202:

(zoology) A group of acalephs that includes most of the larger jellyfish


noctilionid

(zoology) A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, with cheek pouches and large incisor teeth; a bulldog bat.


homogangliate

(zoology, archaic) Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates.


obomegoid

obomegoid (comparative more obomegoid, superlative most obomegoid)

more obomegoid (comparative)
most obomegoid (superlative)


reptatory

(zoology, obsolete, rare) Crawling, creeping.


larviform

larviform (comparative more larviform, superlative most larviform)

more larviform (comparative)
most larviform (superlative)

(zoology) Having the shape or structure of a larva


psalterial

psalterial aperture

psalterial fibre

psalterial cords

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the psalterium.


psorosperm

(zoology, obsolete) A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarinae, in the pseudonavicula stage.


pterylography

en-noun

pterylography (usually uncountable, plural pterylographies)

(zoology) The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or of the pterylae, of birds.


mesomyodous

(zoology, rare) Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.


peritreme

(zoology) That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles.

(zoology) The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.


squamigerous

en-adj

squamigerous (comparative more squamigerous, superlative most squamigerous)

more squamigerous (comparative)
most squamigerous (superlative)

From Latin squamiger; squama (“a scale”) + gerere (“to bear”).

Can it be possible that silver is to be trodden down by the feet and claws of gold-bugs, flattened by the Kanchulla of money-devils or swallowed by the squamigerous hydra of Wall Street?

1897 May 13, “Run Here, Somebody”, in The Montgomery Advertiser, volume LXVII (old series) / XXXII (new series), number 291, Montgomery, Ala.: The Advertiser Co., →OCLC, page 4, column 2:


fringilline

(zoology) Pertaining to the family Fringillidae, the true finches.


pyralid

/pʌɪˈɹeɪlɪd/

(entomology) A moth of the family Pyralidae.


pyralid

pyralid (comparative more pyralid, superlative most pyralid)

more pyralid (comparative)
most pyralid (superlative)

/pʌɪˈɹeɪlɪd/

They are often tiny, frequently brown and always challenging to identify but an average of one new species of pyralid moth each year is turning up in Britain, according to experts.

2018 June 14, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian:

(entomology) Pertaining to the Pyralidae family of moths.


auchenium

(zoology) The posterior portion of the neck in birds.


trichiuroid

trichiuroid (comparative more trichiuroid, superlative most trichiuroid)

more trichiuroid (comparative)
most trichiuroid (superlative)

(zoology) Of, like, or pertaining to Trichiurus.


haliotoid

haliotoid (comparative more haliotoid, superlative most haliotoid)

more haliotoid (comparative)
most haliotoid (superlative)

(zoology, archaic) Belonging to the genus Haliotis.


epicranium

(zoology) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.


charadriiform

(ornithology) Belonging to the Charadriiformes.


solipede

(zoology, obsolete) A mammal having a single hoof on each foot; a solidungulate.


multicarinate

multicarinate (comparative more multicarinate, superlative most multicarinate)

more multicarinate (comparative)
most multicarinate (superlative)

multicarinate mollusc shells

multicarinate scales

(zoology) Many-keeled; having many keel-like ridges


cryptobranchiate

cryptobranchiate (comparative more cryptobranchiate, superlative most cryptobranchiate)

more cryptobranchiate (comparative)
most cryptobranchiate (superlative)

(zoology) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.


ganoid

Ancient Greek γάνος (gános, “brightness, sheen”) + -oid

uder

(zoology) One of the Ganoidei, a disused taxonomic grouping of fishes, including the bowfin, gars, and sturgeons.


parapterum

From New Latin parapteron. See para-, and pteron.

(zoology) In certain insects, a parapteron

(zoology) In birds, the scapular and adjoining feathers of the wing.


sarcoseptum

(zoology) One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan.


ascidium

From New Latin ascidium, from Ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον (askídion), from ἀσκός (askós, “leather bag”) + -ιδιον (-idion, “diminutive ending”).

