batrachomorph

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

Batrachomorphs comprise the stegocephalians more closely related to lissamphibians than are other stegocephalians, as well as the lissamphibians themselves.

2012, Sebastien Steyer, Earth Before the Dinosaurs, page 61:

(zoology) Any animal of the clade Batrachomorpha.


stegocephalian

(zoology) Any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.


aphagy

(medicine, zoology) Inability to feed due to anatomical deficiencies.


sphenosuchian

(zoology) Any crocodylomorph of the Sphenosuchia.


reineckeid

(zoology) Any member of the Reineckeidae.


parasitengone

Thus it is possible that mechanisms of distastefulness evolved independently in terrestrial and aquatic parasitengones.

2013, Heather Proctor, Aquatic Mites from Genes to Communities, page 143:

(zoology) Any mite of the clade Parasitengona.


water mite

Water mites are a dominant feature of the fauna of all freshwater ecosystems. Over 400 species in 87 genera and 22 families have been recorded in Australia.

1998, MS Harvey, The Australian Water Mites: A Guide to Families and Genera:

(zoology) Any mite of the clade Hydracarina (syn. Hydrachnidia).


river dolphin

(zoology) Any dolphin that is found only in fresh or brackish water, now considered in one of three superfamilies Platanistoidea, †Lipotoidea, Inioidea, all in parvorder Odontoceti or in a grouping with hippopotamuses.

jokidelfiini

dolphin found only in fresh and brackish water


hymenopterist

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

My collecting partner for this trip was long-time friend and hymenopterist Mike Arduser.

2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:

(entomology) An entomologist who studies hymenopterans.


Jersey Devil

A legendary creature said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey, United States, and most often described as a flying biped with hooves that emits a piercing scream. Often described as having an equine or goat-like head and a kangaroo- or wyvern-like shape or aspects.


apternodontid

Borrowed from translingual Apternodontidae.

(zoology) Any member of the Apternodontidae.


distiphallus

(entomology) The enlarged, apical part of the aedeagus in some insects


epandrium

(entomology) The dorsal saddle-shaped part of male terminalia in Diptera


katepisternum

(entomology) The ventral part of the episternum of an insect.


lissoir

From French lissoir, from lisser (“to smooth”) + -oir (“tool suffix”).

suffix

(archaeology) A prehistoric tool, made of bone or wood, used to soften leather.


oestroid

en-adj

oestroid (comparative more oestroid, superlative most oestroid)

more oestroid (comparative)
most oestroid (superlative)

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the superfamily Oestroidea


physogastry

From physo- + Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”) + -y.

One of the most bizarre modifications of the beetle abdomen is known as physogastry. Physogastry is a condition in which the abdomen is enlarged. usually through increased growth of the connective membranes, expansion of the internal fat bodies, and subsequent secondary sclerotization of the abdominal sclerites.

2000, Arthur V. Evans, An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, page 64:

The development of queen physogastry is considered to mark the end of the founding stage. It is often difficult to determine the time required for a queen to become physogastric in termite colonies.

2014, Y. Abe, Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology, page 337:

The most striking characteristic of many termitophiles is physogastry, or the excessive enlargement of the abdomen, which closely resembles that of the hosts and especially that of the old queens.

2015, William Morton Wheeler, The Social Insects: Their Origin and Evolution, page 266:

(entomology) An enlargement of the abdomen in certain insects, especially in termite queens.


urinatorial

urinatorial (comparative more urinatorial, superlative most urinatorial)

more urinatorial (comparative)
most urinatorial (superlative)


urosomite

(zoology) One of the somites of the urosome.


undercurved

undercurved (comparative more undercurved, superlative most undercurved)

more undercurved (comparative)
most undercurved (superlative)

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(zoology) Curved so as to pass below the body; said of parts of the upper surface of an insect.


scatophage

From New Latin scatophagus, from Ancient Greek σκατοφάγος (skatophágos), from σκατο- (skato-, “shit”) and φάγος (phágos, “eater; glutton”), from φᾰγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”) + -ος (-os, “-er”, forming agent nouns). Equivalent to scato- + -phage. In particular reference to dungflies, an anglicization of their genus Scatophaga.

(usually zoology) A shiteater: a human or animal that consumes excrement.


gymnodinialean

(zoology) Of or relating to the Gymnodiniales, an order of dinoflagellates of the class Dinophyceae.


archeopyle

(zoology) A distinctive opening in the test of fossil dinoflagellates.


rhabdosteid

(zoology) Any extinct cetacean in the family Rhabdosteidae.


nematocerous

(zoology) Having long thread-like antennae, like a dipterous insect.


lepralielliform

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

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

(zoology) Having the form of a bryozoan of the superfamily Lepralielloidea.


rhipidopterous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Rhipidoptera.


opisthobranchism

(zoology, rare) The property of being an opisthobranch.


wheel animal

(zoology) Any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end.


opisthognathous

(zoology) Having retreating jaws or teeth.


prosopon

From Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, mask, person”).

uder

(zoology) A variety of small-scale structures in trilobites, such as ribbing, domes, and perforations.


pecoran

(zoology) Any ungulate of the infraorder Pecora


macrophagy

(zoology) The condition of being macrophagous.


neontocracy

Coined by American anthropologist David Lancy and popularised through his 2008 book The Anthropology of Childhood; modelled on and contrasted with gerontocracy (“society in which elders are esteemed”).

But looking at the neontocracy from up, down, and sideways—that is, cross-culturally, historically, and holistically—leads quickly to the realization that in many cases, institutional attention to families benefits the institutions themselves more than it aids families.

2014, Rachael Stryker, “Chapter 7: On Family: Adoptive Parenting Up, Down, and Sideways”, in Rachael Stryker, Roberto J. Gon, editors, Up, Down, and Sideways: Anthropologists Trace the Pathways of Power, Berghahn Books, page 151:

And, incrementally, the gerontocracy becomes a neontocracy. But I would argue that the neontocracy has, lately, gotten out of control.

2015, David F. Lancy, The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 71:

David F. Lancy (2015) argues in his book The Anthropology of Childhood that the ‘neontocracy’ of many modern Western societies is anomalous when compared with the majority of cultures across the world and across known human history.[…]There is less sense [in some gerontocratic contexts] than in neontocracies that children are to be protected, sheltered from work or considered non-economically productive.

2017, Susannah Cornwall, Un/familiar Theology: Reconceiving Sex, Reproduction and Generativity, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 99:

(anthropology) Any society in which young children are highly valued (despite their relatively low social utility in objective terms); the practice, prevalent in the West, of so valuing young children.


nealogy

(zoology) The description of the morphological correlations of the early adolescent stages of an animal.


notodontiform

en-adj

notodontiform (comparative more notodontiform, superlative most notodontiform)

more notodontiform (comparative)
most notodontiform (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling a moth of the family Notodontidae.


stegognathous

From Ancient Greek στέγω (stégō) + γνάθος (gnáthos) + -ous.

(zoology) Having a jaw composed of imbricated plates.


monorhinal

(zoology) Having a single nasal passage.


spizelline

(zoology) Of or relating to the Spizella.


scolopale

en-noun

scolopale (plural scolopalae or scolopales)

The organ is composed of a somewhat restricted number of scolopalae, which are connected with sense cells that are also few in number.

1948, Kjell Ehnbom, Studies on the Central and Sympathetic Nervous System and Some Sense Organs in the Head of Neuropteroid Insects:

These scolopidia respond only to extreme depression of the tarsus and thus length differences of the scolopales can account for their angular sensitivity.

1976, Peter John Mill, Structure and Function of Proprioceptors in the Invertebrates, page 348:

This ciliary portion of the dendrite runs through a fluid-filled extracellular space, surrounded by the scolopale cell, and then the dendrite expands into the ciliary dilatation before entering the cap.

1989, Franz Huber, Thomas Edwin Moore, Werner Loher, Cricket Behavior and Neurobiology, →ISBN, page 400:

The side of the scolopale facing the cilium is smooth, whereas the side facing the cytoplasm of the scolopale cell is irregular. Proximal to the cilium, the scolopale divides into short columns which fit into invaginations of the dendrite.

2012, A. B. Borkovec, Edward P. Masler, Insect Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology, →ISBN, page 434:

(entomology) A tube-like structure on the chordotonal organ of an insect.


leptocephalic

en-adj

leptocephalic (comparative more leptocephalic, superlative most leptocephalic)

more leptocephalic (comparative)
most leptocephalic (superlative)

(zoology) Having a narrow skull, as certain flatfishes do.


marsipobranchiate

Lampreys and hagfish are marsipobranchiate.


totipalmation

(zoology) The quality of being totipalmate.


Austric

From the first part of the terms Austronesian and Austroasiatic, in turn derived from Latin auster (“south wind”).

(linguistics, anthropology) Pertaining to a proposed macrofamily of languages, including the Austroasiatic, Daic, and Austronesian language families among others


poriferal

(zoology) Of or relating to the phylum Porifera of sponges.


scaritid

(zoology) Any of the beetles in the carabid subfamily Scaritinae, which were formerly considered to be the family Scaritidae.


suiform

suiform (comparative more suiform, superlative most suiform)

more suiform (comparative)
most suiform (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling a pig (of the family Suidae)


nictitant

This position of the pyramidalis is perhaps rendered necessary by the great extent of the movement of the nictitant membrane, the tendon of which, unless curved, would be too long to be conveniently disposed of.

1852, William MacGillivray, A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory:


prebuccal

(anatomy, zoology) Situated in front of the mouth


trochiform

trochiform (comparative more trochiform, superlative most trochiform)

more trochiform (comparative)
most trochiform (superlative)

(zoology) Shaped like a top shell (family Trochidae).


prosthenic

The body of Man has retrograded also in being merosthenic in limbs, instead of prosthenic, the hinder limbs being the stronger as well as longer, and the fore limbs comparatively weak.

1896, James Dwight Dana, Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special Reference to American Geological History:

(zoology, obsolete) Having strong foreparts.


funnel trap

(ornithology, hunting) A large funnel-shaped trap constructed of netting or wire mesh and intended to trap ducks, geese, etc.


desert kite

(anthropology, archaeology) A funnel trap constructed of stone and found in Middle Eastern deserts, intended to trap migrating game animals.


crocidurate

(zoology) Any shrew of the genus Crocidura.


laminately

(zoology) In a laminate manner; with thin plates, scales, or layers.


oogenotop

Following the inclusion of vitelline cells, the oocyte then continues along the egg-forming apparatus, or oogenotop, to another chamber termed the ootype.

