subpedunculate

(botany, zoology) Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle.


paraglossa

en-noun

paraglossa (plural paraglossas or paraglossae)

paraglossas (plural)
paraglossae (plural)

From para- + glossa (“insect's tongue”).

(entomology) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua of certain insects.


actinomere

(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism


hyporhachis

(zoology) The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.


macruroid

en-adj

macruroid (comparative more macruroid, superlative most macruroid)

more macruroid (comparative)
most macruroid (superlative)


ingluvial

ingluvial hypomotility

ingluvial ganglion

ingluvial nerve

The ingluvial content was removed by ingluviotomy and analyzed.

1993, J.T. Lumeij, Ina Westerhof, T. Smit, T. J. Spierenburg, “Diagnosis and treatment of Poisoning in Raptors from the Netherlands”, in Patrick Thomas Redig, John E. Cooper, J. David Remple, D. Bruce Hunter, editors, Raptor Biomedicine, page 234:

The occipital gan glion connects the endocrine glands the recurrent nerve runs upto the ingluvial ganglion above the crop.

2007, Prakash Puranik, Asha Bhate, Animal Forms And Functions: Invertebrata, page 321:

In the praying mantis, Mantis religiosa (Mantodea) and the embians, Adelembia sp. and Heoembia sp. (Embioptera), a single dorsal oesophageal nerve, which sends numerous side branches along its entire course, terminates in the ingluvial ganglion.

2012, M. Lehane, P. Billingsley, Biology of the Insect Midgut, page 63:

Ingluvial hypomotility is a relatively common clinical concern observed in a large number of avian species.

2016, Jennifer E. Graham, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Avian, page 153:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the ingluvies or crop of birds or other animals.


podophthalmite

From podo- + Ancient Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”) + -ite.

affix

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ὀφθαλμός</i> (ophthalmós, “eye”)


actinostome

(zoology) The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.


suprapedal

the suprapedal gland

(zoology) Situated above the foot of a mollusk.


opisthobranchiate

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchia.


opisthobranchiate

(zoology, obsolete) One of the Opisthobranchia.


ancestor worship

The ancient quarians practiced ancestor worship. Even after abandoning faith for secularism, quarians continued to revere the wisdom of elders.

2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Quarians: Religion Codex entry:

(anthropology, religion) Veneration of the spirits of one’s ancestors.

vooroueraanbidding

veneration of the spirits of one’s ancestors


polythalamous

en-adj

polythalamous (comparative more polythalamous, superlative most polythalamous)

more polythalamous (comparative)
most polythalamous (superlative)

The shells of Foraminifera are polythalamous.


lutrine

From lutra + -ine; from Latin lūtra (“otter”), from luō (“wash”).

(zoology) Any of the otter subfamily of animals.


semiplume

(zoology) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather.


catanadromous

(zoology) Ascending and descending freshwater streams from and to the sea, as the salmon does; anadromous.


puff-legged

(zoology) Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.


macrural

macrural (comparative more macrural, superlative most macrural)

more macrural (comparative)
most macrural (superlative)


entogastric

(zoology) Relating to the interior of the stomach; applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.


protoconch

en-noun

protoconch (plural protoconches or protoconchs)

protoconches (plural)
protoconchs (plural)

(zoology) The embryonic shell, or initial chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods


compsognathoid

en-adj

compsognathoid (comparative more compsognathoid, superlative most compsognathoid)

more compsognathoid (comparative)
most compsognathoid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling the dinosaur genus Compsognathus.


placentiferous

(botany, zoology, archaic) Having or producing a placenta.


aplacental

(zoology) Lacking a placenta; belonging to the Aplacentata.


aphidivorous

From aphis + Latin vorare (“to devour”).


endopleurite

(zoology) The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.


synapticula

en-noun

synapticula (plural synapticulae or synapticulas)

synapticulae (plural)
synapticulas (plural)

Diminutive from Ancient Greek fastened together.

(zoology) One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals.


osculant

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From Latin osculans, osculantis, present participle of osculari (“to kiss”). See osculate.

(zoology) Adhering closely; applied to certain creeping animals, such as caterpillars.


heteracanth

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

(zoology) Having the spines of the dorsal fin asymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.


procerebrum

In several respects, the procerebrum is the most unusual region in the entire CNS. Its embryological origins are associated with those of the tentacle ganglion, and it only joins the rest of the cerebrum at a late stage in development (van Mol, 1974).

2001, G. M. Barker, The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs, page 196:

The terrestrial slug Limax has a highly developed olfactory center, the procerebrum, in which the LFP spontaneously oscillates,” scientists in Shido, Japan report.

2012, Issues in Neuroscience Research and Application:

The procerebrum is the equivalent structure to the lateral lobe in Hygrophila.

2019, Winston Frank Ponder, David R. Lindberg, Juliet Mary Ponder, Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, volume 1:

(zoology) A structure found at the front of the cerebral ganglion (brain) of some mollusks, such as pulmonate gastropods and cephalopods, which is associated with processing sensory information and coordinating motor functions.

The median mass of the procerebrum is formed by the fusion of the procerebral lobes .

(entomology) The forepart of an insect brain that is involved in processing sensory information, particularly related to vision and olfaction.


libelluloid

(entomology) Like or pertaining to the dragonflies.


panoistic

From pan- + Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + -istic.

(entomology) Producing ova only; said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells.


cydippid

(zoology) Any of the Cydippida, an order of comb jellies with spherical or oval bodies.


hydrotheca

hydrotheca (plural hydrothecas or hydrothecae)

hydrothecas (plural)
hydrothecae (plural)

(zoology) One of the calicles that protect the hydranths in certain Hydroidea (Thecaphora).


ctenocyst

(zoology) An organ of the Ctenophora, possibly a sensory organ. It is a black speck in the depression on the aboral side of the body.


gonosome

(zoology) The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively.


pseudohaltere

(zoology) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops), resembling the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera.


sukotyro

After a single traveler's sighting in 1563.

A legendary quadruped mammal, with elephant and oxen features, reported from Java.


scopiferous

scopiferous tarsus

(zoology, archaic) Bearing a tuft of brush-like hairs.


omosternum

(anatomy) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many frogs or toads and is usually tipped with cartilage.

(anatomy) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.


glochidium

From Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb of an arrow”) + -idium.

der

Glochidia were once believed to be parasites on the gills of the parents.

(zoology) The larva or young of the mussel.


pulmograde

From Latin pulmo (“a lung”) + -grade (“means of locomotion”).

The medusae are pulmograde.

(zoology, archaic) Swimming by means of jet propulsion.


opisthotic

From opistho- (“posterior”) + otic (“ear”).

(zoology, anatomy) The inferior and posterior of the three elements forming the periotic bone.


saxicavous

Latin saxum (“rock”) + cavare (“to make hollow”), from cavus (“hollow”): compare French saxicave.

a saxicavous mollusk

(zoology) Boring or hollowing out rocks.


interoperculum

(anatomy, ichthyology, archaic) interopercle


scutellation

(zoology) Collectively, the covering or arrangement of scales or scutella, such as on a reptile, or the legs and feet of a bird


meconidium

From Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”, due to a resemblance to poppy-capsules) + -idium.

(zoology) A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea (Campanulariidae), having tentacles, and otherwise resembling a free medusa, but remaining attached by a pedicel.


taxaspidean

From Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”) + ἀσπίς (aspís, “a shield”) + -ean.

(zoology) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; said of certain birds.


palpebrate

From New Latin palpebratus (“eyebrowed”), from Latin palpebra (“an eyelid”) + -atus.


tongueworm

From tongue + worm, from the resemblance of the genus Linguatula to a vertebrate tongue.

(zoology) Any of the Pentastomida, a group of parasitic invertebrates.


paradisaeid

(zoology) A member of the bird family Paradisaeidae; a bird of paradise


mugiloid

en-adj

mugiloid (comparative more mugiloid, superlative most mugiloid)

more mugiloid (comparative)
most mugiloid (superlative)

(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil or family Mugilidae — the mullets.


endaspidean

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

(zoology) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; said of certain birds.


pinnulated

pinnulated (comparative more pinnulated, superlative most pinnulated)

more pinnulated (comparative)
most pinnulated (superlative)


clamatorial

clamatorial (comparative more clamatorial, superlative most clamatorial)

more clamatorial (comparative)
most clamatorial (superlative)

(zoology) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.


tunicary

The social and compound tunicaries resemble zoophytes, in the power they possess of budding out new individuals, and thus of multiplying their communities indefinitely, as the leaves on a tree.

1851, John Weale, A Manual of the Mollusca: Or, A Rudimentary Treatise of Recent and Fossil Shells:

(obsolete, zoology) tunicate (One of the Urochordata (syn. Tunicata)).


os clitoridis

From Latin os (“bone”) + clitoridis (“of the clitoris”).


os clitoris

From Latin os (“bone”) + clitoris (“of the clitoris”).

(zoology) Alternative form of os clitoridis (based on differences in declension of the New Latin word clitoris)


os penis

Latin os (“bone”) penis (“of the penis”)


baubellum

Medieval Latin baubellum (“jewel, gem”).

“In some species such as the squirrel, the baubellum is almost the same size as the baculum. In others, the baubellum is extremely reduced in size compared to the male structure.”

2018 January 24, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian:

(zoology) A small bone found in the clitoris of some placental mammals.


phryganeid

(zoology) Any caddis fly belonging to the family Phryganeidae.


malurid

Only a few of the 26 malurids have been studied sufficiently closely to reveal their social organization.

1990, I. Rowley, E. Russell, “1: Splendid Fairy-wrens: demonstrating the importance of longevity”, in Peter B. Stacey, Walter D. Koenig, editors, Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long Term Studies of Ecology and Behaviour, page 3:

A number of typical riparian, reed-dwelling, woodland and tall open forest species that forage in the shrub and ground layers were possibly reduced in abundance and absent (e.g. muscicapids, cuculids, malurids, acanthizids, sylviids).

1991, Queensland Naturalists' Club, Queensland Naturalist, volumes 31-35, page 56:

Fairywrens and Grasswrens, an account of the malurids by well-known ornithologists Ian Rowley and Eleanor Russell, is more than a field guide, but illustrated in guide style, three species to a plate, by Marsack.

