asteroidian

en-adj

asteroidian (comparative more asteroidian, superlative most asteroidian)

more asteroidian (comparative)
most asteroidian (superlative)

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

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

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

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

(zoology) Of or relating to the Asteroidea.


procephalic

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

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


grapsoid

grapsoid (comparative more grapsoid, superlative most grapsoid)

more grapsoid (comparative)
most grapsoid (superlative)

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


grapsoid

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


scyphistoma

en-noun

scyphistoma (plural scyphistomas or scyphistomata or scyphistomae)

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

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

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


mediostapedial

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


exaspidean

en-adj

exaspidean (comparative more exaspidean, superlative most exaspidean)

more exaspidean (comparative)
most exaspidean (superlative)

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

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


desmodont

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

der

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


desmodont

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


taeniola

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

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


troching

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

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


pseudovarium

pseudovaria (plural)
pseudovary (alternative)

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(zoology) The organ in which pseudova are produced.


sciaenid

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

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

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

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

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

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

(zoology) Any fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae.


carangid

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


scapulet

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


propleg

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


terebratula

(zoology) Any of the genus Terebratula of brachiopods.


scaphocerite

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

af

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


alcyonic

en-adj

alcyonic (comparative more alcyonic, superlative most alcyonic)

more alcyonic (comparative)
most alcyonic (superlative)

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


supercoloniality

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(zoology) Tendency to form supercolonies.


serricorn

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


rhinolophid

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


hipposiderid

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


cercopithecid

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

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

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

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

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

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


gephyrean

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


gephyrean

(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Gephyrea.


antiae

en-noun

antiae pl (normally plural, singular antia)

Borrowed from Latin antiae (“forelock”).

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


scyllarian

/sɪˈlɛəɹiən/

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


psychid

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


prosiphon

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


spinulescent

en-adj

spinulescent (comparative more spinulescent, superlative most spinulescent)

more spinulescent (comparative)
most spinulescent (superlative)

spinulescent spots

(botany, zoology) Having small spines; somewhat thorny.


siphonate

From the substantivation of the above adjective through the associated taxon's name, Siphonata. Equivalent to siphon + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

(zoology, obsolete) One of the former group Siphonata, a lamellibranch with a siphon.


retepore

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


spinyhead

the spinyhead blenny

the spinyhead sculpin

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


trematoid

trematoid (comparative more trematoid, superlative most trematoid)

more trematoid (comparative)
most trematoid (superlative)

(zoology) Of or relating to the Trematoda.


struthioniform

struthioniform (comparative more struthioniform, superlative most struthioniform)

more struthioniform (comparative)
most struthioniform (superlative)

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


echinodermatous

(zoology) Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.


colleterium

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


embiotocoid

embiotocoid (comparative more embiotocoid, superlative most embiotocoid)

more embiotocoid (comparative)
most embiotocoid (superlative)

(ichthyology) Belonging to the fish family Embiotocidae.


embiotocoid

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


notaeum

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

(zoology) A dorsal buckler in some gastropods.


notodontian

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


sauropsid

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

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

sauropside

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


spheniscan

(zoology, rare, archaic) Any banded penguin of genus Spheniscus


Nematoidean

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


petromyzont

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


comatulid

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


gymnodont

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


sipunculoid

sipunculoid (comparative more sipunculoid, superlative most sipunculoid)

more sipunculoid (comparative)
most sipunculoid (superlative)

Sipunculus + -oid, from the typical genus.


stenoderm

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


hyperapophysis

(anatomy, zoology) A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra.


porite

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


araneomorph

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

araneomorfa

any of the Araneomorphae, a suborder of spiders


psittacid

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


psittaciform

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


ichneumonidan

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


sciaenoid

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

uder

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


sciaenoid

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


craspedote

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


saltigrade

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

(zoology) Having feet or legs formed for leaping.


saltigrade

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


laterigrade

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

af

(zoology, of legs) Designed to move sideways.


poecilopod

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


tetrodont

en-adj

tetrodont (comparative more tetrodont, superlative most tetrodont)

more tetrodont (comparative)
most tetrodont (superlative)
tetradont (alternative)
tetraodont (alternative)

(zoology) Of or relating to the tetrodons.


tetrodont

tetrodonts (plural)
tetradont (alternative)
tetraodont (alternative)


ornithoscelidan

/ˌɔː(ɹ)nɪθəˈsɛlɪdən/

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

1893, Thomas Henry Huxley, Science and Hebrew tradition:

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


chaetopod

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


brachiolaria

/ˌbɹæki.əʊˈlɛəɹi.ə/

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

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


trichobranchia

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


megasthenic

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


siphonophoran

siphonophoran (comparative more siphonophoran, superlative most siphonophoran)

more siphonophoran (comparative)
most siphonophoran (superlative)