2014, Rafael Toledo, Digenetic Trematodes, page 14:

(zoology) The egg-forming apparatus in trematodes.


Oldowan

From Maasai Olduvai, from the site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where the first Oldowan lithics were discovered in the 1930s.

(archaeology) Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory.


micropod

From New Latin Micropoda, from micro- + -poda.

(zoology, obsolete, rare) A member of the superseded taxonomic order Micropoda, which possess a diminutive foot or lack one, such as oysters.


pseudosucker

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(zoology) Any body part that is not a sucker but is used like one.


sebific

(entomology) relating to the fatty fluid secreted by insects from the colleterium in order to cement eggs together


rhizopodal

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the rhizopods.


parallel cousin

en-noun

parallel cousin (plural parallel cousins)

(anthropology) The child of one's father's brother or of one's mother's sister; a cousin related via same-gender siblings rather than opposite-gender ones (the latter being a cross-cousin).


ampelophagous

These two vectors have different lifestyles–the former strictly ampelophagous and the latter polyphagous, only occasionally feeding on grapevine – and dissimilar biological features, which may reflect diversely affiliated microbial communities.

2010, Phyllis G. Weintraub, Phytoplasmas: Genomes, Plant Hosts and Vectors, page 282:


ricinuleid

A ricinuleid grabs its prey with the relatively small pincers of its pedipalps, lifts its hood, and then passes the prey to its jaws. The hood is lowered as the ricinuleid chews away.

2009, James B. Nardi, Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners, page 113:

(zoology) Any member of the Ricinulei (hooded tickspiders).


utamaroho

From a blend of Swahili utamaduni (“culture”) and roho (“spirit”); introduced in this sense by Marimba Ani in 1994.

Coordinate term: utamawazo

(anthropology) A culture's vital energy, which gives it its emotional tone and motivates collective behavior.


utamawazo

From a blend of Swahili utamaduni (“culture”) and wazo (“thought”); introduced in this sense by Marimba Ani in 1994.

Coordinate term: utamaroho

(anthropology) culturally structured thought or worldview


heterosomatous

(zoology) Belonging to the Heterosomata.


scavengerous

en-adj

scavengerous (comparative more scavengerous, superlative most scavengerous)

more scavengerous (comparative)
most scavengerous (superlative)

The non-phytophagous minority of the caterpillars exemplifies three somewhat distinct food habits,- entomophagous, homophonous and scavengerous.

1939, Walter Valentine Balduf, The bionomics of entomophagous insects (part 2, page 1)

They eat not only some vegetable material in the form of algae, grasses, and some mosses, but also insects, salamanders, fishes, little molluscs, and bits of dead animal flesh which they find on the bottom. They are therefore partly scavengerous in their habits.

1954, Leon Augustus Hausman, Guide to birds and animal life, page 105:


saccopharyngiform

(ichthyology) Any fish in the order Saccopharyngiformes, the gulper eels.


motatorious

(zoology, archaic) In perpetual vibratory motion; said of the legs of some spiders and crane-flies, etc.


briquetage

From French briquetage (“brickwork”) (In French archaeology the term is also used in this extended, specialist sense).

qf

(archaeology) burnt-clay remains associated with historical salt production.

(archaeology, more generally) any crudely-made objects fashioned of burnt clay.


cycliophoran

(zoology) A member of the phylum Cycliophora, rare aquatic invertebrates living in the mouths of lobsters.


phyllopodiform

en-adj

phyllopodiform (comparative more phyllopodiform, superlative most phyllopodiform)

more phyllopodiform (comparative)
most phyllopodiform (superlative)


melliphagoid

(ornithology) A bird of the passerine superfamily Meliphagoidea, a diverse group native to Australia and elsewhere in the South Pacific.


necrophorous

A thorough examination of the existing literature revealed that only a very few anecdotal publications exist on necrophorous feeding habits of termites.

2007, BP Freymann, “Termites of the genus Odontotermes are optionally keratophagous”, in Ecotropica, volume 13, page 143:

(zoology) Carrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus.


brachelytry

(entomology) The condition of being brachelytrous


galerucine

(entomology) Any leaf beetle of the subfamily Galerucinae


corotocine

(entomology) Any rove beetle of the subtribe Corotocina


symphile

(entomology) Any myrmecophilous insect that interacts with the host insects


termitophilous

(entomology) That has a symbiotic or mutualistic relationship with termites, and typically lives in a termite nest


egg burster

(entomology) The toothlike projection that an insect embryo uses to break the egg membrane when hatching


synoekete

From syn- (compare symbiosis) + Ancient Greek οἰκητής (oikētḗs, “inhabitant”), from οἰκέω (oikéō).

af

(entomology) Any myrmecophilous insect that does not interact with the host insects


brachelytrous

From Ancient Greek βρᾰχῠ́ς (brakhús) + ἔλυτρον (élutron) + -ous.

(entomology, of a beetle) That has short elytrons


promesonotum

(zoology) The front part of the mesonotum of ants and similar insects


aditicule

(zoology) The larger of the shell perforations of plaesiomyid brachiopods


acrostichal

(entomology, of bristles) Situated on the mesothorax of some dipteran flies


epipuncta

(zoology) The smaller of the shell perforations of plaesiomyid brachiopods


apotele

(zoology) A scalloped ridge around the edge of an otolith


bunoselenodont

From bun- (from Ancient Greek βουνός (bounós)) + -o- + selen- + -odont.

(zoology) Having teeth whose inner cusps have the form of blunt cones and the outer ones of longitudinal crescents


bunolophodont

From bun- (from Ancient Greek βουνός (bounós)) + -o- + loph- + -odont.

(zoology) Having molars with transverse ridges and rounded cusps on the occlusal surface


cyphonautes

From Ancient Greek κύφος (kúphos, “bent”) + ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

(zoology) The larva of an ectoproct or bryozoan.


abopercular

Thin filaments (70 nm) composed of spore wall material were observed projecting from an abopercular thickening of the spore wall.

2014, Andrew D. Winters, Mohamed Faisal, “Molecular and ultrastructural characterization of Haplosporidium diporeiae n. sp., a parasite of Diporeia sp. (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) in the Laurentian Great Lakes (USA).”, in Parasites and Vectors, →DOI:

(biology, physiology, medicine, parasitology) On the opposite side from the opercular side.


cadiconic

Relating to, characteristic of, or having the shape of, a cadicone.


cadicone

An ammonite that has a flattened barrel shape.


mucivorous

(zoology) Feeding on the juices of plants.


cyrtocone

Coordinate term: cyrtoceracone

(malacology) A curved (cyrtoconic) form of the young shell that succeeds the more primitive orthocone in nautiloid cephalopods.


deuterocone

(zoology) The cusp of a mammalian premolar tooth.


stenobathic

en-adj

stenobathic (comparative more stenobathic, superlative most stenobathic)

more stenobathic (comparative)
most stenobathic (superlative)

(zoology) Able to live only within a limited range of depths (of water).


deltidiodont

The orthide billingsellaceans with their strophic hinge lines, deltidiodont dentition and invariably calcareous shells, comprise two families which, although morphologically similar, have a fundamentally different style of shell secretion, reflected in their various descendants.

1979, Michael Robert House, The Origin of Major Invertebrate Groups, page 235:

The deltidiodont morphology did not survive the end-Permian extinctions; the modern articulated brachiopod fauna is dominated by cyrtomatodonts with crurae and loops.

2001, David Harper, Rong Jia-Yu, “Palaeozoic brachiopod extinctions, survival and recovery”, in Geological Journal, volume 36, page 317:

(zoology, of hinge teeth) Simple in shape, not interlocking with the dental socket.


deltidiodont

(zoology) A simple hinge tooth on the shell of a brachiopod.


cyrtomatodont

See cyrto- / κυρτός (kurtós), -odont / ὀδούς (odoús).

(zoology, of hinge teeth) Hook-shaped, interlocking.


cyrtomatodont

(zoology) A knob- or hook-shaped hinge tooth on the shell of a brachiopod.


nephrozoan

From translingual Nephrozoa + -an. By surface analysis, nephro- + -zoan.

(zoology) A member of the clade Nephrozoa, which includes all deuterostomes and protostomes.


PPNB

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B#English

(archaeology) Abbreviation of Pre-Pottery Neolithic B.


ctene

From the stem of Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís, “comb”).

(zoology) A band of fused cilia on the bodies of ctenophores, used for locomotion.


pycnogonoid

(zoology) Any member of the Pycnogonida; a sea spider.


deutomerite

(arachnology) The fixed segment of the grasping part of chelicerae.


contact call

(ornithology) A call made between birds in a flock or a pair in order to maintain contact with one another when foraging, flying, etc.


rhinocerotiform

rhinocerotiform (comparative more rhinocerotiform, superlative most rhinocerotiform)

more rhinocerotiform (comparative)
most rhinocerotiform (superlative)

(zoology, rare) Shaped like (that of) a rhinoceros.


opisthodont

(zoology) A reptile from the genus Opisthodontia


moustachial

From moustache + -ial. Compare mystacial.

(zoology) Resembling a moustache; applied to certain markings on birds.


reptatorial

/ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əl/

/ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔ.ɹɪ.əl/

From reptatory (“crawling, creeping”) + -al (suffix forming adjectives). Reptatory is probably derived from New Latin reptatorius (used in the binomial nomenclature of species), from Latin rēptātus (“on which one has crawled; where one has swum”) + -tōrius (suffix forming adjectives); rēptātus is the perfect passive participle of rēptō (“to crawl or creep (over or through)”), the frequentative form of rēpō (“to crawl, creep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-.


atheriniform

en-adj

atheriniform (comparative more atheriniform, superlative most atheriniform)

more atheriniform (comparative)
most atheriniform (superlative)

(ichthyology) of or belonging to the order Atheriniformes


atheriniform

(ichthyology) Any fish in the order Atheriniformes


stomach oil

(ornithology) The light oil composed of neutral dietary lipids found in the proventriculus of birds in the order Procellariiformes.


dorsigerous

(zoology, obsolete) Carrying on the back.


outmate

en-verb

outmate (third-person singular simple present outmates, present participle outmating, simple past and past participle outmated)

outmates (present singular third-person)
outmating (participle present)
outmated (participle past)
outmated (past)

From out- + mate. Noun by analogy with inmate.

(zoology) To mate with an individual who is not part of one's immediate social group.

