androecious

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

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


crotalaria

(botany) Any of the genus Crotalaria of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs.


treeness

If factors that contribute to a tree-like pattern of the variance–covariance matrix dominate the evolutionary picture over those that tend to destroy it, one can expect treeness to be reasonably high. Only if this is true, reconstruction of the evolutionary process by tree analysis and a tree representation for descriptive purposes can be useful.

1974, L. L. Cavalli-Sforza, A. Piazza, “Analysis of Evolution: Evolutionary Rates, Independence and Treeness”, in Theoretical Population Biology, volume 8, page 159:

The computer programs used to generate “trees” from genetic distance data will do so regardless of what evolutionary factors generated the distances. It is therefore the obligation of the users of such programs to ensure that the genetic distance data have the properties of treeness before representing their data as a tree.

1999, Alan R. Templeton, “Human Races: A Genetic and Evolutionary Perspective”, in American Anthropologist, volume 100, pages 638–639:

Failing to statistically test for treeness, they reify the evolutionary trajectories assumed at the outset.

2007, Gísli Pálsson, Anthropology and the New Genetics, Cambridge University Press,, →ISBN, page 184:

(genetics) The suitability of an evolutionary tree for representing the structure of a population; the degree to which a population structure can be accurately described as a tree of descent, with different branches evolving independently after they split.

puumaisuus

genetics: degree to which a population structure can be described as a tree


icosandrian

(archaic, botany) Relating to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.


frontated

en-adj

frontated (comparative more frontated, superlative most frontated)

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

(botany) Growing broader and broader, as a leaf; truncate.

(zoology) Having a prominent frons or forehead.


euglossine

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


eusocially

en-adv

eusocially (comparative more eusocially, superlative most eusocially)

more eusocially (comparative)
most eusocially (superlative)

eusocially organized insect societies


tanagroid

en-adj

tanagroid (comparative more tanagroid, superlative most tanagroid)

more tanagroid (comparative)
most tanagroid (superlative)


alantin

From German Alant (“elecampane”), + -in.


psittaceous

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


tetradynamous

(botany) Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others.


Hayflick limit

Named after Leonard Hayflick, who discovered it in 1961.

(biology) The number of times that a normal cell population will divide before it stops, presumably because the telomeres shorten to a critical length.


LCC

en-noun

LCC (countable and uncountable, plural LCCs)

(biochemistry) Initialism of leaf-and-branch compost cutinase.


amphicarpic

From Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”) + -ic.

af

amphicarpic plant

amphicarpic legume

amphicarpic species


epipodial

epipodial ridge

epipodial tentacle

(zoology) Relating to the epipodium in molluscs.


tergeminate

(botany) Having three pairs of leaflets.


monophyodont

Ancient Greek μονοφυής (monophuḗs, “single”) (μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + φύω (phúō, “produce”)) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) (genitive of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)).


monophyodont

(biology) Any organism with only one set of teeth.


asperifolious

en-adj

asperifolious (comparative more asperifolious, superlative most asperifolious)

more asperifolious (comparative)
most asperifolious (superlative)
asperifoliate (alternative)

Latin asper (“rough”) + folium (“leaf”).


trifoliated

(botany) Having three leaves or leaflets; trifoliate.


tetragynous

(botany) Belonging to the order Tetragynia; having four styles.


pentagynous

(botany) Of or relating to plants, having five styles.


tentaculate

tentaculate (comparative more tentaculate, superlative most tentaculate)

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

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


tectology

Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “a carpenter”) + -logy.

uder

(biology) A Haeckelian division of morphology; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual.


porpitid

(zoology) Any hydrozoan of the family Porpitidae


discifloral

(botany) Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle.


glumelle

glumelles (plural)
glumella (alternative)

Borrowed from French glumelle, diminutive of glume.

(botany) One of the inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.


ballistospore

(mycology) A spore that is ejected or shot off.


antitropal

en-adj

antitropal (comparative more antitropal, superlative most antitropal)

more antitropal (comparative)
most antitropal (superlative)


hemitropous

hemitropous (comparative more hemitropous, superlative most hemitropous)

more hemitropous (comparative)
most hemitropous (superlative)

(botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous


alcid

Some alcids remain underwater as long as two minutes, exceptionally even longer, and dive to depths of thirty metres.

1977, Jan Hanzák, Jiří Formánek, translated by Olga Kuthanová, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds, London, published 1992, page 177:

(ornithology) A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins.

alkefugl

seabird of the family Alcidae - an alcid


diadelphian

(obsolete, botany) Of or relating to the former class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower)


corollifloral

(archaic, botany) Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx.


trigynous

(botany) Having three pistils or styles.


pholcid

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


blattellid

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


allelicity

transcription factor
transcription factor

(genetics) The degree to which the behaviour of a transcription factor is allele-specific


phosphorylome

(biochemistry) A proteome of phosphoproteins.


polyadenine

(biochemistry) A long section of nucleic acid containing only the adenine nucleoside


subfragment

(biochemistry, genetics) A subsection of a fragment (of nucleic acid etc)


gonorynchiform

The milkfish is a gonorynchiform.

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


enterotype

(biology) A classification of living organisms based on the bacteriological ecosystem in the human gut microbiome


triseriate

(botany) Arranged in three vertical or spiral rows.


latifoliate

latifoliate (comparative more latifoliate, superlative most latifoliate)

more latifoliate (comparative)
most latifoliate (superlative)


moss animal

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


lamp shell

lamp shells (plural)
lampshell (alternative)


homodromous

(botany) Running in the same direction; said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.


exciple

(lichenology, mycology) The outer part of an apothecium of those ascomycete fungi which have that sort of fructification. Most lichens come into that category.


amiiform

(zoology) Of or relating to the Amiiformes


ICN

(botany) The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, a body of rules and recommendations governing botanical names.


gerbillid

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


cricetid

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


IDL

intermediate-density lipoprotein
w:intermediate-density lipoprotein

(biochemistry) Initialism of intermediate-density lipoprotein.


pinguicula

(botany) Any of the genus Pinguicula of butterworts.


thalamifloral

(botany) Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle.


lemuriform

(zoology) Of or relating to the infraorder Lemuriformes.

makimainen

of or relating to infraorder Lemuriformes


lemuriform

(zoology) Any member of the infraorder Lemuriformes.


hydrophyllium

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

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


carunculate

carunculate (comparative more carunculate, superlative most carunculate)

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

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


wayfaring-tree

wayfaring-trees (plural)
wayfaring tree (alternative)

Coined c. 1597 by John Gerard, English herbalist. The plant is common along waysides in hedgerows, as might be passed by wayfarers.

Viburnum lantana
Viburnum lantana#Translingual

(botany) A much-branched European shrub of large size (Viburnum lantana), with dense cymes of small white flowers, the foliage and young shoots thickly covered with soft mealy down.


huperzia

From translingual Huperzia (“genus of firmoss”).

bor

(botany) A firmoss of the genus Huperzia.


batrachology

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


strepsipteran

(zoology) An insect of the order Strepsiptera.


solidungulate

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


bipectinate

(biology) Having two margins toothed like a comb.


triandrian

(botany, obsolete) Of or relating to the former Triandria; having three distinct and equal stamens in the same flower.


cryptobranchid

(zoology) Any of the Cryptobranchidae of giant salamanders.


planetic

en-adj

planetic (comparative more planetic, superlative most planetic)

more planetic (comparative)
most planetic (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin planeticus, from Ancient Greek πλανητικός (planētikós), from πλανητός (planētós, “wandering; planetary”), from πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “to wander”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent noun suffix).

af

(biology) Of or relating to the transfer of nuclei between cells (in certain fungi and algae species).


amphitropal

en-adj

amphitropal (comparative more amphitropal, superlative most amphitropal)

more amphitropal (comparative)
most amphitropal (superlative)

From Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + Ancient Greek τροπή (tropḗ, “turn”) + -al.

af

anfítropo

having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side


lecythidaceous

(botany) Of or relating to the family Lecythidaceae, that includes the Brazil nuts.


semisunny

Give a sunny to semisunny situation, not over 70°F in winter[…]

1993, Elvin McDonald, The new houseplant: bringing the garden indoors:

Rooting at the tips only, it is an ideal subject for covering difficult areas either under trees, in dense shade or in semisunny spots in the woodland garden.

