halocyprid

This genus exemplifies some of the prevailing taxonomic uncertainties in halocyprids.

2016 January 6, “Identification, Discrimination, and Discovery of Species of Marine Planktonic Ostracods Using DNA Barcodes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) Any ostracod in the order Halocyprida.


cophyline

(zoology) Any member of the Cophylinae, a subfamily of microhylid frogs.


dicroglossid

(batrachology, zoology) Any member of the Dicroglossidae, a family of frogs.


cryophilous

en-adj

cryophilous (comparative more cryophilous, superlative most cryophilous)

more cryophilous (comparative)
most cryophilous (superlative)

This warming is also implied by the decreasing percentage of cryophilous pollen taxa like Ericaceae and climbing trend of the δ 18 O curve in other paleoclimate records of the East Asia ^([sic]) (Fig 6), when the summer insolation is increasing.

2016 January 6, “Vegetation and Climate Change during the Last Deglaciation in the Great Khingan Mountain, Northeastern China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) Thriving at a low temperature.


pristiophoriform

(zoology) Any sawshark of the order Pristiophoriformes


zoothome

From (combining form of) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) and Ancient Greek θωμός (thōmós, “heap”).

(zoology, archaic) A number of coral polyps on a branch of coral.


mesotherm

The large terrestrial and marine reptiles of the Mesozoic were likely mesotherms, which maintained high body temperatures by virtue of their large size and whose metabolism approached that of endotherms.

2016 January 16, “Gigantism and Its Implications for the History of Life”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) An animal that adjusts its body to a metabolically favourable temperature using a context-dependent balance of internal metabolically-produced heat and external-environmentally derived heat.


sarcosaprophagous

(zoology) Feeding on dead or decaying flesh.


lepidosaurian

Additionally, some 143 studies utilized vertebrates as study organisms, with 30% evaluating lepidosaurians (i.e., snakes, lizards, amphisbaenians, Tuatara), whereas another 30% assessed amphibians.

2016 January 28, “Deconstructing a Species-Complex: Geometric Morphometric and Molecular Analyses Define Species in the Western Rattlesnake ( Crotalus viridis )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) Any member of the Lepidosauria.


pollinivore

/pɑˈlɪnəvɔːɹ/

Vittatina-type pollen grain from the gut of another pollinivore, Sojanidelia floralis Rasn., from the same locality, x1 200.

1997 May, Valentin A. Krassilov, “Environments”, in S. Golovach, L. Penev, editors, Angiosperm Origins: Morphological and Ecological Aspects, Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers, →ISBN, image caption, page 116:

Insects visiting flowers of H. spinosa can be divided into two guilds: nectarivores (small flies and ants) and pollinivores (bees and hoverflies), which differ in pollination attributes.

1999, Ecology Abstracts, volume 25, Bethesda, Md.: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 107:

Adult pollen feeding is also highly probable for a number of Mesozoic polyphagan beetles (e.g., elaterids, buprestids, some cleroids) and some cupedoid archostematans. Thus by the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous the pollinivore guild was probably rich and diverse.

2006, V. V. Zherikhin, “General Features of Insect History. Ecological History of Terrestrial Insects.”, in Alexandr P[avlovich] Rasnitsyn, Donald L. J. Quicke, editors, History of Insects, New York, N.Y.: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 353, column 1:

Bats have a wide range of eating habits. There are species that feed on insects (insectivores), fruits (frugivores), vertebrates (carnivores), pollen and nectar (pollinivores/nectar-feeding), and blood (hematophages).

2014, Gerardo Ceballos, Joaquín Arroyo Cabrales, David Vasquez, “Order Chiroptera”, in Gerardo Ceballos, editor, Mammals of Mexico, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 667:

During the same time that A[pis] m[ellifera] adansonii encounters on flowers were registered, we noted the type of floral products collected by this bee. This parameter was measured to determine if A. m. adansonii is strictly a pollinivore, nectarivore or pollinivore and nectarivore. This could give us an idea of its implication as a cross-pollinator of G[ossypium] hirsutum.

2015, Mazi Sanda, “Foraging and Pollination Behaviour of Apis mellifera adansonii Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apidae) on Gossypium hirsutum L. (Malvaceae) Flowers at Dang (Naoundere, Cameroon)”, in Michel Fok, Ousmane Ndoye, Siaka Koné, editors, AGRAR-2013: 1st Conference of African Research on Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition. Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, June 4–6, 2013. Agriculture and the Challenges of Food and Nutrition in Africa: The Contributions of Research in the Cotton Zone = AGRAR-2013 : 1re conférence de la recherche africaine sur l'agriculture, l'alimentation et la nutrition. Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, 4–6 juin 2013. L'agriculture face aux défis de l'alimentation et de la nutrition en Afrique : quels apports de la recherche dans les pays cotonniers, Gembloux, Belgium: Les Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux, →ISBN, page 164:

(zoology) An animal that feeds on pollen; a palynivore.


pollinivory

(zoology) The consumption of pollen by animals.


pollinivorous

pollinivorous (comparative more pollinivorous, superlative most pollinivorous)

more pollinivorous (comparative)
most pollinivorous (superlative)


moschiferous

moschiferous (comparative more moschiferous, superlative most moschiferous)

more moschiferous (comparative)
most moschiferous (superlative)


nepionic

nepionic (comparative more nepionic, superlative most nepionic)

more nepionic (comparative)
most nepionic (superlative)

From Ancient Greek νήπιος (nḗpios, “infant”) -n- + -ic.

A microspheric nucleoconch does not have an obvious deuteroconch, and is followed by a spiral nepionic stage, no matter what the adult chamber arrangement may be.

1954, Alan Hilder Smout, Lower Tertiary Foraminifera of the Qatar Peninsula, British Museum (Natural History), page 25:


crestal

In the arrangement of the crestals Shinisaurus closely resembles Xenosaurus (in which genus, however, the crestals are blunt and resemble ornamental tack heads) […]

1955, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 15:


Oriental darter

en-noun

Oriental darter (plural Oriental darters)

Anhinga melanogaster
Anhinga melanogaster#Translingual

(zoology) A bird (Anhinga melanogaster) of Southeast Asia


whippomorph

(zoology) Any member of the suborder Whippomorpha, including hippopotamuses and cetaceans.


scissor-bill

Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552

(zoology) Alternative form of scissorbill.


podite

(zoology) A limb of a crustacean when ambulatory.


hand-winged

(zoology) Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; said of bats.


pennibrachium

From Latin penna (“feather”) + brachium (“arm”). Coined by Sullivan et al. in 2010.

Some dromaeosaurid, troodontid, oviraptorosaur and therizinosaur specimens show the presence of what we term a ‘pennibrachium’, a forelimb bearing long feathers that form a planar, wing-like surface but are not necessarily used in aerial locomotion.

2010 July 7, Corwin Sullivan, “The asymmetry of the carpal joint and the evolution of wing folding in maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, volume 277, number 1690, page 2027:

(zoology, paleontology) A forelimb, found on various species of extinct and extant coelurosaur, that is not used in flight or gliding but still bears long, typically pennaceous feathers which form a winglike surface.


xenodontine

We characterized the skull morphology of 19 species of xenodontine snakes using geometric morphometric techniques, and used phylogenetic comparative methods to test the association between diet and skull morphology.

2016 February 18, “Are Diet Preferences Associated to Skulls Shape Diversification in Xenodontine Snakes?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) Belonging to a group of colubrid snakes with unusual teeth.


xenodontine

(zoology) Any snake of the subfamily Xenodontinae


ophidic

(zoology) Relating to the Ophidia: the snakes and related reptiles.


lobose

en-adj

lobose (comparative more lobose, superlative most lobose)

more lobose (comparative)
most lobose (superlative)

(zoology) Having broad, thick pseudopodia, as certain ameboid protozoans.


pseudolabium

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(zoology) (of Spirurida nematodes) Any of the folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva.


pseudolip

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oozooid

(zoology) A zooid that develops from an egg and reproduces by budding


troglobious

Analyzable as troglobite + -ious. Compare also amphibious.

(zoology) Entirely restricted to a cave environment, never emerging into the outside world.


cumacean

From translingual Cumacea + -an, from the genus Cuma. Further from Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûmă, “wave; fetus, embryo”), Proto-Hellenic *kūmə and Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”).

der

(taxonomy, zoology) Any small marine crustacean of the order Cumacea, closely related to tanaidaceans.


cumacean

en-adj

cumacean (comparative more cumacean, superlative most cumacean)

more cumacean (comparative)
most cumacean (superlative)

From the second sampling campaign, two cumacean species collected at Isla D and polychaetes (suborder Terebellida, family Ampharetidae) were added to the dataset.

2015 November 12, “Benthic Trophic Interactions in an Antarctic Shallow Water Ecosystem Affected by Recent Glacier Retreat”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(taxonomy, zoology) Relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the Cumacea.


lepospondylous

(zoology) Of or related to lepospondyls.


osphradial

(zoology) Of or relating to the osphradium.


latrodectine

(zoology) Of or relating to the spider subfamily Latrodectinae.


hyoidal

(anatomy, zootomy, relational) Synonym of hyoid.


anthophile

(zoology) An organism that visits flowers.


landhopper

(zoology) Any of the terrestrial talitrids.


discoglossidean

(zoology) Any of the family Discoglossidae of primitive frogs.


embolomere

(zoology) Any member of the Embolomeri, a suborder in the clade Reptiliomorpha, consisting of long aquatic fish-eating creatures.


hygropetric

From hygro- + -petric from Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros, “stone”).

In Europe, Dicranomyia trinotata (Meig.) is a characteristic member of the hygropetric association, the insects living on rocks in streams, where they are covered with a thin sheet of water and are usually associated with such insect forms as Beraea, Tinodes, Stactobia (Trichoptera), Orphnephila testacea (Ruthe), Pericoma nubila (Meig.), Dixa maculata Meig., Oxycera pulchella Meig., and other Diptera.

1919, Charles Paul Alexander, The Crane-flies of New York:

(zoology) Requiring a habitat of a thin layer of water covering a rock surface.


plesiadapiform

(zoology) Any extinct mammal of the order Plesiadapiformes


cormidium

From Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk”) + -idium.

af

(zoology) The colonial body of a compound animal


calycophoran

(zoology) Any siphonophore of the suborder Calycophorae


anerythrism

(zoology) Absence of red pigment; applied to certain snakes.


myctophiform

(zoology) Belonging to the Myctophiformes order of ray-finned fishes.


mygalid

(zoology) Any tarantula in the family Mygalidae, a synonym of the Theraphosidae.


ossicusp

From ossi- + cusp, coined by British zoologist Ray Lankester.

coinage

(zoology) The bony horn of an okapi or a giraffe.


stilter

(zoology, archaic) Any long-legged wading bird.


torpediniform

The coracohyomandibularis, of the hypobranchial muscle plate, has a single origin on the fascia that is continuous with the pericardial membrane in the outgroups and in most batoids, with the exception of narkid torpediniform rays and myliobatiforms.