2001, Penny Olsen, Feather and Brush: Three Centuries of Australian Bird Art, page 98:

(zoology) Any bird of the family Maluridae, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea.


plagiostome

(obsolete, ichthyology) One of the Plagiostomi, a former group of sharks


spoonbilled

(zoology) Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end, as in the spoonbills.


melanocomous

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μελανοκόμης (melanokómēs), alternative form of μελαγκόμης (melankómēs, “black-haired”) + -ous; from μέλας (mélas, “black”) + κόμη (kómē, “hair”).

bor+

The melanocomous races of men are analogous to animals with black hair

1813, James Cowles Prichard, Researches Into the Physical History of Man:

(dated, anthropology) Dark or black-haired


gallinacean

(zoology, archaic) One of the former taxonomic order Gallinae (gallinaceous birds) of birds resembling fowl.


baenopod

From Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō, “to walk”) + -pod.

(zoology, archaic, rare) One of the thoracic legs of arthropods.


dimeran

(zoology, obsolete) One of the two-jointed Dimera, a subdivision of the Coleptera using an obsolete system of classification.


lophiid

(zoology) Any of the family Lophiidae of anglerfishes.


sinistrad

From Latin sinistra (“the left hand”) + -ad.

(anatomy, zoology) Toward the left side; sinistrally.


tritovum

(zoology) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin before hatching from the egg.


ganoidian

en-adj

ganoidian (comparative more ganoidian, superlative most ganoidian)

more ganoidian (comparative)
most ganoidian (superlative)


phaneroglossal

From phanero- + Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”) + -al.

phaneroglossal reptiles.


malaconotid

(zoology) One of the family Malaconotidae of bushshrikes.


paragnathus

en-noun

paragnathus (plural paragnathi or paragnatha)

(zoology) One of the two lobes forming the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea.

(zoology) One of the small, horny, tooth-like jaws of certain annelids.


leptocardian

(zoology, dated) Of or relating to the Leptocardii (formerly Leptocardia).


leptocardian

(zoology, dated) A lancelet (one of the Leptocardii).


phyllocyst

(zoology) The cavity of a hydrophyllium.


multisect

From multi- + Latin sectus, past participle of secare (“to cut”).

w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909

(zoology) Divided into many similar segments; said of an insect or myriapod


pholad

From Ancient Greek φωλάς (phōlás, “lurking in a whole”).

(zoology) Any species of the genus Pholas of marine bivalve mollusks.


suctorial

The hummingbirds are suctorial birds.

(zoology) Adapted for sucking; living by sucking.

the suctorial fishes

(zoology) Capable of adhering by suction.


ephippium

From Latin ephippium (“saddlecloth”), from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion), from ἐπῐ́ (epí) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).

(zoology) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Diplostraca.


elopid

(zoology) A member of the family Elopidae of ray-finned fishes, the ladyfish or tenpounders.


mastax

From Ancient Greek μάσταξ (mástax, “mouth, jaws”).

bor

(zoology) The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food.


sexradiate

Certain sponge spicules are sexradiate.


ramage

Borrowed from French ramage, from Middle French and Old French ramage, from ram (“branch”) + -age. by surface analysis, rame + -age.

Ramages as such do not enter into alliances, either marital or political. They do, however, provide a basis for the allocation of political authority[…]

1993, Geoffroy Benjamin, “Temiar”, in edited by Paul Hockings, Encyclopedia of World Cultures, volumes V: East and Southeast Asia, New York: G.K. Hall & Co., pages 265–273:

(anthropology) A cognatic descent group.


mollipilose

en-adj

mollipilose (comparative more mollipilose, superlative most mollipilose)

more mollipilose (comparative)
most mollipilose (superlative)

From Latin mollis (“soft”) + pilosus (“hairy”).

mollipilose pelage

mollipilose plumage

(zoology, archaic) Having soft hairs; downy.


muricoid

muricoid (comparative more muricoid, superlative most muricoid)

more muricoid (comparative)
most muricoid (superlative)

Classical Latin mūrex (stem: mūric-) + English -oid

(zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.


berycoid

berycoid (comparative more berycoid, superlative most berycoid)

more berycoid (comparative)
most berycoid (superlative)

From Beryx + -oid; Beryx is the typical genus.

(zoology) Resembling or relating to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes.


tentaculum

From New Latin tentāculum. See the doublet tentacle.


argilliturbation

From Latin argilla (“clay”) + turbation.

At SBA-1807 and SBA-2061, these processes include bioturbation, argilliturbation, chemical weathering, downslope movement, natural addition of faunal remains to the midden, wildfires, trampling, grading, plowing, and discing.

1994, Jon Erlandson, Early Hunter-Gatherers of the California Coast, page 165:

In extreme situations, argilliturbation can result in a surface stone pavement (Johnson and Hester 1972, Muhs 1982).

2005, Randall J. Schaetzl, Sharon Anderson, Soils: Genesis and Geomorphology, page 291:

A site′s stratigraphy can become thoroughly churned if this argilliturbation process takes place over and over for hundreds or thousands of years.

2012, Robert L. Kelly, David Hurst Thomas, Archaeology, page 112:

(geology, archaeology) A mixing process in clay rich soils subjected to cycles of wet and dry, whereby the soil expands when wet and contracts as it dries, causing soil, stones and artefacts to move up and down.


filoplume

From Latin filum (“a thread”) + pluma (“a soft feather”).

(zoology, archaic) A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.


tinctumutation

en-noun

tinctumutation (countable and uncountable, plural tinctumutations)

(zoology) The dynamic variation in colour of certain animals such as chameleons and cephalopods.


Neolithic Revolution

The end of the last ice age around 10,000 b.c. was followed by what is called the Neolithic Revolution; that is, the revolution that occurred in the New Stone Age (the word Neolithic is Greek for “New Stone.”)

1997, Jackson J[oseph] Spielvogel, “[The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations] The First Humans”, in Western Civilization, 3rd edition, volume I (To 1715), Saint Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 5, column 1:

The Neolithic Revolution (about 8000-3000 B.C.E.) was characterized by people moving from nomadic lifestyles to agricultural lifestyles.

2004, Monty Armstrong, David Daniel, Abby Kanarek, Cracking the AP World History Exam, 2004-2005, The Princeton Review, page 328:

For most people, the concept of the Neolithic Revolution refers to the actual origin of agriculture with domesticated plants, this occurring in Southwest Asia in the late PPNA or early PPNB at around 9000-8500 BC.

2005, Peter S. Bellwood, The First Farmers: the origins of agricultural societies, Wiley-Blackwell, page 65

The Neolithic Revolution brought about the greatest material transformation in human history.

2010, I. Peter Martini, Landscapes and Societies: Selected Cases, Springer, page 25

(archaeology) the discovery of agriculture


spirulate

en-adj

spirulate (comparative more spirulate, superlative most spirulate)

more spirulate (comparative)
most spirulate (superlative)

(zoology) Having the colour spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally.


homacanth

From homo- + Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).

(zoology) Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line.


coleopter

(zoology) One of the Coleoptera; a beetle.


grallic

The crane and fowls of a like kind, seem to hold a middle place between land and water fowls, as they have separate toes like land fowls, but the bills and legs of the aquatic orders. [...] From the length of their legs they are called grallic, or stilted.

1812, Noah Webster, Jun., “The Grallic or Stilted Kind, with Cloven Feet”, in History of Animals; Designed for the Instruction and Amusement of Persons of both Sexes, New Haven, Conn.: Published and sold by Howe & Deforest, and Walter & Steele; Walter & Steele, printers, →OCLC, paragraph 315, page 169:

(zoology, archaic) Of or relating to the Grallae, a former taxonomic classification of wading birds.


elaphine

elaphine (comparative more elaphine, superlative most elaphine)

more elaphine (comparative)
most elaphine (superlative)

Cervus elaphus
Cervus elaphus#Translingual

(zoology) Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of the red deer, Cervus elaphus.


trichite

(zoology) A delicate, hair-like siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.


cetoniid

(zoology) Any of the beetle subfamily Cetoniinae (family Scarabaeidae).


pressirostral

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the order Pressirostres, a group of wading birds with flattened beaks, including bustards, plovers, and cariamas.


timaline

(zoology) Of or relating to the genus Timalia or family Timaliidae, which formerly included some thrushes and bulbuls, but now only the babblers.


plagiostomous

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to fish of the former order Plagiostomi, generally corresponding to the sharks, rays, and skates.


corneule

From French cornéule, from New Latin corneola, diminutive of cornea. By surface analysis, cornea + ule.

Behind each “corneule" is a layer of dark pigment, which takes the place, and serves the purpose, of the “iris” in the eyes of Vertebrate animals.

1856, William Benjamin Carpenter, The Microscope: and its revelations:

(zoology) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates.


balistoid

(zoology) Any fish of the genus Balistes


isis

[…] the numerous families of coral, which, under the form of tubular, starry, or stony stems, are denominated tubipores, madrepores, and isises.

1834, John Mason Good, The Book of Nature:

(zoology) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isididae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints.


entomostracous

(zoology, archaic) Belonging to the Entomostraca, a former subclass of crustaceans.


pseudovum

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(zoology) An egg-like germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization.


anadrom

(zoology) Any anadromous fish, a fish that lives in the sea and goes up rivers to breed in fresh water.

anádromo

fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers


toxodont

(zoology) Any of the †Toxodontia, an extinct notoungulate suborder of Mammalia with long curved incisors, found in the South American Tertiary formation.


balanoid

balanoid (comparative more balanoid, superlative most balanoid)

more balanoid (comparative)
most balanoid (superlative)

From Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”) + -oid.

uder

(zoology) Resembling an acorn; applied to the acorn barnacles


rhombogene

(zoology) A dicyemid that produces infusoria-like embryos.


lucernarian

en-adj

lucernarian (comparative more lucernarian, superlative most lucernarian)

more lucernarian (comparative)
most lucernarian (superlative)

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the former subclass Lucernarida, roughly equivalent to order Stauromedusae.


lucernarian

(zoology, obsolete) Any member of the former subclass Lucernarida of cnidarians.


scrobicula

(zoology) One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin.


cottoid

cottoid (comparative more cottoid, superlative most cottoid)

more cottoid (comparative)
most cottoid (superlative)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to fish of the genus Cottus.


cottoid

(zoology) A fish belonging to the genus Cottus.


amphisbaenoid

amphisbaenoid (comparative more amphisbaenoid, superlative most amphisbaenoid)

more amphisbaenoid (comparative)
most amphisbaenoid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling or relating to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.


