vascoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Vascoceratidae.


velellid

(zoology) Any hydrozoan in the family Velellidae, synonym for the Porpitidae.


valloniid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Valloniidae.


varanopid

(zoology) Any of the extinct tetrapods in the family Varanopidae.


vetulicolid

(zoology) Any early Cambrian animal in the family Vetulicolidae.


vermileonid

(zoology) Any insect of the family Vermileonidae.


velutinid

(zoology) Any of the gastropods in the family Velutinidae.


sarcophagid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Sarcophagidae, the flesh flies.


veigaiid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Veigaiidae.


vertiginid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Vertiginidae.


veliferid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Veliferidae, the velifers or sailfin moonfish.


verticordiid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Verticordiidae.


rutoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Rutoceratidae.


varroid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Varroidae.


veronicellid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Veronicellidae.


veliid

However some gerrids, nepids and veliids are attacked by allantonematid nematodes and Burton (1963) found Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobb) in a bedbug, although this insect was not considered an intermediate host.

1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations:

(entomology) Any member of the family Veliidae of riffle bugs.


vireonid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Vireonidae.


viduid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Viduidae.


vexilliferid

(zoology) Any amoebozoan in the family Vexilliferidae.


scincid

(zoology) Any member of the family Scincidae, the skinks.


vitrinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Vitrinidae of land snails and slugs.


pythid

Sphalma quadricollis was originally described as a pythid by Horn (1872), contrary to Watt (1987) who states that S. quadricollis was originally placed in Melandryidae.

1990, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, numbers 151-155, page 5:

When the lower lethal temperatures of the chrysomelid beetle Phyllodecta laticollis or of the pythid beetle Pytho depressus is plotted against the concentrations of solutes in their hemolymph, a steep regression line appears.

1999, L. Somme, “Cold adaptations in terrestrial invertebrates”, in Rosa Margesin, Franz Schinner, editors, Cold-Adapted Organisms: Ecology, Physiology, Enzymology and Molecular Biology, page 151:

Finally, pythids and belids are Batesian mimics, apparently lacking any chemical defenses.

2005, P. J. Gullan, Peter Cranston, The Insects: An Outline of Entomology, page 369:

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Pythidae.


scincosaurid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Scincosauridae.


volutomitrid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Volutomitridae.


volvatellid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Volvatellidae.


vulcanodontid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Vulcanodontidae.


sciomyzid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Sciomyzidae.


scissurellid

(zoology) Any in the family Scissurellidae of gastropods.


volborthellid

(zoology) Any extinct animal in the family Volborthellidae.


viviparid

(zoology) Any member of the family Viviparidae of river snails.


volutid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Volutidae, the volutes.


sclerosomatid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Sclerosomatidae.


scolecomorphid

(zoology) Any in the family Scolecomorphidae of caecilians.


scirtid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Scirtidae.


scolopendrid

(zoology) Any of the family Scolopendridae of centipedes.


scoliid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Scoliidae.


scoloplacid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Scoloplacidae.


scomberesocid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Scomberesocidae of sauries.


vombatid

(zoology) Any wombat of the family Vombatidae


scopelarchid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Scopelarchidae, the pearleyes.


scutigerid

(zoology) Any centipede in the family Scutigeridae.


scopid

(zoology) Any member of the family Scopidae, the hammerkop, an African wading bird.


scorpaenid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Scorpaenidae, a scorpionfish.


sclerorhynchid

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


scombrolabracid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Scombrolabracidae. which consists only of the species Scombrolabrax heterolepis.


scraptiid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Scraptiidae.


scaloposaurid

(zoology) Any therocephalian therapsid in the obsolete family Scaloposauridae.


scophthalmid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Scophthalmidae, the turbots.


scyllaeid

(zoology) Any in the family Scyllaeidae of sea slugs.


sciurid

(zoology) Any rodent of the Sciuridae; a squirrel


scytodid

(zoology) Any spider of the family Scytodidae, the spitting spiders.


scytalinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Scytalinidae of very slender burrowing fish called graveldivers.


scydmaenid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Scydmaenidae.


scutellerid

(zoology) Any member of the family Scutelleridae of shield-backed bugs.


scyliorhinid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Scyliorhinidae.


scombropid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Scombropidae, the gnomefish.


schizopodid

The body of adult schizopodids is somewhat to very stout and strongly convex.

2002, G. H. Nelson, C. L. Bellamy, “40. Schizopodidae LeConte 1861”, in Ross H. Arnett, Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, J. Howard Frank, editors, American Beetles, Volume 2, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 95:

Schizopodid beetles or false jewel beetles are similar to metallic wood-boring beetles or jewel beetles (Buprestidae) but are distinguished by the deeply bilobed fourth tarsal segment of the adults.

2006, Arthur V. Evans, James N. Hogue, Field Guide to Beetles of California, University of California Press, page 123:

2021, Arthur V. Evans, Beetles of Western North America, Princeton University Press, unnumbered page,
Schizopodids are typically found feeding on spring-blooming desert flowers, clinging to dry grasses (Schizopus) or on foliage of oaks (Dystaxia) and junipers (Glyptoscelimorpha).

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Schizopodidae; a false jewel beetle.


ulidiid

Unlike ulidiids, a few species are predaceous;[…].

2001, John Sivinski, “2: Breeding Habits and Sex in Families Closely Related to the Tephritidae: Opportunities for Comparstive Studies of Fruit Fly Behavior”, in Martin Aluja, Allen Norrbom, editors, Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior, page 27:

Decomposing plant fragments can be an important food resource in aquatic habitats, where it is consumed by the larvae of tipulids, ephydrids, ulidiids, and other groups.

2006, Richard W. Merritt, Gregory W. Courtney, Joe B. Keiper, “Diptera”, in Timothy D. Schowalter, editor, Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, 2nd edition, page 288:

Two orbital setae distinguish ulidiids.

2010, E. Geoffrey Hancock, “65: Richardiidae (Richardiid Flies)”, in B. V. Brown, A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley, M. A. Zumbado, editors, Manual of Central American Diptera, volume 2, page 871:

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(zoology) Any species of the family Ulidiidae, picture-winged flies.


scylacosaurid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Scylacosauridae.


uraeotyphlid

(zoology) Any caecilian in the family Uraeotyphlidae, now considered to be part of the Ichthyophiidae.


urocordylid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Urocordylidae.


scythridid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Scythrididae.


vaginulid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Vaginulidae, a synonym of the Veronicellidae.


viverravid

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


sebecid

(zoology) Any crocodylomorph in the family Sebecidae.


segnosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Segnosauridae, a synonym for the Therizinosauridae.


selenopid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Selenopidae.


seisonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Seisonidae of rotifers.


seguenziid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Seguenziidae.


sejid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Sejidae.


seymouriid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Seymouriidae.


sebid

(zoology) Any member of the family Sebidae of crustaceans.


sepiadariid

(zoology) Any cuttlefish in the family Sepiadariidae.


sergestid

(zoology) Any member of the family Sergestidae of decapods.


semelid

(zoology) Any member of the family Semelidae of venus shells.


serpulid

(zoology) Any of the family Serpulidae of annelid worms.


sesarmid

(zoology) Any member of the family Sesarmidae of crabs.


shartegosuchid

(zoology) Any crocodylomorph in the family Shartegosuchidae.


serrasalmid

(zoology) Any characin in the family Serrasalmidae.


selenosteid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Selenosteidae.


sialid

(entomology) Any member of the family Sialidae of alderflies.


segestriid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Segestriidae.


senoculid

(zoology) Any member of family Senoculidae of spiders.


sicyoniid

(zoology) Any prawn in the family Sicyoniidae.


sierolomorphid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Sierolomorphidae.


shuvosaurid

(zoology) Any archosaur in the family Shuvosauridae.


silesaurid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Silesauridae.


siderastreid

(zoology) Any stony coral in the family Siderastreidae.


sepiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Sepiidae of certain cuttlefish.


shumarditid

(zoology) Any member of the †Shumarditidae, extinct shelled cephalopods.


serrivomerid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Serrivomeridae.


simenchelyid

(zoology) Any member of the Simenchelyidae.


siliquariid

(zoology) Any of the family Siliquariidae of sea snails.


sillaginid

(zoology) Any in the family Sillaginidae of fishes.


silvanid

(zoology) Any member of the family Silvanidae of flat bark beetles.


sinuitid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Sinuitidae.


signiphorid

In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids).

2005, Norman F. Johnson, Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 531:

(zoology) Any member of the Signiphoridae of parasitic wasps.


shinisaurid

Although present in most closely related anguids, this character is absent in platynotans with the exception of all shinisaurids, the monstersaurid Primaderma and the mosasaurid Dolichosaurus.

2015 July 16, “Evidence of Egg Diversity in Squamate Evolution from Cretaceous Anguimorph Embryos”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Shinisauridae.


sirenid

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


sisyrid

(zoology) Any spongillafly in the family Sisyridae.


sironid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Sironidae.


sinuopeid

(zoology) Any extinct sea snail in the family Sinuopeidae.


sivaladapid

(zoology) Any prosimian in the family Sivaladapidae.


sipunculid

(zoology) Any member of the clade Sipuncula.

(zoology, uncommon) Any member of the family Sipunculidae, the peanut worms.


sicariid

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The spider family Sicariidae, commonly known as Six-eyed Sicariid Spiders, have been sighted 124 times by contributing members.

