argasid

(zoology) Any of various ticks of the family Argasidae.

argasídeo

any of various ticks of the family Argasidae


petromyzontiform

(zoology) Of or relating to the Petromyzontiformes.


odobenid

(mammalogy) Any of the family Odobenidae; a walrus


membracid

(zoology) Any of the insect family Membracidae.


sesiid

(zoology) Any in the family Sesiidae of moths; a clearwing.


hadrosaurid

(zoology) Any of the family Hadrosauridae of duck-billed dinosaurs; a hadrosaur.


sclere

(zoology) A skeletal element in sponges.


abdominal fin

(ichthyology) One of the posterior paired fins of fishes; pelvic fin; ventral fin.


abdominal pore

(ichthyology) A pair of sphincters near the cloaca that allow for communication between the abdominal cavity and the exterior.


abdominal rib

(herpetology) Any of the riblike structures that cross the abdomen in lizards.


tent caterpillar

en-noun

tent caterpillar (plural tent caterpillars)

(entomology) A larva belonging to any of a number of species of moths of the genus Malacosoma, known for destructive infestation of trees in which the leaves are consumed and prominent, silken tent-like structures are constructed in the branches.


Abipón

Borrowed from Spanish abipón of American Indian origin.

(ethnography) A member of an extinct people of Argentina and Paraguay.


clypeastroid

en-adj

clypeastroid (comparative more clypeastroid, superlative most clypeastroid)

more clypeastroid (comparative)
most clypeastroid (superlative)

(zoology) Like or related to the genus Clypeaster (order Clypeasteroida) of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.


fissidentate

(zoology) Having teeth with multiple cusps or points.


Abkhas

(ethnography) Alternative form of Abkhaz


roncador

From Spanish roncador (“a snorer”), from roncar (“to snore”). So called in allusion to the grunting noise made by them on being taken from the water.

(zoology) Any of several species of Californian sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador stearnsi (spotfin croaker) and others in the Sciaenidae family.


repugnatorial

repugnatorial (comparative more repugnatorial, superlative most repugnatorial)

more repugnatorial (comparative)
most repugnatorial (superlative)

Certain beetles are endowed with eversible repugnatorial glands. Eleodes gigantea ... of both sexes ... when teased ... stand on their anterior and middle legs, holding the abdomen high up and spurting the contents of the glands right and left ... The liquid stains the human skin, has ... a peculiar, intensely penetrant odor, causing the eye to lachrymate.

1909, Alpheus S. Packard, A Text-Book of Entomology, Macmillan, pages 372–373:

If one of these caterpillars is irritated, it will bend back its head and shoot out a curious forked organ from the segment just behind the head. This osmeterium, as it is called, is yellow and is forced out by muscular action and by the pressure of the blood; at the same time a sickly over-powering odour of lemons is given off — the smell has also been likened to that of rotten pineapples...
Most of the cocktail ants are tree dwellers, making their nests under the bark, in hollow branches, or in carton nests attached to the branches. The carton nests are more or less spherical in shape, black, and they vary in size according to the size of the colonies. They are made of chewed vegetable fibres mixed with the secretion of the maxillary glands of the workers, which blackens the material and acts as a cement. The walls are thin and papery and the interior consists of irregular cells, like a coarse sponge. If the wall of one of these nests is broken open, the workers swarm out, with their tails in the air and their repugnatorial glands exposed..

1956, S. H. Skaife, African insect life:

(zoology) Defensive or repulsive, particularly as applied to glands of certain invertebrates, with which they produce poisonous or repugnant secretions when under threat.


abmigration

en-noun

abmigration (countable and uncountable, plural abmigrations)

/ˌæbˌmaɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/

/ˈæbˌmaɪ.ɡɹeɪ.ʃən/

(ornithology) A northward summer migration of birds without a corresponding southward migration the previous autumn.

абмигра́ция

a northward summer migration of birds without a corresponding southward migration


Abor

No thatching grass is available, and so all the houses are thatched with a kind of plant called tara by the Abors, which is very like the tokopat used in many parts of Assam, but the lower stem of the tara is excessively thorny.

1886, Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, page 316:

(ethnography) A member of a people of northern Assam.


Abri Audit

Borrowed from French Abri Audit (literally “Audit shelter”).

bor

(usually capitalized, anthropology) Of or belonging to the prehistoric culture between the late Mousterian and Aurignacian.


phengodid

Clipping of translingual Phengodidae, from Ancient Greek φέγγος (phéngos, “light, glow”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)phengos-) + -idae.

clipping

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

der

(zoology) Any of the family Phengodidae of glowworm beetles.


floricomous

From Latin flos, floris (“flower”) + coma (“hair”) + -ous.

(zoology) Having a certain kind of ovipositor, characteristic of the Cnephasiini, consisting of papillae anales with a section of flat-headed setae.


scutibranchiate

(obsolete, zoology) Having the gills protected by a shield-like shell (said of gastropods in the former order Scutibranchiata)


scutibranchiate

(obsolete, zoology) One of the Scutibranchiata.


pleurodont

(zoology) Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones

ránőtt fog

having teeth that are not inside alveoli/sockets &/or lack roots


pleurodont

(zoology) Any reptile with teeth of this kind.


entozoal

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the entozoa.


draculin

From Dracula + -in, named after Count Dracula.

(organic chemistry, zoology) A glycoprotein with anticoagulant properties, found in the saliva of vampire bats.


mosquito hawk

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Micromidia, endemic to eastern Australia.


macrodactylic

en-adj

macrodactylic (comparative more macrodactylic, superlative most macrodactylic)

more macrodactylic (comparative)
most macrodactylic (superlative)

From macro- + Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “a finger”) + -ic.

der

A genus of Echastiert, or stilt-birds, belonging to Cuvier's macrodactylic or long-toed family.

1837, Charles Frederick Partington, The British cyclopædia of natural history, volume 3, page 521:

The width of the macrodactylic digit cannot be reduced unless the redundant segment of the nerve is resected.

1974, H. Kelikian, Congenital deformities of the hand and forearm:

The digital nerves that supply the enlarged macrodactylic digits are usually enlarged.

1974, J. William Littler, Lester M. Cramer, James Walter Smith, Symposium on Reconstructive Hand Surgery:

(zoology, anatomy) Having long toes; macrodactylous.


sittine

From New Latin sitta (“the nuthatch”), from Ancient Greek σίττη (síttē, “nuthatch”) + -ine.

SITTINE BIRDS, OR NUTHATCHES. Birds of small size, having the body short and compact, […]

1846, William MacGillivray, British Ornithology, page 216:

(zoology, dated) Of or relating to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.


inoperculate

(zoology) Having no operculum; said of certain gastropod shells.


inoperculate

(zoology) Any organism that has no operculum.


pteropodid

(zoology) Any of the bat family Pteropodidae.


sigmodont

Ancient Greek σῖγμα (sîgma) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”). So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars.

(zoology) Any of the Sigmodontinae subfamily of rodents, including New World rats and mice.


folk illness

(medicine, anthropology) A combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture.


fringillid

(zoology) Any of the Fringillidae; a finch.


staphylinid

(zoology) Any of the beetle family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles.


trioecious

(zoology) Having three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes.


cyclophyllid

(zoology) Any tapeworm in the order Cyclophyllidea.


entomic

en-adj

entomic (comparative more entomic, superlative most entomic)

more entomic (comparative)
most entomic (superlative)

From Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “insect”) + -ic.

uder

(zoology) Relating to insects; entomological.


entaxonic

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

af

(anatomy, zoology) Having the inner digits (e.g. thumb, big toe) more strongly developed than the outer ones


holothuroid

(zoology) A sea cucumber (of class Holothuroidea)


submentum

(zoology) The basal part of the labium of insects, which bears the mentum.


xiphophorine

Melanophore differentiation in the xiphophorine fish starts at the fourth day of embryonic life[…]

1977, The Yale journal of biology and medicine: Volume 50:

(zoology) Pertaining to fish of the genus Xiphophorus


bicephalism

(zoology) The condition of having two heads.


sminthurid

(zoology) Any of the family Sminthuridae of springtails.


crotaline

en-adj

crotaline (comparative more crotaline, superlative most crotaline)

more crotaline (comparative)
most crotaline (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling, or relating to, the Crotalinae, or rattlesnake subfamily


saxicava

en-noun

saxicava (plural saxicavas or saxicavae)

(zoology) Any of the marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava.


obtected

en-adj

obtected (comparative more obtected, superlative most obtected)

more obtected (comparative)
most obtected (superlative)

From Latin obtectus, past participle of obtegere (“to cover over”).

(zoology) Covered with a hard chitinous case, like the pupa of certain files.


nectosac

(zoology, rare, chiefly in the plural) The cavity of a nectocalyx.


odacid

(ichthyology) Any of the family Odacidae of perciform fishes


aplodactylid

(zoology) Any marblefish in the family Aplodactylidae.


labrid

(zoology) Any of the family Labridae of marine fishes.


scarid

(ichthyology) Any of the family Scaridae; parrotfishes.


tapoa tafa

brush-tailed phascogale
brush-tailed phascogale

(zoology, obsolete) A small carnivorous marsupial, the brush-tailed phascogale.


stromb

(zoology) Any marine univalve mollusk of Strombus and allied genera.


campanularian

(zoology) Of or relating to the hydroid family Campanularidae.


campanularid

(zoology)Alternative spelling of campanulariid.


tracheary

(zoology, archaic) Any of the Trachearia, an former division of arachnids that breathe through their trachea.


mactrid

(zoology) Any of the family Mactridae of saltwater clams.


clionid

(zoology) Any member of the family Clionidae of sea angels.

(zoology, proscribed or dated) Any member of the family Clionaidae of sponges.


scaraboid

scaraboid (comparative more scaraboid, superlative most scaraboid)

more scaraboid (comparative)
most scaraboid (superlative)

(coleopterology, entomology) Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.


scaraboid

(coleopterology, entomology) Any scaraboid beetle.


quadriarticulate

Palps incurved, quadriarticulate.

1856, William Clark, transl., Handbook of Zoology, volume 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, translation of original by Jan van der Hoeven, page 342:


undecimarticulate

Antennæ undecimarticulate, perfoliate.