(zoology) Belonging to the Siphonophorae.


dibranchiate

(obsolete, zoology) Any of the Dibranchiata, a former order of cephalopod having two gills


maioid

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


endognath

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

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


sciuroid

sciuroid (comparative more sciuroid, superlative most sciuroid)

more sciuroid (comparative)
most sciuroid (superlative)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


sharpfin

sharpfin barracuda

sharpfin chubsucker

sharpfin houndshark

sharpfin mola

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


ophiuran

ophiuran (comparative more ophiuran, superlative most ophiuran)

more ophiuran (comparative)
most ophiuran (superlative)

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


ophiuran

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


rusine

rusine (comparative more rusine, superlative most rusine)

more rusine (comparative)
most rusine (superlative)

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

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


lepadoid

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


hydrophilid

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


podurid

(zoology) Any in the family Poduridae of springtails.


gnathopod

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


pygopod

(zoology) A species of the Pygopus genus.

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


malmag

Perhaps from Boholano Cebuano malmag (“tarsier”) (possibly via French).

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


tarsiiform

(zoology) Any primate of the infraorder Tarsiiformes


mesoscutum

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


sphyraenoid

en-adj

sphyraenoid (comparative more sphyraenoid, superlative most sphyraenoid)

more sphyraenoid (comparative)
most sphyraenoid (superlative)

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

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


cystidean

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

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


strombus

Borrowed from translingual Strombus, from Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, “shell, conch, snail”).

uder

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


perdicine

en-adj

perdicine (comparative more perdicine, superlative most perdicine)

more perdicine (comparative)
most perdicine (superlative)

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


perichaetous

perichaetous (comparative more perichaetous, superlative most perichaetous)

more perichaetous (comparative)
most perichaetous (superlative)


algophilic

algophilic (comparative more algophilic, superlative most algophilic)

more algophilic (comparative)
most algophilic (superlative)

(zoology) Tending to be associated with algae


osmeterium

osmeteria (plural)
osmaterium (alternative)

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

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


fungian

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


gravigrade

gravigrade (comparative more gravigrade, superlative most gravigrade)

more gravigrade (comparative)
most gravigrade (superlative)

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


gravigrade

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


capistrate

Borrowed from Latin capistrātus, participial adjective from capistrō (“to halter”), from capistrum (“halter”) + -ō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).


cossid

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


tracheate

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


tracheate

en-verb

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

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


suilline

en-adj

suilline (comparative more suilline, superlative most suilline)

more suilline (comparative)
most suilline (superlative)

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


apteral

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

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


geckotian

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

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

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

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

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

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


hemerobian

(zoology) Any of the genus Hemerobius of lacewings.


tolypeutine

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


microsthene

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

der

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


sarcophagan

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

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

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

1964, Advances in Insect Physiology, volume 2:

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

1968, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, page 155:

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

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

(zoology) Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga.


soricine

en-adj

soricine (comparative more soricine, superlative most soricine)

more soricine (comparative)
most soricine (superlative)

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

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


soricine

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


buprestidan

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

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


tracheobranchiae

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


sahui

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


paragnath

en-noun

paragnath (plural paragnaths or paragnatha)

(zoology) Alternative form of paragnathus.


schizopod

(archaic, zoology) Any of the Schizopoda.


schizopelmous

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

der

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


chlamyphore

From Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “cloak”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”)

Chlamyphorus truncatus
Chlamyphorus truncatus#Translingual

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


labroid

en-adj

labroid (comparative more labroid, superlative most labroid)

more labroid (comparative)
most labroid (superlative)

The tautog and cunner are American labroid fishes.

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


bell animalcule

en-noun

bell animalcule (plural bell animalcules)

(zoology) Any microscopic eukaroyte of the genus Vorticella, common in freshwater bodies of water.


trachelipod

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


stenodermine

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


statoblast

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


squamulate

en-adj

squamulate (comparative more squamulate, superlative most squamulate)

more squamulate (comparative)
most squamulate (superlative)

From squamule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

af

(zoology) Having small scales; squamulose.


pentremite

(zoology) Any member of species of †Pentremites.


diurnation

the diurnation of bats

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


monandry

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

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

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


saltatorial

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


bipinnaria

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

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


phalaenid

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


lithodomous

en-adj

lithodomous (comparative more lithodomous, superlative most lithodomous)

more lithodomous (comparative)
most lithodomous (superlative)

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


podobranch

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


dicyemid

dicyemid (comparative more dicyemid, superlative most dicyemid)

more dicyemid (comparative)
most dicyemid (superlative)

