macrurous

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to an obsolete subdivision of crustaceans, Macrura, having long tails.


epozoic

(zoology) Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic.


elytriform

en-adj

elytriform (comparative more elytriform, superlative most elytriform)

more elytriform (comparative)
most elytriform (superlative)

elytriform wings

(zoology) Having the form or structure of an elytron.


ascidiarium

/əˌsɪdiˈɛəɹi.əm/

(zoology) The structure that unites the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.


anenterous

These anenterous Echinoderms (Ophiuridæ, Luidea, Asterias proper, Astropecten,) belong to the order Asteroideat

1843, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals:

(zoology) Without a stomach or an intestine.


nucleobranch

(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata, a obsolete order of molluscs that have the gills packed in the shell along with the heart, such sea snails now mostly classified in the order Littorinimorpha.


nucleobranch

(zoology, obsolete) One of the order Nucleobranchiata.


piciform

(zoology) Of or pertaining to Piciformes


bubaline

bubaline (comparative more bubaline, superlative most bubaline)

more bubaline (comparative)
most bubaline (superlative)

bubaline milk

of bubaline origin

bubaline placenta

(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a buffalo.


synocil

(zoology) A sense organ found in certain sponges, consisting of several filaments, each arising from a single cell.


schizognathism

(zoology) The state of a bird having a schizognathous palate.


cercopod

The long, slender terminal segment bears two very long, narrow cercopods ending in one large and several small setæ[…]

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


holostean

(zoology) Any fish of the class or infraclass Holostei.


metabranchial

metabranchial lobe

metabranchial maargin

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.


gracility

en-noun

gracility (countable and uncountable, plural gracilities)

Stephen L. Whittington, David M. Reed (eds.) (2006) Bones of the Maya: Studies of Ancient Skeletons, Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 69: “Gracility is usually considered a female characteristic and contrasts strikingly here with the robusticity and large size of the mandible.”

(often anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile.

стройност

the property or condition of being gracile


siphonet

(now rare, zoology) a cornicle (tubular organs on aphids, which secrete honeydew).


dermopteran

(mammalogy) Any mammal in the order Dermoptera, a colugo.


metanotum

From New Latin metanōtum, from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) + νῶτον (nôton).

Metanotum shining, indistinctly punctured at the base in the centre, the sides closely punctured; the areola large, obliquely narrowed at the base, its apex open, there are 2 lateral areas, both widely open at the base on the outerside; the posterior median area bears about 10 stout, transverse keels; on its apical outerside is a triangular area; the spiracular is bounded on the outerside by a distinct keel .

1906, Records of the Albany Museum - Volume 1, page 314:

(zoology) The dorsal portion of the metathorax of insects


epipodite

(zoology) The outer branch of the legs in certain crustaceans, such as prawns


plectospondylous

(obsolete, zoology) Of or pertaining to the Plectospondyli, a former suborder of fish having the anterior vertebrae coalesced, such as the carp.


siphonostome

(zoology, obsolete) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata.


fimbricate

fimbricate tuft

(zoology) Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, like the antennae of certain insects.


mesopodium

From New Latin mesopodium, from meso- + -podium.

(zoology) The middle portion of the foot in the gastropods and pteropods.


neurocord

A neurocord, which does have a central lumen, is formed by invaginated nervous tissue in the intermediately located collar and connects the dorsal nerve cords of the proboscis and the trunk.

2005, Ann B. Butler, William Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy: Evolution and Adaptation:

(zoology) A cord-like organ composed of elastic fibres, situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids such as the earthworm.


protomerite

(zoology) The posterior segment of a gregarine.

(arachnology) The proximal segment of chelicerae.


elasmobranchiate

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.


ptilonorhynchid

(zoology) A member of the Ptilonorhynchidae; a bower bird.


epignathous

(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one


blastostyle

(zoology) In certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid whose special function is to produce medusoid buds.


exarticulate

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


crossopterygian

From Crossopterygia + -an, Greek krossoí “tassels, fringe” + -o- + pterýgion “little wing or fin,” equivalent to pteryg- (stem of pterýx) “wing, fin” + -ion + -an.

One consequence was that the crossopterygian fishes (distantly related to the famous ‘living fossil’ coelacanth Latimeria) were dethroned from their privileged position as ancestors.

2000, Richard Fortey, “No Such Thing as a Fish”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 13:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii, an infraclass of bony fish.


schizognathous

(zoology) having the maxillopalatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, and many other birds


lithocyst

(zoology) A sac containing otoliths, found in medusae and other invertebrates.


longirostral

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Longirostres, a clade of crocodilians.


integumation

(botany, zoology) The branch of physiology that deals with integuments.


hydrocaulus

From New Latin hydrocaulus, from hydro- + Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stalk, stem”).

af

a simple hydrocaulus

a branched hydrocaulus

(zoology) The hollow stem of a hydrozoan


longipennine

en-adj

longipennine (comparative more longipennine, superlative most longipennine)

more longipennine (comparative)
most longipennine (superlative)

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the former order Longipennes, various long-winged birds


razor-backed

razor-backed (comparative more razor-backed, superlative most razor-backed)

more razor-backed (comparative)
most razor-backed (superlative)

a razor-backed hog

a razor-backed perch

(zoology) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back.


falcer

(zoology, archaic, rare) One of the mandibles of a spider.


mesotrochal

mesotrochal band

mesotrochal larva

(zoology) Having the middle of the body surrounded by bands of cilia (said of the larvae of certain marine annelids).


testacean

From Latin testaceus (“having a shell”) + -an.

(obsolete, zoology) One of the rhizopods in the former grouping Testacea.


pseudoneuropterous

From translingual Pseudoneuroptera + -ous.

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Pseudoneuroptera, a former division of insects somewhat resembling the Neuroptera.


hamiform

hamiform (comparative more hamiform, superlative most hamiform)

more hamiform (comparative)
most hamiform (superlative)

First attested in glossaries in 1842 and first used in 1870; either directly from the Latin hāmiformis (1651, 1806) or formed from the suffixation of its etymon, hāmus (“hook”), with the English -form.

HAMIFORM. (Hamus, a hook.) Curved at the extremity.

1842, George Brettingham Sowerby, A Conchological Manual, 3rd edition, page 156:

Hamiform, curved at the extremity.

1843, Thomas Brown, The Elements of Fossil Conchology, glossary, page 129:

Distinguished by the elongated hamiform siphonal canal and the posterior canal co-ordinated with the “facies” of Aporrhais.

1870, American Journal of Conchology, volume V, page 139:

Legs (♂) light: anterior femora long, rather narrow; a short cylindrical hamiform process (a hook with apex sharply bent towards base of femur) projecting from lower side at about ⅓ of its length: anterior tibiæ long, narrow on basal half, wide at apex, nor curved; intermediate long (longer than femora), strongly curved inwards; posterior long, slender: anterior tarsi stout, joints not dilatate, 5th longest, longer than three preceding together, basal joint much longer than 2nd, squamulose in middle of lower side near apex, 2nd and 3rd joints with two narrow rows of squamæ in middle of lower side; four posterior tarsi narrow, cylindrical, posterior much longer than intermediate; posterior coxæ contiguous.

1904, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, volume XXVIII, page 590:


geodephagous

When I first searched for insects in the Transvaal, and in a valley beneath high cliffs, I was intensely surprised to find the stones turned over before my arrival. Being positively certain that no other geodephagous coleopterist was in the neighbourhood, I was somewhat inclined, like the Roman missionaries, who, on their arrival in Thibet, found Catholic ritual among the Buddhists, to ascribe the circumstance to occult influence; but this was before I became acquainted with the insect-searching attributes of my friends the Baboons

1897 January 7, The Zoologist, volume 1, number 667, Notes on the Chacma Baboon:

(zoology, archaic) Living in the earth; applied to the ground beetles.


pycnodont

From pycno- + -odont, describing the round and flattened teeth.