1996, Melanie L.J. Stiassny, Interrelationships of Fishes, page 75:

(zoology) Of or relating to the Torpediniformes.


myxiniform

(zoology) Any member of the Myxiniformes.


entopterygoid

At the symphysis, the entopterygoid articulates with its counterpart through a striated articular surface which is oval in outline.

2015 December 17, “A Fish Assemblage from the Middle Eocene from Libya (Dur At-Talah) and the Earliest Record of Modern African Fish Genera”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) A certain ventral bone of reptiles or fish


gammaridean

(zoology) Any amphipod of the suborder Gammaridea.


homodontism

Now that all mammals are led back to a distant diphyodont stem, it is also true that the further we go back both in palingenesis and embryogenesis, the more widespread heterodontism is—all modern homodontism proving to be secondary.

1894, “Address by Henry Fairfield Osborn”, in Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, volume 42, page 197:

(zoology) Having a dentition of identical teeth.


heterodontism

(zoology) Having a dentition of differing teeth.


pierine

The bearing of the geographical distribution of existing Pierine forms upon the preceding phylogenetic conclusions was then considered, and it was shown that the facts of distribution, taken in connection with what was known of the means of transit possible for insects, and especially of the migratory habits of certain Pierines, were in general accordance with the same conclusions.

1893, The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London:

No pigment of similar constitution to the Pierine white, yellow, and red, was found by Mr. Hopkins in any other butterfly—not even in the allied Papilioninae.

1898, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 26, Linnean Society of London, page 597:

Perhaps some of the most interesting data on such properties of adaptive response, and constraints upon it, come from the recent studies of Shapiro on Andean pierine butterflies.

2012, Allen M. Young, Population Biology of Tropical Insects, page 458:

(zoology) Relating to, or resembling, the butterflies of the family Pieridae.


gerontophagy

Unlike species of solitary spiders, in which gerontophagy (the consumption of elderly individuals) is confined to the mother and her offspring, social Stegodyphus have a more varied menu […]

2001, Judith Goodenough, Betty McGuire, Robert A. Wallace, Perspectives on animal behavior, page 341:


gerontomorphosis

(zoology) Evolutionary change involving extreme specialisation and a reduction in the capability for further change.


pelycosaurian

(zoology) Belonging to the Pelycosauria.


longirostrine

The association of longirostrine and tuskless mandibles is very rare in proboscideans, and only Choerolophodon (family Choerolophodontidae, sensu [23 ]), a recently described new genus of Mammutidae [44 ], as well as the non-amebelodontine trilophodont gomphotheres Gnathabelodon and Eubelodon show these two conditions simultaneously.

2016 January 13, “The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(zoology) Having a long jaw or rostrum, especially of a crocodilian


gorgeted

(zoology) Having a gorget, or crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck.


submajor

(zoology) An ant that is smaller than a major.


dinergate

(zoology) A large leaf-cutter ant; a major.


thelygeny

From Ancient Greek θῆλυς (thêlus) + -geny.

If monogeny is determined exclusively by a cytoplasmic factor, then it is easy to see that the factor will either die out (if it causes arrhenogeny) or will become fixed and thereby sterilize the population (if it causes thelygeny).

1982, Graham Bell, The Masterpiece of Nature :: The Evolution and Genetics of Sexuality, page 441:

Both series of experiments show the possibility of an experimental induction for intersexuality and thelygeny.

2012, R. Reinboth, Intersexuality in the Animal Kingdom:

monogeny — the production of only male (“arrhenogeny”) or female (“thelygeny”) offspring.

2012, Rigomar Rieger, Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, page 335:

(zoology, reproduction) The production of only female offspring.


arrhenogeny

From Ancient Greek ἄρρην (árrhēn) + -geny.

A male-biased brood free of endosymbiotes was found in the SO population. The way in which this arrhenogeny occurs is as yet unclear.

1994, International Journal on Endocytobiosis and Cell Research, page 222:

(zoology, reproduction) The production of only male offspring.


ostracoderm

From New Latin ostracum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “pottery fragment; shell”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

der

(zoology) Any of the armored jawless fishes of the Paleozoic.


oniscoid

(zoology) A member of the Oniscoidea; a woodlouse.


laciniation

en-noun

laciniation (countable and uncountable, plural laciniations)

(botany, zoology) A laciniate form or appearance; division into deep, narrow, irregular lobes.


lanosity

Distinguished from H. crenulatus and allied species by the lanosity of the hands ; from H. oregonensis in its nearly straight and dilated front.

1907, Alfred Geddes Maddren, Smithsonian Exploration in Alaska in 1904: In Search of Mammoth and Other Fossil Remains, Smithsonian Institution, page 126:

1953, Reed Clark Rollins (editor-in-chief), Rhodora, Volume 55, New England Botanical Club, page 56,
Similar to typical A. frigida Meyer in its general appearance and technical characters, but the lanosity of the tegules and of the hypocephalum is completely lacking, being replaced by a fine glandulosity.

(botany, zoology, rare) The quality of being lanose, or woolly.


hydrophiine

(zoology) Any sea snake of the subfamily Hydrophiinae


bolivinid

(zoology) Any foram in the family Bolivinidae.


buliminid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Buliminidae.


lagenid

(zoology) Any foraminifer in the family Lagenidae.


microspheric

(zoology) Of a foraminifer: large in size, but having a small initial chamber.


sphragis

The plastic mass begins to harden quite rapidly, probably within a few minutes but, as largely hollow sphragides have been dissected from pairs killed in copula, possibly more than one ejaculation may be required to complete the body of the sphragis.

1999, Roger Laurence Kitching, Biology of Australian Butterflies, page 129:

Mated females of many acraeine species bear an unusual structure around their genital opening. Such structures are called sphragides (singular: sphragis), or more rarely spermatophragma (Ehrlich & Ehrlich, 1978; Orr, 1995).

2008, Andrew F. E. Neild, The butterflies of Venezuela:

Bert first began studying sphragides in the Australian Big Greasy. The male, patterned in red, white, and black, is larger than the female and violent in his mating.

2009, Sharman Apt Russell, An Obsession With Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair With A Singular Insect:

(zoology, especially entomology) A mating plug in the genital opening of a female, formed from a waxy secretion deposited by a male during mating.


reverse mermaid

reverse mermaid (plural reverse mermaids)

(cryptozoology) A mythical creature, woman from the waist down, fish from the waist up.


angusticanaliculate

From Latin angustus (“narrow”) and canaliculate.

Angusticanaliculate: The pore canals are long, narrow, and straight. The canals are small (0.01-0.1 mm) and not very abundant (about 3-20/100 mm²), so there is relatively less gas exchange than other pore types (e.g., multicanaliculate).

1999, Kenneth Carpenter, Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction:

(zoology, of an egg from pseudo-avian dinosaurs) Having a pore system in which pores are approximately 10μm in diameter and are straight, unbranching and long, with a low pore density.


subgena

(zoology, anatomy) The subgenal area of an insect.


etepimeletic

en-adj

etepimeletic (comparative more etepimeletic, superlative most etepimeletic)

more etepimeletic (comparative)
most etepimeletic (superlative)

(zoology) Of animal behaviours: aimed at receiving care from others.


basitibia

Leg I: Tibia with 23 articles and tarsus (basitarsus+distitarsus) with 41 articles. Leg IV (Fig. 13): Basitibia with 4 pseudoarticles and 1 medial trichobothrium on the last article. Distitibia with 3 basal and 15 distal trichobothria; frontal and caudal series with 6 trichobothria each.

2014 August 1, Ana Caroline O. Vasconcelos, Alessandro P. L. Giupponi, Rodrigo L. Ferreira, “A new species of Charinus from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with comments on its sexual dimorphism (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae)”, in The Journal of Arachnology, volume 42, number 2, →DOI, page 159:

All new species can be differentiated from the other species of the genus by the number of pseudo-articles in basitibia IV, the presence/absence of median eyes, and the shape of the female gonopod.

2016 February 17, Alessandro Ponce de Leão Giupponi, Gustavo Silva de Miranda, “Eight New Species of Charinus Simon, 1892 (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) Endemic for the Brazilian Amazon, with Notes on Their Conservational Status”, in PLOS One, volume 11, number 2, →DOI, page 1:

(zoology) The portion of the tibia of an arachnid that is closest to the body.


zygaenine

(zoology) Of or relating to the Zygaeninae, a subfamily of moths.


monograptid

clipping

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

(zoology) Any graptolite of the family Monograptidae.


zoopharmacognosy

(zoology, pharmacology, medicine) The non-human knowledge and practise of medicine and medicaments (non-human animals' own knowledge, behaviours and culture, involving their own treatments of their own ailments).


multicanaliculate

(zoology, of an egg from pseudo-avian dinosaurs) Having numerous, large, branching, and closely spaced pore canals. They have a high gas exchange rate, so like tubocanaliculate eggs they were probably also buried humid mounds.


tubocanaliculate

(zoology, of an egg from pseudo-avian dinosaurs) Having large-diameter pores with funnel-shaped openings on both inner and outer surfaces of the shell. These eggs would have a high gas exchange rate, and therefore were probably buried in humid mounds.


obliquicanaliculate

(zoology, of an egg from pseudo-avian dinosaurs) Having pore canals cut diagonally through multiple eggshell units instead of going between them like in other pore systems. Obliquicanaliculate pores are only found in a single oogenus: Preprismatoolithus.


prolatocanaliculate

(zoology, of an egg from pseudo-avian dinosaurs) Having pores which vary in width throughout their length. Gas exchange water water loss rates are variable, so these eggs could have been laid in many different environments. This type is subdivided into foveocanaliculate with larger pore openings, and lagenocanaliculate with narrower pore openings.


rimocanaliculate

(zoology, of an egg from pseudo-avian dinosaurs) Having very narrow, slit-like pore canals. This pore system is seen in modern ostriches, so these eggs were laid in open nests, similar to how ostriches do today.


foveocanaliculate

(zoology, of an egg from pseudo-avian dinosaurs) Having prolatocanaliculate-type pores, with larger openings.


lagenocanaliculate

From Ancient Greek λάγηνος (lágēnos, “flagon, pitcher, flask”) + canaliculate.

der

(zoology, of an egg from pseudo-avian dinosaurs) Having prolatocanaliculate-type pores, with a narrower openings.


anastomotuberculate

(zoology, of dinosaurian eggshell ornamentations (textures)) Having ridges similar to lineartuberculate eggshells, but instead form wavy, branching, or anastomosing patterns resembling the water ripple marks in sand


lineartuberculate

(zoology, of dinosaurian eggshell ornamentations (textures)) Having ridges, and chains of ridges and nodes form lines parallel to the long axis of the egg.


dispersituberculate

(zoology, of dinosaurian eggshell ornamentations (textures)) Having scattered nodes - this ornamentation is seen on the poles of elongated eggs, which may have allowed accumulations C_(O2) at the poles to escape between the nodes.


sagenotuberculate

(zoology, of dinosaurian eggshell ornamentations (textures)) Having nodes and ridges that form a netlike pattern interspersed with pits and grooves.


compactituberculate

(zoology, of dinosaurian eggshell ornamentations (textures)) Having dome-shaped tops of the shell units which form a dense covering of nodes on the surface of the eggshell.


ramotuberculate

(zoology, of dinosaurian eggshell ornamentations (textures)) Having irregular chains of nodes, typically found as a transition between the lineartuberculate midsection and dispersituberculate ends of elongated eggs.