1995, Bill Sheat, Gerald Schofield, Complete Gardening in Southern Africa, page 251:

(chiefly botany) Somewhat sunny; having a certain amount of exposure to the sun.


arillode

arillodes (plural)
arilode (alternative)

The mace of the nutmeg is an arillode.

(botany) A structure resembling an aril that comes from the ovule as opposed to the stalk.


bradyzoite

(biology) A sessile, slow-growing form of many zoonotic microorganisms that can cause toxoplasmosis.


endocycle

(biology) A cycle of cell replication involving endoduplication.


endoduplication

(biology) Replication of a nuclear genome in the absence of cell division.


endomorphin

(biochemistry) Either of two endogenous opioid peptides


glycopeptidolipid

(biochemistry) Any glycolipid having a glycopeptide component


glycophorin

en-noun

glycophorin (countable and uncountable, plural glycophorins)

(biochemistry) a sialoglycoprotein of the membrane of red blood cells.


heparanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of heparan sulfate into oligosaccharides


heterodisulfide

(biochemistry) A disulfide formed from the reaction of two different moieties.


leukosialin

(biochemistry) The major sialoglycoprotein of thymocytes and mature T-cells


mechanome

(biochemistry) All the biochemical processes involved in a mechanical (motor) system


paleoendemic

(ecology) That has been endemic in a region for a very long time (but is now more restricted)


erythrophyll

(obsolete, biochemistry) The red pigment of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.


pompilid

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


mutualist

en-adj

mutualist (comparative more mutualist, superlative most mutualist)

more mutualist (comparative)
most mutualist (superlative)


mutualist

(biology) Any organism in a symbiotic relation


monomethylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes monomethylation


mycobacteriophage

(biology) Any bacteriophage that infects mycobacteria


myrmecochorous

From myrmeco- + -chorous or myrmecochory + -ous.

(biology, botany) Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, by ants.


nicastrin

(biochemistry) A protease that is a regulator of neprilysin


neprilysin

en-noun

neprilysin (countable and uncountable, plural neprilysins)

membrane metallo-endopeptidase
membrane metallo-endopeptidase

(biochemistry) A particular type of metalloprotease, namely membrane metallo-endopeptidase (MME)

common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen


nopaline

(biochemistry) An opine derived from glutamic acid and arginine


phytoactive

(biochemistry) active in plant biochemistry


toxoplasmastasis

(biology) The equivalent of bacteriostasis in toxoplasmas


mesoherbivore

(ecology) Any medium-sized herbivore (approximately between 50 and 500 kilograms in weight)


macroherbivore

(ecology) Any large herbivore (over approximately 500 kilograms in weight)


piosphere

(ecology) The zone of influence of grazing on a region's vegetation and soil.


recoverin

recoverin (countable and uncountable, plural recoverins)

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein found in the photoreceptor cell of the eye.


waterpoint

Animals in good condition and not subjected to physical stress (such as having to transhume or walk far between pastures and waterpoints) usually suffer considerably less than animals on a poor nutritional level and having to expend much physical energy.

1990, M. M. H. Sewell, D. W. Brocklesby, Handbook on Animal Diseases in the Tropics, page 46:

(ecology) A place (such as a watering hole) where water is available to local wildlife.


oxyhaemocyanin

oxyhaemocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural oxyhaemocyanins)


decapodal

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


apiculated

en-adj

apiculated (comparative more apiculated, superlative most apiculated)

more apiculated (comparative)
most apiculated (superlative)


pleurocarpous

(botany) Side-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or capsules are from lateral archegonia.


amidinotransferase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of amidinos.

amidinotransferaasi

any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of amidinos


transcarbamoylase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of a carbamoyl group.


hylobatid

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


hyoidean

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

(anatomy, zootomy, relational) Synonym of hyoid.


hyoideal

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


picarian

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


semievergreen

(botany) Losing all of the leaves in winter only if it is cold enough.


semievergreen

semievergreens (plural)
semi-evergreen (alternative)


hypodicrotic

hypodicrotic (comparative more hypodicrotic, superlative most hypodicrotic)

more hypodicrotic (comparative)
most hypodicrotic (superlative)

a hypodicrotic pulse curve

(biology) Exhibiting retarded dicrotism.


subleaflet

(botany) A leaflet making up part of a subdivided (e.g. bipinnate) leaflet.


labiatiflorous

labiatiflorous (comparative more labiatiflorous, superlative most labiatiflorous)

more labiatiflorous (comparative)
most labiatiflorous (superlative)

The corollas of the ray are distinctly bilabiate, but anthers and style differ so much from all the labiatiflorous genera grouped together in the Tribe Mutisieae that the authors of the Genera Plantarum have judged best to join our genus with the Tribe Asteroideae, in which, if the shape of the corolla be disregarded, it finds a proper place next to Grindelia among the Homochromeae.

1888, William Hillebrand, Flora of the Hawaiian Islands:

(botany, very rare) Having labiate flowers (as the snapdragon).


seminific

(biology) Forming or producing semen; seminiferous.


beauvericin

en-noun

beauvericin (countable and uncountable, plural beauvericins)

(biochemistry) An enniatin depsipeptide with antibiotic and insecticidal effects, isolated from the fungus Beauveria bassiana.


brefeldin A

From Eupenicillium brefeldianum (a fungus in which it is found) + -in.

(biochemistry) A lactone antibiotic produced by fungal organisms such as Eupenicillium brefeldianum, inhibiting transport of proteins from ER to Golgi and inducing retrograde protein transport from the Golgi apparatus to the endoplasmic reticulum.


pardaxin

(biochemistry) A peptide produced by the Red Sea sole, used as a shark repellent.


paxilline

(biochemistry) A potassium channel blocker; a toxic, tremorgenic indole alkaloid produced by Penicillium paxilli.


triacsin C

(biochemistry) A potent vasodilator and inhibitor of long fatty acyl CoA synthetase.


vanabin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of vanadium-binding metalloproteins, found almost exclusively in the blood cells or vanadocytes of some ascidians and tunicates.


ascidiacean

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


saprophagan

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

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


postgenital

The carpels show various degrees of congenital or postgenital connation (Gut 1966; Ramp 1988).

2010, Klaus Kubitzki, Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae, page 279:

(botany) Appearing as an organism matures.


strongyloid

en-adj

strongyloid (comparative more strongyloid, superlative most strongyloid)

more strongyloid (comparative)
most strongyloid (superlative)

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


strongyloid

(zoology) Any worm of the genus Strongylus.


vibrion

(biology, archaic) A microorganism, especially one that is pathogenic.


sesquialteral

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

(botany, archaic) Having full florets accompanied by lesser ones.

(botany, archaic) Having half as many stamens as petals.

(entomology, archaic) Occupying a third of a wing or including a smaller band or spot in a larger one.


triflorous

a triflorous peduncle

(botany) Having or bearing three flowers or blooms.


caprimulgid

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


streptobacterium

(bacteriology) A supposed variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain.


accessory pigment

en-noun

accessory pigment (plural accessory pigments)

(botany) Any non-chlorophyll pigment present in a chloroplast that helps to absorb light but sends all the energy to a chlorophyll.


blenniid

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


stamineous

stamineous nectary

stamineous structure

stamineous flower

(botany) Of, relating to, or attached to stamens.


salsola

(botany) Any member of the genus Salsola of amarantaceous plants, including the saltwort.


tristigmatic

(botany) Having, or consisting of, three stigmas.


consound

Inherited from the Middle English consoude, consowde, consol, consold, consaud, consaude, from the Old English consolde, borrowed from the Old French consolde, consoulde, consoude, inherited from the Latin cōnsolida (“common confrey”), so called because of its supposed healing power.

a Plant commonly call’d the Great Consound or Comfrey; it has Stems which grow two or three Foot high: The Leaves are great, large, hairy, and of a dark Green; […] The small Consound is the most proper for healing of Wounds.