(zoology) One of the former genus Ascidium of simple ascidians, which included most of the known species; sometimes used as a name for the family Ascidiidae or for all the Tunicata, or Ascidiacea.


hydrachnid

(zoology) An aquatic mite of the genus Hydrachna or of its relatives in Hydrachnidiae or similar groups.


suprabranchial

(zoology) Situated above the branchiae; applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.


cardueline

(zoology) Belonging to the subfamily Carduelinae of finches.


nematogene

(zoology) Alternative spelling of nematogen


pennigerous

From Latin penniger, from penna (“feather”) + gerere (“to bear”), + -ous.

(zoology, dated) Bearing feathers or quills.


implacental

(zoology, archaic) Not having a placenta (said of e.g. marsupials and monotremes).


implacental

(zoology, archaic) A mammal having no placenta.


tylarus

From New Latin tylarus, from Ancient Greek τυλάριον (tulárion, “cushion”).

der

(zoology) One of the pads on the undersurface of the toes of birds.


tenuirostral

en-adj

tenuirostral (comparative more tenuirostral, superlative most tenuirostral)

more tenuirostral (comparative)
most tenuirostral (superlative)

The tenuirostral birds include the hummingbirds.


truttaceous

truttaceous (comparative more truttaceous, superlative most truttaceous)

more truttaceous (comparative)
most truttaceous (superlative)

Latin trutta (“trout”), Latin tructa. See trout.

(zoology, archaic) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout.


ptenoglossate

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.


formicaroid

formicaroid (comparative more formicaroid, superlative most formicaroid)

more formicaroid (comparative)
most formicaroid (superlative)

formicaroid bird

(zoology, archaic) Like or pertaining to the family Formiicaridae of antthrushes.


pseudorhabdite

(zoology) One of the rod-like corpuscles found in the integument of certain Turbellaria, filled with a soft granular substance.


ovicell

Moreover, the lepralielliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is entirely calcified though perforated by numerous pseudopores, precludes these species from being affiliated with taxa having a microporelliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is uncalcified.

2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development


testicond

From Latin testis (“testis”) + condere (“to hide”).

testicond mammals

Although the testes of some mammals, such as elephants and manatees, are also testicond, in most mammals the testes migrate downward, or descend, as the embryo develops.

2009, Bruce D. Olsen, Understanding Human Anatomy Through Evolution:

(zoology) Having the testicles naturally concealed within the abdomen, such as in the case of the cetaceans.


proscolex

From New Latin proscōlēx, from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) + σκώληξ (skṓlēx).

(zoology) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia.


rhopalium

From New Latin rhopalium, from Ancient Greek ῥοπαλιον (rhopalion), diminutive of ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club”).

(zoology) One of the small sensory tentacular structures of various jellyfish species.


nectocalyx

(zoology) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.

(zoology) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophorae, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.


palpiform

palpiform (comparative more palpiform, superlative most palpiform)

more palpiform (comparative)
most palpiform (superlative)

From palpus + -iform. Compare French palpiforme.

palpiform appendages

palpiform joint

palpiform proboscis

(archaic, entomology) Having the form of a palpus.


vermetus

From translingual Vermetus, from Latin vermis (“worm”).

(zoology) Any of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae.


ensate

ensate (comparative more ensate, superlative most ensate)

more ensate (comparative)
most ensate (superlative)

From New Latin ensatus, from Latin ensis (“sword”).

(botany, zoology) Having sword-shaped leaves or appendages.


areolet

Diminutive of Latin areola. See -et, -let.

(zoology) A small enclosed area, especially one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.


tentaculocyst

(zoology) One of the auditory organs of certain medusae.


trochosphere

(zoology) A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia is developed around the anterior end.


placoganoid

(zoology, obsolete) Relating to the Placoganoidei, apparently a synonym of Placodermi.


crinoidal

crinoidal limestone

crinoidal remains

(zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.


matrimoiety

(anthropology) A descent group coming from the mother's side.


patrimoiety

(anthropology) A descent group coming from the father's side.


syringeal

the syringeal muscle


coronamen

(zoology) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.


gnathite

(zoology) Any of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda.


corneocalcareous

(rare, zoology) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, like some shells and corals.


ganoidal

(zoology, obsolete) Relating or belonging to the ganoids.


infuscated

infuscated (comparative more infuscated, superlative most infuscated)

more infuscated (comparative)
most infuscated (superlative)


palpigerous

in their eyes usually on a moveable footstalk ; their palpigerous mandibles ; and their four antennæ