(zoology) Any of the extinct oyster genus †Pycnodonte.


epipharynx

en-noun

epipharynx (plural epipharynxes or epipharynges)

epipharynxes (plural)
epipharynges (plural)

(zoology) A structure that overlaps the mouth in certain insects.


calcisponge

(zoology) Any of a group of marine sponges containing calcareous spicules.


tubivalve

(zoology, rare) A shell or tube formed by an annelid, such as a serpula.


siphuncular

siphuncular membrane

siphuncular tube

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.


scutellate

en-adj

scutellate (comparative more scutellate, superlative most scutellate)

more scutellate (comparative)
most scutellate (superlative)

Latin scutella (“a dish, salver”). Compare English scuttle (“a basket”).

(zoology) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella, as in certain birds.


cephalate

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


setiger

(zoology, archaic) An annelid having setae; a chaetopod.


gymnoblastic

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the order Anthoathecata, formerly known as Gymnoblastea.


intersternal

intersternal joints

intersternal articulations

intersternal membrane

intersternal fold

(zoology) Between the sterna; said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.


gnathidium

(zoology) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked.


retrocopulation

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Now from the nature of this position, there ensueth a necessitie of Retrocopulation, which also promoteth the conceit. For some observing them to couple without ascension, have not been able to judge of male or female […]

1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:


anacanthous

(botany, zoology) Without thorns or spines.


cotyligerous

en-adj

cotyligerous (comparative more cotyligerous, superlative most cotyligerous)

more cotyligerous (comparative)
most cotyligerous (superlative)


dentile

From Latin dentillus, for Latin denticulus. See dentil.

(zoology) A small tooth, like that of a saw.


turritella

/ˌtʌɹɪˈtɛlə/

From the New Latin genus name Turritella.

(zoology) Any sea snail of the genus Turritella (or allied genera) of spiral marine gastropods with an elongated, turreted shell.


endocyst

(zoology) An inner layer of the cyst walls of Bryozoa.


vespertinal

(botany, zoology) Opening or active in the evening.


hypural

From hypo- (“under”) + Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + -al.

af

hypural plate, hypural piece, hypural bone


holaspidean

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

(zoology, dated) Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; said of certain birds.


sphex

Borrowed from translingual Sphex, from the Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”), plural σφῆκες (sphêkes).

(zoology) Any of the sand wasps of Sphex and allied genera.


lung-grown

(medicine, zoology, obsolete) Having lungs that adhere to the pleura.


planoblast

(zoology) Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa.


propodium

propodia (plural)
propodeum (alternative)

(zoology) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.

(zoology) The first abdominal segment, when it forms a unit with the thorax of a hymenopterous insect in the group Apocrita.


ommateum

From New Latin ommateum, from Ancient Greek ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).

(zoology, archaic) A compound eye, found on, for example, insects and crustaceans.


palliobranchiate

palliobranchiate shells

(zoology, archaic) Belonging to the former class Palliobranchiata; having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in certain brachiopods.


calcarate

calcarate auricle

calcarate corolla

calcarate petal

calcarate nectary

(botany, zoology) Having a spur; spurred.


ostracoid

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the ostracods


nyctophile

Case 25. The Nycteres of Africa, and the Petalias of Java; the Nyctophiles of Australia; the Barbastelles and long-eared bats of Europe; and the true bat and Scotophiles, which are scattered over different parts of the world, and the Lasiures of America.

1843, Synopsis, or Guide Book to the British Museum, London: George Woodfall and Son, page 29:

(zoology, archaic) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.


metazoon

From the singular form of translingual Metazoa.


isospondylous

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the former order Isospondyli.

(zoology) Having the anterior vertebrae separate and normal.


strigate

From Latin strigatus, from striga (“row, strip, swath”).

(zoology) Having transverse bands of colour.


malapterurid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Malapteruridae; an electric catfish.


forcipate

(botany, zoology) Having a forceps-like structure.


lineolate

en-adj

lineolate (comparative more lineolate, superlative most lineolate)

more lineolate (comparative)
most lineolate (superlative)

From Latin lineola, diminutive of linea (“line”).


cerite

(zoology) A horn-shaped cerithiid shell.


siphonoglyphe

(zoology) Alternative form of siphonoglyph.


lampyrine

(zoology) An insect of the genus Lampyris or family Lampyridae; firefly.


trimaculated

(zoology, archaic) Marked with three spots.


falculate

falculate (comparative more falculate, superlative most falculate)

more falculate (comparative)
most falculate (superlative)

falculate scales

falculate nails

(zoology, archaic) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.


ametabolian

(zoology) Of or pertaining to insects that do not undergo metamorphosis

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ametabola (Apterygota)


semipupa

(zoology) An insect in an early stage of being a pupa, after being a larva.


didelphid

(zoology) A member of Didelphidae; opossum


haustellate

(zoology) Having a haustellum, or sucking proboscis.


scolopendrine

scolopendrine (comparative more scolopendrine, superlative most scolopendrine)

more scolopendrine (comparative)
most scolopendrine (superlative)

(zoology, archaic) Belonging to, or pertaining to the Scolopendra, a genus of centipedes.


trichopterous

trichopterous (comparative more trichopterous, superlative most trichopterous)

more trichopterous (comparative)
most trichopterous (superlative)

(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing the Trichoptera.


perisarc

From peri- + Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”).

(zoology) The outer hardened integument that covers most hydrozoan coelenterates


retineum

(archaic, zoology) Part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.


tricurvate

a tricurvate spicule

a tricurvate ridge

(zoology, dated) Curved in three directions.


pulmoniferous

From Latin pulmo, pulmonis (“a lung”) + -ferous.

pulmoniferous mollusc

(zoology, archaic) Having lungs; pulmonate.


acelom

(zoology) The absence of a celom, as in flatworms


prescutum

(zoology) The first dorsal sclerite of a tergum of an an insect


tenderling

(zoology) One of the first antlers of a deer.


pseudopupa

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(zoology) A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects.


phyllobranchia

(zoology) A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.


terebratulid

(zoology) A brachiopod of the order Terebratulida, having a short pedicle and a calcareous loop supporting the tentacles.


basicerite

From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ite.

He considers the characters of the external antennae, particularly of their second joint (basicerite) of paramount importance[…]

1863 April, Wm. Stimpson, M. D., “On the Classification of the Brachyura, and on the Homologies of the Antennary Joints in Decapod Crustaceans”, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 3), volume 11, number 64:

One of the major distinguishing features between A. barbara and A. clamator, the presence of a spine on the basicerite of the second antenna in the latter species, is inconsistent.

1990, Mark K. Wicksten, “On the status of Alpheus barbara Lockington (Crustacea: Caridea: Alphedidae)”, in Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, volume 103, number 1:

(zoology) The second joint of the antennae of crustaceans. [from 19th c.]


alitrunk

From Latin ala (“wing”) + truncus (“trunk”).

Alitrunk of Cossus ligniperda

1818, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction To Entomology: Or, Elements Of The Natural History Of Insects:

(zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.


capreoline

From Latin capreolus (“wild goat”), from caper (“goat”).

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the subfamily Capreolinae.


capreoline

Among the capreolines can be counted the roe deer, the moose, the reindeer and most American deer species (with the notable exception of the elk).

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 106:

(zoology) A member of the deer subfamily Capreolinae.


megalops

(zoology) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large.


lacertiloid

lacertiloid (comparative more lacertiloid, superlative most lacertiloid)

more lacertiloid (comparative)
most lacertiloid (superlative)

(archaic, zoology) Resembling or belonging to the Lacertilia.


arachnidan

(zoology, archaic) arachnid (any of the Arachnida).


veliger

(zoology) The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.


subbreed

(zoology) A race or strain having different characteristics from others in the same breed.


achatina

(zoology) Any of the snails of the genus Achatina.


spatangoid

The enlarged rear interambulacrum on the oral side of holasteroids and spatangoids is known as the plastron.

1983, Ulrich Lehmann, Fossil Invertebrates, page 292:

Spatangoids constitute a monophyletic group of heart urchins that appears in the early Cretaceous (145 M.Y. ago) and ranges to the Recent.

2003, Gunther J. Eble, “Developmental Morphospaces and Evolution”, in James P. Crutchfield, Peter Schuster, editors, Evolutionary Dynamics, page 47:

Oval tests with specific ventral morphology for efficient burrowing allowed spatangoids to burrow deeply in sand to avoid gastropod predation.