(zoology, transitive) To surpass in finding mates; to outbreed.


harnessed bushbuck

en-noun

harnessed bushbuck (plural harnessed bushbucks)

Tragelaphus scriptus
Tragelaphus scriptus#Translingual

(zoology) The more northern and westernmost of the two bushbuck species of sub-Saharan Africa (considered a single species by some sources), Tragelaphus scriptus


cryptocystidean

(zoology) Of or relating to the Cryptocystidea.


episematic

en-adj

episematic (comparative more episematic, superlative most episematic)

more episematic (comparative)
most episematic (superlative)

/ˌɛpɪsɪˈmætɪk/

Episematic characters are far less common than aposematic, and these than cryptic; although, as regards the latter comparison, the opposite impression is generally produced from the fact that concealment is so successfully attained.

1911, “Colours of Animals”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume V, page 732:

(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves to assist individuals of the same species to identify each other.


incudate

(zoology, anatomy) Of, pertaining to or having an incus (bone of the middle ear).

incudate trophi

The incudate trophi of Asplanchna are massive forceps quite free from an inclosing mastax, and capable in consequence of even plunging down into the oesophagus; but the forcipate trophi of Sacculus are feeble hooks and blades, inclosed in a grape-shaped mastax, and admitting of only a slight protrusion from the mouth.

1889, Charles Thomas Hudson, Philip Henry Gosse, The Rotifera: Or, Wheel-animalcules, Volume 1, page 120:

FIGURE 140.[…]A-E with a malleate mastax in the Brachionidae and a malleo-ramate in the Flosculariaceae, mainly feed by sedimenting; F and G with virgate or incudate mastax, respectively, are more selective and raptorial.

1967, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, A Treatise on Limnology, Volume II: Introduction to Lake Biology and the Limnoplankton, page 531:

Forcipate and incudate trophi function in grasping.

1979, Richard S. Stemberger, A Guide to Rotifers of the Laurentian Great Lakes, Volume 1, US Environmental Protection Agency, page 10:

Asplanchna priodonta (Asplanchnidae) is a planktonic predator with incudate trophi, showing a wide trophic spectrum, feeding on rotifers, protists, and various unicellular algae (Jose de Paggi, 2002).

2005, Diego Fontaneto, Giulio Melone, “Do rotifer jaws grow after hatching?”, in Alois Herzig, Ramesh D. Gulati, Christian D. Jersabek, Linda May, editors, Rotifera X: Rotifer Research: Trends, New Tools and Recent Advances, Springer, page 215:

In Asplanchnidae, rami are large and hooked and constitute incudate mastax, but reduced rami may be present.

2018, Fstik Baran Mandal, Biology of Non-Chordates, 2nd edition, PHI Learning, page 198:

(zoology, of mastaxes or trophi of rotifers) That functions by prehension; used as a classification.


endothoracic

(entomology, rare) Relating to the endothorax.


aquiferous system

en-noun

aquiferous system (plural aquiferous systems)

(zoology) The system of connected water channels that is unique to sponges (Porifera).

(zoology, dated) The hydrostatic skeleton of certain marine gastropods.

water vascular system
water vascular system

(zoology, obsolete) The water vascular system of echinoderms.


water vascular system

water vascular system (plural water vascular systems)

(zoology) The hydraulic system found in the bodies of all echinoderms, which allows for a continuous flow of water through canals to the tube feet, and performs a range of body functions.


monozoic

(zoology) Of a tapeworm, having a single proglottid.


grootslang

From Afrikaans grootslang (“great snake”), from groot (“great, big”) + slang (“snake”).

Two more grootslangs appeared on either side of their leader, both larger and more frightening than the one he had made in the museum.

2016, Rocco Ryg, The Genocide Gene: The Onryo Saga, →ISBN:

While he watched, one of the selkies drenched one of Sakura's grootslangs with a water shield, much like the one Fiona had used with Ray only days earlier. Had it been only days earlier? It felt like a lifetime ago. The water hit the grootslang right in the face.

2017, H. K. Varian, The Changer War, →ISBN:

A South African cryptid with the head of an elephant and the body of a snake, which reputedly eats elephants and hoards diamonds; one particular one (the Grootslang) is reputed to live in a cave in South Africa connected to the sea.


sternopleural

Sternopleurals medium large.

1931, John Allen Rowe, “A revision of the males of the nearctic species in the genus Fabriciella (Tachinidae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America, volume 24:

(entomology) Short for sternopleural seta or bristle.


uncinate process

uncinate process (plural uncinate processes)

(zoology) A bony extension that projects caudally from the vertical segment of each rib, found in most birds, reptiles, and the early amphibian Ichthyostega.


scolopidium

From Ancient Greek σκόλοψ (skólops, “stake”) + -idium.

af

(zoology) The most fundamental unit of a mechanoreceptor organ in insects


trigenous

LXXI.—Polygonaceæ.—Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire, stipules usually sheathing. Flowers small and usually bisexual. Perianth-segments 3-6, persistent. Stamens usually 5-8, opposite the perianth-segments. Ovary 1-celled, free, compressed or trigenous, ovule 1. Fruit a nut, enclosed in the perianth.

1927, Arthur Edward Osmaston, A Forest Flora for Kumaon, Superintendent, Government Press, United Provinces, page xxxiii

Simultaneously with the seed of the self-pollinated F₂ plants, seed of the self-pollinated F₁ plants was again sown; the trigenous segregation was here hardly to be observed. The figures of both segregations are given in the following table.

1936, Freerk Wit, Contributions to the genetics of the china aster, M. Nijhoff, page 82:

Calyx much longer than the corolla, both rose-violet or rarely white; leaves 1.5-2.5 mm long, scalelike, trigenous, sagittate at base, sessile, imbricated in 4 series ... 1108. Calluna Salisb.

1967, Flora of the U.S.S.R., Washington, D.C.: National Science Foundation, page 20:

The inner surface of the seed coat is more smooth that the outer one. The wings are papery, light green and brittle when dried. The trigenous kernel is creamish coloured when young. The embryo is small and situated at one end of the cotyledons. The average weight of a single seed (ten seeds weighed separately) is 0.12g and the range of variation is 0.07 to 0.17g.

2006, Standardisation of Single Drugs of Unani Medicine (Part 4), Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, page 210

(botany, zoology) Involving groups of three; arranged in threes.


headplate

(zoology) The plate of bone or chitin that forms the outer surface of the head of some organisms


rhynchocoelan

(zoology) Any member of the Rhynchocoela.


deinococcus

(zoology) Any bacterium of the genus Deinococcus.


marmosine

(zoology) Any mouse opossum of the tribe Marmosini.


gonoduct

(zoology) Either of a pair of ducts, leading from a gonad to the exterior, through which gametes pass


paleodose

(archaeology) The dose of natural radiation accumulated by an archaeological sample


haremic

en-adj

haremic (comparative more haremic, superlative most haremic)

more haremic (comparative)
most haremic (superlative)

(zoology) Living in harems, with one male herding or controlling many females.


nematogenesis

(zoology) The formation and development of a nematogen


hypantrum

(zoology) The point on the neural arch at the anterior ends of the vertebrae of various reptiles where it articulates with the hyposphene


Wulst

(ornithology) An enlarged part of the avian brain that is involved in vision; the hyperpallium.


siphono-

From the combining form of Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “siphon”).

(chiefly zoology, botany) Forming compound terms pertaining to siphons or tubes.


proctophagy

(zoology) The consuming of a mother's excrement (by a young animal) when searching for a teat


paraxonic

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

af

Deer, camels and peccaries possess paraxonic feet.

(zoology) In bearing weight evenly on two parallel axes within the foot, typically the third and fourth digits.


homocolonial

(zoology) Relating to a colony of a single species.


heterocolonial

(zoology) Relating to a colony of two or more different species.


digoneutic

From di- +Ancient Greek γονεύω (goneúō, “produce offspring”) (from γονεύς (goneús, “parent”)) + -tic.

der

(entomology) Having two broods per season.


hindhead

Top of the head pale yellowish brown, variously variegated,—across the hindhead there extends a narrow reddish brown line, and another of the same tint is observed between the eyes […]

1849, Andrew Smith, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa:


deimatic

en-adj

deimatic (comparative more deimatic, superlative most deimatic)

more deimatic (comparative)
most deimatic (superlative)

These deimatic eye spots do not have the same function as those that deflect predatory attack. They give to their owner the appearance of a considerable increase in size.

1988, John L. Cloudsley-Thompson, Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods, page 122:

Intermediate between the clear cases of camouflage and signaling are deimatic displays.

2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 125:

(zoology) Designed to startle or frighten a potential predator.


ink sac

The ink sac feeds into the rectum, controlled by a sphincter and in some inking events mucus from another organ, the funnel organ is ejected with water and ink through the anus and the siphon to create a cloud of ink.

2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, The Guardian:

(zoology) A muscular bag found in certain cephalopods used to generate ink.


phyllostomatous

From phyllo- + -stomatous. Compare translingual Phyllostomus.


large chequered skipper

en-noun

large chequered skipper (plural large chequered skippers)

(lepidopterology, entomology) A butterfly, Heteropterus morpheus, of the family Hesperiidae.


holothurid

(zoology) Any sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.

(zoology) Any sea cucumber (class Holothuroidea)


-dactyl

From French -dactyle, from Latin -dactylus, ultimately from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).


rudimentation

en-noun

rudimentation (countable and uncountable, plural rudimentations)

(zoology) The process of an organ being reduced to a rudimentary form.

(zoology) The rudimentary form that results from this process.


endophallus

(zoology) The inner wall of the aedeagus of an insect, derived during embryological development by the fusion of paired genital papillae to form a medial tube. The endophallus is eversible and flexible, is the actual intromittent organ, and sometimes has backward-orientated denticulations to achieve a firm hold on the vaginal walls of the female.


living chamber

Although most of the animal's body is in the living chamber, it maintains a slight presence in the phragmocone to control the gas-to-fluid ratio.

2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 36:

(zoology) The part of a cephalopod's shell which is physically occupied by the animal's body, as opposed to those chambers that serve to provide buoyancy.


oxycone

The quickest and nimblest were probably the oxycones, throwing themselves through the water like discuses.

2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 87:

(paleontology, malacology) A type of ammonoid with a slim, disk-shaped (oxyconic) shell.


shell sac

Baby cephalopods, even octopuses, all have a shell sac, which is comparable to the mantle folds that baby clams and snails use to make their shells.