1856, William Clark, transl., Handbook of Zoology, volume 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, translation of original by Jan van der Hoeven, page 341:


sedecimarticulate

Mycetophila. Meig. Antennæ porrect, cylindrical, sedecimarticulate.


duodecimarticulate

Cordila. Meig., Latr. Antennæ duodecimarticulate, compressed, clavate.


inequivalvular

inequivalvular (comparative more inequivalvular, superlative most inequivalvular)

more inequivalvular (comparative)
most inequivalvular (superlative)

(zoology) Having unequal valves; inequivalve.


marsupialian

(archaic, zoology) Any of the Marsupialia; a marsupial.


sparassodont

(zoology) Any of the Sparassodonta, an extinct order of carnivorous metatherian mammals native to South America.


procoelous

From pro- (“in front of”) + -coelous (“concave”).

confix

(obsolete, zoology) Of or relating to the procoelians.


lymantriid

(zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.


myxopod

Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus, slime”) + -pod.

uder

(zoology, obsolete) A rhizopod or moneran.


apotome

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Apotome
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Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀποτομή (apotomḗ, “cutting off”). The musical sense originates from the Pythagorean tradition. The mathematical sense is attested in Euclid's Elements (Book X, proposition 73, et seq.).

bor

The bands pass inside the margins of the apotome as they approach its constriction and form two pigmented areas broadly based on the frontal sutures and becoming dispersed towards the mid-line.

1964, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Zoological Society of London, page 287:

In generalized Diplura, Archaeognatha and some Thysanura, five parts or apotomes are distinguished, which from the anterior to the posterior part are: the presternum, the basisternum, the furcasternum, the spinasternum and the poststernum.

2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, →ISBN, page 3766:

(zoology) A distinct division of an insect which is divided from the other divisions by a pinch point.


didelphian

en-adj

didelphian (comparative more didelphian, superlative most didelphian)

more didelphian (comparative)
most didelphian (superlative)

(zoology, archaic) Of or relating to Marsupialia (syns. Metatheria, Didelphia).


fissipedal

fissipedal (comparative more fissipedal, superlative most fissipedal)

more fissipedal (comparative)
most fissipedal (superlative)

From Latin fissus (“split”) + pedis (“foot”).

(zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.


gressorial

gressorial (comparative more gressorial, superlative most gressorial)

more gressorial (comparative)
most gressorial (superlative)

From Latin gressus (“walked”) + -or + -ial.

[…] the feet are gressorial, large and strong, fitted for the more or less terrestrial life which most of the species lead, walking on the ground with ease instead of hopping like most Fringillidae.

[…] the first pair of legs in Ixodids functions rather as antennae than as gressorial limbs. In the hungry tick it is a frequent occurrence for the first pair of legs to be raised up, thrust forwards towards approaching objects […]

1965, Entomological Revue, American Institute of Biological Sciences:

(zoology) Adapted for walking, rather than being adapted for say, swimming, as in seals, or digging, as in moles; ambulatorial.


lunulate

lunulate (comparative more lunulate, superlative most lunulate)

more lunulate (comparative)
most lunulate (superlative)

(botany, zoology) Resembling a small crescent


plectognathic

plectognathic (comparative more plectognathic, superlative most plectognathic)

more plectognathic (comparative)
most plectognathic (superlative)

(zoology) Of or relating to the plectognaths.


passeroid

(zoology) Any of the birds in the superfamily Passeroidea.


androecious

From andro- + -ecious, from Ancient Greek: ἀνήρ (anḗr, “male”) in combination with οἰκία (oikía, “residency”).

(biology, botany, zoology) Having masculine reproductive organs.


frontated

frontated (comparative more frontated, superlative most frontated)

more frontated (comparative)
most frontated (superlative)

(zoology) Having a prominent frons or forehead.


tanagroid

tanagroid (comparative more tanagroid, superlative most tanagroid)

more tanagroid (comparative)
most tanagroid (superlative)


euglossine

(zoology) Of or relating to the Euglossini, or orchid bees


psittaceous

(zoology) Of or relating to psittacids, a group of parrots.


epipodial

(zoology) Relating to the epipodium in molluscs.


tentaculate

tentaculate (comparative more tentaculate, superlative most tentaculate)

more tentaculate (comparative)
most tentaculate (superlative)

(zoology) Having tentacles, or organs like tentacles; tentacled.


porpitid

(zoology) Any hydrozoan of the family Porpitidae


pholcid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pholcidae of cellar spiders.


blattellid

(zoology) Any of the Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae), a family of cockroaches.


alcid

Some alcids remain underwater as long as two minutes, exceptionally even longer, and dive to depths of thirty metres.

1977, Jan Hanzák, Jiří Formánek, translated by Olga Kuthanová, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds, London, published 1992, page 177:

(ornithology) A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.

alkefugl

seabird of the family Alcidae - an alcid


gonorynchiform

The milkfish is a gonorynchiform.

(zoology) Any ray-finned fish of the order Gonorynchiformes


moss animal

Calque of Bryozoa, which is from Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”) + ζῷα (zôia), plural of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”)


amiiform

(zoology) Of or relating to the Amiiformes


gerbillid

(zoology) Any member of the murid subfamily Gerbillinae; a gerbil.


cricetid

(zoology) Any member of the Cricetidae, a family of rodents.


lemuriform

(zoology) Of or relating to the infraorder Lemuriformes.

makimainen

of or relating to infraorder Lemuriformes


lemuriform

(zoology) Any member of the infraorder Lemuriformes.


hydrophyllium

From Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + φύλλιον (phúllion), diminutive of φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

(zoology) One of the flat, leaf-like, protective zooids covering other zooids of certain Siphonophorae.


batrachology

From Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + -logy.


strepsipteran

(zoology) An insect of the order Strepsiptera.


solidungulate

(zoology) A mammal having a single hoof on each foot.


cryptobranchid

(zoology) Any of the Cryptobranchidae of giant salamanders.


pompilid

(zoology) Any member of the Pompilidae, or spider wasps.


decapodal

(zoology) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.


hylobatid

The principal resemblances between pliopithecines and living hylobatids are found in the skull and dentition (Zapfe 1958).

1972, Elwyn L. Simons, David R. Pilbeam, “Hominoid Paleoprimatology”, in Russell Tuttle, editor, The Functional and Evolutionary Biology of Primates, page 55:

In the absence of an obvious cause, it must be considered unlikely that hylobatids and great apes (including fossil great apes) would have acquired all of these characters independently.

2001, D. R. Begun, “10: African and Eurasian Miocene hominoids and the origins of Hominidae”, in Louis de Bonis, George D. Koufos, Peter Andrews, editors, Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe, volume 2, page 238:

However, in cercopithecoids and in hylobatids, the transverse processes are completely embedded in the septum.

2007, Aaron G. Filler, Axial Character Seriation in Mammals, page 120:

(zoology) Any species of the family Hylobatidae; a gibbon.


picarian

(zoology) Of or relating to the Picariae, an obsolete bird classification.


ascidiacean

(zoology) Any of the class Ascidiacea of sea squirts.


saprophagan

Natural and sown haylands also differ in the trophic structure of the animal population, with phytophagans and saprophagans about evenly divided in sown legumes and saprophagans dominating in natural grass.

1981, “Soviet geography: Volume 22”, in American Geographical Society of New York:


strongyloid

en-adj

strongyloid (comparative more strongyloid, superlative most strongyloid)

more strongyloid (comparative)
most strongyloid (superlative)

(zoology) Like, or relating to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms.


strongyloid

(zoology) Any worm of the genus Strongylus.


sesquialteral

From Latin sesquialter + English -al, from sesqui (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”).

(entomology, archaic) Occupying a third of a wing or including a smaller band or spot in a larger one.


caprimulgid

(zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.


blenniid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Blenniidae; a combtooth blenny.


scutibranch

(zoology) Any member of the Scutibranchiata.


pleuronectiform

(zoology) Of or relating to the Pleuronectiformes, or flatfish.


pleuronectiform

(zoology) Any member of the order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes).


proboscidial

proboscidial (comparative more proboscidial, superlative most proboscidial)

more proboscidial (comparative)
most proboscidial (superlative)


embrithopod

(zoology) Any of the Embrithopoda, an extinct order of mammals resembling the rhinoceros.


telotrochal

From telo- + Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel, hoop”) + -al.

der

(zoology) Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilia; applied to the larvae of certain annelids.


slepez

From Russian слепец (slepec, “blind man; mole rat”).

bor

(zoology, archaic) A type of mole rat, Spalax microphthalmus.


tajassu

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tajaçu, apparently from an Old Tupi word for pig.

bor+

A herd of tajassus or peccaries is a dangerous thing to meet.

1915, George James Bruce, Brazil and the Brazilians:

(zoology, dated) The common or collared peccary.


pediculate

(obsolete, ichthyology) Of or relating to the Pediculati, an order of fish now classified as Lophiiformes.


chemosensillum

en-noun

chemosensillum (plural chemosensilla or chemosensillums)

chemosensilla (plural)
chemosensillums (plural)


terraranan

(zoology) Any frog of the genus Pristimantis.


metastriate

(entomology) Describing ticks (of the order Ixodida) in which the anal groove of the adult is behind the anus.


enteropneust

(zoology) Any member of the Enteropneusta; an acorn worm.


fasciolariid

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


hindneck

In this race, crown, nape and hindneck are always black.

2010, Shorebirds (John Marchant, Peter Hayman, Tony Prater), page 56

(ornithology) The area just below the nape of the neck (of a bird).


pulvinate

en-adj

pulvinate (comparative more pulvinate, superlative most pulvinate)

more pulvinate (comparative)
most pulvinate (superlative)

Latin pulvinatus, from pulvinus (“a cushion, an elevation”).

(zoology) Having the form of a cushion, or used to cushion/provide padding.


tenrecid

(zoology) Any member of the family Tenrecidae, the tenrecs


sacculinid

(zoology) Any of the family Sacculinidae, parasitic barnacles in the superorder Rhizocephala.


oniscid

(zoology) Any of the Oniscidae; a woodlouse.


caenogastropod

(zoology) Any member of the Caenogastropoda.


coryphaenid

(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.


epimorphic

(zoology, of an insect larva) That becomes segmented prior to hatching.


spermatophore

The spermatophores begin to ejaculate immediately after leaving the penis and the whole process is completed in a very few seconds. Pulling the filament attached to the ejaculatory end of a spermatophore is all that is needed to start its ejaculation.