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


plagiostomatous

(zoology) Alternative form of plagiostomous.


sea peach

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

Halocynthia papillosa (red sea squirt, sea squirt)


dimyarian

dimyarian (comparative more dimyarian, superlative most dimyarian)

more dimyarian (comparative)
most dimyarian (superlative)

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


tayassuid

(zoology) Any peccary of the family Tayassuidae


octodont

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


octodont

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


tubicole

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


silverfin

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


platycoelian

(archaic, zoology, anatomy) Synonym of platycoelous.


pedimane

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


orbicula

en-noun

orbicula (plural orbiculas or orbiculae)

(zoology, dated) A discina (brachiopod).


scutelliplantar

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

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


arcid

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


arachnidial

(zoology) Of or relating to the Arachnida.


buccinoid

en-adj

buccinoid (comparative more buccinoid, superlative most buccinoid)

more buccinoid (comparative)
most buccinoid (superlative)

(zoology) Belonging to the genus Buccinum.

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


uraniid

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


strobile

strobiles (plural)
strobil (alternative)

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

(zoology) A strobila or jointed segment.


trichophore

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


chimaeroid

(zoology) Any fish of the suborder Chimaeroidei


physograde

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


carangoid

carangoid (comparative more carangoid, superlative most carangoid)

more carangoid (comparative)
most carangoid (superlative)

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


carangoid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Carangidae.


ceratosaurian

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


ceratosaurian

(zoology) Any of the dinosaur infraorder Ceratosauria.


endotheca

From endo- + theca (“the calcareous wall of a corallite”).

prefix

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


sarcoptid

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


phylactolaematous

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


redpole

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


monocardian

(zoology) Having a heart with a single ventricle.


saxicavid

(zoology) Of or relating to the saxicavas.


astraean

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

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


astraean

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


echinococcus

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

af

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


sphecid

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

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

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


muscoid

(zoology) Any fly in the superfamily Muscoidea.


sclerodermite

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

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

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

(zoology) The hard integument of crustaceans.

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

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

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

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

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

1972, Carbonate Sediments and Their Diagenesis, page 26:

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

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

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

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

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


chondropterygian

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


boat shell

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

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


servaline

en-adj

servaline (comparative more servaline, superlative most servaline)

more servaline (comparative)
most servaline (superlative)

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


metanauplius

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


batrachoid

batrachoid (comparative more batrachoid, superlative most batrachoid)

more batrachoid (comparative)
most batrachoid (superlative)
Batrachoid (alternative)

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

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

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

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

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

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

1853, The Literary Gazette, London, page 114:

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

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

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


batrachoid

batrachoids (plural)
Batrachoid (alternative)

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

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

Somatically batrachoids are in fact highly modified if basal euteleosts.

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

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

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

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


scincoid

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

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


sea scurf

en-noun

sea scurf (countable and uncountable, plural sea scurfs)

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


cassid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Cassidae.


vetigastropod

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


pseudofilaria

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


stylaster

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


chromid

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


perlid

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


strepsipterous

(zoology) Of or relating to Strepsiptera.


collophore

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

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

(zoology) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.


rissoid

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

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


secund

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

der

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


retinophora

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

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


molluscoid

en-adj

molluscoid (comparative more molluscoid, superlative most molluscoid)

more molluscoid (comparative)
most molluscoid (superlative)

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


molluscoid

(obsolete, zoology) Any of the Molluscoidea.


physostomous

(zoology) Having a duct to the air bladder.

(obsolete, zoology) Relating to the former grouping of fish Physostomi.


petaurist

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

der

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


phalangid

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


hydrorhiza

en-noun

hydrorhiza (plural hydrorhizas or hydrorhizae)

hydrorhizas (plural)
hydrorhizae (plural)

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

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


spurwinged

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


elasmosaurid

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


hedylid

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


solenacean

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


tectibranchiate

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

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


planarioid

en-adj

planarioid (comparative more planarioid, superlative most planarioid)

more planarioid (comparative)
most planarioid (superlative)

(zoology, rare, dated) Resembling planarians.


cyprinodont

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

uder

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


polypean

en-adj

polypean (comparative more polypean, superlative most polypean)

more polypean (comparative)
most polypean (superlative)

polypean colony

polypean animalcules

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


sericeous

sericeous (comparative more sericeous, superlative most sericeous)

more sericeous (comparative)
most sericeous (superlative)
sericious (alternative)

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

der

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


Echinidan

(obsolete, zoology) Any of the Echinoidea.


clupeoid

en-adj

clupeoid (comparative more clupeoid, superlative most clupeoid)

more clupeoid (comparative)
most clupeoid (superlative)