Aristotle's lantern

en-noun

Aristotle's lantern (plural Aristotle's lanterns)

(zoology) The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.


arrowworm

(zoology) A transparent predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha, found in plankton.


cephalosome

we would suggest that the head of Arthropoda be termed the Cephalosome

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

(zoology) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.


concameration

impossible concamerations

1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:

(zoology) A chamber of a multilocular shell.


discal

(entomology) Relating to the central area of an insect's elytron or wing.


discal

(zoology) The central area of an insect's elytron or wing.


cystid

(zoology) Any parasitic flatworm in the trypanorhynch suborder Cystidea.


proclivous

en-adj

proclivous (comparative more proclivous, superlative most proclivous)

more proclivous (comparative)
most proclivous (superlative)

(zoology) Having the incisor teeth directed forward.


monomerous

From mono- + -merous, ultimately from Ancient Greek roots meaning "a single part".

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


orthid

(zoology) A brachiopod shell of the genus †Orthis (or allied genera) in the family †Orthidae.


cheiropterous

(zoology) Belonging to the Cheiroptera, or bat family.


myxa

Learned borrowing from Latin myxa (“lamp nozzle”), from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa).

lbor

The bill of the Prinia familiaris agrees with the head in length. It is nearly straight at the base; from the middle of its length the upper mandible is very slightly arched; the lower mandible is comparatively robust; it is greatly depressed at the base, increases in dimensions to the middle, where the myxa (in Illiger's language) begins, and thence rises very gradually to the point.

1824, Thomas Horsfield, Zoological Researches in Java, and the Neighbouring Islands, Volume 2, unnumbered page:

The myxa is unusually small and narrow, with a very acute tip, and extremely concave gonys. The sulci separating the myxotheca from the rest of the mandible, and the lateral one on the gnathidia are strongly marked.

1866 May, Elliott Coues, “Critical Review of the Family embracing the DIOMEDEINÆ and the HALODROMINÆ”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, volume 18, page 189:

The angle at which the rami leave the myxa or gonys should be a good guide, as presumably that is constant.

1937, Gregory M. Mathews, “Remarks on Prions”, in The Emu, volume 37, number 2, page 121:

Instead of mentum, Coues (1903:109) applied the term "myxa " which he defined as "...that portion of the rami which correspond to the length of the gonys." The word "myxa " has not been extensively used in the literature..."

[1972, Alfred M. Lucas, Peter R. Stettenheim, “Avian Anatomy Integument”, in Agriculture Handbook, number 362, Part I, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 17:

(ornithology, rare) The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.


hydrophid

From hydro- + Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “a small serpent”).

der

(zoology) Any sea snake of the subfamily Hydrophiinae, venomous, preying on fishes, with a flattened tail for swimming.


procellarian

(zoology) Any of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridae) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters.


dorsibranchiate

(obsolete, zoology) Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the former order Dorsibranchiata.


dorsibranchiate

(obsolete, zoology) Any marine worm of the Dorsibranchiata.


endosternite

(zoology) The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in crustaceans and insects.


interambulacrum

(zoology) In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones between two ambulacra.


megatheroid

The more striking phenomena first and most strongly impress the mind, which contrasts for example, the great Cave-Bears of Europe with the actual Brown Bear, the Megatheroids of South America with the small existing sloths, and the gigantic Glyptodons with the Armadillos.

1851 June 11, The Geelong Advertiser, Victoria, page 1, column 2:

(paleontology) One of a family of extinct edentates found in America, including the megatherium and the megalonyx, among others.


tubulipore

(zoology) Any of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to Tubulipora and allied genera, with tubular calcareous calicles.


mytiloid

en-adj

mytiloid (comparative more mytiloid, superlative most mytiloid)

more mytiloid (comparative)
most mytiloid (superlative)

translingual Mytilus (“genus of mussels”) + -oid

uder

(zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilidae.


irroration

Underside: ground-colour similar, both fore and hind wings with extensive irroration of black scale which varies considerably in amount: in some specimens it is very dense and gives a glackish tint to the ground-colour, especially on the hind wing.

1907, L. Colonel, C.T. Bingham, The Fauna Of British India, page 239:

Black, markings formed by pale blue glossy irroration; markings white on costal edge.

1952, Alexey Diakonoff, Microlepidoptera of New Guinea, page 100:

[…] costa with whitish strigulæ separated by dark fuscous or blackish irroration […]

1969, J. F. Clarke, Exotic microlepidoptera, page 32:

(chiefly entomology) Markings reminiscent of spots or dew drops.


hemidactyl

(zoology) Any species of Old World geckos of the genus Hemidactylus; house gecko


pygopodous

en-adj

pygopodous (comparative more pygopodous, superlative most pygopodous)

more pygopodous (comparative)
most pygopodous (superlative)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the former Pygopodes genus of aquatic birds that have the legs placed far back on the body.


repand

repand (comparative more repand, superlative most repand)

more repand (comparative)
most repand (superlative)

From Latin repandus (“bent backward, turned up”), from re- (“re-”) + pandus (“bent, crooked”).

der

(botany, zoology) Having a slightly undulating margin.


moner

(zoology, obsolete) Any member of the former kingdom Monera.


opisthocomine

Opisthocomus lives upon fruits, leaves, etc.[…]No fossil forms of opisthocomine birds are known.

1895 April, The Popular Science Monthly, page 764:

Opisthocomus hoazin
Opisthocomus hoazin#Translingual

(zoology, ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the family Opisthocomidae, which is represented by the sole extant genus Opisthocomus and species Opisthocomus hoazin (hoazin).


setiparous

From seta + Latin papere (“to produce”).


linyphiid

(zoology) Any spider of the family Linyphiidae; a sheet weaver.


raptorious

en-adj

raptorious (comparative more raptorious, superlative most raptorious)

more raptorious (comparative)
most raptorious (superlative)


ophidioid

ophidioid (comparative more ophidioid, superlative most ophidioid)

more ophidioid (comparative)
most ophidioid (superlative)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ophidiidae, a family of fishes.


liturate

liturate (comparative more liturate, superlative most liturate)

more liturate (comparative)
most liturate (superlative)

From Latin lituratus, past participle of liturare (“to erase”), from litura (“a blur”).

(zoology) Having indistinct spots, paler at the margins.


lemurid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Lemuridae.


endophragma

(zoology) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain crustaceans.


exotheca

(zoology) The tissue that fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.


insessor

(ornithology, obsolete) Any of the former taxonomic order Insessores, which included many songbirds.


thamnophilid

(zoology) Any of the Thamnophilidae; an antbird.


sembling

time of sembling birds' droppings

1899, James William Tutt, A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera:

Upon this is founded the practice of sembling, as it is called by the London collectors, among whom, as we learn from Barbut and Harris, it has been long in use, for entrapping the males of the fox-moth […]

1831, James Rennie, Insect Architecture:

(archaic, zoology) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the encaged female. It was a (as by collectors wishing to procure specimens).


gymnopaedic

Ancient Greek From Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + a child.

(zoology, of birds) Having young that are featherless when hatched.


submedian

the submedian teeth of mollusks

(zoology) Next to the median (on either side).


chaetiferous

chaetiferous (comparative more chaetiferous, superlative most chaetiferous)

more chaetiferous (comparative)
most chaetiferous (superlative)

chaetiferous segment

chaetiferous species


musteline

musteline (comparative more musteline, superlative most musteline)

more musteline (comparative)
most musteline (superlative)

From the Latin mūstēlīnus, from mūstēla (“weasel”), from mūs (“mouse”, “rat”).

(zoology) Like or relating to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.


musteline

(zoology) Any member of the family Mustelidae.


stomatopodous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Stomatopoda.


asiphonate

an asiphonate bivalve shell

(zoology) Lacking a siphon or breathing tube.


asiphonate

(zoology) Any mollusk lacking a siphon or breathing tube.


taenioglossate

taenioglossate (comparative more taenioglossate, superlative most taenioglossate)

more taenioglossate (comparative)
most taenioglossate (superlative)

(zoology) Of or relating to the Taenioglossa, various sea snails typically with seven teeth in each radular row.


acrotarsium

(zoology) The instep of the foot (front of the tarsus)


mesomyodian

(zoology) Any bird with a mesomyodous larynx.


siphonobranchiate

(zoology, obsolete) Having a siphon or siphons to convey water to the gills; belonging or relating to the Siphonobranchiata.


stromboid

stromboid (comparative more stromboid, superlative most stromboid)

more stromboid (comparative)
most stromboid (superlative)

(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the genus Strombus of sea snails.


crotaloid

crotaloid (comparative more crotaloid, superlative most crotaloid)

more crotaloid (comparative)
most crotaloid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling the genus Crotalus of venomous snakes, including the rattlesnake.


crotaloid

(zoology) Any member of the Crotalinae, formerly known as Crotaloidae.


malacoderm

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + -derm.

The fireflies are malacoderms.

(zoology, dated) One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body.


prophragma

From Ancient Greek before + fence, screen.

(zoology) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.


plumularia

en-noun

plumularia (plural plumularias or plumulariae)

plumularias (plural)
plumulariae (plural)

(zoology, archaic) Any hydrozoan belonging to Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumulariidae, generally growing in plume-like forms.


mesotheca

(zoology) The middle layer of the gonophore in the Hydrozoa.


podophyllous

(zoology) Having thin, flat, leaf-like locomotive organs.


stridulatory

The stridulatory mechanisms and sound patterns in these groups probably reflect the origins of acoustic communication in Orthoptera, particularly since many of the primitive genera lack ears and appear to use sound only for defence, as a plesiomorphic (primitive) condition (Field, 1993a).

2001, L. H. Field, The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and Their Allies, page 271:

(usually entomology) Able to stridulate, used in stridulating, or adapted for stridulation.


sphaeridium

From Ancient Greek σφαιρίδιον (sphairídion, “sphere (diminutive form)”), by surface analysis, sphero- + -idium.

der

(zoology) A sense organ found on the exterior of most sea urchins, consisting of an oval or spherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ.


squalodont

In squalodonts, the maxillae extend posteriorly over the parietals to reach the exoccipitals in adult specimens.

2002, A. Rus Hoelzel, Marine Mammal Biology:

(zoology) Any of the extinct genus Squalodon of whales.


supraloral

the supraloral feathers of a bird


supraloral

(zoology) A feather or stripe situated above the lores.


tubicolar

en-adj

tubicolar (comparative more tubicolar, superlative most tubicolar)

more tubicolar (comparative)
most tubicolar (superlative)


denticulation

en-noun

denticulation (countable and uncountable, plural denticulations)

(botany, zoology) A small tooth; a denticle.


cultirostral

en-adj

cultirostral (comparative more cultirostral, superlative most cultirostral)

more cultirostral (comparative)
most cultirostral (superlative)

From Latin culter (“knife”) + rōstrum (“beak”).