2010, Kenichi Kanazawa, “Adaptive evolution in Cenozoic spatangoid echinoids”, in Mike Reich, Joachim Reitner, Vanessa Roden, Ben Thuy, editors, Echinoderm Research 2010: 7th European Conference on Echinoderms, Göttingen, page 61:

(zoology) Any echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, of heart urchins.


pectinibranchiate

From Latin pecten (“comb”), pectinis (“comb”) + English branchiate.

(zoology, archaic) Having pectinated gills.


trichiuriform

trichiuriform (comparative more trichiuriform, superlative most trichiuriform)

more trichiuriform (comparative)
most trichiuriform (superlative)

(zoology, rare) Like or pertaining to the genus Trichiurus or family Trichiuridae, comprising the scabbardfishes and hairtails.


myophan

From myo- + the root of Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to show”) (for unclear reasons).


endochrome

en-noun

endochrome (countable and uncountable, plural endochromes)

(zoology) The coloured endoplasm of a cell.


podotheca

Unlike the sheath of the bill, the podotheca is never simple and continuous, being divided and subdivided in various ways.

1903, Elliott Coues, Key to North American Birds:

The character of the tarsal podotheca is a useful generic character but too variable to use in delimiting the subfamilies .

1912, Joel Asaph Allen, Historical and Nomenclatorial Notes on North American Sheep, page 262:

In different kinds of birds, the podotheca begins on the tibiotarsus (shank), on the ankle, or at some more distal level; it extends to the tips of the toes.

2013, Donald S. Farner, James R. King, Avian Biology: Volume II, page 47:

(zoology) The scaly or skin covering of the foot of a bird or animal.


lepidosiren

From lepido- + Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn, “Siren”).


lamellirostral

Ducks and geese are lamellirostral.

For example, the shape of the horn can be like a comb or the moon, and the shape of the head can be acutilingual or lamellirostral.

2021, Jianwei Zhang, Stefan Wermter, Fuchun Sun, Cross-Modal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction, page 2101:


mastigopod

After swimming about for a while, these mastigopods draw in their flagella, and become creeping myxopods.

1888, Thomas Henry Huxley, A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals, page 77:

(zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).


panorpid

(zoology) Any in the family Panorpidae of scorpionflies.


propodite

(zoology) The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean, usually the penultimate joint.

The arrangement of the propodite muscles in the carpopodite is very similar to that of the carpopodite muscles within the meropodite.

1959, “White Shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico”, in Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, volume 59, page 103:

(zoology) One of the muscles responsible for moving the propodite.


erectopatent

(zoology) Standing partially spread and erect; said of the wings of certain insects.


spiculigenous

spiculigenous cells

spiculigenous sponges

(zoology, rare) Producing or containing spicules.


postfurca

From Late Latin post (“behind”) + furca (“a fork”).

(zoology) One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect


ephemeran

(zoology) Any mayfly of the genus Ephemera


paliform

en-adj

paliform (comparative more paliform, superlative most paliform)

more paliform (comparative)
most paliform (superlative)

the paliform lobes of the septa in corals


coast rat

(zoology) A small South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), that builds extensive burrows.


subumbonal

(zoology) Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell.


androphore

(zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.


myrmicine

The discovery of tandem calling with pheromones in Leptothorax throws considerable light on the evolution of chemical recruitment techniques in myrmicine ants generally.

1990, Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson, The Ants, page 274:

The chemistry of the myrmicine genus Solenopsis is so aberrant that it reduces generalizations about ant venoms to the absurd.

2012, Murry Blum, Chemical Defenses of Arthropods, page 329:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae.

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the ant genus Myrmica.


myrmicine

Subfamily Myrmicinae
[…]Species of myrmicines are most likely to be confused with species of Leptanilla or Tetraponera because of the two-segmented petiole.

1999, Steven O. Shattuck, Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification, volume 3, page 122:

The other dominant ant subfamilies were also present but with lesser importance (fig. 1.4). Toward the end of the ponerine expansion (Early Eocene), the myrmicines began to radiate, surpassing the ponerines in biomass and diversity.

2007, Victor Rico-Gray, Paulo S. Oliveira, The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions, page 12:

The pseudomyrmecines can only be mistaken for myrmicines, but in the former there is always a fully developed promesonotal suture that is fully articulated and flexible in fresh specimens—a character that is always absent from myrmicines.

2016, Brian L. Fisher, Barry Bolton, Ants of Africa and Madagascar: A Guide to the Genera, page 56:

(zoology) Any ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae.


infusory

(zoology, obsolete) One of the Infusoria, a former class of microscopic animals.


infusory

(archaic, zoology) infusorial; of or related to infusoria


terebratuliform

terebratuliform (comparative more terebratuliform, superlative most terebratuliform)

more terebratuliform (comparative)
most terebratuliform (superlative)

terebratuliform loop

terebratuliform shell

(archaic, zoology) Having the general form of a terebratula shell.


coenobium

en-noun

coenobium (plural coenobiums or coenobia)

coenobiums (plural)
coenobia (plural)
caenobium (alternative)
cenobium (alternative)
cœnobium (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin coenobium (“cloister, convent; monastery”), from Koine Greek κοινόβιον (koinóbion, “life in community; monastery”), the neuter form of κοινόβιος (koinóbios, “communal living”), from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common, shared”) + βίος (bíos, “life”). Doublet of coenoby.
The plural form coenobia is borrowed from Late Latin coenobia.

der

The Radiolaria are marine rhizopods, whose unicellular body always consists of two parts,— […] The individuals are usually single: in only a small minority are the unicellular organisms united in colonies or caenobia.

1887 June 17, “Challenger Report”, in Science.—Supplement, volume IX, number 228, New York, N.Y.: The Science Company, →OCLC, page 596, column 2:

eutely Phenomenon exhibited by a few phyla, notably nematodes, where all individuals have the same number of cells (or nuclei in a coenobium).

2007, “eutely”, in J. M. Lackie, editor, The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology, 4th edition, Burlington, Mass.: Academic Press, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 151, column 1:

(zoology) A colony of unicellular organisms (such as protozoa) which acts as a single organism.

kenobio

colony of unicellular organisms which acts as a single organism


petauristid

(zoology) Any member of the genus Petaurista, including some flying squirrels.


phalangerid

Orbital orientation in the slow-moving phalangerid Phalanger maculatus is more primate-like than in other phalangerids, including Pseudocheirus lemuroides, one of the most acrobatic of arboreal marsupials.

1972, Matt Cartmill, “4: Arboreal Adaptations and the Origin of Order Primates”, in Russell Tuttle, editor, The Functional and Evolutionary Biology of Primates, published 2009, page 112:

One of these species, Phalanger gymnotis (ground cuscus), is reported to be the most frugivorous of the eight New Guinean phalangerid species, and is perhaps the most frugivorous of all phalangerids.

1999, Ian D. Hume, Marsupial Nutrition, page 202:

Phalangerids are predominantly herbivorous, and some prefer leaves, whereas others eat more fruit, flowers, or grasses.

2010, Peter S. Ungar, Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity, page 139:

(zoology) Any of the nocturnal marsupials of family Phalangeridae, which includes cuscuses and brushtail possums.


trachelipodous

/ˌtɹækəˈlɪpədəs/

(zoology, obsolete) of or pertaining to the molluscs of the former order Trachelipoda, that have their foot attached to the neck.


pilidium

From Ancient Greek πῑλίδιον (pīlídion, “little cap”), diminutive of πῖλος (pîlos), probably influenced by other formations in -idium, like miracidium, planidium, and coracidium.

(zoology) The free-swimming larva of certain proboscis worms, somewhat resembling a deerstalker hat. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm undergoes development in its interior.


laminiplantar

From lamina + Latin planta (“sole of the foot”).

(archaic, zoology) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most songbirds.


aphidophagous

Some beetles of the family Coccinellidae are aphidophagous.


petiolated

a petiolated leaf

the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera


ocypodian

(zoology, archaic) A member of the crab family Ocypodidae.


phytozoon

From phyto- + zoon, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek.

(zoology) A plant-like animal; a zoophyte.


monotocous

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) + τόκος (tókos).

