oscinine

oscinine (comparative more oscinine, superlative most oscinine)

more oscinine (comparative)
most oscinine (superlative)

(ornithology) Of or pertaining to the Oscines, or songbirds (birds of the clade Passeri).


infumated

en-adj

infumated (comparative more infumated, superlative most infumated)

more infumated (comparative)
most infumated (superlative)

(entomology) Having a cloudy appearance.


infralabial

(zoology) Below the lower lip; said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.


organonymy

Designation of Organs - Organonymy

1882, Burt Green Wilder, Anatomical Technology:

(biology) The designation or nomenclature of organs.


dendrolite

From dendro- + -lite, from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

(paleontology) A petrified or fossilised tree, plant, or part of a plant.


forficate

forficate (comparative more forficate, superlative most forficate)

more forficate (comparative)
most forficate (superlative)

(zoology, said mostly of tails of certain birds) Deeply forked


vaginant

A vaginant leaf is one investing the stem or branch by its base, which has the form of a tube.

vaginant lamina


ostracite

(paleontology, archaic) A fossil oyster.


gemmiparity

(biology) reproduction by budding; gemmation


arquated

arquated (comparative more arquated, superlative most arquated)

more arquated (comparative)
most arquated (superlative)

(archaic, zoology, botany) shaped like a bow (curve); arched; curved.


epacris

(botany) Any of the genus Epacris of shrubs.


altrices

Borrowed from Latin altrīcēs, plural of altrīx (“nourisher”).


siphuncled

(zoology) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.


anthozoic

(zoology, archaic) Of or pertaining to the anthozoans (any member of Anthozoa, the corals, sea pens and sea anemones).


embryoniferous

From Latin embryō (stem embryōn-) + -iferous.

embryoniferous cirrus

embryoniferous ovum

(biology) Having, or producing, an embryo.


urodelian

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the salamanders of Urodela (synonym of Caudata).


urodelian

Salamanders are urodelians.

(zoology) Any member of the Urodela (synonym of Caudata).


conirostral

(obsolete, zoology) Belonging to the former tribe Conirostres of perching birds with strong, conical beaks.


strobilaceous

strobilaceous (comparative more strobilaceous, superlative most strobilaceous)

more strobilaceous (comparative)
most strobilaceous (superlative)

strobilaceous stroma

strobilaceous inflorescence

(botany) Of or pertaining to a strobile or cone.

strobilaceous bud


floscularian

(zoology) Any of the rotifers of the genus Floscularia.


tentaculiferous

tentaculiferous (comparative more tentaculiferous, superlative most tentaculiferous)

more tentaculiferous (comparative)
most tentaculiferous (superlative)

tentaculiferous arm

tentaculiferous disc

tentaculiferous cephalopod

(zoology) Producing or bearing tentacles.


racemulose

racemulose (comparative more racemulose, superlative most racemulose)

more racemulose (comparative)
most racemulose (superlative)

(botany, dated) Growing in very small racemes.


interbrachial

interbrachial arcs

interbrachial septa


wing-handed

(archaic, zoology) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, such as bats, flying foxes or pterodactyls.


notidanian

(zoology) Any of various sharks of the obsolete family Notidanidae, at present corresponding to the Hexanchidae.


globiferous

globiferous (comparative more globiferous, superlative most globiferous)

more globiferous (comparative)
most globiferous (superlative)

globiferous organ

globiferous pedicellariae

(zoology) Having a round or globular tip.


kerasin

en-noun

kerasin (usually uncountable, plural kerasins)

(biochemistry, archaic) A nitrogenous substance, free from phosphorus, supposed to be present in the brain, and closely related to cerebrin.


endophyllous

an endophyllous parasite lives within the leaf


latisternal

Latin latus (“broad”) + English sternal.

latisternal ape

(zoology, archaic) Having a broad breastbone, or sternum (said of Pithecina, a former taxonomic classification that is now probably Pitheciidae or Pithecia)


amygdalic

From amygdala + -ic. By surface analysis, amygdal- + -ic.

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) Of, from, or pertaining to almonds or amygdalin.


urosternite

(zoology) The sternal or lower of any of the segments of insects and other arthropods, often described as genitalia.


rectinerved

en-adj

rectinerved (comparative more rectinerved, superlative most rectinerved)

more rectinerved (comparative)
most rectinerved (superlative)

(botany, of leaves) Having straight veins or nerves.


ramigerous

ramigerous (comparative more ramigerous, superlative most ramigerous)

more ramigerous (comparative)
most ramigerous (superlative)

From Latin ramus (“a branch”) + -gerous.


germule

A seed will lie hidden in the earth, below the search of air and sun, in a latent state, for ages; yet, when thrown near the surface it germinates. But life is not in the body of the seed, but a germule within the seed and within a cell.

1881, James Barr Walker, Experiences of Pioneer Life in the Early Settlements and Cities of the West, page 301:


Bathybius

Latin, from Ancient Greek. See bathy-. Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley.

(zoology, obsolete) A gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.


ovulist

(biology, historical) A believer in the theory (ovism or ovulism) that an organism is entirely preformed in the egg, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gives the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations are enclosed one within the other.


xenoplasty

(zoology) Transplantation between different species or genera.


reculture

en-verb

reculture (third-person singular simple present recultures, present participle reculturing, simple past and past participle recultured)

recultures (present singular third-person)
reculturing (participle present)
recultured (participle past)
recultured (past)

The colonies in each well were pooled and recultured for characterization and storage.

2015 August 29, “Generation of SNCA Cell Models Using Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) Technology for Efficient High-Throughput Drug Screening”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(transitive, biology) To culture again or anew.


annuloid

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida, an obsolete classification of various annelids and similar animals.


vitrella

(archaic, zoology) One of the transparent lens-like cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.


cypripedium

From translingual Cypripedium (genus name).

The cyprepedium from South America is supposed to be of larger size and brighter colours than that from North America […].

1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 201:

(botany) A member of the orchid genus Cypripedium.


tichorrhine

From Ancient Greek τείχος (teíkhos, “wall”) + -ῥῑνός, genitive of ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s, “nose”).

(paleontology, used to describe a fossil rhinoceros) Having a vertical bony medial septum supporting the nose.


bispinose

bispinose apices

bispinose legs


trapezate

en-adj

trapezate (comparative more trapezate, superlative most trapezate)

more trapezate (comparative)
most trapezate (superlative)

(archaic, entomology) Having the shape of a trapezium; trapeziform.


frondiferous

frondiferous (comparative more frondiferous, superlative most frondiferous)

more frondiferous (comparative)
most frondiferous (superlative)

From Latin frondifer. By surface analysis, frond + -i- + -ferous.

surf

frondiferous leaves

frondiferous plant


hypognathous

(zoology) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper jaw.


vasculose

(botany, obsolete) One of the substances of which vegetable tissue is composed, differing from cellulose in its solubility in certain media.


homogony

(botany) The condition of having homogonous flowers.


necrophagan

(entomology, obsolete) Any of the former tribe Necrophaga of beetles that feed on carrion.


homomallous

From homo- + Ancient Greek μαλλός (mallós, “lock of wool”) + -ous.

der

(botany) Uniformly bending or curving to one side; said of leaves that grow on several sides of a stem.


stipuled

en-adj

stipuled (comparative more stipuled, superlative most stipuled)

more stipuled (comparative)
most stipuled (superlative)

(botany) having stipules (leaf appendages).


palpocil

(zoology) A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.


anneloid

(dated, zoology) Any animal resembling an annelid.


fruticant

fruticant (comparative more fruticant, superlative most fruticant)

more fruticant (comparative)
most fruticant (superlative)

From Latin fruticans, present participle of fruticare (“to become bushy”), from frutex, fruticis (“shrub”).

These we shall divide into the Greater and more Ceduous , Fruticant and shrubby ; Feras and wild ; or more Civiliz'd and domestique

1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:


heteropodous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda (any of the zoological subdivisions).


strombite

(paleontology) A fossil shell of the genus Strombus.


caudad

From Latin cauda (“tail”) + ad (“to”). By surface analysis, caudo- + -ad.