BAR

en-adj

BAR (comparative more BAR, superlative most BAR)

more BAR (comparative)
most BAR (superlative)

Anytime you notice your horse is ADR instead of BAR, it's time to get on the phone to your vet.

2018, Kendra Gale, The Big Book of Miniature Horses, Trafalgar Square Books, →ISBN:

(veterinary medicine, slang) Acronym of bright, alert, responsive.


gigaorder

(taxonomy, zoology) The highest taxon of order, above magnorder and below a class.


supercohort

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(taxonomy, zoology) A taxon one rank above the taxon cohort, and inferior to a class.


infralegion

(taxonomy, zoology) A taxon below the rank of sublegion and above the rank of order.


Morgan's canon

Proposed by the 19th-century British psychologist C. Lloyd Morgan.

(psychology, zoology) A fundamental precept of comparative animal psychology, stating that an animal's activity should not be interpreted in terms of higher psychological processes if it can be fairly interpreted in terms of simpler developmental processes.


saprolegniaceous

(zoology) Belonging to the family Saprolegniaceae of oomycetes.


thermophylic

thermophylic (comparative more thermophylic, superlative most thermophylic)

more thermophylic (comparative)
most thermophylic (superlative)

(zoology) Resistant to the destructive effects of heat.


latebricole

latebricole (comparative more latebricole, superlative most latebricole)

more latebricole (comparative)
most latebricole (superlative)

From Latin latebricola, from latebra + -cola.

(zoology, extremely rare) Of an animal, especially a spider: living concealed in a hole.


zygnemataceous

(zoology) Belonging to the Zygnemataceae.


volvocaceous

(zoology, relational) Of or relating to the Volvocaceae.


trentepohliaceous

From translingual Trentepohliaceae + -ous.

(zoology, relational) Of or relating to the Trentepohliaceae.


ulotrichaceous

(zoology, relational) Of or relating to the Ulotrichaceae.


fucaceous

(zoology, relational) Of or relating to the Fucaceae.


nautilaceous

(zoology, relational) Of or relating to the Nautilaceae.


dust bath

dust baths (plural)
dustbath (alternative)

(zoology) The process of clenasing the body of parasites by rolling in sand or dust, practiced by certain birds and mammals.


monoplacophoran

The crabbed limpet-like shellfish is a monoplacophoran.

2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 49:

Unique among mollusks, monoplacophorans turned out to have multiple repeating sets of shell-attachment muscles, kidneys, and gills.

2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 34:

Monoplacophorans are an extremely ancient type of mollusc, the oldest known from the fossil record.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 229:

(zoology) Any member of the superclass Monoplacophora, comprising molluscs with cap-like shells.


stegodon

From the genus name †Stegodon, referring to the shape of the molars: from Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + -odon. Doublet of stegodont.

(zoology) Any member of the extinct genus Stegodon, related to modern elephants; a stegodont.


stemmatic

This bulla is assumed to be a remnant of the larval eye; in the Simuliidae it is called a stemmatic bulla.

1981, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 12:


pleurodirous

(zoology) Having the head and neck folded under the front edge of the carapace by one or more horizontal folds.


lagerpetid

From the genus name Lagerpeton, from λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”) + ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “reptile”).

(zoology) Any of the dinosauromorphs of the family Lagerpetidae.

lagerpétido

dinosauromorph of the family Lagerpetidae


polypodous

polypodous (comparative more polypodous, superlative most polypodous)

more polypodous (comparative)
most polypodous (superlative)


lepidopteron

en-noun

lepidopteron (plural lepidopterons or lepidoptera)

lepidopterons (plural)
lepidoptera (plural)

(zoology) Any insect of the order Lepidoptera.


neognathous

(zoology) Belonging or relating to the neognaths.


paleognathous

(zoology) Belonging or relating to the paleognaths.


anthostele

(zoology) The rigid lower part of a polyp.


EAV

Equine arteritis virus
w:Equine arteritis virus

(zoology) Initialism of Equine arteritis virus.


satyrization

satyrization (usually uncountable, plural satyrizations)

term-label

(American spelling, Oxford British English)

satyrizations (plural)
satyrisation (alternative)

/ˌseɪtəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/

From satyr (“sylvan deity represented as part man and part goat, characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness; lecherous man”) + -ization (suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing or making something), possibly coined by American scientist Jose M. C. Ribeiro and American entomologist Andrew Spielman (1930–2006) in a 1986 article: see the quotation.

suffix

A "satyr" is any male that successfully mates and reduces the reproductive success of a female of a different species or population. We sought to model the interaction of such potentially intermating species that are initially isolated in space but come to occupy overlapping niches. [...] Species extinction may result from reproductive competition (satyrization) alone.

1986 October, J. M. C. Ribeiro, A[ndrew] Spielman, “The Satyr Effect: A Model Predicting Parapatry and Species Extinction”, in The American Naturalist, volume 128, number 4, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, abstract, pages 513–528:

Collectively, these data are supportive of the Ae[des] albopictus satyrization hypothesis; but, much work must be done for a definitive answer to the very important question of whether sex peptide asymmetries are highly influential in satyrizations.

1994, Paul A. Hedin, Julius J. Menn, Robert M. Hollingworth, editors, Natural and Engineered Pest Management Agents: Developed from the Conference on Natural and Derived Pest Management Agents Sponsored by the Division of Agrochemicals, Snowbird, Utah, August 9–14, 1992 (ACS Symposium Series; 551), Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, →ISBN, page 203:

Although there is some evidence to support the occurrence of this mechanism, also known as satyrization, in natural populations of ticks and tsetse flies (Ribeiro 1988), its importance as a population reduction mechanism among mosquitoes remains unsubstantiated.

2007, Thomas G. Floore, editor, Biorational Control of Mosquitoes (Supplement to the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association; volume 23, issue 2), Mount Laurel, N.J.: American Mosquito Control Association, →OCLC, page 278:

Sterility caused by cross-mating between Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti (a process known as satyrisation) may have initially contributed to the observed competitive reduction of Aedes aegypti by invasive Aedes albopictus in many areas of Florida.

2013, Helen Wallace, “Impacts of Population Changes on Other Mosquito Species”, in Genetically Modified Mosquitoes: Ongoing Concerns (TWN Biotechnology & Biosafety Series; 15), Penang, Malaysia: Third World Network, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2021-02-09, page 21:

Additional experiments demonstrating transfer of labelled semen from A[edes] albopictus males to A. aegypti females and low production of viable eggs of females housed with conspecific males, following exposure to A. albopictus males, confirm higher incidences of satyrization than expected, based on heterospecific insemination rates. We conclude that frequencies of satyrization based on detection of interspecific sperm in spermathecae may underestimate the impact of this form of reproductive interference.

2015 September, María C. Carrasquilla, L. Philip Lounibos, “Satyrization without Evidence of Successful Insemination from Interspecific Mating between Invasive Mosquitoes”, in Biology Letters, volume 11, number 9, London: Royal Society Publishing, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, abstract:

Quantifying satyrisation by assessing interspecific sperm in spermathecae underestimates the capacity of male A[edes] albopictus to reduce the fitness of virgin female A. aegypti.

2016 September, Steven A. Juliano, L. Philip Lounibos, “Invasions by Mosquitoes: The Roles of Behaviour across the Life Cycle”, in Judith S[hulman] Weis, Daniel Sol, editors, Biological Invasions and Animal Behaviour, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 258–259:

US researchers have added another piece to the puzzle that is satyrisation, one of the most complex aspects of the mosquito world. It only occurs in mosquitoes, in fact, but is of increasing interest as mosquito-borne diseases emerge as problems worldwide. In Greek mythology a satyr is a lusty fertile woodland deity, but satyrisation is the opposite. It occurs when the male of one species mates with the female of another, but instead of producing a hybrid, the result is no offspring at all. In fact, the unfortunate female is rendered sterile. Satyrisation is also the mechanism by which introduced mosquito species displace native mosquito species, particularly island endemics.

2019 January 27, Tanya Loos, “Unravelling the Secrets of Satyrisation”, in Cosmos: The Science of Everything, Adelaide, S.A.: Royal Institution of Australia, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-28:

In several areas where Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) have come in contact following successful invasions, Ae. aegypti have been rapidly displaced by Ae. albopictus. Recent work has confirmed that mating interference, in the form of satyrization, is likely a driving factor in these competitive displacements. However, in sites of sympatry, Ae. aegypti females evolve resistance to satyrization, and in the laboratory, satyrization-susceptible Ae. aegypti can evolve resistance within a few generations of cage exposure to Ae. albopictus.

2019 March, Irka Bargielowski, Nildimar A. Honório, Erik M. Blosser, L. Philip Lounibos, “Rapid Loss of Resistance to Satyrization in Invasive Mosquitoes and the Effects of Age on Interspecific Mating Frequency”, in Journal of Medical Entomology, volume 56, number 2, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press for the Entomological Society of America, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, abstract, page 329:

(zoology, chiefly entomology) The situation where interspecific (interspecies) mating fails to produce hybrids and thus reduces the fitness of the species involved.

satirizacija

situation where interspecies mating fails to produce hybrids and thus reduces the fitness of the species involved


unkenreflex

Borrowed from German Unkenreflex, from Unke (“fire-bellied toad”) and Reflex (“reflex”).

Unkenreflex (alternative)
unken reflex (alternative)

(zoology) A defensive posture adopted by several branches of the amphibian class, including, but not exclusive to, salamanders, toads, and certain species of frogs.


distorsio

Distorsios, which also belong to this group, have many fierce-looking teeth and a smaller operculum.

1998, Jackie Leatherbury Douglass, Peterson First Guide to Shells of North America, page 26:

Common shells include frog-shells, distorsios, volutes, tulips, murex, cones, olives, marginellas, cowries, augers and the Florida horse conch, the state's official shell, which can grow up to 24in (6 1 cm) long.

2002, Don Philpott, Florida: Gulf Coast, page 16:

The Atlantic distorsio, Distorsio clathrata (Figure 3.27), lives on sandy bottoms from just beyond the surf zone to a depth of about 60 m.