(zoology, archaic) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plough, or like a knife, as in the heron, stork, etc.


setula

From Latin setula, saetula, diminutive of seta, saeta (“bristle”).

(zoology) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta


thysanopterous

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the Thysanoptera, the thrips.


odontocete

Learned borrowing from New Latin Odontoceti, From Ancient Greek ὀδόντος (odóntos, “teeth”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”).

noncog

Sperm whales and dolphins are odontocetes.

(zoology) Any member of the cetacean parvorder Odontoceti; a toothed whale.


pap boat

(zoology, obsolete) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapa), once used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.


crinoidean

(archaic, zoology) Any of the Crinoidea.


anomuran

en-adj

anomuran (comparative more anomuran, superlative most anomuran)

more anomuran (comparative)
most anomuran (superlative)

(obsolete, zoology) Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen.


laroid

laroid (comparative more laroid, superlative most laroid)

more laroid (comparative)
most laroid (superlative)

We now come to a small group of Laroid birds, remarkable for their curious bill, the lower mandible of which has been compared with a "short-handled pitchfork," and for their long wings, viz., the skimmers, the Rhynchopinæ, not less remarkable for their peculiar habits and their geographical distribution, parts of America, Asia, and Africa being inhabited by one species each.

1888, Friedrich von Hellwald, The Riverside Natural History, volume 4, page 83:

The whole form of the skull is, indeed, essentially Laroid, and quite unlike that of the Kingfishers;

(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of the gull family, Laridae.


procoelian

(obsolete, zoology) Any of the Procoelia, a former suborder of Crocodilia.


rhabdocoelous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Rhabdocoela.


psylla

(zoology) Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae.


mulloid

mulloid (comparative more mulloid, superlative most mulloid)

more mulloid (comparative)
most mulloid (superlative)

mulloid fishes

(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, the red mullets or goatfish


cultriform

cultriform (comparative more cultriform, superlative most cultriform)

more cultriform (comparative)
most cultriform (superlative)

From Latin culter, cultri (“knife”) + -form.

(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.


postscutellum

(zoology) The hindmost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.


pseudonavicula

en-noun

pseudonavicula (plural pseudonaviculas or pseudonaviculae)

pseudonaviculas (plural)
pseudonaviculae (plural)

From pseudo- + Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”). See navicular.

(zoology) One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinae and some other Protozoa.


escharine

en-adj

escharine (comparative more escharine, superlative most escharine)

more escharine (comparative)
most escharine (superlative)

(zoology) Like, or pertaining to, the former genus Eschara or family Escharidae, almost all now in phylum Bryozoa, principally in suborder Flustrina.


procerite

From pro- + Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ite.

af

Merocerite or second joint also furnished with a few yellow hairs, like the carpocerite; terminal filament or procerite a little shorter than the carapace, multiarticulate and provided with long yellow verticilated hairs .

1881, Hermann Schlegel, Notes from the Leyden Museum - Volumes 3-4, page 133:

a third, fourth, and fifth joints, narrower than the preceding, and called respectively the ischiocerite, merocerite and carpocerite, and articulated with the last an extremely long many-jointed flagellum or procerite.

1882, William Aitcheson Haswell, Australian Museum, Catalogue of the Australian Stalk- and Sessile-eyed Crustacea, page ix:

In this genus, the basicerite, ischiocerite, and merocerite are much thicker and stronger than the corresponding joints of any of the other appendages; and in the closely allied Scyllarus, the facial region of which is, on the whole, similarly constructed, these joints become extremely expanded and flattened, and are succeeded by no procerite.

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

There is a large tuft of tactile setæ at the base of the procerite, and a few are continued from that point down the outer margin of the carpocerite; but all the setæ below that point on the upper surface are fringing setæ, as that part is covered by the antennules and the squame.

1888, G. Lovell Gulland, “The Sense of Touch in Astacus”, in Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, volume 9, page 162:

(zoology) The segment next to the flagellum of the antennae of crustaceans.


laemodipod

(zoology, archaic) Any of the Laemodipoda, a former group of crustaceans including the whale lice and caprellids.


monogeny

(anthropology, historical) The doctrine that all of the members of the human race have a common origin.


stomapod

(obsolete, zoology) Any of the Stomapoda, a formerly used order of crustaceans corresponding to order Stomatopoda of mantis shrimp.


taenidium

(zoology) The chitinous fibre forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects


elodian

(zoology, obsolete) Any of a group of tortoises (Elodites obs.) including the terrapins, in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.


tetrabranchiate

(zoology) Of or relating to the Tetrabranchiata; having four gills.


atrocha

(zoology) A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.


pedigerous

pedigerous segment

pedigerous somite

(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.


pterophore

(zoology) Any moth of Pterophorus and allied genera; a plume moth.


phascolome

Ancient Greek φάσκωλος (pháskōlos, “pouch”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse”). Compare Greek φασκωλόμυς (faskolómys, “wombat”).

uder

(zoology, obsolete) A marsupial of the former genus Phascolomys; a wombat.


chalaziferous

en-adj

chalaziferous (comparative more chalaziferous, superlative most chalaziferous)

more chalaziferous (comparative)
most chalaziferous (superlative)

chalaziferous layer

chalaziferous region

(botany, zoology) Having or bearing chalazas.


cypseliform

cypseliform (comparative more cypseliform, superlative most cypseliform)

more cypseliform (comparative)
most cypseliform (superlative)

Latin cypselus (“a kind of swallow”), from Ancient Greek.

(zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.)


scolopacine

From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”), from Ancient Greek σκολόπαξ (skolópax).

(zoology) Of or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers.


steganopod

(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Steganopodes, a former suborder of birds having four toes webbed together.


cestraciont

Ancient Greek κέστρα (késtra, “hammer; a kind of fish”) + κίων (kíōn, “pillar; uvula; nasal septum”).

uder

(zoology, archaic) Any shark historically placed in the genus Cestracion, now in Heterodontus (bullheads, and the horn shark and Port Jackson shark), Sphyrna (certain hammerheads), and Eusphyrna (winghead shark).


peristeropodous

en-adj

peristeropodous (comparative more peristeropodous, superlative most peristeropodous)

more peristeropodous (comparative)
most peristeropodous (superlative)

From Ancient Greek περιστερά (peristerá, “pigeon”) + -podous.

bor

(ornithology, archaic) Having feet like those of a pigeon; said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, such as curassows and megapods.


physopod

(zoology) One of the Thysanoptera (syn. Physopoda); a thrips.


emyd

(zoology) Any freshwater tortoise of the family Emydidae.


gecarcinian

(zoology) A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus or allied genera, as in family Gecarcinidae.


phanerocodonic

en-adj

phanerocodonic (comparative more phanerocodonic, superlative most phanerocodonic)

more phanerocodonic (comparative)
most phanerocodonic (superlative)

From phanero- + Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn, “bell”) + -ic.

(archaic, zoology) Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; said of certain jellyfishes.


tyrannid

(zoology) A member of the Tyrannidae; a tyrant flycatcher.


alcyonoid

alcyonoid (comparative more alcyonoid, superlative most alcyonoid)

more alcyonoid (comparative)
most alcyonoid (superlative)

(zoology) Like or relating to the Alcyonaria.


trochal

trochal (comparative more trochal, superlative most trochal)

more trochal (comparative)
most trochal (superlative)

From Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “a wheel”).


melanian

(malacology, obsolete) One of a family of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks with a turret-shaped shell (Melaniidae), which is now considered a synonym for the family Thiaridae, but also containing many species since reclassified into other families.


sarcophile

(dated, zoology) A carnivorous marsupial, especially of genus Sarcophilus


procephalic

The procephalic lobe is that part of the head of an invertebrate animal which is in front of the mouth.

(zoology) Found at, or forming, the front of the head.


asteroidian

en-adj

asteroidian (comparative more asteroidian, superlative most asteroidian)

more asteroidian (comparative)
most asteroidian (superlative)

These are marine asteroidian limestones forming the slopes and the plateau of Saint-Emilion.

1990, Bernard Ginestet, Saint-Emilion, page 27:

This response to my innocent enough inquiry caused many in his audience to immediately question the relevance of what, beforehand, had appeared to be a significant elucidation of an aspect of asteroidian biology .

2013, W.J., Jr. Adelman, J.M. Arnold, D.L. Gilbert, Squid as Experimental Animals, page 32:

(zoology) Of or relating to the Asteroidea.


grapsoid

grapsoid (comparative more grapsoid, superlative most grapsoid)

more grapsoid (comparative)
most grapsoid (superlative)

(zoology) Relating to the genus Grapsus or family Grapsidae.


grapsoid

(zoology) Any of the crabs in the genus Grapsus or family Grapsidae


mediostapedial

(zoology, anatomy) Relating to that part of the columella of the ear which, in some animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of the columella.


exaspidean

exaspidean (comparative more exaspidean, superlative most exaspidean)

more exaspidean (comparative)
most exaspidean (superlative)

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

(zoology) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; said of certain birds.


sericterium

Late Latin sericterium, from Ancient Greek σηρικόν (sērikón, “silk”).

(zoology) A silk gland, as in the silkworms.


scyphistoma

en-noun

scyphistoma (plural scyphistomas or scyphistomata or scyphistomae)

scyphistomas (plural)
scyphistomata (plural)
scyphistomae (plural)

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

(zoology) An individual cell in a stage of the life cycle of a true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), a colony of such cells, when it resembles a polyp and breeds asexually by strobilation.


desmodont

From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “band, connection”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).

der

(zoology) Any of a group of South American blood-sucking bats of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla.


desmodont

(zoology) Of hinge teeth: having a large ligamentous resilifer (or chondrophore) which replaces the cardinal teeth.


Archaeolithic

Archaeolithic industry

Archaeolithic Period

(archaeology) Of, from, or relating to the earliest Stone Age; applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic.

archéolithique

of or relating to the earliest Stone Age


taeniola

Latin taeniola, diminutive of taenia (“ribbon”).

(zoology) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.


troching

From Old French troche (“cluster, group”). Compare French trochure (“a surantler”), trochée (“branches of a seedling”), trochet (“cluster of flowers or fruits”).

(zoology, obsolete) One of the small branches (tines) of a stag's antler.


pseudovarium

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

(zoology) The organ in which pseudova are produced.


scapulet

(zoology) A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the arm-like lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae.


propleg

From prop + leg, because it props up or supports the body.


sciaenid

Sciaenids constitute about 70,000 tonnes of the present demersal catch of the west coast. George, et al. estimated an additional potential of about 90,000 tonnes of sciaenids from the west coast.

