haliotid

(zoology) Abalone, any member of the family Haliotidae.


haliplid

He wrote, ‘The haliplids are the crawling water beetles. They are small, oval and convex and are usually yellow or brown with dark spots. They may be discerned from other aquatic beetles by their large and plate-like hind coxae.’

2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 193:

(zoology) Any member of the family Haliplidae of crawling water beetles.


halkieriid

(zoology) Any member of the Halkieriidae.


haloritid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Haloritidae.


halosaurid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Halosauridae.


haminoeid

(zoology) Any member of the Haminoeidae.


hapalodectid

(zoology) Any mesonychian in the family Hapalodectidae.


haploceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Haploceratidae.


hapsidopareiontid

(zoology) Any tuditanomorph microsaur in the family Hapsidopareiontidae.


harpagiferid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Harpagiferidae.


harpid

(zoology) Any member of the family Harpidae of snails.


harrimaniid

(zoology) Any hemichordate in the family Harrimaniidae.


hartmannellid

(zoology) Any amoebozoan in the family Hartmannellidae.


haustoriid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Haustoriidae.


hegetotheriid

(zoology) Any notoungulate in the family Hegetotheriidae.


helcionellid

(zoology) Any extinct mollusk in the family Helcionellidae.


helcomyzid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Helcomyzidae.


heleid

(zoology) Any biting midge in the family Heleidae, a synonym of the Ceratopogonidae.


heleomyzid

Carrion in woods possibly has a distinctive fauna; the commonest flies are Piophila (especially Pnigriceps) and the heleomyzid Neoleria inscripta while Calliphoridae are less in evidence.

1978, Alan Stubbs, A dipterist's handbook, page 119:

Trixoscelids are scarcely distinguishable from heleomyzids.

1979, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada:

The larvae of a small fly called a heleomyzid were present in some numbers on the body, suggesting that the burial probably took place at the end of winter or in early spring because eggs laid before winter would not have survived to produce larvae.

2013, Zakaria Erzinçlioglu, Maggots, Murder, and Men:

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


heleophrynid

(zoology) Any ghost frog in the family Heleophrynidae.


helicarionid

(zoology) Any snail of the family Helicarionidae.


helicid

(zoology) Any snail of the family Helicidae.


helicinid

(zoology) Any snails in the family Helicinidae.


helicodiscid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Helicodiscidae.


heliconiid

(zoology) Any butterfly in the family Heliconiidae, now considered to be the nymphalid subfamily Heliconiinae.


helicopsychid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Helicopsychidae.


heliodinid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Heliodinidae.


helioporid

(zoology) Any coral in the family Helioporidae


heliornithid

(zoology) Any finfoot in the family Heliornithidae.


heliozelid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Heliozelidae.


helminthoglyptid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Helminthoglyptidae, now considered to be the xanthonychid subfamily Helminthoglyptinae.


helodermatid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Helodermatidae


helophorid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Helophoridae.


helotid

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


hemigaleid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hemigaleidae.


hemimerid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Hemimeridae.


hemiodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hemiodontidae.


hemiphractid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Hemiphractidae.


hemiramphid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hemiramphidae; a halfbeak.


hemiscylliid

(ichthyology) Any of the family Hemiscylliidae of sharks.


hemisotid

(zoology) Any shovelnose frog in the family Hemisotidae.


hemitheid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Hemitheidae, now considered to be the geometrid tribe Hemitheini.


hemitripterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hemitripteridae.


henicid

(zoology) Any king cricket or weta in the family Henicidae.


henricosborniid

(zoology) Any member of the Henricosborniidae.


hepialid

(zoology) Any member of family Hepialidae of ghost moths.


heptapterid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Heptapteridae.


heptaxodontid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae.


hercoglossid

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


hermaeid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Hermaeidae.


herpestid

(zoology) Any member of the family Herpestidae of mongooses.


herpetotheriid

(zoology) Any metatherian in the family Herpetotheriidae.


herpyllobiid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Herpyllobiidae.


herrerasaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaure in the family Herrerasauridae.


hersiliid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Hersiliidae.


hesionid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Hesionidae.


hesperiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper.


heterenchelyid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Heterenchelyidae.


heterobathmiid

(zoology)Any moth in the family Heterobathmiidae.


heterocerid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Heteroceridae.


heteroderid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Heteroderidae.


heterogynid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Heterogynidae.


heteromyid

(zoology) Any rodent of the family Heteromyidae.


heterophyid

(zoology) Any trematode flatworm in the family Heterophyidae.


heteropneustid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Heteropneustidae.


heterozerconid

(zoology) Any member of the Heterozerconidae.


hexabranchid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Hexabranchidae.


hexagrammid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Hexagrammidae of greenlings.


hexapodid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Hexapodidae.


hexathelid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hexathelidae of funnel-web tarantulas.


heylerosaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the Heylerosauridae.


hiatellid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Hiatellidae.


hildoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Hildoceratidae.


himantolophid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Himantolophidae.


hiodontid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Hiodontidae, the mooneyes.


hippid

(zoology) Any sand crab in the family Hippidae.


hippolytid

(zoology) Any shrimp in the family Hippolytidae.


hipponicid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Hipponicidae.


hipposaurid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Hipposauridae.


hirundinid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Hirundinidae; a swallow or martin.


histerid

Later, mostly in the 1950s, eight more histerid species were imported into Hawaii to attack the horn fly, of which four became established, including Pachylister caffer (Erichson) (Legner, 1978; Funasaki et al, 1988).

1999, K. S. Hagen, N. J. Mills, G. Gordh, J. A. McMurtry, “16. Terrestrial Arthropod Predators of Insect and Mite Pests”, in T. W. Fisher, Thomas S. Bellows, L. E. Caltagirone, D. L. Dahlsten, Carl B. Huffaker, G. Gordh, editors, Handbook of Biological Control, Academic Press, page 447:

Histerids are mainly predators of soft-bodied insect larvae and eggs, particularly those of cyclorraphan^([sic – meaning cyclorrhaphan]) Diptera.

2001, Peter W. Kovarik, Michael S. Caterino, “Family 15. HISTERIDAE Gyllenhal, 1808”, in Ross H. Arnett Jr., Michael C. Thomas, editors, American Beetles, Volume 1, CRC Press, page 216:

Histerids are scavengers and predators in decomposing organic material such as animal carcasses.

2004, David P. Rees, Insects of Stored Products, CSIRO Publishing, page 72:

(zoology) Any of the numerous beetles in the family Histeridae; a clown beetle.


histiopterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Histiopteridae, now considered to be the pentacerotid subfamily Histiopterinae.


histiostomatid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Histiostomatidae.


histioteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Histioteuthidae.


holmiid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Holmiidae.


holocentrid

(zoology) Any member of the family Holocentridae of squirrelfishes and soldierfishes.


holopeid

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


holoptychiid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Holoptychiidae.


holothuriid

(zoology) Any sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.


homalocephalid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Homalocephalidae, probably a synonym of the Pachycephalosauridae.


homalodotheriid

(zoology) Any toxodont in the family Homalodotheriidae.


homalonotid

(zoology) Any trilobite the family Homalonotidae.


homalonychid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Homalonychidae.


homarid

(zoology) Any lobster in the family Homaridae, a synonym of the Nephropidae.


homerid

From Latin Homeridae. Equivalent to Homer + -id.


homoceratid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Homoceratidae of extinct ammonites.


homolid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Homolidae.


homolodromiid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Homolodromiidae.


hoplichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Hoplichthyidae.


hoplitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Hoplitidae.


hoplocercid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Hoplocercidae.


hoplolaimid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Hoplolaimidae.


hormathiid

(zoology) Any sea anemone in the family Hormathiidae.


hormotomid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Hormotomidae, now known as the Murchisoniidae.


huayangosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Huayangosauridae,


hubbardiid

(zoology) Any arachnid in the family Hubbardiidae.


hyaenid

(zoology) Any member of the Hyaenidae; an aardwolf or hyena.


hyaenodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hyaenodontidae.


hyalellid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Hyalellidae.


hyalid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Hyalidae.


hyblaeid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Hyblaeidae.


hybodontid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Hybodontidae.


hybosorid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Hybosoridae.


hybotid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Hybotidae.


hydatinid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Hydatinidae.


hydractiniid

(zoology) Any hydrozoan of the family Hydractiniidae.


hydraenid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hydraenidae of minute moss beetles.


hydrobatid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Hydrobatidae; a storm petrel.


hydrobiid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Hydrobiidae.


hydrobiosid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Hydrobiosidae.


hydrocenid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Hydrocenidae.


hydrochoerid

(zoology) Any rodent of the family Hydrochoeridae (now reclassified as the subfamily Hydrochoerinae).


hydrophiid

(zoology) Any sea snake in the family Hydrophiidae.


hydropsychid

(zoology) Any caddisfly in the family Hydropsychidae.


hydroptilid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Hydroptilidae.


hydroscaphid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Hydroscaphidae.


hygrobiid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Hygrobiidae.


hygromiid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Hygromiidae.


hylaeochampsid

(zoology) Any extinct eusuchian in the family Hylaeochampsidae.


hylid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hylidae of frogs, including tree frogs.


hymenolepidid

(zoology) Any tapeworm in the family Hymenolepididae.


hymenopodid

(zoology) Any mantis in the family Hymenopodidae.


hymenosomatid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Hymenosomatidae.


hynobiid

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


hyocephalid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Hyocephalidae.


hyopsodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hyopsodontidae.


hyperiid

(zoology) Any amphipod of the suborder Hyperiidea.

(zoology, less common) Any amphipod of the family Hyperiidae.


hyperiopsid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Hyperiopsidae.


hyperoodontid

(zoology) Any beaked whale in the family Hyperoodontidae, a synonym of the Ziphiidae.


hypertragulid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hypertragulidae.


hypochilid

Dr. Gertsch advised us that scorpions are remote relatives of spiders — no closer than a wasp is to a snout beetle — and that the rare ancient spider he nabbed was a hypochilid, dating back two hundred and fifty million years to the Carboniferous Age.