1725, Noel Chomel, Dictionaire Oeconomique: Or, The Family Dictionary:

(botany, obsolete) Any of several healing plants of the genera Symphytum, Consolida, Ajuga, Bellis, etc., especially comfrey.


pleuronectiform

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


pleuronectiform

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


scutibranch

(zoology) Any member of the Scutibranchiata.


proboscidial

en-adj

proboscidial (comparative more proboscidial, superlative most proboscidial)

more proboscidial (comparative)
most proboscidial (superlative)


siliquose

siliquose (comparative more siliquose, superlative most siliquose)

more siliquose (comparative)
most siliquose (superlative)
siliquous (alternative)

siliquose plants

siliquose capsules

(botany) Relating to, or resembling, siliques.


exoneme

(cytology) A dense, granular organelle that mediates the exit of parasites from an infected erythrocyte


guanylylcyclase

en-noun

guanylylcyclase (countable and uncountable, plural guanylylcyclases)

guanosine triphosphate
guanosine triphosphate

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the cyclization of guanosine triphosphate


invasin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins associated with the penetration of bacteria into mammalian cells


methylator

(biochemistry) Anything that causes methylation.


substrain

(biology) A subset of a strain, especially one derived from a single cell


ombrophile

(botany) Any plant that flourishes in a rainy environment.


visinin

(biochemistry) A protein found in the retinal cone cell.


embrithopod

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


adrenocholinergic

(biochemistry, physiology) Describing cholinergic effects produced by the adrenal gland


galanin

(biochemistry) A particular inhibitory neuropeptide


isogroup

(genetics) An assembled transcription sequence approximately equivalent to a gene


telotrochal

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

der

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


bilamellate

The stigma of the Mimulus is bilamellate.

(botany) Formed of two plates, or lamellae.

(botany) Having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.


subperiodic

(biology) Describing a circadian rhythm that is not precisely periodic


sarcodo

A name applied by Dujardin in 1835. Ancient Greek σαρκώδης (sarkṓdēs, “fleshy”). Compare sarcoid.

uder

In the sarcodo there takes place a process which may be in some measure compared with what occurs in the vitellus after the fecundation of an ovum. The granules becoming united together form groups, which soon divide and subdivide […]

1861, F. Rymer Jones, The General Structure of the Animal Kingdom, page 48:

(biology, obsolete) The gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.


sagittated

en-adj

sagittated (comparative more sagittated, superlative most sagittated)

more sagittated (comparative)
most sagittated (superlative)


epiphloeum

(botany) A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.


mesophloeum

From Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + φλόος (phlóos, “bark”).


houstonia

(botany) Any of the genus Houstonia of rubiaceous flowering plants.


serolin

(archaic, biochemistry) A fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.

(biochemistry) A substance found in faeces, thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile.


astacin

en-noun

astacin (countable and uncountable, plural astacins)

(biochemistry) Any of a group of endopeptidases containing a motif that binds zinc


geneticin

(biochemistry) An aminoglycoside antibiotic that blocks polypeptide synthesis


immunocytofluorescence

(cytology, immunology) The use of immunofluorescence to label cells


minimotif

(genetics) A short contiguous peptide motif


cystathionase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of cystathionine into cysteine


deoxygenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a deoxygenation reaction


deparaffinization

(cytology) The removal of paraffin wax from slides prior to staining


FGF

FGF (countable and uncountable, plural FGFs)

fibroblast growth factor
fibroblast growth factor#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of fibroblast growth factor.


slepez

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

bor

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


pediculate

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


tajassu

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

bor+

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

1915, George James Bruce, Brazil and the Brazilians:

(zoology, dated) The common or collared peccary.


sorediate

a sorediate lichen

[…] smooth and shiny with large soralia (actually, fruiting warts that have become sorediate and are rarely fertile) […]

2001, Irwin M. Brodo, Stephen Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Lichens of North America, page 527:

(botany) Pertaining to or characterized by the presence of many soredia.


electropherogram

(genetics) A plot of sequence data obtained via electrophoresis


monokine

(biochemistry) A cytokine produced by monocytes (or macrophages)


hyoscyamus

en-noun

hyoscyamus (countable and uncountable, plural hyoscyamuses or hyoscyami)

hyoscyamuses (plural)
hyoscyami (plural)

(botany) Any of the genus Hyoscyamus of henbanes.


pancentromeric

(genetics) Sensitive to both centromere-positive (aneugenic) and centromere-negative (clastogenic) events


prooxidant

prooxidants (plural)
pro-oxidant (alternative)

(biochemistry) Any substance that induces oxidative stress


oxidative stress

oxidative stress (countable and uncountable, plural oxidative stresses)

(biochemistry) damage caused to cells or tissue by reactive oxygen species


transsulfuration

(biochemistry) The metabolic interconversion of cysteine and homocysteine


valosin

(biochemistry) A gastrointestinal oligopeptide that stimulates gastric and exocrine pancreatic secretion


microspecies

(biology) A genotype that is perpetuated by apomixis.

(biology) A small population with limited genetic variability.


cycloisomerase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a cycloisomerization reaction


dechlorinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a dechlorination reaction


dehydrochlorinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a dehydrochlorination reaction


diauxic

(biology) Governed by two auxins, and thus ...


hyperhalophile

(biology) A halophile that can survive in extremely salty environments


pangenome

pangenomes (plural)
pan-genome (alternative)

Unlike the previous reference […] the new “pangenome” incorporates near-complete genetic sequences from 47 men and women of diverse origins, including African Americans, Caribbean Islanders, East Asians, West Africans and South Americans. […] But in due course, experts said, the pangenome will revolutionize the field of genomic medicine.

2023 May 10, Elie Dolgin, “Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome”, in The New York Times:

(genetics) The genome of all the strains of a particular clade (most commonly of bacteria and archaea).


pyrotagging

(genetics) sequencing by means of pyrotags


pyrotag

(genetics) A sequence derived from 454 pyrosequencing of PCR-based small subunit ribosomal RNA amplicons.


rhexolytic

(biology) Describing the dehiscence of a cell by the breakdown of the outer wall, between conidia


thiolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a thiol group.


matricellular

(biochemistry) Describing extracellular proteins that have a regulatory function in the formation of structural elements in vertebrates


membranotropic

en-adj

membranotropic (comparative more membranotropic, superlative most membranotropic)

more membranotropic (comparative)
most membranotropic (superlative)

(biochemistry, biology) That moves towards, or is active at biological membranes


ribotoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of toxic ribonucleases


isoacceptor

(biochemistry) Any of a group of transfer RNA acceptors that can accept the same amino acid


paleome

(genetics) The genome of an extinct species


phylodynamics

(biology, genetics) the study of genetic variation in pathogens, and the affect of such variation on their transmission etc.


heterosaccharide

(biochemistry) Any saccharide composed of more than one simple sugar


mechanobiology

(biology, mechanics) The study of the mechanics (physical forces and interactions) of biological systems


alloparent

And Hrdy further suggests that the immersion of human babies in a pool of alloparents would have honed the mind-reading skills and empathy that are so important to our species, faster than anything else.

2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin, published 2012, page 142:

In non-humans, alloparents include relatives who have kin-based incentives to help and nonrelatives who are under coercive threat or have no better option for survival.

2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 16, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:

Maybe my kids should spend more time with my sister and her kids. Maybe my colleague who has kids around the same age as mine, we should do more sleepovers. So there are all sorts of ways in which could imagine just bringing other alloparents into a relationship.

2023 June 9, Ezra Klein, quoting Kristen Ghodsee, “The Ezra Klein Show: What Communes and Other Radical Experiments in Living Together Reveal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(biology, sociology) An adult animal or person involved in parent-like behaviour towards an individual that is not his or her offspring.


hexanucleotide

(genetics) a codon containing six nucleotides


neopterin

(biochemistry) A pteridine, 2-amino-6-(1,2,3-trihydroxypropyl)-1H-pteridin-4-one, that is a catabolic product of guanosine triphosphate


multiseriate

multiseriate (comparative more multiseriate, superlative most multiseriate)

more multiseriate (comparative)
most multiseriate (superlative)


allatostatin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of neuropeptide hormones in insects and crustacea

alatostatina

any of a class of neuropeptide hormones in insects and crustacea


bursicon

en-noun

bursicon (countable and uncountable, plural bursicons)

(biochemistry) A heterodimeric protein that is an insect hormone which mediates tanning in the cuticle of adult flies


chemosensillum

chemosensillum (plural chemosensilla or chemosensillums)

chemosensilla (plural)
chemosensillums (plural)


glycoantigen

(biochemistry, immunology) Any carbohydrate that is an antigen


neuroprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein that is associated with the nervous system


preprohormone

By surface analysis, prepro- + hormone, or, by surface analysis, pre- + prohormone.