(zoology) Laying a single egg; uniparous.


ectocyst

(archaic, zoology) The exoskeleton of some members of Bryozoa.


phylactocarp

From Ancient Greek φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”) + -carp.

(zoology) A branch of a plumularia specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.


trichopter

(zoology) One of the Trichoptera; a caddis fly.


physeter

(obsolete, zoology) A member of the genus Physeter; a sperm whale.


protonym

The protonym of Macroscyphus appears to be Nees von Esenbeck's (1817) [genus] Peziza ...

1968, Mien A. Rifai, The Australasian Pezizales in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew:

Protonyms form the name for later revised opinions on a taxon concept as implicitly or explicitly circumscribed in a subsequent publication...

2005, Bertram Ludäscher, Louiqa Raschid, Data integration in the life sciences:

(zoology, taxonomy) The first legitimate name of a taxon, on which the currently accepted name is based.


curculionidous

(zoology, dated) Relating to the weevil family Curculionidae.


hydriform

en-adj

hydriform (comparative more hydriform, superlative most hydriform)

more hydriform (comparative)
most hydriform (superlative)
hydraform (alternative)

(archaic, zoology) Having the form or structure of a hydra.


actinozoal

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the obsolete class of animals, Actinozoa.


fissurella

(zoology) Any of the genus Fissurella of marine gastropod mollusks.


mystacal

From Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax, “moustache”), whence also moustache.

der

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the upper lip, or moustache.


porpita

(zoology) A marine organism, Porpita porpita, the blue button.


hirtellous

en-adj

hirtellous (comparative more hirtellous, superlative most hirtellous)

more hirtellous (comparative)
most hirtellous (superlative)

Diminutive from Latin hirtus (“hairy”), with -ous.


pseudoheart

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(zoology) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates that is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.


acraspeda

It may be that the pelagic habit of the acraspeda is secondary, and while the polyps, the craspedota and the acraspeda have unquestionably had a common starting point in a free pelagic ancestor, it is quite possible that […]

1893, William Keith Brooks, Salpa in Its Relation to the Evolution of Life, page 202:

(zoology) A group of acalephs that includes most of the larger jellyfish


noctilionid

(zoology) A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, with cheek pouches and large incisor teeth; a bulldog bat.


ascidiozooid

(obsolete, zoology) One of the individual members of a compound ascidian.


obomegoid

obomegoid (comparative more obomegoid, superlative most obomegoid)

more obomegoid (comparative)
most obomegoid (superlative)

obomegoid markings on a bird

(rare, archaic, zoology) Obversely omegoid.


homogangliate

(zoology, archaic) Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates.


reptatory

(zoology, obsolete, rare) Crawling, creeping.


larviform

larviform (comparative more larviform, superlative most larviform)

more larviform (comparative)
most larviform (superlative)

(zoology) Having the shape or structure of a larva


psorosperm

(zoology, obsolete) A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarinae, in the pseudonavicula stage.


psalterial

psalterial aperture

psalterial fibre

psalterial cords

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the psalterium.


pterylography

en-noun

pterylography (usually uncountable, plural pterylographies)

(zoology) The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or of the pterylae, of birds.


squamigerous

en-adj

squamigerous (comparative more squamigerous, superlative most squamigerous)

more squamigerous (comparative)
most squamigerous (superlative)

From Latin squamiger; squama (“a scale”) + gerere (“to bear”).

Can it be possible that silver is to be trodden down by the feet and claws of gold-bugs, flattened by the Kanchulla of money-devils or swallowed by the squamigerous hydra of Wall Street?

1897 May 13, “Run Here, Somebody”, in The Montgomery Advertiser, volume LXVII (old series) / XXXII (new series), number 291, Montgomery, Ala.: The Advertiser Co., →OCLC, page 4, column 2:


mesomyodous

(zoology, rare) Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.


peritreme

(zoology) That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles.

(zoology) The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.


fringilline

(zoology) Pertaining to the family Fringillidae, the true finches.


ganoid

Ancient Greek γάνος (gános, “brightness, sheen”) + -oid

uder

(zoology) One of the Ganoidei, a disused taxonomic grouping of fishes, including the bowfin, gars, and sturgeons.


trichiuroid

en-adj

trichiuroid (comparative more trichiuroid, superlative most trichiuroid)

more trichiuroid (comparative)
most trichiuroid (superlative)

(zoology) Of, like, or pertaining to Trichiurus.


epicranium

(zoology) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.


haliotoid

haliotoid (comparative more haliotoid, superlative most haliotoid)

more haliotoid (comparative)
most haliotoid (superlative)

(zoology, archaic) Belonging to the genus Haliotis.


solipede

solipedes (plural)
soliped (alternative)

(zoology, obsolete) A mammal having a single hoof on each foot; a solidungulate.


multicarinate

multicarinate (comparative more multicarinate, superlative most multicarinate)

more multicarinate (comparative)
most multicarinate (superlative)

multicarinate mollusc shells

multicarinate scales

(zoology) Many-keeled; having many keel-like ridges


cryptobranchiate

cryptobranchiate (comparative more cryptobranchiate, superlative most cryptobranchiate)

more cryptobranchiate (comparative)
most cryptobranchiate (superlative)

(zoology) Having concealed, retractile or rudimentary gills, such as the axolotl.


ascidium

From New Latin ascidium, from Ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον (askídion), from ἀσκός (askós, “leather bag”) + -ιδιον (-idion, “diminutive ending”).

(zoology) One of the former genus Ascidium of simple ascidians, which included most of the known species; sometimes used as a name for the family Ascidiidae or for all the Tunicata, or Ascidiacea.


parapterum

From New Latin parapteron. See para-, and pteron.

(zoology) In certain insects, a parapteron

(zoology) In birds, the scapular and adjoining feathers of the wing.


sarcoseptum

(zoology) One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan.


hydrachnid

(zoology) An aquatic mite of the genus Hydrachna or of its relatives in Hydrachnidiae or similar groups.


suprabranchial

suprabranchial cavity

suprabranchial chamber of fish or mollusks

suprabranchial organ

suprabranchial pores of fish


cardueline

(zoology) Belonging to the subfamily Carduelinae of finches.


nematogene

(zoology) Alternative spelling of nematogen.


pennigerous

From Latin penniger, from penna (“feather”) + gerere (“to bear”), + -ous.

(zoology, dated) Bearing feathers or quills.


implacental

(zoology, archaic) Not having a placenta (said of e.g. marsupials and monotremes).


implacental

(zoology, archaic) A mammal having no placenta.


tylarus

From New Latin tylarus, from Ancient Greek τυλάριον (tulárion, “cushion”).

der

(zoology) One of the soft pads on the undersurface of the toes of some birds, such as owls and ospreys.


tenuirostral

en-adj

tenuirostral (comparative more tenuirostral, superlative most tenuirostral)

more tenuirostral (comparative)
most tenuirostral (superlative)

The tenuirostral birds included the hummingbirds.

(obsolete, zoology) Having a thin bill (said of birds belonging to the former group of birds Tenuirostres


truttaceous

truttaceous (comparative more truttaceous, superlative most truttaceous)

more truttaceous (comparative)
most truttaceous (superlative)

Latin trutta (“trout”), Latin tructa. See trout.

(zoology, archaic) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout.


formicaroid

formicaroid (comparative more formicaroid, superlative most formicaroid)

more formicaroid (comparative)
most formicaroid (superlative)

formicaroid bird

(zoology, archaic) Like or pertaining to the family Formiicaridae of antthrushes.


ovicell

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

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

(zoology) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development


ptenoglossate

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.


pseudorhabdite

(zoology) One of the rod-like corpuscles found in the integument of certain Turbellaria, filled with a soft granular substance.


testicond

From Latin testis (“testis”) + condere (“to hide”).

testicond mammals

Although the testes of some mammals, such as elephants and manatees, are also testicond, in most mammals the testes migrate downward, or descend, as the embryo develops.

2009, Bruce D. Olsen, Understanding Human Anatomy Through Evolution:

(zoology) Having the testicles naturally concealed within the abdomen, such as in the case of the cetaceans.


rhopalium

From New Latin rhopalium, from Ancient Greek ῥοπαλιον (rhopalion), diminutive of ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club”).