(Can we date this quote?), “Sicariidae (Six-eyed Sicariid Spiders)”, in SpiderID:

(zoology) Any spider in the family Sicariidae.


simuliid

(zoology) Any blackfly in the family Simuliidae.


solenid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the bivalve family Solenidae, the razor shells.


sepsid

(zoology) Any member of the family Sepsidae of black scavenger flies.


sooglossid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Sooglossidae.


skeneopsid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Skeneopsidae.


smittinid

(zoology) Any bryozoan in the family Smittinidae.


solecurtid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Solecurtidae.


somoholitid

(zoology) Any member of the Somoholitidae.


skeneid

(zoology) Any member of the family Skeneidae of marine snails.


somniosid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Somniosidae.


solenofilomorphid

(zoology) Any member of the Solenofilomorphidae.


solenodontid

(zoology) Any solenodon in the family Solenodontidae.


solenopleurid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Solenopleuridae.


soricid

(zoology) Any shrew in the family Soricidae.


sparassid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Sparassidae.


sphaeritid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Sphaeritidae.


sphaeromatid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Sphaeromatidae.


spheniscid

(zoology) Any member of the Spheniscidae; a penguin.


solemyid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Solemyidae.


spatangid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Spatangidae.


sphaeropsocid

(zoology)Any barklouse in the family Sphaeropsocidae.


saldid

(entomology) Any member of the family Saldidae, the shore bugs.


sphaerocerid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Sphaeroceridae.


solenostomid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Solenostomidae.


speleonectid

(zoology) Any remipede in the family Speleonectidae.


sphaerotheriid

(zoology) Any millipede in the family Sphaerotheriidae.


solasterid

(zoology) Any member of the family Solasteridae of sea stars.


sphaeriid

(zoology) Any in the family Sphaeriidae of clams.


sphindid

(zoology) Any in the family Sphindidae of beetles.


sphagnid

(zoology) Any sphagnum moss in the subclass Sphagnidae.


sphargid

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Sphargidae, a synonym for the Dermochelyidae.


spirorchiid

(zoology) Any trematode in the family Spirorchiidae.


sphyraenid

(zoology) Any barracuda in the family Sphyraenidae.


saccopharyngid

(ichthyology) Any in the family Saccopharyngidae of gulper eels.


sphenacodontid

(zoology) Any synapsid in the family Sphenacodontidae.


sphenosuchid

(zoology) Any extinct crocodylomorph in the family Sphenosuchidae.


spiraxid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Spiraxidae.


spondylid

(zoology) Any member of the family Spondylidae of spiny oysters.


spionid

(zoology) Any of the family Spionidae of polychaete worms.


spongillid

(zoology) Any in the family Spongillidae of sponges.


sphaerodactylid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae.


spinturnicid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Spinturnicidae.


spiroceratid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Spiroceratidae.


spintherid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Spintheridae.


spongodiscid

(zoology) Any radiolarian in the family Spongodiscidae.


spalacid

(mammalogy) Any member of the Spalacidae: the mole rats, bamboo rats and zokors.


spirobolid

(zoology) Any millipede in the order Spirobolida.

(zoology) Any millipede in the family Spirobolidae.


spirostreptid

(zoology) Any millipede in the order Spirostreptida.

(zoology) Any millipede in the family Spirostreptidae.


sphenodontid

(zoology) Any member of the order Sphenodontida or of the Sphenodontidae, the only family in the order with living species (tuataras in the genus Sphenodon).


spirurid

Representatives of the Mermithidae are the most common nematode parasites of tettigoniids, however spirurids and more rarely, subulurids and thelastomatids, also occur in some members of this family.

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Spiruridae.


siganid

(ichthyology) Any of the family Siganidae of rabbitfishes.


sphenopid

(zoology) Any zoanthid in the family Sphenopidae.


splanchnotrophid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Splanchnotrophidae.


spinosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Spinosauridae.


serranid

The groupers, hinds and many related serranids are well-known for their rather unusual reproductive styles.

2000, Yvonne Sadovy, Andrew S. Cornish, Reef Fishes of Hong Kong, page 46:

Conservation measures that are targeted specifically at protecting serranids and take into account their reproductive traits have proven successful.

2007, Gene S. Helfman, Fish Conservation, page 46:

As noted above, the serranids are the largest group in terms of species numbers.

2008, J. S. Kenny, The Biological Diversity of Trinidad and Tobago: A Naturalist's Notes, page 72:

(zoology) Any fish of the family Serranidae.


smaridid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Smarididae.


sematurid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Sematuridae.


sinentomid

(zoology) Any proturan in the family Sinentomidae.


serolid

(zoology) Any member of the family Serolidae of certain isopod crustaceans.


soleid

A similar character also appears in the Soleidae, but is never covered by lower lip in that family; soleids do not occur in the Neotropics.

2003, Roberto E. Reis, Sven O. Kullander, Carl J. Ferraris, Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America, page 666:

Larvae of the flatfish family Soleidae most closely resemble tonguefish larvae but the smaller jaws and more attenuated body shape in cynoglossids serves to distinguish them from larval soleids.

2005, T. W. Farooqi, R. F. Shaw, J. G. Ditty, J. Lyczkowski-Shultz, “Chapter 207: Cynoglossidae: Tongue fishes”, in William J. Richards, editor, Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes, page 2368:

The oldest soleids, Eobuglossus eocenicus and Turahbuglossus cuvillieri, both known from single specimens from the Upper Lutetian of Egypt (Chabanaud 1937; Chanet 1994, 1997), are also among the first known flatfish fossils and they are identical to skeletons of recent soleids.

2008, Thomas A. Monroe, “Chapter 2: Systematic diversity of the Pleuronectiformes”, in Robin N. Gibson, editor, Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation, page 14:

(zoology) Any species of the family Soleidae.


sinraptorid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Sinraptoridae.


sportellid

(zoology) Any bivalve mollusk in the family Sportellidae.


squalorajid

(zoology) Any extinct chimaera in the family Squalorajidae.


stegocephalid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Stegocephalidae.


staurikosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Staurikosauridae, a synonym of the Herrerasauridae.


steatornithid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Steatornithidae.


stegosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Stegosauridae of dinosaurs.


stegodontid

(zoology) Any extinct elephant in the family Stegodontidae.


stenochilid

(zoology) Any spider of the family Stenochilidae.


squalodontid

(zoology) Any in the family Squalodontidae of extinct toothed whales.


squillid

(zoology) Any in the family Squillidae of mantis shrimps.


stenopodid

(zoology) Any shrimp in the family Stenopodidae.


stenopelmatid

(entomology) Any member of the family Stenopelmatidae of Jerusalem crickets.


squatinid

(zoology) Any in the family Squatinidae of sharks.


stahleckeriid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Stahleckeriidae.


stenopsocid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Stenopsocidae.


stenostirid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Stenostiridae.


stenopsychid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Stenopsychidae.


stenothecid

(zoology) Any extinct mollusk in the family Stenothecidae.


sternophorid

(zoology) Any pseudoscorpion in the family Sternophoridae.


stercorarid

(zoology) Alternative form of stercorariid.


stephanid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Stephanidae.


sternid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Sternidae, the terns (now considered part of the family Laridae).


stephanoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Stephanoceratidae.


sternopygid

(zoology) Any knifefish in the family Sternopygidae.


stephanoberycid

(zoology) Any pricklefish in the family Stephanoberycidae.


stephanocircid

(zoology) Any flea in the family Stephanocircidae.


sternoptychid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Sternoptychidae (marine hatchetfishes).


stenopterygiid

(zoology) Any ichthyosaur in the family Stenopterygiidae.


stigmellid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Stigmellidae, a synonym of the Nepticulidae.


stethacanthid

(zoology) Any holocephalan fish in the family Stethacanthidae.


stictococcid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Stictococcidae.


stichaeid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Stichaeidae; a prickleback or a shanny.


stenotritid

(zoology) Any bee in the family Stenotritidae (now subfamily Stenotritinae in Colletidae).


stichodactylid

(zoology) Any sea anemone of the family Stichodactylidae.


stilipedid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Stilipedidae.


streblid

(zoology) Any member of the family Streblidae (now in Hippoboscidae) similar to botflies.


stenothyrid

(zoology) Any freshwater snail in the family Stenothyridae.


stratiomyiid

(zoology) Alternative form of stratiomyid.


stiligerid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Stiligeridae, a synonym of the Limapontiidae.


strigoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Strigoceratidae.


stromateid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Stromateidae, the butterfishes.


stomatellid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Stomatellidae, now considered to be the trochid subfamily Stomatellinae.


streptocephalid

(zoology) Any fairy shrimp in the family Streptocephalidae.


strombid

(zoology) Any conch in the family Strombidae.


strigid

(zoology) Any member of the Strigidae (i.e. owls).


streptaxid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Streptaxidae.


stiliferid

(zoology) Any parasitic sea snail in the family Stiliferidae, a synonym of the Eulimidae.


struthiolariid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Struthiolariidae.


styelid

(zoology) Any tunicate in the family Styelidae.


strongylocentrotid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Strongylocentrotidae


stratiomyid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Stratiomyidae.


struthionid

(zoology) Any member of the Struthionidae; an ostrich.


stichopodid

(zoology) Any sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae


strongylophthalmyiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Strongylophthalmyiidae.


stercorariid

(zoology) Any seabird in the family Stercorariidae; a skua.


stiphidiid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Stiphidiidae.


strobilopsid

(zoology)Any snail in the family Strobilopsidae.


strophocheilid

(zoology)Any snail in the family Strophocheilidae.


sturnid

(zoology) Any Any bird in the family Sturnidae; a mynah or starling


stenoplesictid

(zoology) Any extinct civet-like mammal in the family Stenoplesictidae.


stenostomid

AN-DER-LAN (1939), however, thinks that this is not the case of a new genus, but rather of a new species belonging to the stenostomid group, where the same method of feeding is observed.

1960, Siniša Stanković, The Balkan Lake Ohrid and Its Living World, page 174:

The brain lies a little farther forward than in stenostomids but not so far forward as in Chordarium.

1982, Sybil P. Parker, Synopsis and classification of living organisms, volume 1, page 721:

I have found no definite reports of apomictic turbellarians, although the stenostomid Rhynchoscolex is said neither to reproduce by fission (but see Pennak, 1978) nor to possess a male system (Sterrer and Rieger, 1974).