(biochemistry) The precursor of a prohormone.


sulfakinin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of neuropeptides found in crustaceans and insects.


autoinduction

(biochemistry) The expression of an enzyme that is responsible for the metabolism of the agent expressing it


biostratinomy

From bio- (“life”) + stratum (“layer”) + -nomy (“law”).

confix

(biology) The study of the processes that take place following the death of an organism


calcofluor

(cytology) A white stain that binds to cellulose and chitin in cell walls


caveosome

(cytology) A proposed membrane-bound organelle associated with caveolae


ecoresponsive

(genetics) Whose gene expression is dependent on environmental variables.


heterochromosome

(genetics) A chromosome rich in heterochromatin


hexosyl

(biochemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from a hexose


hyalinocyte

(cytology) An agranular haemocyte containing a central nucleus and little cytoplasm.


karyomorph

(genetics) A form of individual having a specific karyotype.


lampbrush

lampbrush chromosome
lampbrush chromosome

(genetics) Used attributively to refer to lampbrush chromosomes


lampbrush chromosome

en-noun

lampbrush chromosome (plural lampbrush chromosomes)

(genetics) A form of chromosome formed of a series of chromomeres with large chromatin loops extended laterally


microchromosome

(genetics) A very small chromosome found in birds and some reptiles


morphonuclear

(cytology) Relating to the shape of a cell nucleus


oxyconformity

(biology, physiology) The change in rate of oxygen consumption in the presence of varying oxygen levels in the environment.


proboscipedia

(biochemistry) A homeotic protein (and associated gene) required for the formation of labial and maxillary palps in flies


sporoplasm

sporoplasm (countable and uncountable, plural sporoplasms)

Sporoplasm varying considerably in size and shape, and sometimes filling all the extra-capsular portion of the shell cavity; in this condition presenting no evidence of segmentation.

1894, R. R. Gurley, The Myxosporidia, Or Psorosperms of Fishes, page 268:

The posterior half portion of the spore is filled with sporoplasm.

1917, Rokusaburo Kudo, “Myxobolus toyamai nov. spec., a new myxosporidian parasite in Cyprinus carpio L.”, in The Journal of Parasitology, volume 3, page 167:

Under appropriate conditions inside a suitable host, the polar tube is discharged through the thin anterior end of the spore, which penetrates the host cell, and is used to inoculate the infective sporoplasm and nucleus (one or two) into the host cell.

2006, Edward J. Bottone, Atlas of the Clinical Microbiology of Infectious Diseases:

(biology) The protoplasm of a spore, particularly in the myxospores.


subtelocentric

(genetics) (of a chromosome) having the centromere closer to one end than to the centre


syndapin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of membrane-active scaffold proteins that participate in endocytosis


terminalize

en-verb

terminalize (third-person singular simple present terminalizes, present participle terminalizing, simple past and past participle terminalized)

terminalizes (present singular third-person)
terminalizing (participle present)
terminalized (participle past)
terminalized (past)

(genetics) (of the bonds between paired chromosomes) To move towards the ends of the chromosomes during meiosis


terraranan

(zoology) Any frog of the genus Pristimantis.


ochreate

(botany) Provided with ochrea, or sheath-formed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass.


cytoband

(genetics, cytology) Any of a pattern of bands, formed on chromosomes of cells undergoing metaphase, that serve to identify particular chromosomes


ferrienterobactin

(biochemistry) An iron-chelating siderophore involved in the metabolism of iron


pseudorabies

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central nervous system
central nervous system

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

Aujeszky-betegség

a highly contagious herpes virus infection


androstanolone

From androstane + -olone (“steroid or steroid-like drug”).

af

(biochemistry, pharmacology) Synonym of dihydrotestosterone.


enkephalinase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that degrade endogenous enkephalin opioid peptides.


benzoyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of a benzoyl group


deetiolated

(botany) exposed to light after being grown in the dark


doublecortin

(biochemistry) A microtubule-associated protein expressed by neuronal precursor cells and immature neurons in embryonic and adult cortical structures.


epibrassinolide

Aegle marmelos
Aegle marmelos#Translingual

(biochemistry) A brassinosteroid isolated from Aegle marmelos


glucosylate

en-verb

glucosylate (third-person singular simple present glucosylates, present participle glucosylating, simple past and past participle glucosylated)

glucosylates (present singular third-person)
glucosylating (participle present)
glucosylated (participle past)
glucosylated (past)


hydroxycinnamoyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of a hydroxycinnamoyl group


hyperploid

(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds an exact multiple of the haploid number


hypoploid

(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that is less than an exact multiple of the haploid number


hypotriploid

(genetics) Having fewer than three chromosomes


metastriate

(entomology) Describing ticks (of the order Ixodida) in which the anal groove of the adult is behind the anus.


trihelix

(genetics) Any of a family of transcription factors found in Arabidopsis and other organisms


macin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of antimicrobial proteins


carboxylesterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a carboxylic ester


colanic acid

(biochemistry) An exopolysaccharide produced by many bacteria


enteropneust

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


nesprin

From nuclear + envelope + spectrin + repeat.

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins, found in the outer membrane of cell nuclei, that bind to actin or plectin filaments


plectin

en-noun

plectin (countable and uncountable, plural plectins)

(biochemistry) A very large protein that maintains the structural integrity of tissue


fasciolariid

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


pulvinate

en-adj

pulvinate (comparative more pulvinate, superlative most pulvinate)

more pulvinate (comparative)
most pulvinate (superlative)

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

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


superdomain

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(taxonomy) A taxonomic grouping above domain.

(biochemistry) Two or more conserved domains of nominally unrelated origin that appear in the same order in diverse proteins and are inherited as a single structural/functional unit.


hindneck

In this race, crown, nape and hindneck are always black.

2010, Shorebirds (John Marchant, Peter Hayman, Tony Prater), page 56

(ornithology) The area just below the nape of the neck (of a bird).


adiantoid

an adiantoid fern


tenrecid

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


salsolaceous

(botany) Belonging to the family Salsolaceae of salt-tolerant plants (now subfamily Salsoloideae in Amaranthaceae).


myoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein that occurs in muscle tissue.


melanoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein that contains melanin as a chromagen


amniochorion

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


antiproteinase

(biochemistry) Any inhibitor of proteinase activity


chondroclast

(cytology) A large, multinucleated cell involved in the resorption of calcified cartilage


sacculinid

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


oniscid

(zoology) Any of the Oniscidae; a woodlouse.


buxaceous

(botany) Of or relating to the family Buxaceae of the box trees and close relatives.


sarcoderm

(botany) A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments.


suberose

suberose (comparative more suberose, superlative most suberose)

more suberose (comparative)
most suberose (superlative)

Latin suber (“the cork tree”): compare French subéreux.


caenogastropod

(zoology) Any member of the Caenogastropoda.


coryphaenid

(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.


conotoxin

(biochemistry, toxicology) A neurotoxic peptide isolated from the venom of a marine cone snail of genus Conus.


endosomotropic

endosomotropic (comparative more endosomotropic, superlative most endosomotropic)

more endosomotropic (comparative)
most endosomotropic (superlative)

(biology) That move towards the endosomal compartment of a cell and accumulate there


epimorphic

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


gelonin

Gelonium multiflorum
Gelonium multiflorum

(biochemistry) A protein toxin found in the seeds of the Himalayan plant Gelonium multiflorum


intersubtype

(genetics) A recombinant formed of subtypes


lymphohistiocytic

(cytology, physiology) Relating to both lymphocytes and histiocytes


necroptosis

Blend of necrosis + apoptosis, as necroptosis combines characteristics of both processes.

(biology, cytology) A programmed form of necrosis.


prechondroblast

(cytology) A cell that develops into a chondroblast


spermatophore

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

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

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


amphoterin

(biochemistry) The nonhistone chromosomal protein HMG-1

anfoterina

the nonhistone chromosomal protein HMG-1


crenula

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


phosphosugar

(biochemistry) Any sugar (or higher carbohydrate) that is esterified with a phosphate group


meride

From French méride from Ancient Greek μερίς (merís, “a part”) (genitive μερίδος (merídos)).