1818, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction To Entomology: Or, Elements Of The Natural History Of Insects:


protocercal

(zoology) Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal.


gradatory

gradatory (comparative more gradatory, superlative most gradatory)

more gradatory (comparative)
most gradatory (superlative)

Under this name we group together a large number of very similar forms; or if dissimilar, forms connected by gradatory specimens

1897, John van Denburgh, The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin:

(zoology) Suitable for walking, or able to walk (said of an animal, especially a bird, or of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land).


zoogonous

(zoology) That gives birth to live offspring (rather than laying eggs)


zoophaga

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) + φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”)

(zoology) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.


petaurine

(zoology) Relating to the possum family Petauridae.


inferobranchiate

(zoology, archaic, said of some mollusks) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.


Bojanus organ

From the name of the discoverer, Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus.

(zoology) A glandular organ of bivalve mollusks, serving in part as a kidney.


syndactyle

(zoology, archaic) Any bird with syndactylous feet.


selachoid

selachoid (comparative more selachoid, superlative most selachoid)

more selachoid (comparative)
most selachoid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling the Selachii (sharks).


endothorax

The endothorax in the mesothelium does not have a small thorn, with an irregular pectinate tooth in the second to seventh segments of the posterior edge of the abdomen

2018, Ying-Kun Huang, Wen-Feng Li, Rong-Yue Zhang, Color Illustration of Diagnosis and Control for Modern Sugarcane Diseases, Pests, and Weeds:

(entomology) An internal processes of the thorax.


cynanthropy

Coined based on Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”).

(anthropology, folklore) A shape-shifting ability between human and canine forms.


epithema

From New Latin epithema, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθεμα (epíthema, “lid, cover”).

der

(zoology) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.


desmognathous

(zoology, obsolete) belonging to a former taxonomic group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), having the maxillopalatine bones united


spermophore

(zoology) rare spelling of spermatophore


curvicaudate

en-adj

curvicaudate (comparative more curvicaudate, superlative most curvicaudate)

more curvicaudate (comparative)
most curvicaudate (superlative)

Latin curvus (“bent”) + English caudate.

(zoology) Having a curved or crooked tail.


branchiomerism

(zoology) The state of being formed of branchiate segments.


branchiogenic

(zoology) That originates in the branchial arches


branchiomere

(zoology) The embryonic structure that develops into the branchial arch


branchiomotor

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the movement of the gills or the muscles of the branchial arches


branchial arch

en-noun

branchial arch (plural branchial arches)

(zoology, fish anatomy) Any of a series of bony looped structures which support the gills of fish; any of the pharyngeal arches in a fish embryo.

Kiemenbogen

bony looped structure supporting the gills


branchiostegal

Ancient Greek βράγχιον (bránkhion, “gill (used in the plural)”) + στέγω (stégō, “cover”) + -al

uder

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish


tegular

en-adj

tegular (comparative more tegular, superlative most tegular)

more tegular (comparative)
most tegular (superlative)

From Latin tēgulāris, from tēgula (“a tile”). See tile.


cercal

From Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + -al. Compare cercus, from the same source but with a divergent meaning.


formicid

(zoology) Any member of the ant family Formicidae.


metasternum

(entomology) The ventral sclerite (or exoskeletal plate) of the metathorax of insects.


endostyle

(zoology) A longitudinal ciliated groove on the ventral wall of the pharynx which produces mucus to gather food particles, found in urochordates and cephalochordates and in the larvae of lampreys.


discina

(zoology) Any member of the brachiopod genus Discina.


encephalous

(archaic, zoology, said of mollusks) Having a distinct head.


pterylosis

In a detailed study of the pterylosis of the genus Passer (with special emphasis on the house sparrow), Clench (1970) identified nine feather tracts: dorsal, scapulohumeral, femoral, ventral, lateral neck, capital, alar, crural, and caudal.

2006, Ted R. Anderson, Biology of the Ubiquitous House Sparrow:

(ornithology) The particular arrangement of feathers on a bird.


saurognathous

From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”) + -gnathous.