2004, Susan B. Rothschild, Beachcomber's Guide to Gulf Coast Marine Life:

(zoology) A mollusk of the genus Distorsio, or its shell.


marginella

Smooth, shiny, brightly colored shells, marginellas are usually found in tropical and warm water.

2006, Jackie Leatherbury Douglass, Shells:

Marginellas have smooth, shiny shells with an elongate, narrow aperture three-quarters or more of the total shell length.

2008, George Branch, Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa, page 168:

(zoology) A mollusk of the genus Marginella, or its shell.


cyprinodontiform

From the taxonomic name of the order, Cyprinodontiformes.

(zoology) Any fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes.


squamation

en-noun

squamation (countable and uncountable, plural squamations)

A Palæoniscoid fish showing a condition of squamation almost identical with that of Polyodon.

The literature is poorly documented on the development of squamation in fishes other than teleosts except in the primitive actinopterygian fishes, the holosteans Lepisosteus and Amia.

2004, B.G. Kapoor, Bhavna Khanna, Ichthyology Handbook, →ISBN, page 63:

(zoology, uncountable) The condition or character of being covered with scales.

A fish from the Muschelkalk…has been made the type of the genus Prohalecites on account of peculiar features in its squamation.

1889, Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker, A Manual of Palæontology, 3rd edition, volume II, page 987:

Eurynotus…still retains the palæoniscid squamation.

These series are found to have a considerable consistency within a subspecies, as well as constant differences between subspecies, so that squamation, or scale arrangement, is of the greatest importance in the classification of snakes.

1997, Laurence Monroe Klauber, Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind, →ISBN:

(zoology, countable) A particular arrangement of scales; a special mode or form of squamation.


anosmatic

en-adj

anosmatic (comparative more anosmatic, superlative most anosmatic)

more anosmatic (comparative)
most anosmatic (superlative)

From French anosmatique (“anosmatic”), coined by French anthropologist, anatomist and physician Pierre Paul Broca (1824–1880) in Revue d’Anthropologie (2nd Series), volume II, page 398); analysable as an- + osmatic.

(zoology) Lacking olfactory organs, and so having no sense of smell; anosmic.


rhynchonelliform

(zoology) Belonging to relating to the Rhynchonelliformea.


rhynchonelliform

(zoology) Any member of the Rhynchonelliformea.


isopodan

(zoology) Of or relating to the isopods.


Bruce effect

(zoology) The tendency for female rodents to terminate their pregnancies following exposure to the scent of an unfamiliar male.


ataxophragmiid

(zoology) Any any of the foraminifers in the family Ataxophragmiidae.


spiroplectamminid

(zoology) Any foram in the family Spiroplectamminidae.


lituolid

(zoology) Any foraminifer in the family Lituolidae.


hormosinid

(zoology) Any foraminifer in the family Hormosinidae.


trochamminid

(zoology) Any foram in the family Trochamminidae.


fundatrix

(zoology) A female aphid hatched in the spring from an overwintering egg.


virginopara

(zoology) An aphid produced by parthenogenesis, identical in genotype to its mother.


virginoparous

(zoology) Being or relating to a virginopara.


muricacean

From Myricacea ("superfamily of gastropods"), (ultimately from Murex) + -an.

(zoology) Any member of the superfamily Muricacea (accepter name: Muricoidea).


muricacean

a muricacean gastropod

(zoology) Of or relating to the superfamily Myricacea of gastropods.


japalura

(zoology) Any lizard of the genus Japalura.


ptilocerque

The Ptilocerque, which is an inhabitant of Borneo and Sarawak, is between five and six inches long, with a tail rather longer than the body.

1890, Grace Townsend, Friend and Foe from Field and Forest: A Natural History of the Mammalia:

pen-tailed treeshrew
pen-tailed treeshrew#English

(zoology, obsolete, rare) Synonym of pen-tailed treeshrew.


kinetofragminophoran

(zoology) Belonging to the Kinetofragminophora.


kinetofragminophoran

(zoology) Any member of the Kinetofragminophora.


fourspine

the fourspine cichlid

the fourspine sculpin

the fourspine stickleback

(zoology) Having four spines; used in the names of species.


coprozoic

(zoology) Capable of living in deposits of feces.


filariid

(zoology) Any member of the family Filariidae of worms.


tragule

(zoology, obsolete) A chevrotain (genus Tragulus).


traguline

(zoology) Belonging to the infraorder Tragulina.


autohaemorrhaging

(zoology) The action of an animal (such as certain beetles and lizards) that deliberately ejects haemolymph or blood from its body as a defense mechanism.


subursine

a subursine plantigrade

(zoology, rare) Not perfectly ursine; only somewhat like a bear.


sthenurine

(zoology) Characteristic of the extinct kangaroo subfamily †Sthenurinae.


menk

Borrowed from Mansi (compare Northern Mansi менкв (menkv)).

This figure is called menk in Ob-Ugrian folklore and ritual.

1996, Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia, page 79:

Although doors were jammed shut, the menk burst in with huge birch masks covered with hair made of hay.

1999, Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, The Tenacity of Ethnicity: A Siberian Saga in Global Perspective:

A new documentary, “Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives” airing June 1 on the Discovery Channel explores the remote possibility that a “menk” — the Russian^([sic – meaning Mansi]) word for Yeti — may have been responsible.

2014, “Mysterious Deaths Of College Students Blamed On ‘Russian Yeti’”, in Huffington Post:

(Russia, cryptozoology, folklore) An animal described by the Mansi as a "forest giant", with anatomical features similar to a yeti, said to live in the area of Khantia-Mansia, Russia.


North American wood ape

en-noun

North American wood ape (plural North American wood apes)

(cryptozoology) A large hairy apelike, though upright walking, creature of North America; a Bigfoot.


Monday morning disease

From the fact that this disease is triggered by excessive exercise after long periods of rest, e.g. on a Monday morning.

equine rhabdomyelosis
equine rhabdomyelosis#English

(veterinary medicine) Synonym of equine rhabdomyelosis.


thelastomatid

Representatives of the Mermithidae are the most common nematode parasites of tettigoniids, however spirurids and more rarely, subulurids and thelastomatids, also occur in some members of this family.

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

(zoology) Any member of the family Thelastomatidae of nematodes.


diplogasterid

The diplogasterid, Cephalobium microbivorum Cobb occurs in the alimentary tract of field crickets and apparently does little harm to its host (Ackert and Wadley, 1921).

(zoology) Any nematode of the family Diplogasteridae.


allantonematid

The thrips are the first or most primitive order to harbor allantonematid nematodes, which are more common in the higher Coleoptera and Diptera.

(zoology) Any nematode of the family Allantonematidae.


aphodiid

The aphodiids dominate dung in northern temperate zones.

2017, Richard Jones, Call of Nature: The Secret Life of Dung:

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


beraeid

Beraeids live in small streams and springs where they are detritivorous; some European species live in wet leaves and moss above the water line.

2015, Glenn B. Wiggins, Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (trichoptera):

(zoology) Any caddisfly of the family Beraeidae.


goerid

clipping

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

All three families arose in the Northern Hemisphere (5.3.2) and, except for a few of the more derived goerids, are confined to that hemisphere.

2015, Glenn B Wiggins, Caddisflies: The Underwater Architects:

(zoology) Any caddisfly of the family Goeridae.


melolonthid

In wetter periods Scarabaeidae dominated light trap catches, particularsubly rutelids and melolonthids.

2003, Koen Martens, Aquatic Biodiversity: A Celebratory Volume in Honour of Henri J. Dumont:

(zoology) Any beetle of the subfamily Melolonthinae.


proctotrupid

Larval proctotrupids are mostly parasitoids of litter or rotten wood-inhabiting larvae.

2015, Vladimir V. Gouli, Concise Illustrated Dictionary of Biocontrol Terms, page 116:

(zoology) Any wasp of the family Proctotrupidae.


raphidiid

Inocelliids are larger than most raphidiids, with the front wing varying in length from 11 to 17 mm.

1989, Donald Joyce Borror, An Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 363:

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

1993, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada:

(zoology) Any snakefly of the family Raphidiidae.


sericostomatid

These can resemble the cases of Odontoceridae, but the latter has the posterior end partially closed by a single large sand grain, whereas those of sericostomatids have a membrane with a central round hole.

2011, Peter C. Barnard, The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects:

(zoology) Any caddisfly of the family Sericostomatidae.


throscid

Throscids resemble very small and stout click beetles (Elateridae) with rigid bodies.

2014, Arthur V. Evans, Beetles of Eastern North America:

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Throscidae.


trogiid

Trogiids lay their sculptured eggs singly, without any covering.

2012, Clarke H. Scholtz, Eric Holm, Insects of Southern Africa:

(zoology) Any insect of the family Trogiidae.


ypsolophid

Large pleural lobes enclose the male genitalia in ypsolophids but are small and narrow in plutellids.

2003, Vincent H. Resh, Encyclopedia of Insects, page 648:

(zoology) Any moth of the family Ypsolophidae.


craseonycterid

However genetic data now indicate that the rhinolophoid microbats (rhinolophids, megadermatids, craseonycterids, hipposiderids, and rhinopomatids) are in fact more closely related to megabats than to other microbats.

2009, David MacDonald, The Encyclopedia of Mammals:

(zoology) Any bat of the family Craseonycteridae.


otophysic

Melanoids were formerly placed in the family Moridae; however, they lack an otophysic connection and X-Y caudal bones, and, therefore, are considered to be a separate family (Marshall 1965).

2005, William J. Richards, Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes:

The common features among these species are that (1) the bilateral input originates in whole or in part from the otolithic end organ that is at the point of coupling between the inner ear and a gas-filled structure, and (2) this otophysic coupling is paired.

2012, Richard R Fay, Comparative Hearing: Fish and Amphibians, page 206:

(ichthyology) Of or pertaining to a connection between the swim bladder and inner ear in certain species of fish.


osteolepidid

(zoology) Any extinct sarcopterygian in the superorder Osteolepidida


thelodont

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

(zoology) Any extinct fish of the class Thelodonti, having small, spiny scales.


demibranch

(zoology) A structure in the gills of bivalves, consisting of a pair of lamellae containing blood vessels


spongology

Spongology, the study of all aspects of the sponge biology, ecology, taxonomy, and chemistry of sponges, has full fledged into a discipline attracting a progressively increasing population of hundreds of scientists worldwide, numerous of whom devote a lifetime career to the study of this group.

2016, Ramjee Pallela, Marine Sponges: Chemicobiological and Biomedical Applications:


cnephasiine

(zoology) Relating to or characteristic of the Cnephasiini, a tribe of tortrix moths.


lophid

en-adj

lophid (not generally comparable, comparative more lophid, superlative most lophid)

more lophid (comparative)
most lophid (superlative)

From lopho- (“ridge”) + -id (“pertaining to”).

confix

Similarities include minimal division of the paracristid and cristid obliqua, paucity of enamel crenulations on the lophid faces and, to a lesser degree, anterior turn of the lophid ends

2004, Gavin Prideaux, Systematics and Evolution of the Sthenurine Kangaroos, page 64:

(zoology, palentology, archaeology, usually of teeth) Featuring or characterized by a crest or ridge.


lophid

There is a very small wear facet on the tip of the first lophid.