The living matter which goes to make up elementary cells , the plastids and merides whose combination constitutes living beings , already assumes , in nucleated cells , a peculiar form giving it distinct specific characteristics[…]

1906, Louis-Lucien Baclé, Future Life in the Light of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science:


subphenotype

(biology, pathology) A subset of a phenotype that is characteristic of a subset of a population


thyrotrope

(cytology) An endocrine cell in the anterior pituitary which produces thyroid-stimulating hormone in response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone.


thyrotropin

en-noun

thyrotropin (countable and uncountable, plural thyrotropins)

thyrotropins (plural)
thyrotrophin (alternative)

(biochemistry) A thyroid-stimulating glycoprotein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.


polycystin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of glycoproteins, mutation of which is implicated in polycystic kidney disease.


agroinfiltration

(biology) The introduction of a suspension of Agrobacterium into a plant in order to add a specific gene


environmental audit

environmental audit (plural environmental audits)

(business, ecology) A set of evaluations conducted to measure the compliance of a legal entity with the environmental legislation and provide its management with recommendations on improving the environmental indicators.


holometabolous

(entomology) Pertaining to, or undergoing, holometabolism; going through complete metamorphosis.


isochorismate

(biochemistry) an intermediate in the biosynthesis pathways of insect respiration


procalcitonin

(biochemistry) A peptide precursor to the hormone calcitonin


subgranule

(cytology) A cell of the subgranular zone of the brain


ventrianal

(entomology) Between the abdomen and the anus.


viroplasmin

(biochemistry) A multifunctional viral protein.


wiskostatin

(biochemistry) An inhibitor, 1-(3,6-dibromocarbazol-9-yl)-3-(dimethylamino)propan-2-ol, that nonselectively perturbs membrane transport by decreasing cellular ATP levels


scyllarid

(zoology) Any slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae.


palinurid

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


plantaginaceous

(botany) Of or relating to the family Plantaginaceae of plantains and close relatives.


muricid

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


myzostomid

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


semiflightless

(zoology) Having very limited flying ability.


psophiid

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


liparid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Liparidae.


pholidophorid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Pholidophoridae.


leptolepid

(zoology) Any extinct fish in the family Leptolepidae.


chirocentrid

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


caturid

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


palaeoniscid

(zoology) Any extinct fish of the family Palaeoniscidae


tetrandrous

(botany) Belonging to the class Tetrandria


tetrandrian

(botany) Belonging to the class Tetrandria.


macrosympatric

(ecology, of species) Occurring together in large overlapping areas


muralytic

(biochemistry, of an enzyme) That removes a muramyl group from a compound


lutjanid

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


chelydrid

Some of the chelydrids are extinct.

(zoology) Any turtle in the family Chelydridae.


amphilinid

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


bluestripe

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


trachichthyid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Trachichthyidae.


monocentrid

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


eubelid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Eubelidae.


armadillidiid

(zoology) Any pill bug in the family Armadillidiidae.

armadilídeo

any member of the family Armadillidiidae


porcellionid

(zoology) Any woodlouse in the family Porcellionidae.


aristolochiaceous

(botany) Of or relating to the family Aristolochiaceae of tropical vines.


amphisbaenid

From scientific Latin Amphisbaenidae (family name).

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

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

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


annonaceous

The soursop fruit comes from an annonaceous plant.

Those of the biriba attain a diameter of six or eight inches, and have been pronounced to be the finest annonaceous fruit of tropical America.

1917 May 27, Vaughan MacCaughey, “The genus Annona in the Hawaiian islands”, in Torreya, a Monthly Journal of Botanical Notes and News, volume 17, number 5, page 76:

(botany) Of or pertaining to the soursop and other members of the Annonaceae family.


anobiid

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

anobiídeo

any member of the family Anobiidae of boring beetles


acanthisittid

(Ornithology) Any member of the Acanthisittidae.


acanthizid

(ornithology) Any member of the Acanthizidae.


acanthoceratid

(zoology) Any member of the Acanthoceratidae.


acanthochitonid

(zoology) Any member of the Acanthochitonidae.


acanthoclinid

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


acanthodrilid

(zoology) Any member of the Acanthodrilidae.


acanthonotozomatid

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


acanthosomatid

(entomology) Any member of the Acanthosomatidae.


acanthurid

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


acastid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Acastidae.


acavid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Acavidae.


accipitrid

(ornithology) Any member of the family Accipitridae of birds of prey.


acerentomid

(zoology) Any proturan in the family Acerentomidae.


achatinellid

(malacology) Any member of the family Achatinellidae of gastropods.


achatinid

(malacology) Any member of the Achatinidae.


achirid

(ichthyology) Any member of the Achiridae.


acipenserid

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

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

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

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

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

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


aclerdid

(entomology) Any member of the family Aclerdidae.


acmaeid

(malacology) Any gastropod in the family Acmaeidae.


acrasid

(biology) Any member of the slime mold family Acrasidae.


acridid

(entomology) Any member of the family Acrididae of locusts and related grasshoppers.


acrobatid

feather-tailed possum
feather-tailed possum

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


acrocerid

The Acrocerids are very curious and characteristic flies on account of their small head, large, bulbous thorax, inflated abdomen and large thoracic squamulae.

1907, William Lundbeck, Diptera Danica: Genera and Species of Flies Hitherto Found in Denmark, G.E.C. Gad, →OCLC:

The winged form of acrocerids is characterized by a great reduction in the size of the head, by very great increase of the thorax with weak legs, and by small, often costalized wings; the flies feed, if at all, on the nectar of flowers.

1974, Boris B. Rohdendorf, The Historical Development of Diptera, University of Alberta Press, →OCLC, page 86:

(entomology) Any fly of the family Acroceridae.


acrochordid

(herpetology) Any member of the family Acrochordidae.


acropomatid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Acropomatidae.


acroporid

(zoology) Any coral in the family Acroporidae.


acteonellid

acteonellids (plural)
actaeonellid (alternative)

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

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

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Acteonellidae.


acteonid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Acteonidae.


actinoceratid

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


actinolepid

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


acuariid

(zoology) Any nematode in the family Acuariidae.


adapid

(zoology) Any extinct primate of the family Adapidae


adapisoricid

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


adelid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Adelidae.


adelogyrinid

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


aderid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Aderidae.


adocid

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


adrianitid

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


aegeriid

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


aeglid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Aeglidae.


aegothelid

(zoology) Any member of the Aegothelidae.


aeolothripid

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


aepyornithid

(zoology) Any member of the Aepyornithidae.


aeshnid

(entomology) Any member of the Aeshnidae.


agaonid

(zoology) A fig wasp, of family Agaonidae.


agariciid

(zoology) Any stony coral in the family Agariciidae.


agelenid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Agelenidae.


ageneiosid

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


aglajid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Aglajidae.


agonid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Agonidae.


agonoxenid

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


agriolimacid

(malacology) Any member of the family Agriolimacidae.


agromyzid

(entomology) Any member of the family Agromyzidae.


agyrtid

(entomology) Any member of the family Agyrtidae.


aidid

Aidids have presumably homologous warts, although these do not bear long secondary setae.

1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, volumes 580-589, page 96:

(entomology) Any member of the family Aididae.


ailurid

From New Latin Ailuridae, as Ailurus + -id.

(mammalogy) Any member of the family Ailuridae.


akerid

(malacology) Any sea snail in the family Akeridae.


akysid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Akysidae.


albanerpetontid

The bones of strange amphibians known as albanerpetonids (sic), and the ancestors of the midwife toads, which are among the most ancient of European creatures, have been recovered, as have the bones of python-like snakes known as matsoiids, terrestrial crocodiles with serrated teeth, legless lizards, ancestral skink-like creatures, and whiptail lizards.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 25:

(paleontology) Any member of the family Albanerpetontidae.


albulid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Albulidae.


albuneid

(zoology) Any member of the family Albuneidae.


alcedinid

(ornithology) A kingfisher, any member of the family Alcedinidae.


alcyoniid

(zoology) Any member of the Alcyoniidae.


alepisaurid

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


alepocephalid

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


alestid

(ichthyology) Any member of the family Alestidae.


aleyrodid

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

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

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

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

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

aleirodídeo

any insect of the whitefly family, Aleyrodidae


alismatid

(zoology) Any member of the Alismatidae.


alloposid

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


allosaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Allosauridae.


almid

(zoology) Any annelid worm of the family Almidae.


alpheid

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


alveolinid

(biology) Any foraminifer in the family Alveolinidae.


alydid

(entomology) Any member of the family Alydidae, the broad-headed bugs.


amaltheid

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


amastrid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Amastridae.


amaurobiid

(arachnology) Any spider in the family Amaurobiidae.


ambassid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Ambassidae.


amblyopsid

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


amblystomid

(zoology, obsolete) Alternative form of ambystomid.


ambulocetid

(zoology) Any extinct cetacean in the family Ambulocetidae.


ambystomatid

(zoology) Any salamander of the family Ambystomatidae


whaitsiid

(zoology) Any therapsid in the family Whaitsiidae.