1910 June 20, Gilman A. Drew, “Sexual Activities of the Squid, Loligo pealii (Les.). I. Copulation, Egg-laying and Fertilization”, in Journal of Morphology, volume 22, number 2, Philadelphia, Pa.: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, published 1911, page 334:

(zoology) A capsule or pocket enclosing a number of spermatozoa, found in many annelids, brachiopods, insects, mollusks, and crustaceans.


uxorilocally

(anthropology) In an uxorilocal (matrilocal) manner.


virilocal

Blend of virile + local. From Latin vir+locus.


holometabolous

(entomology) Pertaining to, or undergoing, holometabolism; going through complete metamorphosis.


ventrianal

(entomology) Between the abdomen and the anus.


scyllarid

(zoology) Any slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae.


palinurid

(zoology) Any lobster-like crustacean in the family Palinuridae


muricid

(zoology) Any member of the family Muricidae of rock snails.


psophiid

(zoology) Any member of the Psophiidae; a trumpeter.


myzostomid

(zoology) Any member of the Myzostomida; a kind of parasitic worm.


semiflightless

(zoology) Having very limited flying ability.


leptolepid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Leptolepidae.


caturid

(zoology) Any member of family Caturidae of extinct bowfins.


chirocentrid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chirocentridae; a wolf herring.


palaeoniscid

(zoology) Any extinct fish of the family Palaeoniscidae


chelydrid

Some of the chelydrids are extinct.

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Chelydridae.


amphilinid

(zoology) Any member of the Amphilinidea, an order of parasitic flatworms.


monocentrid

(zoology) Any of the family Monocentridae of pinecone fishes.


trachichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Trachichthyidae.


eubelid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Eubelidae.


porcellionid

(zoology) Any woodlouse in the family Porcellionidae.


liparid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Liparidae.


anobiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anobiidae (now often included in family Ptinidae) of boring beetles.

anobiídeo

any member of the family Anobiidae of boring beetles


armadillidiid

(zoology) Any pill bug in the family Armadillidiidae.

armadilídeo

any member of the family Armadillidiidae


acanthoceratid

(zoology) Any member of the Acanthoceratidae.


acanthochitonid

(zoology) Any member of the Acanthochitonidae.


pholidophorid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Pholidophoridae.


acanthodrilid

(zoology) Any member of the Acanthodrilidae.


amphisbaenid

From scientific Latin Amphisbaenidae (family name).

Today, four species of amphisbaenids survive in Europe—two on the Iberian Peninsula and two in Turkey.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 51:

(zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenidae; a worm lizard.


acerentomid

(zoology) Any proturan in the family Acerentomidae.


acanthonotozomatid

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


acastid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Acastidae.


acanthoclinid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Acanthoclinidae now considered the plesiopid subfamily Acanthoclininae, the longfins.


acavid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Acavidae.


achatinellid

(malacology) Any member of the family Achatinellidae of gastropods.


achatinid

(malacology) Any member of the Achatinidae.


aclerdid

(entomology) Any member of the family Aclerdidae.


acanthosomatid

(entomology) Any member of the Acanthosomatidae.


acmaeid

(malacology) Any gastropod in the family Acmaeidae.


acanthurid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Acanthuridae of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes.


acropomatid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Acropomatidae.


acrobatid

feather-tailed glider
feather-tailed glider

(mammalogy) Any marsupial of the family Acrobatidae; a feather-tailed glider.


acrochordid

(herpetology) Any member of the family Acrochordidae.


acroporid

(zoology) Any coral in the family Acroporidae.


actinoceratid

(zoology) Any of the extinct cephalopods in the family †Actinoceratidae.


actinolepid

(zoology) Any of the extinct placoderms in the family Actinolepidae.


adapisoricid

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


acteonid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Acteonidae.


adapid

(zoology) Any extinct primate of the family Adapidae


adelogyrinid

(zoology) Any amphibian in the extinct family †Adelogyrinidae.


adelid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Adelidae.


aderid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Aderidae.


adrianitid

(zoology) Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Adrianitidae.


aeshnid

(entomology) Any member of the Aeshnidae.


adocid

(zoology) Any of the extinct turtles in the family Adocidae.


aeolothripid

(zoology) Any of the thrips in the family Aeolothripidae.


aegothelid

(zoology) Any member of the Aegothelidae.


aeglid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Aeglidae.


aegeriid

(zoology) Any of the clearwing moths in the family Aegeriidae.


aepyornithid

(zoology) Any member of the Aepyornithidae.


ageneiosid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Ageneiosidae, which is now considered to be part of the family Auchenipteridae.


aglajid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Aglajidae.


agyrtid

(entomology) Any member of the family Agyrtidae.


agariciid

(zoology) Any stony coral in the family Agariciidae.


agonid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Agonidae.


agonoxenid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Agonoxenidae, now considered a subfamily of the family Elachistidae.


agromyzid

(entomology) Any member of the family Agromyzidae.


agaonid

(zoology) A fig wasp, of family Agaonidae.


agriolimacid

(malacology) Any member of the family Agriolimacidae.


acteonellid

And marine snails called actaeonellids abounded, the largest of which, shaped like an artillery shell, would fill your hand.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 27:

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Acteonellidae.


agelenid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Agelenidae.


acrocerid

The Acrocerids are very curious and characteristic flies on account of their small head, large, bulbous thorax, inflated abdomen and large thoracic squamulae.

1907, William Lundbeck, Diptera Danica: Genera and Species of Flies Hitherto Found in Denmark, G.E.C. Gad, →OCLC:

The winged form of acrocerids is characterized by a great reduction in the size of the head, by very great increase of the thorax with weak legs, and by small, often costalized wings; the flies feed, if at all, on the nectar of flowers.

1974, Boris B. Rohdendorf, The Historical Development of Diptera, University of Alberta Press, →OCLC, page 86:

(entomology) Any fly of the family Acroceridae.


akerid

(malacology) Any sea snail in the family Akeridae.


alepisaurid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Alepisauridae, the lancetfishes.


albulid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Albulidae.


albuneid

(zoology) Any member of the family Albuneidae.


alcyoniid

(zoology) Any member of the Alcyoniidae.


akysid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Akysidae.


alestid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Alestidae.


accipitrid

(ornithology) Any member of the family Accipitridae of birds of prey.


almid

(zoology) Any annelid worm of the family Almidae.


alcedinid

(ornithology) A kingfisher, any member of the family Alcedinidae.


alismatid

(zoology) Any member of the Alismatidae.


alydid

(entomology) Any member of the family Alydidae, the broad-headed bugs.


amastrid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Amastridae.


lutjanid

Among other families, the lutjanids appear to be gonochoristic throughout life although the population sex ratio as well as the sex ratio at size may frequently be skewed resulting from differential growth and mortality rates among the sexes (Grimes, 1987).

1993, Andrew Wright, “Chapter 8: Shallow Water Reef-associated Finfish”, in Andrew Wright, Lance Hill, editors, Nearshore Marine Resources of the South Pacific, page 225:

Smaller species of lutjanids require fewer resources per individual and can form schools year-round.

1996, M. L. Domeier, C. Koenig, F. Coleman, “Reproductive Biology of the Gray Snapper (Lutjanus griseus), with Notes on Spawning for other Western Atlantic Snappers (Lutjanidae)”, in Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez, J. L. Munro, M. C. Balgos, Daniel Pauly, editors, Biology, Fisheries, and Culture of Tropical Groupers and Snappers, page 199:

The tightly coiled gut, small gas bladder, pigment pattern, early-forming head spination and early-forming spines of the pelvic fin and dorsal fin are useful distinguishing characteristics of the lutjanids.

2000, J. M. Leis, D. S. Rennis, “52: Lutjanidae (Snappers and Fusiliers)”, in Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart, editors, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes, page 336:

(zoology) Any member of the family Lutjanidae; a snapper.


allosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Allosauridae.


amaltheid

(zoology) Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Amaltheidae.


ambassid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Ambassidae.


ailurid

From New Latin Ailuridae, as Ailurus + -id.

(mammalogy) Any member of the family Ailuridae.


amaurobiid

(arachnology) Any spider in the family Amaurobiidae.


amblyopsid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae: several species of North American cavefish, and the swampfish or ricefish.


alloposid

(zoology) Any octopus in the monotypic family Alloposidae, which consists only of the seven-arm octopus, Haliphron atlanticus.


ambystomatid

(zoology) Any salamander of the family Ambystomatidae


alpheid

(zoology) Any member of the family Alpheidae, the pistol shrimps.


wynyardiid

(zoology) Any extinct marsupial in the family Wynyardiidae.


ambulocetid

(zoology) Any extinct cetacean in the family Ambulocetidae.


acridid

(entomology) Any member of the family Acrididae of locusts and related grasshoppers.


whatcheeriid

(zoology) Any member of the Whatcheeriidae.


acuariid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Acuariidae.


xenicid

(zoology) Any member of the family Xenicidae, which is currently considered to be a synonym of the Acanthisittidae.


xenisthmid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Xenisthmidae.


xenosaurid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Xenosauridae.


bluestripe

(zoology, chiefly attributive) Any of various fishes or other animals bearing a blue stripe.


whaitsiid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Whaitsiidae.


xenoturbellid

(zoology) any primitive bilaterian animal in the family Xenoturbellidae.


xenopeltid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Xenopeltidae.


xenoceltitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Xenoceltitidae.


xeniid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Xeniidae.


xiphiid

(zoology) A fish in the family Xiphiidae; a swordfish.


xenodiscid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Xenodiscidae.


xiphydriid

(zoology) Any of the family Xiphydriidae of woodwasps.


xenophorid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Xenophoridae.


xylophagid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Xylophagidae.


xiphodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Xiphodontidae.


xyloryctid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Xyloryctidae.


xiphocentronid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Xiphocentronidae.


xylocopid

(zoology) Any in the family Xylocopidae of carpenter bees, now considered the apid subfamily Xylocopinae.


xystodesmid

(zoology) Any millipede in the family Xystodesmidae.


zanclodontid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Zanclodontidae.


xylomyid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Xylomyidae of wood soldier flies.


aleyrodid

But aleyrodid pests of agricultural crops are usually highly polyphagous, and a good portion of aleyrodids on palms come from their ranks.

2001, F. W. Howard, Insects on Palms, page 167:

2007, F. Szentkiràlyi, Chapter 9: Lacewings in Fruit and Nut Crops, P. K. McEwen, T. R. New, A. E. Whittington (editors), Lacewings in the Crop Environment, page 213,
Aleyrodids produce honeydew, attracting numerous indigenous predators (Uygun et al., 1990).