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


clupeoid

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


scissors-tailed

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


MDPV

Muscovy duck parvovirus
Muscovy duck parvovirus#English

(veterinary medicine) Abbreviation of Muscovy duck parvovirus.


cercarian

cercarian (comparative more cercarian, superlative most cercarian)

more cercarian (comparative)
most cercarian (superlative)

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


milk fever

(veterinary medicine) An acute metabolic disorder occurring at the start of lactation and caused by calcium deficiency, which primarily affects dairy cows.


coryphene

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

uder

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


thooid

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

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


modiomorphid

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


retiary

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


alcyonium

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


setireme

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


sclerobase

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

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


mesodesmatid

(zoology) Any in the family Mesodesmatidae of clams.


megadont

en-adj

megadont (comparative more megadont, superlative most megadont)

more megadont (comparative)
most megadont (superlative)

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

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

Molar enamel thickness is a morphological trait that differentiates African apes from hominins, being manifested most dramatically in the megadont hominins (Paranthropus spp.) with hyperthick enamel.

2012, Justin D. Yeakel et al., “Stable isotopes, functional morphology, and human evolution: a model of consilience”, in arXiv:


zaprorid

(zoology) Any of the family Zaproridae of prowfish.


coleopteral

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


tammar

en-noun

tammar (countable and uncountable, plural tammars)

Macropus eugenii
Macropus eugenii#Translingual

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


zanclid

(zoology) Any of the fish family Zanclidae.


luvarid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Luvaridae.


nuttalliellid

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


argasid

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

argasídeo

any of various ticks of the family Argasidae


petromyzontiform

(zoology) Of or relating to the Petromyzontiformes.


petromyzontid

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

(zoology) Any jawless fish in the family Petromyzontidae.


cephalaspidomorph

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


odobenid

(mammalogy) Any of the family Odobenidae; a walrus


sesiid

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


membracid

(zoology) Any of the insect family Membracidae.


hadrosaurid

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


sclere

(zoology) A skeletal element in sponges.


abdominal fin

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


abdominal pore

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


abdominal rib

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


clypeastroid

en-adj

clypeastroid (comparative more clypeastroid, superlative most clypeastroid)

more clypeastroid (comparative)
most clypeastroid (superlative)

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


roncador

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

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


fissidentate

(zoology) Having teeth with multiple cusps or points.


repugnatorial

repugnatorial (comparative more repugnatorial, superlative most repugnatorial)

more repugnatorial (comparative)
most repugnatorial (superlative)

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

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

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

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

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


phengodid

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

clipping

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

der

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


floricomous

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

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


pleurodont

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

ránőtt fog

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


pleurodont

(zoology) Any reptile with teeth of this kind.


scutibranchiate

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


scutibranchiate

(obsolete, zoology) One of the Scutibranchiata.


entozoal

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


draculin

From Dracula + -in, named after Count Dracula.

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


macrodactylic

en-adj

macrodactylic (comparative more macrodactylic, superlative most macrodactylic)

more macrodactylic (comparative)
most macrodactylic (superlative)

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

der

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

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

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

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

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

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

(zoology, anatomy) Having long toes; macrodactylous.


sittine

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

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

1846, William MacGillivray, British Ornithology, page 216:

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


sigmodont

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

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


inoperculate

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


inoperculate

inoperculates (plural)
inopercular (alternative)

(zoology) Any organism that has no operculum.


pteropodid

(zoology) Any of the bat family Pteropodidae.


trioecious

triecious (alternative)
triœcious (alternative)
trioicous (alternative)

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


fringillid

(zoology) Any of the Fringillidae; a finch.


staphylinid

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


cyclophyllid

(zoology) Any tapeworm in the order Cyclophyllidea.


entomic

en-adj

entomic (comparative more entomic, superlative most entomic)

more entomic (comparative)
most entomic (superlative)
entomical (alternative)

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

uder

(zoology) Relating to insects; entomological.


entaxonic

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

af

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


holothuroid

(zoology) A sea cucumber (of class Holothuroidea)


submentum

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


xiphophorine

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

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

(zoology) Pertaining to fish of the genus Xiphophorus


bicephalism

(zoology) The condition of having two heads.


sminthurid

(zoology) Any of the family Sminthuridae of springtails.


crotaline

en-adj

crotaline (comparative more crotaline, superlative most crotaline)

more crotaline (comparative)
most crotaline (superlative)

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


saxicava

en-noun

saxicava (plural saxicavas or saxicavae)

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


obtected

en-adj

obtected (comparative more obtected, superlative most obtected)

more obtected (comparative)
most obtected (superlative)