1985, K. M. Joseph, “3: Marine Fishery Resources of India”, in G. R. Kulkarni, Uma K. Srivastava, editors, A Systems Framework of the Marine Foods Industry in India, page 112:

In the Indo-West Pacific, sciaenids are important in the equatorial regions of South East Asia but much less so elsewhere.

1997, S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries, page 107:

It can often be difficult to distinguish an individual's call when a hydrophone is lowered into a chorus of sciaenids.
Like damselfishes, sciaenids tend to have species-specific sounds (Fig. 9.8).

2008, David A. Mann, Anthony D. Hawkins, J. Michael Jech, “9: Active and Passive Acoustics to Locate and Study Fish”, in Jacqueline F. Webb, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay, editors, Fish Bioacoustics, page 298:

(zoology) Any fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae.


terebratula

(zoology) Any of the genus Terebratula of brachiopods.


carangid

The total catch in 1976 was probably about 3.5 million tons and was mainly composed of pelagic species such as sardines, mackerels and various carangids.

1983, T.J. Pitcher, P. Hart, Fisheries Ecology, page 56:

Carangids occur in a variety of habitats: coral and rocky reefs, in the surf along sandy beaches, and in estuaries.[…]Most carangids are swift predators, and the larger species are prized as sport fish and for their excellent eating qualities.

2004, Phillip C. Heemstra, Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa, page 299:

Carangids may use DMSP as a cue to locate productive areas for foraging. Carangids generally feed on smaller fish, shrimps, and other invertebrates (Böhlke and Chaplin 1993).

2008, Jennifer Leigh DeBose, Investigating the Role of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) as an Aggregation Cue for Coral Reef and Reef-associated Fishes, page 64:

(zoology) Any fish belonging to the family Carangidae, the jackfish.


pierid

(entomology) Any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.


scaphocerite

From scapho- + Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ite.

af

(zoology) A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many crustaceans, typically used for locomotion, but which sometimes has a sensory function.


alcyonic

en-adj

alcyonic (comparative more alcyonic, superlative most alcyonic)

more alcyonic (comparative)
most alcyonic (superlative)

(zoology) Of, relating to, or belonging to, the Alcyonaria.


hipposiderid

(zoology) Any of the family Hipposideridae of Old World leaf-nosed bats.


supercoloniality

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(zoology) Tendency to form supercolonies.


rhinolophid

(zoology) Any of the genus Rhinolophus or family Rhinolophidae; a horseshoe bat.


serricorn

(zoology) Any member of an obsolete taxonomic grouping within the beetles, the Serricornia, which was approximately equivalent to the modern infraorder Elateriformia.


podical

podical plates

(archaic, entomology) anal (applied to certain body parts)


cercopithecid

In the rhesus monkey, proboscis monkey, and gibbon, representatives of cercopithecids and hylobatids, respectively, neonatal cranial dimensions approach the corresponding pelvic inlet dimensions, however, without exceeding them.

1982, Este Armstrong, Primate Brain Evolution: Methods and Concepts, page 90:

2011, Terry Harrison, Chapter 6: Cercopithecids (Cercopithecidae, Primates), Terry Harrison (editor), Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context, Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna, page 134,
More importantly, perhaps, is the observation that cercopithecids are significantly under-represented in the lowermost horizons of the Upper Laetolil Beds below Tuff 5.

In North Africa, cercopithecids assigned to the genus Prohylobates are known from two Early Miocene localities: Wadi Moghara, Egypt (Simons 1969), and Gebel Zelten, Libya (Delson 1979).

2013, Meave G. Leakey, Mark F. Teaford, Carol V. Ward, “6.1: Cercopithecidae from Lothagam”, in Meave G. Leakey, John Michael Harris, editors, Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa, page 202:

(zoology) Any species of the family Cercopithecidae, the Old World monkeys.


soundage

en-noun

soundage (countable and uncountable, plural soundages)

(medicine, archaeology) Act of sounding something.


gephyrean

(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the class Gephyrea of worms.


gephyrean

(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Gephyrea.


psychid

(zoology) Any of the family Psychidae; a bagworm.


scyllarian

/sɪˈlɛəɹiən/

(obsolete, zoology) Any of the family Scyllaridae of crustaceans with depressed body and broad, flat antennae; a slipper lobster


prosiphon

(zoology) A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, not connected with the true siphon.


antiae

antiae pl (normally plural, singular antia)

Borrowed from Latin antiae (“forelock”).

(zoology) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.


retepore

(zoology) Any of several species of bryozoans of the genus Reteporella (syn. Retepora) or the family Reteporidae, that form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.


monogynous

(entomology) Exhibiting or relating to monogyny, having only one queen.


spinyhead

the spinyhead blenny

the spinyhead sculpin

(zoology, in the names of fish) Having a head that is spiny.


struthioniform

en-adj

struthioniform (comparative more struthioniform, superlative most struthioniform)

more struthioniform (comparative)
most struthioniform (superlative)

(zoology) Of or relating to the Struthioniformes, an order of birds.


echinodermatous

(zoology) Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.


colleterium

(zoology) An organ, in female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.


trematoid

trematoid (comparative more trematoid, superlative most trematoid)

more trematoid (comparative)
most trematoid (superlative)

(zoology) Of or relating to the Trematoda.


palpiger

(entomology) The portion of the labium that bears the palpi in insects.


notodontian

Coined from Ancient Greek νῶτον (nôton, “the back”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “a tooth”).


spheniscan

(zoology, rare) A penguin of any species.


notaeum

(zoology) The back or upper surface, as of a bird.

(zoology) A dorsal buckler in some gastropods.


sauropsid

From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”) literally "lizard face".

(zoology) A member of the Sauropsida, a comprehensive group of vertebrates comprising the reptiles and birds.

sauropside

a member of the Sauropsida, a comprehensive group of vertebrates comprising the reptiles and birds


embiotocoid

embiotocoid (comparative more embiotocoid, superlative most embiotocoid)

more embiotocoid (comparative)
most embiotocoid (superlative)

(ichthyology) Belonging to the fish family Embiotocidae.


embiotocoid

(ichthyology) One of family Embiotocidae of surfperches, abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous.


Nematoidean

(zoology, dated) nematoid; of or related to the nematodes


Melanochroi

Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley; see melanochroic.

(anthropology, dated) A division of the human population, consisting of the darker-skinned among the white races.


comatulid

(zoology) Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera in order Comatulida; a feather star.


petromyzont

(zoology) Any of the family Petromyzontidae of northern lampreys.


gymnodont

(zoology, obsolete) One of a former family of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates on each jaw.


stenoderm

(zoology) Any of the bats resembling that of the genus Stenoderma.


porite

(zoology) Any coral of the genus Porites or family Poritidae.


sipunculoid

sipunculoid (comparative more sipunculoid, superlative most sipunculoid)

more sipunculoid (comparative)
most sipunculoid (superlative)

Sipunculus + -oid, from the typical genus.


araneomorph

(zoology) Any of the Araneomorphae, a suborder of spiders whose fangs cross with a pinching action.

araneomorfa

any of the Araneomorphae, a suborder of spiders


psittacid

(zoology) Any member of the family Psittacidae of African and neotropical parrots


psittaciform

(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Psittaciformes of parrots and some other birds.


ichneumonidan

(zoology) Of or relating to the Ichneumonidae, or ichneumon wasps.


craspedote

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the former division Craspedota.


laterigrade

From Latin latus (stem later-) + -grade (“way of walking”).

af

(zoology, of legs) Designed to move sideways.


saltigrade

From saltus (“a leap”) + -grade (“way of walking”) (often used especially for foot morphology).

(zoology) Having feet or legs formed for leaping.


saltigrade

(zoology, obsolete) One of the Saltigradae, a former tribe of jumping spiders (now treated as the family Salticidae).


poecilopod

(zoology, obsolete) One of the Poecilopoda, a former order of arthropods including king crabs, trilobites and horseshoe crabs.


tetrodont

en-adj

tetrodont (comparative more tetrodont, superlative most tetrodont)

more tetrodont (comparative)
most tetrodont (superlative)

(zoology) Of or relating to the tetrodons.


ornithoscelidan

/ˌɔː(ɹ)nɪθəˈsɛlɪdən/

comparing the pelvis and hind limb of the ornithoscelidan with that of the crocodile[…]

1893, Thomas Henry Huxley, Science and Hebrew tradition:

(zoology, now historical) Any of the Dinosauria, formerly known as Ornithoscelida.


chaetopod

(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Chaetopoda, an obsolete invertebrate phylum (more or less equivalent to the modern Annelida) made up of groups characterized by lateral bundles of bristles called chaetae used for locomotion.


brachiolaria

From Latin brachiolum, diminutive of brachium (“arm”).

(zoology) The second stage of larval development in many sea stars, following the bipinnaria


pelma

(ornithology) The undersurface of the foot.


sciaenoid

Latin sciaena (“a kind of sea fish, perhaps a kind of grayling or ombre: Thymallus thymallus”), from Ancient Greek σκίαινα (skíaina, “a sea fish, probably either Sciaena umbra or Umbrina cirrosa”), + -oid.

uder

(zoology) Of or relating to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes.


sciaenoid

(zoology) Any of the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes.


trichobranchia

(zoology) The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.


megasthenic

(zoology, archaic) Having a typically large size; belonging to the Megasthenes, in former taxonomic classifications.


siphonophoran

en-adj

siphonophoran (comparative more siphonophoran, superlative most siphonophoran)

more siphonophoran (comparative)
most siphonophoran (superlative)

(zoology) Belonging to the Siphonophorae.


maioid

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the family Majidae of spider crabs.


endognath

From endo- + Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”).

(zoology) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of crustaceans.


sharpfin

sharpfin barracuda

sharpfin chubsucker

sharpfin houndshark

sharpfin mola

(zoology, in the names of aquatic creatures) Having sharp fins.


bubble shell

Any of the headshield slugs of genus Bulla, belonging to the order Cephalaspidea of gastropods.

(malacology) A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla (Bullidae) and certain shells of similar appearance of the now disused order Tectibranchiata of molluscs.


ophiuran

ophiuran (comparative more ophiuran, superlative most ophiuran)

more ophiuran (comparative)
most ophiuran (superlative)

(zoology, dated) Of or relating to the Ophiuroidea.


ophiuran

(zoology, dated) Any member of the echinoderm class Ophiuroidea; a brittle star.


rusine

rusine (comparative more rusine, superlative most rusine)

more rusine (comparative)
most rusine (superlative)

(zoology) Of, like, or relating to, a deer of the genus Rusa.