1953, The New Yorker, volume 29, number 3, page 33:

Their four booklungs linked these hypochilids with primitive mygalomorphs.

1999, Raymond R. Forster, Spiders of New Zealand and Their World-wide Kin, page 69:

The cribellar fibrils of the 12 hypochilid species are cylindrical with a diameter of about 25 nm, whereas fibrils of all other cribellate species, except members of the family Filistatidae, have regularly spaced, swollen nodes that have a diameter of about 35 nm.

2013, Wolfgang Nentwig, Spider Ecophysiology, page 305:

(zoology) Any member of the Hypochilidae (the lampshade spiders).


hypogastrurid

(zoology) Any springtail in the family Hypogastruridae.


hypopomid

(zoology) Any knifefish in the family Hypopomidae.


hypoptychid

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


hypsibiid

(zoology) Any tardigrade in the family Hypsibiidae.


hypsidorid

(zoology) Any extinct catfish in the family Hypsidoridae.


hypsiprymnodontid

(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Hypsiprymnodontidae, which includes only one extant species, (musky rat-kangaroo), and numerous extinct species.


hyracodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Hyracodontidae.


hyriid

(zoology) Any freshwater mussel in the family Hyriidae.


hystricid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hystricidae, Old World porcupines


ibaliid

(zoology) Any cynipoid wasp in the family Ibaliidae.


icelid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Icelidae, which is now generally considered to be part of the family Cottidae.


ichneumonoid

(zoology) Any member of the superfamily Ichneumonoidea.


ichthyodectid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Ichthyodectidae of extinct predatory fish principally of the Cretaceous.


ichthyophiid

(zoology) Any caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae.


ichthyornithid

(zoology) Any avialan in the family Ichthyornithidae.


ichthyosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ichthyosauridae.


ichthyostegid

(zoology) Any labyrinthodont in the family Ichthyostegidae.


icosteid

(zoology) Any ragfish in the family Icosteidae.


ictalurid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Ictaluridae.


idiacanthid

(zoology) Any fish in the stomiid subfamily Idiacanthinae.


idiopid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Idiopidae.


idiosepiid

(zoology) Any in the family Idiosepiidae of cephalopods.


idoteid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Idoteidae.


iguanodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Iguanodontidae of iguana-like dinosaurs.


ilariid

(zoology) Any extinct marsupial in the family Ilariidae.


ilysiid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Ilysiidae, a synonym of the Aniliidae.


immid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Immidae.


inachid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Inachidae.


incurvariid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Incurvariidae.


indicatorid

(zoology) Any member of the Indicatoridae, the honeyguides.


indostomid

(zoology)Any fish in the family Indostomidae.


indriid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Indriidae.


inermiid

(zoology)Any fish in the family Inermiidae, a synonym of the Haemulidae.


ingolfiellid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Ingolfiellidae.


iniid

According to Cozzuol (1996), iniids (including fossil taxa) are characterized by an extremely elongated rostrum and mandible, very narrow supraoccipital, greatly reduced orbital region, and pneumatized maxillae forming a crest.

2015, Annalisa Berta, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology, page 88:

(zoology) Any river dolphin of the family Iniidae.


inocelliid

(zoology)Any snakefly in the family Inocelliidae.


inoceramid

(zoology)Any extinct bivalve in the family Inoceramidae.


intasuchid

(zoology)Any temnospondyl in the family Intasuchidae.


interatheriid

(zoology) Any notoungulate in the family Interatheriidae.


ipnopid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Ipnopidae of deepsea tripod fishes.


iravadiid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Iravadiidae.


irenid

(zoology)Any bird in the family Irenidae.


iridinid

(zoology)Any freshwater mussel in the family Iridinidae.


ironomyiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Ironomyiidae.


isaeid

(zoology)Any amphipod in the family Isaeidae.


ischnochitonid

(zoology) Any chiton in the family Ischnochitonidae.


ischnurid

(zoology) Any scorpion in the family Ischnuridae.


ischyrocerid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Ischyroceridae.


isidid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Isididae


isostictid

(zoology)Any damselfly in the family Isostictidae.


isotemnid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Isotemnidae of extinct ungulates.


isotomid

(zoology) Any springtail in the family Isotomidae.


issid

(zoology) Any of the planthoppers in the family Issidae.


istiodactylid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Istiodactylidae.


istiophorid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Istiophoridae, the marlins.


ithonid

The second, and most important, event was the publication of his first scientific paper (Adams 1950) - a short note on the rare North American ithonid Oliarces clara Banks.

1998, Journal of Neuropterology, volumes 1-2, page 76:

Like the ithonids, they appear to be an isolated and ancient family.

2005, Cedric Gillott, Entomology, 3rd edition, page 302:

2008, Lionel Stange, Lacewings, Antlions and Mantispids (Neuroptera), John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, Volume 4, page 2105,
Some species of ithonids (Ithone, Megalithone and Oliarces) have been observed swarming in vast numbers for short periods of time.

(zoology) Any insect of the moth lacewing family Ithonidae.


ixodorhynchid

(zoology)Any mite in the family Ixodorhynchidae.


jacobsoniid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Jacobsoniidae.


jakobid

(zoology) Any protozoan in the order Jakobida.


janolid

A third species of janolid has been collected from San Diego, California and was depicted by Behrens (1980, fig. 152).

Food abundance does not appear to be a limiting factor as many ectoproct colonies are devoid of janolids.

1982, Annals of the South African Museum, volume 86, page 40:

As an example, the up to now unknown structure and function of the janolid caruncle (see GOSLINER 1994) was investigated herein.

2003, Michael Schrödl, Sea slugs of southern South America, page 117:

(zoology) Any member of the Janolidae (synonym of Proctonotidae), a family of sea slugs.


janthinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Epitoniidae (syn. Janthinidae); a wentletrap.


japygid

The japygids could not be established with certainty as carnivores, and efficiencies were calculated (a) with these animals ignored, (b) with them considered as carnivores, and (c) with them considered as 'herbivores'.

1970, John Anthony Wallwork, Ecology of soil animals, page 244:

(zoology) Any hexapod of the family Japygidae or superfamily Japygoidea.


jassid

(zoology) Any leaf-hopper in the family Jassidae, now considered to be the cicadellid subfamily Iassinae.


julid

(zoology) Any millipede in the order Julida.

(zoology) Any millipede in the family Julidae.


juliid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Juliidae.


juraphyllitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Juraphyllitidae.


kalotermitid

(zoology) Any member of the family Kalotermitidae of termites.


kannemeyeriid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Kannemeyeriidae.


karaurid

(zoology) Any salamander-like amphibian in the family Karauridae.


kathlaniid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Kathlaniidae.


katsuwonid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Katsuwonidae, a synonym of the Scombridae.


kentriodontid

(zoology) Any extinct cetacean in the family Kentriodontidae.


keraterpetontid

(zoology) Any lepospondyl in the family Keraterpetontidae.


kermesid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Kermesidae.


keroplatid

(zoology) Any fungus gnat of the family Keroplatidae.


kerriid

(zoology) Any lac insect in the family Kerriidae.


kinosternid

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Kinosternidae.


kionoceratid

(zoology) Any member of the Kionoceratidae.


kneriid

(zoology) Any gonorynchiform fish in the family Kneriidae.


kogaionid

Some, such as Kogaionids, probably laid eggs and hopped like frogs.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 25:

(zoology) An extinct multituberculate of the family Kogaionidae.


kogiid

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(zoology) Any whale in the family Kogiidae.


kraemeriid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Kraemeriidae, the sand gobies.


kuehneosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct lizardlike gliding reptile of the family Kuehneosauridae.


kuehneotheriid

(zoology) Any mammaliaform in the family Kuehneotheriidae.


kuhliid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Kuhliidae, the flagtails.


kurtid

(zoology) Any nurseryfish in the family Kurtidae.


kyphosid

The kyphosids are today one of the most primitive percosid families.

1967, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 135, page 50:

A few apogonids are similarly shaped and pigmented, but none are as robust as kyphosids, and all have a prominent gas bladder and a divided dorsal fin with fewer elements. Heavily pigmented perciform larvae such as Iatids and toxotids have different skin meristics and smaller head spines than kyphosids.

2000, H. J. Walker Jr., F. J. Neira, A. G. Miskiewicz, B. M. Carson-Ewart, “74: Kyphosidae (Rudderfishes, Sea Chubs)”, in Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart, editors, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes: An identification guide to marine fish larvae, page 467:

Siganids and kyphosids are less speciose than scarines and acanthurids, and are more conservative in their feeding habitats (Choat 1991, Choat et al 2002).