1982, Graham Bell, The Masterpiece of Nature: The Evolution and Genetics of Sexuality:

(zoology) Any member of the family Stenostomidae of flatworms.


stylinodontid

(zoology) Any extinct taeniodont mammal in the family Stylinodontidae.


styloniscid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Styloniscidae.


stylocellid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Stylocellidae.


stylephorid

(zoology) Any deep-sea fish in the family Stylephoridae.


stylodactylid

(zoology) Any member of the family Stylodactylidae.


stylonurid

(zoology) Any eurypterid of the family †Stylonuridae.


sycettid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Sycettidae.


stylopid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Stylopidae.


subulinid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Subulinidae, which may be instead the achatinid subfamily Subulininae.


suberitid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Suberitidae.


sylvicolid

(zoology) Any gnat in the family Sylvicolidae, now considered to be part of the Anisopodidae.


succineid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Succineidae.


subulitid

(zoology) Any extinct sea snail in the family Subulitidae.


symmocid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Symmocidae.


synaptiphilid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Synaptiphilidae.


subergorgiid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Subergorgiidae


synlestid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Synlestidae.


synanceiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Synanceiidae.


synbranchid

(zoology) Any eel-like fish in the family Synbranchidae.


synaphobranchid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Synaphobranchidae.


symmoriid

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


symphytognathid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Symphytognathidae.


syngamid

(zoology) Any in the family Syngamidae of nematodes.


synodontid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Synodontidae, the lizardfishes.


synaxid

(zoology) Any furry lobster in the family Synaxidae, a synonym for the Palinuridae.


synotaxid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Synotaxidae.


syrnolid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Syrnolidae, now considered to be the pyramidellid subfamily Syrnolinae.


synchroid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Synchroidae.


systrophiid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Systrophiidae, now considered to be part of the Scolodontidae.


synteliid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Synteliidae.


taeniacanthid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Taeniacanthidae.


subulurid

1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations:

(zoology) Any member of the family Subuluridae of nematodes.


taeniid

(zoology) Any tapeworm in the family Taeniidae.


tanypezid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Tanypezidae.


taeniolabidid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Taeniolabididae.


syringogastrid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Syringogastridae.


tainoceratid

(zoology) Any in the family Tainoceratidae of extinct nautiloid cephalopods.


tapejarid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Tapejaridae.


tarsipedid

(zoology) Any member of the Tarsipedidae, which is currently considered to consist of one species, Tarsipes rostratus, the honey possum.


tapinocephalid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Tapinocephalidae.


tanyderid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Tanyderidae.


tarphyceratid

(zoology) Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Tarphyceratidae.


synaptid

(zoology) Any sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae.


tangasaurid

(zoology) Any diapsid in the family Tangasauridae.


telemid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Telemidae.


tegastid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Tegastidae.


tellinid

(zoology) Any bivalve mollusc of the family Tellinidae


tarsonemid

(zoology) Any member of the family Tarsonemidae of mites.


telmatherinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Telmatherinidae.


telsid

(zoology) Any member of family Telsidae of crustaceans.


temorid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Temoridae.


tenuipalpid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Tenuipalpidae.


symphysanodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Symphysanodontidae.


temnodontosaurid

(zoology) Any ichthyosaur in the family Temnodontosauridae.


teraponid

(zoology) Alternative spelling of terapontid.


teratembiid

(zoology) Any webspinner in the family Teratembiidae.


talitrid

To cope with daily variation of environmental parameters, talitrids evolved a migratory behaviour, synchronized with tidal and nictemeral cycles, that enable them to locate the suitable patches of habitat on the shore (Pardi and Ercolini 1986).

2012, F.M. Faranda, Mediterranean Ecosystems: Structures and Processes, page 392:

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Talitridae.


teratornithid

(zoology) Any extinct bird of prey in the family Teratornithidae.


tachyglossid

(zoology) Any member of the family Tachyglossidae, the echidnas or spiny anteaters


terebrid

(zoology) Any auger shell of the family Terebridae.


terapontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Terapontidae.


tenthredinid

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae.


tarsiid

(zoology) Any primate in the family Tarsiidae.


termopsid

(zoology) Any termite in the family Termopsidae.


terebellid

(zoology) Any member of the Terebellidae.


termitaphidid

(entomology) Any member of the family Termitaphididae, the termite bugs.


tessaratomid

(zoology) Any bug in the family Tessaratomidae.


tapirid

(zoology) Any tapir of the family Tapiridae


tetillid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Tetillidae.


tetraphid

(zoology) Any moss in the family Tetraphidaceae.


taeniopterygid

Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band,ribbon”) + pterygo- + -id

uder

(zoology) Any member of the Taeniopterygidae of willowflies or winter stoneflies.


testacellid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Testacellidae.


tetanocerid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Tetanoceridae, now considered to be the sciomyzid tribe Tetanocerini.


tetracampid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Tetracampidae.


tethyid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Tethyidae.


tetragnathid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Tetragnathidae.


tetrablemmid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Tetrablemmidae.


tetrigid

(entomology) Any member of the family Tetrigidae (groundhoppers).


tetragonitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Tetragonitidae.


teredinid

(zoology) Any shipworm in the family Teredinidae.


tetrarogid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Tetrarogidae.


tethinid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Tethinidae, now considered to be the canacid subfamily Tethininae.


tetramerid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Tetrameridae.


tetradonematid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Tetradonematidae.


tengellid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Tengellidae.


tetraodontid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Tetraodontidae.


tetragonurid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Tetragonuridae, the squaretails.


tettigonid

(zoology) Alternative spelling of tettigoniid.


thaumetopoeid

(zoology) Any member of the family Thaumetopoeidae of moths and caterpillars.


thalassoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Thalassoceratidae.


termitid

(zoology) Any termite in the family Termitidae


tettigarctid

(zoology) Any member of the Tettigarctidae, the hairy cicadas.


thaumaleid

(zoology) Any midge in the family Thaumaleidae.


therevid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Therevidae.


thelaziid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Thelaziidae.


thamnocephalid

(zoology) Any fairy shrimp in the family Thamnocephalidae.


tetratomid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Tetratomidae.


theraponid

(zoology) Alternative form of terapontid.


thalassinid

(zoology) Any mud lobster in the family Thalassina.


thecodontosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Thecodontosauridae, but specifically of the genus Thecodontosaurus


tetranychid

(zoology) Any spider mite in the family Tetranychidae.


tetrasquillid

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the family Tetrasquillidae.


testudinid

By surface analysis, Latin testūdō + -in- + -id.

surf

(zoology) Any member of the Testudinidae, the tortoises.


tenebrionid

(zoology) Any member of family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.


theridiosomatid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Theridiosomatidae.


theraphosid

(zoology) Any member of the family Theraphosidae of tarantulas.


tergipedid

(zoology) Any nudibranch in the family Tergipedidae.


theridiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Theridiidae, the cobweb spiders.


thaumatichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Thaumatichthyidae.


thraupid

(zoology) Any of the tanagers and related birds in the family Thraupidae.


thalattosaurid

(zoology) Any thalattosaur in the family Thalattosauridae.


thiarid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Thiaridae.


thinozerconid

(zoology) Any member of the Thinozerconidae.


thespid

(zoology) Any mantis in the family Thespidae.


sudamericid

(zoology) Any extinct gondwanatherian mammal in the family Sudamericidae.


thraciid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Thraciidae.


therioherpetid

(zoology) Any cynodont in the family Therioherpetidae.


thecamoebid

(zoology) Any amoebozoan in the family Thecamoebidae.


thunnid

(zoology) Any member of the family Thynnidae.


therizinosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Therizinosauridae.


thomisid

(zoology) Any member of the Thomisidae; a crab spider.


threskiornithid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Threskiornithidae; an ibis or spoonbill.


thripid

(zoology) Any thrips in the family Thripidae.


tanaostigmatid

Galls on tamboti branches are caused by the larvae of a wasp of the tanaostigmatid family, which bores into the wood to lay her eggs.

1993, Braam Van Wyk, Bushveld Trees: Lifeblood of the Transvaal Lowveld, page 70:

We have indirect evidence that at least a couple species of Tanaostigmatidae (Tanaoneura hirticoxa and a species of Tanaostigmodes in the gracilis group) feed as inquilines in various leaf galls on Inga (influding morphospecies 21) and modify gall morphology, as has been reported in another tanaostigmatid species (Fernandes et al. 1987) and cynipid gall wasps (Brooks and Shorthouse 1998).

2014, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Neotropical Insect Galls, page 159:

(zoology) Any member of the family Tanaostigmatidae of parasitic wasps.


thinocorid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Thinocoridae, the seedsnipes


thyatirid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Thyatiridae, now considered to be the drepanid subfamilyThyatirinae.


thylacomyid

(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Thylacomyidae; a bilby.


thylacosmilid

(zoology) Any extinct sparassodont in the family Thylacosmilidae.


thylacoleonid

(zoology) Any member of the Thylacoleonidae.


talpid

From scientific Latin Talpidae (family name), ultimately from Latin talpa (“mole”).

The several species of small mammals found at Tagay, such as dormice, talpids and hedgehogs, show close affinities to European taxa.

2016 November 16, Hanneke Meijer, “Sunny steppes? A tiny parrot fossil suggests Siberia was once subtropical”, in The Guardian:

(zoology) A member of the family Talpidae, comprising moles and related insectivorous mammals.


thyreocorid

(zoology) Any shield bug in the family Thyreocoridae.


thylacinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Thylacinidae of extinct carnivorous marsupials.


thryonomyid

(zoology) Any cane rat in the family Thryonomyidae.


synthemid

(zoology) Alternative form of synthemistid.


thrinaxodontid

(zoology) Any cynodont in the family Thrinaxodontidae.


thyropterid

(zoology) Any member of the family Thyropteridae of bats; disc-winged bats.


thysanoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Thysanoteuthidae.


thysanid

(zoology) Any chalcidoid in the family Thysanidae, a synonym of the Signiphoridae.


tindariid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Tindariidae.


tineodid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Tineodidae.


tinodontid

(zoology) Any extinct early mammal in the family Tinodontidae.


tissotiid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Tissotiidae.


tiphiid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Tiphiidae.


tischeriid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Tischeriidae.


titanichthyid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Titanichthyidae.


tornid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Tornidae.


tinamid

(zoology) Any member of the avian family Tinamidae of tinamous.


titanosuchid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Titanosuchidae.


titanoideid

(zoology) Any extinct pantodont in the family Titanoideidae.


titanoecid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Titanoecidae.


thyreophorid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Thyreophoridae, a synonym of the Piophilidae.


torvosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Torvosauridae (syn. of Megalosauridae).


torymid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Torymidae.


torridincolid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Torridincolidae.


titanosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Titanosauridae.


thyridid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Thyrididae.


toxodontid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family †Toxodontidae


toxopneustid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Toxopneustidae.


titanotheriid

(zoology) Any extinct rhinoceros-like mammal in the family Titanotheriidae, a synonym of the Brontotheriidae.


toxochelyid

(zoology) Any extinct sea turtle in the genus Toxochelys.


timaliid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Timaliidae; a babbler.


trapeziid

(zoology) Any member of the Trapeziidae.


tornoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Tornoceratidae.


trachypachid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Trachypachidae.


trachodontid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Trachodontidae, a synonym of the Hadrosauridae.


trachyceratid

(zoology) Any extinct ammonite in the family Trachyceratidae.


toxotid

(zoology) Any member of the family Toxotidae of archerfish.


trachyuropodid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Trachyuropodidae.


trachypterid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trachypteridae of ribbonfish.