2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 115:

(zoology) The sac in which the shell of a mollusc is secreted during development; (now especially) the fold of mantle in which a cephalopod secretes its pen or gladius.


stato-

From Ancient Greek στατός (statós, “standing”).

uder

(zoology, botany) propagules or spores in aquatic organisms.


scyphomedusan

(zoology) Any jellyfish belonging to the Scyphomedusae.


snallygaster

In American folklore, a dragon-like beast said to inhabit central Maryland and neighbouring regions.


leuconoid

‘Leuconoid’ sponges, which include barrel sponges and tube sponges, have made filter feeding into an art form thanks to a brilliant but simple natural design.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 29:

(zoology) Relating to or resembling a leucon.


stegopterous

(zoology) Keeping the wings deflexed when at rest.


fin-footed

Pinnipeds are a widely distributed clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals.

(zoology) having feet that resemble a fin, such as the feet of pinnipeds


chone

From Ancient Greek χώνη (khṓnē, “a funnel”), contracted form of Ancient Greek χοάνη (khoánē).

(zoology) An inhalant or exhalant canal in a sponge; a pore sieve.


spizine

(zoology) Relative to the Spizinae, an obsolete suborder of birds within the order Passeriformes (songbirds) that bear features characteristic of finches and similar small birds with a short conical bill, in use until the turn of the XIXᵗʰ century.


sarcenchyme

(zoology) One of the soft tissues of sponges.


discomedusan

(zoology) A jellyfish of the subclass Discomedusae.


discomedusan

(zoology) Of or relating to the subclass Discomedusae.


spiraster

(zoology) In sponges, a short curved axial rod-like spicule with thick spines.


paragastric

(zoology) Relating to the paragaster (the cavity of the sac of a sponge)


nectarivory

Lower dipteran adults are predominantly penetrative or surface fluid feeders, frequently expressed as nectarivory, which sometimes is combined with the consumption of pollen or vertebrate blood (Fig. 9.3).

2005, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 239:

Thus, nectarivory as a specialized diet is rare among parrot species and occurs in only a few isolated branches of the parrot phylogeny.

2015, Catherine A. Tofy, Parrots of the Wild: A Natural History of the World's Most Captivating Birds:

(zoology) The eating of nectar, especially as a major part of the diet of a particular species of animal.


subtabulate

(zoology) Partially or indistinctly tabulated.


discocellular

Lower discocellular of hind wing not or very slightly longer, often much shorter than the middle discocellular, always straight, not angled; middle discocellular long, oblique and usually angled near its upper end.

1901, Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius, On the Ethiopian Genera of the Family Striphnopterygidae, page 20:

In this form the cell is said to be closed; however, if one or more of the discocellulars are absent, it is said to be open. The basal sections of the median vein have been lost in adult butterflies, [...]

2016, Michael Braby, The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia, →ISBN, page 5:

(entomology) One of several short transverse veins forming the distal edge of the discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect.


discocellular

(entomology, dated) Pertaining to a discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect.


folivory

The Koala of Australia with its elongated cecum, and many species of primates, sloths, and the pandas are noteworthy folivores.

2007, George A. Feldhamer et al., Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, →ISBN:

(zoology) The eating of leaves, especially as a major part of the diet of a particular species of animal, such animals being called folivores.


saurognathism

(zoology) The peculiar arrangement of the palatal bones in the Saurognathae.


latirostrate

en-adj

latirostrate (comparative more latirostrate, superlative most latirostrate)

more latirostrate (comparative)
most latirostrate (superlative)


gorytine

(zoology) Belonging to the wasp tribe Gorytini.


semicoronate

(entomology) Having the form of a semicoronet.


semicoronet

(entomology) A line of spines half surrounding a part.


scolopaceous

From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”) + -aceous.


seminymph

(zoology, obsolete) The pupa of an insect which undergoes only partial metamorphosis.


planariform

planariform (comparative more planariform, superlative most planariform)

more planariform (comparative)
most planariform (superlative)


culminicorn

(zoology) A horny piece on a bird's beak that envelopes the culmen in some bird species, such as mollymawks.


latericorn

(zoology) One of several horny pieces on the sides of a bird's upper beak below the culminicorn.


ramicorn

(zoology) One of several horny pieces on the sides of a bird's lower beak.


sphenodont

(zoology) Any member of the order Sphenodontida


mesoventrite

(entomology) A projecting part of the ventral thorax between the mid pair of legs of beetles.


venenosalivary

(zoology) Producing venom in the saliva.


cementochronology

(anthropology, paleodemography, criminology) A method for assessing age at death and determining season at death based on the annulation (formation of rings) in tooth cementum.


shellmound

(archaeology) A prehistoric midden containing shells of edible mollusks and other detritis


synovigenesis

(entomology) The production of eggs throughout a mature insect's life cycle


ergatomorphic

(zoology) Having the form of a worker organism.


palatobasal

(zoology, of birds) Relating to the base of the palatal area


anthozoon

From antho- + -zoon, after class name Anthozoa.

Unlike stony corals and other anthozoa, whose polyps have sixfold symmetry, the polyps of a gorgonian have eightfold symmetry.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 134:

(zoology) A member of the class Anthozoa, comprising marine invertebrates including corals and sea anemones.


-zoon

From Latin -zoon, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

(zoology) Forming nouns indicating individual members of taxonomic groups whose names end in -zoa.

(zoology) Forming nouns indicating organisms have a particular specified way of life.


hyponome

From Ancient Greek ὑπονομή (huponomḗ, “underground passage”).

der

Ordinarily, it swims forward, but the hyponome can give an emergency spritz, sending the hydrodynamic cone floating backwards at speed with a powerful jet through long thin streamers of brown seaweed and clouds of scattering shrimp.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 243:

(zoology) A tubular organ of a cephalopod, used to expel water.


perissodactylous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Perissodactyla.


perissodactylate

From translingual Perissodactyla + -ate (adjective-forming suffix)


teratocyte

(entomology) A unicellular form of an embryonic braconid


orthocerid

(zoology) a cephalopod of the extinct order Orthocerida.


hexaradiate

(zoology) Having six projections that radiate from a central point


planulate

From neo-Latin planulatus from Latin plānus + -ulus + -ātus.


ithomiine

(zoology) a butterfly in the nymphalid tribe Ithomiini.


avemetatarsalian

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


hyperiidean

(zoology) Any amphipod of the suborder Hyperiidea.


scytodoid

(zoology) Of or resembling spiders in the genus Scytodes or in the family Scytodidae.


scytodoid

(zoology) Any spider in the superfamily Scytodoidea


profurca

(entomology) A bundle of muscles in the thorax of some insects


submammalian

(zoology) Describing any animal that is considered to be less advanced than a mammal


isodictyal

(zoology) Of or relating to the Isodictya, a genus of marine demosponges.


chacmool

en-noun

chacmool (plural chacmools or chacmooles)

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chak moʼol (“jaguar”, literally “red paw”). The name was first given by Augustus Le Plongeon to a statue of this type discovered at Chichén Itzá in 1875.

bor

(archaeology) A stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach.


paxilla

(zoology) An ossicle in the endoderm of the aboral surface of some starfish


polyactinal

(zoology) Having many rays; relating to a polyactine


semisocial

(zoology) Partially social, typically when juvenile but not when adult


octavolateral

(zoology) octaval and lateral: Used exclusively to describe a structure in the brains of fishes, namely the medial octavolateral nucleus or the dorsal octavolateral nucleus, both analogus to the mammalian cerebellum.


cropmark

Coordinate term: crop circle

The earliest air photograph showing cropmarks at Mucking appears to be a high level vertical view of the area taken by a German aircraft of the Luftwaffe in 1943. This photograph, however, only shows a few small and indistinct marks.

2013, Ann Clark, Excavations at Mucking: Volume 1: The site atlas, English Heritage, →ISBN, page 23:

(archaeology) A sign of the former location of some feature (such as a wall or a ditch) revealed by variations in plant growth on the surface.


stenogamous

(entomology, of the mating of insects) Requiring no nuptial flight


aspidorhynchiform

Clipping of translingual Aspidorhynchiformes

clipping

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

(ichthyology) Any extinct fish of the order Aspidorhynchiformes


dermosphenotic

(ichthyology) A superficial dermal bone behind the eye comprising the sixth infraorbital or suborbital


dermopterotic

(ichthyology) A dermal bone that overlays the pterotic


paragaster

(zoology) The cavity of the sac of a sponge.


philometrid

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


subobsolete

(zoology) Nearly or almost obsolete (“imperfectly developed, not very distinct”).


rostralization

(zoology) The formation and development of a rostrum (beak)


spermatodactyl

(zoology) A modified chelicera used to transfer sperm from the male to the female


cephalofoil

From cephalo- + foil in the sense of hydrofoil.

(zoology) Either of the two outward extensions of the head of a hammerhead shark.


gynosome

(zoology) A penis-like organ in female Neotrogla.


Queensland tiger

en-noun

Queensland tiger (plural Queensland tigers)

From being a striped large-cat-like cryptid animal found in Queensland, Australia.

A cryptid, which may be a relict Thylacoleo (marsupial lion) or mainland variant of the Thylacinus (Tasmanian wolf and Tasmanian tiger)


teleosaurian

(zoology) Any member of the genus Teleosaurus.


MBS

Omaha skewing of the junior terms in 1970–1972, for instance mugur to mean a matrilateral cross-cousin MBS as well as MyB, and ngamu to mean MBD as well as M/MyZ. While this was disappearing in the younger generation, new compounds were[…]

2016 April 11, Felicity Meakins, Carmel O'Shannessy, Loss and Renewal: Australian Languages Since Colonisation, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, page 102:

(anthropology) Initialism of mother's brother's son.


hypocercal

(zoology, of a fish tail) having the lower lobe more pronounced or larger than the upper lobe


cimicoid

en-adj

cimicoid (comparative more cimicoid, superlative most cimicoid)

more cimicoid (comparative)
most cimicoid (superlative)

The group appears to have a blend of both reduvioid and cimicoid features and is probably an early offshoot of the ancestral heteropteran stock.

1980, Cedric Gillott, Entomology, →ISBN, page 206:

As in Scantius, all the immature stages have two-segmented tarsi, but the nymphs are quite different in other respects as they are more cimicoid in outline, paler in colour and the ostioles of the repugnatorial glands are represented by three larger blackish patches.

1984 November 9, A.J. Prins, “Morphological and biological notes on some South African arthropods associated with decaying organic matter”, in Annals of the South African Museum, volume 92, page 109:

During the course of evolution of carnivorous reduviids from the saprophagous Cimicoid stock, the rostrum might have undergone reduction in four to three segments and shortening of segments.