2009, Alison L. Green, David R. Bellwood, Monitoring Functional Groups of Herbivorous Reef Fishes as Indicators of Coral Reef Resilience, page 21:

(ichthyology) Any of the perciform fish of the family Kyphosidae (the sea chubs).


labidurid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Labiduridae.


labiid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Labiidae.


labrisomid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Labrisomidae.


lachesillid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Lachesillidae.


lactariid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lactariidae.


laelapid

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


lagosuchid

(zoology) Any archosaur in the family Lagosuchidae.


lamellariid

(zoology) Any of the gastropods in the family Lamellariidae, now considered the velutinid subfamily Lamellariinae.


lamellorthoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Lamellorthoceratidae.


lamiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lamiidae, now considered to be the cerambycid subfamily Lamiinae.


lamnid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Lamnidae.


lamponid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Lamponidae.


lamprid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Lamprididae, the opahs.


lampropid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Lampropidae.


laniid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Laniidae; a shrike.


lanthanotid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Lanthanotidae.


largid

(zoology) Any plant bug in the family Largidae.


lasiocampid

(zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.


laternulid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Laternulidae.


latiid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Latiidae.


latimerid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Latimeridae, the coelacanths.


latiscopid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Latiscopidae.


latreilliid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Latreilliidae.


latrid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Latridae.


latridiid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Latridiidae.


laubierinid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Laubierinidae.


lauriid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Lauriidae.


lauxaniid

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


lebiasinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lebiasinidae.


lecanodiaspidid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Lecanodiaspididae.


lecithocerid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Lecithoceridae.


leiodid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Leiodidae.


leiognathid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Leiognathidae.


leiopelmatid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Leiopelmatidae.


lemoniid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Lemoniidae, now considered to be part of the Brahmaeidae.


leontiniid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Leontiniidae.


lepadid

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


lepetellid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Lepetellidae.


lepetid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Lepetidae.


lepicerid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Lepiceridae.


lepidosirenid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Lepidosirenidae of South American lungfishes.


lepidoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Lepidoteuthidae.


lepilemurid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Lepilemuridae.


lepismatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lepismatidae of silverfish and bristletails


lepisosteid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lepisosteidae; a gar.


leptocerid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Leptoceridae.


leptochariid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Leptochariidae.


leptochitonid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Leptochitonidae.


leptodactylid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Leptodactylidae


leptodorid

(zoology) Any water flea in the family Leptodoridae.


leptonetid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Leptonetidae.


leptoscopid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Leptoscopidae.


leptotyphlopid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.


lernaeodiscid

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


lernaeopodid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Lernaeopodidae.


lestid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Lestidae.


lethrinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lethrinidae.


leuconid

(zoology) Any member of the family Leuconidae of hooded shrimps.


leucosiid

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


leucospid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Leucospidae.


leucothoid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Leucothoidae.


leuctrid

(zoology) Any stonefly in the family Leuctridae.


libytheid

(zoology) Any butterfly in the family Libytheidae, now considered to be the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae.


ligiid

[…] an asellote (Iathrippa longicauda) and a ligiid (Ligia italica) […]

1991, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, volumes 31-32, page 164:

(zoology) Any member of the family Ligiidae of woodlice.


liljeborgiid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Liljeborgiidae.


limacid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Limacidae.


limacinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Limacinidae of heterobranch snails, known as sea butterflies.


limacodid

(zoology) Any moth the family Limacodidae.


limapontiid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Limapontiidae.


limid

(zoology) Any in the family Limidae of mollusks.


limnocytherid

(zoology) Any ostracod in the family Limnocytheridae.


limnodynastid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Limnodynastidae.


limnoriid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Limnoriidae.


limnoscelid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Limnoscelidae.


limoniid

(zoology) Any cranefly in the family Limoniidae.


limopsid

(zoology) Any bivalve in the family Limopsidae.


limulid

(zoology) Any horseshoe crab in the family Limulidae.


lineid

(zoology) Any nemertean worm in the family Lineidae.


linophrynid

(zoology)Any fish in the family Linophrynidae.


liochelid

(zoology) Any scorpion in the family Liochelidae, a synonym of the Hemiscorpiidae.


liocranid

(zoology) Any member of the family Liocranidae of certain sac spiders.


liolaemid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Liolaemidae.


liotiid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Liotiidae.


liparoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Liparoceratidae.


liphistiid

(araneology, zoology) Any spider in the family Liphistiidae.


lipotid

(zoology) Any river dolphin of the family Lipotidae.


liroceratid

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


listrophorid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Listrophoridae.


lithodid

(zoology) Any of the crab-like crustaceans in the family Lithodidae, the king crabs.


lithornithid

(zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Lithornithidae.


litiopid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Litiopidae.


littorinid

(zoology) Any member of the Littorinidae of univalves.


lituitid

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


lobotid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Lobotidae; a tripletail.


locustid

(zoology) Any member of the Locustidae family, now included in subfamily Oedipodinae in family Acrididae.


loliginid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Loliginidae.


lomid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lomidae of hairy stone crabs.


lonchaeid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Lonchaeidae.


lonchopterid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Lonchopteridae.


lophocoronid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Lophocoronidae.


lophospirid

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


lophotid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Lophotidae, the crestfish or unicornfish.


loricariid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Loricariidae.


loriid

(zoology) Any parrot in the family Loriidae, now considered to be the psittacid subfamily Loriinae.


lorisid

(zoology) Any primate in the family Lorisidae; a loris or potto.


lotid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lotidae of lings and similar fish.


lottiid

(zoology)Any gastropod in the family Lottiidae.


lovenellid

(zoology) Any hydroid in the family Lovenellidae


loveniid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Loveniidae


loxommatid

(zoology) Any primitive tetrapod in the family Loxommatidae, a synonym of the Baphetidae.


loxonematid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Loxonematidae.


loxoscelid

(zoology) Any in the former family Loxoscelidae of recluse spiders, now considered part of the family Sicariidae.


lucanid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lucanidae.


luciferid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Luciferidae.


luciocephalid

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


lumbricid

(zoology) Any earthworm in the family Lumbricidae.


lumbriculid

(zoology) Any worm of the family Lumbriculidae.


lycid

For an instant I thought it was a lycid, but it moved characteristically like a longhorned beetle, and I quickly realized that I had collected Elytroleptus floridanus—a quite rare southeastern U.S. species that I have only seen once before when I reared a single individual from dead oak that I collected in the Missouri bootheel (and representing a new state record).

2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:


lycosid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Lycosidae; a wolf spider.


lycosuchid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Lycosuchidae.


lycoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Lycoteuthidae.


lyctid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Lyctidae.


lydekkerinid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Lydekkerinidae.


lygaeid

Borrowed from translingual Lygaeidae, from the type genus, translingual Lygaeus, borrowed from Ancient Greek λῡγαῖος (lūgaîos, “dark, gloomy”).

der

(zoology) Any plant bug in the family Lygaeidae.


lymantrid

(zoology) Alternative spelling of lymantriid.


lymexylid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Lymexylidae.


lymnaeid

(zoology) Any pond snail in the family Lymnaeidae.


lymnocardiid

(zoology) Any cockle in the family Lymnocardiidae, now considered to be the cardiid subfamily Lymnocardiinae.


lyonetiid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Lyonetiidae.


lyonsiid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Lyonsiidae.


lypusid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Lypusidae.


lysianassid

(zoology) Any crustacean of the family Lysianassidae.


lysiosquillid

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the family Lysiosquillidae.


lysorophid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Lysorophidae, a synonym for the Molgophidae.


lystrosaurid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Lystrosauridae.


macariid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Macariidae, now considered to be the geometrid tribe Macariini.


machaerotid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Machaerotidae.


macluritid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Macluritidae.


macraucheniid

(zoology) Any extinct hoofed mammal of the family Macraucheniidae.


macristiid

(zoology) Any fish in the obsolete family Macristiidae, which turned out to be a collection of misidentified larval aulopiforms.


macrochelid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Macrochelidae.


macronyssid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Macronyssidae.


macropetalichthyid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Macropetalichthyidae.


macrophthalmid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Macrophthalmidae.


macropodid

(zoology) Any member of the Macropodidae; a kangaroo.


macroramphosid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Macroramphosidae.


macroscelidid

(zoology) Any member of the family Macroscelididae, the elephant shrews.


macrosemiid

(zoology) Any fish in the extinct family Macrosemiidae.


macrostomid

(zoology) Any flatworm in the family Macrostomidae.


maenid

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


magilid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Magilidae, synonym for the muricid subfamily Coralliophilinae.


maizaniid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Maizaniidae.


majid

(zoology) Any of the family Majidae of sea spiders or spider crabs.


malacanthid

(zoology) Any in the family Malacanthidae of tilefishes.


malachiid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Malachiidae, now considered to be the melyrid subfamily Malachiinae.


malkarid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Malkaridae.


malleid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Malleidae.


malletiid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Malletiidae.


mamenchisaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Mamenchisauridae.


mammutid

(zoology) Any member of the family Mammutidae; a mammoth.


mantellid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Mantellidae.


marathonitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Marathonitidae.


margaritiferid

(zoology) Any freshwater mussel in the family Margaritiferidae.


margarodid

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


marginellid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Marginellidae.


massospondylid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Massospondylidae.


mastacembelid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Mastacembelidae.


mastigoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Mastigoteuthidae.


mastodonsaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Mastodonsauridae.


mastotermitid

(zoology) Any termite of the family Mastotermitidae.


mathildid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Mathildidae.


matutid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Matutidae.


mawsoniid

(zoology) Any extinct coelacanth in the family Mawsoniidae.


mazocraeid

(zoology) Any flatworm in the family Mazocraeidae.


meandrinid

(zoology) Any stony coral in the family Meandrinidae.


mecicobothriid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Mecicobothriidae.


mecochirid

(zoology) Any extinct lobsterlike crustacean in the family Mecochiridae.


mecysmaucheniid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Mecysmaucheniidae.


medlicottiid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Medlicottiidae.


megadermatid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Megadermatidae.


megaladapid

(zoology) Any extinct lemur in the family Megaladapidae.


megalichthyid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Megalichthyidae.


megalodontid

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


megalonychid

(zoology) Any sloth in the family Megalonychidae.


megalopid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Megalopidae.


megalopygid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Megalopygidae.


megalosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur of the family Megalosauridae.


megalurid

(zoology) Any warbler in the family Megaluridae, a synonym for the Locustellidae.


megalyrid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Megalyridae.


megamerinid

(zoology) Any member of the Megamerinidae.


megapodagrionid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae; a flatwing.


megapodid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Megapodiidae; a megapode or mound builder.


megapodiid

(zoology) Alternative form of megapodid.


megascolecid

Before the study was begun, the known oligochaete fauna of Tasmania consisted of six species of aquatic microdriles, twenty-three indigenous species of megascolecid earthworms, and introduced earthworms of the family Lumbricidae.

1975, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Zoology, volume 26, page 205:

(zoology) Any earthworm of the family Megascolecidae.


megaspilid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Megaspilidae.


megaspirid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Megaspiridae.


megatheriid

(zoology) Any in the family Megatheriidae of ground sloths.


megathymid

(zoology) Any skipper in the family Megathymidae, now considered to be part of the Hesperiidae, perhaps as the subfamily Megathyminae.


megazostrodontid

(zoology) Any mammaliaform cynodont in the family Megazostrodontidae.


megisthanid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Megisthanidae.


megophryid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Megophryidae.


meinertellid

(zoology) Any bristletail in the family Meinertellidae.


meiolaniid

The meiolaniids were ancient turtles that evolved during the Eocene epoch, between 55 and 34 million years ago. Fossils of meiolaniid species come from Argentina, from Australia, and from several islands near Australia, including Tasmania and New Caledonia.