1967, David Whistler, Oreodonts of the Tick Canyon Formation, Southern California, page s.n.:

In early Elephantoidia, the mesial root supports only the first lophid of the molar.

2009, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Giday WoldeGabriel, Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia, page 471:

(zoology, palentology, archaeology) A ridge on molars or other teeth formed by a modification of cusps.


loph

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”); compare lopho-, lophid.

The plates are closely cemented together and in the early tooth they extend above the surface in a series of lophs. Because there are many of them that make up the whole molar, the tooth is called a polylophodont.

1937, Cleveland Sylvester Simkins, History of the Human Teeth: An Introduction to Comparative Dental Anatomy, page 177:

I include only 15 cheektooth features, although one could define a great many more in a loph-by-loph analysis.

2005, Louise Emmons, “A revision of the genera of arboreal echimyidae”, in James L. Patton, Eileen A. Lacey, Philip Myers, editors, Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography, page 252:

(zoology, dentistry) A ridge of enamel connecting the cusps of a molar or cheek tooth.


protacanthopterygian

Rosen (1973) separated the stomiiforms (= Stomiatoidei) from other protacanthopterygian groups, placing them as the sister-group of all other neoteleosts (Eurypterygii).

1996, Antony S. Harold, “Interrelationships of Stomiiform Fishes”, in Melanie L.J. Stiassny, editor, Interrelationships of Fishes, page 333:

(zoology) Of or from the superorder Protacanthopterygii of ray-finned fish.


neoteleost

(zoology) A member of the clade Neoteleostei of bony fish.


stomiiform

(ichthyology) Of or from the order Stomiiformes of ray-finned fish.


ctenosquamate

Several other characteristics, mostly associated with improved locomotion and feeding, also mark the ascendancy of teleosts above the ctenosquamate level of development.

2009, Gene Helfman, The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology:

(zoology) Of or from the section Ctenosquamata of bony fish.


cirral

Moreover, most species have a cirral pattern which - at least partially - closely resembles that of 18-cirri hypotrichs, including the formation from six (I-VI) anlagen.

2011, Helmut Berger, Monograph of the Gonostomatidae and Kahliellidae:

(anatomy, zoology) Of or pertaining to a cirrus.


ascalabotan

Scientists have made our work a bit easier by dividing living lizards into two major groups: the ascalabotans and the autarchoglossans.

1987, Arthur Rosenfeld, Exotic Pets, page 84:

(zoology) A squamate of the clade Ascalabota


beloniform

(zoology) Any fish in the order Beloniformes


pinnal

(anatomy, botany, zoology) Relating to a pinna


anthecology

/ˌænθəˈkɑləd͡ʒi/

(botany, zoology) The study of the relationships between flowers and pollinators


libristomate

Thus, Fortey later began grouping natant trilobites and their offspring as libristomate to designate the non-attached, or formerly detached, nature of their hypostomes.

2009, George P. Hansen, Trilobites of Black Cat Mountain, page 144:

(zoology) Of a trilobite, of the subclass Libristoma, and having a detached hypostome.


corynexochoid

The generic reference of these cranidia is uncertain in the absence of a pygidium, since a number of corynexochoid genera are almost indistinguishable from the cranidia, especially in immature stages.

1967, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, page 86:

(zoology) Of a trilobite, of the order Corynexochida.


agnostoid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the superfamily Agnostoidea


planulinid

Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids.

2003, Donald R. Prothero, From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition:

(zoology) A foraminifer of the family Planulinidae.


siphoninid

(zoology) A foraminifer of the family Siphoninoidea.


anomalinid

(zoology) A foraminifer of the family Anomalinidae.


gavelinellid

(zoology) A foraminifer of the family Gavelinellidae.


sigmurethrous

Indeed, with the possible exception of Agriolimax laevis (Müll.), I do not know of any other British sigmurethrous snail or slug in which anything at all comparable has been found.

1930, The Journal of Conchology, volume 19, page 42:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the informal taxonomic group Sigmurethra of molluscs.


loxonematoid

Specimens minute, high-spired, loxonematoid shells with slightly sinuate transverse costae on ephebic whorls.

1953, Journal of Paleontology, volume 27, page 698:

(zoology) Resembling or belonging to the genus †Loxonema of extinct gastropods.


loxonematoid

(zoology) Any gastropod resembling or belonging to the genus †Loxonema.


tonnoidean

This is the only shallow-water tonnoidean that probably originally had a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate and tropical seas.

2002, American Malacological Bulletin, page 107:

(zoology) A sea snail of the superfamily Tonnoidea.


eupyrene

After the completion of copulation, the number of eupyrene sperm bundles in a spermatophore gradually decreased.

2016, Mamoru Watanabe, Sperm Competition in Butterflies, page 55:

(zoology) Of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, fertile.


eusperm

[…] the eusperm (i.e. the fertilizing spermatozoa) are filamentous cells with a tapered, tubular, terminal acrosome, an extremely elongate nucleus, a cylindrical sometimes spiral midpiece formed by two to six radially adpressed mitochondria […]

2009, Daniel H. Shain, Annelids in Modern Biology, page 322:

(zoology) In species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, fertile sperm.


apyrene

Counter to this latter hypothesis, Cook and Gage (1995) have shown that, unlike eupyrene numbers, apyrene sperm numbers do not vary with sperm competition risk (see fig 7.7).

2001, Leigh W. Simmons, Sperm Competition and Its Evolutionary Consequences in the Insects:

(zoology) Of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile.


parasperm

First, it is possible that parasperm have no adaptive function. Most consider this unlikely given the large number of parasperm produced (parasperm may make up half of an ejaculate) and the presumed costs of their production.

2009, Judith Goodenough, Perspectives on Animal Behavior, page 316:

(zoology) In species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile sperm.


premax

The rhynchactids possess a premax with few (0-2) curved teeth, but the dentaries are toothless.

2005, William Richards, Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, page 820:

(zoology, informal) Clipping of premaxilla.


Acrita

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek meaning "indiscernible"; see a- and compare criterion.

(zoology, obsolete) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed. Today it roughly corresponds to the protozoans


halysitid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Halysitidae of cnidarians.


sessilely

en-adv

sessilely (comparative more sessilely, superlative most sessilely)

more sessilely (comparative)
most sessilely (superlative)

The species, so far as the shape of the lorica is concerned, resembles the sessilely attached fresh-water Salpingaeca fusiformis, S. K., but is excluded from the section to which Kent has relegated the latter, by the possession of the pedicle.

1886, Journal of the Trenton Natural History Society, volume 1, page 138:


phyllidium

The five species described above form an interesting series illustrating the gradual modification of the entire phyllidium into a sucker, just as individual loculi become modified into suckers.

1927, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London - Part 2, page 526:

The excretory vessels form a hairpin loop just inside the phyllidium (Pl. 5 Fg.1). It seems strange that the excretory vessels do not extend to the margins of these giant phyllidia since they invariably do in other forms with large phyllidia such as Phyllobothrium lactuca, etc.

1949, Nathan W. Riser, Studies on the Tetraphyllidea, page 84:

The four phyllidia are arranged in pairs with each phyllidium occupying a corner of the rectangular scolex.

1957, Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington:

(zoology) A muscular, leaf-shaped or cuplike outgrowth from the lateral wall of the scolex of some cestodes.

(zoology) A rudimentary form of ctenidium found in some gastropods.


shaking rat Kawasaki

(biology, zoology) A reeler-phenotype neuronal mutant rat.


tetragenous

The leaves are arranged in four longitudinal rows along the stem. There are two rows of smaller leaves attached to the upper side of stem and two rows of larger leaves attached laterally. The strobili are tetragenous (four-angled) […]

2006, Anil Kumar, Botany for Degree Pteridophyta, page 184:

Mussels that employ all four demibranchs for brooding are referred to as tetragenous.

2010, James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich, Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates:

Eggs are incubated in all four gills (tetragenous). In the other groups the gill structure is stabilized by increasing the number of connectives and by organizing them into continuous walls (Kat 1984).

2012, G. Bauer, K. Wächtler, Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida, page 234:

(botany, zoology) Involving groups of four; arranged in fours.


rhachitome

The sequence of vertebral types led Watson to conclude that the primitive labyrinthodonts, embolomeres, had given rise to the rhachitomes and that these forms had eventually produced the ungainly, doomed stereospondyls.

2005, Dev Raj Khanna, Biology of Amphibia, page 56:

(zoology) Any amphibian of the clade Rhachitomi.


stereospondyl

(zoology) Any amphibian of the suborder Stereospondyli.


dissorophoid

From Ancient Greek δῐσσός (dĭssós) ("double, twofold") + Ancient Greek ὀροφή (orophḗ) ("ceiling, roof") + -oid.

This diet appears to have been diversified in two clades of relatively small largeheaded and shortbodied temnospondyls, the zatracheids and dissorophoids.

2014, Rainer R. Schoch, Amphibian Evolution: The Life of Early Land Vertebrates:

(zoology) Any amphibian of the clade Dissorophoidea.


strigilator

These little crickets belong to a group of Synoeketes which Wheeler has called Strigilators. They lick the surfaces of ants and seem to feed very largely, if not exclusively, on the cutaneous secretions and the thin coating of saliva with which ants cover one another.

1927, Horace St. John Kelly Donisthorpe, The guests of British ants: their habits and life-histories:

The Myrmecophila are true strigilators. They are perpetually licking the oily secretions on the bodies and limbs of their ants, which they caress the while with their antennæ.

1928, Auguste Henri Forel, The Social World of the Ants Compared with that of Man:

Synoëketes — guests unnoticed or tolerated because the ants are unable to deal effectively with them. They are mostly harmless scavengers or nuisances or strigilators and are classified by Wheeler as being: a. Neutrals — scavengers that are not mimetic: mites; collembolens; staphylinid, trichopterygid, chrysomelid, and scarabæid beetles; phorid and syrphid flies; and caterpillars of certain microlepidopterans.

1942, Edward Oliver Essig, College Entomology, page 672:

(zoology) Any of various myrmecophiles that feed on the oily secretions on the bodies of ants.


gasterosteiform

Dermal plates, which are composed exclusively of bone, are known for representatives of taxa like syngnathiforms, tetraodontiforms and gasterosteiforms.

2014, Hermann Ehrlich, Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Vertebrates, page 230:

(zoology) Any fish of the order Gasterosteiformes.


syngnathiform

(zoology) Any fish of the order Syngnathiformes.


tetraodontiform

(zoology) Any fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.


teleoconch

en-noun

teleoconch (plural teleoconchs or teleoconches)

teleoconchs (plural)
teleoconches (plural)

the shell produced after metamorphosis is referred to as adult shell or teleoconch.