(zoology) having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers


redmouth

(zoology) Applied to various fishes with a bright red mouth.


ecthoreum

From Ancient Greek ἐκθορέω (ekthoréō, “to leap out”), from θρῴσκω (thrṓiskō, “jump”), + -eum.

der

(zoology) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida.


mesogastric

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.


microsthenic

en-adj

microsthenic (comparative more microsthenic, superlative most microsthenic)

more microsthenic (comparative)
most microsthenic (superlative)

(zoology, archaic, rare) Having a typically small size (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals)


dalatiid

(zoology) Any member of the shark family Dalatiidae.


teredo

From Latin terēdō (“woodworm”), from Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn, “wood-worm”). Compare Ancient Greek: τέρην (térēn, “smooth, gentle”).

desc

Meet fell Tᴇʀᴇᴅᴏ, as he mines the keel / With beaked head, and break his lips of steel […].

1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 123:

No timber that would stand the exposure to water as well as the ravages of white ants and the teredo, could be found.

1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 272:

(zoology) A mollusc of the genus Teredo, especially the shipworm, Teredo navalis.


annulose

en-adj

annulose (comparative more annulose, superlative most annulose)

more annulose (comparative)
most annulose (superlative)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.


exsanguious

exsanguious (comparative more exsanguious, superlative most exsanguious)

more exsanguious (comparative)
most exsanguious (superlative)

From Latin exsanguis, from ex (“out”) + sanguis, sanguinis (“blood”). Compare exsanguineous.

Insects are exsanguious.


cephalomere

we would suggest that the head of Arthropoda be termed the Cephalosome , the cephalic segments cephalomere

1877, Alpheus Spring Packard, A Monograph of the Phyllopod Crustacea of North America:

(zoology) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.


pseudembryo

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(zoology) An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding.


hemerobiid

Recent hemerobiids (brown lacewings) are terrestrial insects and both adults and larvae prey on small soft-bodied arthropods.

1977, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology series, volume 33, page 259:

Hemerobiids often are active at relatively low temperatures; thus they can be useful as biological control agents in temperate regions early in the season when other natural enemies remain inactive.

2009, Catherine A. Tauber, Maurice J. Tauber, Gilberto S. Albuquerque, “Neuroptera (Lacewings, Antlions)”, in Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé, editors, Encyclopedia of Insects, page 705:

Coccinellid beetles and hemerobiids (brown lacewings), and other such predators are most likely to have a major impact on aphid densities.

2010, Claire Ozanne, “Chapter 9: Insect pests of some forest trees”, in Bryan G. Bowes, editor, Trees and Forests, page 180:

(zoology) Any insect of the brown lacewing family (Hemerobiidae).


apostatic

apostatic (comparative more apostatic, superlative most apostatic)

more apostatic (comparative)
most apostatic (superlative)

apostatic selection

(zoology) negative frequency-dependent; depending on being rare.


somatocyst

(zoology) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophorae.


solpugid

(zoology) Any arachnid of the order Solifugae


multiradiate

multiradiate (comparative more multiradiate, superlative most multiradiate)

more multiradiate (comparative)
most multiradiate (superlative)


turbellaria

(zoology) Any member of Turbellaria; a flatworm.


supraocular

supraocular scales of fishes and reptiles


supraocular

(zoology) One of the scales above the eyes.


metagnathous

/mɪˈtæɡnəθəs/

(zoology) having the mandibles crossing at the tip of the bill, as in the crossbill


cycloganoid

(zoology) Any of the obsolete taxon Cycloganoidei, a group of fishes which included the bowfin.


totipalmate

From Latin totus (“all, whole”) + English palmate.

(zoology) Having all four toes united by a web, as in the pelican.


phacellus

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek, meaning "bundle of faggots".

(zoology) One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.


patellula

en-noun

patellula (plural patellulae or patellulæ)

(zoology) A cup-like sucker on the feet of certain insects.


falconiform

(ornithology) Any falcon of the order Falconiformes


ascidiform

en-adj

ascidiform (comparative more ascidiform, superlative most ascidiform)

more ascidiform (comparative)
most ascidiform (superlative)

(zoology or botany) Shaped like an ascidian (sea squirt).


cirriform

cirriform (comparative more cirriform, superlative most cirriform)

more cirriform (comparative)
most cirriform (superlative)

(biology, zoology) Formed like a cirrus or tendril.


mesonotum

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek, meaning "middle of the back".