trachipterid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Trachipteridae, the ribbonfishes.


trachylid

(zoology) Any hydrozoan in the subclass Trachylinae


toxocarid

(zoology)Any roundworm in the family Toxocaridae.


synthemistid

(zoology) Any dragonfly in the family Synthemistidae.


trechaleid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trechaleidae of spiders.


traversodontid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Traversodontidae.


trematochampsid

(zoology) Any crocodylomorph in the family Trematochampsidae.


trichechid

(zoology) Any manatee in the family Trichechidae.


trematopsid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Trematopsidae.


tremanotid

(zoology) Any extinct mollusk in the family Tremanotidae.


travuniid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Travuniidae.


triacanthid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Triacanthidae.


trematosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Trematosauridae.


tragulid

(zoology) Any member of the family Tragulidae of mouse deers.


trichodactylid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Trichodactylidae.


themistid

(zoology) Any sipunculan worm of the family Themistidae.


triaenonychid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Triaenonychidae.


trichodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trichodontidae of sandfishes.


trichiurid

(zoology) Any member of the Trichiuridae; a cutlassfish.


trematopid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trematopidae of extinct amphibians.


trichonotid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Trichonotidae.


triakid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Triakidae.


trichotropid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Trichotropidae, a synonym of the Capulidae.


tonnid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Tonnidae.


triglid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Triglidae.


triconodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Triconodontidae.


trichoniscid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Trichoniscidae.


trichomycterid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Trichomycteridae.


trichocerid

(zoology) Any cranefly/daddy longlegs in the family Trichoceridae.


trichurid

(zoology) Any member of the Trichuridae.


trigoniid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Trigoniidae.


trachytid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Trachytidae.


triacanthodid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Triacanthodidae.


trigonalid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Trigonalidae.


triodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Triodontidae.


triisodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Triisodontidae.


tridacnid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Tridacnidae, now considered to be the cardiid subfamily Tridacninae.


triphorid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Triphoridae.


trimusculid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Trimusculidae.


triozid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Triozidae.


trigonochlamydid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Trigonochlamydidae.


trirachodontid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Trirachodontidae.


trimerorhachid

(zoology) Any dvinosaur in the family Trimerorhachidae.


tremoctopodid

(zoology) Any blanket octopus in the family Tremoctopodidae.


tripterygiid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Tripterygiidae, the triplefins.


tritheledontid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Tritheledontidae.


trilophosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Trilophosauridae; a trilophosaur.


torpedinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Torpedinidae.


triopsid

(zoology) Any member of family Triopsidae of tadpole shrimps.


tristichopterid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Tristichopteridae.


tritoniid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Tritoniidae.


trictenotomid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Trictenotomidae.


thescelosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Thescelosauridae, believed to be a synonym of the Parksosauridae or the Hypsilophodontidae .


triviid

(zoology) Any in the family Triviidae of sea snails.


trixoscelid

(zoology) Any member of the Trixoscelidae.


teratosaurid

(zoology) Any reptile in the family Teratosauridae, now included in the Rauisuchidae.


trixoscelidid

(zoology) Any member of the Trixoscelididae.


tritylodontid

(zoology) Any mammal-like therapsid in the family Tritylodontidae.


troglodytid

(zoology) Any member of the Troglodytidae; a wren.


trochonematid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Trochonematidae.


trachinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Trachinidae.


trochid

(zoology) Any sea snail of the family Trochidae.


trombidiid

(zoology) Any member of the Trombidiidae.


trogonid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Trogonidae, the trogons.


trogulid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Trogulidae.


trocholitid

From translingual Trocholitidae, from Trochilus.

(zoology) Any nautiloid cephalopod in the family Trocholitidae.


trombiculid

(zoology) Any mite of the family Trombiculidae.


tropidodiscid

(zoology) Any extinct mollusk in the family Tropidodiscidae.


tropidopheid

(zoology) Alternative form of tropidophiid.


tropidurid

(zoology) lizard in the family Tropiduridae.


trogossitid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Trogossitidae.


truncatellid

(zoology) Any member of the family Truncatellidae of amphibious aquatic snails.


tropidophiid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Tropidophiidae.


tuccid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Tuccidae.


trogonophid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Trogonophidae.


trochanteriid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Trochanteriidae.


tuditanid

(zoology) Any tuditanomorph microsaur in the family Tuditanidae.


tubiluchid

(zoology) Any priapulid worm in the family Tubiluchidae.


turrilitid

(zoology) Any member of the family Turrilitidae of ammonites.


tubificid

(zoology) Any worm in the order Tubificida, suborder Tubificina, or family Tubificidae, variously constituted.


tryblidiid

(zoology) Any mollusk of the order Tryblidiida or family †Tryblidiidae.


tupuxuarid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Tupuxuaridae.


tuckerellid

(zoology) Any peacock mite in the family Tuckerellidae.


tupilakosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Tupilakosauridae.


turnicid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Turnicidae; a buttonquail.


tydeid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Tydeidae.


turrid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Turridae.


turbonillid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Turbonillidae, now considered to be the pyramidellid subfamily Turbonillinae.


tylid

(zoology) Any woodlouse in the family Tylidae.


tropitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Tropitidae.


trochilid

(zoology) Any member of family Trochilidae of all extant hummingbirds


trionychid

It is perhaps instructive to note that tropical riverine batagurids, although more similar to other river-dwelling lineages in reproductive patterns than to other semi-aquatic and terrestrial batagurids, still tend to have lower fecundities and bigger eggs relative to their body sizes than do the other groups (e.g., riverine emydids, trionychids, and podocnemids) (Moll & Moll, 1990).

2004, Don Moll, The Ecology, Exploitation and Conservation of River Turtles, page 46:

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

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

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Trionychidae.


typhlopid

(zoology) Any member of the Typhlopidae.


turbinellid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Turbinellidae.


tylodinid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Tylodinidae.


typhlonectid

(zoology) Any caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae.


tytonid

(zoology) Any member of the Tytonidae, the barn owls.


turritellid

Littered with the unicorn horns of turritellid sea snails […], the shingle has been turned into an exceptionally crowded breeding ground.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 77:

(zoology) Any member of the family Turritellidae of sea snails.


trichinellid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trichinellidae, roundworms that cause trichinosis.


tridactylid

(entomology) Any pygmy mole cricket in the family Tridactylidae.


tridenchthoniid

(zoology) Any pseudoscorpion in the family Tridenchthoniidae.


trichogrammatid

(zoology) Any member of the Trichogrammatidae.


tyrannosaurid

Similarly, the North American tyrannosaurid, Aublysodon, is reported from east Asia.

1965, David Jay Simmons, The non-therapsid reptiles of the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China, page 84:

Once again, Phil Currie says it definitely was a tyrannosaurid, most closely related, by braincase comparison, to Tarbosaurus. Chingkankousaurus fragilis was named by C. C. Yang in China in 1958.

1993, John R. Horner, The Complete T. Rex, page 134:

Most famous for the last and largest member of the clade, Tyrannosaurus rex, tyrannosaurids at first glance seem very far removed from the ostrichlike ornithomimosaurs.

2003, Gregory Paul, The Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs, page 155:

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Tyrannosauridae.


tungid

Tungid fleas, one of which is commonly known as the sand flea, can cause such damage to a person. The tungid female embeds itself into the skin of the host until just the end of the abdomen is exposed. It swells to the size of a pea as its eggs develop.

1982, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Utah Mosquito Abatement Association, Volume 34, Parts 1981-1996, page 33:

These same features are likely to be much reduced in other fleas, such as tungids and sticktights, that attach more firmly to the host and feed for long periods at a particular site.

2004, Kenneth L. Gage, “Chapter 7: Fleas, the Syphonaptera”, in William H. Marquardt, editor, Biology of Disease Vectors, page 81:

As well as fleas, which move freely in the home and pelage of the host, there are those, like the tungids (Tungidae) and alakurts (Vermipsyllidae), that burrow into its skin and become neosomic (Fig. 9.5).

2005, M. J. Lehane, The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects, page 214:

(zoology) Any flea of the family Tungidae.


sulid

(zoology) Any member of the family Sulidae of gannets and boobies.


tsaganomyid

(zoology) Any member of the Tsaganomyidae.


trochomorphid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Trochomorphidae.


tseajaiid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Tseajaiidae.


paleofauna

(geology, zoology) The animals that were alive in a particular period of geological history, especially those known only as fossils


Aurignacian

From Aurignac + -ian, after the French town of Aurignac, where remains from the culture were found.

From or pertaining to a culture of the Upper Paleolithic, located in Europe and southwest Asia from circa 45,000 to 35,000 years ago, known from archaeological remains.


stylopod

(anatomy, zoology) The upper part of the arm.


monomyarian

(zoology) Of or relating to the Monomya.


picine

en-adj

picine (comparative more picine, superlative most picine)

more picine (comparative)
most picine (superlative)

(ornithology) Of or relating to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to the Piciformes.


radiary

(zoology, obsolete) A radiate; one of the Radiata.


paralarva

(zoology) The planktonic (moving about with the water current) stage of a young cephalopod just after it has hatched.


ichthyoplankton

en-noun

ichthyoplankton (countable and uncountable, plural ichthyoplanktons)

(zoology) zooplankton derived from fish, such as fish eggs, fry and larvae


micronekton

(zoology) Any very small crustacean and other free-swimming marine animal(s)


xenosome

(zoology) A endosymbiotic bacterium of some marine protozoans.


empodium

From Ancient Greek ἔν (én, “in”) + -podium (“relating to a leg-like structure”).

af

(zoology) A bristle-like or pad-like structure between the tarsal claws of Diptera


blondism

Blondism artificially produced in Micronesia and Melanesia as in Polynesia indicates a blond element in the last conquering immigration.

1927, John Macmillan Brown, Peoples & problems of the Pacific, volume 2, page 276:

In the beard latent blondism is likely to come out.