(zoology) backwards; toward the tail or posterior part


coprophagan

/ˌkɒpɹəˈfeɪɡən/

(zoology) Any of a number of beetles that feeds on dung.


fissigemmation

(biology, archaic) A form of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.


spongoblast

(zoology) In sponges, one of the cells that secrete spongin.


anthoid

The functional reproductive units are either rather simple anthoids (as found in e.g., all or nearly all monocotyledons, and in amentiferous and most of the other monochlamydeous forms) or more intricately organised holanthocormoids (almost always, if not exclusively, zoophilous).

1979, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Proceedings: Biological and medical sciences. Series C, page 350:

The assumption that in holanthocormous flowers the gonoclad bracts provided the sepaloid elements and the monandra the semaphyllous (petaloid) ones, whereas in anthoids only merandrial perianth members (tepals) can be present (each gonoclad bract remaining a bract subtending the anthoid), is in good agreement with the conditions actually encountered, the more so since we find that the theory requires a prevalence of solitary flowers in taxa with holanthocormous flowers, and of racemoid aggregates of anthoids in other taxa.

1986, A. D. J. Meeuse, Anatomy of Morphology, page 47:

The distal spikelets are reduced to solitary flowers (anthoids) leaving the raised areole-like elliptical scars when detached.

1997, Valentin A. Krassilov, Angiosperm Origins: Morphological and Ecological Aspects, page 94:

Lam (1950), for example, divided the angiosperms into phyllosporous and stachysporous groups, whereas Meeuse (1986) in his Anthocorm Theory suggests that there are at least two different kinds of flower (or in Meeuse's terminology FRUs, functional reproductive units): holoanths and anthoids.

2011, Else Marie Friis, Peter R. Crane, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution, →ISBN, page 143:

According to this hypothesis the Pandanalean flower would be an anthoid, and "... a number of magnoliophytic taxa are primarily aphananthous (e.g. palms, amentiferous groups, Urticales) and if they are zoophilous, have secondarily acquired this form of pollination e.g. by the advent of extrafloral semaphylls (Euphorbiaceae, ... Freycinetia, Dichromena..." (Meeuse 1976).

2012, Pieter Baas, editor, The Plant Diversity of Malesia:

(botany) A flower or, more commonly, a floret that has the simplest, most basic type of structure.


hispidulous

hispidulous (comparative more hispidulous, superlative most hispidulous)

more hispidulous (comparative)
most hispidulous (superlative)

(botany, zoology) Minutely hispid; having tiny hairs.


hemimetabolic

Grasshoppers and cockroaches are hemimetabolic.


rhizanthous

(botany) Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root.


binervate

From bi- + nerve (“a leaf vein”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

af

The binervate wings of this species are elongated and nearly transparent.

(Hookeria laete-virens): stem procumbent, subpinnate; leaves suddenly acuminate, ovate, or ovate-oblong, with a thickened margin, sharply toothed, binervate.

1863, Miles Joseph Berkeley, Handbook of British Mosses, London: Lovell Reeve & Co., page 68:

(Pilotrichella welwitschii): ...the ramuline leaves are spathulate from a contracted base, obsoletely binervate, more longly acuminate, with upper margins involute and serrulate.
(Erythrodontium bicolor): Ramuline leaves, appressed when dry, erecto-patent when wet, 0.85 mm. long by 0.375 mm. wide, from a broad cordate base elliptic-ovate acuminate, slightly hollowed, shortly binervate, with margins erect or slightly recurved, minutely serrulate above middle...

1901, Antony Gepp, “Mosses”, in Catalogue of the African Plants Collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853–61, volume II, Part II: Cryptogamia, London: British Museum (Natural History), Department of Botany, pages 292, 298:

...seedlings with two binervate cotyledons.

1987, Excerpta botanica, Sectio A: Taxonomica et chorologica, volume 48, number 7, Stuttgart, New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag, page 124:

(zoology, botany) Of leaves, wings, etc. having only two nerves or ribs.


ophiophagous

From ophio- (“snake”) + -phagous (“eating”).


gaultheria

/ɡɔːlˈθɪə.ɹi.ə/

/ɡɔlˈθɪɹ.i.ə/

(botany) Any plant of the genus Gaultheria of evergreen ericaceous shrubs.


vansire

Borrowed from French vansire, from Malagasy vontsira.

(zoology) An ichneumon, Atilax paludinosus (syn. Herpestes galera), native to Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white.


cnidocil

(zoology) The fine hairlike trigger of a cnidoblast.


siphonal

siphonal index

siphonal area

siphonal tufts

(zoology) Resembling or relating to a siphon.

siofónach

zoology: resembling or relating to a siphon


intrafoliaceous

intrafoliaceous stipules

(botany) Growing immediately above or in front of a leaf.


spermoderm

In the seed these membranes are called by various names, of which the most frequently used are spermoderm or testa for the primine; mesosperm, for the secondine; and endopleura for the other.

1835, John Lindley, A Key to Structural, Physiological, and Systematic Botany, Longman et al. (publishers), page 35:

[…] The general covering of the seed is called spermoderm (σπέρμα, seed, and δέρμα, covering). […] The Spermoderm usually consists of two parts, an external membrane, called the episperm or testa (ἐπί, upon, or on the outside, and σπέρμα, a seed, or testa, a shell), and an internal membrane, called endopleura (ἔνδον, within, and πλευρά, side).

1851, John Hutton Balfour, Manual of Botany, Second Edition, John Joseph Griffin and Co., page 275


oncidium

(botany) Any of the genus Oncidium of tropical orchidaceous plants.


ovicular

(biology, archaic) Of, resembling, or pertaining to an egg.


arciferal

(biology, of frogs) Having the epicoracoid cartilages fused anteriorly, but separate and overlapping posteriorly.

arcífero

having the epicoracoid cartilages fused anteriorly, but separate and overlapping posteriorly


firmisternal

(biology, of frogs) Having the epicoracoid cartilages fused both anteriorly and posteriorly.


scaphiophrynine

(zoology) Any of the frogs in the microhylid subfamily Scaphiophryninae.


microhylid

(zoology) Any of the frog family Microhylidae.


tiliaceous

From translingual Tiliaceae + -ous, from Latin tilia (“linden tree”).

(botany, obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the family Tiliaceae (now principally subfamily Tilioideae in family Malvaceae) of flowering plants, including the linden.


leptiform

en-adj

leptiform (comparative more leptiform, superlative most leptiform)

more leptiform (comparative)
most leptiform (superlative)

(archaic, zoology) Having a form somewhat like mites of the order Leptus; said of active insect larvae with three pairs of legs.


apteran

Ultimately from a- + Ancient Greek πτερ(όν) (pter(ón), “wing”). The noun is specifically Aptera + -an; the adjective is a- + -pteran.

der

(zoology) Any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods.

áptero

any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods


heterogynous

en-adj

heterogynous (comparative more heterogynous, superlative most heterogynous)

more heterogynous (comparative)
most heterogynous (superlative)

Some heterogynous insects have winged males and wingless females.

(zoology) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure.

(zoology) Having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants or bees.


trijugous

From Latin trijugus (“threefold”), from tri- + jugum (“a yoke”).


homogonous

In Hottonia, a Primulaceous genus of two species, the European one has heterogonous dimorphism for cross-fertilization: the American one has homogonous showy flowers with only the general chance for intercrossing, and earlier flowers which are cleistogamous for self-fertilization.

1907, Asa Gray, Gray's Botanical Text-book, page 235:

(botany) Having all the flowers alike in terms of the stamens and pistils.


ostracean

/ɒsˈtɹeɪʃən/

From Latin ostrea (“an oyster”). See oyster.

(zoology, archaic) Any bivalve of the family Ostreidae; an oyster.


nudation

en-noun

nudation (countable and uncountable, plural nudations)

From Latin nudatio, from nudare (“to make naked”), from nudus (“naked”). See nude.

(now chiefly ecology) The act of stripping, or making bare or naked.


water mouse

water mice (plural)
water-mouse (alternative)
watermouse (alternative)

From Middle English water mous, watermowse, equivalent to water + mouse.