2007, Rebecca Stefoff, Turtles, page 52:

Turtle remains are particularly common at Lightning Ridge, comprising several distinct lineages including aquatic chelids and peculiar meiolaniid-like taxa—meiolaniids were spectacular horned turtles known from the Australian region and South America.

2012, Elizabeth T. Smith, Benjamin P. Kear, “Chapter 9: Spoochelys ormondea gen. et sp. nov., an archaic Meiolaniid-Like Turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, Australia”, in Donald B. Brinkman, Patricia A. Holroyd, James D. Gardner, editors, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles, page 121:

Meiolaniids are a peculiar group of extinct turtles bearing cranial horns and frills, caudal rings, and tail clubs and restricted to South America (Eocene) and Australasia (Oligocene to Holocene).

2014, Marcelo de la Fuente, Juliana Sterli, Ignacio Maniel, Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles, page 134:

(zoology) Any of the extinct armoured land turtles of the family †Meiolaniidae.


melamphaid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Melamphaidae.


melandryid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Melandryidae.


melaniid

(zoology) Any freshwater snail in the family Melaniidae (synonym of family Thiaridae).


melanocetid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Melanocetidae.


melanonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Melanonidae of deep-sea fish.


melanopsid

(zoology) Any freshwater snail in the family Melanopsidae.


melanorosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur of the Melanorosauridae.


melanotaeniid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Melanotaeniidae, the rainbowfishes.


meleagridid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Meleagrididae, now considered to be the phasianid subfamily Meleagridinae, the turkeys.


melid

(zoology) Any member of the family Melidae, now usually subfamily Melinae in family Mustelidae, of badgers.


meliphagid

Flowers with long, tubular corollas are visited mainly by long-billed meliphagids; the latter, however, also visit flowers of other types.

1985, Allen Keast, An introductory ecological biogeography of the Australo-Pacific Meliphagidae: New Zealand Journal of Zoology, volume 13, number 4, page 620:

The meliphagids, as their common name implies, are primarily nectar feeding or nectarivorous and were quite possibly prevented from any significant adaptive radiation on each main island by competition from the (presumably) earlier radiated Hawaiian honeycreepers.

2002, Alan C. Ziegler, Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution, page 263:

I am not familiar with any detailed studies of the ecology of nectarivores in the brushtongued parrots, meliphagids, and certain marsupial mammals in forests of Australia and New Guinea.

2012, James R. Karr, “Chapter 22: Birds”, in H. Lieth, M.J.A. Werger, editors, Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems: Biogeographical and Ecological Studies, page 408:

(zoology, ornithology) Any bird of the family Meliphagidae; a honeyeater.


meliponid

(zoology) Any bee in the family Meliponidae, now considered to be the apid tribe Meliponini.


melithaeid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Melithaeidae


melitid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Melitidae.


melittid

Regarding the transport sites, apids, melittids, ctenoplectrids, and megachilids all show little variation whereas the other bee families display wide variation.

1992, David W. Roubik, editor, Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees, page 45:

In further support of the antiquity of this clade is the widely disjunct distribution of some of its basal members among the dasypodaine melittids, as indicated in Sections 26 and 68 and Michener (1981a).

2000, Charles Duncan Michener, The Bees of the World, volume 1, page 95:

The relatively good fossil representation of melittids and their long-tongued associates has been argued to be a reflection of a bias in favour of resin-collecting bees.

2010, Geoff Williams, Paul Adam, The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: A Plant and Pollination Miscellany, page 105:

(zoology) Any bee of the family Melittidae.


meloid

Cantharidin is sometimes referred to as Spanish fly because of its derivation from adults of the large meloid Lytta vesicatoria that is commonly found in Spain; it is a potent vesicant with a putative function as an aphrodisiac.

1981, Murry Blum, Chemical Defenses of Arthropods, page 20:

Meloids are herbivorous as adults, and their larvae are parasites of bees or eat grasshopper eggs.

2002, Frank N. Young, Jr., Gene Kritsky, A Survey of Entomology, page 200:

Cantharidin is also a potent blistering agent.[…]Individual meloids may contain as much as 17 milligrams of cantharidin, or 10% of live weight.

2005, Thomas Eisner, Maria Eisner, Melody V. S. Siegler, Secrets Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Others Many-Legged Creatures, page 221:

2009, "Coleoptera", entry in Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé (editors), Encyclopedia of Insects, page 198,
Although meloids are known to produce cantharidin, transfer of this compound during meloid mating has not been documented.

(zoology) Any beetle of the taxonomic family Meloidae; a blister beetle.


melongenid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Melongenidae.


melphidippid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Melphidippidae.


melyrid

A single Eleodes hispilabris (apparently on its last leg) was seen near the north end of the mesa, which I photographed and collected, and on the way back I encountered a small patch of Sphaeralcea coccinea (scarlet globemallow) in bloom, from the flowers of which I collected a few small melyrid-type beetles and a small halictid bee for Mike.

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles.


membraniporid

(zoology) Any bryozoan in the family Membraniporidae.


menid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Menidae, the moonfishes.


menippid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Menippidae.


menthid

(zoology) Any pseudoscorpion in the family Menthidae.


menurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Menuridae of lyrebirds.


mephitid

(zoology) Any member of the family Mephitidae of skunks and stink badgers.


merluccid

(zoology) Alternative form of merlucciid.


mermithid

Mermithids are occasionally found, but spirurids, so common in the above 2 groups, are lacking in the Grylloidea, as are other groups of nematodes.

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

(zoology) Any member of the family Mermithidae of nematode worms that are endoparasites in arthropods.


meropeid

(zoology) Any scorpionfly in the family Meropeidae.


merulid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Merulidae, an old name for the Turdidae; a thrush.


merycoidodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Merycoidodontidae.


mesosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Mesosauridae; a mesosaur.


mesotheriid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Mesotheriidae.


metarbelid

(zoology) Any member of the Metarbelidae.


metastrongylid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Metastrongylidae.


metoposaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl of the family Metoposauridae.


metridiid

(zoology) Any sea anemone of the family Metridiidae.


metridinid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Metridinidae.


metriorhynchid

(zoology) Any crocodylomorph in the family Metriorhynchidae.


michelinoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Michelinoceratidae, a synonym of the Orthoceratidae.


microbiotheriid

(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Microbiotheriidae; a colocolo opossum.


microbrachid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Microbrachidae.


microcerberid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Microcerberidae.


microcionid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Microcionidae.


microcosmodontid

(zoology) Any multituberculate in the family Microcosmodontidae.


microdesmid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Microdesmidae, the wormfishes and dartfishes.


microdomatid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Microdomatidae.


microhedylid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Microhedylidae, possibly a synonym of the Parhedylidae.


micromalthid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Micromalthidae.


micromelaniid

(zoology) Any aquatic snail in the family Micromelaniidae, now considered to be a synonym of the hydrobiid subfamily Pyrgulinae.


micromelerpetontid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Micromelerpetontidae.


micropezid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Micropezidae.


microphysid

(zoology) Any bug in the family Microphysidae.


microporellid

(zoology) Any bryozoan in the family Microporellidae.


micropterigid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Micropterigidae.


micropygid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Micropygidae


microsporid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Microsporidae, a synonym of the Sphaeriusidae.


microstigmatid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Microstigmatidae.


microstomatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Microstomatidae.


microstomid

(zoology) Any flatworm in the family Microstomidae.


micryphantid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Micryphantidae, now considered to be a synonym of the linyphiid subfamily Erigoninae.


mictyrid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Mictyridae.


migid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Migidae.


milacid

The buccal mass in milacids is spheroidal, and contains an oxygnathic jaw.

2004, G. M. Barker, Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs, page 299:

Chemically unknown tissue toxins from internal organs that may kill Pterostichus carabids are uniquely known from the milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis, which shows an aposematic coloration (orange dorsal line).

2010, Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology, page 392:

The atrium is a simple structure in the Limacidae and in Milacidae but in some milacid slugs it is equipped with a stimulator (see Section 5.1.7) and, in most milacids, accessory or atrial glands open into the atrium.

2012, A. South, Terrestrial Slugs: Biology, ecology and control, page 110:

(zoology) Any member of the family Milacidae of slugs.


milichiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Milichiidae.


miliolid

(zoology) Any foraminifer in the order Miliolida.


milleporid

(zoology) Any hydrozoan in the family Milleporidae.


millerettid

(zoology) Any parareptile in the family Millerettidae.


mimallonid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Mimallonidae.


mimetid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Mimetidae.


mimid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Mimidae, the mockingbirds, catbirds and thrashers.


miniopterid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Miniopteridae.


minuid

(zoology) Any harvestman in the family Minuidae, a synonym of the Kimulidae.


mitrid

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


mitsukurinid

(zoology) Any member of the family Mitsukurinidae, a goblin shark.


miturgid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Miturgidae.


mixodectid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Mixodectidae.


mixosaurid

(zoology) Any ichthyosaur in the family Mixosauridae.


mnesarchaeid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Mnesarchaeidae.


mobulid

(zoology) Any member of the subfamily Mobulinae, in family Myliobatidae (sometimes family Mobulidae), the manta rays and devil rays.


modulid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Modulidae.


moeritheriid

(zoology) Any member of the Moeritheriidae.


mohoid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Mohoidae.


moinid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Moinidae.


molossid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Molossidae


molpadiid

(zoology) Any sea cucumber in the family Molpadiidae


momotid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Momotidae; a motmot.


momphid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Momphidae.


monacanthid

(zoology) Any in the family Monacanthidae of filefishes.


monodactylid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Monodactylidae.


monodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family Monodontidae; a beluga or a narwhal.


monognathid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Monognathidae of onejaws.


monommatid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Monommatidae, now considered to be the zopherid tribe Monommatini.


monommid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Monommidae, synonym for the zopherid tribe Monommatini.


monophlebid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Monophlebidae.


monotomid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Monotomidae.


monstrillid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Monstrillidae.


montacutid

(zoology) Any bivalve in the family Montacutidae.


mopaliid

(zoology) Any chiton in the family Mopaliidae.


mordaciid

(zoology) Any member of the family Mordaciidae of lampreys or the generally equivalent subfamily Mordaciinae of family Petromyzontidae.


mordellid

(zoology) Any in the family Mordellidae of beetles.


moringuid

(zoology) Any in the family Moringuidae of eels.


mormoopid

(zoology) Any member of the Mormoopidae of bats; ghost-faced bats.


moronid

(zoology) Any in the family Moronidae of temperate basses.


moschid

(zoology) Any member of the family Moschidae, several species of musk deer in genus Moschus.


moschorhinid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Moschorhinidae, a synonym of the Akidnognathidae.


mugilid

(zoology) Any member of the family Mugilidae of grey mullets.


munidid

(zoology) Any crustacean of the family Munididae, the squat lobsters.


muraenesocid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Muraenesocidae.


muraenid

The posterior nostril in xenocongrids lies immediately before the center of the eye, on the outside of the upper lip, or inside the confines of the mouth; in the muraenids, it nearly always lies above the eye.