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

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


nectosac

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


labrid

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


odacid

(ichthyology) Any of the family Odacidae of perciform fishes


scarid

(ichthyology) Any of the family Scaridae; parrotfishes.


aplodactylid

(zoology) Any marblefish in the family Aplodactylidae.


tapoa tafa

brush-tailed phascogale
brush-tailed phascogale

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


stromb

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


tracheary

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


campanularian

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


campanularid

(zoology)Alternative spelling of campanulariid.


clionid

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

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


mactrid

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


inequivalvular

inequivalvular (comparative more inequivalvular, superlative most inequivalvular)

more inequivalvular (comparative)
most inequivalvular (superlative)

(zoology) Having unequal valves; inequivalve.


marsupialian

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


sparassodont

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


procoelous

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

confix

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


lymantriid

(zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.


myxopod

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

uder

(zoology, obsolete) A rhizopod or moneran.


apotome

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Apotome
Euclid's Elements
Pythagoreanism#Music

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

bor

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

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

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

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

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


didelphian

en-adj

didelphian (comparative more didelphian, superlative most didelphian)

more didelphian (comparative)
most didelphian (superlative)

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


fissipedal

fissipedal (comparative more fissipedal, superlative most fissipedal)

more fissipedal (comparative)
most fissipedal (superlative)

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

(zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.


gressorial

gressorial (comparative more gressorial, superlative most gressorial)

more gressorial (comparative)
most gressorial (superlative)

From Latin gressōrius + -al, from gressus (“walked”).

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

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

1965, Entomological Revue, American Institute of Biological Sciences:

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


lunulate

lunulate (comparative more lunulate, superlative most lunulate)

more lunulate (comparative)
most lunulate (superlative)
lunulated (alternative)

(botany, zoology) Resembling a small crescent


plectognathic

plectognathic (comparative more plectognathic, superlative most plectognathic)

more plectognathic (comparative)
most plectognathic (superlative)
plectognathous (alternative)

(zoology) Of or relating to the plectognaths.


passeroid

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


androecious

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

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


frontated

frontated (comparative more frontated, superlative most frontated)

more frontated (comparative)
most frontated (superlative)
frontate (alternative)

(zoology) Having a prominent frons or forehead.


euglossine

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


tanagroid

tanagroid (comparative more tanagroid, superlative most tanagroid)

more tanagroid (comparative)
most tanagroid (superlative)


psittaceous

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


epipodial

epipodial ridge

epipodial tentacle

(zoology) Relating to the epipodium in molluscs.


dimyary

(zoology) Alternative form of dimyarian.


tentaculate

tentaculate (comparative more tentaculate, superlative most tentaculate)

more tentaculate (comparative)
most tentaculate (superlative)
tentaculated (alternative)

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


porpitid

(zoology) Any hydrozoan of the family Porpitidae


pholcid

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


blattellid

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


gonorynchiform

The milkfish is a gonorynchiform.

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


moss animal

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


lamp shell

lamp shells (plural)
lampshell (alternative)


amiiform

(zoology) Of or relating to the Amiiformes


gerbillid

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


cricetid

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


lemuriform

(zoology) Of or relating to the infraorder Lemuriformes.

makimainen

of or relating to infraorder Lemuriformes


lemuriform

(zoology) Any member of the infraorder Lemuriformes.


hydrophyllium

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

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


carunculate

carunculate (comparative more carunculate, superlative most carunculate)

more carunculate (comparative)
most carunculate (superlative)
carunculated (alternative)

(botany, zoology) Having a caruncle or caruncles; caruncular.


batrachology

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


strepsipteran

(zoology) An insect of the order Strepsiptera.


solidungulate

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


cryptobranchid

(zoology) Any of the Cryptobranchidae of giant salamanders.


pompilid

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


decapodal

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


hylobatid

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


hyoidean

From New Latin hȳoīdeus (“hyoid”) + -an.

(anatomy, zootomy, relational) Synonym of hyoid.


hyoideal

From New Latin hȳoīdeus (“hyoid”) + -al.


picarian

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


ascidiacean

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


saprophagan

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

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


strongyloid

en-adj

strongyloid (comparative more strongyloid, superlative most strongyloid)

more strongyloid (comparative)
most strongyloid (superlative)

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


strongyloid

(zoology) Any worm of the genus Strongylus.


caprimulgid

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


blenniid

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


pleuronectiform

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


pleuronectiform

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


scutibranch

(zoology) Any member of the Scutibranchiata.


proboscidial

proboscidial (comparative more proboscidial, superlative most proboscidial)

more proboscidial (comparative)
most proboscidial (superlative)


embrithopod

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


telotrochal

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

der

telotrochal band

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


slepez

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

bor

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


pediculate

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


tajassu

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

bor+

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

1915, George James Bruce, Brazil and the Brazilians:

(zoology, dated) The common or collared peccary.


chemosensillum

en-noun

chemosensillum (plural chemosensilla or chemosensillums)

chemosensilla (plural)
chemosensillums (plural)


terraranan

(zoology) Any frog of the genus Pristimantis.


pseudorabies

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central nervous system
central nervous system

(veterinary medicine) A highly contagious herpes virus infection that affects the central nervous system of many animals.