1999, Dunston Ambrose, Assassin Bugs, →ISBN, page 253:

(biology, entomology) Resembling or being a member of the Cimicidae; buglike.


diporpa

As noted above, the diporpa is capable of locomotion and if it should meet another diporpa, the ventral sucker of one individual grasps the dorsal papilla of the other.

2007, Graham C. Kearn, Leeches, Lice and Lampreys:

(zoology) A juvenile diplozoid that has not yet coupled with another individual.


spinigrade

From Latin spina (“thorn”) + -grade (“means of locomotion”).

af

a spinigrade echinoderm


breakface

The carved surface and breakfaces on the sides of this relief exhibit a uniform appearance in ultraviolet light despite damage to the surface, including scratches, abrasion, and a modern drillhole from a previous mount. […] The head has been broken off at the neck and repaired previously. Breakfaces appear sharp and clean as if the break were recent. […] A chip is associated with the clean breakface.

1999, Lawrence M. Berman and Kenneth J. Bohač, The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, page 551 and page 561

(archaeology) the surface of an artifact where a piece has been broken off


antipronograde

(zoology) Of or pertaining to a body posture that is not parallel to the ground when an animal is moving.


sympelmous

From sym- + Ancient Greek πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”) + -ous.

der

(zoology) Of birds: having the tendons of the deep flexors of the toes blended in one before separating to proceed one to each of the four digits.


semostomous

en-adj

semostomous (comparative more semostomous, superlative most semostomous)

more semostomous (comparative)
most semostomous (superlative)

From Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “mark”) + -stome + -ous.


nandiniid

(zoology) Any palm civet of the family Nandiniidae


zygokrotaphic

From zygo- + Ancient Greek κρότᾰφος (krótaphos, “temple”) + -ic.

der

(herpetology) Of a caecilian: Having a skull with an open temporal region.


stegokrotaphic

From Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + Ancient Greek κρότᾰφος (krótaphos, “temple”) + -ic.

(herpetology) Of a caecilian: Having a skull with a closed or fused temporal region.


pulmobranchiate

(zoology) Breathing by means of lung sacs.


prosobranchiate

From proso- + branchiate. Compare translingual Prosobranchiata.

a prosobranchiate gastropod

(zoology) Having the gills anterior to the heart.


umbraculate

the umbraculate face of some of the Orthoptera

(zoology) Nearly covered by a projecting process.


pubigerous

en-adj

pubigerous (comparative more pubigerous, superlative most pubigerous)

more pubigerous (comparative)
most pubigerous (superlative)


palpomere

(entomology) Any segment of the maxillary palpus of some insects


eutroglophile

(zoology) Any epigean organism that is able to live its entire life in a cave.


sex comb

sex comb rotation in Drosophila melanogaster

(entomology) An appendage, in the male of some flies, used to grasp the female prior to mating.


vitellocyte

(cytology, zoology) A cell of the vitellarium


declivant

Head but slightly tumid above; front regularly arcuate and slightly declivant, the frontal costa broadening constantly in width toward the labrum, acuminate above; vertex narrow, the eyes being separated by a space less than equal to the diameter of one of the eyes, the fastigum scarcely declivant; […]

1875, Samuel H. Scudder, Entomological Notes, page 86:

Fastigium of the vertex declivant or sloping.

1909, Frederick Du Cane Godman, Osbert Salvin, Biologia Centrali-americana: Zoology, Botany and Archaeology, page 210:

Head but little tumid above; front vertical above, roundly declivant below the costa, nearly equal, but broadening and fading on approaching the labrum, a little constricted above the antennæ; vertex moderately broad, the eyes[…]

1917, University of Kansas. Department of Entomology, Studies in Kansas Insects: A Treatise Descriptive of the More Common Species, page 90:


orthoconic

(malacology) Having or being a (mollusc) shell which is conical and straight (not curved or spiraled).


cyrtoconic

(malacology) Having or being a (mollusc) shell which is conical (wider on the open end) and curved, but not enough to complete a whorl.


gyroconic

(malacology) Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell which is conic (wider on the open end) and in which the whorls do not touch.


gyrocone

(malacology) (An organism with) a gyroconic shell.


penniferous

From Latin penna (“feather”) + -i- + -ferous.


subtegula

(entomology) An elongate sclerite at the base of a tegula


lateral scale

(ichthyology) One of the scales along the midside that spans from the rear edge of the gill cover to the base of the caudal fin of a fish, usually along a lateral line.


tetradecapodous

a tetradecapodous crustacean


tetradecapod

(zoology) Any organism with fourteen feet.


scolytoid

(zoology) Resembling or characteristic of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus.


scolytoid

When suitable conditions for the cultivation of ambrosial fungi appear, the better-known 'pin-hole' borers (scolytoids) tunnel the wood.

1961, Arthur Ramon Penfold, J. L. Willis, The Eucalypts: Botany, Cultivation, Chemistry, and Utilization, page 166:

(zoology) A beetle of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus.


dark-activity

(ornithology) Avian behaviour that occurs at night or in the twilight.


dendrodont

(zoology) Having teeth of a dendritic form.


dendrodont

(zoology, obsolete) A fish of the extinct fossil genus Dendrodus, having dendritic teeth.


respawner

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

(zoology) An organism that spawns again.


ornithopodous

(zoology) Having feet like those of a bird.

an ornithopodous dinosaur

(zoology) Belonging to the taxonomic clade of Ornithopoda.


discophorous

(zoology) Having a gelatinous bell or disk.


fringilliform

From Latin fringilla (“finch”) + -iform.

(zoology) Resembling or relating to the finches.


fringillaceous

From Latin fringilla (“finch”) + -aceous.

(zoology) Relating to the finches or Fringillidae.


nonrutting

a nonrutting season

(zoology) Not involving or performing rutting (sexual activity).


scombriform

Back-formation from translingual Scombriformes

back-formation

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

(zoology) Any fish of the order Scombriformes


acleioproctic

a- + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “collarbone”) + πρωκτός (prōktós, “anus”) (see procto-).

der

(zoology) Having the anus located dorsally.


basiflagellar

(entomology) Of or relating to the basiflagellum.


basiflagellum

Antennae of first instar larvae comprised a smooth four-segmented basiflagellum and a seven-segmented, sensilla-rich distiflagellum. Lengthening of the basiflagellum was achieved by the addition of two annuli per moult, generated by division of the basal annulus (meriston).

2009 March, Dorit Hockman, Mike D. Picker, Klaus-Dieter Klass, Leonie Pretorius, “Postembryonic development of the unique antenna of Mantophasmatodea (Insecta)”, in Arthropod Structure & Development, volume 38, number 2, →DOI, page 125:

Morphologically, the antennae (Figs. 2, 3) (the average length, n = 4 for both species) in L. occidentalis are shorter (12.22 mm) in comparison to L. zonatus (15.67 mm). In L. occidentalis (Fig. 3a,c,e,g), the length of the particular segments is approximately: scape (2.61 mm), pedicel (3.86 mm), basiflagellum (2.60 mm), distiflagellum (3.14 mm).

2023 January 12, Artur Taszakowski, Adrian Masłowski, Kent M. Daane, Jolanta Brożek, “Closer view of antennal sensory organs of two Leptoglossus species (Insecta, Hemiptera, Coreidae)”, in Scientific Reports, volume 13, →DOI, article 617, page 4:

(zoology) The portion of an insect's antenna that lies between the pedicel and the distiflagellum; the first segment of the flagellum.


planuliform

en-adj

planuliform (comparative more planuliform, superlative most planuliform)

more planuliform (comparative)
most planuliform (superlative)


planuloid

planuloid (comparative more planuloid, superlative most planuloid)

more planuloid (comparative)
most planuloid (superlative)


microzooid

(zoology) A very minute free-swimming zooid that buries itself in the body of a sedentary animalcule.


yinpterochiropteran

(zoology) Any bat of the suborder Yinpterochiroptera


oecium

From Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

(zoology) The household common to the individuals of a compound organism.


IUSSI

(entomology) Initialism of International Union for the Study of Social Insects.


skull-collecting ant

en-noun

skull-collecting ant (plural skull-collecting ants)

(informal, entomology) Formica archboldi, a kind of ant that hunts trap jaw ants and takes their decapitated heads back to its nest.


scutation

scutation (countable and uncountable, plural scutations)

The morphology of dermal scutation in callichthyids is quite different from that in loricariids, with two rather than three more series of overlapping plates along the body, suggesting that the types of scutation in callichthyids and loricariids are non-homologous.

1957, Contributions in Science - Issues 393-403, page 25:

There has been a great deal of stability in scutation of the carapace during chelonian evolution (Zangerl and Johnson, 1957).

1989, Charles Wax Caillouet, André M. Landry, Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Biology, Conservation, and Management, page 202:

The dorsal scutations and configurations of the cephalic plates are also different in the two species.

1991, Mary E. Petersen, J. B. Kirkegaard, Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta:

With regard to the comparative anatomy of the bones of the skull, and the pattern of the scutation of the upper surface of the cranium, I regret that the state of the specimen in Professor Bell's collection does not permit the deduction of other distinctive characters which such parts of the cranial organization so satisfactorily afford.

2011, Richard Owen, Thomas Bell, Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the London Clay, →ISBN, page 28:

(zoology) The number and arrangement of scutes.


elytrae

(zoology) Scales found on the back of annelids or beetles.


sturnoid

The cross in Sydney's case is quite clearly one between the veritable Great Auk and the Mynah, which as you all know is one of several sturnoid passerine birds of India.

1968, Hugh MacDiarmid, The uncanny Scot: a selection of prose, page 164:


crioconic

Very open crioconic whorls, which gradually pass into a long straight shaft.

1997, Nico M. M. Janssen, Mikhail Vladimirovich Kakabadze, Ph. J. Hoedemaeker, Mediterranean Neocomian belemnites:

Hoplocriocone - crioconic early whorls. The last whorl bends away from crioconic spiral and (without becoming straight) is gradually bent like a hook.

1988, Jost Wiedmann, Jürgen Kullmann, Cephalopods Present and Past: O.H. Schindewolf Symposium, Tübingen 1985:

(malacology) Having the shape of a ram's horn.


serpenticonic

(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having numerous linked coils, in a spiral that is larger as it grows further from the center.


criocone

From Ancient Greek κρῑός (krīós, “ram”) + cone.

Small planospiral criocones with partially coiled whorls (microconchs) or completely uncoiled (macroconchs). Whorl-section hexagonal, rounded up to round. The protoconch and the first whorl unknown, but [...]