(zoology) One of the small sensory tentacular structures of various jellyfish species.


proscolex

From New Latin proscōlēx, from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) + σκώληξ (skṓlēx).

(zoology) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia.


nectocalyx

(zoology) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.

(zoology) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophorae, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.


vermetus

From translingual Vermetus, from Latin vermis (“worm”).

(zoology) Any of the many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae.


ensate

ensate (comparative more ensate, superlative most ensate)

more ensate (comparative)
most ensate (superlative)

From New Latin ensatus, from Latin ensis (“sword”).

(botany, zoology) Having sword-shaped leaves or appendages.


areolet

Diminutive of Latin areola. See -et, -let.

(zoology) A small enclosed area, especially one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.


placoganoid

(zoology, obsolete) Relating to the Placoganoidei, apparently a synonym of Placodermi.


tentaculocyst

(zoology) One of the sensory organss of certain jellyfish.


crinoidal

crinoidal limestone

crinoidal remains

(zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.


syringeal

the syringeal muscle


coronamen

(zoology) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.


gnathite

(zoology) Any of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda.


corneocalcareous

(rare, zoology) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, like some shells and corals.


ganoidal

(zoology, obsolete) Relating or belonging to the ganoids.


infuscated

infuscated (comparative more infuscated, superlative most infuscated)

more infuscated (comparative)
most infuscated (superlative)


protocercal

(zoology) Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal.


gradatory

gradatory (comparative more gradatory, superlative most gradatory)

more gradatory (comparative)
most gradatory (superlative)

Under this name we group together a large number of very similar forms; or if dissimilar, forms connected by gradatory specimens

1897, John van Denburgh, The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin:

(zoology) Suitable for walking, or able to walk (said of an animal, especially a bird, or of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land).


zoogonous

(zoology) That gives birth to live offspring (rather than laying eggs)


zoophaga

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) + φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”)

(zoology) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.


petaurine

(zoology) Relating to the possum family Petauridae.


petaurine

The karyotypes of petaurines […]

1987, Fauna of Australia, volume 1, page 674:

(zoology) A possum from the taxonomic family Petauridae.


inferobranchiate

(zoology, archaic, said of some mollusks) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.


Bojanus organ

From the name of the discoverer, Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus.

(zoology) A glandular organ of bivalve mollusks, serving in part as a kidney.


selachoid

selachoid (comparative more selachoid, superlative most selachoid)

more selachoid (comparative)
most selachoid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling the Selachii (sharks).


syndactyle

From syn- + -dactyle, variant of -dactyl.

(zoology, archaic) Any bird with syndactylous feet.


epithema

From New Latin epithema, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθεμα (epíthema, “lid, cover”).

der

(zoology) A horny excrescence on the top of the beak of some birds, notably the hornbill.


desmognathous

(zoology, obsolete) belonging to a former taxonomic group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), having the maxillopalatine bones united


spermophore

(zoology) rare spelling of spermatophore


curvicaudate

en-adj

curvicaudate (comparative more curvicaudate, superlative most curvicaudate)

more curvicaudate (comparative)
most curvicaudate (superlative)

Latin curvus (“bent”) + English caudate.

(zoology) Having a curved or crooked tail.


subaduncate

(zoology, archaic, rare) Somewhat hooked or curved.


branchiostegal

Ancient Greek βράγχιον (bránkhion, “gill (used in the plural)”) + στέγω (stégō, “cover”) + -al

uder

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish


branchiogenic

(zoology) That originates in the branchial arches


branchial arch

en-noun

branchial arch (plural branchial arches)

(zoology, fish anatomy) Any of a series of bony looped structures which support the gills of fish; any of the pharyngeal arches in a fish embryo.

Kiemenbogen

bony looped structure supporting the gills


branchiomere

(zoology) The embryonic structure that develops into the branchial arch


branchiomerism

(zoology) The state of being formed of branchiate segments.


branchiomotor

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the movement of the gills or the muscles of the branchial arches


cercal

From Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + -al. Compare cercus, from the same source but with a divergent meaning.


formicid

(zoology) Any member of the ant family Formicidae.


endostyle

(zoology) A longitudinal ciliated groove on the ventral wall of the pharynx which produces mucus to gather food particles, found in urochordates and cephalochordates and in the larvae of lampreys.


discina

(zoology) Any member of the brachiopod genus Discina.


saurognathous

From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”) + -gnathous.

(zoology) having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers


exsanguious

en-adj

exsanguious (comparative more exsanguious, superlative most exsanguious)

more exsanguious (comparative)
most exsanguious (superlative)
exanguious (alternative)

From Latin exsanguis, from ex (“out”) + sanguis, sanguinis (“blood”). Compare exsanguineous.

Insects are exsanguious.


encephalous

(archaic, zoology, said of mollusks) Having a distinct head.


teredo

From Latin terēdō (“woodworm”), from Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn, “wood-worm”). Compare Ancient Greek: τέρην (térēn, “smooth, gentle”).

desc

Meet fell Teredo, as he mines the keel / With beaked head, and break his lips of steel […].

1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 123:

No timber that would stand the exposure to water as well as the ravages of white ants and the teredo, could be found.

1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 272:

(zoology) A mollusc of the genus Teredo, especially the shipworm, Teredo navalis.


redmouth

(zoology) Applied to various fishes with a bright red mouth.


ecthoreum

From Ancient Greek ἐκθορέω (ekthoréō, “to leap out”), from θρῴσκω (thrṓiskō, “jump”), + Latin -eum.

der

(zoology) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida.


mesogastric

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.


microsthenic

en-adj

microsthenic (comparative more microsthenic, superlative most microsthenic)

more microsthenic (comparative)
most microsthenic (superlative)

(zoology, archaic, rare) Having a typically small size (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals)


annulose

annulose (comparative more annulose, superlative most annulose)

more annulose (comparative)
most annulose (superlative)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.


dalatiid

(zoology) Any member of the shark family Dalatiidae.


mesobronchium

(archaic, zoology, anatomy) The main bronchus of either lung.


cephalomere

we would suggest that the head of Arthropoda be termed the Cephalosome , the cephalic segments cephalomere

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

(zoology) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.


hemerobiid

Recent hemerobiids (brown lacewings) are terrestrial insects and both adults and larvae prey on small soft-bodied arthropods.

1977, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology series, volume 33, page 259:

Hemerobiids often are active at relatively low temperatures; thus they can be useful as biological control agents in temperate regions early in the season when other natural enemies remain inactive.

2009, Catherine A. Tauber, Maurice J. Tauber, Gilberto S. Albuquerque, “Neuroptera (Lacewings, Antlions)”, in Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé, editors, Encyclopedia of Insects, page 705:

Coccinellid beetles and hemerobiids (brown lacewings), and other such predators are most likely to have a major impact on aphid densities.

2010, Claire Ozanne, “Chapter 9: Insect pests of some forest trees”, in Bryan G. Bowes, editor, Trees and Forests, page 180:

(zoology) Any insect of the brown lacewing family (Hemerobiidae).


pseudembryo

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(zoology) An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding.


apostatic

apostatic (comparative more apostatic, superlative most apostatic)

more apostatic (comparative)
most apostatic (superlative)
apostatical (alternative)

apostatic selection

(zoology) negative frequency-dependent; depending on being rare.


somatocyst

(zoology) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophorae.


solpugid

(zoology) Any arachnid of the order Solifugae


turbellaria

/ˌtɜː.bɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/

(zoology) Any member of Turbellaria; a flatworm.


multiradiate

multiradiate (comparative more multiradiate, superlative most multiradiate)

more multiradiate (comparative)
most multiradiate (superlative)


supraocular

supraocular scales of fishes and reptiles


supraocular

(zoology) One of the scales above the eyes.


metagnathous

/mɪˈtæɡnəθəs/

(zoology) having the mandibles crossing at the tip of the bill, as in the crossbill


totipalmate

From Latin totus (“all, whole”) + English palmate.

(zoology) Having all four toes united by a web, as in the pelican.


cycloganoid

(zoology) Any of the obsolete taxon Cycloganoidei, a group of fishes which included the bowfin.


patellula

en-noun

patellula (plural patellulae or patellulæ)

(zoology) A cup-like sucker on the feet of certain insects.


phacellus

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek [Term?], meaning "bundle of faggots".