Aujeszky-betegség

a highly contagious herpes virus infection


enteropneust

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


fasciolariid

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


pulvinate

en-adj

pulvinate (comparative more pulvinate, superlative most pulvinate)

more pulvinate (comparative)
most pulvinate (superlative)

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

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


tenrecid

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


amniochorion

(anatomy, zoology) The amnion and chorion considered as a single unit.


sacculinid

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


oniscid

(zoology) Any of the Oniscidae; a woodlouse.


caenogastropod

(zoology) Any member of the Caenogastropoda.


coryphaenid

(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.


epimorphic

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


spermatophore

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

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

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


crenula

From Latin *crēnula, diminutive of crēna (“incision; notch”).


scyllarid

(zoology) Any slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae.


palinurid

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


muricid

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


myzostomid

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


semiflightless

(zoology) Having very limited flying ability.


psophiid

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


liparid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Liparidae.


pholidophorid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Pholidophoridae.


leptolepid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Leptolepidae.


chirocentrid

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


caturid

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


palaeoniscid

(zoology) Any extinct fish of the family Palaeoniscidae


lutjanid

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


chelydrid

Some of the chelydrids are extinct.

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Chelydridae.


amphilinid

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


bluestripe

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


trachichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Trachichthyidae.


monocentrid

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


eubelid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Eubelidae.


armadillidiid

(zoology) Any pill bug in the family Armadillidiidae.

armadilídeo

any member of the family Armadillidiidae


porcellionid

(zoology) Any woodlouse in the family Porcellionidae.


amphisbaenid

From scientific Latin Amphisbaenidae (family name).

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

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

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


anobiid

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

anobiídeo

any member of the family Anobiidae of boring beetles


acanthoceratid

(zoology) Any member of the Acanthoceratidae.


acanthochitonid

(zoology) Any member of the Acanthochitonidae.


acanthoclinid

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


acanthodrilid

(zoology) Any member of the Acanthodrilidae.


acanthonotozomatid

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


acanthurid

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


acastid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Acastidae.


acavid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Acavidae.


acerentomid

(zoology) Any proturan in the family Acerentomidae.


achirid

(ichthyology) Any member of the Achiridae.


acipenserid

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

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

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

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

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

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


acrobatid

feather-tailed possum
feather-tailed possum

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


acrochordid

(herpetology) Any member of the family Acrochordidae.


acropomatid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Acropomatidae.


acroporid

(zoology) Any coral in the family Acroporidae.


acteonellid

acteonellids (plural)
actaeonellid (alternative)

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

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

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Acteonellidae.


acteonid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Acteonidae.


actinoceratid

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


actinolepid

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


acuariid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Acuariidae.


adapid

(zoology) Any extinct primate of the family Adapidae


adapisoricid

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


adelid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Adelidae.


adelogyrinid

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


aderid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Aderidae.


adocid

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


adrianitid

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


aegeriid

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


aeglid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Aeglidae.


aegothelid

(zoology) Any member of the Aegothelidae.


aeolothripid

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


aepyornithid

(zoology) Any member of the Aepyornithidae.


agaonid

(zoology) A fig wasp, of family Agaonidae.


agariciid

(zoology) Any stony coral in the family Agariciidae.


agelenid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Agelenidae.


ageneiosid

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


aglajid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Aglajidae.


agonid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Agonidae.


agonoxenid

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


ailurid

From New Latin Ailuridae, as Ailurus + -id.

(mammalogy) Any member of the family Ailuridae.


akysid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Akysidae.


albulid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Albulidae.


albuneid

(zoology) Any member of the family Albuneidae.


alcyoniid

(zoology) Any member of the Alcyoniidae.


alepisaurid

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


alepocephalid

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


alestid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Alestidae.


aleyrodid

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

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

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

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

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

aleirodídeo

any insect of the whitefly family, Aleyrodidae


alismatid

(zoology) Any member of the Alismatidae.


alloposid

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


allosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Allosauridae.


almid

(zoology) Any annelid worm of the family Almidae.


alpheid

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


amaltheid

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


amastrid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Amastridae.


amaurobiid

(arachnology) Any spider in the family Amaurobiidae.


ambassid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Ambassidae.