(zoology) Any of several species of rodents of the genus Hydromys, native to New Guinea and Australia, with strong hind legs and partially webbed toes.


ventriculite

(paleontology) Any of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites.


vitelligenous

vitelligenous cells formed in the ovaries of insects

(zoology) Producing yolk, or a yolk-like]] substance


floscule

From Latin flōsculus, diminutive of flōs (“flower, blossom”). Compare French floscule.


homodermic

(biology) Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer; homological in respect of derivation from one of the three primary blastoderms (endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm).


filoplumaceous

en-adj

filoplumaceous (comparative more filoplumaceous, superlative most filoplumaceous)

more filoplumaceous (comparative)
most filoplumaceous (superlative)

(archaic, zoology) Having the structure of a filoplume.


epeirid

(zoology) Any of the former genus Epeira (now Araneus) of spiders.


mixogamous

(archaic, ichthyology, of fish) polyandrous.


pericambium

/pɛɹɪˈkæmbɪəm/

A borrowing of the 19th-century (1868) German Pericambium (now spelt Perikambium), equivalent to the English peri- + cambium.


dicoccous

(botany) Composed of two coherent, one-seeded carpels.


mucronulate

mucronulate (comparative more mucronulate, superlative most mucronulate)

more mucronulate (comparative)
most mucronulate (superlative)

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

af

(botany) Being mucronate, but with a noticeably diminutive spine, a mucronule.


Mothman

(cryptozoology, ufology) A legendary creature, regarded as a cryptid or alien, reportedly seen in West Virginia in the mid-1960s.


extrafoliaceous

extrafoliaceous prickles

Flowers umbelled. Leaves ovate toothed angular ciliated, Umbels extrafoliaceous stalked

1828, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Plants:

(botany) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them.


holostome

From holo- (“whole”) + -stome (“mouth”).

(conchology, obsolete) Any of the division Holostomata of gastropods.

(ichthyology, obsolete) Any of the suborder Helostomi of eel-like fish.


lycopodite

(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil club moss.


lithocarp

w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909

(paleontology, archaic) A fossilised fruit


tenuifolious

en-adj

tenuifolious (comparative more tenuifolious, superlative most tenuifolious)

more tenuifolious (comparative)
most tenuifolious (superlative)

From Latin tenuis (“thin”) + folium (“a leaf”).

(botany, rare) Having thin or narrow leaves.


pleurocarp

(botany) Any pleurocarpous moss, such as those of genus Hypnum.


blastophore

It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."

Associted with the formation of the male sex cells from the time they leave the testes until the spermatozoön becomes fully grown there is a protoplasmic structure, termed the blastophore (Bloomfield, '80, Calkins, '95) in Lumbricus, and the cytophore (Voigt, '85) in Branchiobdella varians.

1906, W. M. Smallwood, “Notes on Branchiobdella”, in The Biological Bulletin, page 106:

The cytophore now splits internally in such a way as to separate an inner sphere (blastophore) from an outer envelope.

1916, F. J. Meggitt, “A new species of tapeworm from a parakeet, Brotogerys tirica”, in Parasitology, volume 8, page 50:

(biology, obsolete) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.


intrapetiolar

(botany) Situated between the petiole and the stem; said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next to the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch.


spiculiform

spiculiform (comparative more spiculiform, superlative most spiculiform)

more spiculiform (comparative)
most spiculiform (superlative)

spiculiform fungi

spiculiform organs

(archaic, zoology) Having the shape of a spicule.


sea trumpet

en-noun

sea trumpet (countable and uncountable, plural sea trumpets)

(zoology, archaic) Any large marine univalve shell of the former genus Triton, such as Charonia variegata or Cymatium femorale


uninucleated

(biology) uninucleate; having a single nucleus.


oophoridium

(botany, obsolete) The macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spore in heterosporous flowerless plants.

oophoridie

the macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spore in heterosporous flowerless plants


ornithichnite

Mr. Lyell next visited the red and green shales of Cabotville, north of Springfield in Massachusetts, where some of the best Ornithichnites have been procured, chiefly in the green shale.

1834 October 7, Charles Lyell, “On the fossil foot-prints of birds”, in The American Journal of Science, volume 45, page 395:

Mr. Hitchcock has nowhere maintained the existence of an ornithichnite in the graywacke of Hudson valley.

1839 January 7, T.A. Conrad, “Notes on American geology”, in The American Journal of Science and Arts, volume 35, page 246:

(paleontology) A fossilised footprint left by a bird.


phellogen

phellogen (countable and uncountable, plural phellogens)

From Ancient Greek φελλός (phellós, “cork”) + -gen.

We distinguish between primary bark (originating from primary meristems - protoderm, ground meristem and procambium) and secondary bark (originating from secondary meristems - the vascular cambium, the phellogen, and dilatation meristem).

2007, Keith Roberts, Handbook of Plant Science, volume 1, page 154:

(botany) The tissue of young cells that produces the phellem.


pistillaceous

This is the nectarium pistiliaceum, or pistillaceous nectary.

1804, Benjamin Smith Barton, Elements of Botany:


fissiparity

fissiparity (usually uncountable, plural fissiparities)

(biology) The quality of being fissiparous.


thysanurous

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Thysanura (now Zygentoma), an order of insects with three long caudal filaments.


heterogangliate

(archaic, zoology) Having the ganglia of the nervous system arranged in an asymmetrical manner; said of certain invertebrate animals such as the cuttlefish


infrabranchial

infrabranchial cavity

infrabranchial chamber

infrabranchial sinus

infrabranchial space


dermestoid

The carpet-beetle, which is commonly, but with no good reason, called the buffalo-moth, is a dermestoid beetle.

(zoology) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.


subumbrella

(zoology) The undersurface of the umbrella of a jellyfish.


stomatopod

From order name Stomatopoda, corresponding to stomato- + -pod.

Although there has been variation, stomatopods have thrived with little change in their essential design for more than four hundred million years.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 101:

(zoology) A member of the Stomatopoda order of marine crustaceans; a mantis shrimp.


tubicolous

tubicolous annelid

tubicolous worm


immarginate

Thallus sordid - white or whitish glaucous , thin , rimulose ; apothecia livid and partly pale , convex , immarginate, colourless within

1877, Grevillea: A Record of Cryptogamic Botany and Its Literature:

(botany) Not having a distinctive margin or border.


larviparous

Trichuris is oviparous, Trichinella is larviparous, and C. philippinensis is both oviparous and larviparous.

2007, K. Darwin Murrell, Bernard Fried, Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses: Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites:

(zoology) Laying or dipositing living larvae, instead of eggs


geraniaceous

(botany, relational) Of or relating to the family Geraniaceae of flowering plants, including the geranium.


oophoric

oophoric budding

oophoric cyst

(botany) Having the nature of, or belonging to, an oophore.


vermetid

(zoology) Any species of Vermetidae (worm snails).


biliprasin

From Latin bilis (“bile”) + prasinus (“green”).

(biochemistry) A dark green pigment found in small quantities in human gallstones.


equipedal

(archaic, zoology) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.


santalaceous

(botany) Relating to the flowering plant family Santalaceae.


laminarite

(paleontology) A broad-leafed fossil alga.


neuropod

The notopods begin on the second or third segment and the neuropods are very variable in their segment of origin, being sometimes altogether absent from the anterior region.

1935, John Roxborough Norman, Coast Fishes: South Atlantic:


hystricomorphous

en-adj

hystricomorphous (comparative more hystricomorphous, superlative most hystricomorphous)

more hystricomorphous (comparative)
most hystricomorphous (superlative)

(zoology) Relating to the rodent group Hystricomorpha, which has had many definitions throughout its history.


inequilobate

inequilobate (comparative more inequilobate, superlative most inequilobate)

more inequilobate (comparative)
most inequilobate (superlative)

inequilobate caudal

inequilobate tail

(biology, archaic) Unequally lobed; divided into lobes of different shapes or sizes.


spheromere

(archaic, zoology) Any of the symmetrical segments arranged around the central axis and composing the body of a radiate animal.


ganocephalous

(paleontology) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala, a former group of temnospondyls.


homopterous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Homoptera, a former suborder of insects.


neuration

en-noun

neuration (countable and uncountable, plural neurations)

Some examples are very dark in colour, and then the pale neurations on the elytra become almost obsolete.