1931, Carleton Stevens Coon, Tribes of the Rif, page 348:

(anthropology) The presence of blond hair and relatively pale skin and eyes in a member of a usually darker race.


rheophilic

(zoology) That lives in swiftly-flowing water


siluriform

(zoology) Characteristic of catfish, of the order Siluriformes, that have barbels that resemble the whiskers of a cat


brood pouch

(zoology) A cavity, in some animals, in which eggs develop and hatch.


mesograzer

(zoology) Any small invertebrate herbivore, typically about an inch long


gnathobase

(invertebrate zoology) A lower appendage of many arthropods, used to macerate food items.


tetracoral

(zoology) Any member of the order Rugosa (or Tetracoralla) of extinct corals.


schizocoral

(zoology) Any member of the order Tabulata (or Schizocoralla) of tabulate corals.


technocomplex

(archaeology) A distinct culture that employed a specific technology


marginocephalian

(zoology) Of or relating to the Marginocephalia, a clade of ornithischian dinosaurs.


marginocephalian

Thus, they were able to corroborate previous hypotheses of overrepresentation of nodosaurid ankylosaurs and hadrosaurid ornithopods in marine sediments, whilst they also found that marginocephalians, ankylosaurid ankylosaurs, sauropods, and supposedly herbivorous theropods were positively associated with terrestrial paleoenvironments.

2016 February 2, “The “χ” of the Matter: Testing the Relationship between Paleoenvironments and Three Theropod Clades”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) Any member of the Marginocephalia.


schizophyceous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Schizophyceae, a class of blue-green algae.


siredon

From Latin Sīrēdones, alternative form of Sīrēnes (“the Sirens”) from Ancient Greek Σειρηδώνες (Seirēdṓnes) plural of Σειρηδών (Seirēdṓn) alternative form of Σειρήν (Seirḗn, “Siren”).

(zoology, obsolete) A larval or neotenic salamander (e.g. the axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum).


serranoid

From translingual Serranus + -oid (“resembling”), this being the typical genus.

(zoology) Any fish of the family Serranidae, which includes the striped bass, the black sea bass, and many other food fishes.


diffusionism

en-noun

diffusionism (usually uncountable, plural diffusionisms)

(archaeology) The belief that changes in one culture are caused by diffusion of ideas from another.


cephalopodous

(zoology) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.


brachyural

(zoology) Of or relating to the Brachyura.


brachyurous

From Latin brachyūrus, from Ancient Greek βραχύουρος (brakhúouros, “short-tailed”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).


sauroid

en-adj

sauroid (comparative more sauroid, superlative most sauroid)

more sauroid (comparative)
most sauroid (superlative)

Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”) + -oid.

a sauroid fish

(zoology) Resembling or relating to the saurians.


peripterous

From peri- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -ous.


hypoderma

(zoology) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.


oegopsid

(zoology) Any member of the squid order Oegopsida or suborder Oegopsina.


phyllosoma

en-noun

phyllosoma (plural phyllosomas or phyllosomata)

phyllosomas (plural)
phyllosomata (plural)

(zoology) The thin, flat, transparent larval stage of certain lobsters.


Lernean

(Greek mythology, archaeology) From or pertaining to Lerna, a former coastal lake and Helladic site on the Peloponnese.


pampatheriid

(zoology) Any member of the Pampatheriidae, a family of large extinct armadillo-like plantigrade armoured xenarthrans.


stenopterous

en-adj

stenopterous (comparative more stenopterous, superlative most stenopterous)

more stenopterous (comparative)
most stenopterous (superlative)


cultrate

cultrate (comparative more cultrate, superlative most cultrate)

more cultrate (comparative)
most cultrate (superlative)

(botany, zoology) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.


eumetazoan

(zoology) Any animal of the subkingdom Eumetazoa (all animals except sponges)

eumétazoaire

(zoology) animal of the subkingdom Eumetazoa


parazoan

(zoology) Any sponge (of the subkingdom Parazoa)


metastoma

en-noun

metastoma (plural metastomas or metastomata)

metastomas (plural)
metastomata (plural)

From meta- (“behind”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

(zoology) A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.

(zoology) A ventral single plate located in the opisthosoma of some non-arachnid chelicerates in the extinct genus Houia which is involved in feeding and manipulating food.


ascrotal

The primary locomotory muscles of terrestrial mammals are appendicular, so much of the locomotory heat energy of the muscle is transferred to the environment rather than directed into the body cavities; this is not the case for ascrotal marine mammals, whose primary locomotory muscles surround the abdominal and pelvic cavities.

2001, Frances M. D. Gulland, CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine:


cantholoreal

(zoology) Of or relating to the posterior canthal when fused with the posterior loreal.


gerrhonotine

(zoology) Of or relating to the lizard subfamily Gerrhonotinae.


canthal

(zoology) Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.


sclerodermic

sclerodermic plate

sclerodermic spicule

(zoology) Having the integument, or skin, hard or covered with hard plates.

(zoology) Of or relating to the Sclerodermata.


rhynchonella

It is quite possible that the Maine rhynchonellas described as R. aspasia by Billings were descended from some one of these earlier rhynchonellas not yet separated into special (literary) groups.

1900, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey:

The material from Mejdel Shems includes a few pyritized ammonites (Nos. 5336-5339) and a couple of non-pyritized rhynchonellas (Nos. 5340-5341), all of Jurassic age.

1905, William Libbey, Franklin Evans Hoskins, The Jordan Valley and Petra - Volume 2, page 353:

Of the fossils which occur in great numbers, rhynchonellas, spirifers, and encrinites are common.

1912, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Mineral Resources - Issues 15-20, page 59:

One of the most important of recent discoveries is that of the rhynchonella fossil in tubicolar sandstones at the Thistle Mine near Lorinna.

1919, Geological Survey Bulletin - Issue 30, page 34:

We have been unable to follow Chaput's description in detail, but we think that our (b) corresponds with his "reddish clays and marls with blocks of marly limestones", from which latter he obtained some of his Sowerbyceras tortistdcatum, mentioned above, as well as rhynchonellas of the group arolica (1936, pp. 52, 53).

1956, Transactions - The Royal Society of Edinburgh - Volume 62, page 428:

(zoology) Any member of the extinct genus †Rhynchonella of brachiopod found in Silurian to Eocene strata worldwide.


gerbilline

(zoology) Any gerbil of the subfamily Gerbillinae


gymnoblast

(zoology) Any member of the Gymnoblastea.


gryphaea

(zoology) Any of the genus †Gryphaea of extinct gryphaeid oysters, devil's toenails.


gymnotus

From translingual Gymnotus (genus name).

You […] arm in waves, electric in his ire, / The dread Gymnotus with ethereal fire.

1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 19:

(zoology) Any of the genus Gymnotus of electric knifefishes.


paenungulate

(zoology) Any animal of the clade Paenungulata.


pediveliger

(zoology) A stage in the life cycle of a veliger when it is able to crawl using its foot.


siphuncule

From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”), from sīphō (“tube, pipe”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

(zoology) A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.


scarious

en-adj

scarious (comparative more scarious, superlative most scarious)

more scarious (comparative)
most scarious (superlative)


talegalla

(zoology) Any of the genus Talegalla of brush-turkeys, of Indonesia and vicinity.


tortrix

From translingual Tortrix (“genus name”), being the namesake of the family Tortricidae.

(entomology) A tortrix moth, any member of the family Tortricidae


triatoma

(zoology) Any member of the genus Triatoma of assassin bugs.


trionychoid

(zoology) Any of the Trionychoidea, a group of turtles.


tringa

(zoology) Any of the genus Tringa of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers.


tachina

(zoology) Any of the genus Tachina of large tachinid flies, mostly parasitoids on lepidopteran caterpillars.


trichinella

(zoology) Any of the genus Trichinella of parasitic roundworms.


dinosauromorph

(zoology) Any archosaur of the clade Dinosauromorpha.


maniraptoriform

(zoology) Any dinosaur, of the clade Maniraptoriformes, thought to be the common ancestors of all birds.


hydropedal

(zoology) (of a mosasaur) Having limbs in the form of paddles


iguanodontian

(zoology) Any herbivorous dinosaur of the clade Iguanodontia.


paleohabitat

(ecology, archaeology) An extinct habitat that can only be reconstructed from fossils


plesiopedal

(zoology) (of a mosasaur) Having limbs adapted for terrestrial motion.


precaudal

(zoology) In front of the tail or of the caudal vertebrae


ziphosuchian

(zoology) Any mesoeucrocodylian crocodyliform of the taxon Ziphosuchia.


abusua

(ethnography) A matrilineal exogamous clan among the Ashanti.


PPN

Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Pre-Pottery Neolithic#English

(archaeology) Abbreviation of Pre-Pottery Neolithic.


pegador

From Spanish pegador, from pegar (“to stick”).

Echeneis naucrates
Echeneis naucrates#Translingual

(zoology, dated) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates).


eocrinoid

(zoology) Any member of the Eocrinoidea, an extinct class of echinoderms that lived between the Early Cambrian and Late Silurian periods.


ceractinomorph

(zoology) Any member of the subclass Ceractinomorpha of sponges.


tetractinomorph

(zoology) Any member of the subclass Tetractinomorpha of sponges.


olenid

(zoology) Any member of the trilobite family Olenidae.


haplorhine

(zoology) Any member of the clade Haplorhini of dry-nosed primates.


decacanth

From deca- + Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “a spine”).


hesperomyine

(zoology) Of or relating to the Hesperomyinae.


hesperomyine

(zoology) Any member of the Hesperomyinae.


heteropterous

(zoology) Belonging or relating to the Heteroptera.


hexacanth

From hexa- + Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “a spine”).


creeping eruption

en-noun

creeping eruption (countable and uncountable, plural creeping eruptions)

(parasitology) A skin disease caused by the movement of certain species of ancylostomatids under the skin.


ichnofauna

(zoology) Fauna that leaves tracks, spoor, footprints, etc.


corallum

(zoology) The coral or skeleton of a zoophyte, whether calcareous or horny, simple or compound.


schizopodous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Schizopoda.


tharybid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Tharybidae.


rete mirabile

/ˌɹiːti mɪˈɹɑːbɪleɪ/

From post-Classical Latin rete mirabile (“wonderful net”) (14th century).

His description of the rete mirabile, the network of arteries at the base of the brain, shows he dissected animals as well as human corpses, since it does not exist in humans.

1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 65:

In whales, the rete mirabile also allows oxygenated blood to be supplied to the brain slowly, helping to avoid the problems human beings experience when swimming at depth – principally the bends.