2012, Ivo Hodek, Edward W. Ecans, 5: Food Relationships, Ivo Hodek, A. Honek, Helmut F. van Emden, Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae), page 174,
Among 13 natural enemies species, Har. axyridis and P. japonica were predators of the aleyrodid Bemisia tabaci in cotton fields of northern China in 2003 through 2005 (Lin et al. 2008).

(zoology) Any insect of the whitefly family, Aleyrodidae.

aleirodídeo

any insect of the whitefly family, Aleyrodidae


zatrachydid

(zoology) Any member of the Zatrachydidae.


zoropsid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Zoropsidae.


zatracheid

(zoology) Any of the extinct amphibian-like tetrapods in the family Zatracheidae.


zerconid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Zerconidae.


amblystomid

(zoology, obsolete) Alternative form of ambystomid.


wuttagoonaspid

This view is not followed by Young (e.g., 1980, 2005c) who considered the wuttagoonaspids and the phyllolepids as close related taxa, […]

2008, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 28, numbers 1-3, page 17:

(zoology) Any placoderm of the family Wuttagoonaspidae.


zosteropid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Zosteropidae; a white-eye.


ambystomid

(zoology) Any salamander in the family Ambystomidae.


zygopleurid

(zoology) Any member of the Zygopleuridae.


yunnanosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the Yunnanosauridae.


zorid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Zoridae.


amnicolid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Amnicolidae.


xyelid

Like raphidiids, xyelids have the mesopleuron divided into an episternum and epimeron by a distinct mesopleural suture, but the suture is angled much more obliquely and the epimeron is much smaller than the episternum (Figs. 8-10).

1993, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada:

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Xyelidae.


ameroseiid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Ameroseiidae.


yponomeutid

The yponomeutids, in general, feed on leaf tissues, often spinning silken webs over their host plants and skeletonising the leaves beneath.

2000, R. L. Kitching, Food Webs and Container Habitats:

(zoology) Any moth in the family Yponomeutidae.


ammotrechid

(zoology) Any solifugid in the family Ammotrechidae.


yoldiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Yoldiidae of bivalves.


xarifiid

In order to recover xarifiids from fragments or whole colonies of Scleractinia the corals were treated in the following manner.

(zoology) Any copepod of the family Xarifiidae.


ampeliscid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Ampeliscidae.


amorphoscelid

(zoology) Any mantis in the family Amorphoscelidae.


ampharetid

(zoology) Any polychete in the family Ampharetidae.


zeid

Most zeids have spiny projections or bucklers at the dorsal- and anal-fin bases and bony plates on the ventral surface of the abdomen.

2000, Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes, page 186:

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Zeidae.


amphidontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Amphidontidae.


amphignathodontid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Amphignathodontidae.


amphilestid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Amphilestidae.


amphientomid

(zoology) Any booklouse in the family Amphientomidae.


amoebid

(zoology) Any member of the family Amoebidae of certain amoebas.


amphinomid

(zoology) Any member of the family Amphinomidae of sea mice or bristle worms.


ammoxenid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Ammoxenidae.


ampullinid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Ampullinidae.


amphinectid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Amphinectidae, which may be part of the family Desidae.


amphilochid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Amphilochidae.


amphitheriid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Amphitheriidae.


amphipsocid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Amphipsocidae.


zopherid

(entomology) Any member of the Zopheridae.


ammodytid

Feeds initially on zooplankton, later small fish (clupeids and ammodytids) dominate the diet.

(Can we date this quote?), “Hyperoplus lanceolatus”, in Fishbase:

(zoology) Any member of the Ammodytidae.


amphitretid

(zoology) Any octopus in the family Amphitretidae.


ampulicid

(zoology) Any member of the Ampulicidae.


amphipterygid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Amphipterygidae.


amynodontid

(zoology) Any mammal in the extinct family †Amynodontidae.


anabathrid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Anabathridae.


ampullariid

(zoology) Any member of the Ampullariidae.


anarhichadid

(zoology) Any member of the Anarhichadidae.


amphoriscid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Amphoriscidae.


amphiumid

(zoology) Any member of the Amphiumidae.


anacoracid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Anacoracidae.


anablepid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Anablepidae.


anamixid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Anamixidae.


amphiliid

(zoology) Any member of the Any catfish in the family Amphiliidae.


anaxyelid

(zoology) Any wood wasp in the family Anaxyelidae.


anacanthobatid

(zoology) Any skate in the family Anacanthobatidae.


anaspidid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Anaspididae.


amphizoid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Amphizoidae.


amphibolid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Amphibolidae.


anchariid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Anchariidae.


anatomid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Anatomidae.


anapid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Anapidae.


anguillid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anguillidae of eels.


anchisaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Anchisauridae.


ancorinid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Ancorinidae.


ancylid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ancylidae, now tribe Ancylini, of certain limpets and ramshorn snails.


amphiurid

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Amphiuridae.


aniliid

(zoology) Any snake in the monotypic family Aniliidae, consisting of just Anilius scytale, the false coral snake.


anisoceratid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anisoceratidae of extinct ammonite cephalopods.


anisembiid

(zoology) Any webspinner in the family Anisembiidae.


anhimid

(ornithology) Any member of the family Anhimidae, the screamers.


anisopodid

(zoology) Any member of the Anisopodidae; wood gnats.


anisogammarid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Anisogammaridae.


anomalepid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Anomalepidae.


annulariid

(zoology) Any member of the family Annulariidae.


anomalepidid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Anomalepididae.


anhanguerid

(zoology) Any pterosaur of the family Anhangueridae.


amphicyonid

Although now extinct, for over 30 million years amphicyonids predated their way around the Northern continents and Africa, successfully exploiting niches from more slender, wolf-like runners, to big stocky brutes that put the “bear” in “bear-dog”.

2016 November 26, Elsa Panciroli, “Rifling through the 'wastebaskets' of palaeontology reveals surprises”, in The Guardian:

(zoology) A member of the extinct Amphicyonidae family of carnivorans; a beardog.


anomalomyid

(zoology) Any of the extinct rodents in the family †Anomalomyidae.


ancylostomatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ancylostomatidae of hookworms.


anomiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anomiidae of bivalves.


anostostomatid

(entomology) Any member of the Anostostomatidae, the wetas.


anomocarid

(zoology) Any of the extinct trilobites in the family Anomocaridae.


anatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anatidae of ducks and close relatives.


anomphalid

(zoology) Any of the extinct gastropods in the family Anomphalidae.


anoplopomatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Anoplopomatidae, the sablefish and skilfish.


antennophorid

(zoology) Any of the mites in the family Antennophoridae.


antheacherid

(zoology) Any of the copepods in the family Antheacheridae.


anguid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anguidae.


antedonid

(zoology) Any of the crinoids in the family Antedonidae.


antennariid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Antennariidae, the frogfish.


anthracobunid

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


anteosaurid

(zoology) Any of the therapsids in the family Anteosauridae.


anthomyzid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Anthomyzidae.


anthaspidellid

(zoology) Any of the extinct sponges in the family Anthaspidellidae.


alepocephalid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Alepocephalidae, the slickheads.


anthracoceratid

(zoology) Any of the extinct ammonids in the family Anthracoceratidae.


anyphaenid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Anyphaenidae.


anthracomartid

(zoology) Any of the extinct arachnids in the family Anthracomartidae.


anomalopid

(zoology) Any of the family Anomalopidae of flashlight fishes.


aotid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aotidae, the night monkeys


anotopterid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Anotopteridae, the daggertooths.


aidid

Aidids have presumably homologous warts, although these do not bear long secondary setae.

1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, volumes 580-589, page 96:

(entomology) Any member of the family Aididae.


anthracosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the extinct family Anthracosauridae.


anoplotheriid

A variety of strange and primitive ungulates belonging to six artiodactyl families, including the duiker-like anoplotheriids and the rabbit-sized dichobunids, also flourished.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 64:

(zoology) Any member of the extinct mammal family Anoplotheriidae.


antrodiaetid

(zoology) Any member of the Antrodiaetidae.


anthelid

(entomology) Any of the moths in the family Anthelidae.


anthocorid

(entomology) Any member of the insect family Anthocoridae, the minute pirate bugs, pirate bugs, or flower bugs.


acipenserid

1989, Laurie J. Bryant, Non-dinosaurian Lower Vertebrates Across the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in Northeastern Montana, Geological Sciences: Volume 134, University of California Press, page 17,
A second distinct acipenserid morphotype occurs in the Hell Creek and Tullock formations. It is not found in the Lance Formation in Wyoming, although acipenserids are so rare in the Lance Formation that this is possibly the result of sampling error.

While acipenserid outgroups lack any extensive scalation, the most distinctive hallmark of acipenserids is their scutes (Character 1).

1997, E. K. Findeis, “Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of sturgeons (Acipenseridae)”, in Vadim J. Birstein, John R. Waldman, William E. Bemis, editors, Sturgeon Biodiversity and Conservation, page 121:

Why is it that shortnose sturgeon - the far more residential of the two sturgeons - appears to nearly stop growing at adulthood and at a small size for an acipenserid whereas the more marine Atlantic sturgeon continues to grow and to a potentially massive size?

2006, J. R. Waldman, “Diadromous Fishes”, in Jeffrey S. Levinton, John R. Waldman, editors, The Hudson River Estuary, page 183:

(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)


anostomid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Anostomidae, one of several with fish known as headstanders.


antipathid

(zoology) Any coral in the family Antipathidae.


aphyonid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Aphyonidae.


apatemyid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Apatemyidae.


anthophorid

(zoology) Any bee in the family Anthophoridae, now considered part of the family Apidae.


aphantochilid

(zoology) Any crab spider in the family Thomisidae, formerly known as the Aphantochilidae.


aphrophorid

(zoology) Any spittlebug in the family Aphrophoridae.


aphredoderid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Aphredoderidae, the pirate perches.


aperid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Chlamydephoridae, formerly known as the Aperidae.


apatelodid

(zoology) Any moth of the family Apatelodidae.


aplochitonid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Aplochitonidae, now considered part of the family Galaxiidae.


aplocheilid

(zoology) Any killifish in the family Aplocheilidae.


apiocerid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Apioceridae.


anthomyiid

(zoology) Any member of the fly family Anthomyiidae.

antomiídeo

any member of the fly family Anthomyiidae


aphidid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aphididae of aphids.


aphidiid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the former family Aphidiidae, now considered to be part of the Braconidae.


aporrhaid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae.


aplysiid

(zoology) Any sea hare in the family Aplysiidae.


aplodontid

(zoology) Any member of the Aplodontiidae.


apterygid

(zoology) Any member of the Apterygidae.


anurognathid

Some fed on fish and dead floating animals, while others, like the anurognathids, may have chased insects on the wing.