1891, George Bowdler Buckton, Monograph of the British Cicadae or Tettigidae, volume 2, page 81:

(biology) The arrangement or distribution of veins (nerves), as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect.


heterostyled

The family of the Rubiaceæ contains not far short of as many heterostyled genera as all the other thirteen families together ; and hereafter no doubt other Rubiaceous genera will be found to be heterostyled

1860, Charles Darwin, The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species:


malacostracous

(zoology) Belonging to the Malacostraca.


bijugous

From Latin bijugus (“yoked two together”), from bis (“twice”) + jugum (“yoke, pair”).


ootype

From Ancient Greek; corresponding to oo- + -type.

(zoology) The part of the oviduct of certain trematodes in which the ova are completed by being furnished with yolk, and, by secretion from the Mehlis glands, with a shell.


nucamentaceous

(botany, archaic) bearing one-seeded nut-like fruits.


gonimium

From New Latin gonimium, possibly from Ancient Greek γόνιμος (gónimos, “productive”).

der

(lichenology) One of the bluish-green granules that replace the more usual gonidia in certain lichens.


lanceolar

en-adj

lanceolar (comparative more lanceolar, superlative most lanceolar)

more lanceolar (comparative)
most lanceolar (superlative)

From Latin lanceola (“a little lance”), diminutive of lancea (“lance”). Compare French lancéolaire.


uropoetic

(zoology) Of or relating to a system of organs that eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the blood of certain invertebrates.


urceole

Stamineal urceole 10-15-toothed, with 5-10 of the teeth obtuse and sterile, and the 5 remaining ones alternate and monantherous.

1837, James Macfadyen, The Flora of Jamaica, page 101:

The common Lady's Mantle is now considered to include 10 species based chiefly on the distribution of hairiness, the shape of the leaf and the fruit or urceole.

1961, Roger William Butcher, A New Illustrated British Flora, page 686:

The numerous structures lying on the floor of the ovarian cavity have been interpreted in the past as carpels (Stapf, 1894; Baehni, 1937, 1938) or as female flowers (Hutchinson, 1926) while the urceole has been regarded as an overdeveloped "disc" or receptacle (Stapf, l.e.), a receptacle resembling a thick corolla (Hutchinson, l.e) and corolla (Baehni, l.c).

1968, The Journal of Biological Sciences - Volume 11, Issues 1-2, page 3:

(botany) A disc in the center of a flower, often resembling a thickening of the corolla, which holds the carpels.


mesobranchial

mesobranchial region

mesobranchial ridge

mesobranchial area

mesobranchial tubercle

(zoology) Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.


glochidiate

glochidiate (comparative more glochidiate, superlative most glochidiate)

more glochidiate (comparative)
most glochidiate (superlative)

From Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “point, barb”) + -iate, alternative form of + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

der

glochidiate bristles


epispermic

epispermic embryo

(archaic, botany) Pertaining or belonging to the episperm (seedcoat).


barkbound

en-adj

barkbound (comparative more barkbound, superlative most barkbound)

more barkbound (comparative)
most barkbound (superlative)

barkbound tree

(botany, archaic) Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.


siphonostomatous

(zoology) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell lengthened in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; said of certain gastropods.


siphonostomatous

(zoology, obsolete) Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.


nucament

From Latin nucamenta (“fir cones”), from nux, nucis (“a nut”).


amphiuma

Borrowed from translingual Amphiuma, from Latin amphi- (“around, both”), and an alteration of Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”).

(zoology) Any of the genus Amphiuma of aquatic salamanders.


hysteranthous

(botany) Having the leaves emerge after the flowers have opened. It typically refers to geophytes that flower when the plant is dormant and without leaves during a dry season. This contrasts with synanthous plants that flower at the same time as the leaves are present.


ichthyodorulite

From ichthyo- + Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru) + -lite.

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">δόρυ</i> (dóru)

(zoology) One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail of certain skates.


flabellinerved

(botany, of a leaf, dated) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base.


lappaceous

en-adj

lappaceous (comparative more lappaceous, superlative most lappaceous)

more lappaceous (comparative)
most lappaceous (superlative)

From Latin lappaceus (“burlike”), from lappa (“a bur”).

(botany) Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.


tanagrine

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the tanagers.


gladiate

gladiate (comparative more gladiate, superlative most gladiate)

more gladiate (comparative)
most gladiate (superlative)

From Latin gladius (“sword”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

suffix

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The leaves of the iris and gladiolus are gladiate.


tetradactylous

(zoology) Having four digits on the foot or hand.


myrica

(botany) Any of the genus Myrica of shrubs and trees.


musciform

en-adj

musciform (comparative more musciform, superlative most musciform)

more musciform (comparative)
most musciform (superlative)

The surface had an irregular, musciform quality, interrupted by various ridges and valleys.

8. Native Gold, of a bright gold-yellow colour, in musciform leaves, upon saxum metalliferum; from the same place (very rich.)

1832, Carl Ludwig Giesecke, A Descriptive Catalogue of a New Collection of Minerals in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, Dublin: R. Graisberry, page 129:

...they connect with the theciferous, partly "peristomiate," and radiately divided (hence musciform) group of fungi...

1871, Theodore Hilgard, “Investigations on the Development of the Yeast, or Zymotic Fungus.”, in Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Nineteenth Meeting), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Joseph Lovering, page 310:

Kelleria and Drapetes are humble subshrubby and caespitose, musciform plants, with sessile and imbricate leaves.

1880, Henri Baillon, The Natural History of Plants, volume VI, London: L. Reeve & Co., page 118:

(botany) Having the appearance or form of a moss.


gryphite

(paleontology, archaic) A shell of the genus Gryphaea.


exalbuminous

(botany) Having no endosperm about the embryo; said of certain seeds.


gonydial

gonydial angle

(zoology, rare) Pertaining to the gonys of a bird's beak.


paragnathous

(ornithology, archaic) having both mandibles of equal length, with the tips meeting, as in certain birds


organotrophic

(biology) Relating to the creation, organization, and nutrition of living organs or parts

(biology) (of bacteria) That can obtain metabolic energy from the oxidation of organic compounds


trifoliolate

(botany) Having three leaflets, as some compound leaves do.


hypnocyst

(biology) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily enclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food.


humifuse

humifuse (comparative more humifuse, superlative most humifuse)

more humifuse (comparative)
most humifuse (superlative)

From Latin humus (“ground”) + fusus, past participle of fundere (“to spread”).

(botany) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent


fasciole

Borrowed from Latin fasciola (“a little bandage”). See fascia.

anal fascioles

lateral fascioles

(zoology) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.


locustella

(zoology) A bird, the European cricket warbler.


scissible

scissible (comparative more scissible, superlative most scissible)

more scissible (comparative)
most scissible (superlative)

The former need the presence of either a free α-NH₂ or a α-COOH group adjacent to scissible bond, whereas the latter cleaves peptide bonds of the polypeptide chain distant to the termini.

1988, A. Asghar, A. R. Bhatti, “Endogenous Proteolytic Enzymes”, in Advances in Food Research, volume 31, page 345:

This latter Ca²⁺ site, of unknown location, is influenced by Asp residues at P3(D¹⁶⁷0 and P3' (D¹⁷²) of the scissible activation peptide bond of PC

It indicates that energy requirements for elastolysis by elastases are similar to most enzyme-catalyzed reactions, suggesting that scissible peptide bonds in elastin are accessible to these elastases.

2007, Current Topics in Developmental Biology - Volume 79, page 111:

(biochemistry, of a bond) That can be severed or broken (often by a specific enzyme or catalyst).


metapode

From New Latin metapodium, from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) + πούς (poús). By surface analysis, meta- + -pode.