Closer inspection, however, shows that the two phacelli of each pair originate as diverging limbs, from a simple interradial phacellus deep in the bottom of the basal stomach.

1882, Great Britain - Challenger Office, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76 Under the Command of Captain George S. Nares ... and the Late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N., page 78:

[...] phacelli are well developed, occupying the interradial sides of the octagonal stomach cavity. Each phacellus consists of from eight to twelve brush-like filaments.

1909, The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University ..., page 6:

... the phacellus placed on it, which is formed by a bow-shaped series of gastral filaments.

1965, William Alexander Forbes, Report on the Anatomy of the Petrels (Tubinares), Collected During the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the Years 1873-1876:

(zoology) One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.


ascidiform

en-adj

ascidiform (comparative more ascidiform, superlative most ascidiform)

more ascidiform (comparative)
most ascidiform (superlative)

(zoology) Shaped like an ascidian (sea squirt).


cirriform

cirriform (comparative more cirriform, superlative most cirriform)

more cirriform (comparative)
most cirriform (superlative)

(archaic, eteorology, biology, zoology) Shaped like a cirrus or tendril.


pipra

(zoology) Any member of the bird genus Pipra; a manakin.


mesonotum

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek, meaning "middle of the back".

Frons mat black, orbits slightly paler, more greyish; mesonotum distinctly mat, greyish-black, but with some subshine; […]

2013, K. A. Spencer, Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance, page 264:

(zoology) The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.


chinchillid

Chinchillids like Eoviscaccia are not yet strongly adapted to the cooler climates found in either high altitudes or southerly altitudes.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 66:

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Chinchillidae.


actinosome

(zoology) The body of various cnidarians and ctenophores, such as the starfish.


haematocryal

haematocryal animal

haematocryal creature


homocercy

(zoology) The possession of a homocercal (symmetric) tail (by a fish).


colleterial

The right ovary with its duct has been removed, and only a small portion of the colleterial glands is shown

1892, Arthur Milnes Marshall, A Junior Course of Pracical Zoology:

(zoology) Relating to the colleterium of insects.


tubulidentate

(zoology) Having teeth traversed by canals; said of certain edentates


pterostigma

Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón) + στίγμα (stígma), meaning "wing mark".

The pterostigma is particularly noticeable in dragonflies.

(zoology) A cell in the outer wing of insects which is often thickened or coloured and so stands out from other cells


spinnerule

(archaic, zoology) One of the small tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.


subturriculate

subturriculate species

(archaic, zoology) Somewhat turriculate.


myxinoid

myxinoid (comparative more myxinoid, superlative most myxinoid)

more myxinoid (comparative)
most myxinoid (superlative)

(zoology) pertaining to, the hagfish class Myxini.


siphoniferous

siphoniferous (comparative more siphoniferous, superlative most siphoniferous)

more siphoniferous (comparative)
most siphoniferous (superlative)

The shell of the nautilus is siphoniferous.

siphoniferous mollusc


sarcophagous

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(zoology) Feeding on flesh; carnivorous.

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(zoology, rare) Relating to genus Sarcophaga or its members.


syndactylous

syndactyl (alternative)
syndactyle (alternative)
syndactylic (alternative)

Kingfishers are syndactylous.

syndactylous cattle

syndactylous cow

(zoology) Having the toes firmly joined together for a long distance, and not webbed.

syndactylous digits

(zoology, of toes) Firmly joined together for a long distance, but not webbed.


chlamydoselachid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae of frilled sharks, which comprises two extant species in genus Chlamydoselachus and several extinct species in the genera Chlamydoselachus and †Proteothrinax.


hexanchid

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

Hexanchid sharks (Family Hexanchidae) are extremely rare in Lower Cretaceous deposits and are known only from isolated teeth.

1995, P.J.Smart, Hexanchid shark teeth (Chondrichthyes, Vertebrata) from the Lower Cretaceous Albian sediments of Leighton Buzzard, South-central England:

(zoology) Any member of the family Hexanchidae, of cow sharks.


heterodontid

(zoology) Any member of the family Heterodontidae of bullhead sharks.


rhabdite

The rhabdite-forming cells are situated in the parenchyma underneath the longitudinal subepidermal muscle layer.

2017, R. Sluys, A Monograph of the Marine Triclads, page 6:

(zoology) A minute smooth rod-like or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.

(zoology) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.


domesticant

(anthropology, zoology, botany) A domesticated animal or plant.


interscapulars

(zoology) The interscapular feathers of a bird.


epipodium

From epi- (“on”) + -podium (“relating to a leg-like structure”).

af

(zoology) One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.


pteropodous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the obsolete group Pteropoda, the pteropods.


retinulate

en-adj

retinulate (comparative more retinulate, superlative most retinulate)

more retinulate (comparative)
most retinulate (superlative)

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

af

(zoology) Having, or characterized by, retinulae.


stylommatophorous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Stylommatophora.


perradial

(zoology) Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate.

perradial axis

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the perradium.


prostomium

From Ancient Greek, meaning "before the mouth".

(zoology) The portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.


gobioid

en-adj

gobioid (comparative more gobioid, superlative most gobioid)

more gobioid (comparative)
most gobioid (superlative)

(zoology) Like, or pertaining to, the goby, the genus Gobius, or, especially, suborder Gobioidei.


pupivorous

From pupa + -i- + Latin vorare (“to devour”).

(zoology) Feeding on the pupae (or larvae) of insects.


pleurobranch

(zoology) Any of the gills of certain crustaceans, such as some shrimp, that are attached to the side of the thorax


zoarcid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Zoarcidae; an eelpout.


postabdomen

en-noun

postabdomen (plural postabdomens or postabdomina)

postabdomens (plural)
postabdomina (plural)

(zoology) The part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax.


dactylar

dactylar base of a crustacean

dactylar finger of a shrimp

dactylar tubercle on a crab

(zoology) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or the claw of an insect or crustacean.


pedimanous

(archaic, zoology) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as in the opossums and monkeys.


tetraonid

Latin tetrao (“a heath cock, grouse”), from Ancient Greek. Compare French tétraonide.

The grouse, partridge and quail are tetraonids.

(zoology) A bird belonging to the tribe Tetraonini, of which the genus Tetrao is the type.


pinnulate

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

af

pinnulate arms

pinnulate crinoids

pinnulate pinnae


chilostomatous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma, a genus of land snails.


nodosarine

en-adj

nodosarine (comparative more nodosarine, superlative most nodosarine)

more nodosarine (comparative)
most nodosarine (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria.


nodosarine

(zoology) Any foraminifer of the genus Nodosaria or allied genera.


elytroid

elytroid (comparative more elytroid, superlative most elytroid)

more elytroid (comparative)
most elytroid (superlative)

(archaic, zoology) Resembling a beetle's elytron (wingcase).


ditokous

Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + τόκος (tókos, “a bringing forth, offspring”).

Certain annelids are ditokous.

asexual reproduction
asexual reproduction

(zoology) Having two kinds of young, such as offspring from asexual reproduction versus those from sexual reproduction.

Some birds are ditokous.