2014, Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva, Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico, page 130:

(zoology) Any pterosaur of the family Anurognathidae.


aploactinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Aploactinidae.


anomalurid

(zoology) Any member of the Anomaluridae, a family of rodents found in central Africa.


arachnoidid

(zoology) Any echinoderm of the family Arachnoididae.


anisakid

The anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809), Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) and Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) occur as third-stage larvae in marine fish products and may infect consumers ingesting raw or under-cooked fish products.

2016 September 20, Kurt Buchmann, Foojan Mehrdana, “Effects of anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (s.l.), Pseudoterranova decipiens (s.l.) and Contracaecum osculatum (s.l.) on fish and consumer health”, in ScienceDirect:

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Anisakidae; they can cause anisakiasis among humans who eat infected raw fish.


archaeohyracid

(zoology) Any of the extinct mammals of the family Archaeohyracidae.


aracanid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aracanidae of fish similar to boxfishes.


archaeobalanid

(zoology) Any member of the family Archaeobalanidae, stalkless acorn barnacles in the order Sessilia.


arbaciid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Arbaciidae.


araxoceratid

(zoology) Any any of the extinct ammonites in the family Araxoceratidae.


archegosaurid

(zoology) Any of the extinct amphibian-like vertebrates in the family Archegosauridae.


apodid

(zoology) Any member of the family Apodidae of swifts.


archaeonycteridid

(zoology) Any of the extinct bats in the family Archaeonycterididae.


archasterid

(zoology) Any starfish in the family Archasteridae.


archeriid

(zoology) Any of the extinct amphibian-like vertebrates in the family Archeriidae.


archeocrypticid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Archeocrypticidae.


archipsocid

(entomology) Any booklouse in the family Archipsocidae.


apteronotid

(zoology) Any member of the family Apteronotidae, the ghost knifefishes.


arcticid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Arcticidae, all but one species of which are extinct.


antilocaprid

Antilocapra americana
Antilocapra americana#Translingual

(zoology) Any member of the family Antilocapridae, Antilocapra americana and its extinct close relatives.


architectonicid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Architectonicidae.


anthicid

From translingual Anthicidae, from Anthicus.

(entomology) Any of the beetles in the family Anthicidae.


anthracotheriid

See anthracothere § Etymology. By surface analysis, anthraco- + theri- + -id.

surf

(zoology) Any mammal of the extinct family Anthracotheriidae.


arcturid

(zoology) Any of the marine isopods in the family Arcturidae.


archaeopterygid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Archaeopterygidae of fossil birds.


aphelinid

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

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

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


areneid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Areneidae


arietitid

(zoology) Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Arietitidae.


anabantid

Again, the emotions of jealousy and rivalry are manifested to such an extent by the anabantid betta pugnax of Siam, that the species has been cultivated by the inhabitants of the country for the sport they furnish, which for them vies in interest with the cock-fights and bull-fights of the Spanish peoples.

1883 June 30, “Animal Intelligence”, in The Critic, volume 3, number 77, page 300:

Anabantids are a very popular group of fish from Asia and Africa, most of which are known as gouramis.

2002, Alice Burkhart, Pocket Guide to the Care and Maintenance of Aquarium Fish, page 86:

Toxotid and anabantid fish from Southeast Asia project spouts of water toward prey above the surface of the water .

2011, Robert W. Shumaker, Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals:

(zoology) Any member of the family Anabantidae of climbing perches.


argentinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Argentinidae of herring smelts.


argyresthiid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Argyresthiidae.


arenicolid

(zoology) Any of the polychete worms in the family Arenicolidae.


arionid

(zoology) Any of the slugs in the family Arionidae.


argonautid

(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.


arripid

(zoology) Any of the fish in the family Arripidae


arminid

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


artedidraconid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Artedidraconidae


arctiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Arctiidae of moths.


ascaridid

(zoology) Any of the parasitic nematodes in the family Ascarididae.


armenoceratid

(zoology) Any of the extinct cephalopods in the family Armenoceratidae.


ascid

(zoology) Any of the mites in the family Ascidae.


artamid

(zoology) Any bird of the family Artamidae.


arthropleurid

(zoology) Any of the extinct myriapods in the family Arthropleuridae


ascaphid

(zoology) Any of the tailed frogs in the family Ascaphidae


ariophantid

(zoology) Any of the slugs in the family Ariophantidae.


ascalaphid

(entomology) Any member of the family Ascalaphidae of owlflies.


ariid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ariidae of catfishes.


arixeniid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Arixeniidae.


assimineid

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


aspidorhynchid

(zoology) Any of the extinct fish in the family Aspidorhynchidae


arvicolid

(zoology) Any member of the cricetid subfamily Arvicolinae, formerly considered to be the family Arvicolidae.


aspidoceratid

(zoology) Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Aspidoceratidae.


asellid

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


aspidodiadematid

(zoology) Any of the sea urchins in the family Aspidodiadematidae.


asilid

(zoology) Any member of the family Asilidae of robber flies.


asteriid

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


astacid

(zoology) Any of the crayfish in the family Astacidae


asterosteid

(zoology) Any of the extinct placoderm fish of the family Asterosteidae.


asteiid

(zoology) Any of the flies in the family Asteiidae.


aspidosiphonid

(zoology) Any of the peanut worms in the family Aspidosiphonidae.


astartid

(zoology) Any of the family Astartidae of bivalves.


astroblepid

(zoology) Any of the catfish in the family Astroblepidae.


astropectinid

(zoology) Any in the family Astropectinidae of starfishes.


ateleopodid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Ateleopodidae.


astrocoeniid

(zoology) Any of the stony corals in the family Astrocoeniidae.


ardeid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ardeidae, the herons, egrets and bitterns.


arctocyonid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Arctocyonidae of extinct carnivores.


asterolecaniid

(zoology) Any of the scale insects in the family Asterolecaniidae.


ataphrid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Ataphridae, which is probably a synonym for the family Trochaclididae.


athoracophorid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Athoracophoridae.


atelecyclid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Atelecyclidae.


astrapotheriid

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


aspredinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aspredinidae of banjo catfishes.


atlantid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Atlantidae.


ascoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Ascoceratidae


archaeolemurid

(zoology) Any of the extinct lemurs in the family Archaeolemuridae.


atoposaurid

(zoology) Any of the extinct reptiles in the family Atoposauridae.


atelestid

(zoology) Any of the flies in the family Atelestidae.


atlantosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Atlantosauridae, which is probably a synonym of the Diplodocidae.


atyid

(zoology) Any member of the family Atyidae of freshwater shrimp.


atherinopsid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Atherinopsidae.


atrichornithid

(zoology) Any member of the Atrichornithidae.


atelurid

(zoology) Any of the primitive wingless insects in the family Ateluridae.


auchenipterid

(zoology) Any catfish of the family Auchenipteridae.


atractaspidid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Atractaspididae.


atherinid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Atherinidae of silversides.


augaptilid

(zoology) Any member of the family Augaptilidae of copepods.


atylid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Atylidae.


athericid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Athericidae.


aulostomid

(zoology) Any of the family Aulostomidae of trumpetfishes.


attid

(zoology) Any of the family Attidae of jumping spiders, now considered part of the Salticidae.


zorocratid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Zorocratidae.


aulacigastrid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Aulacigastridae.


ascidiid

(zoology) Any of the tunicates in the family Ascidiidae


assamiid

Assamiids are endemic to the Old World. There are several Erecinae-like groups in many countries of central Africa, reaching South Africa, where they are rare and confined to the northeastern portions. Assamiids are completely absent from Madagascar, Europe, the Pacific islands, and the Americas.

2007, Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Harvestmen: The Biology of Opiliones, page 175:

(zoology) Any of the harvestmen in the family Assamiidae.


aulacid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aulacidae of wasps.


avimimid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Avimimidae.


axymyiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Axymyiidae.


ausktribosphenid

(zoology) Any member of the Ausktribosphenidae.


avisaurid

(zoology) Any extinct bird (or bird relative) of the family Avisauridae.


baenid

(zoology) Any of the extinct turtles in the family Baenidae.


axiid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Axiidae.


balaenopterid

(zoology) Any member of family Balaenopteridae of rorqual whales.


bagrid

(zoology) Any in the family Bagridae pf naked catfishes.


baculitid

(zoology) Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Baculitidae.


balaenid

(zoology) Any member of the family Balaenidae; a right whale.


asterinid

(zoology) Any in the family Asterinidae of sea stars.


axinellid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Axinellidae.


balitorid

(zoology) Any of the hillstream loaches in the family Balitoridae.


bakevelliid

(zoology) Any of the extinct bivalves in the family Bakevelliidae.


baltoceratid

(zoology) Any of the extinct cephalopods in the family Baltoceratidae.


aulorhynchid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aulorhynchidae of gasterosteiform fish.


barbourofelid

(zoology) Any of the large catlike extinct carnivores in the family Barbourofelidae.


baphetid

(zoology) Any of the extinct early tetrapods in the family Baphetidae.


baptornithid

(zoology) Any member of the Baptornithidae.


banjosid

(zoology) Any member of the family Banjosidae, which contains only one known species: Banjos banjos (banjofish).


bathyclupeid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathyclupeidae.


barleeid

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


balistid

(zoology) Any triggerfish in the family Balistidae.


ancyloceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Ancyloceratidae.


basilosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct cetacean of the family Basilosauridae.


atelid

(zoology) Any monkey in the family Atelidae.


barychelid

(zoology) Any spiders in the family Barychelidae.


bathycheilid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Bathycheilidae.


baryonychid

(zoology) Any of the dinosaurs in the family Baryonychidae, a synonym for the Spinosauridae.


bateid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Bateidae.


asopid

(zoology) Any moth in the former family Asopidae, now considered to be a synonym of the family Pyralidae.


bathylagid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathylagidae.


anniellid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anniellidae.


bathyergid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Bathyergidae.


bathymasterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathymasteridae.


bathydraconid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathydraconidae.


bathynomid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Bathynomidae, now considered a synonym for the Cirolanidae.