(zoology) The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.


lepismoid

(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Lepisma, of wingless insects including Lepisma saccharinum (silverfish).


lorication

en-noun

lorication (countable and uncountable, plural lorications)

(botany, zoology) A covering of scales, plates, or similar.


isogonism

(zoology) The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar hydrants; said of certain hydroids.


labiose

en-adj

labiose (comparative more labiose, superlative most labiose)

more labiose (comparative)
most labiose (superlative)

(botany) Having the appearance of being labiate; said of certain polypetalous corollas.


gorgelet

The head mottled with brownish-black; spots of the same colour, descending in a line from the lower mandible to the upper part of the breast, forming an interrupted gorgelet.

1831, John James Audubon, Ornithological Biography, volume 2, The Canada Flycatcher:


mucivore

From Latin mucus (“slime, mucus”) + -vore.

(zoology) An insect that feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, such as certain Diptera like aphids.


uniseriate

uniseriate filament

uniseriate ray

uniseriate trichomes

uniseriate stalk


subpetiolar

The leaf buds of the plane tree are subpetiolar.

(botany) Concealed within the base of the petiole.


cephalous

From Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”), with the suffix -ous.

(zoology, obsolete) Having a head; applied chiefly to the former division of mollusks Cephalata, or Cephalophora (mollusks with a head).


omphalode

From the post-classical Latin omphalodium from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλοειδής (omphaloeidḗs, “navel-like”) itself from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”).

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omphalode (n.)

2024 December 7, “omphalode (n.)”, in Oxford English Dictionary (OED):
† omphalode < post-classical Latin omphalodium omphalodium n.; compare ‑ode comb. form1. Compare French omphalode (1868 in Littré).

Omphalodium (n.)

2024 December 7, “Omphalodium (n.)”, in Oxford English Dictionary (OED):
† omphalodium < post-classical Latin omphalodium (see quot. 1832 at sense 1, and note below) < ancient Greek ὀμφαλώδης navel-like (see Omphalodes n.) + post-classical Latin ‑ium ‑y suffix.

(botany, obsolete) The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which the nutrient vessels pass into the raphe or chalaza.


protractive

en-adj

protractive (comparative more protractive, superlative most protractive)

more protractive (comparative)
most protractive (superlative)

Axial ribs not strongly protractive.

1888, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection - Volume 2788, page 34:

This keel on the first half of the last whorl consists of oblique, protractive strong short ridges, which on the last half disappear and give place to rough corrugations.

1943, United States National Museum, Bulletin - Issues 180-181, page 111:

The horizontal component of the resultant muscular force is protractive during the closing stages,

1993, Belgian Journal of Zoology - Volume 123, page 248:

(zoology) Extending forward or projecting outward.


gastrostege

(zoology) One of the large scales on the underside of a snake.


fissipation

Fissipation, being the simple division of an organised being, requires no organs of reproduction.

1843 August 12, Ph. B. Ayres, “Theory of Generation”, in The Lancet, volume 2, page 738:

(biology) Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.


ascococcus

From New Latin ascococcus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós) + κόκκος (kókkos). By surface analysis, ascus + -coccus.

(bacteriology) A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is enclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.


dentirostral

(obsolete, zoology) Having a toothed or dentate bill (said of a former tribe of birds Dentirostres)


amarantaceous

amarantaceous (comparative more amarantaceous, superlative most amarantaceous)

more amarantaceous (comparative)
most amarantaceous (superlative)

amarantaceous host plant

(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, including the amaranth.

amarantáceo

pertaining to or resembling the family Amaranthaceae


rhizodont

(archaic, zoology) A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, such as the crocodile.


tentaculiform

tentaculiform (comparative more tentaculiform, superlative most tentaculiform)

more tentaculiform (comparative)
most tentaculiform (superlative)

tentaculiform cirrhi

tentaculiform filaments

tentaculiform suckers

(zoology, archaic) Shaped like a tentacle.


involucred

A Verticil or Whirl may be[…]Naked; that is without involucre, bracte or brittle. Bracted - or Involucred

1793, Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany:


fruticous

fruticous (comparative more fruticous, superlative most fruticous)

more fruticous (comparative)
most fruticous (superlative)

fruticous lichen


ambulacriform

ambulacriform (comparative more ambulacriform, superlative most ambulacriform)

more ambulacriform (comparative)
most ambulacriform (superlative)


lorate

lorate (comparative more lorate, superlative most lorate)

more lorate (comparative)
most lorate (superlative)

From Latin loratus, from lorum (“thong”).

(botany, of leaves) Having the form of a thong or strap.


homoplasty

(biology) The formation of homologous tissues.


blepharicerid

(zoology) Any member of the Blephariceridae, or net-winged midges.


basi-

(anatomy, botany) Positioned at the base; forming a base

(chemistry, biology) Relating to bases (substances with pH greater than 7)


hypocrateriform

hypocrateriform (comparative more hypocrateriform, superlative most hypocrateriform)

more hypocrateriform (comparative)
most hypocrateriform (superlative)

/ˌhaɪpəʊkɹəˈtɪəɹɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

From Ancient Greek ὑποκρατήριον (hupokratḗrion, “stand for a vessel”) + -form.

der

ὑποκρατήριον

Calyx tubular ,5-10 - cleft; corolla hypocrateriform, tube long, limb flat

1861, Alphonso Wood, A class-book of botany […] :


retinerved

en-adj

retinerved (comparative more retinerved, superlative most retinerved)

more retinerved (comparative)
most retinerved (superlative)


pentastichous

The leaves of apple and cherry trees are pentastichous.

(botany) Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks.


edriophthalmous

(zoology) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma, a former classification of peracarids.


glumal

glumal endogen

(botany) Having a glume, or relating to a glume.


microsporic

microsporic embryo

microsporic tissue

(botany) Of or pertaining to microspores.


aphanipterous

According to the brief text surrounding the drawing, the emerald was an aphanipterous parasite of Caledonian wintergreen, a plant peculiar to Scotland, and was sometimes endowed with an intermittent phosphorescence at night which gave rise to a sort of green halo above it, parallel to the general plane of its body.

1914, Raymond Roussel, translated by Rupert Copeland Cuningham, Locus Solus:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to fleas of Aphaniptera, a former classification of insects.


malacopterygious

From translingual Malacopterygii + -ous.

(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the Malacopterygii, an obsolete order of fish.


radiciform

radiciform (comparative more radiciform, superlative most radiciform)

more radiciform (comparative)
most radiciform (superlative)

From Latin radix (stem radic-) + -iform.

radiciform appendices

radiciform processes

(botany) Having the nature or appearance of a root (radix).


rhizopodous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the rhizopods.


gnathostegite

From gnatho- + Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + -ite.

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">στέγος</i> (stégos, “roof”)

(zoology, rare) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other organs in the mouth.


obdiplostemony

(botany) The condition of being obdiplostemonous.


barbellulate

(botany) Barbellate with small hairs, quills or barbs.


carinaria

/ˌkæɹɪˈnɛəɹi.ə/

/ˌkæɹəˈnɛɹi.ə/

(zoology) Any of the genus Carinaria of oceanic heteropod molluscs.


antambulacral

(obsolete, zoology) Away from the ambulacral region.


rhizogen

(obsolete, botany) One of a former proposed class of flowering plants growing on the roots of other plants and lacking green foliage.


endognathal

endognathal lobe

endognathal segment


hexamerous

From hexa- + -merous, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

hexamerous flowers

hexamerous gastric pouch

(botany, zoology) In six parts; occurring in sixes.


bluff-headed

en-adj

bluff-headed (comparative more bluff-headed, superlative most bluff-headed)

more bluff-headed (comparative)
most bluff-headed (superlative)

The Alpine mastiffs resemble the dogs of Newfoundland, but are somewhat more bluff-headed.

1833, The Religious Souvenir, a Christmas, New Year's and Birthday Present, page 51:

The members of this subgenus may always be readily distinguished by their bluff-headed and arvicoline aspect.

1881, Oldfield Thomas, “On the Indian Species of the Genus Mus”, in The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London, page 523:

The common Water-Vole (Arvicola amphibius) is as large as the house-rat, with which it is so often confused, but possesses of course the bluff-headed appearance and short tail characteristic of the voles.