(zoology, of an antler) Having the brow tine simple, and the beam forked at the tip.


sciuroid

sciuroid (comparative more sciuroid, superlative most sciuroid)

more sciuroid (comparative)
most sciuroid (superlative)

The feet are very sciuroid, and while they are the most generalized rodent feet, they show the distinctive characteristics of the order already firmly fixed, in the peculiar reduction of the pollex, presence of radial sesamoid, characteristic form of astragalus etc.

1910, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History:

A sciuroid rodent to farmers well known— He is rather destructive to crops— Is apposite, novel and ready to hand As arms of the "Issue of Ops"

1913, The Single Tax Review - Volume 13, page 36:

In studying the early development of the sciuroid rodent Citellus the writer noted the following described conditions which may be of interest to investigators working on that yet unsolved problem of the origin of the vascular system.

1915, Thomas G. Lee, “On the Implantation and Placentataion in the Sciuroid Rodents (Lantern).”, in The Anatomical Record, volume 9, number 1:

In overall habitus, Maiopatagium is most comparable with the sciuroid gliding rodents with similar proportions of the propatagium, plagiopatagium, and uropatagium (Fig. 6.25).

2018, Frank Zachos, Robert Asher, Mammalian Evolution, Diversity and Systematics, page 217:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the taxonomic family Sciuridae.


psilopaedic

From Ancient Greek ψιλοπαιδικός (psilopaidikós).

uder

ψιλοπαιδικός

(ornithology, of bird chicks) Having down on the dorsal side only.


hydrophilid

(zoology) Any of the water beetles of the family Hydrophilidae.


lepadoid

(archaic, zoology) A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas or family Lepadidae; certain goose barnacles.


solidungular

(zoology) Having single hoofs; solipedous.


podurid

(zoology) Any springtail in the family Poduridae.


paradactylum

(ornithology) Synonym of paradactyl (“side of a toe or finger”)


sylvicoline

en-adj

sylvicoline (comparative more sylvicoline, superlative most sylvicoline)

more sylvicoline (comparative)
most sylvicoline (superlative)

From Latin sylva, silva (“forest”) + colere (“to inhabit”).

(ornithology, obsolete) Of or relating to the Sylvicolinae or Sylvicolidae, former names for the family Parulidae, the New World warblers.


gnathopod

From Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “the jaw”) + -pod.


tarsiiform

(zoology) Any primate of the infraorder Tarsiiformes


pygopod

(zoology) A species of the Pygopus genus.

(zoology) Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodidae, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack forelegs.


malmag

Perhaps from Tagalog malmág (“tarsier”) (possibly via French).

(zoology, possibly obsolete) The tarsier; any of several tarsiers found in the Philippines, Malaysia, and adjacent areas.


mesoscutum

(zoology) The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect.


perdicine

en-adj

perdicine (comparative more perdicine, superlative most perdicine)

more perdicine (comparative)
most perdicine (superlative)

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the former subfamily Perdicidae, classed as the Old World partridges.


sphyraenoid

sphyraenoid (comparative more sphyraenoid, superlative most sphyraenoid)

more sphyraenoid (comparative)
most sphyraenoid (superlative)

Latin sphyraena a kind of sea fish, + -oid.

(zoology) Of or relating to the Sphyraenidae, a family of marine fishes, the barracudas.


perichaetous

perichaetous (comparative more perichaetous, superlative most perichaetous)

more perichaetous (comparative)
most perichaetous (superlative)


cystidean

(zoology, obsolete) Any of the †Cystidea, a class of extinct echinoderms, now known as the †Cystoidea.

(zoology) A stage in the development of many crinoids after the free-swimming larva attaches to a surface, but before it develops the structures necessary to feed.


strombus

From Latin, from Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, “shell, conch, snail”).

uder

(zoology) Any conch of the genus Strombus. Most subspecies are known as forms of fighting conchs.


algophilic

en-adj

algophilic (comparative more algophilic, superlative most algophilic)

more algophilic (comparative)
most algophilic (superlative)

(zoology) Tending to be associated with algae


fungian

(zoology, archaic) Any of the Fungiidae; mushroom coral or plate coral.


osmeterium

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”), ὀσμητός (osmētós, “smelled”).

(zoology) One of a pair of scent organs in the larvae of certain swallowtail butterflies.


capistrate

From Latin capistratus, past participle of capistrare (“halter”).


gravigrade

gravigrade (comparative more gravigrade, superlative most gravigrade)

more gravigrade (comparative)
most gravigrade (superlative)

From Latin gravis (“heavy”) + -grade (“way of walking”).


gravigrade

(zoology, obsolete) An elephant or manatee, or member of the obsolete suborder Gravigrada.


synsacrum

en-noun

synsacrum (plural synsacrums or synsacra)

(anatomy, ornithology) The bone in birds composed of the sacrum and some lumbar or caudal vertebrae fused together.


cossid

(zoology, entomology) Any moth of the family Cossidae of carpenter miller moths.


tracheate

(zoology) Any arthropod with tracheae; one of the Tracheata.


tracheate

en-verb

tracheate (third-person singular simple present tracheates, present participle tracheating, simple past and past participle tracheated)

tracheates (present singular third-person)
tracheating (participle present)
tracheated (participle past)
tracheated (past)


apteral

The female is apteral, but provided with a noisy apparatus for attracting the male's attention.

1922, Remy de Gourmont, translated by Ezra Pound, The Natural Philosophy of Love:


ptilopaedic

English ptilo- + Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “child”, stem: παιδ- (paid-), Latinised paed-) + English -ic

der

(ornithology, of bird chicks) Having down on the ventral and dorsal side.


geckotian

The Geckotians, is composed of nocturnal lizards, so much resembling each other that they might be left in one genus.

1831, Georges Cuvier, The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, page 140:

It proved to be nothing more that a lizard of the geckotian family, hideously ugly, but, in common with all of his kind, perfectly harmless.

1871, Arthur Morelet, Travels in Central America: Including Accounts of Some Regions Unexplored Since the Conquest, page 278:

Other saurians have folds of skin along the flanks; but in no other of them is this disposition so developed as in a curious geckotian, the Ptychozoon homacephalum of Java and other Sunda Islands.

1890, M. Maurice Maindron, “Dragons, fabled and real”, in The Popular Science Monthly, volume 36:


hemerobian

(zoology) Any of the genus Hemerobius of lacewings.


suilline

en-adj

suilline (comparative more suilline, superlative most suilline)

more suilline (comparative)
most suilline (superlative)

(zoology) Of or relating to the suborder Suina of (especially) pigs, peccaries, and hippopotami.


tolypeutine

(zoology, rare) The apar, a kind of armadillo.


microsthene

From micro- + Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos, “might, strength”).

der

(archaic, zoology, chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of mammals characteristically of small size, including various rodents (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals, but not adopted thereafter)


sarcophagan

In the Sarcophagans, or flesh-eaters, as the name implies, the bristles on the antennæ are feathered.

1841, Thaddeus William Harris, A Report on the Insects of Massachusetts: Injurious to Vegetation, volume 3, page 412:

This could prove a very important experiment: our difficulty is that there is no precise homology between the sarcophagan cuticle and that of other orders of insect; from the work of Wolfe (1954) and Dennell (1946) the dipteran epicuticle cannot be treated as having separate laminae of cuticulin and free lipid, such as we believe to be the state of affairs in other insects.

1964, Advances in Insect Physiology, volume 2:

Other insects, including a sarcophagan fly, a gnat, a sciarid fly, and two harmless mosquitoes dwell in the pitchers.

1968, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, page 155:

See Chapters 2–5, and reduce the number of your Drosophila dissections to Sarcophagan levels!

2004, Daryl S. Henderson, Drosophila Cytogenetics Protocols, page 4:

(zoology) Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga.


buprestidan

Latin buprestis, Ancient Greek a poisonous beetle, which, being eaten by cattle in the grass, caused them to swell up and die; ox, cow + to blow up, swell out.

(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.


tracheobranchiae

(zoology) The gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.


paragnath

en-noun

paragnath (plural paragnaths or paragnatha)

(zoology) Alternative form of paragnathus


pleurosteon

(archaic, ornithology, anatomy) The anterolateral piece which articulates the sternum of birds.


sahui

From a Tupian language in the area of Bahia, Brazil. A variant form or cognate of sagoin.


chlamyphore

Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “cloak”) + φορός (phorós, “one who bears”)

Chlamyphorus truncatus
Chlamyphorus truncatus#Translingual

(zoology, dated) A small South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus and Chlamyphorus retusus, now Calyptophractus retusus), covered with a leathery shell.


bell animalcule

bell animalcule (plural bell animalcules)

(zoology) A protozoan of the family Vorticellidae, common in freshwater ponds.


schizopod

(archaic, zoology) Any of the Schizopoda.


schizopelmous

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

der

(zoology, of birds) Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallicus going to the first toe only.


trachelipod

(zoology, obsolete) One of the Trachelipoda, a former group of mollusks with a spiral shell, and the foot attached to the base of the neck.


pinfeathered

en-adj

pinfeathered (comparative more pinfeathered, superlative most pinfeathered)

more pinfeathered (comparative)
most pinfeathered (superlative)

(ornithology) Having some or all of the feathers imperfectly developed.


labroid

labroid (comparative more labroid, superlative most labroid)

more labroid (comparative)
most labroid (superlative)

The tautog and cunner are American labroid fishes.

(ichthyology) Like or belonging to the suborder Labroidei of marine perciform fishes, often brilliantly coloured, and very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.


soricine

soricine (comparative more soricine, superlative most soricine)

more soricine (comparative)
most soricine (superlative)

From Latin soricinus, from sorex (“a shrew”).

the soricine bat

(zoology) Of or relating to the shrew family (Soricidae); resembling a shrew in form or habits.


soricine

(zoology) Any member of the shrew family (Soricidae).


stenodermine

(zoology) Of or relating to the species Stenoderma rufum (red fruit bat or red fig-eating bat) or to the subfamily Stenodermatinae, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.


statoblast

(zoology) One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa. They are protected by a firm covering, and are usually destined to perpetuate the species during the winter season. They burst open and develop in the spring.


squamulate

squamulate (comparative more squamulate, superlative most squamulate)

more squamulate (comparative)
most squamulate (superlative)

(zoology) Having small scales; squamulose.


diurnation

the diurnation of bats

(zoology) The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day.


pentremite

(zoology) Any member of species of †Pentremites.


monandry

Yet monandry does exist in short-lived invertebrates (Shuster 1989a,b; Robinson and Allgeyer 1996; Fischer and Fiedler 2000; Jones 2001), in certain birds (Mauck et al. 1995) and mammals (Sever and Mendelssohn 1985; Brotherton et al. 1997), as well as in protistan species in which sexuality is achieved by the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another (Raikov 1995; Dacks and Roger 1999).