bathysciadiid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Bathysciadiidae.


bedotiid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Bedotiidae.


bauriid

(zoology) Any of the extinct therapsids in the family Bauriidae.


bedelliid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Bedelliidae.


baurusuchid

(zoology) Any extinct crocodile-like reptile in the family Baurusuchidae.


bellerophontid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Bellerophontidae of extinct gastropods or monoplacophorans.


bathycrinid

(zoology) Any crinoid in the family Bathycrinidae.


belliid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Belliidae.


batillariid

(zoology) Any gastropod of the family Batillariidae.


belontiid

(zoology) Any gourami in the family Belontiidae, now considered to be the osphronemid subfamily Belontiinae.


bathyteuthid

(zoology) Any of the deep ocean squids in the family Bathyteuthidae.


bathysaurid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Bathysauridae, the deepwater lizardfishes.


bethylid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Bethylidae.


belonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Belonidae of needlefishes.


benthosuchid

(zoology) Any of the amphibian-like tetrapods in the family Benthosuchidae.


bembrid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bembridae.


bibionid

(zoology) Any of the family Bibionidae of March flies.


berycid

(zoology) Any member of the family Berycidae, the squirrelfish.


berytid

(zoology) Any of the family Berytidae of stilt bugs or thread bugs.


biphyllid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Biphyllidae.


bipedid

(zoology) Any member of the family Bipedidae.


blasticotomid

(zoology) Any sawfly of the family Blasticotomidae.


bolosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct parareptile of the family Bolosauridae.


blikanasaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur of the sauropodomorph family Blikanasauridae.


bolitaenid

(zoology) Any octopus of the family Bolitaenidae.


blaberid

(zoology) Any cockroach in the family Blaberidae.


bithyniid

(zoology) Any gastropod of the family Bithyniidae.


blastobasid

(zoology) Any moth of the family Blastobasidae.


bodotriid

(zoology) Any crustacean of the family Bodotriidae.


batagurid

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

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

(zoology) Any member of the Bataguridae (now Geoemydidae).


bombinatorid

(zoology) Any toad of the family Bombinatoridae.


bombycillid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Bombycillidae.


bittacid

(zoology) Any insect in the mecopteran family Bittacidae; a hangingfly.


bopyrid

(zoology) Any isopod of the family Bopyridae.


bomolochid

(zoology) Any copepod of the family Bomolochidae.


bolyeriid

(zoology) Any snake of the family Bolyeriidae.


boganiid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Boganiidae.


berriasellid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Berriasellidae, now considered to be the subfamily Berriasellinae of the Neocomitidae (as the Neocomitinae, the Neocomitidae was formerly considered to be a subfamily of the Berriasellidae).


bostrichid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Bostrichidae.


bornellid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Bornellidae.


bothriurid

(zoology) Any scorpion in the family Bothriuridae.


archaeid

(zoology) Any member of the family Archaeidae of spiders, of southern Africa, Madagascar, and Australia.


borborid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Borboridae (now Sphaeroceridae).


belosaepiid

(zoology) Any member of the Belosaepiidae.


bougainvilliid

(zoology) Any hydroid of the family Bougainvilliidae.


batrachoidid

From translingual Batrachoididae, from Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”).

(zoology) Any fish in the family Batrachoididae, the toadfishes.


bombyliid

(zoology) Any member of the family Bombyliidae, the bee flies.


brachionichthyid

(zoology) Any anglerfish of the family Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes.


brevicipitid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Brevicipitidae.


brachystelechid

(zoology) Any extinct microsaur of the family Brachystelechidae.


brachyopid

(zoology) Any extinct primitive amphibian of the family Brachyopidae.


bothriderid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Bothrideridae.


boreid

(zoology) Any scorpionfly in the Boreidae.


brahmaeid

(zoology) Any moth of the family Brahmaeidae.


botiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Botiidae.


bradypodid

(zoology) Any sloth in the Bradypodidae.


branchiostomid

(zoology) Any lancelet of the family Branchiostomidae.


branchipodid

(zoology) Any fairy shrimp of the family Branchipodidae


brasilodontid

(zoology) Any cynodont of the family Brasilodontidae, relatives of the early mammals.


brachaelurid

(zoology) Any shark of the family Brachaeluridae.


bradybaenid

(zoology) Any snail of the family Bradybaenidae.


brancoceratid

(zoology) Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Brancoceratidae.


branchinectid

(zoology) Any fairy shrimp of the family Branchinectidae.


arthroleptid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Arthroleptidae.


archinacellid

(zoology) Any extinct of the mollusks in the family Archinacellidae.


brassolid

(zoology) Any butterfly of the family Brassolidae, now considered to be the tribe Brassolini of the nymphalid subfamily Morphinae.


braulid

(zoology) Any of the wingless parasitic flies in the family Braulidae, the bee lice.


aradid

(entomology) Any member of the family Aradidae, the flat bugs.


bregmacerotid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bregmacerotidae, the codlets.


bramid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bramidae, the pomfrets.


bovichtid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Bovichtidae.


brachycephalid

(zoology) Any of the toads or frogs in the family Brachycephalidae.


branchiostegid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Branchiostegidae, now considered the subfamily Latilinae of the family Malacanthidae of tilefishes.


briareid

(zoology) Any soft corals of the family Briareidae.


brontornithid

(zoology) Any of the giant extinct carnivorous birds in the phorusrhacid subfamily Brontornithinae (formerly the family Brontornithidae).


bucculatricid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Bucculatricidae.


bothriembryontid

(zoology) Any snail of the family Bothriembryontidae.


brontotheriid

(zoology) Any of the extinct rhinoceros-like mammals in the family Brontotheriidae.


bucerotid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Bucerotidae, the hornbills.


brithopodid

(zoology) Any of the extinct carnivorous therapsids in the family Brithopodidae.


bucaniid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Bucaniidae.


bucephalid

(zoology) Any of the parasitic flatworms in the family Bucephalidae.


bucconid

(zoology) Any member of the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds.


bruchid

(zoology) Any of the bean weevils in the family Bruchidae, now considered to be the chrysomelid subfamily Bruchinae.


branchiosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct amphibian of the family Branchiosauridae.


borhyaenid

They eat the low vegetation cautiously and with eyes alert, constantly on the lookout for borhyaenids: pouched predators and relatives of marsupials with hyena-like crushing jaws and grooved, ever-growing canines.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 63:

(zoology) Any of the extinct marsupial-like mammals of the family Borhyaenidae.


bryid

(zoology) Any moss in the family Bryidae.


belostomatid

(zoology) Any insect of the family Belostomatidae, such as a toe biter.


bufonid

(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.


berothid

In about one to three minutes, the termite collapses, paralyzed. After waiting another minute or so, the berothid moves in to feed at its leisure, which it can afford to do, since the termite remains motionless and paralyzed for up to three hours, whereupon it expires whether it's eaten or not.

1993, May Berenbaum, Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers, page 124:

Berothids, beaded lacewings, are fairly common in the warmer parts of North America where termites are abundant.

2002, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, page 186:

Information on larval morphology, especially of African berothids, remains almost unknown (New 1986; Minter 1990).

2006, Entomological Society of Southern Africa, African Entomology: Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, volume 14, page 1:

(zoology) Any insect of the beaded lacewing family, Berothidae.


bulimulid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Bulimulidae.


buphagid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Buphagidae, the oxpeckers.


bullinid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Bullinidae, now considered a synonym for the Aplustridae.


bythitid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bythitidae, the brotulas.


burramyid

(zoology) Any of the pygmy possums in the family Burramyidae.


bythograeid

(zoology) Any member of the family Bythograeidae.


caeciliusid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Caeciliusidae.


cacatuid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cacatuidae, the cockatoos.


burnetiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Burnetiidae.


byturid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Byturidae.


achirid

(ichthyology) Any member of the Achiridae.


byrrhid

(zoology) Any member of the family Byrrhidae.


caddid

(zoology) Any arachnid in the family Caddidae.


burhinid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Burhinidae, the stone curlews and thick-knees.


bursid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Bursidae.


caenagnathid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Caenagnathidae.


caenid

(entomology) Any mayfly in the family Caenidae.


caecid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Caecidae.


calanid

(zoology) Any member of the Calanidae, a family of copepods.


calappid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Calappidae.


caenolestid

(zoology) Any member of the family Caenolestidae of shrew opossums.


callianassid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Callianassidae.


calanticid

(zoology) Any member of the family Calanticidae, gooseneck barnacles in the order Pedunculata.


callaeid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Callaeidae.


callanthiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Callanthiidae.


caeciliid

(zoology) Any of the wormlike amphibians in the family Caeciliidae.


callimiconid

(zoology) A monkey in the family Callimiconidae, now considered to be part of the family Callitrichidae; a Goeldi's marmoset.


caliphyllid

(zoology) Any member of the Caliphyllidae.


buthid

(zoology) Any scorpion in the family Buthidae.


caesionid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Caesionidae.


callidulid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Callidulidae.


calliopiid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Calliopiidae.


calliostomatid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Calliostomatidae.


callichthyid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Callichthyidae.


bdellourid

(zoology) Any of the tricladid flatworms in the family Bdellouridae.


callorhinchid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Callorhinchidae.


calopterygid

(zoology) Any damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.


balbarid

His research, which has focused on the few partial kangaroo skeletons found, has provided insights into why the bulungamayine kangaroos were so successful while the balbarids vanished.

2004, Tim Flannery, Country: A Continent, a Scientist & Kangaroo, Text Publishing, page 118:

The other interesting feature of the balbarids is that they may not have hopped because the forelimbs and hindlimbs were of similar length and they had the first digit on each hind foot, similar to the Musky Rat-kangaroo.

2010, Stephen Jackson, Karl Vernes, Kangaroo: A portrait of an extraordinary marsupial, Allen & Unwin, page 15:

As in the late Oligocene, the most diverse macropodoids of the early Miocene are balbarids.