Frons mat black, orbits slightly paler, more greyish; mesonotum distinctly mat, greyish-black, but with some subshine; […]

2013, K. A. Spencer, Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance, page 264:

(zoology) The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.


actinosome

(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.


chinchillid

Chinchillids like Eoviscaccia are not yet strongly adapted to the cooler climates found in either high altitudes or southerly altitudes.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 66:

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Chinchillidae.


haematocryal

haematocryal animal

haematocryal creature


homocercy

(zoology) The possession of a homocercal (symmetric) tail (by a fish).


pipra

(zoology) Any member of the bird genus Pipra; a manakin.


colleterial

The right ovary with its duct has been removed, and only a small portion of the colleterial glands is shown

1892, Arthur Milnes Marshall, A Junior Course of Pracical Zoology:

(zoology) Relating to the colleterium of insects.


tubulidentate

(zoology) Having teeth traversed by canals; said of certain edentates


pterostigma

Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón) + στίγμα (stígma), meaning "wing mark".

The pterostigma is particularly noticeable in dragonflies.

(zoology) A cell in the outer wing of insects which is often thickened or coloured and so stands out from other cells


spinnerule

(zoology) One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.


siphoniferous

siphoniferous (comparative more siphoniferous, superlative most siphoniferous)

more siphoniferous (comparative)
most siphoniferous (superlative)

The shell of the nautilus is siphoniferous.

siphoniferous mollusc


biocellate

From Latin bis (“twice”) + ocellatus. See ocellated.

a biocellate wing

(zoology) Having two ocelli, or eye-like spots.


myxinoid

myxinoid (comparative more myxinoid, superlative most myxinoid)

more myxinoid (comparative)
most myxinoid (superlative)

(zoology) pertaining to, the hagfish class Myxini.


syndactylous

Kingfishers are syndactylous.

syndactylous cattle

syndactylous cow

(zoology) Having the toes firmly joined together for a long distance, and not webbed

syndactylous digits

(zoology, of toes) firmly joined together for a long distance, but not webbed


sarcophagous

/sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs/

/sɑɹˈkɑfəɡəs/

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(zoology) Feeding on flesh; carnivorous.

(zoology, rare) Relating to genus Sarcophaga or its members.


chlamydoselachid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae of frilled sharks, which comprises two extant species in genus Chlamydoselachus and several extinct species in the genera Chlamydoselachus and †Proteothrinax.


heterodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family Heterodontidae of bullhead sharks.


hexanchid

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Hexanchid sharks (Family Hexanchidae) are extremely rare in Lower Cretaceous deposits and are known only from isolated teeth.

1995, P.J.Smart, Hexanchid shark teeth (Chondrichthyes, Vertebrata) from the Lower Cretaceous Albian sediments of Leighton Buzzard, South-central England:

(zoology) Any member of the family Hexanchidae, of cow sharks.


rhabdite

The rhabdite-forming cells are situated in the parenchyma underneath the longitudinal subepidermal muscle layer.

2017, R. Sluys, A Monograph of the Marine Triclads, page 6:

(zoology) A minute smooth rod-like or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.

(zoology) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.


interscapulars

(zoology) The interscapular feathers of a bird.


pteropodous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the obsolete group Pteropoda, the pteropods.


retinulate

en-adj

retinulate (comparative more retinulate, superlative most retinulate)

more retinulate (comparative)
most retinulate (superlative)

(zoology) Having, or characterized by, retinulae.


epipodium

From epi- (“on”) + -podium (“relating to a leg-like structure”).

af

(zoology) One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.


stylommatophorous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Stylommatophora.


perradial

(zoology) Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate.

perradial axis

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the perradium.


prostomium

From Ancient Greek, meaning "before the mouth".

(zoology) The portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.


pleurobranch

(zoology) Any of the gills of certain crustaceans, such as some shrimp, that are attached to the side of the thorax


gobioid

en-adj

gobioid (comparative more gobioid, superlative most gobioid)

more gobioid (comparative)
most gobioid (superlative)

(zoology) Like, or pertaining to, the goby, the genus Gobius, or, especially, suborder Gobioidei.


pupivorous

From pupa + -i- + Latin vorare (“to devour”).