1993, James E. Böhlke, Charles C. G. Chaplin, Fishes of the Bahamas and Adjacent Tropical Waters, page 70:

(zoology) Any eel in the family Muraenidae.


muraenolepidid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Muraenolepididae.


murchisoniid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Murchisoniidae.


muscicapid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Muscicapidae.


musophagid

(zoology) Any member of the family Musophagidae, the turacos.


mussid

(zoology) Any coral in the family Mussidae.


mutelid

(zoology) Any freshwater mussel in the family Mutelidae, a synonym of the Iridinidae.


mutillid

(zoology) Any velvet ant in the family Mutillidae.


mycalid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Mycalidae.


mycetophagid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Mycetophagidae.


mycetophilid

Borrowed from translingual Mycetophilidae.

(zoology) Any fungus gnat in the family Mycetophilidae.


mycetopodid

(zoology) Any freshwater mussel in the family Mycetopodidae.


mycterid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Mycteridae.


mydid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Mydidae.


myid

(zoology) Any member of the Myidae family of clams.


mylagaulid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Mylagaulidae.


myliobatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Myliobatidae of eagle rays.


mylodontid

(zoology) Any ground sloth in the family Mylodontidae.


mymarid

(zoology) Any chalcid wasp in the family Mymaridae.


mymarommatid

(zoology) Any tiny wasp in the family Mymarommatidae.


myobatrachid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Myobatrachidae.


myocastorid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Myocastoridae; a nutria or coypu.


myochamid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Myochamidae.


myopsocid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Myopsocidae.


myrmecobiid

(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Myrmecobiidae; a numbat.


myrmecolacid

(zoology) Any strepsipteran in the family Myrmecolacidae.


myrmecophagid

(zoology) Any anteater in the family Myrmecophagidae


myrmeleontid

(zoology) Any antlion in the Myrmeleontidae.


mysid

(zoology) Any crustacean of the order Mysida.

(zoology, less common) Any crustacean of the family Mysidae.


mysmenid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Mysmenidae.


mystacinid

(zoology) Any bat in the family Mystacinidae.


mythicomyiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Mythicomyiidae.


mytilicolid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Mytilicolidae.


myxillid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Myxillidae.


myxobolid

(zoology) Any myxozoan in the family Myxobolidae


myzopodid

From the family name, from Ancient Greek μυζάω (muzáō, “suck”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

(zoology) Any member of the family Myzopodidae of bats; Madagascar sucker-footed bat.


nacellid

(zoology) Any limpet in the family Nacellidae.


naidid

(zoology) Any worm of the family Naididae.


nandid

(zoology) Any leaffish in the family Nandidae.


nannastacid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Nannastacidae.


nannochoristid

(zoology) Any mecopteran insect in the family Nannochoristidae.


nannosquillid

(zoology) Any stomatopod in the family Nannosquillidae.


narcinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Narcinidae.


narkid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Narkidae.


nassariid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Nassariidae.


natalid

(zoology) Any member of the family Natalidae of funnel-eared bats.


naticid

(zoology) Any the family Naticidae of gastropods.


nautilid

Nautilids puttered along from that day to this, growing slowly, building thick shells, and laying large yolky eggs.

2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 76:

(zoology) A cephalopod of the family Nautilidae.


neanurid

(zoology) Any springtail of the family Neanuridae.


nebaliid

(zoology) Any member of the family Nebaliidae of small crustaceans.


nectariniid

(zoology) Any member of the Nectariniidae; a sunbird or spiderhunter.


neilonellid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Neilonellidae.


nemastomatid

(zoology) Any harvestman of the family Nemastomatidae.


nematistiid

(zoology) Any in the family Nematistiidae of roosterfish.


nematogenyid

(zoology) Any member of the Nematogenyidae.


nemegtosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Nemegtosauridae.


nemertodermatid

(zoology) Any acoelomorph in the family Nemertodermatidae.


nemesiid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Nemesiidae.


nemestrinid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Nemestrinidae.


nemichthyid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Nemichthyidae.


nemipterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Nemipteridae.


nemopterid

(zoology) Any member of the Nemopteridae.


nemourid

(zoology) Any stonefly in the family Nemouridae.


neobalaenid

(zoology) Any whale in the family Neobalaenidae; a pygmy right whale.


neoceratiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Neoceratiidae.


neoechinorhynchid

(zoology) Any acanthocephalan in the family Neoechinorhynchidae.


neoepiblemid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Neoepiblemidae.


neoglyphioceratid

(zoology) Any member of the Neoglyphioceratidae.


neolanid

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


neolepetopsid

(zoology) Any limpet in the family Neolepetopsidae.


neomphalid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Neomphalidae.


neoplagiaulacid

(zoology) Any ptilodontoid mammal in the family Neoplagiaulacidae.


neopseustid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Neopseustidae.


neoscopelid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Neoscopelidae, such as the blackchin.


neoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Neoteuthidae.


neottiophilid

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


neovenatorid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Neovenatoridae.


nephilid

(zoology) Any spider in the former family Nephilidae, now considered part of the family Araneidae.


nephropid

(zoology) Any member of the Nephropidae.


nephropsid

(zoology) Any lobster in the family Nephropsidae.


nephtheid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Nephtheidae


nephtyid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Nephtyidae.


nepid

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

(zoology) Any member of the family Nepidae of water scorpions.


nepticulid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Nepticulidae.


nereidid

Back-formation from Nereididae. By surface analysis, Nereid + -id.

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the Nereididae.


neriid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Neriidae.


nerillid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Nerillidae.


nerineid

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


nerinellid

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


neritid

(zoology) Any in sea snail in the family Neritidae; a nerite.


neritiliid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Neritiliidae.


neritopsid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Neritopsidae.


nesomyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Nesomyidae.


nesophontid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Nesophontidae.


nesticid

(zoology) Any spider of the family Nesticidae.


nestorid

(zoology) Any member of family Nestoridae of parrot-like birds of New Zealand.


nettastomatid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Nettastomatidae.


nevrorthid

(zoology) Any lacewing in the family Nevrorthidae.


nicodamid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Nicodamidae.


nicoletiid

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


nicomiid

(zoology) Any treehopper in the family Nicomiidae, a synonym of the Membracidae.


nicothoid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Nicothoidae.


niphargid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Niphargidae.


nitidulid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Nitidulidae.


noasaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Noasauridae.


nocticolid

(zoology) Any cockroach in the family Nocticolidae.


noetiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Noetiidae of clams.


nogodinid

(zoology) Any fulgoroid planthopper in the family Nogodinidae.


nolid

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


nomeid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Nomeidae, the driftfishes.


quercypsittid

(zoology) Any extinct parrot in the family Quercypsittidae.


nosematid

(zoology) Any member of the family Nosematidae of organisms classified variously as in the taxonomic kingdoms Fungi or Protozoa.


nosodendrid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Nosodendridae.


nostoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Nostoceratidae.


notacanthid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Notacanthidae of deep-sea spiny eels.


noterid

(zoology) Any member of family Noteridae of burrowing water beetles.


notharctid

(zoology) Any extinct prosimian in the family †Notharctidae.


nothosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile of the family Nothosauridae.


notodontid

(zoology) Any member of the Notodontidae, whose caterpillars have a horn-like hump on the back.


notohippid

(zoology) Any toxodont in the family Notohippidae.


notopterid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Notopteridae, the featherbacks.


notoryctid

(zoology) A marsupial mole, of the family Notoryctidae.


notostylopid

(zoology) Any notoungulate in the family Notostylopidae.


notosuchid

(zoology) Any extinct crocodylomorph in the family Notosuchidae.


notosudid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Notosudidae, the waryfishes.


nototheniid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Nototheniidae of cod icefishes.


nuculanid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Nuculanidae.


nuculid

(zoology) Any member of the family Nuculidae of nut clams.


numidid

(zoology) Any member of the Numididae; a guineafowl.


nycteribiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Nycteribiidae.


nycterid

(zoology) Any member of the family Nycteridae of slit-faced bats.


nyctibiid

(zoology) Any potoo in the family Nyctibiidae.


nyctiphruretid

(zoology) Any parareptile in the family Nyctiphruretidae.


nyctosaurid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Nyctosauridae.


nymphomyiid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Nymphomyiidae.


nymphonid

(zoology) Any sea spider in the family Nymphonidae.


obolid

(zoology) Any member of the family Obolidae of lamp shells.


oceanitid

southern storm petrel
southern storm petrel

(zoology) Any member of the family Oceanitidae of southern storm petrels or Austral storm petrels.


ochlesid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ochlesidae of small shrimp-like crustaceans.


ochodaeid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Ochodaeidae.


ochotonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ochotonidae, the pikas.


ochterid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Ochteridae.


ochyroceratid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Ochyroceratidae.


octodontid

From Octodon + -id < Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), according to the wear pattern of the teeth of these rodents, which resembles a figure 8.