2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 175:

(anatomy, zoology) A complex of blood vessels found in some vertebrates that preserves a gradient of a certain solute or particle, originally specifically the network of arterioles at the base of the brain in some ungulates and other mammals.


belemnoid

(zoology) A member of the Belemnoidea, an extinct group of marine cephalopods.


bothrium

From Ancient Greek βοθρίον (bothríon, “small trench”).

der

(zoology) A protruding cup or small groove used for adhesion, especially in cestodes.


brachydont

(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.


mesosoma

(zoology) The middle part of the body, or tagma, of arthropods whose body is composed of three parts (the other two being the prosoma and the metasoma), bearing the legs and (in winged insects) the wings.


myxine

(zoology) Any member of the genus Myxine of hagfish.


alcelaphine

(mammalogy) Any member of the subfamily Alcelaphinae of wildebeest, hartebeest, bonteboks and related species.


linognathid

(entomology) Any louse in the family Linognathidae.


echinophthiriid

(entomology) Any louse in the family Echinophthiriidae.


polyplacid

(entomology) Any louse in the family Polyplacidae.


hoplopleurid

(entomology) Any louse in the family Hoplopleuridae.


anoplotherium

(zoology) Any member of the extinct ungulate genus †Anoplotherium.

anoplotério

any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium


androgenesis

en-noun

androgenesis (usually uncountable, plural androgeneses)

(botany, zoology) Male or paternal apomixis, involving fusion of the male and female gametes and replacement of the female nucleus by the male nucleus.


apomict

(botany, zoology) Any apomictic plant or organism.


aspidobranch

(zoology) Any member of the Aspidobranchia, a taxonomic order of sea snails.


archaeogastropod

(zoology) Any member of the order Archaeogastropoda, of sea snails.

arqueogastrópode

any member of the Archaeogastropoda, a taxonomic order of sea snails


palaeosaur

(zoology) Any of various prehistoric animals that have been named Palaeosaurus.


pantopod

(zoology) Any of the Pantopoda, an order of sea spiders.


pauropod

(zoology) Any myriapod in the class Pauropoda.


perissodactylic

(zoology) Of or relating to the Perissodactyla.


plerocercoid

/ˌplɪə.ɹə(ʊ)ˈsɜː.kɔɪd/

/ˌplɪɹ.oʊˈsɝˌkɔɪd/

From German Plerocercoid, from Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs, “full, complete”) + Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail of a beast”) + -oid.

af

(zoology) An unsegmented worm-like larval form of certain tapeworms which develops from the procercoid.


porifer

(zoology) An animal of the phylum Porifera; a sponge.


heteromorph

From hetero- + -morph, see heteromorphic.

The histial ridge of the heteromorphs is comparatively wide, especially in the anteroventral part, and forms a wide, open cavity —the histial dolon.

1971, Oleg Stepanovich Vi︠a︡lov, Fossil Ostracoda, page 15:

(zoology) An ammonite whose shell is unusual in not being a regular spiral.


acanthopt

From translingual Acanthopteri (a genus of fish).

der

(ichthyology) A member of the taxonomic superorder of fish, Acanthopterygii.


acanthosoma

en-noun

acanthosoma (plural acanthosomas or acanthosomata)

acanthosomas (plural)
acanthosomata (plural)

From acantho- (“spiny”) + -soma (“one having such a body”).


acanthostyle

From acantho- (“spine”) + style (“animal part felt to resemble a pillar”).

prefix

(zoology) A spicule with tiny spines from monaxon sponges.


scopeloid

en-adj

scopeloid (comparative more scopeloid, superlative most scopeloid)

more scopeloid (comparative)
most scopeloid (superlative)

(zoology, dated) Relating to fishes of the former genus Scopelus, or the former family Scopelidae, including many lanternfish.


scopeloid

(zoology, dated) Any fish of the former family Scopelidae.


bait ball

A roughly spherical, very dense school of bait (prey) fish.


mylodon

From the genus name, from Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē, “mill”) + -odon.

(zoology) Any of the extinct genus †Mylodon of giant ground sloths of Patagonia.


edental

Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in 1840, as both an adjective and noun.


caliculate

en-adj

caliculate (comparative more caliculate, superlative most caliculate)

more caliculate (comparative)
most caliculate (superlative)


serpula

(zoology) Any of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae that secrete a calcareous tube, usually irregularly contorted, but sometimes spirally coiled, with a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.


podophthalmous

(zoology) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels.

(zoology) Of or relating to the Podophthalmia.


porcellaneous

porcellaneous (comparative more porcellaneous, superlative most porcellaneous)

more porcellaneous (comparative)
most porcellaneous (superlative)

porcellaneous content

(zoology) Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; said of certain Foraminifera.


actinula

From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”) (genitive ἀκτῖνος (aktînos)) + -ula.

(zoology) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.


apterium

From a- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather”) + -ium. Compare Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros, “featherless”).

cog

The two halves of the lower cervical tract are still separated by an apterium 4 mm. wide, as in the young bird, but contour feathers are now present on the chin and upper throat, so that they are united at their upper ends.

1918, American Ornithologists' Union, The Auk:

(ornithology) An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird.


potamian

Ancient Greek ποτᾰ́μιος (potámios, “of or from a river”), from ποτᾰμός (potamós, “river”).

uder

(zoology, dated) A softshell turtle (family Trionychidae)


trebouxoid

en-adj

trebouxoid (comparative more trebouxoid, superlative most trebouxoid)

more trebouxoid (comparative)
most trebouxoid (superlative)


muticous

muticous (comparative more muticous, superlative most muticous)

more muticous (comparative)
most muticous (superlative)

Latin muticus, for mutilus. See mutilate.

(botany, zoology) Without a point or pointed end; blunt.


scleroderm

Ancient Greek σκληρόδερμος (sklēródermos, “with hard skin”); by surface analysis, sclero- + -derm.

uder

σκληρόδερμος

(zoology, obsolete) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, such as the cowfish and trunkfish.

(zoology, obsolete) One of the Sclerodermata; a madrepore.


muraenoid

en-adj

muraenoid (comparative more muraenoid, superlative most muraenoid)

more muraenoid (comparative)
most muraenoid (superlative)

(zoology) Belongingto the moray eels (genus Muraena) or others in family Muraenidae.


amphicoelous

amphicoelous (comparative more amphicoelous, superlative most amphicoelous)

more amphicoelous (comparative)
most amphicoelous (superlative)

From Ancient Greek ἀμφίκοιλος (amphíkoilos, “hollowed on both sides”). By surface analysis from amphi- + -coelous.

uder

amphicoelous centrum

amphicoelous vertebra

amphicoelous surface

(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.


epimeron

From Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + μέρος (méros, “a part”).

prefix

(zoology) In crustaceans, the part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage.

(entomology) In insects, the lateral piece behind the episternum.


entomostracean

(zoology, dated) Any of the Entomostraca, a historical subclass of crustaceans.


tetrodon

(zoology) Any of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to Tetraodon and allied genera.


trochilus

en-noun

trochilus (plural trochiluses or trochili)

From Latin trochilus (“a kind of small bird”), from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).

bor

(zoology) Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus.


grave goods

en-noun

grave goods pl (normally plural, singular grave good)

(archaeology) The artefacts (jewellery, animals, slaves, etc) buried with a dead person in a grave or tomb.


Kalimantan

(anthropology) A member of a tribe or ethnic and linguistic group native to Kalimantan island.


baguet

(architecture, zoology) Alternative form of baguette


primaried

(ornithology, in combination) Having a specified number or kind of primaries (kind of flight feather).


monolectic

en-adj

monolectic (comparative more monolectic, superlative most monolectic)

more monolectic (comparative)
most monolectic (superlative)

(entomology) Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a single plant species.


debranchiate

If this is the significance of septa in the nautilus, the same must be said of all nautiloid shells, and the families of Ammonites and Orthoceratites; and as the structure of the phragmacone of Belemnites is essentially similar, it must also be applied to such debranchiate shells as are chambered.

1864 October, Harry Seeley, “On the Septa and Siphuncles of Cephalopod Shells”, in The Quarterly Journal of Science, I, № iv, page 761/2:

One was wholly debranchiate, the other had but one gill plume remaining.

1934, Natural History Report: Zoology VII, British Museum, page 144

Sectioned buccal masses of several debranchiate cephalopods prepared by Mrs. von Boletzky were studied with the help of S. von Boletzky at the Laboratoire Arago in Banyuls-sur-Mer.

1988, Jost Wiedmann and Jürgen Kullmann (editors), Cephalopods Present and Past: Otto Heinrich Schindewolf Symposium, Tübingen 1985 (2nd International Cephalopod Symposium), E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (10) (13), page 676


tubularian

(zoology) Any hydroid belonging to the former suborder Tubularida.


archaeological horizon

en-noun

archaeological horizon (plural archaeological horizons)

From archaeological + horizon (“layer or stratum, subculture”).

The Lochnore Phase is followed by the Shuswap Horizon, the first of three archaeological horizons that together comprise the Late Period of the Mid Fraser-Thompson River area.

1996, Arnoud R. Stryd, Michael K. Rousseau, “Early Prehistory of the Mid Fraser-Thompson River Area”, in Roy L. Carlson, Luke Robert Dalla Bona, editors, Early Human Occupation in British Columbia, page 197:

2011, Nuria Sanz, Penelope Keenan (editors), Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersal and Social Developments (HEADS), World Heritage Papers: 29, UNESCO, page 132,
While speech, song, music and dance presumably existed still earlier, the oldest musical instruments known are four bone flutes and four mammoth ivory flutes from archaeological horizon II at Geißenklösterle (Hahn and Münzel, 1995; Conard et al., 2004).

2012, Rivka Rabinovich, Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Lutz Kindler, Naama Goren-Inbar, The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov, Volume III: Mammalian Taphonomy: The Assemblages of Layers V-5 and V-6, page 5,
The evidence of fire revealed in each of the archaeological horizons is based mainly on the high frequency of microartifacts.

(archaeology) A common set of artefacts that identifies a culture and is found disseminated widely (usually over a number of sites, but sometimes widely over one site) but restricted to a single stratum; a layer or stratum.

horizonte arqueológico

a common set of artefacts that identifies a culture


illoricated

(zoology) Not loricated; lacking a hard shell.


aurelia

From Italian aurelia (“chrysalis”), from Latin aureus (“golden”).

(entomology, archaic) The chrysalis of an insect, especially of a butterfly.


meral

Stomatopods signal mood, intention and – perhaps – much else with subtle changes in posture, as well as their impressive markings, which in many species include a pair of meral spots that can look like giant eyes.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 103:

(zoology) Pertaining to the merus or meropodite.


pristella

(zoology) A fish, Pristella maxillaris (the only species in its genus).


astropecten

(zoology) Any of the genus Astropecten of sea stars.


dungfly

From dung + fly, from its typical food source.