2019, Stephen M. Shuster, Michael J. Wade, Mating Systems and Strategies, page 233:

(zoology) A mating system in which all of the eggs of a female are fertilized by sperm from the same male (over one breeding season or over a lifetime).


saltatorial

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the fomer division of insects Saltatoria; orthopterous.


bipinnaria

From Latin bis (“twice”) + pinna (“feather”).

(zoology) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage.


phalaenid

(zoology, obsolete) Any moth of the former family Phalaenidae, now mostly classified in the Noctuidae and related families.


lithodomous

lithodomous (comparative more lithodomous, superlative most lithodomous)

more lithodomous (comparative)
most lithodomous (superlative)

(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to, or relating to, the former genus Lithodomus; lithophagous.


podobranch

(zoology) One of the gills attached to the bases of the legs in crustaceans.


sesquialterous

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

(entomology, archaic) Synonym of sesquialteral, having a band or dot occupying a third of a wing.


dicyemid

dicyemid (comparative more dicyemid, superlative most dicyemid)

more dicyemid (comparative)
most dicyemid (superlative)

(zoology) Like or belonging to the phylum Dicyemida or the family Dicyemidae, extremely simple parasites found in the kidneys of cephalopods


plagiostomatous

(zoology) Alternative form of plagiostomous


tayassuid

(zoology) Any peccary of the family Tayassuidae


octodont

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species.


octodont

(archaic, zoology) An octodontid, a member of the family Octodontidae.


dimyarian

dimyarian (comparative more dimyarian, superlative most dimyarian)

more dimyarian (comparative)
most dimyarian (superlative)

(zoology, archaic) Like or relating to the Dimya.


silverfin

(zoology) A small North American freshwater cyprinoid fish (Notropis whipplei, now Cyprinella whipplei).


pedimane

(archaic, zoology) A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.


orbicula

en-noun

orbicula (plural orbiculas or orbiculae)


tubicole

(zoology) Any member of the order Tubicola (syn. Tubicolae) of annelids.


scutelliplantar

From Latin scutellus (“a shield”) + planta (“foot”).

(zoology, of birds, obsolete) Having thick scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus.


sea peach

(zoology) Any of a number of ascidians of the genus Halocynthia, resembling a ripe peach in size, colour, and velvety surface, especially

Halocynthia papillosa (red sea squirt, sea squirt)


arcid

(zoology) Any of the Arcidae; an ark shell.


ark shell

(malacology) Any of the family Arcidae of saltwater clams or marine bivalve molluscs.

tūroro

any of the family Arcidae of saltwater clams


arachnidial

(zoology) Of or relating to the Arachnida.


buccinoid

en-adj

buccinoid (comparative more buccinoid, superlative most buccinoid)

more buccinoid (comparative)
most buccinoid (superlative)

(zoology) Belonging to the genus Buccinum.

(zoology) Belonging to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells.


uraniid

(zoology) Any of the family Uraniidae, swallowtail moths.


trichophore

(zoology) One of the sac-like organs from which the setae of annelids arise.


chimaeroid

(zoology) Any fish of the suborder Chimaeroidei


physograde

(archaic, zoology) Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float.


strobile

Latin strobilus (“a pine cone”) and Latin strobila, from Ancient Greek.

(zoology) A strobila or jointed segment.


carangoid

carangoid (comparative more carangoid, superlative most carangoid)

more carangoid (comparative)
most carangoid (superlative)

(zoology) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels.


carangoid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Carangidae.


ceratosaurian

(zoology) Of or relating to the dinosaur infraorder Ceratosauria.


ceratosaurian

(zoology) Any of the dinosaur infraorder Ceratosauria.


endotheca

(zoology) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique transverse septa, one above another.


sarcoptid

(zoology) Any species of the genus Sarcoptes, or family Sarcoptidae of mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites.


phylactolaematous

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the former order of bryozoans, Phylactolaema, now probably corresponding to Phylactolaemata.


monocardian

(zoology) Having a heart with a single ventricle.


redpole

(zoology) Archaic form of redpoll. (Acanthis spp.)


saxicavid

(zoology) Of or relating to the saxicavas.


astraean

From Late Latin astraeus or similar, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).

(zoology, obsolete) Relating to the former genus Astraea or the family Astraeidae.


astraean

(zoology, obsolete) A coral of the former family Astraeidae; a star coral.


sphecid

The coloring indicates it’s a female. The males are smaller and mostly black. And you might not have been able to tell, but the sphecid wasps have a very narrow, threadlike waist.

2016 September 8, Joan Morris, “What’s been stealing my stuffing?”, in The Mercury News:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Sphecidae family of wasps.


echinococcus

Borrowed from translingual Echinococcus, from echino- (“sea urchin, prickle”) + -coccus (“spherical microorganism”).

af

(zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.


muscoid

(zoology) Any fly in the superfamily Muscoidea.


servaline

en-adj

servaline (comparative more servaline, superlative most servaline)

more servaline (comparative)
most servaline (superlative)

(zoology) Related to, or resembling, the serval.


metanauplius

(zoology) A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, having about seven pairs of appendages.


boat shell

(zoology) A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous.

(zoology) A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymbium, syn. Cymba.


chondropterygian

(zoology, obsolete) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.


sea scurf

en-noun

sea scurf (countable and uncountable, plural sea scurfs)

(zoology) Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, etc.


scincoid

Latin scincus a kind of lizard, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos), + -oid. Compare skink.

(zoology) Of or relating to the family Scincidae, or skinks.


sclerodermite

From sclero- + Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma) + -ite.

af

In fact each zoonite in turn is formed of several distinct parts or sclerodermites, which also, by welding together, produce arrests of development and atrophied members.

1894, M. Berthelot, “Biographical Sketch of Henry Milne Edwards”, in Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, page 721:

(zoology) The hard integument of crustaceans.

The most recent study has been made by Hayasi (78), who finds that the calcareous lamellae which form the sclerodermites are formed by secretions of the calicoblasts and that the latter are not themselves calcified.

1943, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, John West Wells, Revision of the Suborders Families, and Genera of the Scleractinia, page 32:

The same is true of the sclerodermites of Holothuroidea but it is not true of other echinoderm microfossils, such as echinoid pedicellariæ and microcrinoids.

1963, University of Glasgow. Geological Department, Papers - Volume 25 -, page 153:

Where the sclerodermites are arranged in a linear series making an almost continuous ( commonly zig-zag, Fig.38) line of centres of calcification, the resulting trabecula has a circular cross-section equal to the equatorial section of a single sclerodermite.

1972, Carbonate Sediments and Their Diagenesis, page 26:

Observations made during microprobe analysis and with SEM indicate that calcitized sclerodermite centers are concentrated in horizons parallel to growth banding.

1995, Susan J. Gaffey, Victor P. Zabielski, Charles Bronnimann, “Roles of Organics and Water in Preneomorphic and Early Neomorphic Alteration of Coralline Aragonites from San Salvador Island, Bahamas”, in H. Allen Curran, Brian White, editor, Terrestrial and shallow marine geology of the Bahamas and Bermuda, page 240:

The aspicular, aragonitic skeleton of a living sphictozoid (Neocoelia) lacks the sclerodermite microstructure in other aragonitic skeletons indicating a significant difference in the pattern of crystallization. The absence of entrapped siliceous spicules in this sponge does not appear to be the cause for the lack of sclerodermites since in Merlia sclerodermites are present but entrapped spicules are not ( Hartman and Goreau, 1970).

2012, T.L. Simpson, The Cell Biology of Sponges, page 158:

(zoology) A calcareous support structure, such as that produced by the corals in the Scleractinia order, by sclerosponges, and by some sea cucumbers.


batrachoid

en-adj

batrachoid (comparative more batrachoid, superlative most batrachoid)

more batrachoid (comparative)
most batrachoid (superlative)

Batrachoides + -oid (with haplology). Compare batrachian.

Batrachoid

of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae

It applies, indeed, solely in its present state to the capillaries of the saurial and batrachoid reptiles; but there is every reason to believe, that the same arrangement takes place in the mammated class of animals.

1832, Marshall Hall, Art. II: A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of Blood: The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, page 167:

An idea, not undeserving attention, has been announced on this subject by M. Reynaud, who, observing that a similar anatomical arrangement is found in the batrachoid amphibia, or frog family during the whole period of existence, infers, though not very confidently, that it may be applied to explain the arrangement of the vascular system now under consideration, by referring it to the earliest periods of intra-uterine life in the Mammalia.

1841, David Craigie, Art. XII: Instance of Obliteration of the Aorta beyond the Arch: The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, page 461:

It gave, therefore, additional evidence of the existence of air-breathing vertebrata at the period of the deposition of the coal-strata, and extended the known geographical range of the batrachoid reptiles of the carboniferous epoch.

1853, The Literary Gazette, London, page 114:

There is no doubt but that the Batrachoid fishes deserve at least the rank given them by Dr. Gill, coördinate with the Trachinoidea, the Gobiodea, or the Blennioidea (as arranged by Gill , for I do not accept Mr. Regan's inclusion of the Ophidioidea and Zoarceoidea in that group).

1923, Edwin Chapin Starks, The Osteology and Relationships of the Uranoscopoid Fishes, Stanford University Press, page 267:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish.


batrachoid

Regardless of the type of water in which they are found, batrachoids are primarily bottom fishes.

1970, Bruce W. Halstead, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World, Volume 3: Vertebrates, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 435:

Somatically batrachoids are in fact highly modified if basal euteleosts.

1991, Barrie G. M. Jamieson, L. K.-P. Leung, Fish Evolution and Systematics, Cambridge University Press, page 163:

The batrachoids (toadfishes) are sedentary large species on mud or sand bottoms (Gill 1907, Gudger 1910) in which the male guards the large eggs (ca. 5 mm diameter in Opsanus tau).

1981, Lawrence M. Dill, Robert L. Dunbrack, Peter F. Major, “A new stereophotographic technique for analyzing the three-dimensional structure of fish schools”, in David L. G. Noakes, Jack A. Ward, editors, Ecology and ethology of fishes: Proceedings of the 2nd biennial symposium on the ethology and behavioral ecology of fishes, Springer, page 73:

(zoology) Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid.


cassid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Cassidae.


vetigastropod

(zoology) Any of the subclass Vetigastropoda of sea snails.


pseudofilaria

(zoology) One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinae.


stylaster

(zoology) Any of the genus Stylaster of calcareous hydroid corals.


perlid

(zoology) Any in the genus Perla or family Perlidae of stoneflies.


strepsipterous

(zoology) Of or relating to Strepsiptera.


rissoid

translingual Rissoa ("the typical genus") + -oid.