(zoology) Any of the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the common degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species


octopodid

(zoology) Any octopus in the family Octopodidae.


octopoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Octopoteuthidae.


oculinid

(zoology) Any of the family Oculinidae of stony corals.


ocypodid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Ocypodidae.


odiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Odiidae (now Ochlesidae) of small shrimp-like crustaceans.


odiniid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Odiniidae.


odontaspidid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Odontaspididae.


odontasterid

(zoology) Any starfish in the family Odontasteridae


odontobutid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Odontobutidae.


odontodactylid

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the family Odontodactylidae (Odontodactylus spp.).


odontophorid

(zoology) Any quail in the family Odontophoridae.


odostomiid

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


oecobiid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Oecobiidae.


oecophorid

(zoology) Any in the family Oecophoridae of concealer moths.


oedemerid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Oedemeridae.


oedicerotid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Oedicerotidae.


oedipodid

(zoology) Any grasshopper in the family Oedipodidae, now considered to be the acridid subfamily Oedipodinae.


oestrid

(zoology) Any member of the family Oestridae, the botflies.


ogcocephalid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ogcocephalidae.


oldfieldthomasiid

(zoology) Any notoungulate mammal in the family Oldfieldthomasiidae.


oleacinid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Oleacinidae.


olenellid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Olenellidae.


olethreutid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Olethreutidae, now considered to be the tortricid subfamily Olethreutinae


oligacanthorhynchid

(zoology) Any acanthocephalan in the family Oligacanthorhynchidae.


oligopithecid

(zoology) Any extinct monkey in the family Oligopithecidae.


olivellid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Olivellidae, now considered to be part of the family Olividae.


olivid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Olividae.


ologamasid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Ologamasidae.


olyrid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Olyridae, which may be a synonym for the Bagridae.


omalogyrid

(zoology) Any member of the Omalogyridae.


ommastrephid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Ommastrephidae.


ommatid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Ommatidae.


omosudid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Omosudidae, which consists of a single known species, the deep-sea hammerjaw (Omosudis lowii).


omphalotrochid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Omphalotrochidae.


oncaeid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Oncaeidae.


onchidiid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Onchidiidae.


onchocercid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Onchocercidae.


oncoceratid

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


oncopodid

(zoology) Any harvestman/daddy longlegs in the family Oncopodidae, a synonym of the Sandokanidae.


oneirodid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Oneirodidae.


onuphid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Onuphidae.


onychochilid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Onychochilidae.


onychodontid

(zoology) Any extinct fish the family Onychodontidae


onychoteuthid

(zoology) Any squid in the family Onychoteuthidae.


oonopid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Oonopidae.


opabinid

(zoology) Any extinct arthropod in the family Opabinidae.


opalinid

(zoology) Any heterokont in the family Opalinidae.


opheliid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Opheliidae.


ophiacodontid

(zoology) Any synapsid in the family Ophiacodontidae.


ophiactid

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Ophiactidae.


ophiceratid

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


ophichthid

(zoology) Any eel in the family Ophichthidae.


ophiderpetontid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Ophiderpetontidae.


ophidiasterid

(zoology) Any starfish in the family Ophidiasteridae.


ophiocomid

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Ophiocomidae.


ophiodermatid

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Ophiodermatidae.


owenettid

(zoology) Any extinct parareptile in the family Owenettidae.


oweniid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Oweniidae.


oxyaenid

(zoology) Any mammal in the family Oxyaenidae.


ophiothricid

From the taxonomic name Ophiothricidae, a misspelling of Ophiotrichidae, from the generic name Ophiothrix (from Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”) + Ancient Greek θρῐ́ξ (thrĭ́x, “hair”)) + translingual -idae
Why Ophiothricidae is a misspelling
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, taxonomic family names are formed from the stem of the name of the type genus (Ophiothrix), which is the genitive singular form after the ending is removed.
The consonants in Ancient Greek θρῐ́ξ (thrĭ́x, “hair”) are due to the underlying χ (aspirated) in the stem becoming ξ (unaspirated) before the nominative singular ending, ς.
The genitive singular form is τρῐχός (trĭkhós) instead of *θρῐχός (*thrĭkhós), due to Grassman's Law, which deaspirates θ to τ when there is an aspirated consonant in the next syllable (the χ). The stem of Ophiothrix is thus "Ophiotrich-"

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Ophiotrichidae.


ophthalmosaurid

Clipping of translingual Ophthalmosauridae

clipping

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

(zoology) Any ichthyosaur of the family Ophthalmosauridae


opilioacarid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Opilioacaridae.


opisthocomid

Miller (1953) described an avian cranium from the Miocene of Colombia as an opisthocomid, Hoazinoides magdalenae.

1992, Kenneth E. Campbell, editor, Papers in Avian Paleontology: Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, page 135:

All other birds thought to be primitive [e.g. cuculiforms, opisthocomids, coraciiforms, musophagids, gruiforms (including the Cariarmidae), etc.] have definitive and often quite small feather tracts.

1995, Acta palaeornithologica: 3, Symposium SAPE: 5, Internationale Senckenberg-Konferenz, 22-26, Juni 1992, page 72:

Some of the other placements are so startling that Livezey and Zusi are unconvinced by their own results (e.g., opisthocomids [Hoatzin], steatornithids [Oilbirds] phoenicopterids [flamingos], and many of the smaller forest birds).

2007, Gary W. Kaiser, The Inner Bird: Anatomy and Evolution, page 177:

(zoology, ornithology) Any bird of the family Opisthocomidae, which comprises the hoazin and extinct relatives.


opisthognathid

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

(zoology) Any jawfish in the family Opistognathidae.


opisthoproctid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Opisthoproctidae; a barreleye.


opisthorchiid

(zoology) Any trematode flatworm in the family Opisthorchiidae.


opisthoteuthid

(zoology) Any octopus in the family Opisthoteuthidae.


oplegnathid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Oplegnathidae.


oplophorid

(zoology) Any shrimp in the family Oplophoridae.


oplurid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Opluridae.


opomyzid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Opomyzidae.


opostegid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Opostegidae.


orbiniid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Orbiniidae.


orbitestellid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Orbitestellidae.


orculid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Orculidae.


oreasterid

(zoology) Any starfish in the family Oreasteridae.


orectolobid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Orectolobidae.


oreodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Oreodontidae, a synonym of the Merycoidodontidae.


oreohelicid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Oreohelicidae.


oreopithecid

(zoology) Any extinct hominid in the family Oreopithecidae, a synonym of the hominid subfamily Dryopithecinae.


oreosomatid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Oreosomatidae.


oxynoid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Oxynoidae


oxynoticeratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Oxynoticeratidae.


oxynotid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Oxynotidae.


oxyopid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Oxyopidae (lynx spiders).


oxyruncid

(zoology) Any sharpbill in the family Oxyruncidae.


oriolid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Oriolidae.


oriostomatid

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


ormyrid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Ormyridae.


orneodid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Orneodidae, a synonym of the Alucitidae.


ornithocheirid

(zoology) Any pterosaur in the family Ornithocheiridae.


ornithodorid

(zoology) Any soft tick in the family Ornithodoridae, a synonym of the Argasidae.


ornitholestid

E. H. Colbert (pers. commun. to Harshbarger, 1957) suggested that Segisaurus looks very much like an ornitholestid; Ornitholestes is found in the Morrison Formation (Jurassic).

1975, Dudley W. Bolyard, Deep drilling frontiers of the central Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, →OCLC, page 114:

In proportions, and especially in their uncompressed central metatarsal, Avisaurus retains the conservative condition seen in such basal theopods as Coelophysis and Ceratosaurus (Fig. 2), and thus retains a basal condition compared to derived theropods and Archaeopteryx, which have proximally pinched central metatarsi (eg, compsognathids, ornitholestids, allosaurids, tyrannosaurids, elmisaurids, ornithomimids, dromaeosaurs and saurornithoidids; Paul, 1984).

1985, MK Brett-Surman, “A new family of bird-like dinosaurs linking Laurasia and Gondwanaland”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 5, number 2, page 133:

Aublysodonts and tyrannosaurs appear to have been the culmination of the ornitholestid-allosaur-tyrannosaur group.

1988, Gregory S. Paul, Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated Guide, Simon & Schuster, →OCLC:

(zoology, very rare) Any member of the family †Ornitholestidae, now superseded by family †Compsognathidae.


ornithomimid

(zoology) Any of the family Ornithomimidae of dinosaurs.


ornithorhynchid

duck-billed platypus
duck-billed platypus

(zoology) A duck-billed platypus, or any of its extinct relatives in the family Ornithorhynchidae.


ornithosuchid

(zoology) Any pseudosuchian in the family Ornithosuchidae.


orodontid

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


oromerycid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Oromerycidae, extinct relatives of camels.


orsolobid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Orsolobidae.


ortheziid

(zoology) Any scale insect of the family Ortheziidae.


orthoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Orthoceratidae.


orthonychid

(zoology) Any logrunner in the family Orthonychidae.


orussid

(zoology) Any wasp of the family Orussidae.


orycteropodid

(zoology) Any member of the Orycteropodidae, the aardvark and its extinct relatives.


osmerid

Getting back to feeding, we found it convenient at Point Mugu to use two forms of fish: the smaller osmerids for training purposes (they are cleaner than cut fish), and mackerel.

1966, Kenneth Stafford Norris, Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises, page 663:

She proved the independence of the evolutionary development of osmerids and plecoglossids which form an independent suborder and clearly outlined main traits of similarity and difference of the Salmonoidei and the osmerids.

1997, Journal of Ichthyology, volume 37, page 207:

Osmerids are generally small, silvery, elongate fishes that swim in the water column.