1995, Haszprunar, G., Salvini-Plawen, L. von, & Rieger, R. M. (1995). Larval planktotrophy—a primative trait in the Bilateria? Acta Zoologica, 76(2), 141–154., page 143:

Teleoconch: The postlarval, postmetamorphic, or postnuclear whorls of the shell. Because Conus shells continue to grow throughout life, the number of teleoconch whorls varies considerably within as well as among species.

2014, Alan J. Kohn, "Conus" of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean, page 48:

(zoology) The portion of a shell of a conchiferan mollusc formed immediately after the larval stage of the life cycle of the organism.


symbiotroph

Although their life history is not fully known, observed behavior of one of the well-known species, Thalassomyces marsupii, a symbiotroph with the amphipod Parathemisto, is shown here.

1999, Lynn Margulis, Diversity of Life: The Illustrated Guide to the Five Kingdoms, page 104:

(zoology) An organism that derives nourishment through a symbiotic relationship with another organism.


symbiotrophy

(zoology) The state of being a symbiotroph


patellogastropod

Clipping of translingual Patellogastropoda, equivalent to patello- + gastropod

clipping

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

However the prevailing opinion that the patellogastropods form the first offshoot of the gastropods is not supported by palaeontological data. The oldest indisputable evidence of the Patellogastropoda is from Late Triassic strata.

2012, John A. Talent, Earth and Life: Global Biodiversity, Extinction Intervals and Biogeographic Perturbations Through Time:

(zoology) Any gastropod of the clade Patellogastropoda.


polydesmid

(zoology) An millipede in order Polydesmida (flatbacked millipedes.

(zoology) An millipede in family Polydesmidae.


taenioglossan

(zoology) Any member of the Taenioglossa.


rachiglossan

(zoology, obsolete) Any member of the Rachiglossa, a former classification that included a number of carnivorous marine neogastropod families.


toxoglossan

(zoology) Any mollusk of the superfamily Toxoglossa.


ptenoglossan

(zoology) Any sea snail of the clade Ptenoglossa.


stenoglossan

In addition to the more highly developed siphon, stenoglossans usually have only three radular teeth in each transverse row.

1974, Alan Solem, The Shell Makers: Introducing Mollusks, page 107:

(zoology) Any marine snail of the suborder Stenoglossa.


cryptocaryosis

(ichthyology) A parasitic infection of marine fish caused by the ciliate Cryptocaryon irritans.


entelegyne

(zoology) Any spider of the clade Entelegynae.


haplogyne

(zoology) Any spider of the clade Haplogynae.


erigonine

(zoology) Any spider of the subfamily Erigoninae.


mynoglenine

(zoology) Any spider of the linyphiid subfamily Mynogleninae.


cymbium

Concocted from Latin cymbium, not used in such a meaning.

The tarsus consists of two parts, the cymbium and paracymbium. The cymbium is the spoon-shaped base of the tarsus. The paracymbium is only a prominent apophysis arising from the base of the cymbium and is articulated with the cymbium by a movable joint.

2009, P. A. Sebastian, Spiders of India:

(zoology) The tarsus of the copulatory pedipalp in certain spiders.


cymbial

The male first inserted his cymbial hook into the laterally facing atrium on one side of the epigynum and then held it there while he inserted his conductor into the atrium on the opposite side.

2015, Alfredo V Peretti, Anita Aisenberg, Cryptic Female Choice in Arthropods: Patterns, Mechanisms and Prospects:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the cymbium.


palpimanoid

(zoology) Any spider of the superfamily Palpimanoidea.


araneofauna

Therefore, a Jurassic araneofauna existed of orb-web weavers (Orbiculariae) including both cribellate uloborids and ecribellate araneoids.

2007, David M. Martill, The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World:

(zoology) The population of spiders inhabiting a region.


spination

The internal defensive spicula are very numerous, and appear all to spring from the basal membrane, their diameter is nearly the same at the base, but they vary greatly in their length and also in the degree of their spinations; in some the spines are quite in an incipient state, while in others they are well and distinctly produced.

1866, J. S. Bowerbank, A Monograph of the British Spongiadae, page 150:

They share few characters: 25 vertebrae; compact, triangular gut; inconspicuous gas bladder; and some head spination.

2000, Jeffrey Martin Leis, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes: An Identification Guide:

(zoology) The distribution of spines on an organism.


orbicularian

The orbicularian common ancestor had perhaps seven different types of silk gland.

2010, Leslie Brunetta, Catherine L. Craig, Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging:

(zoology) Any spider of the clade Orbiculariae.


deinopoid

Comparison between deinopoid and araneoid orb webs suggests that araneoid silks and webs are far superior with respect to functional capabilities.

2003, Catherine L. Craig, Spiderwebs and Silk: Tracing Evolution From Molecules to Genes to Phenotypes:

(zoology) Any spider of the superfamily Deinopoidea.


araneoid

(zoology) Any spider of the superfamily Araneoidea.


amaurobioid

Amaurobioids are characterized by slender unbranched tracheal tubes, while dictynoids should have at least the median tracheae strongly branched.

2001, Diana Silva, A phylogenetic approach to the classification and diversity of ctenid spiders (Araneae : Ctenidae) with a taxonomic revision of the Malagasy genera:

(zoology) Any spider of the superfamily Amaurobioidea.


dionychan

This is so even though the closest relatives of Anyphaenidae are not yet determined, as is true for most dionychan families (Coddington and Levi, 1991), because anyphaenids are quite uniform in some characters not commonly found on other spiders (the details of the claw tufts and the tracheal system).

2003, Martín J. Ramírez, The Spider Subfamily Amaurobioidinae (Araneae, Anyphaenidae): A Phylogenetic Revision at the Generic Level:

(zoology) Any spider of the clade Dionycha.


metaltelline

No one would claim that Chilean metaltellines are representative even of the Chilean biota in general, but consider the results of spider sampling in Bolivia (Coddington, personal communication; Colwell and Coddington 1994).

1999, Joel Cracraft, Francesca T. Grifo, The Living Planet in Crisis: Biodiversity Science and Policy, page 46:

(zoology) Any spider of the subfamily Metaltellinae.


clubionoid

(zoology) Any spider of the family Clubionidae.


entodiniomorphid

(zoology) Any member of the Entodiniomorphida.


retromargin

(zoology) The posterior margin of the fang furrow in the chelicera.


dictynoid

(zoology) Any member of the Dictynoidea, a group of araneomorph spiders that have been treated as a superfamily.


patelloid

(zoology) Any member of the gastropod superfamily Patelloidea.


bellerophontoid

(zoology) Any member of the superfamily Bellerophontoidea of extinct planospirally-coiled globose molluscs.


murchisoniacean

suf

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

(zoology, obsolete) Any member of the Murchisoniacea, an extinct superfamily of gastropod molluscs.


rhynchonellid

However, it is the large-sized rhynchonellids that have been most readily identified to date as members of ancient hydrocarbon seep communities.

2010, Steffen Kiel, The Vent and Seep Biota: Aspects from Microbes to Ecosystems:

(zoology) Any brachiopod of the order Rhynchonellida.


subulitacean

Subulitaceans have spindle- or awl- shaped shells, commonly slender and pointed at the apex of the spire.

1982, Ida Thompson, The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils, page 421:

(zoology) Any gastropod of the superfamily Subulitacea an obsolete form of Subulitoidea.


cyclostomatous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Cyclostomata, a group of agnathans that comprises the living jawless fishes: the lampreys and hagfishes.


delthyrium

In the present species the two plates are directed, not toward the margin of the delthyrium, from which at the hinge line the cardinal teeth presumably project, but to the oblique intersecting line.

1908, George Herbert Girty, The Guadalupian fauna, page 208:

(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.


trepostomatous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Trepostomata, an extinct bryozoan order.


palintrope

Many hinged genera have a flat or curved shelf, called the palintrope, between the beak and the hinge line. The ventral palintrope is divided at the middle by the delthyrium, a triangular opening for the pedicle.

2010, John P. Rafferty, The Paleozoic Era: Diversification of Plant and Animal Life, page 71:

(zoology) A part of the ventral valve of some brachiopods between the beak and the hinge line.


delthyrial

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the delthyrium.


fenestellid

(zoology) Any member of the Fenestellidae, a family of bryozoans.


productoid

(zoology) Any member of the suborder Productoidea, a large group of Upper Paleozoic brachiopods.


billingsellacean

The Obolellida and the basic articulate stock, the billingsellaceans, appear later in the lower Cambrian. The orthide billingsellaceans with their strophic hinge lines, deltidiodont dentition and invariably calcareous shells, comprise two families which, although morphologically similar, have a fundamentally different style of shell secretion, reflected in their various descendants.

1979, Michael Robert House, The Origin of major invertebrate groups, page 235:

(zoology) Any brachiopod of the superfamily Billingsellacea.


euomphalacean

(zoology) Any member of the Euomphalacea (now Euomphaloidea), a former extinct superfamily of marine molluscs.


kutorginid

(zoology) Any brachiopod in the family Kutorginidae.

(zoology) Any brachiopod in the order Kutorginida.


stringocephalid

This environmental behaviour suggests that all of these thick-shelled groups (and possibly similar groups like the stringocephalids and rensselandids) may have become so modified during the process of natural selection as not to have been able to have moved from the positions into which they found themselves.

2011, A.J. Boucot, Evolution and Extinction Rate Controls, page 232:

(zoology) Any brachiopod of the family Stringocephalidae.


dielasmatid

(zoology) Any brachiopod in the family Dielasmatidae.


chilidium

From chil(o)-, alternative form of cheilo- + -idium.

The chilidium is a convex plate often covering the cardinal process of the dorsal valve in the Protremata.

1895, Charles Schuchert, A Synopsis of American Fossil Brachiopoda Including Bibliography and Synonymy:

The chilidium is not often visible in the dorsal valve of Billingsella but when seen proves to be an arch with its piers built against the notothyrial edge.

1938, Edward Oscar Ulrich, Ozarkian and Canadian Brachiopoda, page 73:

(zoology) A plate covering a portion of the dorsal valve in certain brachiopods.


zoarcoid

en-adj

zoarcoid (comparative more zoarcoid, superlative most zoarcoid)

more zoarcoid (comparative)
most zoarcoid (superlative)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the perciform suborder Zoarcoidei.


zoarcoid

(zoology) Any fish in the suborder Zoarcoidei.


lanthanosuchid

(zoology) Any member of the Lanthanosuchidae, an extinct family of procolophonomorph parareptiles.


parareptile

(zoology) Any member of subclass or clade †Parareptilia of extinct reptiles.


parareptilian

(zoology) Of or relating to the Parareptilia.


procolophonomorph

(zoology) Any member of the Procolophonomorpha, an order or clade of parareptiles that appeared during the Middle Permian.


mastofauna

Superficially masto- (“relating to mammary organs”) + fauna, though perhaps calquing or borrowed directly from a term like Spanish mastofauna.

affix

(rare, zoology) The mammals, or all kinds of mammals, inhabiting a region.


dvinosaur

(zoology) A member of the Dvinosauria, a clade of primitive semi-aquatic to completely aquatic amphibians.


anomodont

Anomodonts are a group of therapsids that evolved in the Late Permian. The dicynodonts are by far the most important anomodonts and were the dominant herbivores of the Late Permian: they were the first truly abundant worldwide herbivores.