2002, K. Histon, Albert Daurer, Cephalopods, present and past:

(malacology) An organism or fossil with a crioconic shell, or such a shell itself.


criocone

[...] disturbance to such a form might produce rapid acceleration in two ways — in shape, from serpenticone to criocone, in ornament, from tuberculate to costate, that is, costate post-tuberculate.

1927, Sydney Savory Buckman, Martin Simpson, George Young, Type Ammonites:


oxyconic

en-adj

oxyconic (comparative more oxyconic, superlative most oxyconic)

more oxyconic (comparative)
most oxyconic (superlative)

(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a flattened crossection, the halves joining at an acute angle.


baculiconic

baculiconic (comparative more baculiconic, superlative most baculiconic)

more baculiconic (comparative)
most baculiconic (superlative)

(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a long, relatively straight tapering shell, possibly with one or two coils at the narrow end.


baculicone

(malacology) An organism or fossil with a baculiconic shell, or the shell itself.


turriconic

turriconic (comparative more turriconic, superlative most turriconic)

more turriconic (comparative)
most turriconic (superlative)

(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having coils that spiral to a point.


platyconic

platyconic (comparative more platyconic, superlative most platyconic)

more platyconic (comparative)
most platyconic (superlative)

(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a flattened cross-section from its side.


discoconic

(malacology) Having an extremely narrow conch shape (between 0 and 30% of the diameter) with umbilical width index between 20 and 30%.


turricone

(malacology) An organism or fossil with a turriconic shell, or the shell itself.


discocone

(malacology) An organism or fossil with a discoconic shell, or the shell itself.


spherocone

(malacology) An organism or fossil with a spheroconic shell, or the shell itself.


toxoconic

toxoconic (comparative more toxoconic, superlative most toxoconic)

more toxoconic (comparative)
most toxoconic (superlative)

(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a coiled shell of very open form.


platycone

(malacology) An organism or fossil with a platyconic shell, or the shell itself.


toxocone

(malacology) An organism or fossil with a toxoconic shell, or the shell itself.


serpenticone

All or most were pelagic, ranging from planktic serpenticones and spherocones to mobile discocones and oxycones.

2013, Neil H. Landman, Kazushige Tanabe, Richard Arnold Davis, Ammonoid Paleobiology, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 632:

(malacology) An organism or fossil with a serpenticonic shell, or the shell itself.


serpenticone

Coiling is serpenticone or heteromorph, sculpture is of ribbing (almost invariably simple), with external tuberculation in Choristoceratidae. Generally criocone although much of the phragmocone may be serpenticone.


arietiform

/ˌɛəɹiˈɛtɪfɔːm/

/ˌɛɹiˈɛtɪfɔɹm/

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

ref

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

der

The arietiform marks become broader and more prominent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


hair pencil

(zoology) A pheromone signalling structure found in lepidopteran males.


supracleithrum

(ichthyology, zoology) A bone of the pectoral girdle situated dorsal to the cleithrum


spinella

(entomology) Small hard tooth-like structures that may be present on the gonosaccus.


eurygamous

(entomology, of the mating of insects) That takes place on a nuptial flight


ethnographic present

en-noun

ethnographic present (countable and uncountable, plural ethnographic presents)

When he said they hunt buffalo, he was using the ethnographic present- there are no buffalo on the reservation.

(anthropology) The present tense formerly used in ethnographies, even for cultures that no longer existed by the time they were written.


perennibranch

(zoology) Any perennibranchiate organism.


cloacal kiss

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

(ornithology) The touching together of the cloacas of a male and female bird, during which sperm is transferred.


anectic

Anectic forms are the deep burrowing species, producing channels to a depth of 1 metre or more.[…]Digging is less satisfactory for the anectic species, as the approaching disturbance causes them to retreat into the deep burrow system.

1973, Edward Russell, edited by Alan Wild, Russell's soil conditions and plant growth, 11th edition, page 510:


box stall

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

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

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


podapolipid

(zoology) Any member of the Podapolipidae.


limacoid

(zoology) A slug of the family Limacidae.


tephritoid

(zoology) Any fly of the superfamily Tephritoidea.


autogrooming

(zoology) The grooming of an animal by itself.


breviconic

(malacology) Relating to, or composed of, brevicones.


brevicone

Coordinate term: longicone

(malacology) A short, blunt or squat, conic shell, as of some Paleozoic cephalopod fossils.


collocyte

From Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -cyte.

(botany, zoology) Any of various cells that produce gluey substances, that bind or capture prey or objects by securing them with gluey materials and structures, or that simply have a smooth and gelatinous appearance.


paleoprimatology

(zoology) The study of ancient (typically extinct) primates.


subprimate

(zoology) Any mammal that is not a primate


culicomorph

(entomology) Any insect in the infraorder Culicomorpha, which includes mosquitos, blackflies, and many types of midges


mediocubital

(anatomy, entomology) median and cubital


rhombogen

(zoology) The infusoriform embryo of a nematoid worm.


ptychonomous

en-adj

ptychonomous (comparative more ptychonomous, superlative most ptychonomous)

more ptychonomous (comparative)
most ptychonomous (superlative)

Mine : Ptychonomous, on the space between two veins of the lower surface of leaves.

[...] Holotype, allotype, and paratype No. 15893 in Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa. MINE. Ptychonomous, on the lower surface of leaves. BIOLOGY. P. elmaella has three generations a year in the Vancouver district [...]

1980, M Doğanlar, A Mutuura, A new species of Phyllonorycter Hbn. (=Lithocolletis Hbn.) (Lepidoptera: Gracilariidae [sic]) from western North America.:

Styracaceae: Styrax japonicus Sieb. & Zucc. (Kumata 1963). Ptychonomous mine on the upper side of leaves (De Prins and De Prins 2005) [...]

2016, DS Kim, BK Byun, “First discovery of winter-emerging leaf-miner: Phyllonorycter styracis ()(Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from Korea with DNA barcode”, in Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity:

(entomology, rare) Having the form of, or relating to, a ptychonome. (Compare tentiform.)


ptychonome

From ptycho- (compare ptychography) + (-)nome, from Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold”) + νομός (nomós, “division”).

The ptychonome of messaniella containing an Apanteles cocoon is generally recognizable by its large volume, due to an increased maximal distance between the two epidermal layers,

1962, Hymenoptera reprints: Bradley collection:

Larvae of these three genera all form a tentiform mine or ptychonome (Hering 1951).

1983, Carl Hildebrand Lindroth, Entomologica Scandinavica:

(entomology) An enclosure formed (of leaves) by some organisms of the order Lepidoptera; a tentiform mine.


rhagon

New Latin, from ῥᾱγ-, stem of Ancient Greek ῥάξ (rháx, “grape, berry”)

bor

(zoology) A form of sponge with clustered spherical flagellated endodermal chambers.


sambaqui

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese, from a Tupi-Guarani language, meaning 'shell mound'. Apparently from tamba (shell) + ki (mound).

(archaeology) The remains of a midden containing mostly seashells


band chief

(anthropology) The chief or headman of a band society.


tracheophone

(ornithology) Relating to birds that sing from the trachea (rather than from the syrinx)


workerless

(entomology, of social insects) That have no worker caste.


sclerocarpy

(zoology) The condition of being sclerocarpic


saturniine

(zoology) Any member of the Saturniinae subfamily of moths.


melolonthine

(zoology) Belonging to the Melolonthinae, a subfamily of scarab beetles.


ruteline

(zoology) Belonging to the Rutelinae, a subfamily of scarab beetles.


Sach's organ

(zoology) One of the three pairs of abdominal organs that produce electricity in the electric eel, the other two being the main organ and Hunter's organ.


Hunter's organ

(zoology) One of the three pairs of abdominal organs that produce electricity in the electric eel, the other two being the main organ and Sach's organ.


hachereau

From French hacher, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hack”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; peg; hook; handle”).

der

A "hachereau" or hatchet, sometimes served as a hammer.

1982, Jean Daigle, The Acadians of the Maritimes: thematic studies, page 457:

Bifacial tools are represented by an amigdaloid hand-axe (Figure 4.2:6), a possible biface fragment, and an atypical hachereau.

2003, Marie Soressi, Harold Lewis Dibble, Multiple Approaches to the Study of Bifacial Technologies, →ISBN, page 79:

In its essential features, this kind of implement might also be viewed as a kind of small hachereau (Type 55).

2013, Arthur J. Jelinek, Neandertal Lithic Industries at La Quina, →ISBN, page 229:

(archaeology) a cleaver, similar to an ax but with a wider cutting edge


alloscutum

From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) and from Latin scūtum (“shield”).

Powerful muscle groups are also present in the alloscutum of the female, nymphal, and larval Ixodid ticks, through which the tick is able to redistribute the centre of gravity and regain an upright position when it falls into an upside-down position.

2008, Heinz Mehlhorn, Encyclopedia of Parasitology, →ISBN:

(zoology) the flexible part of the dorsal body wall behind the rigid scutum in a hard tick, particularly a female, — the alloscutum is the part of the body wall that must stretch to accommodate the blood that the tick swallows when it engorges in preparation for laying eggs.


typometry

(archaeology) The measurement of artefacts; statistical methods for analysis of artefacts.


sylviine

(zoology) Relating to the Sylviinae, a group of warblers.


semioviparous

(zoology, obsolete) Imperfectly viviparous; giving birth to immature young that finish developing outside the mother's body.


antiopelmous

From Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposed”) + πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”) + -ous.

(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.


protozoea

(zoology) A group of larval stages in the growth of decapods in which the antennae are used for movement, and mandibles for chewing.


mysis

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek μῡ́ειν (mū́ein, “to close”, used of the lips or eyes).

(zoology) A set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and prior to the juvenile stage, in which pereiopods are used to move.


bioarchaeometry

(archaeology) The application of archaeometry to bioarchaeology


pachyodont

The pachyodont arrangement is characteristic of the Chamidae, the jewel boxes.

(zoology) Having hinge teeth with large obscure tubercules with corresponding pits on the opposite valve.


pachyodont

(zoology) An organism with teeth of this kind.


archaeogaming

From archaeo- + gaming, coined by Andrew Reinhard in 2013.