amblyopsid

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


amblystomid

(zoology, obsolete) Alternative form of ambystomid.


ambulocetid

(zoology) Any extinct cetacean in the family Ambulocetidae.


ambystomatid

(zoology) Any salamander of the family Ambystomatidae


whaitsiid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Whaitsiidae.


wynyardiid

(zoology) Any extinct marsupial in the family Wynyardiidae.


xeniid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Xeniidae.


whatcheeriid

(zoology) Any member of the Whatcheeriidae.


wuttagoonaspid

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

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

(zoology) Any placoderm of the family Wuttagoonaspidae.


xarifiid

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

(zoology) Any copepod of the family Xarifiidae.


xenicid

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


xenisthmid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Xenisthmidae.


xenoceltitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Xenoceltitidae.


xenodiscid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Xenodiscidae.


xenopeltid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Xenopeltidae.


xenophorid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Xenophoridae.


xenosaurid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Xenosauridae.


xenoturbellid

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


xiphiid

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


xiphocentronid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Xiphocentronidae.


xiphodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Xiphodontidae.


xiphydriid

(zoology) Any of the family Xiphydriidae of woodwasps.


xyelid

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

1993, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada:

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Xyelidae.


xylocopid

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


xylomyid

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


xylophagid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Xylophagidae.


xyloryctid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Xyloryctidae.


xystodesmid

(zoology) Any millipede in the family Xystodesmidae.


yoldiid

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


yponomeutid

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

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

(zoology) Any moth in the family Yponomeutidae.


yunnanosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the Yunnanosauridae.


zanclodontid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Zanclodontidae.


zatracheid

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


zatrachydid

(zoology) Any member of the Zatrachydidae.


zeid

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

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

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Zeidae.


zerconid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Zerconidae.


zorid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Zoridae.


zorocratid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Zorocratidae.


zoropsid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Zoropsidae.


zosteropid

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


zygopleurid

(zoology) Any member of the Zygopleuridae.


ambystomid

(zoology) Any salamander in the family Ambystomidae.


ameroseiid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Ameroseiidae.


ammodytid

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

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

(zoology) Any member of the Ammodytidae.


ammotrechid

(zoology) Any solifugid in the family Ammotrechidae.


ammoxenid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Ammoxenidae.


amnicolid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Amnicolidae.


amoebid

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


amorphoscelid

(zoology) Any mantis in the family Amorphoscelidae.


ampeliscid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Ampeliscidae.


ampharetid

(zoology) Any polychete in the family Ampharetidae.


amphibolid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Amphibolidae.


amphicyonid

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

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

(zoology) Any of the family †Amphicyonidae of extinct carnivorans; a beardog.


amphidontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Amphidontidae.


amphientomid

(zoology) Any booklouse in the family Amphientomidae.


amphignathodontid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Amphignathodontidae.


amphilestid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Amphilestidae.


amphiliid

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


amphilochid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Amphilochidae.


amphinectid

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


amphinomid

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


amphipsocid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Amphipsocidae.


amphipterygid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Amphipterygidae.


amphitheriid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Amphitheriidae.


amphitretid

(zoology) Any octopus in the family Amphitretidae.


amphiumid

(zoology) Any member of the Amphiumidae.


amphiurid

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Amphiuridae.


amphizoid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Amphizoidae.


amphoriscid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Amphoriscidae.


ampulicid

(zoology) Any member of the Ampulicidae.


ampullariid

(zoology) Any member of the Ampullariidae.


ampullinid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Ampullinidae.


amynodontid

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


anabantid

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


anabathrid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Anabathridae.


anablepid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Anablepidae.


anacanthobatid

(zoology) Any skate in the family Anacanthobatidae.


anacoracid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Anacoracidae.


anamixid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Anamixidae.


anapid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Anapidae.


anarhichadid

(zoology) Any member of the Anarhichadidae.


anaspidid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Anaspididae.


anatid

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


anatomid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Anatomidae.


anaxyelid

(zoology) Any wood wasp in the family Anaxyelidae.


anchariid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Anchariidae.


anchisaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Anchisauridae.


ancorinid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Ancorinidae.


ancylid

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


ancyloceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Ancyloceratidae.


ancylostomatid

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


andrenid

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


anguid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anguidae.


anguillid

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


anhanguerid

(zoology) Any pterosaur of the family Anhangueridae.


aniliid

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


anisakid

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

2016 September 7, Kurt Buchmann, Foojan Mehrdana, “Effects of anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (s.l.), Pseudoterranova decipiens (s.l.) and Contracaecum osculatum (s.l.) on fish and consumer health”, in ScienceDirect:

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


anisembiid

(zoology) Any webspinner in the family Anisembiidae.