1891, Thomas Spencer Baynes, The Encyclopaedia Britannica:

All such fish are bluff-headed and taper away to the tail, and this lesson from nature was taken to heart when the later patterns of torpedoes came to be constructed.

1896, Sir George Elliot Armstrong, Torpedoes and Torpedo-vessels, page 22:

The Ceylong dugong is an extraordinary and interesting animal which is often seen on the coast. It is plentiful in and about the Gulf of Manaar, and resembles somewhat a huge, thickly-made, bluff-headed seal.

1914, Marcus W. Millett, Jungle Sport in Ceylon from Elephant to Snipe, page 84:

It is said (in what may be an apocryphal story) that around 1712, a Nantucket captain named Christopher Hussey was blown offshore while hunting right whales, and came upon a school of large, bluff-headed whales with forward-angled spouts.

1996, Richard Ellis, Deep Atlantic: Life, Death, and Exploration in the Abyss, page 305:

(zoology) Having a rounded head with a flattish snout.


gentianella

(botany) Any of the genus Gentianella of dwarf gentians.


periproct

(zoology) The region surrounding the anus, particularly in echinoderms.


exarillate

exarillate seeds


cyperaceous

(botany, relational) Of or relating to the Cyperaceae, or sedges.


allogamous

an allogamous fertilisation

an allogamous population

an allogamous species


oosperm

1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology
It is clear that the ovum after fertilization is an entirely different body to the ovum prior to that act , and unless the use of the same term for the two conditions of the ovum had become very familiar , a special term , such as oosperm , for the ovum after the fusion with the spermatozoom, would be very convenient.

(biology) The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoon in impregnation.


utriculus

(biology, anatomy, botany) Alternative form of utricle.


culminal

culminal lobe

culminal ridge

(zoology) Pertaining to, or found on a culmen.


interfoliaceous

interfoliaceous buds

interfoliaceous flowers

interfoliaceous peduncles

(botany) At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment.


cyanophyll

(botany, obsolete) A blue pigment thought to have been one of the component parts of chlorophyll.


styliferous

styliferous (comparative more styliferous, superlative most styliferous)

more styliferous (comparative)
most styliferous (superlative)

styliferous cavity

styliferous pods


tupaiid

Some authors rank tupaiids in a separate order Tupaioidea (Martin, 1966), while others retain them among the Primates (Napier and Napier, 1967) or 1nsectivora (Hill, 1953b).
The uncertainty surrounding tupaiid phylogeny is a consequence of an inadequate fossil record.

1987, F. A. Jenkins, Jr., “1: Tree Shrew Locomotion and the Origins of Primate Arborealism”, in John G. Fleagle, editor, Primate Evolution and Human Origins, page 2:

Dental characters have proven to be of little use as there is no Paleocene tree shrew, which would show more primitive tupaiid dental characters. From the dentition of living tupaiids, one would easily infer that all of them have derived characters that prevent them from being ancestral to primates, among which [are] specializations in their dentitions or molar characters in tupaiines (see Butler, 1980).

2007, Marc Godinot, “Chapter 4: Primate Origins: A Reappraisal of Historical Data Favoring Tupaiid Affinities”, in Matthew J. Ravosa, Marian Dagosto, editors, Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution, page 120:

Figure 12.16 A typical tupaiid. This common treeshrew (Tupaia glis) superficially resembles a squirrel. Tupaiids have had a confused taxonomic history—at various times being placed in the Orders Primates and Insectivora, and currently within their own order, Scandentia.

2007, George A. Feldhamer, Lee C. Drickamer, Stephen H. Vessey, Joseph F. Merritt, Carey Krajewski, Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, 3rd edition, page 252:

(zoology) Any of the family Tupaiidae of tree shrews.


cyatholith

From Ancient Greek κύαθος (kúathos) + -lith.

(biology) A kind of coccolith resembling a minute cup widened at the top.


syngnathous

This will not appear utterly incredible, if we reflect that the males of syngnathous fishes receive the eggs of the females in their pouches , hatch them, and afterward nourish the young.

1871, Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, page 210:

(ichthyology) Relating to the order Syngnathiformes (sometimes suborder Syngnathoidei or Syngnathi) of pipefishes and close relatives.


heterochromous

(botany) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different colour from those of the circumference.


cuirassed

(zoology, archaic) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; said of certain fishes.


guevi

(zoology) Any pygmy antelope of the genus Cephalophus, the duikers, of Africa.


trijugate

A trijugate bud

A trijugate leaf is a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets.

A trijugate arrangement of phylotaxis


octofid

From Latin octofidus, from octus (“eight”) + -fidus, related to findere (“to split”).

an octofid calyx

(botany) Cleft or separated into eight segments.


tropocollagen

en-noun

tropocollagen (countable and uncountable, plural tropocollagens)

(biochemistry) A component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other.


turbinella

(zoology) Any of the genus Turbinella of large marine gastropods.


hemicarp

(botany) One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.


molossine

The monk bat is a molossine.

(zoology, dated) A bat of the genus Molossus.


ornithichnology

Ornithichnology; or Description of the Footmarks of Birds

1858, Edward Hitchcock, Ichnology of New England: A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, Especially Its Fossil Footmarks:

(paleontology, obsolete) The branch of science that deals with ornithichnites (fossilised bird footprints).


dolioform

en-adj

dolioform (comparative more dolioform, superlative most dolioform)

more dolioform (comparative)
most dolioform (superlative)
doliiform (alternative)

From Latin dolium (“large jar”) + -form.


interepimeral

interepimeral gland

interepimeral hair

interepimeral space


hematherm

(zoology, obsolete) Any warm-blooded animal.


blastoid

(paleontology) A member of an extinct class of echinoderms, the Blastoidea.


blastoid

(paleontology) Of or relating to blastoids.


interbranchial

interbranchial septum

interbranchial ridge


lentiginose

(archaic, botany) Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles.


ischiocerite

/ˌɪskiəʊˈsɪəɹaɪt/

(zoology) The third segment of the antennae of a crustacean.


apogeotropic

apogeotropic movement of cotyledons

1880, Charles Darwin, The Power of Movement in Plants:

(botany) Bending away from the ground; said of leaves, etc.


epiphyllous

epiphyllous lichen


thysanopteran

All life stages can be recorded from the foliage in the case of leaf+dwelling thysanopterans. The population dynamics of these thrips is also highly under the influence of succession of vegetation in the scrub jungle of MCC campus.

2017, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

(zoology) A thrips; one of the Thysanoptera.


merismatic

From Ancient Greek μέρισμα (mérisma, “part”).

(biology) Dividing into cells or segments.


rhinolophine

rhinolophine (comparative more rhinolophine, superlative most rhinolophine)

more rhinolophine (comparative)
most rhinolophine (superlative)

(archaic, zoology) Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.


excretin

(biochemistry, dated) A non-nitrogenous crystalline body present in small quantities in human feces.


antepetalous

(botany) Used of inner parts of flowers, most often stamens, that are in equal number to and aligned with the petals.


antesepalous

(botany) Used of inner parts of flowers, most often stamens, that are in equal number to and aligned with the sepals.

antessépalo

of stamens, in equal number to and aligned with the sepals


epigynous

(botany) Having an inferior ovary that is completely buried within the receptacle.


staminodium

(botany, uncommon) Alternative form of staminode.


merosity

(botany) The number of component parts in a whorl, most commonly of flowers.


diplostemonous

(botany) Having twice as many stamens as petals in two whorls, the inner aligned with the petals.

(botany, uncommon) Having twice as many stamens as petals.


silkweed

en-noun

silkweed (usually uncountable, plural silkweeds)

(botany) Any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.


obhaplostemonous

(botany) Having a single series of stamens equal in number to petals, but opposite with them.


trachinoid

en-adj

trachinoid (comparative more trachinoid, superlative most trachinoid)

more trachinoid (comparative)
most trachinoid (superlative)

(zoology) Of, pertaining to, or like fish of genus Trachinus (the weevers).


intrastaminal

(botany) Located within the stamen whorl of a flower.


extrastaminal

(botany) Located outside the stamen whorl of a flower.


multiflorous

multiflorous (comparative more multiflorous, superlative most multiflorous)

more multiflorous (comparative)
most multiflorous (superlative)

From Latin multiflorus, from multus (“much, many”) + flos, floris (“flower”). Compare French multiflore.

multiflorous peduncle

multiflorous spikelet

multiflorous stem


tomium

From New Latin tomium, from Ancient Greek τομός (tomós, “sharp”) + -ium. See -tome.