2009, Gene Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, Douglas E. Facey, Brian W. Bowen, The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology, page 279:

(zoology) Any fish of the family Osmeridae, a smelt.


osmylid

(zoology) Any lacewing in the family Osmylidae.


osphronemid

(zoology) Any gourami in the family Osphronemidae.


osteoglossid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Osteoglossidae, the arowanas.


osteolepid

(zoology) Any osteolepidid fish in the family Osteolepidae


osteopeltid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Osteopeltidae.


ostraciid

(zoology) Any fish in the family the Ostraciidae.


ostreid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ostreidae, the oysters.


otinid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Otinidae.


otitid

picture-winged flies
picture-winged fly#English

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


otoceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Otoceratidae.


otodontid

(zoology) Any in the family Otodontidae of extinct sharks.


otoitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Otoitidae.


otopheidomenid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Otopheidomenidae.


ovulid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Ovulidae.


pachycephalosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Pachycephalosauridae.


pachyceratid

(zoology) Any member of the Pachyceratidae.


pachychilid

(zoology) Any freshwater snail in the family Pachychilidae.


pachycormid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Pachycormidae.


pachydiscid

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


pachylaelapid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Pachylaelapidae.


pachyophiid

(zoology) Any reptile in the family Pachyophiidae, now referred to as the Simoliophiidae.


pachypleurosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct sauropterygian reptile of the family Pachypleurosauridae.


pachytroctid

(zoology) Any barklouse of the family Pachytroctidae.


pagurid

From translingual Paguridae (“family of right-handed hermit crabs”) or Pagurus (“type genus of hermit crabs”) + -id.

uder

(zoology) Any of the hermit crabs of family Paguridae, a right-handed hermit crab.

(zoology) Any hermit crab, any member of superfamily Paguroidea.


palaelodid

(zoology) Any extinct flamingolike bird in the family Palaelodidae.


palaemonid

(zoology) Any member of the species of family Palaemonidae.


palaeochiropterygid

(zoology) Any member of the Palaeochiropterygidae.


palaeomerycid

(zoology) Alternative form of paleomerycid.


palaeontinid

(zoology) Any cicadomorph in the family Palaeontinidae.


palaeopropithecid

(zoology) Any extinct lemur in the family Palaeopropithecidae.


palaeoryctid

(zoology) Any extinct shrewlike mammal in the family Palaeoryctidae.


palaeosetid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Palaeosetidae.


palaeotheriid

Among them were the ancient palaeotheriids, early relatives of the rhinos, tapirs and horses.

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

(zoology) Any extinct hoofed mammal in the family Palaeotheriidae.


palaeozygopleurid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Palaeozygopleuridae.


palicid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Palicidae.


paliguanid

(zoology) Any lepidosauromorph in the family Paliguanidae.


pallopterid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Pallopteridae.


palorchestid

(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Palorchestidae.


palpimanid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Palpimanidae.


paludomid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Paludomidae.


pamphiliid

(zoology) Any in the family Pamphiliidae of sawflies.


pandalid

(zoology) Any shrimp in the family Pandalidae.


pandeid

(zoology) Any hydrozoan in the family Pandeidae.


pandionid

(zoology) Any osprey in the family Pandionidae.


pandorid

(zoology) Any pf the family Pandoridae of clams.


pangasiid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Pangasiidae.


panopeid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Panopeidae.


panorpodid

(zoology) Any scorpionfly in the family Panorpodidae.


pantheid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Pantheidae, now considered to be the noctuid subfamily Pantheinae.


pantherid

(zoology) Any member of family Pantheridae (now subfamily Pantherinae) of big cats.


pantodontid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Pantodontidae.


pantolestid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Pantolestidae.


pantophthalmid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Pantophthalmidae.


pantylid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Pantylidae.


panurid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Panuridae; a bearded reedling.


anticoccidial

(veterinary medicine) That counteracts coccidiosis


anticoccidial

(veterinary medicine) Any substance that counteracts coccidiosis

anticoccidiano

any substance that counteracts coccidiosis


parabrotulid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Parabrotulidae.


paracalanid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Paracalanidae.


paracalliopiid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Paracalliopiidae.


paraceltitid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Paraceltitidae.


paradoxornithid

(zoology) Any in the family Paradoxornithidae, principally parrotbills.


paradoxosomatid

(zoology) Any millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae.


paragastrioceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Paragastrioceratidae.


parahoplitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Parahoplitidae.


paralepidid

(zoology) Any barracudina in the family Paralepididae.


paralichthyid

(zoology) Any flounder in the family Paralichthyidae.


parallelodontid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Parallelodontidae.


paramegistid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Paramegistidae.


paramelitid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Paramelitidae.


paramythiid

(zoology) Any member of the Paramythiidae.


parapagurid

(zoology) Any of the family Parapaguridae crab-like crustaceans.


parapithecid

(zoology) Any extinct primate in the family Parapithecidae.


parascylliid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Parascylliidae.


parasquillid

(zoology) Any mantis shrimp in the family Parasquillidae.


parastacid

(zoology) Any crayfish in the family Parastacidae.


parastenocaridid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Parastenocarididae.


parasuchid

(zoology) Any phytosaur in the family Parasuchidae.


parathelphusid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Parathelphusidae.


paratropidid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Paratropididae.


parazoanthid

(zoology) Any zoanthid of the family Parazoanthidae.


pardaliscid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Pardaliscidae.


parholaspidid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Parholaspididae.


parmacellid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Parmacellidae.


parodontid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Parodontidae.


parthenopid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Parthenopidae.


partulid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Partulidae.


pasiphaeid

(zoology) Any shrimp in the family Pasiphaeidae.


passalid

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


passandrid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Passandridae.


passerid

(zoology) Any member of the family Passeridae of sparrows and their close relatives.


pataecid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Pataecidae.


patellid

(zoology) Any limpet in the family Patellidae.


paulchoffatiid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Paulchoffatiidae.


paurodontid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Paurodontidae.


pauropodid

(zoology) Any pauropod in the family Pauropodidae.


paussid

(zoology) Any beetle in the former family Paussidae, now considered to be the carabid subfamily Paussinae.


pectinariid

(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Pectinariidae.


pectinid

(zoology) Any member of the Pectinidae; a scallop.


pectiniid

(zoology) Any stony coral in the family Pectiniidae, the members of which have recently been found to all belong to other families such as the Lobophylliidae and Merulinidae.


pedetid

(zoology) Any in the family Pedetidae of springhares.


pediculariid

(zoology) Any cowrie or related gastropod in the family Pediculariidae, now considered to be the ovulid subfamily Pediculariinae.


pediculid

(zoology) Any body louse in the family Pediculidae


pedilid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Pedilidae, now considered to be the pyrochroid subfamily Pedilinae.


pedinid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Pedinidae


pedionomid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Pedionomidae; a plains-wanderer.


pegasid

Latin Pegasus (“mythical white winged stallion of Medusa and Poseidon”)

(zoology) Any member of the family Pegasidae.


peirosaurid

(zoology) Any archosaur in the family Peirosauridae.


pelagiellid

(zoology) Any extinct mollusk in the family Pelagiellidae.


pelagiid

(zoology) Any jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae


pelagornithid

(zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Pelagornithidae.


pelagothuriid

(zoology) Any sea cucumber in the family Pelagothuriidae


pelecanid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelecanidae; a pelican.


pelecanoidid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Pelecanoididae; a diving petrel.


pelecinid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Pelecinidae.


pelecorhynchid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Pelecorhynchidae.


pelobatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelobatidae of spadefoot toads.


pelodytid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelodytidae of parsley frogs.


pelomedusid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelomedusidae of freshwater turtles,


pelomyxid

(zoology) Any pelobiont in the family Pelomyxidae.


peloridiid

(zoology) Any insect in the family Peloridiidae.


peltogastrid

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


peltoperlid

(zoology) Any stonefly in the family Peltoperlidae.


peltospirid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Peltospiridae.


pempherid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pempheridae of fish called sweepers.


pemphigid

(zoology) Any woolly aphid in the family Pemphigidae, now considered to be the tribe Pemphigini.


pennellid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Pennellidae.


pentacerotid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Pentacerotidae.


pentatomid

(zoology) Any shield bug in the family Pentatomidae


penthaleid

(zoology) Any mite of the family Penthaleidae.


peraclid

(zoology) Any sea butterfly in the family Peraclidae.


peramelid

(zoology) Any member of the family Peramelidae of bandicoots; a typical bandicoot.


peramurid

(zoology) Any extinct zatherian mammal in the family Peramuridae.


percichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Percichthyidae.


percid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Percidae, the perches and darters.


percophid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Percophidae.


percopsid

These are, the Etheostomids or stone-toters; the Centrarchids or sun-fishes, and kindred forms; the Hyodontids or gizzard-shads; the Percopsids; the Aphredoderids; the Amblyopsids, (blind and cave fishes;) the Amiids or bow-fins, and the Lepidosteids, or alligator gars.

1867, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1866, page 405:

There are, in fact, with the exception of one Percopsid in the Columbia River, no representatives of most of the families which give the stamp of peculiarity to the Union's population; the Etheostomine and indeed all other Percids are wanting, and only a single species of Centrarchids--the Perch of the Sacramento (Archoplites interruptus)--has found its way across the mountains.

1903, George Brown Goode, American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North America:

The two Green River percopsids were described in detail in Rosen and Patterson (1969), and the placement of these two species in Percopsidae was verified more recently by Patterson and Rosen (1989).

2001, Gregg F. Gunnell, Eocene Biodiversity: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats, page 27:

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Percopsidae, including two living species containing trout-perches and sand rollers


percrocutid

(zoology) Any extinct feliform carnivore in the family Percrocutidae.


pergid

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Pergidae.


pericyclid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Pericyclidae.


perilampid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp of the family Perilampidae.


perimylopid

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


peripatid

Peripatids were already in South-East Asia in the early Cretaceous, and had made the journey the long, early way through Europe, rather than rafting in on India, and subsequently went extinct in the rest of Laurasia.