anisoceratid

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


anisogammarid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Anisogammaridae.


anisopodid

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


anniellid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anniellidae.


annulariid

(zoology) Any member of the family Annulariidae.


anomalepid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Anomalepidae.


anomalepidid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Anomalepididae.


anomalomyid

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


anomalopid

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


anomalurid

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


anomiid

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


anomocarid

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


anomphalid

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


anoplopomatid

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


anoplotheriid

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

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

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


anostomid

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


anotopterid

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


antedonid

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


antennariid

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


antennophorid

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


anteosaurid

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


anthaspidellid

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


antheacherid

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


anthomyiid

(zoology) Any member of the fly family Anthomyiidae.

antomiídeo

any member of the fly family Anthomyiidae


anthomyzid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Anthomyzidae.


anthophorid

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


anthracobunid

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


anthracoceratid

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


anthracomartid

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


anthracosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the extinct family Anthracosauridae.


anthracotheriid

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

surf

(zoology) Any mammal of the extinct family Anthracotheriidae.


antilocaprid

Antilocapra americana
Antilocapra americana#Translingual

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


antipathid

(zoology) Any coral in the family Antipathidae.


antrodiaetid

(zoology) Any member of the Antrodiaetidae.


anyphaenid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Anyphaenidae.


aotid

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


apatelodid

(zoology) Any moth of the family Apatelodidae.


apatemyid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Apatemyidae.


aperid

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


aphantochilid

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


aphelinid

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

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

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


aphidid

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


aphidiid

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


aphredoderid

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


aphrophorid

(zoology) Any spittlebug in the family Aphrophoridae.


aphyonid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Aphyonidae.


apiocerid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Apioceridae.


aploactinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Aploactinidae.


aplocheilid

(zoology) Any killifish in the family Aplocheilidae.


aplochitonid

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


aplodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aplodontiidae, mountain beavers and their extinct relatives.


aplysiid

(zoology) Any sea hare in the family Aplysiidae.


apodid

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


aporrhaid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae.


apteronotid

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


apterygid

(zoology) Any member of the Apterygidae.


aracanid

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


arachnoidid

(zoology) Any echinoderm of the family Arachnoididae.


araxoceratid

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


arbaciid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Arbaciidae.


archaeid

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


archaeobalanid

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


archaeohyracid

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


archaeolemurid

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


archaeonycteridid

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


archaeopterygid

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


archasterid

(zoology) Any starfish in the family Archasteridae.


archegosaurid

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


archeocrypticid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Archeocrypticidae.


archeriid

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


archinacellid

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


architectonicid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Architectonicidae.


arcticid

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


arctiid

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


arctocyonid

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


arcturid

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


ardeid

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


areneid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Areneidae


arenicolid

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


argentinid

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


argonautid

(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.


argyresthiid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Argyresthiidae.


arietitid

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


ariid

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


arionid

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


ariophantid

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


arixeniid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Arixeniidae.


armenoceratid

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


arminid

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


arripid

(zoology) Any of the fish in the family Arripidae


artamid

(zoology) Any bird of the family Artamidae.


artedidraconid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Artedidraconidae


arthroleptid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Arthroleptidae.


arthropleurid

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


arvicolid

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


ascaphid

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


ascaridid

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


ascid

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


ascidiid

(zoology) Any of the tunicates in the family Ascidiidae


ascoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Ascoceratidae


asellid

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


asilid

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


asopid

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


aspidoceratid

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


aspidodiadematid

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


aspidorhynchid

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


aspidosiphonid

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


aspredinid

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


assamiid

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

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

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


assimineid

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


astacid

(zoology) Any of the crayfish in the family Astacidae


astartid

(zoology) Any of the family Astartidae of bivalves.


asteiid

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


asteriid

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


asterosteid

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


asterinid

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


asterolecaniid

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


astrapotheriid

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


astroblepid

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


astrocoeniid

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


astropectinid

(zoology) Any in the family Astropectinidae of starfishes.


ataphrid

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


atelecyclid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Atelecyclidae.


ateleopodid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Ateleopodidae.


atelestid

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


atelid

(zoology) Any monkey in the family Atelidae.


atelurid

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


athericid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Athericidae.


atherinid

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


atherinopsid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Atherinopsidae.


athoracophorid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Athoracophoridae.


atlantid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Atlantidae.


atlantosaurid

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


atoposaurid

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


atractaspidid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Atractaspididae.


atrichornithid

(zoology) Any member of the Atrichornithidae.


attid

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


atyid

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


atylid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Atylidae.


auchenipterid

(zoology) Any catfish of the family Auchenipteridae.


augaptilid

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


aulacid

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