wynyardiid

(zoology) Any extinct marsupial in the family Wynyardiidae.


xenacanthid

(paleontology) Any prehistoric shark of the family Xenacanthidae.


xeniid

(zoology) Any soft coral in the family Xeniidae.


whatcheeriid

(zoology) Any member of the Whatcheeriidae.


wuttagoonaspid

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

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

(zoology) Any placoderm of the family Wuttagoonaspidae.


xarifiid

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

(zoology) Any copepod of the family Xarifiidae.


xenicid

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


xenisthmid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Xenisthmidae.


xenoceltitid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Xenoceltitidae.


xenodiscid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Xenodiscidae.


xenopeltid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Xenopeltidae.


xenophorid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Xenophoridae.


xenosaurid

(zoology) Any lizard in the family Xenosauridae.


xenoturbellid

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


xiphiid

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


xiphocentronid

(zoology) Any caddis fly in the family Xiphocentronidae.


xiphodontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Xiphodontidae.


xiphydriid

(zoology) Any of the family Xiphydriidae of woodwasps.


xyelid

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

1993, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada:

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Xyelidae.


xylocopid

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


xylomyid

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


xylophagid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Xylophagidae.


xyloryctid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Xyloryctidae.


xystodesmid

(zoology) Any millipede in the family Xystodesmidae.


yoldiid

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


younginid

(paleontology) Any member of the Younginidae.


yponomeutid

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

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

(zoology) Any moth in the family Yponomeutidae.


yunnanosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the Yunnanosauridae.


zanclodontid

(zoology) Any extinct reptile in the family Zanclodontidae.


zatracheid

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


zatrachydid

(zoology) Any member of the Zatrachydidae.


zeid

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

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

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Zeidae.


zerconid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Zerconidae.


zopherid

(entomology) Any member of the Zopheridae.


zorid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Zoridae.


zorocratid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Zorocratidae.


zoropsid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Zoropsidae.


zosteropid

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


zygopleurid

(zoology) Any member of the Zygopleuridae.


ambystomid

(zoology) Any salamander in the family Ambystomidae.


ameroseiid

(zoology) Any mite in the family Ameroseiidae.


ammodytid

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

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

(zoology) Any member of the Ammodytidae.


ammotrechid

(zoology) Any solifugid in the family Ammotrechidae.


ammoxenid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Ammoxenidae.


amnicolid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Amnicolidae.


amoebid

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


amorphoscelid

(zoology) Any mantis in the family Amorphoscelidae.


ampeliscid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Ampeliscidae.


ampharetid

(zoology) Any polychete in the family Ampharetidae.


amphibolid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Amphibolidae.


amphicyonid

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

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

(zoology) A member of the extinct Amphicyonidae family of carnivorans; a beardog.


amphidontid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Amphidontidae.


amphientomid

(zoology) Any booklouse in the family Amphientomidae.


amphignathodontid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Amphignathodontidae.


amphilestid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Amphilestidae.


amphiliid

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


amphilochid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Amphilochidae.


amphinectid

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


amphinomid

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


amphipsocid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Amphipsocidae.


amphipterygid

(zoology) Any damselfly in the family Amphipterygidae.


amphitheriid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Amphitheriidae.


amphitretid

(zoology) Any octopus in the family Amphitretidae.


amphiumid

(zoology) Any member of the Amphiumidae.


amphiurid

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Amphiuridae.


amphizoid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Amphizoidae.


amphoriscid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Amphoriscidae.


ampulicid

(zoology) Any member of the Ampulicidae.


ampullariid

(zoology) Any member of the Ampullariidae.


ampullinid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Ampullinidae.


amynodontid

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


anabantid

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


anabathrid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Anabathridae.


anablepid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Anablepidae.


anacanthobatid

(zoology) Any skate in the family Anacanthobatidae.


anacoracid

(zoology) Any shark in the family Anacoracidae.


anamixid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Anamixidae.


anapid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Anapidae.


anarhichadid

(zoology) Any member of the Anarhichadidae.


anaspidid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Anaspididae.


anatid

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


anatomid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Anatomidae.


anaxyelid

(zoology) Any wood wasp in the family Anaxyelidae.


anchariid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Anchariidae.


anchisaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Anchisauridae.


ancorinid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Ancorinidae.


ancylid

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


ancyloceratid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Ancyloceratidae.


ancylostomatid

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


andrenid

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


anguid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anguidae.


anguillid

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


anhanguerid

(zoology) Any pterosaur of the family Anhangueridae.


anhimid

(ornithology) Any member of the family Anhimidae, the screamers.


aniliid

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


anisakid

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

2016 September 27, Kurt Buchmann, Foojan Mehrdana, “Effects of anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (s.l.), Pseudoterranova decipiens (s.l.) and Contracaecum osculatum (s.l.) on fish and consumer health”, in ScienceDirect:

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


anisembiid

(zoology) Any webspinner in the family Anisembiidae.


anisoceratid

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


anisogammarid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Anisogammaridae.


anisopodid

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


anniellid

(zoology) Any member of the family Anniellidae.


annulariid

(zoology) Any member of the family Annulariidae.


anomalepid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Anomalepidae.


anomalepidid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Anomalepididae.


anomalomyid

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


anomalopid

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


anomalurid

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


anomiid

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


anomocarid

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


anomphalid

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


anoplopomatid

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


anoplotheriid

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

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

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


anostomid

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


anostostomatid

(entomology) Any member of the Anostostomatidae, the wetas.


anotopterid

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


antedonid

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


antennariid

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


antennophorid

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


anteosaurid

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


anthaspidellid

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


antheacherid

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


anthelid

(entomology) Any of the moths in the family Anthelidae.


anthicid

From translingual Anthicidae, from Anthicus.

(entomology) Any of the beetles in the family Anthicidae.


anthocorid

(entomology) Any member of the insect family Anthocoridae, the minute pirate bugs, pirate bugs, or flower bugs.


anthomyiid

(zoology) Any member of the fly family Anthomyiidae.

antomiídeo

any member of the fly family Anthomyiidae


anthomyzid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Anthomyzidae.


anthophorid

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


anthracobunid

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


anthracoceratid

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


anthracomartid

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


anthracosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the extinct family Anthracosauridae.


anthracotheriid

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

surf

(zoology) Any mammal of the extinct family Anthracotheriidae.


antilocaprid

Antilocapra americana
Antilocapra americana#Translingual

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


antipathid

(zoology) Any coral in the family Antipathidae.


antrodiaetid

(zoology) Any member of the Antrodiaetidae.


anurognathid

Some fed on fish and dead floating animals, while others, like the anurognathids, may have chased insects on the wing.

2014, Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva, Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico, page 130:

(zoology) Any pterosaur of the family Anurognathidae.


anyphaenid

(zoology) Any spider in the family Anyphaenidae.


aotid

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


apatelodid

(zoology) Any moth of the family Apatelodidae.


apatemyid

(zoology) Any extinct mammal in the family Apatemyidae.


aperid

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


aphantochilid

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


aphelinid

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

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

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


aphidid

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


aphidiid

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


aphredoderid

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


aphrophorid

(zoology) Any spittlebug in the family Aphrophoridae.


aphyonid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Aphyonidae.


apiocerid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Apioceridae.


aploactinid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Aploactinidae.


aplocheilid

(zoology) Any killifish in the family Aplocheilidae.


aplochitonid

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


aplodontid

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


aplysiid

(zoology) Any sea hare in the family Aplysiidae.


apodid

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


aporrhaid

(zoology) Any mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae.


apteronotid

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


apterygid

(zoology) Any member of the Apterygidae.


aracanid

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


arachnoidid

(zoology) Any echinoderm of the family Arachnoididae.


aradid

(entomology) Any member of the family Aradidae, the flat bugs.


araxoceratid

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


arbaciid

(zoology) Any sea urchin in the family Arbaciidae.


archaeid

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


archaeobalanid

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


archaeohyracid

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


archaeolemurid

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


archaeonycteridid

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


archaeopterygid

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


archasterid

(zoology) Any starfish in the family Archasteridae.


archegosaurid

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


archeocrypticid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Archeocrypticidae.


archeriid

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


archinacellid

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


archipsocid

(entomology) Any booklouse in the family Archipsocidae.


architectonicid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Architectonicidae.


arcticid

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


arctiid

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


arctocyonid

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


arcturid

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


ardeid

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


arecid

(botany) Any member of the subclass Arecidae of certain monocots, such as palms.