(zoology) Producing only two offspring per reproductive cycle or gestation, such as two eggs in a clutch.


spineback

(zoology) A fish with spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.


zeuglodont

(zoology) Any of the family †Basilosauridae of extinct cetaceans, formerly under the taxonomically invalid name †Zeuglodontidae.


subpedunculate

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


actinomere

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


ingluvial

ingluvial hypomotility

ingluvial ganglion

ingluvial nerve

The ingluvial content was removed by ingluviotomy and analyzed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


podophthalmite

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

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


macruroid

en-adj

macruroid (comparative more macruroid, superlative most macruroid)

more macruroid (comparative)
most macruroid (superlative)


actinostome

(archaic, zoology) The mouth or anterior opening of a various marine animals, such as the starfish.


opisthobranchiate

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


opisthobranchiate

(zoology, obsolete) One of the Opisthobranchia.


suprapedal

suprapedal gland

suprapedal groove

suprapedal lobe

(zoology) Situated above the foot of a mollusk.


polythalamous

polythalamous (comparative more polythalamous, superlative most polythalamous)

more polythalamous (comparative)
most polythalamous (superlative)

The shells of Foraminifera are polythalamous.


lutrine

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

(zoology) Any of the otter subfamily of animals.


macrural

macrural (comparative more macrural, superlative most macrural)

more macrural (comparative)
most macrural (superlative)


septulum

Test small, elongate, subfusiform, with bluntly rounded poles, septa thin and widely spaced, thin and short transverse septula alternating with foramina, thickened at the lower ends where they join with the tops of the parachomata, one or two axial septula between adjacent septa, outer whorls may also have a secondary transverse septulum between adjacent primary transverse septula;

2015, Alfred R. Loeblich Jr., Helen Tappan, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification, page 739:

(zoology, anatomy, botany) A little septum; a division between small cavities or parts.


semiplume

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


catanadromous

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


puff-legged

(zoology) Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs; tuft-legged


procerebrum

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

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

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

2012, Issues in Neuroscience Research and Application:

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

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

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


entogastric

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


protoconch

en-noun

protoconch (plural protoconches or protoconchs)

protoconches (plural)
protoconchs (plural)

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


osculant

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

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


compsognathoid

en-adj

compsognathoid (comparative more compsognathoid, superlative most compsognathoid)

more compsognathoid (comparative)
most compsognathoid (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling the dinosaur genus Compsognathus.


placentiferous

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


aphidivorous

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


endopleurite

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


synapticula

en-noun

synapticula (plural synapticulae or synapticulas)

synapticulae (plural)
synapticulas (plural)

Diminutive from Ancient Greek [Term?] fastened together.

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


heteracanth

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

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


ctenocyst

Ancient Greek [Term?] "comb" + "bladder".

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


cydippid

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


hydrotheca

hydrotheca (plural hydrothecas or hydrothecae)

hydrothecas (plural)
hydrothecae (plural)

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


gonosome

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


pseudohaltere

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


scopiferous

scopiferous tarsus

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


glochidium

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

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

(zoology) The larva or young of the mussel.


opisthotic

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

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


pulmograde

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

The medusae are pulmograde.

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


saxicavous

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

a saxicavous mollusk

(zoology) Boring or hollowing out rocks.


interoperculum

(anatomy, ichthyology, archaic) interopercle


meconidium

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

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


scutellation

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


taxaspidean

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

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


tongueworm

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

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


paradisaeid

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


mugiloid

en-adj

mugiloid (comparative more mugiloid, superlative most mugiloid)

more mugiloid (comparative)
most mugiloid (superlative)

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


endaspidean

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

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


tunicary

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

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

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


clamatorial

clamatorial (comparative more clamatorial, superlative most clamatorial)

more clamatorial (comparative)
most clamatorial (superlative)

(zoology) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.


os penis

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


baubellum

Medieval Latin baubellum (“jewel, gem”).

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

2018 January 24, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian:

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


os clitoridis

ossa clitoridis (plural)
os clitoris (alternative)

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


os clitoris

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

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


malurid

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


phryganeid

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


plagiostome

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


actinozoon

en-noun

actinozoon (plural actinozoa or actinozoons)

(obsolete, zoology) One of the Actinozoa.


spoonbilled

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


gallinacean

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


baenopod

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

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


dimeran

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


lophiid

(zoology) Any of the family Lophiidae of anglerfishes.


sinistrad

read sinistrad

(dated, chiefly anatomy, zoology) Toward the left side; right to left; sinistrally.


tritovum

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


ganoidian

en-adj

ganoidian (comparative more ganoidian, superlative most ganoidian)

more ganoidian (comparative)
most ganoidian (superlative)


phaneroglossal

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

phaneroglossal reptiles.


subbasal

(anatomy, zoology) Near or below the base.


malaconotid

(zoology) One of the family Malaconotidae of bushshrikes.


leptocardian

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


leptocardian

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


paragnathus

en-noun

paragnathus (plural paragnathi or paragnatha)

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

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


multisect

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

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


phyllocyst

(zoology) The cavity of a hydrophyllium.


plicidentine

(zoology, dentistry) A form of dentin which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.


pholad

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

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


suctorial

The hummingbirds are suctorial birds.

suctorial mouth

suctorial mouthparts

(zoology) Adapted for sucking; living by sucking.

suctorial fishes

suctorial organ

suctorial tentacles

(zoology) Capable of adhering by suction.


ephippium

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

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


tentaculum

From New Latin tentāculum. See the doublet tentacle.


elopid

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


mastax

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

bor

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


sexradiate

Certain sponge spicules are sexradiate.

sexradiate organs


mollipilose

en-adj

mollipilose (comparative more mollipilose, superlative most mollipilose)

more mollipilose (comparative)
most mollipilose (superlative)

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

mollipilose pelage

mollipilose plumage

(zoology, archaic) Having soft hairs; downy.


muricoid

muricoid (comparative more muricoid, superlative most muricoid)

more muricoid (comparative)
most muricoid (superlative)

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

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


berycoid

berycoid (comparative more berycoid, superlative most berycoid)

more berycoid (comparative)
most berycoid (superlative)

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

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


filoplume

filoplumes (plural)
filopluma (alternative)

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

filoplumes of chickens

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


tinctumutation

en-noun

tinctumutation (countable and uncountable, plural tinctumutations)

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


homacanth

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

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


spirulate

en-adj

spirulate (comparative more spirulate, superlative most spirulate)

more spirulate (comparative)
most spirulate (superlative)

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


coleopter

(zoology) One of the Coleoptera; a beetle.


grallic

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

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

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


elaphine

elaphine (comparative more elaphine, superlative most elaphine)

more elaphine (comparative)
most elaphine (superlative)

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


trichite

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


corneule

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

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

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

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


cetoniid

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


plagiostomous

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


pressirostral

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


timaline

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


balistoid

(zoology) Any fish of the genus Balistes


basihyal

From basi- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

uder

the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">upsilon</i>

Coburn (1982) used a posterior extension of the basihyal to group many taxa in Notropis (s. l.) (93).

1992, M. M. Coburn, T. M. Cavender, “Phylogenetics of North American Cyprinidae”, in Richard L. Mayden, editor, Systematics, Historical Ecology, and North American Freshwater Fishes, page 362:

The hyoid cartilage is formed of a series of skeletal elements: entoglossum (or paraglossals), basihyal (basihyoid), basibranchial (or urohyal), ceratobranchial, and epibranchial (Fig. 3.21), the most anterior of which (entoglossum and basihyal) constitute the tongue skeleton.

1999, Nicole Le Douarin, Chaya Kalcheim, The Neural Crest, page 111:

In most mammals, the hyoid apparatus lies at or above the entrance to the larynx and consists of two basic parts: inferiorly, the unpaired basihyal and paired thyrohyal “horns” which connect the basihyal to the thyroid cartilage and superiorly, the paired suspensory stylohyoid chains which are made up of four cartilaginous or ossified links, the ceratohyal, epihyal, stylohyal, and tympanohyal, that connect the basihyal to the temporal bone (e.g., Howes 1896; Negus 1949).

2015, Dionisios Yoloutas, Sébastien Couette, Lauren B. Halenar, “6: Morphology of Howler Monkeys: A Review and Quantitative Analyses”, in Martín M. Kowalewski, Paul A. Garber, Liliana Cortes-Ortiz, Bernardo Urbani, Dionisios Youlatos, editors, Howler Monkeys: Adaptive Radiation, Systematics, and Morphology, page 144:

(anatomy, fish anatomy, vertebrate anatomy) Either of two small bones that form the body of the inverted hyoid arch.


isis

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

1834, John Mason Good, The Book of Nature:

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


entomostracous

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


anadrom

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

anádromo

fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers


pseudovum

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


toxodont

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


balanoid

en-adj

balanoid (comparative more balanoid, superlative most balanoid)

more balanoid (comparative)
most balanoid (superlative)

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

uder

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


cottoid

en-adj

cottoid (comparative more cottoid, superlative most cottoid)

more cottoid (comparative)
most cottoid (superlative)

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


cottoid

(zoology) A fish belonging to the genus Cottus.


rhombogene

rhombogenes (plural)
rhombogen (alternative)

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


lucernarian

lucernarian (comparative more lucernarian, superlative most lucernarian)

more lucernarian (comparative)
most lucernarian (superlative)

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


lucernarian

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


discal

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


Aristotle's lantern

en-noun

Aristotle's lantern (plural Aristotle's lanterns)

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


scrobicula

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


amphisbaenoid

en-adj

amphisbaenoid (comparative more amphisbaenoid, superlative most amphisbaenoid)

more amphisbaenoid (comparative)
most amphisbaenoid (superlative)

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


arrowworm

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


concameration

impossible concamerations

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

(zoology) A chamber of a multilocular shell.


cephalosome

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

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

Curiously enough, when the oral appendages are removed from the cephalosome, the articular foramina for the mandibles appear to be directly continuous with the row of articular foramina for the peræopods and gnathopods.