(zoology) A two-winged fly of the genus Scathophaga.


gymnotiform

(zoology) Belonging to the Gymnotiformes.


gymnotiform

(zoology) Any member of the Gymnotiformes.


rotaliid

(zoology) Any foraminiferan of the order Rotaliida


cyanope

From Ancient Greek κυανῶπις (kuanôpis, “dark-looking”).

uder

On this basis various genotypes may be listed as follows: EEHH - Fast dark, EEHh - Medium dark with a cyanope stage, EeHH - Medium dark with a glaucope state, EdHh - Slow dark with intermediate stage variable.

1946, Reginald Ruggles Gates, Human Genetics, page 95:

The cyanope type (brown eyes, blond hair) and the glaucope type (blue eyes, black hair) probably arose independently as mutations, the glaucope being earlier in the European population, i.e., the mutation to blue eyes probably occurred before the mutation to fair hair.

1953, Alan H. Kelso De Montigny, International Anthropological and Linguistic Review, page 61:

There were too few in the cyanope group of the MacConaill types for comparison to be made.

1955, The Journal of Mental Science - Volume 101, page 541:

(anthropology, genetics, dated) A person with fair hair and brown eyes.


glaucope

From Ancient Greek γλαυκώψ (glaukṓps, “with blue-grey eyes”).

The most numerous in each war period had blue or grey eyes and dark hair (" glaucope ") but the percentage of such types fell from 47 to 40 per cent between the two samples, while those with fair hair and light eyes (" blond ") rose from 16 to 19 per cent.

1957, Eugenics review - Volumes 48-49, pages 112–113:

(anthropology, genetics, dated) A person with dark hair and blue eyes.


doorslab

So she picked all the prettiest flowers she could find and strewed them over the door-slab, which they put in its right place again.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 58:

This temple is so called from the two carved limestone doorslabs bearing Maya writing, part of which was read as the date 1014 A. D.

1928, El Palacio, volumes 25-26, page 119:

(archaeology) A slab forming part of a doorway.


myopsid

(zoology) Any squid of the order Myopsida or suborder Myopsina.


Noric

en-adj

Noric (comparative more Noric, superlative most Noric)

more Noric (comparative)
most Noric (superlative)

(anthropology) Of or relating to a racial category proposed by the anthropologist Victor Lebzelter, supposed to be a lighter subtype of the Dinaric, and characterized by tall stature, brachycephaly, nasal convexity, a long face and a broad forehead.


nummulitid

(zoology) Any foraminifer in the family Nummulitidae.


pilargid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Pilargidae.


capitellid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Capitellidae.


productid

(zoology) Any member of the Productidae.


ethnoanthropology

The study of the ethnological aspects of anthropology

etnoantropologia

the study of the ethnological aspects of anthropology


alcyonarian

(zoology) Any of the Alcyonaria, a subclass of the Anthozoa.


ecofact

The fact that two periods of occupation are in evidence, both having similar ecofact and material remains, suggests that the occupation and the behavior carried on there are part of an established cycle of seasonally based behavior.

1963, Missouri Archaeological Society, Research Series, Issues 1–13, page 57:

Ecofact is a term archaeologists invented to classify natural objects used by humans without modification. Animal bones left for dinner or pollen from gathered plants are ecofacts. … Even phosphates or other chemicals in the soil are ecofacts showing that people threw their organic waste on the ground.

2009, Nancy Marie White, Archaeology For Dummies, part 1 Archaeology: Seeing Past People Today, chapter 1 What Archaeology Is, page 12

(archaeology) A biological artifact not altered by humans, but which may be indicative of human occupation.


Carolina dog

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

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


labyrinth organ

en-noun

labyrinth organ (plural labyrinth organs)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


labyrinth fish

labyrinth fish (plural labyrinth fish or labyrinth fishes)

labyrinth fish (plural)
labyrinth fishes (plural)

From labyrinth + fish; see also labyrinth organ.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


arkeology

Sometimes archaeology becomes “arkeology” and the search for physical remains of Noah's actual ark is the principal focus of interest.

1988, edited by Alan Dundes, The Flood Myth, page 90:

These things tend to happen in arkeology. … Nevertheless, the period between the end of World War II and 1974 was the great age of arkeology. … Such breakthroughs have now become regular events in arkeology, each new discovery upstaging the last.

2000, Bob Rickard, John Michell, chapter 7, in Unexplained Phenomena: Mysteries and Curiosities of Science, Folklore and Superstition, page 182:

First, let us start with what the Bible says and delve into the world of arkeology. McGowan (1984, chapter 5) and Moore (1983) discuss the logistical details of the Noah's ark story at length, so I will not repeat their entire analysis here.

2007, Donald R. Prothero, Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters, chapter 3 The Fossil Record, page 73

The study of the story of Noah's Ark, particularly the search for physical evidence which would corroborate it.


arkeologist

The most successful arkeologist of his time was Fernand Navarra, whose record was published in French in 1956 and in English in 1974 under the title Noah's Ark: I Touched It!

Those who search—often obsessively—for it are known as ‘Arkeologists’. … Geologists are bored and irritated by the Arkeologists for Ararat has a remarkable history of its own. … An eminent Arkeologist, a Dr Allen Roberts, armed with a degree in Christian Education from Florida's Freedom University, once sought funds in Australia to excavate the possible remains of Noah's lifeboat.

2013, Steve Jones, The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Retold as Science:

Unfortunately, the inflated pronouncements of “arkeologists,” as they are called, have proven to be neither accurate nor trustworthy.

2013, Jerome Clark, Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena, 3rd edition:

Someone who studies the story of Noah's ark, particularly by searching for physical evidence which would corroborate it.


arkeological

en-adj

arkeological (comparative more arkeological, superlative most arkeological)

more arkeological (comparative)
most arkeological (superlative)

Has the last year provided any additional data? Is “arkeological” work continuing?

1972, John Warwick Montgomery, The Quest for Noah's Ark, page 292:

The Armenian, who died in America in 1920, told people that in 1856, when he was a young man living near Ararat, “three foreign atheists” had hired him and his father to guide them up the mountain on an anti-arkeological expedition to disprove the Ark's existence.

Critics have no trouble pointing out the many flaws in arkeological thought.


anthroponomic

(anthropology) Relating to anthroponomy.


chlorarachniophyte

Any of a group of mixotrophic algae found in tropical oceans.


Awan

Sumerian cuneiform: a-wa-anki, "Country of Awan"

(archaeology, historical) An ancient city-state or region of Elam in the western area of modern-day Iran.


conehead

(anthropology, archaeology, informal) A person who has undergone cranial modification in order to produce an elongated skull.


mesaxonic

From meso- + Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”) + -ic.

af

(zoology) Having an enlarged middle digit that forms the axis of the foot.

mésaxonique

having an enlarged middle digit that forms the axis of the foot


oligolectic

/ˌɒlɪɡə(ʊ)ˈlɛktɪk/

/ɒˌlɪɡə(ʊ)-/

/ˌɑləɡoʊˈlɛktɪk/

From English oligo- (prefix meaning ‘few’) (from Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olígos, “few, little”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)leyg- (“indigent, poor; miserable”)) + Ancient Greek λεκτός (lektós, “chosen”) (from λέγω (légō, “to choose; to arrange; to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns), possibly modelled after eclectic.

der

(entomology) Relating to, or characteristic of, oligolecty.

oligolectique

relating to, or characteristic of, oligolecty


oligolecty

/ɒˌlɪɡə(ʊ)-/

Probably from oligolectic + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states). Oligolectic is derived from English oligo- (prefix meaning ‘few’) (from Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olígos, “few, little”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)leyg- (“indigent, poor; miserable”)) + Ancient Greek λεκτός (lektós, “chosen”) (from λέγω (légō, “to choose; to arrange; to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns), possibly modelled after eclectic.

suffix

We have, thus, a case where different types of bees are similarly adapted to oligolecty on a certain group of plants.

1944 April 10, Charles Duncan Michener, “Comparative External Morphology, Phylogeny, and a Classification of the Bees (Hymenoptera)”, in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 82, article 6, New York, N.Y.: American Museum of Natural History, →ISSN, →OCLC, part 2 (Comparative External Morphology of the Bees), page 218, column 2:

The most likely explanation for oligolecty in bees is not different from the explanation of specificity of any organism to its habitat; in fact, oligolecty is a form of host specificity.

1954 June 21, Charles Duncan Michener, “Bees of Panamá”, in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 104, article 1, New York, N.Y.: American Museum of Natural History, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:

In so far as now known, all of the species exhibit a high degree of oligolecty (or monolecty) being restricted in pollen collecting to a single genus of plants.

1955 October, E[arle] G[orton] Linsley, J[ohn] W[inslow] MacSwain, Ray F[red] Smith, “Observations on the Nesting Habits and Flower Relationships of Some Species of Melandrina (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)”, in P. D. Hurd, Jr., editor, The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, volume XXXI, number 4, San Francisco, Calif.: Pacific Coast Entomological Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 175:

An individual of a polylectic species that takes pollen from only a few kinds of plants is showing flower constancy rather than oligolecty.

1974, Charles Duncan Michener, “Glossary”, in The Social Behavior of the Bees, Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 373, column 1:

Once oligolecty was documented, the following two summers were used for field study of widely separated populations of I. pandurata.

1978, Daniel F. Austin, “Morning Glory Bees and the Ipomoea pandurata Complex (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae)”, in Manya B. Stoetzel, editor, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, volume 80, number 3, Washington, D.C.: Entomological Society of Washington, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 397:

That oligolecty exists is indisputable, but its application to particular bee species engenders confusion and debate. […] We propose a definition of oligolecty that is sufficiently inclusive without diluting the intended meaning for undisputed cases: we define oligolecty as consistent and predictable reliance of a species on a few plant genera for their pollen needs.

2006, James H. Cane, Sedonia Sipes, “Characterizing Floral Specialization by Bees: Analytical Methods and a Revised Lexicon for Oligolecty”, in Nickolas M. Waser, Jeff Ollerton, editors, Plant–Pollinator Interactions: From Specialization to Generalization, Chicago, Ill., London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, part II (The Ecology and Evolution of Specialized and Generalized Pollination), page 110:

In most studies sampling is limited to a few sites, and therefore oligolecty is dubiously assigned. Moreover, both abundant and minor pollen types are generally considered at a same level of importance.