areneid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Areneidae


arenicolid

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


argentinid

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


argonautid

(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.


argyresthiid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Argyresthiidae.


arietitid

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


ariid

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


arionid

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


ariophantid

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


arixeniid

(zoology) Any earwig in the family Arixeniidae.


armenoceratid

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


arminid

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


arripid

(zoology) Any of the fish in the family Arripidae


artamid

(zoology) Any bird of the family Artamidae.


artedidraconid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Artedidraconidae


arthroleptid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Arthroleptidae.


arthropleurid

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


arvicolid

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


asaphid

(paleontology) Any trilobite of the order Asaphida.


ascalaphid

(entomology) Any member of the family Ascalaphidae of owlflies.


ascaphid

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


ascaridid

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


ascid

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


ascidiid

(zoology) Any of the tunicates in the family Ascidiidae


ascoceratid

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Ascoceratidae


asellid

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


asilid

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


asopid

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


aspidoceratid

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


aspidodiadematid

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


aspidorhynchid

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


aspidosiphonid

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


aspredinid

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


assamiid

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

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

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


assimineid

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


astacid

(zoology) Any of the crayfish in the family Astacidae


astartid

(zoology) Any of the family Astartidae of bivalves.


asteiid

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


asteriid

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


asterosteid

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


asterinid

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


asterolecaniid

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


astrapotheriid

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


astroblepid

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


astrocoeniid

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


astropectinid

(zoology) Any in the family Astropectinidae of starfishes.


ataphrid

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


atelecyclid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Atelecyclidae.


ateleopodid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Ateleopodidae.


atelestid

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


atelid

(zoology) Any monkey in the family Atelidae.


atelurid

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


athericid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Athericidae.


atherinid

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


atherinopsid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Atherinopsidae.


athoracophorid

(zoology) Any slug in the family Athoracophoridae.


atlantid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Atlantidae.


atlantosaurid

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


atoposaurid

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


atractaspidid

(zoology) Any snake in the family Atractaspididae.


atrichornithid

(zoology) Any member of the Atrichornithidae.


attid

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


atyid

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


atylid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Atylidae.


auchenipterid

(zoology) Any catfish of the family Auchenipteridae.


augaptilid

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


aulacid

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


aulacigastrid

(zoology) Any fly in the family Aulacigastridae.


aulopid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Aulopidae of flagfins.


aulorhynchid

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


aulostomid

(zoology) Any of the family Aulostomidae of trumpetfishes.


ausktribosphenid

(zoology) Any member of the Ausktribosphenidae.


avimimid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Avimimidae.


avisaurid

(zoology) Any extinct bird (or bird relative) of the family Avisauridae.


avsunviroid

(biology) Any viroid in the family Avsunviroidae.


axiid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Axiidae.


axinellid

(zoology) Any sponge in the family Axinellidae.


axymyiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Axymyiidae.


baculitid

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


baenid

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


bagrid

(zoology) Any in the family Bagridae pf naked catfishes.


bakevelliid

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


balaenid

(zoology) Any member of the family Balaenidae; a right whale.


balaenopterid

(zoology) Any member of family Balaenopteridae of rorqual whales.


balanid

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


balbarid

His research, which has focused on the few partial kangaroo skeletons found, has provided insights into why the bulungamayine kangaroos were so successful while the balbarids vanished.

2004, Tim Flannery, Country: A Continent, a Scientist & Kangaroo, Text Publishing, page 118:

The other interesting feature of the balbarids is that they may not have hopped because the forelimbs and hindlimbs were of similar length and they had the first digit on each hind foot, similar to the Musky Rat-kangaroo.

2010, Stephen Jackson, Karl Vernes, Kangaroo: A portrait of an extraordinary marsupial, Allen & Unwin, page 15:

As in the late Oligocene, the most diverse macropodoids of the early Miocene are balbarids.

2012, Karen H. Black et al., “The Rise of Australian Marsupials”, in John A. Talent, editor, Earth and Life: Global Biodiversity, Extinction Intervals and Biogeographic Perturbations Through Time, Springer, page 1026:

(zoology) Any member of the family †Balbaridae of extinct kangaroos.


balistid

(zoology) Any triggerfish in the family Balistidae.


balitorid

(zoology) Any of the hillstream loaches in the family Balitoridae.


baltoceratid

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


banjosid

(zoology) Any member of the family Banjosidae, which contains only one known species: Banjos banjos (banjofish).


baphetid

(zoology) Any of the extinct early tetrapods in the family Baphetidae.


baptornithid

(zoology) Any member of the Baptornithidae.


barbourofelid

(zoology) Any of the large catlike extinct carnivores in the family Barbourofelidae.


barleeid

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


barychelid

(zoology) Any spiders in the family Barychelidae.


baryonychid

(zoology) Any of the dinosaurs in the family Baryonychidae, a synonym for the Spinosauridae.


basilosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct cetacean of the family Basilosauridae.


batagurid

It is perhaps instructive to note that tropical riverine batagurids, although more similar to other river-dwelling lineages in reproductive patterns than to other semi-aquatic and terrestrial batagurids, still tend to have lower fecundities and bigger eggs relative to their body sizes than do the other groups (e.g., riverine emydids, trionychids, and podocnemids) (Moll & Moll, 1990).

2004, Don Moll, The Ecology, Exploitation and Conservation of River Turtles, page 46:

(zoology) Any member of the Bataguridae (now Geoemydidae).


bateid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Bateidae.


bathycheilid

(zoology) Any trilobite in the family Bathycheilidae.


bathyclupeid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathyclupeidae.


bathycrinid

(zoology) Any crinoid in the family Bathycrinidae.


bathydraconid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathydraconidae.


bathyergid

(zoology) Any rodent in the family Bathyergidae.


bathylagid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathylagidae.


bathymasterid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bathymasteridae.


bathynomid

(zoology) Any isopod in the family Bathynomidae, now considered a synonym for the Cirolanidae.


bathysaurid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Bathysauridae of deepwater lizardfishes.


bathysciadiid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Bathysciadiidae.


bathyteuthid

(zoology) Any of the deep ocean squids in the family Bathyteuthidae.


batillariid

(zoology) Any gastropod of the family Batillariidae.


batrachoidid

From translingual Batrachoididae, from Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”).

der

(zoology) Any fish in the family Batrachoididae, the toadfishes.


bauriid

(zoology) Any of the extinct therapsids in the family Bauriidae.


baurusuchid

(zoology) Any extinct crocodile-like reptile in the family Baurusuchidae.


bdellourid

(zoology) Any of the tricladid flatworms in the family Bdellouridae.


bedelliid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Bedelliidae.


bedotiid

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Bedotiidae.


bellerophontid

(zoology) Any member of the family †Bellerophontidae of extinct gastropods or monoplacophorans.


belliid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Belliidae.


belonid

(zoology) Any member of the family Belonidae of needlefishes.


belontiid

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


belosaepiid

(zoology) Any member of the Belosaepiidae.


belostomatid

(zoology) Any insect of the family Belostomatidae, such as a toe biter.


bembrid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bembridae.


benthosuchid

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


berothid

In about one to three minutes, the termite collapses, paralyzed. After waiting another minute or so, the berothid moves in to feed at its leisure, which it can afford to do, since the termite remains motionless and paralyzed for up to three hours, whereupon it expires whether it's eaten or not.

1993, May Berenbaum, Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers, page 124:

Berothids, beaded lacewings, are fairly common in the warmer parts of North America where termites are abundant.

2002, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, page 186:

Information on larval morphology, especially of African berothids, remains almost unknown (New 1986; Minter 1990).