(zoology) Any of the spiral-shaped gastropods of the family Rissoidae, especially those of the genus Rissoa.


chromid

(zoology) One of the Chromidae, a family of freshwater fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa.


collophore

Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “carrier”).

(zoology) A sucker-like organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola.

(zoology) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.


retinophora

From retina + Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “bearer”).

der

(zoology) One of a group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae.


secund

From Latin secundus (“following the course or current of wind or water”). Doublet of second and secundo.

(botany, zoology) Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk; unilateral.


physostomous

(zoology) Having a duct to the air bladder.


molluscoid

en-adj

molluscoid (comparative more molluscoid, superlative most molluscoid)

more molluscoid (comparative)
most molluscoid (superlative)

(obsolete, zoology) belonging to the former phylum Molluscoidea, which somewhat resembled mollusks.


molluscoid

(obsolete, zoology) Any of the Molluscoidea.


petaurist

From Latin petaurista (“a ropedancer, acrobat”), from Ancient Greek πετευριστής (peteuristḗs), from πετευρίζομαι (peteurízomai, “dance on a rope”), from πέτευρον (péteuron, “a pole, a stage for ropedancers”).

der

(zoology) Any flying marsupial of the order Phalangeriformes, such as those in genera Petaurista, Phalanger, Acrobates.


phalangid

(arachnology) Any harvestman of the order Opiliones (syn. Phalangida) or its constituents.


hydrorhiza

en-noun

hydrorhiza (plural hydrorhizas or hydrorhizae)

hydrorhizas (plural)
hydrorhizae (plural)

hydro- + Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).

(zoology) The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects


spurwinged

(zoology) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.


elasmosaurid

(zoology) Any of the family Elasmosauridae of long-necked plesiosaurs.


hedylid

(zoology) Any of the family of Hedylidae, the American moth-butterflies.


solenacean

(zoology) Any member of several species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidae.


planarioid

en-adj

planarioid (comparative more planarioid, superlative most planarioid)

more planarioid (comparative)
most planarioid (superlative)

(zoology, rare, dated) Like the planarians.


tectibranchiate

From Latin tectus, past participle of tegere (“to cover”) + branchiate.

(zoology, obsolete) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or relating to the former order Tectibranchiata.


cyprinodont

Ancient Greek κυπρίνος (kuprínos, “carp”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).

uder

(zoology) Any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows.


polypean

en-adj

polypean (comparative more polypean, superlative most polypean)

more polypean (comparative)
most polypean (superlative)

polypean colony

polypean animalcules

(zoology) Of or relating to a polyp or polyps.


sericeous

sericeous (comparative more sericeous, superlative most sericeous)

more sericeous (comparative)
most sericeous (superlative)

From Latin sēricus (“silken”), sēricum (“Seric material; silk”), from Sēricus (“belonging to the Seres”): Sērēs, Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “a people of Eastern Asia, the modern Chinese, celebrated for their silken fabrics”). Compare silk, serge.

der

(zoology) Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs.


Echinidan

(obsolete, zoology) Any of the Echinoidea.


clupeoid

en-adj

clupeoid (comparative more clupeoid, superlative most clupeoid)

more clupeoid (comparative)
most clupeoid (superlative)

(zoology) Of or relating to fish closely related taxonomically to herring.


clupeoid

(zoology) Any of a group of fish closely related taxonomically to herring.


scissors-tailed

(zoology) Having the outer feathers by far the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.


cercarian

cercarian (comparative more cercarian, superlative most cercarian)

more cercarian (comparative)
most cercarian (superlative)

(zoology) Of, like, or relating to cercariae.


coryphene

From Ancient Greek κορυφή (koruphḗ, “head, summit, peak”).

uder

(archaic, zoology) A fish of the genus Coryphaena.


ptilosis

en-noun

ptilosis (usually uncountable, plural ptiloses)

Borrowed from New Latin ptilōsis, from the Ancient Greek πτῐ́λωσῐς (ptílōsis).

Pterylography must be based on the distribution of the follicles, for the ptilosis as seen externally does not reflect the actual pterylosis.

2013, Donald S. Farner, Avian Biology, volume 2, page 31:

(ornithology) The appearance or study of feathers on a bird, including factors such as their texture or shape.


hammerstone

Striking a hand-held isotropic block or cobble (a core) with a hammerstone initiates a cone-shaped crack at roughly 60° from the axis of force, exemplified by the hole in a plate glass window made by a pellet gun (18, 19 ).

2001 March 2, Stanley H. Ambrose, “Paleolithic Technology and Human Evolution”, in Science, volume 291, number 5509, →DOI, pages 1748–1753:

On the other hand, in the same crannog, a hammerstone broken in two was found, each half in a different place, as were two parts of a figurine at Dumbuck.

(archaeology) A type of stone used to hit or strike in a similar way to a modern-day hammer.


thooid

Ancient Greek θώς (thṓs, “jackal”) + -oid.

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to an obsolete group of carnivores, including wolves and dogs.


modiomorphid

(zoology) Any of the Modiomorphidae, an extinct family of bivalve mollusks.


skeuomorphic

en-adj

skeuomorphic (comparative more skeuomorphic, superlative most skeuomorphic)

more skeuomorphic (comparative)
most skeuomorphic (superlative)

And just as “expectancy” caused the transfer of thong-work from the flint axe, where it was functional, to the bronze celt, where it was skeuomorphic, it carried the chevrons and cruciforms of basketry to the decoration of earthen vessels.

1889, Henry Colley March, “The Meaning of Ornament; or its Archæology and its Psychology”, in Transactions of the Lancashire and Chesire Antiquarian Society, volume 7, page 168:

“[…]Forms of vessels so derived may be said to have an adventitious origin, yet they are essentially copies, although not so by design” (p. 445). In other words, such pottery is primitively skeuomorphic.

1895, Alfred C. Haddon, quoting W. H. Holmes, Evolution in Art, page 102:

[Scott Forstall] was blamed not only for the map debacle, but for filling iPad and iPhone screens with winsome symbols of traditional objects relating to the different functions on those devices, like the “wooden” shelves containing digital books and magazines. I, for one, would be delighted never to see those tacky symbols again, or to hear the word “skeumorphic,” as that style of digital interface design is called.

2012 December 23, Alice Rawsthorn, “Design Stars, and Misfires, of 2012”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

It is a welcome move in what had become an increasingly noisy world of user-interface design over the past five years, as Steve Jobs's love of skeuomorphic design led to a digital world of everything trying to look like what it was in the real world.

2013 September 20, Oliver Wainwright, “Google gets out the rolling pin and flattens its logo”, in The Guardian:

As for the computer screen that is nowadays ever before us, I can recall perfectly the primitive holotype with its horse-trough depth and greenish luminescence; surely its lineal descendants’ capacity to display almost infinite imagery has resulted in this unintended consequence: a leeching of aesthetic interest or engagement; the duff skeuomorphic icons denoting folders and programs have encroached, rendering all local space planar.

2015, Will Self, “Diary”, in London Review of Books, volume 37, number 5:

(originally archaeology) Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.


alcyonium

(zoology) Any of the soft corals of the genus Alcyonium of fleshy Alcyonaria, their polyps are somewhat flower-like.


retiary

(zoology) Any spider that spins webs to catch its prey.


setireme

(zoology, dated, rare) A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.


sclerobase

From Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + βᾰ́σις (básis, “stepping, step”).

(zoology, obsolete) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians.


mesodesmatid

(zoology) Any in the family Mesodesmatidae of clams.


siluridan

(zoology) Any fish of the family Silurid or order Siluroidei.


stem family

(anthropology) A family system in which a couple's firstborn child lives with them in the family home, and that child's spouse moves into the home of said in-laws, so that the younger couple's children are raised in the home of their grandparents. Usually, the younger offspring move out upon marriage. The inheritance, depending on the culture, may or may not be the most favorable to the firstborn.


passage migrant

en-noun

passage migrant (plural passage migrants)

(ornithology) A bird that stops somewhere for a short time during a seasonal migration.


megadont

en-adj

megadont (comparative more megadont, superlative most megadont)

more megadont (comparative)
most megadont (superlative)

Australopithecus garhi is certainly megadont, at least relative to craniofacial size.

1999 April 23, Berhane Asfaw et al., “Australopithecus garhi: A New Species of Early Hominid from Ethiopia”, in Science, volume 284, number 5414, →DOI, pages 629–635:


zaprorid

(zoology) Any of the family Zaproridae of prowfish.


coleopteral

From κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), + -al.


ametabolic

ametabolic insects

(entomology) Not undergoing metamorphosis


bird of passage

en-noun

bird of passage (plural birds of passage)

/ˌbɜːd əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/

/ˌbɝd əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/

Probably a calque of Middle French oiseau de passage: oiseau (“bird”), passage (“part of a journey or route, passage”).

calque

There is a wonderful conformity between the vegetation of ſome plants, and the arrival of certain birds of paſſage. [Carl] Linnaeus obſerves that the wood anemone blows in Sweden on the arrival of the ſwallow; and the marſh mary-gold, Caltha, when the cuckoo ſings.

1789, [Erasmus Darwin], The Botanic Garden; a Poem, in Two Parts. […], London: J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1791, →OCLC, part II (The Loves of the Plants; 3rd edition), footnote, page 33:

And now the ladies, with their gay plumage, have flown away like foreign birds of passage, and the jolly old priests of Bacchus, in the parlour, make their libations of claret; […]

1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In Which Two Young People Understand One Another Better, Perhaps, than Ever They Did Before, without Saying So”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 237:

(ornithology) A migratory bird, especially a passage migrant (“a bird that stops somewhere for a short time during a seasonal migration”).

oiseau de passage

migratory bird — see also migratory bird


tammar

en-noun

tammar (countable and uncountable, plural tammars)

Macropus eugenii
Macropus eugenii#Translingual

(zoology) Macropus eugenii, a small Australian wallaby with a thick, dark coat.


zanclid

(zoology) Any of the fish family Zanclidae.


luvarid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Luvaridae.


cephalaspidomorph

(zoology) Any of a group of jawless fishes named for the cephalaspids, a group of osteostracans.


petromyzontid

(zoology) Any of the Petromyzontida, a group of jawless fish including the modern lampreys and their fossil relatives.

(zoology) Any jawless fish in the family Petromyzontidae.


nuttalliellid

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