(zoology) The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.


monogenous

monogenous, or asexual, reproduction


tripetaloid

(botany) Having the form or appearance of three petals.


monocarpellary

The fruits of the pea, cherry, and almond are monocarpellary.

monocarpellary fruit

monocarpellary ovary

monocarpellary gynoecium


leafet

January 9 1853, Henry David Thoreau, diary
Pulling up the Johnswort on the face of the cliff, I am surprised to see the signs of unceasing growth about the roots, fresh shoots two inches long, white with red leafets, and all the radical part quite green. The leaves of the crowfoot also are quite green, and carry me forward to spring.


hydrozoon

en-noun

hydrozoon (plural hydrozoons or hydrozoa)


phyllomorphosis

(botany) The succession and variation of leaves during different seasons.


nautiloid

en-adj

nautiloid (comparative more nautiloid, superlative most nautiloid)

more nautiloid (comparative)
most nautiloid (superlative)

(zoology, botany) Resembling a nautilus.

(zoology) Pertaining to the subclass Nautiloidea.


dichogamous

dichogamous plant

dichogamous species

dichogamous flowers


lomentaceous

(botany) Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments.


rhizomatous

rhizomatous (comparative more rhizomatous, superlative most rhizomatous)

more rhizomatous (comparative)
most rhizomatous (superlative)

rhizomatous plant

(botany) Having or resembling a rhizome.


heterogony

en-noun

heterogony (usually uncountable, plural heterogonies)

(botany) The condition of having two or more kinds of flower, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils


hemigamous

(botany) Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; said of grasses.


fungite

fungite (countable and uncountable, plural fungites)

(paleontology, archaic) A fossil coral resembling Fungia.


chilognath

(zoology) Any of the subclass Chilognatha of the millipedes.


archiannelid

(zoology) Any member of the class Archiannelida of primitive marine worms.


anthocarpous

The mulberry and pineapple are anthocarpous.

(botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.


laciniolate

en-adj

laciniolate (comparative more laciniolate, superlative most laciniolate)

more laciniolate (comparative)
most laciniolate (superlative)

(botany) Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute laciniae.


convolvulaceous

convolvulaceous (comparative more convolvulaceous, superlative most convolvulaceous)

more convolvulaceous (comparative)
most convolvulaceous (superlative)

(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the family of plants Convolvulaceae, bindweeds and morning glories.


myelencephalous

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon.


malpighia

Borrowed from translingual Malpighia, named after Italian biologist and physician Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694).

named-after

He had identified a cestrum, a malpighia, and a climbing vine he suspected was a cissus when Dorrie and Gerry came across the terrace and pulled up deck chairs on either side of him.

(botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.


multicipital

en-adj

multicipital (comparative more multicipital, superlative most multicipital)

more multicipital (comparative)
most multicipital (superlative)

(botany) Having many heads or stems from one crown or root


lenticellate

lenticellate (comparative more lenticellate, superlative most lenticellate)

more lenticellate (comparative)
most lenticellate (superlative)

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

af

(botany) Producing or containing lenticels.


artiodactylous

(zoology) even-toed; belonging to the Artiodactyla


atokous

The eggs of certain annelids are atokous.

(zoology) Producing only asexual individuals.


epispore

(botany) The thickish outer coat of certain spores.


infraocular

By surface analysis, infra- + ocul- + -ar.

surf

the infraocular antennae of certain insects

(anatomy, zoology) Situated below the eyes.


pseudocarp

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(botany) The portion of an anthocarpous fruit that is not derived from the ovary, such as the soft part of a strawberry or fig.


protosomite

(zoology) One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal.


petaline

petaline segments

(botany, dated) petalous (pertaining to, attached to, or resembling a petal)


foraminose

en-adj

foraminose (comparative more foraminose, superlative most foraminose)

more foraminose (comparative)
most foraminose (superlative)


loculament

Frm Latin loculamentum (“case, box”), from loculus (“a compartment”), diminutive of locus (“place”).

(botany) locule; loculus (compartment of the ovary where the seed is placed)


ramiflorous

From Latin ramus (“branch”) + flos, floris (“flower”).

(botany) Having flowers on the branches.


tripartible

tripartible style

(rare, botany) Divisible into three parts.


holostomatous

From holo- + -stomatous. Compare siphonostomatous.

holostomatous shell

holostomatous mollusc

(zoology, said of many shells) Having an entire aperture not interrupted by the siphonal canal, notch, or by any other extension


gynobase

(botany) a short conical or flat elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium


bipupillate

(zoology) Having an eyespot on the wing, with two dots within it, as in some butterflies.


anthracoid

an anthracoid bacilli

an anthracoid microbe


menispermaceous

(botany) Pertaining to the family Menispermaceae of climbing plants (the moonseeds.


doryline

(zoology) Of or relating to the ant subfamily Dorylinae.


doryline

(zoology) Any member of the ant subfamily Dorylinae.


ommateal

/ˌɒməˈtiːəl/

ommateal column

ommateal capsule

ommateal sac

(zoology, archaic) Of or pertaining to an ommateum (compound eye).


stipulary

(botany) Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular.


basisolute

(botany) Prolonged at the base, like certain leaves.


hydrozoal

hydrozoal structure

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Hydrozoa.


scrobicular

scrobicular ring

scrobicular spine

scrobicular tubercles

(zoology) Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae.


hypophyllous

(botany) Being or growing on the lower side of a leaf.


roughtail

(zoology, in animal names) Having a rough tail.


gonocalyx

From gono- + Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “cup of a flower”).

af

(zoology) The bell-shaped opening of a sessile gonozooid.


monothalamous

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) and θᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos).

(botany) Whose spikelets are all similar.


sacciferous

From Latin saccus (“a sack”) + -iferous.

sacciferous insect

sacciferous larvae


pseudocone

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(zoology) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.


unichromosomal

(genetics) Of, pertaining to, or based upon a single chromosome


diageotropism

(botany) The tendency of plant organs, especially roots, to grow horizontally.


orbicule

(botany) A lipid droplet, covered by sporopollenin, in the anthers of some plants


macrurous

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


epozoic

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


elytriform

en-adj

elytriform (comparative more elytriform, superlative most elytriform)

more elytriform (comparative)
most elytriform (superlative)

elytriform wings

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


monothalmic

(botany) Formed of a single pistil; said of fruits.


ascidiarium

/əˌsɪdiˈɛəɹi.əm/

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


grossification

The swelling of the ovary after fertilisation is termed grossification

1830, John Lindley, An Introduction to Botany:

(botany) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization.


arundiferous

arundiferous (comparative more arundiferous, superlative most arundiferous)

more arundiferous (comparative)
most arundiferous (superlative)

From Latin arundifer, from arundo (“reed”) + ferre (“to bear”).

(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.


bipinnatifid

bipinnatifid leaf


anenterous

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

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

(zoology) Without a stomach or an intestine.


alular

alular digit

alular metacarpal

alular quills


nucleobranch

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


nucleobranch

(zoology, obsolete) One of the order Nucleobranchiata.


anophyte

From New Latin anōphytum, equivalent to ano- (“upward”) + -phyte (“plant”).

(botany) A moss or similar plant with cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.


piciform

(zoology) Of or pertaining to Piciformes


bubaline

bubaline (comparative more bubaline, superlative most bubaline)

more bubaline (comparative)
most bubaline (superlative)

bubaline milk

of bubaline origin

bubaline placenta

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


spathed

(botany) Having a spathe, or spathes, or a particular kind of number of spathes.


synocil

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


schizognathism

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


cercopod

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

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


holostean

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


metabranchial

metabranchial lobe

metabranchial maargin

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


gracility

en-noun

gracility (countable and uncountable, plural gracilities)

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

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

стройност

the property or condition of being gracile


siphonet

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


nyctitropic

From Ancient Greek νύχτατροπικός (núkhtatropikós, literally “night-turning”).

der

νύχτατροπικός

Nyctitropic movements of plants usually consist in a folding or drooping of the leaves, the advantage being in lessening the radiation of heat.