The study of archaeology as it relates to video games and their history.


bridgeline

(zoology) A tough strand forming the basis of certain spiders' webs.


subassemblage

(archaeology) An assemblage of artefacts associated with a part of a larger group


hand-footed

(zoology) Having feet that resemble hands.


petroicid

(ornithology) Of or relating to the passerine family Petroicidae.


petroicid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Petroicidae; an Australasian robin.


subcostally

(entomology) In the area of the subcosta and/or the area of the wing next to it.


albocerulean

(entomology) A small lycaenid butterfly, Udara albocaerulea, of Asia.


satyrine

(entomology) Any butterfly of the subfamily Satyrinae


three-ring

(entomology) Any of various satyrine butterflies of the genus Ypthima, having circular markings on the wings.


mouthbreeder

The parents of certain African and Asian fishes show a sacrificial devotion to their young that must surely surpass the devotion of any other members of the animal kingdom. The mother or father mouthbreeder carries the eggs and babies around in his or her mouth.

1968, Alan Mark Fletcher, “The Mouthbreeder”, in Unusual Aquarium Fishes, Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →OCLC, page 83:


round-mouthed

(zoology) Having a mouth without any lower jaw.


solar boat

(archaeology, Egyptology) A wooden burial boat intended to be used by a king to make celestial journeys in the afterlife.

(archaeology, Egyptology) The boat that, in myth, carries the sun on its journey across the sky; solar barque.


Levalloisian

From Levallois + -ian. Named after Levallois-Perret, a suburb of Paris where stone tools were found during the 19th century. Attested from the 20th century.

O'Brien regards the Still-Bay as the final development of the Levalloisian, and, like Leakey, assigns it to the end of the Gamblian pluvial.

1902, D.J. Cunningham, “Right-handedness and left-brainedness. Huxley Memorial Lecture”, in Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, page 23:

(archaeology, anthropology) Of or related to certain Middle Paleolithic cultures.


homeotoxin

(zoology) A toxin from an animal that is toxic to others of the same species.


biandry

Probably borrowed from German Biandrie or French biandrie. Equivalent to bi- + -andry.

(zoology) The state of having two male partners.


fan-nerved

(entomology) Having a fan-like arrangement of the nervures or veins of the wings.


pachypod

In size and form of the bones this metapodium suggests comparison with the pachypod mammals, and most conspicuously, by the presence of five digits, with the elephant, in which the metapodial bones are equally large.

1871, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, volume 8, page 313:

(zoology, sometimes attributive) Any of a group of animals with thick feet.


pachydactylous

en-adj

pachydactylous (comparative more pachydactylous, superlative most pachydactylous)

more pachydactylous (comparative)
most pachydactylous (superlative)


eventscape

For many American Indians there are six nested levels including, from broadest to narrowest spatial scale: eventscapes, Holy Lands, songscapes, regional landscapes, ecoscapes, and landmarks.

2001, Bulletin of the High Plains Regional Society for Applied Anthropology:

The internment of eventscape is instrumental in incorporating new generations of Japanese Americans into the internment story.

2009, Teresita Majewski, David Gaimster, International Handbook of Historical Archaeology, →ISBN, page 61:

Whether this wreck site represents the remains of Groningen or not is still unknown, and perhaps will never be known, but it illustrates an event in the dramatic historical eventscape of coastal Elmina.

2017, Alicia Caporaso, Formation Processes of Maritime Archaeological Landscapes, →ISBN:

cultural anthropology
cultural anthropology

(cultural anthropology) A set of locations (with associated actions and events) that jointly provide the setting for and represent a culturally important narrative.


name vase

(archaeology) An ancient vase that a painter is named after, since the painter's actual identity is not known but can be recognised by the characteristic style or artistic content.


gastraeum

(zoology) The whole undersurface of an animal.


subchanneled

(radio, electronics, zoology) Divided into subchannels.


subperipheral

2015 April 29, Lysiloma, “Zonation Within the solidus Subspecies”, in The Liguus Discussion Board:

(zoology) In a gastropod shell the region just below the maximum width of the whorl.


proconcave

2016, Sreepat Jain, Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology: Macrofossils, pages 66–67:

(malacology) In reference to ribs on shells, with the shape of a concave bend towards the aperture, but initially straight.


falcoid

Falcoid: The ribs form a clear wave with no or a weak wave through

(malacology) In reference to ribs on shells, in the shape of a wave but initially straight, spoon shaped.


supraperipheral

(zoology) In a gastropod shell the region just above the maximum width of the whorl.


trifine

(entomology) Of insect wings: three-veined.


gravel nest

(zoology, ichthyology) A shallow depression made in the gravel bed of a water body in which fish lay eggs.


preflexion

(zoology) Before the flexion stage of larval development


phallosome

(entomology) A tube of chitin that houses the penis of some insects


brood-parasitic

(ornithology) Practicing brood parasitism.


host species

(ornithology) A species utilised by a brood parasite to raise young.


brood parasitism

(biology, particularly ornithology) The practice of some species of animal (the parasites) of relying on another species (the host species) to rear the parasites' young, as practised by certain birds (for example, most species of cuckoo), insects (for example, cuckoo bumblebees) and some other animals.

broedparasitisme

parasitical reliance on host for rearing one's young


migratory restlessness

(ornithology, zoology) Anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the normal migration period; zugunruhe.


orientation cage

en-noun

orientation cage (plural orientation cages)

migratory restlessness
migratory restlessness

(ornithology) A cage in which a bird experiencing migratory restlessness is kept in order to observe the direction of its migratory impulse.


pupillate

(zoology) Having a central spot of another color, like the pupil of the human eye.


windshield phenomenon

(automotive, entomology, colloquial) The anecdotal observed decrease in the number of insects splattering across windshields during road trips across the years.


triungulinid

The triungulinids may be forcibly removed by the bee, as was observed by Smith (1859) with regard to Andrena trimmerana.

1909, William Dwight Pierce, A monographic revision of the twisted winged insects comprising the order Strepsiptera Kirby:

(entomology) The first-instar larva of a strepsipteran insect.


stylopization

Stylopization may so change a species that it can not be identified unless one understands the direction of the changes under such conditions.

Parasitization by Strepsiptera (stylopization) may affect morphology and behavior of the host.

2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, page 3598:

(entomology) Parasitization by strepsipteran insects.


Aarne-Thompson-Uther index

the Aarne-Thompson-Uther index (canonical)

After Finnish folklorist Antti Aarne, who originally devised the index, and its elaborators American folklorist Stith Thompson and German folklorist Hans-Jörg Uther.

A catalogue of traditional tales based around motifs used in folklore studies.

Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index
Antti Aarne
Hans-Jörg Uther
Stith Thompson


reverse shell

(zoology) A univalve shell whose volutions run in the opposite direction to that of a standard screw thread.


megasequence

(geology, archaeology) A very large sequence of strata


wingpad

(entomology) The part of a pupa that develops into a wing in the adult insect.


chronocultural

(archaeology) Relating to the chronology of ancient cultures

kulttuurien ajoitukseen liittyvä

relating to chronology of ancient cultures


Jomon

(archaeology) Relating to an early Neolithic culture in Japan.

(archaeology) Relating to pottery characteristic of this culture.


Golaseccan

(archaeology, historical) Pertaining to the Golasecca culture of northern Italy.


Marnian

(archaeology, history) Pertaining to the La Tène culture of the Marne region.


tool stone

(archaeology) A stone used to manufacture other stone tools


Trypillian

Several projects in recent years have tried to make sense of the Trypillian proto-cities.

2021 February 24, Laura Spinney, “The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation”, in New Scientist, archived from the original on 2023-03-11:

(archaeology) Relating to the archaeological culture of which Trypillia is a type site.

трыпо́льскі

relating to the archaeological culture of which Trypillia is a type site


Trypillian

(archaeology) A representative of the archaeological culture of which Trypillia is a type site.

трипо́лец

a representative of the archaeological culture of which Trypillia is a type site


physical anthropology

Compound of physical + anthropology. Attested from the 19th century.

In the meantime I must briefly refer to the doubt that has often been raised about the utility of minute measurements, deep studies of physical anthropology, statistical tables, and elaborate maps,

1890, Gerson Da Cunah, “The nasal index in biological anthropology”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, page 533:

By the end of the century, the APS’s membership included the leaders of the American anthropological establishment, whose primary investigative interests were the ethnography, linguistics, archeology, and physical anthropology of the American Indian, within a theoretical structure that was essentially historical.

1997, Jacob W. Gruber, “American Philosophical Society”, in History of Physical Anthropology, page 64:

biological anthropology
biological anthropology

(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies physical aspects of human beings and closely related species; biological anthropology.


linguistic anthropology

linguistic anthropology (usually uncountable, plural linguistic anthropologies)

Compound of linguistic + anthropology. Attested from the 19th century.

Linguistic anthropology is the study of language, first in its origin, as the medium of communicating thought, emotion and volition.

1881, Otis T. Mason, “Progress of Anthropology in America during the year 1880”, in The American Naturalist, page 621:

Additionally, linguistic anthropology is one of the four subfields of anthropology, so my linganth tribe’s work overlaps, unsurprisingly, with the work of archaeologists, biological anthropologists, and, especially, social and cultural anthropologists

2017, James Wilce, Culture and Communication, page xvi:

(anthropology, originally and chiefly US) The branch of anthropology that studies language and language use.


biological anthropology

Compound of biological + anthropology. Attested from the 19th century.

The following notes on the nasal index in Biological Anthropology have no pretension to perfection, exhibiting, as I am apprehensive they do, many faults of omission and commission,

1890, Gerson Da Cunah, “The nasal index in biological anthropology”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, page 530:

Genetics has long made an important contribution to biological anthropology.

1992, Jeffrey Rogers, “Nuclear DNA polymorphisms as tools in biological anthropology”, in Eric Devor, editor, Molecular Applications in Biological Anthropology, page 19:

physical anthropology
physical anthropology

(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies the evolution and biology of humans; physical anthropology.


roding

roding (countable and uncountable, plural rodings)

(ornithology) The mating display of the male woodcock, consisting of a patrolling flight around its territory.


hemiclitoris

hemiclitoris (plural hemiclitorises or hemiclitorides)

hemiclitorises (plural)
hemiclitorides (plural)

(anatomy, zoology) An erectile organ in female snakes and lizards, in the latter of which it is eversible.


linganth

linganth (countable and uncountable, plural linganths)

The unique “linganth” concern is figuring out how to position transcripts in the context of other ethnographic data and how to ground inferences from discourse detail to matters of culture, history and political economy derived from other ethnographic material.

1996, Leila Monaghan, quoting Michael Agar, “Society for Linguistic Anthropology”, in Anthropology Newsletter, page 41:

The Linguistic Anthropology Teaching Laboratory, or “LingAnth Lab,” is devoted to the collection and analysis of audio- and video-recorded ethnographic data.