(zoology) Any therapsid of the suborder Anomodontia.


batrachomorph

clipping

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

Batrachomorphs comprise the stegocephalians more closely related to lissamphibians than are other stegocephalians, as well as the lissamphibians themselves.

2012, Sebastien Steyer, Earth Before the Dinosaurs, page 61:

(zoology) Any animal of the clade Batrachomorpha.


stegocephalian

(zoology) Any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.


biarmosuchian

There is a set of scleral ossicles around the eye that are also found in another biarmosuchian, Lemurosaurus, and certain other pelycosaurs and therapsids, indicating that it is probably a plesiomorphic therapsid character.

2011, Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, Forerunners of Mammals: Radiation • Histology • Biology, page 10:

(zoology) Any therapsid of the suborder Biarmosuchia.


bennettitalean

Most bennettitalean foliage shows xeromorphic features such as small, reflexed pinnae, sunken stomata, and papillae or hairs on the leaf surfaces.

1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time: Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals:

(zoology) Any of the extinct plants of the order Bennettitales.


cycadeoid

Like the cycads many cycadeoids have trunklike stems that are unbranched or sparsely branched and clothed in spirally arranged persistent leaf bases.

1993, Wilson Nichols Stewart, Gar W. Rothwell, Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants, page 350:


ictidorhinid

Biarmosuchians include most of the ictidorhinids and the more derived burnetiamorphs.

2012, Paul Selden, John Nudds, Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems, Second Edition, page 117:

(zoology) Any therapsid of the genus Ictidorhinus.


burnetiamorph

(zoology) Any therapsid of the clade Burnetiamorpha.


sphenacodontian

The keel of the angular does have the deep form characteristic of the group, but it is not reflected laterally as occurs in other sphenacodontians.

2005, Thomas Stainforth Kemp, The Origin and Evolution of Mammals, page 26:

(zoology) Any synapsid of the clade Sphenacodontia.


nycteroleterid

Although Ivakhnenko (1987) suggests that nycteroleterids are closely related to pareiasaurs, a more recent analysis suggests that the two groups are only remotely related (Lee, 1995).

2003, Michael J. Benton, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, page 83:

(zoology) Any parareptile of the family Nycteroleteridae.


procolophonoid

The presence of an ossified extrastapes in Youngina, however, seems to support a less specialized hearing function than that of procolophonoids.

2016, Jennifer A. Clack, Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear: Evidence from the Fossil Record:

(zoology) Any parareptile of the superfamily Procolophonoidea.


eupelycosaur

Ophiacodontids were a comparatively more depauperate group of early eupelycosaurs typified by marked elongation of the rostrum […]

2011, Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, Forerunners of Mammals: Radiation • Histology • Biology, page 94:

(zoology) Any synapsid of the clade Eupelycosauria.


aphagy

(medicine, zoology) Inability to feed due to anatomical deficiencies.


pharyngostomy

(medicine, veterinary medicine) Creation of an artificial opening into the pharynx.


sphenosuchian

(zoology) Any crocodylomorph of the Sphenosuchia.


reineckeid

(zoology) Any member of the Reineckeidae.


parasitengone

Thus it is possible that mechanisms of distastefulness evolved independently in terrestrial and aquatic parasitengones.

2013, Heather Proctor, Aquatic Mites from Genes to Communities, page 143:

(zoology) Any mite of the clade Parasitengona.


water mite

Water mites are a dominant feature of the fauna of all freshwater ecosystems. Over 400 species in 87 genera and 22 families have been recorded in Australia.

1998, MS Harvey, The Australian Water Mites: A Guide to Families and Genera:

(zoology) Any mite of the clade Hydracarina (syn. Hydrachnidia).


river dolphin

(zoology) Any dolphin that is found only in fresh or brackish water, now considered in one of three superfamilies Platanistoidea, †Lipotoidea, Inioidea, all in parvorder Odontoceti or in a grouping with hippopotamuses.

jokidelfiini

dolphin found only in fresh and brackish water


hemobartonellosis

(veterinary science) An infectious disease found in cats, caused by Mycoplasma haemofelis.


apternodontid

Borrowed from translingual Apternodontidae.

(zoology) Any member of the Apternodontidae.


urinatorial

en-adj

urinatorial (comparative more urinatorial, superlative most urinatorial)

more urinatorial (comparative)
most urinatorial (superlative)


urosomite

(zoology) One of the somites of the urosome.


undercurved

undercurved (comparative more undercurved, superlative most undercurved)

more undercurved (comparative)
most undercurved (superlative)

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(zoology) Curved so as to pass below the body; said of parts of the upper surface of an insect.


scatophage

From New Latin scatophagus, from Ancient Greek σκατοφάγος (skatophágos), from σκατο- (skato-, “shit”) and φάγος (phágos, “eater; glutton”), from φᾰγεῖν (phăgeîn, “to eat”) + -ος (-os, “-er”, forming agent nouns). Equivalent to scato- + -phage. In particular reference to dungflies, an anglicization of their genus Scatophaga.

(usually zoology) A shiteater: a human or animal that consumes excrement.


archeopyle

archeopyles (plural)
archaeopyle (alternative)

(zoology) A distinctive opening in the test of fossil dinoflagellates.


gymnodinialean

(zoology) Of or relating to the Gymnodiniales, an order of dinoflagellates of the class Dinophyceae.


rhabdosteid

(zoology) Any extinct cetacean in the family Rhabdosteidae.


nematocerous

(zoology) Having long thread-like antennae, like a dipterous insect.


lepralielliform

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) Having the form of a bryozoan of the superfamily Lepralielloidea.


rhipidopterous

(zoology) Of or relating to the Rhipidoptera.


opisthobranchism

(zoology, rare) The property of being an opisthobranch.


wheel animal

(zoology) Any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end.


opisthognathous

(zoology) Having retreating jaws or teeth.


prosopon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, mask, person”).

bor+

(zoology) A variety of small-scale structures in trilobites, such as ribbing, domes, and perforations.


macrophagy

(zoology) The condition of being macrophagous.


pecoran

(zoology) Any ungulate of the infraorder Pecora


nealogy

(zoology) The description of the morphological correlations of the early adolescent stages of an animal.


monorhinal

(zoology) Having a single nasal passage.


notodontiform

en-adj

notodontiform (comparative more notodontiform, superlative most notodontiform)

more notodontiform (comparative)
most notodontiform (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling a moth of the family Notodontidae.


stegognathous

From Ancient Greek στέγω (stégō) + γνάθος (gnáthos) + -ous.

(zoology) Having a jaw composed of imbricated plates.


spizelline

(zoology) Of or relating to the Spizella.


leptocephalic

leptocephalic (comparative more leptocephalic, superlative most leptocephalic)

more leptocephalic (comparative)
most leptocephalic (superlative)

(zoology) Having a narrow skull, as certain flatfishes do.


marsipobranchiate

Lampreys and hagfish are marsipobranchiate.


totipalmation

(zoology) The quality of being totipalmate.


poriferal

(zoology) Of or relating to the phylum Porifera of sponges.


scaritid

(zoology) Any of the beetles in the carabid subfamily Scaritinae, which were formerly considered to be the family Scaritidae.


suiform

suiform (comparative more suiform, superlative most suiform)

more suiform (comparative)
most suiform (superlative)

(zoology) Resembling a pig (of the family Suidae)


nictitant

This position of the pyramidalis is perhaps rendered necessary by the great extent of the movement of the nictitant membrane, the tendon of which, unless curved, would be too long to be conveniently disposed of.

1852, William MacGillivray, A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory:


prebuccal

(anatomy, zoology) Situated in front of the mouth


trochiform

trochiform (comparative more trochiform, superlative most trochiform)

more trochiform (comparative)
most trochiform (superlative)

(zoology) Shaped like a top shell (family Trochidae).


prosthenic

The body of Man has retrograded also in being merosthenic in limbs, instead of prosthenic, the hinder limbs being the stronger as well as longer, and the fore limbs comparatively weak.

1896, James Dwight Dana, Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special Reference to American Geological History:

(zoology, obsolete) Having strong foreparts.


crocidurate

(zoology) Any shrew of the genus Crocidura.


laminately

(zoology) In a laminate manner; with thin plates, scales, or layers.


oogenotop

Following the inclusion of vitelline cells, the oocyte then continues along the egg-forming apparatus, or oogenotop, to another chamber termed the ootype.

2014, Rafael Toledo, Digenetic Trematodes, page 14:

(zoology) The egg-forming apparatus in trematodes.


micropod

From New Latin Micropoda, from micro- + -poda.

(zoology, obsolete, rare) A member of the superseded taxonomic order Micropoda, which possess a diminutive foot or lack one, such as oysters.


pseudosucker

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

(zoology) Any body part that is not a sucker but is used like one.


rhizopodal

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the rhizopods.


ampelophagous

These two vectors have different lifestyles–the former strictly ampelophagous and the latter polyphagous, only occasionally feeding on grapevine – and dissimilar biological features, which may reflect diversely affiliated microbial communities.

2010, Phyllis G. Weintraub, Phytoplasmas: Genomes, Plant Hosts and Vectors, page 282:


ricinuleid

A ricinuleid grabs its prey with the relatively small pincers of its pedipalps, lifts its hood, and then passes the prey to its jaws. The hood is lowered as the ricinuleid chews away.

2009, James B. Nardi, Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners, page 113:

(zoology) Any member of the Ricinulei (hooded tickspiders).


heterosomatous

(zoology) Belonging to the Heterosomata.


scavengerous

scavengerous (comparative more scavengerous, superlative most scavengerous)

more scavengerous (comparative)
most scavengerous (superlative)

The non-phytophagous minority of the caterpillars exemplifies three somewhat distinct food habits,- entomophagous, homophonous and scavengerous.

1939, Walter Valentine Balduf, The bionomics of entomophagous insects (part 2, page 1)

They eat not only some vegetable material in the form of algae, grasses, and some mosses, but also insects, salamanders, fishes, little molluscs, and bits of dead animal flesh which they find on the bottom. They are therefore partly scavengerous in their habits.