2012, Karen H. Black et al., “The Rise of Australian Marsupials”, in John A. Talent, editor, Earth and Life: Global Biodiversity, Extinction Intervals and Biogeographic Perturbations Through Time, Springer, page 1026:

(zoology) Any member of the family †Balbaridae of extinct kangaroos.


calmoniid

(zoology) Any member of family †Calmoniidae of trilobites.


calymenid

(zoology) Any trilobite of the family Calymenidae.


camaenid

(zoology) Any land snail of the family Camaenidae.


calyptraeid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Calyptraeidae.


campanilid

(zoology) Any member of the family Campanilidae.


camillid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Camillidae.


caluromyid

(zoology) Any opossum of the family Caluromyidae, now considered to be the didelphid subfamily Caluromyinae.


capitonid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Capitonidae, New World barbets.


campephagid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Campephagidae; a cuckooshrike.


camuropiscid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Camuropiscidae.


cantharid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Cantharidae.


camptosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur of the family Camptosauridae.


canaceid

(zoology) Alternative spelling of canacid.


candonid

(zoology) Any ostracod of the family Candonidae.


capitosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl amphibian of the family Capitosauridae.


canthocamptid

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


carapid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Carapidae; a pearlfish.


campanulariid

(zoology) Any of the hydroid family Campanulariidae.


canowindrid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Canowindridae.


capniid

(zoology) Any stonefly in the family Capniidae.


caponiid

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


caprellid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Caprellidae.


brachioteuthid

(zoology) Any squid of the family Brachioteuthidae.


campodeid

(zoology) Any dipluran arthropod of the family Campodeidae.


calliphorid

(entomology) Any fly in the family Calliphoridae.


canacid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Canacidae.


capulid

(zoology) Any gastropod the family Capulidae.


captorhinid

(zoology) Any primitive extinct reptile of the family Captorhinidae.


camarasaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Camarasauridae of dinosaurs of the late Jurassic.


capromyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Capromyidae, the hutias.


caracanthid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Caracanthidae.


carcinosomatid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Carcinosomatidae of extinct arthropods.


carcinid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Carcinidae.


bothid

1978, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services, Development of Fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, [page 125],
Accepting this classification, the bothids can be distinguished from the pleuronectids and the soles by usually having both eyes on the left side of the head.

Bothids are left-eyed flounders, that is, both eyes are found on the left side of the adults after metamorphosing from the more traditional one-eye-per-side mode as post-larvae.

1994, G. H. Burgess, S. H. Smith, E. D. Lane, “11: Fishes of the Cayman Islands”, in M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies, editors, The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography, volume 71, page 222:

Among the flatfish, bothids are mainly found in deeper, less muddy situations while cynoglossids occur in shallower muddy areas.

1997, S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries, page 106:

(zoology) Any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.


carditid

(zoology) Any member of the family Carditidae.


caproid

(zoology) Any member of family Caproidae of boarfishes.


cardinalid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cardinalidae.


carcharodontosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Carcharodontosauridae of dinosaurs.


carcinophorid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Carcinophoridae.


carcineretid

(zoology) Any of the extinct crabs in the family Carcineretidae.


cardiid

(zoology) Any cockle of the family Cardiidae.


bradynobaenid

(zoology) Any wasp of the family Bradynobaenidae.


cancrid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Cancridae.


carduelid

(zoology) Any finch in the family Carduelidae, now considered to be the fringillid subfamily Carduelinae.


carnid

(zoology) Any member of the family Carnidae of flies.


carpiliid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Carpiliidae.


caryodid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Caryodidae.


carychiid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Carychiidae, often considered to be the ellobiid subfamily Carychiinae.


cassiopeid

(zoology) Any jellyfish in the family Cassiopeidae.


catenicellid

(zoology) Any member of the Catenicellidae.


carposinid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Carposinidae.


carinariid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Carinariidae.


catoptrid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Catoptridae.


carid

(zoology) Any member of the family Caridae of weevils.


caristiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Caristiidae.


cathartid

(zoology) Any member of the Cathartidae, the New World vultures.


caudinid

(zoology) Any sea cucumber in the family Caudinidae.


cecidomyiid

(zoology) Any gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae.


caviid

(zoology) Any member of the family Caviidae of guinea pigs and similar rodents.


carpolestid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Carpolestidae.


cavoliniid

(zoology) Any sea butterfly in the family Cavoliniidae.


castniid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Castniidae.


ceinid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Ceinidae.


centriscid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Centriscidae.


celyphid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Celyphidae.


centrarchid

(zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae, the freshwater sunfishes.


centropagid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Centropagidae.


castorid

(zoology) Any member of the Castoridae; a beaver.


centracanthid

(zoology) Any member of the family Centracanthidae of picarel fishes.


cephid

(zoology) Any in the family Cephidae of sawflies.


centrolenid

(zoology) Any glass frog in the family Centrolenidae.


celleporid

(zoology) Any bryozoan in the family Celleporidae.


cariamid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cariamidae; a seriema.


catostomid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Catostomidae


centrolophid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Centrolophidae, the medusafishes.


cephalomyid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Cephalomyidae.


centrophorid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Centrophoridae.


cepolid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cepolidae of bandfish.


ceratophyllid

(zoology) Any flea in the family Ceratophyllidae.


ceratobatrachid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.


centroceratid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Centroceratidae.


ceratiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Ceratiidae.


ceraphronid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Ceraphronidae.


callionymid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets.


cerionid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Cerionidae.


ceratosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Ceratosauridae.


cancellariid

More recently, Beu & Maxwell (1987) erected the subfamily Plesiotritoninae to include very high-spired varicate cancellariids with non-collabral axial sculpture that were previously placed in the families Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae and Ranellidae.

1987, Fauna of Australia, volume 5, page 846:

The present paper is a continuation of our study of the deep-water cancellariid fauna of the Southwest Pacific, based on the material originating from recent expeditions in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Wallis & Futuna, […]

Closely related cancellariid species from California have been observed to feed in this manner, and the deep-water southwestern Florida species may also be a similar suctorial feeder.

2014, Edward J. Petuch, Molluscan Communities of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Areas:

(zoology) Any member of the Cancellariidae, or nutmeg snails.


cerophytid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Cerophytidae.


cercomonadid

(zoology) Any single-celled organism in the family Cercomonadidae.


cercomegistid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Cercomegistidae.


ceratopid

(zoology) Alternative form of ceratopsid.


cerococcid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Cerococcidae.


cerithiid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Cerithiidae.


cerithiopsid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Cerithiopsidae.


cercopid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Cercopidae, the froghoppers.


centropomid

Late larvae that will become herbivores, omnivores, or bottom fish, such as sparids, mugilids, pleuronectids, and soleids seem to be less particular about food and could be slightly easier to wean than more raptorial fish, such as centropomids, percithyids, and serranids (Kertouri, 1981; pers. obs.).

1998, John W. Tucker, Marine Fish Culture, page 336:

2009, David A. Milton, Chapter 9: Living in Two Worlds: Diadromous Fishes, and Factors Affecting Population Connectivity Between Tropical Rivers and Coasts, Ivan Nagelkerken (editor), Ecological Connectivity among Tropical Coastal Ecosystems, page 346,
Catadromous fish species such as centropomids can have enhanced survival and growth in years when larvae and juveniles from coastal spawning grounds access more productive freshwater habitats (Staunton-Smith et al. 2004).

2009, K. G. Smith, M. D. Diop, M. Niane, W. R. T. Darwall, The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa, IUCN Red List, page 30,
This 'fishing down food webs' has been seen in the Ouèmè river in Benin, where large predatory centropomids and catfishes have been replaced by small catfish, cichlids and cyprinids (Helfman 2007).

(zoology) Any fish of the family Centropomidae.


ceratophryid

(zoology) Any horned frog in the family Ceratophryidae.


cerylid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cerylidae.


carettochelyid

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

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

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Carettochelyidae.


cestid

(zoology) Any comb jelly in the family Cestidae.


cetiosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Cetiosauridae.


carybdeid

(zoology) Any box jellyfish of the family Carybdeidae.


caseid

(zoology) Any extinct synapsid in the family †Caseidae.


cetotheriid

(zoology) Any whale in the family Cetotheriidae.


cetopsid

(ichthyology) Any catfish in the family Cetopsidae.


chacid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Chacidae.


ceratodontid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Neoceratodontidae (until recently known as family Ceratodontidae) (Australian lungfish or barramunda).


cerylonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cerylonidae of beetles.


ceratopogonid

Clipping of translingual Ceratopogonidae

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

(zoology) Any biting midge in the family Ceratopogonidae.


cetorhinid

(zoology) Any basking shark in the family Cetorhinidae.


borid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Boridae.


andrenid

(zoology) Any member of the family Andrenidae of bees.


chaenopsid

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

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chaenopsidae.


chaetiliid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Chaetiliidae.


chaetonotid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Chaetonotidae.


chaetopterid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm in the family Chaetopteridae.


chaetosomatid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Chaetosomatidae.


chalinid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Chalinidae.


chamid

(zoology) Any bivalve mollusk in the family Chamidae.


chaetodontid

(zoology)Any fish in the family Chaetodontidae.


champsodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Champsodontidae.


champsosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Champsosauridae.


characid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Characidae.


chanid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chanidae, which has only one living species, the milkfish.


chamaemyiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Chamaemyiidae.


charinid

(zoology) Any arachnid in the family Charinidae.


channid

(zoology) Any member of the family Channidae of snakeheads.


chancelloriid

(zoology) Any extinct animal in the family Chancelloriidae.


chaoborid

(zoology) Any of phantom midges in the family Chaoboridae.


chaudhuriid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chaudhuriidae.


chandid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chandidae, a synonym for the Ambassidae.


channichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Channichthyidae.


chaunacid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chaunacidae.


charitometrid

(zoology) Any crinoid in the family Charitometridae.


chelonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cheloniidae of sea turtles.


cheiloceratid

(zoology) Any Ammonite in the family Cheiloceratidae.


cheilodactylid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Cheilodactylidae, the morwongs.


cheirurid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Cheiruridae.


cheloniid

(zoology) Any sea turtle in the family Cheloniidae.


chelurid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Cheluridae.


chalcidid

(zoology) Any member of the family Chalcididae, certain wasps.


cassiopid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Cassiopidae.


cheirogaleid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Cheirogaleidae.


charopid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Charopidae.


chelodid

(zoology) Any of the family Chelodidae of extinct molluscs.


chernetid

(zoology) Any pseudoscorpion in the family Chernetidae.


chimaerid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chimaeridae of cartilaginous fish.


chiasmodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chiasmodontidae.


cheyletid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Cheyletidae.


chilinid

(zoology) Any water snail in the family Chilinidae.


chermesid

(zoology) Any hemipteran insect in the former family Chermesidae. Like the equivalent name chermid, it has historically referred to the equivalent of more than one modern family.


chigutisaurid

(zoology) Any extinct amphibian in the family Chigutisauridae.