2019 September 10, “Research Labs”, in Temple University: Anthropology, archived from the original on 2019-09-26:

linguistic anthropology
linguistic anthropology#English

(informal) Abbreviation of linguistic anthropology.


hindcrown

(ornithology) The rear part of a crown (the top of a bird's head).


archaeobiological

(archaeology, biology) Relating to archaeobiology


archaeobiology

(archaeology, biology) The biological aspects of archaeology


euplantula

(entomology) A broadened variant of the plantula found on the lower surface of the middle tarsomere of an insect's leg which acts as a tarsal attachment point.


midband

(zoology) A band or stripe across the middle of part of an organism.


lysiosquilloid

Members of the family share with lysiosquilloids the subquadrate, distally ribbed propodi of maxillipeds 3-4, but differ in bearing a distinct median carina on the telson.

2002, A.. Wells, W. W. K. Houston, Crustacea: Malacostraca : Phyllocardia, Hoplocardia, Eucarida:

The lysiosquilloid Pullosquilla litoralis was previously reported to inhabit only tropical waters less than 2 m deep […]

2003, The Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 206, number 1, page 378:

Ahyong (1997) hypothesized that the long ischium of lysiosquilloid stomatopods increased the reach of their raptorial appendages, implying that this allowed these stomatopods a greater striking distance […]

2012, Les Watling, Martin Thiel, Functional Morphology and Diversity, page 278:

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the superfamily Lysiosquilloidea


brood chamber

A chamber, typically underground, in which young (animals or insects) are born and raised until old enough to venture outside


molosser

Derived from Molossia, an area of ancient Epirus, where the large shepherd dog was known as a Molossus

(zoology) A dog of various large, solidly-built breeds, typically having heavy bones, pendant ears, and a relatively short and well-muscled neck with a short, broad muzzle.


tonic immobility

(zoology) A behaviour in which an animal appears to be temporarily paralysed and unresponsive to external stimuli, for example in response to the threat of a predator.


frontal point

(zoology) Either of two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds.


discohexact

(zoology) A hexact with axes enlarged at the extremity.


hexaster

(zoology) A hexact with axes that branch into rays at the extremity.


myostracum

At this place in the myostracum the smaller, second-order prisms […] range from two to 15 microns in diameter.

1964, Shell Structure and Muscle Scars of Cap-shaped Archaeogastropods:

In contrast to the muscle scars, the growth tracks of which are marked by a radial stretch of myostracum, the growth track of the pallial line is the boundary surface between two shell layers.

2014, Adolf Seilacher, Alan D. Gishlick, Morphodynamics, page 68:

(zoology) Part of shell wall secreted at attachment of adductor muscles.


transtilla

The small lobe of the transtillae distinguishes the species from its preceding congeners; the narrow vinculum is also a special feature.

1973, L. A. Gozmány, L. Vári, The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region, page 131:

The male transtilla and valva are truncated, and the transtilla is as long as the valva (Fig. 71).

1992, James A. Scott, The Butterflies of North America, page 352:

One type is the separated transtilla covered with spines.

2000, Bulletin of Natural History, number 4, page 49:

(zoology) A band of connective tissue between and at the base of the valva of some insects.


broadline

(archaeology) Having a broad line inscribed or drawn.


actinogonidial

(zoology) Having radiately arranged genital organs.


species barrier

species barrier (plural species barriers)

The people had died because they ate meat from infected cows. A species barrier had crumbled.

2003 June 3, Sandra Blakeslee, “Mad Cows, Sane Cats: Making Sense of the 'Species Barrier'”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

The species barrier often is not an absolute barrier and refers to the difficulties in the transfer from one species to the next.

2004, W. Michael Scheld et al., editors, Infections of the Central Nervous System, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 261:

(pathology, zoology) The inability of a disease to be transmitted from one species to a different one.


axanthic

(herpetology) Coloured without normal yellow or red pigments, resulting in shades of grey.


bedbox

She was a good deal excited, and ran frantically into and out of her little bedbox, which had a hole at each end. Soon this tiny gust of rage passed over. She now, though running about her cage, indulging in little gambols, indicating grace and agility, struck off into a truly beautiful strain of song.

1892, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, Bulletin - Issue 7:

We transferred Minnie to her new quarters after dark, carrying her in her bedbox and putting it inside the V-shaped pig house within the pen.

1984, Cully Gage, The Last Northwoods Reader, page 43:

Kiwi, our green-checked conure, crawled out of her bedbox and loudly demanded attention.

1992, The Pet Bird Report - Volumes 2-4, page 40:


Cishan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 磁山 (Císhān).

Major archaeological finds of the last three decades include the earliest known sites along the Yellow River valley. Some of these sites are classified as belonging to the Cishan culture, after the type site in Wu’an, Hebei Province, and others to the Peiligang culture, after their type site in Xinzheng, Henan Province; both are datable between about 5500 and 5000 B.C.[…]
But a few are comb-marked, and at certain Cishan sites, some cord-marked or painted ones have been found. The common vessels are bowls, round-bottomed or with three short legs; deep, wide-mouthed jars; pots with two tiny lugs; caldrons with three or four legs (ding); and, in settlements of the Cishan culture, straight-walled, flat-bottomed jars (yu) and flat-topped, hollow pot supports.

1982, Wan-go Weng, Yang Boda, “Ceramics”, in The Palace Museum: Peking: Treasures of the Forbidden City, London: Orbis Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 81, column 1:

Domesticated millets — Setaria italica and Panicum miliaceum — appear a little later than rice in the archaeological record, around 6500-5000 BCE in sites of the Peiligang, Cishan and related cultures, in the mid Huang He river valley, the Wei river valley and the upper Han river valley in northern China.

1999, Laurent Sagart, “Agriculture: The Cereals”, in The Roots of Old Chinese, volume 184, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 176:

In Manchuria, changes in subsistence and sedentism can be traced through time and between regions. Interpretations of millet cultivation in Manchuria vary, but in general the sites are regarded as related to and derivative from the Cishan culture.

2004, Sarah M. Nelson, “Millet and Pigs in Korea and Manchuria”, in Korean Social Archaeology: Early Villages (Korean Studies Series), volume 27, Seoul: Jimoondang, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47:


buzz pollination

(entomology) A technique of pollen collection practised by certain bee species in which the bee holds the flower and vibrates so as to shake pollen free.


Great Earth Mother

Great Earth Mother (plural Great Earth Mothers)

In the East women want to identify themselves with their biological function. And that makes them all woman. Compartmentalisation is our big crime in the West. Normah should have been the Great Earth Mother.

1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 397:

(paganism, archaeology) Alternative form of Earth Mother


sedimentator

In addition, by analogy with shallow-water suspension-feeders of corresponding groups, filtering sponges and bivalve molluscs (Limopsidae and Mytilidae) and sedimentors such as serpulomorph polychaetes, Bryozoa and most likely crinoids can be included among triptonovores.

1997, The Biogeography of the Oceans, page 468:

The survivors in hypertrophic lakes thus mostly consist of hig-efficiency bacteria feeders and of raptors, which also seems to be in accordances with Patalas (1954), (Pejler (1965) and Andersson et al. (1975). This can be achieved partly by a change in species composition, partly by changing proportions in the diet, implying that a greater fraction will consist of bacteria for the sedimentators and microfiltrators.

2012, Birger Pejiler, “Zooplanktic indicators of trophy and their food”, in C. Forsberg, J.A. Johansson, editors, Forest Water Ecosystems:

Excessive growth of blue-green algae inhibits the development of most sedimentators by eliminating most of the small algae which are the basic food of the phytophagous sedimentators (Edmondson, 1965; Pourriot, 1965; Dumont, 1977).

2012, Henri J. Dumont, J. Green, Rotatoria, page 61:

(zoology) An organism that feeds on bacteria or small algae that are found in sediments.


megatheropod

Juvenile T. rexes were light and agile before they leveled up into the adults we’re more familiar with. […] Other megatheropods, including abelisaurs and tarbosaurs, also grew from turkey-like hatchlings to bus-sized behemoths over the course of their lives.

2021 February 25, Cara Giaimo, “The Outsized Influence of Teen T. Rex and Other Young Dinosaurs”, in The New York Times:

(zoology) Any theropod dinosaur that exceeds 3000 kilograms in weight, and 9 meters in length.


orbitohyoideus

(zoology, anatomy) A large, tapering muscle, in some frogs, associated with the ceratohyal


rhinebothriidean

suf

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

(helminthology) Any tapeworm of the order Rhinebothriidea


parasquilloid

Squilloids, eurysquilloids, parasquilloids and lysiosquilloids burrow in soft, level substrates.

2004, Gary C. B. Poore, Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia:

In other groups, the midband ommatidial facets are hexagonal, but vary in number from two or six (usually six) in lysiosquilloids and eurysquilloids, always two in squilloids, and two or three (usually two) in parasquilloids; […]

2013, Carel von Vaupel Klein, Mireille Charmantier-Daures, Treatise on Zoology:

(zoology) A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Parasquilloidea.


gonodactyloid

The posterolateral margins are usually broadly rounded, but in Harpiosquillidae Manning, 1980, the posterolateral margins are deeply excavate, and in several gonodactyloids, the posterolateral margin is squared.

2000, Australian Journal of Zoology, volume 48, page 610:

It is possible that in the coral-dwelling gonodactyloids the accumulation of muscle tension and sudden release of the pendulum-like 'hammer' would impose too much stress on the muscles and skeleton of the appendage if animals were larger […]

2017, Robert H. Gore, Crustacean Biogeography:

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the superfamily Gonodactyloidea


squilloid

(zoology) A member of that taxonomic family Squillidae.


eurysquilloid

(zoology) A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Eurysquilloidea


bathysquilloid

Clipping of translingual Bathysquilloidea

clipping

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

Among the synapomorphies of the bathysquilloids is the elaborate ornamentation of the female gonopore, described in detail by Bruce (1988). This gonopore ornamentation is unique to the bathysquilloids, […]

2000, Australian Journal of Zoology, volume 48, numbers 4-6, page 625:

The tergite of the thoracic somites is smooth in most stomatopods, but is variously carinate in squilloids, bathysquilloids, parasquilloids and eurysquilloids.

(zoology) A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Bathysquilloidea.


lycosoid

(zoology) Any spider in the superfamily Lycosoidea or similar taxonomic group.


nidopallium caudolaterale

prefrontal cortex
prefrontal cortex#English

(anatomy, ornithology) The avian equivalent of the primate prefrontal cortex. A region of a bird's brain, located at the rear, that coordinates cognition in the pallium layer of the brain.