2016 October 12, Susannah Lydon, “How did the velvet worm cross the world? The answer lies in amber”, in The Guardian:

(zoology) A velvet worm of the family Peripatidae.


peripatopsid

One group, the peripatopsids, are found exclusively on the continents which once formed the southern supercontinent Gondwana.

(zoology) Any velvet worm of the family Peripatopsidae.


periplomatid

(zoology) Any spoonclam in the family Periplomatidae.


peripsocid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Peripsocidae.


periptychid

(zoology) Any extinct condylarthran in the family Periptychidae.


perisphinctid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Perisphinctidae.


perissityid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Perissityidae.


peristediid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Peristediidae.


perlodid

(zoology) Any stonefly in the family Perlodidae.


perophorid

(zoology) Any tunicate in the family Perophoridae.


peroryctid

(zoology) Any member of the family Peroryctidae (now subfamily Peroryctinae of family Peramelidae) of bandicoots.


perrinitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Perrinitidae.


personid

In the personid genus Distorsio, varix formation is accompanied by a reorientation of the aperture.

1995, Geerat J. Vermeij, A Natural History of Shells, page 31:

Current research shows the personids to be more similar anatomically to the Ficidae than to the Ranellidae (Beu 1998).

2010, John Wesley Tunnell, Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells, page 183:

The genus name is a good descriptor of the shells of personids, most of which are moderately to severely distorted.

2014, M. G. Harasewych, The Book of Shells: A Life-Size Guide to Identifying and Classifying Six Hundred Seashells:

(zoology) Any member of the family Personidae of molluscs.


petaurid

Although domestic cats are notorious for bringing young Petaurus and Pseudocheirus home to their owners, comparatively little is known of the predators of petaurids.

1987, Fauna of Australia, vol. I.2, p. 673:

(zoology) A possum of the family Petauridae.


petricolid

(zoology) Any member species of the family Petricolidae of clams.


petromurid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Petromuridae.


petromyzonid

(zoology) Alternative form of petromyzontid (family).


petropedetid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Petropedetidae.


phaennid

(zoology) Any copepod in the family Phaennidae.


phaeomyiid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Phaeomyiidae.


phaethontid

(zoology) Any member of the Phaethontidae, a tropicbird.


phalacrid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Phalacridae.


phalacrocoracid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Phalacrocoracidae; a cormorant or shag.


phalangiid

(zoology) Any member of species of the family Phalangiidae of harvestman spiders.


phalangodid

(zoology) Any member of the family Phalangodidae.


phalaropodid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Phalaropodidae , now considered to be part of the Scolopacidae; a phalarope.


phallostethid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Phallostethidae.


phaneropterid

(zoology) Any in the family Phaneropteridae of katydids, now considered to be the tettigoniid subfamily Phaneropterinae.


pharid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pharidae of clams.


phascolarctid

(zoology) Any marsupial in the family Phascolarctidae, including the koala.


phascolosomatid

(zoology) Any sipunculan worm of the family Phascolosomatidae.


phasianellid

(zoology) Any member of species of the family Phasianellidae of gastropods.


phasmatid

(zoology) Any stick insect in the family Phasmatidae.


phenacodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Phenacodontidae of extinct large herbivorous mammals.


phenacolepadid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Phenacolepadidae.


phidoloporid

(zoology) Any bryozoan in the family Phidoloporidae.


philepittid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Philepittidae.


philinid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Philinidae.


philinoglossid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Philinoglossidae.


phillipsiid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Phillipsiidae.


philobryid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Philobryidae.


philodromid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Philodromidae.


philomycid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Philomycidae.


philopotamid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Philopotamidae.


philosciid

(zoology) Any woodlouse in the family Philosciidae.


philotarsid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Philotarsidae.


phiomyid

(zoology) Any extinct rodent in the family Phiomyidae.


phlaeothripid

(zoology) Any thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae.


phlebotomid

(zoology) Any sandfly in the family Phlebotomidae.


phlegethontiid

(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Phlegethontiidae.


phliantid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Phliantidae.


phlyctaeniid

(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Phlyctaeniidae.


phocoenid

(zoology) Any member of the Phocoenidae; a porpoise.


phoenicococcid

(zoology) Any scale insect in the family Phoenicococcidae.


phoenicopterid

(zoology) Any member of the Phoenicopteridae; a flamingo.


pholadid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pholadidae of certain clam-like molluscs.


pholadomyid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Pholadomyidae.


pholid

From Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς (pholĭ́s, “horny scale”).

(zoology) Any fish in the family Pholidae.


pholidichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Pholidichthyidae.


pholidosaurid

(zoology) Any crocodylomorph reptile in the family †Pholidosauridae.


melarsomine

(veterinary medicine, pharmacology) melaminylthioarsenate, a trypanocidal agent


phosichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Phosichthyidae.


phoxichilidiid

(zoology) Any sea spider in the family Phoxichilidiidae.


phractolaemid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Phractolaemidae.


phragmoceratid

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


phreatogammarid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Phreatogammaridae.


phreatoicid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Phreatoicidae.


phronimid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Phronimidae.


phrynosomatid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.


phtisicid

(zoology) Any member of the Phtisicidae.


phycosecid

Phycosecids occur on beaches and often feed on dead fish.

1994, John Francis Lawrence, Australian beetles, page 11:

Phycosecids live in sandy areas that border marine littoral zones.

2010, Richard A.B. Leschen, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim):

Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae.

2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys:

(zoology, rare) Any member of the Phycosecidae, a family of beetles.


phyllidiid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Phyllidiidae.


phylliid

(zoology) Any leaf insect in the family Phylliidae.


phylloceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Phylloceratidae.


phyllocnistid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Phyllocnistidae, now considered to be the gracillariid subfamily Phyllocnistinae.


phyllophorid

(zoology) Any sea cucumber in the family Phyllophoridae


phyllostomatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Phyllostomidae (syn. Phyllostomatidae), of leaf-nosed bats.


phymatid

(zoology) Any ambush bug in the subfamily Phymatinae of the family Reduviidae, formerly considered to be an independent family, Phymatidae.


physid

(zoology) Any freshwater snail of the family Physidae.


phytosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Phytosauridae.


phytotomid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Phytotomidae, now considered part of the Cotingidae; a plantcutter.


picid

(zoology) Any member of the family Picidae, the woodpeckers.


pilekiid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Pilekiidae.


pilid

(zoology) Any member of the family Ampullariidae (syn. Pilidae) of apple snails.


piloceratid

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


pilumnid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Pilumnidae.


pimelodid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Pimelodidae.


pimoid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Pimoidae.


pinguipedid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Pinguipedidae.


pinnid

(zoology) Any pen shell in the family Pinnidae.


pinnotherid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Pinnotheridae.


piophilid

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


pipid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pipidae, the tongueless frogs.


piprid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Pipridae; a manakin.


pipunculid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Pipunculidae.


pisaurid

(zoology) Any member of the Pisauridae, nursery web spiders.


pisidiid

(zoology) Any clam in the family Pisidiidae, now considered part of the family Sphaeriidae.


pistosaurid

(zoology) Any sauropterygian reptile of the family Pistosauridae


pitheciid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pitheciidae, New World monkeys such as the sakis, titis and uakaris.


pittid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Pittidae; a pitta.


placenticeratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Placenticeratidae.


placodontid

(zoology) Any placodont in the family Placodontidae.


placunid

(zoology) Any bivalve in the family Placunidae.


plagiaulacid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Plagiaulacidae.


plagiosaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl of the family Plagiosauridae.


plagusiid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Plagusiidae.


planariid

(zoology) Any flatworm in the family Planariidae.


planaxid

(zoology) Any sea snail of the family Planaxidae.


planorbid

(zoology) Any freshwater snail in the family Planorbidae.


plasmodiid

(zoology) Any member of the Plasmodiidae.


platacanthomyid

(zoology) Any rodent in the Platacanthomyidae.


platanistid

(zoology) Any river dolphin in the Platanistidae.


platanistoid

(zoology) Any river dolphin in the superfamily Platanistoidea.


plataspid

(zoology) Any true bug in the family Plataspidae, which is sometimes known as the Plataspididae.


plateosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Plateosauridae.


platycephalid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Platycephalidae.


platyceratid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Platyceratidae.


platycnemidid

(zoology) Any damselfly of the family Platycnemididae.


platygastrid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Platygastridae.


platyischnopid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Platyischnopidae.


platypezid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Platypezidae.


platyrhinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Platyrhinidae.


platysternid

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Platysternidae; a big-headed turtle.


platystictid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Platystictidae.


platystomatid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Platystomatidae.


platytroctid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Platytroctidae; the tubeshoulders.


plecoglossid

1984, Excerpta Medica, Section 3: Endocrinology, Volume 51, page 251,
Furthermore, the antibody to sPRL reacted only with PRL cells in the pituitaries of three species of salmonids, a plecoglossid, eel, carp, goldfish, killifish, tilapia, and five species of marine fishes, […] .

1986, Southwest Fisheries Center (U.S.), Collected Reprints, Issue 1, page 370,
Iwai & Rosenthal (1981), and Watanabe (1984b) have observed ciliated cells and cilia movement that aid in the transport of food in the alimentary canals of some plecoglossid, osmerid, clupeid, and salangid larvae.

Families included here include prototroctids, most diadromous galaxiids, a plecoglossid, mugiloidid, and some eleotrids and gobiids.

1988, Robert Montgomery McDowall, Diadromy in Fishes, page 33:

(zoology) Any fish of the family Plecoglossidae (sometimes regarded as a subfamily, Plecoglossinae in Osmeridae); the ayu or sweetfish.


plectreurid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Plectreuridae.


plesiadapid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Plesiadapidae.


plesiopid

(zoology) Any longfin in the family Plesiopidae.


plesiosaurid

(zoology) Any plesiosaur in the family †Plesiosauridae of extinct marine reptiles.


pleurobranchid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Pleurobranchidae.


pleurocerid

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

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Pleuroceridae.


pleurodontid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Pleurodontidae.