2006, Entomological Society of Southern Africa, African Entomology: Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, volume 14, page 1:

(zoology) Any insect of the beaded lacewing family, Berothidae.


berriasellid

(zoology) Any ammonite in the family Berriasellidae, now considered to be the subfamily Berriasellinae of the Neocomitidae (as the Neocomitinae, the Neocomitidae was formerly considered to be a subfamily of the Berriasellidae).


berycid

(zoology) Any member of the family Berycidae, the squirrelfish.


berytid

(zoology) Any of the family Berytidae of stilt bugs or thread bugs.


bethylid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Bethylidae.


bibionid

(zoology) Any of the family Bibionidae of March flies.


bipedid

(zoology) Any member of the family Bipedidae.


biphyllid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Biphyllidae.


bithyniid

(zoology) Any gastropod of the family Bithyniidae.


bittacid

(zoology) Any insect in the mecopteran family Bittacidae; a hangingfly.


blaberid

(entomology) Any of the family Blaberidae of cockroaches.


blasticotomid

(zoology) Any sawfly of the family Blasticotomidae.


blastobasid

(zoology) Any moth of the family Blastobasidae.


blikanasaurid

(zoology) Any dinosaur of the sauropodomorph family Blikanasauridae.


bodotriid

(zoology) Any crustacean of the family Bodotriidae.


boganiid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Boganiidae.


bolitaenid

(zoology) Any octopus of the family Bolitaenidae.


bolosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct parareptile of the family Bolosauridae.


bolyeriid

(zoology) Any snake of the family Bolyeriidae.


bombinatorid

(zoology) Any toad of the family Bombinatoridae.


bombycillid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Bombycillidae.


bombyliid

(zoology) Any member of the family Bombyliidae, the bee flies.


bomolochid

(zoology) Any copepod of the family Bomolochidae.


bopyrid

(zoology) Any isopod of the family Bopyridae.


borborid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Borboridae (now Sphaeroceridae).


boreid

(zoology) Any scorpionfly in the Boreidae.


borhyaenid

They eat the low vegetation cautiously and with eyes alert, constantly on the lookout for borhyaenids: pouched predators and relatives of marsupials with hyena-like crushing jaws and grooved, ever-growing canines.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 63:

(zoology) Any of the extinct marsupial-like mammals of the family Borhyaenidae.


borid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Boridae.


bornellid

(zoology) Any sea slug in the family Bornellidae.


bostrichid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Bostrichidae.


bothid

1978, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services, Development of Fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, [page 125],
Accepting this classification, the bothids can be distinguished from the pleuronectids and the soles by usually having both eyes on the left side of the head.

Bothids are left-eyed flounders, that is, both eyes are found on the left side of the adults after metamorphosing from the more traditional one-eye-per-side mode as post-larvae.

1994, G. H. Burgess, S. H. Smith, E. D. Lane, “11: Fishes of the Cayman Islands”, in M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies, editors, The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography, volume 71, page 222:

Among the flatfish, bothids are mainly found in deeper, less muddy situations while cynoglossids occur in shallower muddy areas.

1997, S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries, page 106:

(zoology) Any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.


bothremydid

But the European fossils are from a most unusual branch of the family known as bothremydids.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 29:

(paleontology) Any extinct turtle of the family Bothremydidae.


bothriderid

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Bothrideridae.


bothriembryontid

(zoology) Any snail of the family Bothriembryontidae.


bothriurid

(zoology) Any scorpion in the family Bothriuridae.


botiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Botiidae.


bougainvilliid

(zoology) Any hydroid of the family Bougainvilliidae.


bovichtid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Bovichtidae.


brachaelurid

(zoology) Any shark of the family Brachaeluridae.


brachionichthyid

(zoology) Any anglerfish of the family Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes.


brachioteuthid

(zoology) Any squid of the family Brachioteuthidae.


brachycephalid

(zoology) Any of the toads or frogs in the family Brachycephalidae.


brachyopid

(zoology) Any extinct primitive amphibian of the family Brachyopidae.


brachystelechid

(zoology) Any extinct microsaur of the family Brachystelechidae.


bradybaenid

(zoology) Any snail of the family Bradybaenidae.


bradynobaenid

(zoology) Any wasp of the family Bradynobaenidae.


bradypodid

(zoology) Any sloth in the Bradypodidae.


brahmaeid

(zoology) Any moth of the family Brahmaeidae.


bramid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bramidae, the pomfrets.


branchinectid

(zoology) Any fairy shrimp of the family Branchinectidae.


branchiosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct amphibian of the family Branchiosauridae.


branchiostegid

(zoology) Any fish of the family Branchiostegidae, now considered the subfamily Latilinae of the family Malacanthidae of tilefishes.


branchiostomid

(zoology) Any lancelet of the family Branchiostomidae.


branchipodid

(zoology) Any fairy shrimp of the family Branchipodidae


brancoceratid

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


brasilodontid

(zoology) Any cynodont of the family Brasilodontidae, relatives of the early mammals.


brassolid

(zoology) Any butterfly of the family Brassolidae, now considered to be the tribe Brassolini of the nymphalid subfamily Morphinae.


braulid

(zoology) Any of the wingless parasitic flies in the family Braulidae, the bee lice.


bregmacerotid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bregmacerotidae, the codlets.


brevicipitid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Brevicipitidae.


briareid

(zoology) Any soft corals of the family Briareidae.


brithopodid

(zoology) Any of the extinct carnivorous therapsids in the family Brithopodidae.


brontornithid

(zoology) Any of the giant extinct carnivorous birds in the phorusrhacid subfamily Brontornithinae (formerly the family Brontornithidae).


brontotheriid

(zoology) Any of the extinct rhinoceros-like mammals in the family Brontotheriidae.


bruchid

(zoology) Any of the bean weevils in the family Bruchidae, now considered to be the chrysomelid subfamily Bruchinae.


bryid

(zoology) Any moss in the family Bryidae.


bucaniid

(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Bucaniidae.


bucconid

(zoology) Any member of the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds.


bucculatricid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Bucculatricidae.


bucephalid

(zoology) Any of the parasitic flatworms in the family Bucephalidae.


bucerotid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Bucerotidae, the hornbills.


bufonid

(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.


bulimulid

(zoology) Any snail in the family Bulimulidae.


bullinid

(zoology) Any sea snail in the family Bullinidae, now considered a synonym for the Aplustridae.


buphagid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Buphagidae, the oxpeckers.


burhinid

(ornithology) Any bird in the family Burhinidae, the stone curlews and thick-knees.


burnetiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Burnetiidae.


burramyid

(zoology) Any of the pygmy possums in the family Burramyidae.


bursid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Bursidae.


buthid

(zoology) Any scorpion in the family Buthidae.


byrrhid

(zoology) Any member of the family Byrrhidae.


bythitid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Bythitidae, the brotulas.


bythograeid

(zoology) Any member of the family Bythograeidae.


byturid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Byturidae.


cacatuid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Cacatuidae, the cockatoos.


caddid

(zoology) Any arachnid in the family Caddidae.


caecid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Caecidae.


caeciliid

(zoology) Any of the wormlike amphibians in the family Caeciliidae.


caeciliusid

(zoology) Any barklouse in the family Caeciliusidae.


caenagnathid

(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Caenagnathidae.


caenid

(entomology) Any mayfly in the family Caenidae.


caenolestid

(zoology) Any member of the family Caenolestidae of shrew opossums.


caesionid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Caesionidae.


calanid

(zoology) Any member of the Calanidae, a family of copepods.


calanticid

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


calappid

(zoology) Any crab in the family Calappidae.


caliphyllid

(zoology) Any member of the Caliphyllidae.


callaeid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Callaeidae.


callanthiid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Callanthiidae.


callianassid

(zoology) Any crustacean in the family Callianassidae.


callichthyid

(zoology) Any catfish in the family Callichthyidae.


callidulid

(zoology) Any moth in the family Callidulidae.


callimiconid

(zoology) A monkey in the family Callimiconidae, now considered to be part of the family Callitrichidae; a Goeldi's marmoset.


callionymid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets.


calliopiid

(zoology) Any amphipod in the family Calliopiidae.


calliostomatid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Calliostomatidae.


calliphorid

(entomology) Any fly in the family Calliphoridae.


callorhinchid

(zoology) Any fish in the family Callorhinchidae.


calmoniid

(zoology) Any member of family †Calmoniidae of trilobites.


calopterygid

(zoology) Any damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.


caluromyid

(zoology) Any opossum of the family Caluromyidae, now considered to be the didelphid subfamily Caluromyinae.


calymenid

(zoology) Any trilobite of the family Calymenidae.


calyptraeid

(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Calyptraeidae.


camaenid

(zoology) Any land snail of the family Camaenidae.


camarasaurid

(zoology) Any member of the family Camarasauridae of dinosaurs of the late Jurassic.


cambarid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cambaridae of crayfish of North America.


camillid

(zoology) Any fly of the family Camillidae.


campanilid

(zoology) Any member of the family Campanilidae.


campanulariid

(zoology) Any of the hydroid family Campanulariidae.


campephagid

(zoology) Any bird in the family Campephagidae; a cuckooshrike.


campodeid

(zoology) Any dipluran arthropod of the family Campodeidae.