chiniquodontid

(zoology) Any extinct cynodont therapsid in the family Chiniquodontidae.


chilodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chilodontidae, one of several related families of fish known as headstanders.


chiroteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Chiroteuthidae.


chirodipterid

(zoology) Any extinct lungfish in the family Chirodipteridae.


chermid

(zoology) Any hemipteran insect in the former family Chermidae, which has historically referred to equivalents of more than one modern family.


chirodropid

(zoology) Any box jelly in the family Chirodropidae


chionid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Chionidae; a sheathbill.


chirostylid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Chirostylidae.


chlorocyphid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae.


choreutid

(zoology) Any member of the family Choreutidae of moths.


caulophrynid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Caulophrynidae of fanfins or hairy anglerfish.


chrysochlorid

(zoology) Any member of the family Chrysochloridae, the golden moles.


chlopsid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Chlopsidae.


chondrosteid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Chondrosteidae, which is related to the sturgeons and paddlefish.


chronid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Chronidae.


choristid

(zoology) Any scorpionfly in the mecopteran family Choristidae.


chlorophthalmid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Chlorophthalmidae, the greeneyes.


chroniosuchid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile-like tetrapod in the family Chroniosuchidae.


chyromyid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Chyromyidae.


cicadid

(zoology) Any cicada in the family Cicadidae.


chromodoridid

(zoology) Any sea slug of the family Chromodorididae


chthoniid

(zoology) Any pseudoscorpion in the family Chthoniidae.


chondracanthid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Chondracanthidae.


chelid

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Chelidae.


chloroperlid

(zoology) Any stonefly in the family Chloroperlidae.


chthamalid

(zoology) Any member of the family Chthamalidae, stalkless acorn barnacles in the order Sessilia.


chloropid

/klɔːˈɹɒpɪd/

(zoology) Any member of the family Chloropidae (frit flies).


casuariid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Casuariidae, the cassowaries and emus.


chondrinid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Chondrinidae.


chironemid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Chironemidae; a kelpfish.


chionidid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Chionididae, the sheathbills.


chelisochid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Chelisochidae.


certhiid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Certhiidae, the creepers.


aulopid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Aulopidae, the flagfins.


ciconiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ciconiidae the storks.


cicindelid

(zoology) Any beetle in the former family Cicindelidae, now considered to be the carabid subfamily Cicindelinae; a tiger beetle.


cimolomyid

(zoology) Any extinct primitive mammal in the family Cimolomyidae.


cimicid

(entomology) Any member of the family Cimicidae, such as bedbugs.


cidarid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cidaridae of sea urchins.


cimid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Cimidae.


cimolodontid

(zoology) Any extinct primitive mammal in the family Cimolodontidae.


cionid

(zoology) Any sea squirt in the family Cionidae.


cingulopsid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Cingulopsidae.


cimbicid

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Cimbicidae.


cirroteuthid

(zoology) Any octopus in the family Cirroteuthidae.


cioid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ciidae (syn. Cioidae) of minute tree-fungus beetles.


cirrid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Cirridae.


cirolanid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cirolanidae of isopod crustaceans.


cirratulid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Cirratulidae.


cinclid

(zoology) Any bird of the family Cinclidae; a dipper or water ouzel.


cirrhitid

(zoology) Any hawkfish in the family Cirrhitidae.


cinosternoid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cinosternoidae, syn. Kinosternidae, of mud turtles.


cissid

(zoology) Any beetle in the former family Cissidae, a synonym for the Ciidae.


cladoselachid

(zoology) Any cartilaginous fish in the family Cladoselachidae.


citharinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Citharinidae, the lutefish.


citharid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Citharidae.


cixiid

(zoology) Any planthopper in the family Cixiidae.


clausiliid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Clausiliidae.


chrysopid

The method encouraged the chrysopids and coccinellids to lay eggs before or at the very beginning of the aphid build-up and thus prevented aphid populations from attaining damaging levels.

1976, M. Mackauer, M. J. Way, “4: Myzus persicae Sulz., an aphid of world importance”, in V. L. Delucchi, editor, Studies in Biological Control, page 103:

2007, M. Campos, Chapter 28: Lacewings in Andalusian olive orchards, P. K. McEwen, T. R. New, A. E. Whittington (editors), Lacewings in the Crop Environment, page 492,
However, numerous studies have been conducted on chrysopids, given that lacewing larvae are major oophagous predators of the olive moth (Montiel Bueno, 1981; Ramos et al., 1983a, b).

Still, the most studied taxa within this order are the chrysopids, and most adult green lacewings are glucophagous to some degree.

2009, Jonathan G. Lundgren, Relationships of Natural Enemies and Non-prey Foods, page 30:

(zoology) Any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.


clavatulid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Clavatulidae.


claroteid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Claroteidae.


clausidiid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Clausidiidae.


chrysidid

Females of Delta campaniforme esuriens do not attack chrysidids that are breaking into their nests, but parasitism will cause them to abandon the nest (Jayakar and Spurway 1968).

1991, David P. Cowan, “2: The Solitary and Presocial Vespidae”, in Kenneth G. Ross, Robert W. Matthews, editors, The Social Biology of Wasps, page 56:

Chrysidids (3000 species) are especially diverse in temperate deserts of both hemispheres.

2005, Cedric Gillott, Entomology, page 342:

2006, Lynn Siri Kimsey, California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera), Entomology: Volume 125, University of California Press, page 4,
Species of Argochrysis exhibit an unusual behavior not seen in other chrysidids or parasitoids.

(zoology) Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.


clavagellid

(zoology) Any bivalve in the family Clavagellidae.


clinid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Clinidae.


clavelinid

(zoology) Any tunicate in the family Clavelinidae.


cleidothaerid

(zoology) Any bivalve in the family Cleidothaeridae.


climacterid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Climacteridae; an Australasian treecreeper.


clionitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Clionitidae.


cliopsid

(zoology) Any sea angel in the family Cliopsidae.


climacoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Climacoceratidae, which were deer-like relatives of the giraffe.


chirocephalid

(zoology) Any fairy shrimp in the family Chirocephalidae.


clathrinid

(zoology)Any sponge in the family Clathrinidae.


cistecephalid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal-like reptile in the family Cistecephalidae.


chalicotheriid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Chalicotheriidae.


clubionid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Clubionidae.


clariid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Clariidae.


cocculinid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Cocculinidae.


clypeosectid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Clypeosectidae, which is now known as the Lepetodrilidae.


clausiid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Clausiidae.


cobitid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Cobitidae.


coelophysid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Coelophysidae.


coenagrionid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.


coelurid

(zoology) Any member of the often revised family Coeluridae of dinosaurs.


coleiid

(zoology) Any extinct crustacean in the family Coleiidae.


collignoniceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Collignoniceratidae.


coleophorid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Coleophoridae.


coilopoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Coilopoceratidae.


columbellid

(zoology) Any snail of the family Columbellidae.


colloniid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Colloniidae.


coenomyiid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Coenomyiidae, now considered to be the xylophagid subfamily Coenomyiinae.


colletid

(zoology) Any member of the family Colletidae of solitary bees.


coelurosauravid

(zoology) Any extinct diapsid reptile in the family Coelurosauravidae, a synonym of the Weigeltisauridae.


colubrariid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Colubrariidae.


colosteid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Colosteidae.


coliid

(zoology) Any mousebird in the family Coliidae.


colombellinid

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


colossendeid

(zoology) Any sea spider in the family Colossendeidae.


chamaeleonid

Chamaeleonids have carried the trend further; nearly all species have lost or greatly reduced vomeronasal and olfactory systems [Parsons, 1970; Gabe and Saint Girons, 1976] and rely, instead, on vision.

1993, S. Karger, Brain, Behavior and Evolution, volume 41, page 133:

Iguanids apparently were isolated in Africa by epicontinental seas and gave rise to chamaeleonids in the west and agamids in the east; the scincomorphs radiated in Laurussia, giving rise to the teiids in North America and lacertids in Europe.

2007, Thomas T. Veblen, Kenneth R. Young, Antony R. Orme, editors, The Physical Geography of South America, page 119:

Chamaeleonids’ ears have simplified over time, and they are not visible externally, being covered with skin and scales. Unlike other lizards, chamaeleonids possess neither an exterior aperture nor a tympanic membrane, but they share some skeletal and fluid structure similarities with snakes.

2009, François Le Berre, Richard D. Bartlett, The Chameleon Handbook, page 31:

(zoology) Any lizard of the family Chamaeleonidae; a chameleon.


coelacanthid

(zoology) Any of the extinct coelacanth fish in the family Coelacanthidae.


comephorid

(zoology) Any member of the family Comephoridae of mail-cheeked fishes.


compsognathid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Compsognathidae of dinosaurs.


columbariid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Columbariidae.


congrid

(zoology) Any eel of the family Congridae.


congiopodid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Congiopodidae.


convolutid

(zoology) Any member of the Convolutidae.


comasterid

(zoology) Any member of the family Comasteridae of feather stars.


conchaspidid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Conchaspididae.


balanid

(zoology) Any member of the family Balanidae, stalkless acorn barnacles in the order Sessilia.


condylocardiid

(zoology) Any bivalve in the family Condylocardiidae.


cochleosaurid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Cochleosauridae.


colydiid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Colydiidae, now considered to be the zopherid subfamily Colydiinae.


coralliid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Coralliidae


coraciid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Coraciidae; a roller or dollarbird.


copromorphid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Copromorphidae.


conopid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Conopidae.


clisospirid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Clisospiridae.


conopophagid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Conopophagidae; a gnateater.


corbulid

(zoology) Any bivalve in the family Corbulidae.


cordylid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cordylidae.


coreid

(zoology) Any bug in the family Coreidae.


coptoclavid

(zoology) Any extinct beetle in the family Coptoclavidae.


corethrellid

(zoology) Any midge in the family Corethrellidae.


corillid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Corillidae.


coriscid

(zoology) Any bug in the family Coriscidae, a synonym for the Alydidae.


cordulegastrid

(zoology) Any dragonfly in the family Cordulegastridae.


coralliophilid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Coralliophilidae, now considered to be the muricid subfamily Coralliophilinae.


corydalid

(entomology) Any member of the Corydalidae, the dobsonflies and fishflies.


corynid

(zoology) Any member of the family Corynidae of hydrozoans.


corixid

(entomology) Any member of the family Corixidae, the water boatmen.