(zoology) Feeding on the pupae (or larvae) of insects.


zoarcid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Zoarcidae; an eelpout.


dactylar

dactylar base of a crustacean

dactylar finger of a shrimp

dactylar tubercle on a crab

(zoology) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or the claw of an insect or crustacean.


postabdomen

en-noun

postabdomen (plural postabdomens or postabdomina)

postabdomens (plural)
postabdomina (plural)

(zoology) The part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax.

The postabdomens of both sexes of Cinderella lampra Steyskal and of the unique female of C. aczeli, n. sp. (Mendoza, Argentina) are described.

1969, George C. Steyskal, “The Postabdomen of Cinderella, with a New Species from Argentina (Diptera: Heleomyzidae)”, in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, volume 42, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 80–83:

No special preparation in glycerine of male and female postabdomina were made because the features of diagnostic importance are well visible in dry condition, but as a result not all characters of the postabdomina can be described.

2011, Hans-Peter Tschorsnig, “A new species of Istocheta Rondani (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Mercantour National Park, France”, in Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A (Neue Serie), volume 4, pages 335–340:

The anthomyiid oviscapt (postabdomen) is as regards the ground plan undoubtedly slender, well set off from and hardly shorter than the preabdomen, and has slender cerci with projecting, cylindrical apices.

2013, Verner Michelsen, “Proposal of Karliella gen. n. for the Afrotropical ‘Pegomya’ sexpunctata Karl, 1935 (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), a possible kleptoparasite of dung-breeding beetles”, in African Invertebrates, volume 54, number 2, →DOI, pages 335–347:

(entomology) The terminal segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.


incavation

Instead, what is incavated is archaeological evidence in itself, and incavations are thus about the very possibility of archaeology.

2004, Neil Brodie, Catherine Hills, Material Engagements: Studies in Honour of Colin Renfrew, page 48:

During this incavation, eight contemporary and mundane domestic assemblages were buried in the garden of a Berlin townhouse. In undertaking this 'incavation', Holtorf made a powerful statement about archaeology as a performance and a particular form of material engagement with the past.

2010, Rodney Harrison, John Schofield, After Modernity: Archaeological Approaches to the Contemporary Past, page 116:

To revert to my earlier imagery, while conventional archaeological excavations aim to methodically purify what its practitioners conceive of as a target signal from a specific past, by amplifying it over and above the temporal pile-up of object noise that surrounds it, Afro-Cuban ritual 'incavations', if I may call them that, proceed no less methodically in scrambling the frequencies of space and time upon which disciplined historicist archaeological praxis depends.

2013 April, Stephan Palmié, “Signal and Noise: Digging up the Dead in Archaeology and Afro-Cuban Palo Monte”, in Archaeological Review from Cambridge, volume 28, number 1, page 127:

(archaeology) An act of earthing artifacts; the burial or entombment of archaeologically interesting items.


pedimanous

(archaic, zoology) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as in the opossums and monkeys.


mitriform

en-adj

mitriform (comparative more mitriform, superlative most mitriform)

more mitriform (comparative)
most mitriform (superlative)

(botany) Conical, and somewhat dilated at the base.


chilostomatous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma, a genus of land snails.


nodosarine

nodosarine (comparative more nodosarine, superlative most nodosarine)

more nodosarine (comparative)
most nodosarine (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria.


nodosarine

(zoology) Any foraminifer of the genus Nodosaria or allied genera.


elytroid

elytroid (comparative more elytroid, superlative most elytroid)

more elytroid (comparative)
most elytroid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling a beetle's wingcase.


ditokous

Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + τόκος (tókos, “a bringing forth, offspring”).

Certain annelids are ditokous.

Some birds are ditokous.

(zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.


spineback

(zoology) A fish with spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.


sapienization

(anthropology) The development of Homo sapiens (the modern human being) from earlier species.


zeuglodont

(zoology) Any of the family †Basilosauridae of extinct cetaceans, formerly under the taxonomically invalid name Zeuglodontidae.


tetraonid

Latin tetrao (“a heath cock, grouse”), from Ancient Greek. Compare French tétraonide.

The grouse, partridge and quail are tetraonids.

(zoology) A bird belonging to the tribe Tetraonini, of which the genus Tetrao is the type.