2018, Favio Gerardo Vossler, “Are Stingless Bees a Broadly Polylectic Group? An Empirical Study of the Adjustments Required for an Improved Assessment of Pollen Diet in Bees”, in Patricia Vit, Silvia R. M. Pedro, David W. Roubik, editors, Pot-pollen in Stingless Bee Melittology, Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, part I (Pollen and the Evolution of Mutualism), section 2.2 (Pollen Specialization Categories in Bees), page 19, column 1:

The two most basal bee families, Dasypodaidae and Mellitidae, are predominantly composed of pollen specialists, indicating that oligolecty might be the ancestral state in bees[…]. In the western Palaearctic anthidiine bees, several transitions from oligolecty to polylecty were found, but none from polylecty to oligolecty[…].

2020, R. G. Vastrad, “Specialized Bees Fail to Develop on Non-host Pollen: Do Plants Chemically Protect Their Pollen?”, in A Study of Floral Specialization in Solitary Bees, Raleigh, N.C.: Lulu, →ISBN, page 31:

(entomology) The preference of an insect pollinator (chiefly a bee) for pollinating only a few plant species.

قِلَّة الجَمْع

preference of an insect pollinator for pollinating only a few plant species


homochromia

Lastly, the same holds good of mimetic parasitism; for at the climax of that process we have the elaborate imitation of the living organism, then of its cadaver or its excreta, till, finally, we arrive at homochromia, that is, the adoption by certain animals of the prevailing colour of their environment.

1895, Jean Massart & Émile Vandervelde, Parasitism, Organic and Social (trans. William Macdonald and J. Arthur Thomson), Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Limited (1895), pages 16-17

Mimetic homochromia consists not only of imitation of the colour and texture of the environment or of other spp (animal or plant), but also involves Imitation of their behaviour, immobility being the best known example, especially in otherwise conspicuous spp.

1975, Animal Behaviour Abstracts, volume 3, page 201:

[…] I mean, butterflies are good at make-believe, too…. What are homochromia and dissuasive livery, if not artistic lies? Like the Caligo prometheus, who proclaims to his enemies, "I'm the head of an owl, I'm gonna eat you!" Or the Samia cynthia, which looks like a dreadful dragon! Pride of our species, my eye."

2000, Nancy Huston, Prodigy, McArthur & Company, →ISBN, page 55:

(zoology, rare) The use, by an organism, of the same colour as its background or other form of camouflage as a means of protection.


globigerinid

(zoology) Any of the Globigerinida (a synonym of the Globigerinina), a rotaliid suborder of foraminiferans found as marine plankton.


wingbase

(zoology) The part of the body where a wing is attached.


scutellar

(entomology) Short for scutellar bristles.


tree hollow

a semi-enclosed cavity which has naturally formed in the trunk or branch of a tree.


Valentini

en-proper-noun

Valentini (countable and uncountable, plural Valentinis)

(uncountable, archaeology) An ancient people of Sardinia


nervule

From either nervure + -ule or nerve + -ule.

A close examination of the wing will always show a partially atrophied disco-cellular, connecting these nervules of the discoidal with either the subcostal or the median nervures, even when one of them has been described as quite free.

1845, Edward Doubleday, “Remarks on the Genus Argynnis”, in Transactions of the Linnean Society, volume 19, page 481:

The origin of the first and second median nervules corresponds to that of the two superior subcostal nervules; and the nervule closing the cell unites with the apical portion of the median nervule at a right angle.

1875, S. H. Scudder, “On the Structure and Transformations of Eumæus Atala”, in Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, Volume 2, Part 4, Number 2, page 415:

2003, W. J. Holland, Cassia B. Farkas (editor), Field Guide to Butterflies, Revised and Updated Edition, page 12,
The branches of these compound veins are known as nervules. The median vein always has three nervules. The nervules of the subcostal veins branch up and outward, with from four to five subcostal nervules, toward the costal margin and the apex of the forewing.

(entomology) A minor vein in a wing of an insect.


snakeline

(zoology) The elongated, sinuous body-shape associated with snakes.


calypter

From New Latin calyptra, from Ancient Greek κᾰλύπτρα (kalúptra, “hood”), from κᾰλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”).

der

The acrosticals are irregularly paired, with numerous accessory setulae between the rows; the lower calypters protrude distinctly beyond the margin of the upper;[…].

1947, Maurice T. James, Miscellaneous Publication 61: The Flies that Cause Myiasis in Man, U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 122:

The wings are hyaline and slightly smoky yellowish, while the calypters and wing fringes are pale yellowish (Steyskal, 1980).

2002, Elen L. Aguiar-Menezes, Euripides B. Menezes, Paolo Cesar R. Cassino, Marco A. Soares, “12: Passion Fruit”, in Jorge E. Peña, Jennifer L. Sharp, M. Wysoki, editors, Tropical Fruit Pests and Pollinators, page 373:

Traditionally this taxon^([Schizophora]) is subdivided into Calyptratae and Acalyptratae, based respectively on the strong or reduced development of the lower calypter.

2004, James B. Coupland, Gary B. Barker, “3: Diptera as Predators and Parasitoids of Terrestrial Molluscs, with Emphasis on Phoridae, Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae and Fanniidae”, in G. M. Barker, editor, Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs, page 88:

(biology, entomology) Either of two rounded lobes at the posterior base of the wing in many true flies.

caliptro

either of two lobes covering the halteres


ptilinum

Borrowed from New Latin ptilīnum, itself an adaptation of the French ptiline.

As for the structure of the ptilinum itself, Strickland (1953) reported that the ptilina of Conopidae 'are voluminous and represent the most rugged type of ptilinum which we have encountered'.

1972, Graham C. D. Griffiths, The Phylogenetic Classification of Diptera Cyclorrhapha, page 243:

1980, Stuart E. Reynolds, Integration of Behaviour and Physiology in Ecdysis, Michael J. Berridge, J. E. Treherne, Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 15, page 500,
Certainly, the ptilinum, a special eversible sac on the head which is evidently a "hatching" structure, is instrumental in causing the puparium to crack along its line of weakness, a longitudinal line around the anterior end, which meets a circular line extending around the anterior margin of what was the 4th visible segment of the larvae cuticle (Laing, 1935).

The suture is of the nature of an extremely narrow slit, along the margins of which the wall of the head is invaginated to form a membranous sac or ptilinum, and the walls of the latter are seen to consist of the same layers as the integument.[…]The purpose of the ptilinum is to thrust off the anterior end of the puparium at a time when the contained imago is ready to emerge and to force the fly through soil, etc. (Fraenkel, 1936).

1994, Augustus Daniel Imms, R. Richard Gareth Davies, Owain Westmacott Richards, Imms’ General Textbook of Entomology, volume 1, page 953:

Push through the ground is accompanied by and partially brought about by alternate eversion and retraction of the blood-filled sac at the anterior end of the head — the ptilinum.[…]When the fly appears above ground, no resistance is felt by the ptilinum, and signals cease to be received by the sensory nerve fibers.

2004, D.R. Khanna, Advanced Embryology, page 55:

(zoology, entomology) A bladder-like pouch on the head of schizophoran flies that by expanding enables the fly to emerge from its puparium.

ptiline

bladder-like pouch on the head of some flies


digit

From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a fingerbreadth; a number”). Doublet of digitus and toe .

bit

position in a sequence of numerals, symbol in a positional number system

The ruminants have the cloven foot, i.e. two hoofed digits on each foot.

1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:

(zoology) Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.


peracarid

(zoology) Any crustacean of the superorder Peracarida.


eurybathic

en-adj

eurybathic (comparative more eurybathic, superlative most eurybathic)

more eurybathic (comparative)
most eurybathic (superlative)

(zoology) Able to live at different depths (of water)


lysianassoid

(zoology) Any crustacean of the family Lysianassidae.


tricornute

(zoology) Having three horn-like processes.


Metal Age

(archaeology) An age characterised by the use of tools made from a specific type of metal.


Emlen funnel

Named after S. T. and J. T. Emlen, who introduced the technique in 1966.

(ornithology) A funnel-shaped orientation cage used to study the migratory instincts of birds.


subcrenate

(botany, zoology) Having a notched or scalloped margin


silky lacewing

The beautiful silky lacewings (Psychopsidae) have their headquarters in Australia, where some 12 species have been described.

1983, Grolier Society of Australia, The Australian Encyclopaedia, volume 6, page 45:

Psychopsidae, the silky lacewings, is clearly the most plesiomorphic family of the superfamily, with 26 species conforming to an early Gondwanan distribution in South Africa, Australia, and parts of Asia.

1997, Charles S. Henry, “11: Modern mating systems in archaic Holometabola: sexuality in neuropterid insects”, in Jae C. Choe, Bernard J. Crespi, editors, The Evolution of Mating Systems in Insects and Arachnids, page 204:

The suborder consists of five extant families; the Psychopsidae (silky lacewings), Nemopteridae (spoon- or thread- winged lacewings), Nymphidae (split-footed lacewings), Myrmeleontidae (antlions), and Ascalaphidae (owlflies).

2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, page 342:

(zoology) Any insect of the family Psychopsidae.


gonarcus

The gonarcus (fig. 5) is situated internally between the anal segment and the ninth sternite.

1961, Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin A, page 49:

1988, Neuroptera International, Volume 5 - Volume 7, Issue 2, page 60,
Its shape is related to the structure of the gonarcus-parameres complex and of the coaptation structures which exist between this complex and the subgenital plate.

Defining features of the Neuroptera include the association of the ninth gonocoxites with the gonarcus and the peculiar sucking-mandibulate mouthparts of the larvae (U. Aspock et al., 2001).

2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, page 341:

(zoology) An arched structure that is a principal feature of the male genitalia of some insects.


crossvein

A vein in an insect's wing that connects others transversely.


phallobase

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

(entomology) the base (proximal part) of the phallus


valvifer

(entomology) Any of the basal plates of an insect's ovipositor that arise from the eighth and ninth abdominal segments


postclypeus

(entomology) The upper (proximal) portion of the clypeus in insects such as the cicada.


pygofer

From pygo- (“posterior”) + Latin -fer (“-bearing”).

confix

(entomology) The last segment of the abdomen of some insects


ricochetal

(zoology) Composed of a series of ricochets (or a fast succession of hops).


Utonagan

(zoology) A large dog of a breed resembling wolves, bred from the Alaskan Malamute, Siberian Husky, and German Shepherd, and related to the Northern Inuit Dog.


Karelian Bear Dog

en-noun

Karelian Bear Dog (plural Karelian Bear Dogs)

(zoology) A large hunting dog of a breed originating in Finland or Karelia.