1954, Leon Augustus Hausman, Guide to birds and animal life, page 105:


saccopharyngiform

(ichthyology) Any fish in the order Saccopharyngiformes, the gulper eels.


motatorious

(zoology, archaic) In perpetual vibratory motion; said of the legs of some spiders and crane-flies, etc.


cycliophoran

(zoology) A member of the phylum Cycliophora, rare aquatic invertebrates living in the mouths of lobsters.


metapneustic

(zootomy) Having the respiratory apparatus in the anus.


phyllopodiform

phyllopodiform (comparative more phyllopodiform, superlative most phyllopodiform)

more phyllopodiform (comparative)
most phyllopodiform (superlative)


necrophorous

A thorough examination of the existing literature revealed that only a very few anecdotal publications exist on necrophorous feeding habits of termites.

2007, BP Freymann, “Termites of the genus Odontotermes are optionally keratophagous”, in Ecotropica, volume 13, page 143:

(zoology) Carrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus.


promesonotum

(zoology) The front part of the mesonotum of ants and similar insects


aditicule

(zoology) The larger of the shell perforations of plaesiomyid brachiopods


epipuncta

(zoology) The smaller of the shell perforations of plaesiomyid brachiopods


apotele

(zoology) A scalloped ridge around the edge of an otolith

(acarology) The distal-most segment of a mite leg, as the pretarsus, or pedipalp, in which it may be subdistal


bunolophodont

From bun- (from Ancient Greek βουνός (bounós)) + -o- + loph- + -odont.

(zoology) Having molars with transverse ridges and rounded cusps on the occlusal surface


bunoselenodont

From bun- (from Ancient Greek βουνός (bounós)) + -o- + selen- + -odont.

(zoology) Having teeth whose inner cusps have the form of blunt cones and the outer ones of longitudinal crescents


cyphonautes

From Ancient Greek κύφος (kúphos, “bent”) + ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

(zoology) The larva of an ectoproct or bryozoan.


mucivorous

(zoology) Feeding on the juices of plants.


crocodyline

(zoology) Any member of the subfamily Crocodylinae.


deuterocone

(zoology) The cusp of a mammalian premolar tooth.


stenobathic

stenobathic (comparative more stenobathic, superlative most stenobathic)

more stenobathic (comparative)
most stenobathic (superlative)

(zoology) Able to live only within a limited range of depths of water.


deltidiodont

The orthide billingsellaceans with their strophic hinge lines, deltidiodont dentition and invariably calcareous shells, comprise two families which, although morphologically similar, have a fundamentally different style of shell secretion, reflected in their various descendants.

1979, Michael Robert House, The Origin of Major Invertebrate Groups, page 235:

The deltidiodont morphology did not survive the end-Permian extinctions; the modern articulated brachiopod fauna is dominated by cyrtomatodonts with crurae and loops.

2001, David Harper, Rong Jia-Yu, “Palaeozoic brachiopod extinctions, survival and recovery”, in Geological Journal, volume 36, page 317:

(zoology, of hinge teeth) Simple in shape, not interlocking with the dental socket.


deltidiodont

(zoology) A simple hinge tooth on the shell of a brachiopod.


cyrtomatodont

See cyrto- / κυρτός (kurtós), -odont / ὀδούς (odoús).

(zoology, of hinge teeth) Hook-shaped, interlocking.


cyrtomatodont

(zoology) A knob- or hook-shaped hinge tooth on the shell of a brachiopod.


nephrozoan

en-noun

nephrozoan (plural nephrozoa or nephrozoans)

From translingual Nephrozoa + -an. By surface analysis, nephro- + -zoan.

(zoology) A member of the clade Nephrozoa, which includes all deuterostomes and protostomes.


ctene

From the stem of Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís, “comb”).

(zoology) A band of fused cilia on the bodies of ctenophores, used for locomotion.


pycnogonoid

(zoology) Any member of the Pycnogonida; a sea spider.


deutomerite

(arachnology) The fixed segment of the grasping part of chelicerae.


rhinocerotiform

en-adj

rhinocerotiform (comparative more rhinocerotiform, superlative most rhinocerotiform)

more rhinocerotiform (comparative)
most rhinocerotiform (superlative)

(zoology, rare) Shaped like (that of) a rhinoceros.


opisthodont

(zoology) A reptile from the genus Opisthodontia


moustachial

From moustache + -ial. Compare mystacial.

(zoology) Resembling a moustache; applied to certain markings on birds.


reptatorial

/ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əl/

/ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔ.ɹɪ.əl/

From reptatory (“crawling, creeping”) + -al (suffix forming adjectives). Reptatory is probably derived from New Latin reptatorius (used in the binomial nomenclature of species), from Latin rēptātus (“on which one has crawled; where one has swum”) + -tōrius (suffix forming adjectives); rēptātus is the perfect passive participle of rēptō (“to crawl or creep (over or through)”), the frequentative form of rēpō (“to crawl, creep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-.


atheriniform

en-adj

atheriniform (comparative more atheriniform, superlative most atheriniform)

more atheriniform (comparative)
most atheriniform (superlative)

(ichthyology) of or belonging to the order Atheriniformes


atheriniform

(ichthyology) Any fish in the order Atheriniformes


dorsigerous

(zoology, obsolete) Carrying on the back.


outmate

en-verb

outmate (third-person singular simple present outmates, present participle outmating, simple past and past participle outmated)

outmates (present singular third-person)
outmating (participle present)
outmated (participle past)
outmated (past)

(zoology) To mate with an individual who is not part of one's immediate social group.

(zoology, transitive) To surpass in finding mates; to outbreed.


harnessed bushbuck

en-noun

harnessed bushbuck (plural harnessed bushbucks)

Tragelaphus scriptus
Tragelaphus scriptus#Translingual

(zoology) The more northern and westernmost of the two bushbuck species of sub-Saharan Africa (considered a single species by some sources), Tragelaphus scriptus


cryptocystidean

(zoology) Of or relating to the Cryptocystidea.


episematic

en-adj

episematic (comparative more episematic, superlative most episematic)

more episematic (comparative)
most episematic (superlative)

/ˌɛpɪsɪˈmætɪk/

Episematic characters are far less common than aposematic, and these than cryptic; although, as regards the latter comparison, the opposite impression is generally produced from the fact that concealment is so successfully attained.

1911, “Colours of Animals”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume V, page 732:

(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves to assist individuals of the same species to identify each other.


incudate

(zoology, anatomy) Of, pertaining to or having an incus (bone of the middle ear).

incudate trophi

The incudate trophi of Asplanchna are massive forceps quite free from an inclosing mastax, and capable in consequence of even plunging down into the oesophagus; but the forcipate trophi of Sacculus are feeble hooks and blades, inclosed in a grape-shaped mastax, and admitting of only a slight protrusion from the mouth.

1889, Charles Thomas Hudson, Philip Henry Gosse, The Rotifera: Or, Wheel-animalcules, Volume 1, page 120:

FIGURE 140.[…]A-E with a malleate mastax in the Brachionidae and a malleo-ramate in the Flosculariaceae, mainly feed by sedimenting; F and G with virgate or incudate mastax, respectively, are more selective and raptorial.

1967, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, A Treatise on Limnology, Volume II: Introduction to Lake Biology and the Limnoplankton, page 531:

Forcipate and incudate trophi function in grasping.

1979, Richard S. Stemberger, A Guide to Rotifers of the Laurentian Great Lakes, Volume 1, US Environmental Protection Agency, page 10:

Asplanchna priodonta (Asplanchnidae) is a planktonic predator with incudate trophi, showing a wide trophic spectrum, feeding on rotifers, protists, and various unicellular algae (Jose de Paggi, 2002).

2005, Diego Fontaneto, Giulio Melone, “Do rotifer jaws grow after hatching?”, in Alois Herzig, Ramesh D. Gulati, Christian D. Jersabek, Linda May, editors, Rotifera X: Rotifer Research: Trends, New Tools and Recent Advances, Springer, page 215:

In Asplanchnidae, rami are large and hooked and constitute incudate mastax, but reduced rami may be present.

2018, Fstik Baran Mandal, Biology of Non-Chordates, 2nd edition, PHI Learning, page 198:

(zoology, of mastaxes or trophi of rotifers) That functions by prehension; used as a classification.


water vascular system

en-noun

water vascular system (plural water vascular systems)

(zoology) The hydraulic system found in the bodies of all echinoderms, which allows for a continuous flow of water through canals to the tube feet, and performs a range of body functions.


aquiferous system

aquiferous system (plural aquiferous systems)

(zoology) The system of connected water channels that is unique to sponges (Porifera).

(zoology, dated) The hydrostatic skeleton of certain marine gastropods.

water vascular system
water vascular system

(zoology, obsolete) The water vascular system of echinoderms.


monozoic

(zoology) Of a tapeworm, having a single proglottid.


uncinate process

uncinate process (plural uncinate processes)

(zoology) A bony extension that projects caudally from the vertical segment of each rib, found in most birds, reptiles, and the early amphibian Ichthyostega.


scolopidium

From Ancient Greek σκόλοψ (skólops, “stake”) + -idium.

af

(zoology) The most fundamental unit of a mechanoreceptor organ in insects


trigenous

LXXI.—Polygonaceæ.—Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire, stipules usually sheathing. Flowers small and usually bisexual. Perianth-segments 3-6, persistent. Stamens usually 5-8, opposite the perianth-segments. Ovary 1-celled, free, compressed or trigenous, ovule 1. Fruit a nut, enclosed in the perianth.

1927, Arthur Edward Osmaston, A Forest Flora for Kumaon, Superintendent, Government Press, United Provinces, page xxxiii

Simultaneously with the seed of the self-pollinated F₂ plants, seed of the self-pollinated F₁ plants was again sown; the trigenous segregation was here hardly to be observed. The figures of both segregations are given in the following table.

1936, Freerk Wit, Contributions to the genetics of the china aster, M. Nijhoff, page 82:

Calyx much longer than the corolla, both rose-violet or rarely white; leaves 1.5-2.5 mm long, scalelike, trigenous, sagittate at base, sessile, imbricated in 4 series ... 1108. Calluna Salisb.

1967, Flora of the U.S.S.R., Washington, D.C.: National Science Foundation, page 20:

The inner surface of the seed coat is more smooth that the outer one. The wings are papery, light green and brittle when dried. The trigenous kernel is creamish coloured when young. The embryo is small and situated at one end of the cotyledons. The average weight of a single seed (ten seeds weighed separately) is 0.12g and the range of variation is 0.07 to 0.17g.

2006, Standardisation of Single Drugs of Unani Medicine (Part 4), Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, page 210

(botany, zoology) Involving groups of three; arranged in threes.


headplate

headplates (plural)
head-plate (alternative)

(zoology) The plate of bone or chitin that forms the outer surface of the head of some organisms


rhynchocoelan

(zoology) Any member of the Rhynchocoela.


deinococcus

(zoology) Any bacterium of the genus Deinococcus.