1918, John Tait, “Experiments and Observations on Crustacea”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, volume 37, page 280:

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


monomerous

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

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


cystid

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


proclivous

proclivous (comparative more proclivous, superlative most proclivous)

more proclivous (comparative)
most proclivous (superlative)

(zoology) Having the incisors directed forward.


orthid

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


cheiropterous

(obsolete, zoology) Belonging to the bat family (formerly classified as Cheiroptera)


mytiloid

mytiloid (comparative more mytiloid, superlative most mytiloid)

more mytiloid (comparative)
most mytiloid (superlative)

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

uder

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


dorsibranchiate

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


dorsibranchiate

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


hydrophid

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

der

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


procellarian

/ˌpɹəʊ.səˈlɛəɹi.ən/

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


endosternite

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


interambulacrum

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


tubulipore

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


hemidactyl

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


opisthocomine

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

1895 April, The Popular Science Monthly, page 764:

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


pygopodous

en-adj

pygopodous (comparative more pygopodous, superlative most pygopodous)

more pygopodous (comparative)
most pygopodous (superlative)

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


repand

repand (comparative more repand, superlative most repand)

more repand (comparative)
most repand (superlative)

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

der

(botany, zoology) Having a slightly undulating margin.


setiparous

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

setiparous glands

setiparous sacs


moner

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


ophidioid

en-adj

ophidioid (comparative more ophidioid, superlative most ophidioid)

more ophidioid (comparative)
most ophidioid (superlative)

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


raptorious

raptorious (comparative more raptorious, superlative most raptorious)

more raptorious (comparative)
most raptorious (superlative)


lemurid

(zoology) Any lemur in the family Lemuridae.


linyphiid

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


liturate

liturate (comparative more liturate, superlative most liturate)

more liturate (comparative)
most liturate (superlative)

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

liturate thorax

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


endophragma

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


exotheca

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

prefix

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


sembling

time of sembling birds' droppings

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

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

1831, James Rennie, Insect Architecture:

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


thamnophilid

(zoology) Any of the Thamnophilidae; an antbird.


chaetiferous

en-adj

chaetiferous (comparative more chaetiferous, superlative most chaetiferous)

more chaetiferous (comparative)
most chaetiferous (superlative)

chaetiferous segment

chaetiferous species


gymnopaedic

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

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


submedian

the submedian teeth of mollusks

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


musteline

musteline (comparative more musteline, superlative most musteline)

more musteline (comparative)
most musteline (superlative)
mustelline (alternative)

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

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


musteline

mustelines (plural)
mustelline (alternative)

(zoology) Any member of the family Mustelidae.


asiphonate

an asiphonate bivalve shell

(zoology) Lacking a siphon (feeding or breathing tube).


stomatopodous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Stomatopoda.


clypeiform

clypeiform (comparative more clypeiform, superlative most clypeiform)

more clypeiform (comparative)
most clypeiform (superlative)

(zoology, botany) shaped like a round shield; clypeate


taenioglossate

taenioglossate (comparative more taenioglossate, superlative most taenioglossate)

more taenioglossate (comparative)
most taenioglossate (superlative)

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


acrotarsium

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


siphonobranchiate

From translingual Siphonobranchiata (see -ate), from siphono- + branchia + -ata.

(zoology, obsolete) Having a siphon or siphons to convey water to the gills (said of gastropods of the former order Siphonobranchiata.


mesomyodian

(obsolete, zoology) Any bird with a mesomyodous larynx, formerly classified un the superfamily Mesomyodi.


malacoderm

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

The fireflies are malacoderms.

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


stromboid

stromboid (comparative more stromboid, superlative most stromboid)

more stromboid (comparative)
most stromboid (superlative)

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


crotaloid

crotaloid (comparative more crotaloid, superlative most crotaloid)

more crotaloid (comparative)
most crotaloid (superlative)

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


crotaloid

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


prophragma

From Ancient Greek [Term?] before + fence, screen.

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


plumularia

en-noun

plumularia (plural plumularias or plumulariae)

plumularias (plural)
plumulariae (plural)

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


mesotheca

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


sphaeridium

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

der

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


podophyllous

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


supraloral

the supraloral feathers of a bird


supraloral

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


squalodont

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

2002, A. Rus Hoelzel, Marine Mammal Biology:

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


tubicolar

en-adj

tubicolar (comparative more tubicolar, superlative most tubicolar)

more tubicolar (comparative)
most tubicolar (superlative)


denticulation

en-noun

denticulation (countable and uncountable, plural denticulations)

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


cultirostral

en-adj

cultirostral (comparative more cultirostral, superlative most cultirostral)

more cultirostral (comparative)
most cultirostral (superlative)

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

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


setula

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

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


odontocete

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

noncog

Sperm whales and dolphins are odontocetes.

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


pap boat

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


crinoidean

(archaic, zoology) Any of the Crinoidea.


anomuran

anomurans (plural)
anomouran (alternative)


anomuran

en-adj

anomuran (comparative more anomuran, superlative most anomuran)

more anomuran (comparative)
most anomuran (superlative)
anomouran (alternative)

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


laroid

laroid (comparative more laroid, superlative most laroid)

more laroid (comparative)
most laroid (superlative)

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

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

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

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


procoelian

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


mulloid

mulloid (comparative more mulloid, superlative most mulloid)

more mulloid (comparative)
most mulloid (superlative)

mulloid fishes

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


psylla

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


rhabdocoelous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Rhabdocoela.


cultriform

cultriform (comparative more cultriform, superlative most cultriform)

more cultriform (comparative)
most cultriform (superlative)

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

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


postscutellum

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


pseudonavicula

en-noun

pseudonavicula (plural pseudonaviculas or pseudonaviculae)

pseudonaviculas (plural)
pseudonaviculae (plural)

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

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


escharine

en-adj

escharine (comparative more escharine, superlative most escharine)

more escharine (comparative)
most escharine (superlative)

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


procerite

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

af

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


laemodipod

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


stomapod

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


taenidium

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


elodian

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


tetrabranchiate

(zoology, obsolete) Of or relating to the Tetrabranchiata, a former order of cephalopod having four gills.


tetrabranchiate

(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Tetrabranchiata.


pedigerous

pedigerous segment of a copepod

pedigerous somite

(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.


atrocha

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


phascolome

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

uder

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


pterophore

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


chalaziferous

en-adj

chalaziferous (comparative more chalaziferous, superlative most chalaziferous)

more chalaziferous (comparative)
most chalaziferous (superlative)

chalaziferous layer

chalaziferous region

(botany, zoology) Having or bearing chalazas.


cypseliform

cypseliform (comparative more cypseliform, superlative most cypseliform)

more cypseliform (comparative)
most cypseliform (superlative)

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

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


scolopacine

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

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


steganopod

From Ancient Greek στεγανός (steganós, “cover, roof”) + -pod.

der

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


cestraciont

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

uder

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


gecarcinian

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


sarcophile

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


sericterium

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

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


physopod

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


emyd

(zoology) Any freshwater tortoise of the family Emydidae.


phanerocodonic

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

phanerocosonic gonophore

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


alcyonoid

en-adj

alcyonoid (comparative more alcyonoid, superlative most alcyonoid)

more alcyonoid (comparative)
most alcyonoid (superlative)

(zoology) Like or relating to the Alcyonaria.


trochal

trochal (comparative more trochal, superlative most trochal)

more trochal (comparative)
most trochal (superlative)

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


tyrannid

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