(botany) Turning or bending at night into different positions.


lobus

Borrowed from Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós).

The lobus of Morgagni is a lobe at the base of the prostate, discovered by Morgagni, and since described by Sir Everard Home.

1865, Richard Dennis Hoblyn, A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences:

lobus Spigelii

a prominent oblong lobe on the posterior surface of the liver.


dermopteran

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

Earwigs are dermopterans.

(entomology, obsolete) Any insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight.

(entomology) Misspelling of dermapteran.


metanotum

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

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

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

(zoology) The dorsal portion of the metathorax of insects


pointleted

Nut pointleted, with a shell which is thickened and corky towards the point

1829, John Lindley, A Synopsis of British Flora, arranged according to the Natural Order:

(botany) Having a small, distinct point; apiculate.


epipodite

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


plectospondylous

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


siphonostome

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


fimbricate

fimbricate tuft

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


mesopodium

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

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


neurocord

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

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

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


protomerite

(zoology) The posterior segment of a gregarine.

(arachnology) The proximal segment of chelicerae.


elasmobranchiate

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.


ptilonorhynchid

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


pteryla

Possibly from ptero- + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “forest”).

(ornithology) One of the areas of a bird's skin on which feathers grow.


epignathous

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


blastostyle

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


subcordate

(archaic, botany) Somewhat cordate; approaching a heart shape.


exarticulate

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


crossopterygian

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

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

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

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


dialypetalous

From Ancient Greek διαλύω (dialúō, “separate”) + Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon, “leaf”).

(botany) Having separate petals; polypetalous.


terminalia

The terminalia consist of the terminal complex of modified genital and anal segments, plus any adjacent segments that show modifications for copulation and oviposition.

1981, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 37:

Part of the documentation includes the first detailed illustrations and descriptions of structures of the male terminalia.

2005, “Revision of New World Species of Shore Fly Genus Discomyza Meigen (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America^(http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098%5B0431:RONWSO%5D2.0.CO;2), volume 98, number 4, page 431:

(entomology) The hindmost segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.


bisaccate

(botany) Having two little bags, sacs, or pouches.


corymbiferous

en-adj

corymbiferous (comparative more corymbiferous, superlative most corymbiferous)

more corymbiferous (comparative)
most corymbiferous (superlative)

(botany, archaic) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.


athalamous

From a- + Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos, “bedroom”) + -ous.

der

(botany, rare) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, like the thallus of certain lichens.


schizognathous

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


lithocyst

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

(botany) A small, siliceous structure found in diatoms and some other types of algae that fills with gas or oil, controlling the buoyancy of the algae.


longirostral

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


integumation

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


anticous

From Latin anticus (“in front, foremost”), from ante (“before”).

(botany) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.


contortuplicate

en-adj

contortuplicate (comparative more contortuplicate, superlative most contortuplicate)

more contortuplicate (comparative)
most contortuplicate (superlative)

From Latin contortuplicatus, from contortus (“contorted”) + plicare (“to fold”).

The bud of the morning glory is contortuplicate.

(botany) Plaited lengthwise and also twisted.


aspergilliform

aspergilliform (comparative more aspergilliform, superlative most aspergilliform)

more aspergilliform (comparative)
most aspergilliform (superlative)

an aspergilliform stigma

(botany) Resembling the aspergillum in form


amphigamous

(botany, archaic) entirely cellular in structure, with no distinct sexual organs.


hydrocaulus

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

af

a simple hydrocaulus

a branched hydrocaulus

(zoology) The hollow stem of a hydrozoan


bracteal

en-adj

bracteal (comparative more bracteal, superlative most bracteal)

more bracteal (comparative)
most bracteal (superlative)


longipennine

longipennine (comparative more longipennine, superlative most longipennine)

more longipennine (comparative)
most longipennine (superlative)

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


snakestone

en-noun

snakestone (countable and uncountable, plural snakestones)

(paleontology, countable) An ammonite (because of its coiled form).


razor-backed

en-adj

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

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

a razor-backed hog

a razor-backed perch

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


decumbently

(botany) lying on the ground with tips turned upwards


falcer

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


mesotrochal

mesotrochal band

mesotrochal larva

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


testacean

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

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


pseudoneuropterous

From translingual Pseudoneuroptera + -ous.

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


monociliated

monociliated cell


antennate

en-verb

antennate (third-person singular simple present antennates, present participle antennating, simple past and past participle antennated)

antennates (present singular third-person)
antennating (participle present)
antennated (participle past)
antennated (past)

From antenna + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Workers attempt to avoid the queen, but if antennated try to escape or exhibit a submissive crouching posture, while the queen starts to bite and pull their legs and antennae.

2005, Peter J.B. Slater, Jay S. Rosenblatt, Charles T. Snowdon, Advances in the Study of Behavior, →ISBN, page 10:

(entomology, of an insect) To bring one's antennae into contact with another insect.


hamiform

en-adj

hamiform (comparative more hamiform, superlative most hamiform)

more hamiform (comparative)
most hamiform (superlative)

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

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

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

Hamiform, curved at the extremity.

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

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

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

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

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


geodephagous

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

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

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


amphigenous

amphigenous diaspores

amphigenous hyphae

(botany) growing on all sides of a leaf, as in the lichens


loculicidal

From Latin loculus (“cell”) + caedere (“to cut”). Compare French loculicide.

loculicidal capsules

loculicidal dehiscence

(botany) dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell


bicostate

(botany) Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as in a leaf.


pycnodont

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

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


epipharynx

en-noun

epipharynx (plural epipharynxes or epipharynges)

epipharynxes (plural)
epipharynges (plural)

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


calcisponge

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


germiparity

(biology, dated) reproduction by means of germs


anthodium

(botany) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into an involucrate head.

Korb

the inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into an involucrate head


equisetiform

en-adj

equisetiform (comparative more equisetiform, superlative most equisetiform)

more equisetiform (comparative)
most equisetiform (superlative)

(botany) Having the form of the equisetum.


deutoplasm

en-noun

deutoplasm (usually uncountable, plural deutoplasms)

(biology) The food matter located in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.


tubivalve

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


triphyllous

(botany) Having three leaves or leaflike structures


siphuncular

siphuncular membrane

siphuncular tube

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.


fasciculate

(malacology, of ribs on a shell) Branching, with many lines extending from one point, as in a few Choicensisphinctes ammonites.


scutellate

en-adj

scutellate (comparative more scutellate, superlative most scutellate)

more scutellate (comparative)
most scutellate (superlative)

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

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


cephalate

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


hexapterous

From Ancient Greek ἑξαπτέρυγος (hexaptérugos), equivalent to hexa- + -pterous.

bor

(botany) Having six wing-like processes or extensions


setiger

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


cymoid

en-adj

cymoid (comparative more cymoid, superlative most cymoid)

more cymoid (comparative)
most cymoid (superlative)


cutinization

en-noun

cutinization (countable and uncountable, plural cutinizations)

(botany) The conversion of cell walls into a material that repels water, as in cork.


saxatile

From Latin saxatilis, from saxum (“a rock”).

a saxatile plant


gymnoblastic

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


intersternal

intersternal joints

intersternal articulations

intersternal membrane

intersternal fold

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


intraaxillary

(botany) Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.


gnathidium

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


spheroconic

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(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a coiled shell approaching a sphere in shape.


retrocopulation

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

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


pentaphyllous

(botany, archaic) Having five leaves or leaflets.


dichlamydeous

From di- + Ancient Greek χλαμύδος (khlamúdos, “mantle, cloak”) + -ous.

der

(botany) Having two coverings, a calyx and a corolla.


anacanthous

(botany, zoology) Without thorns or spines.


rubiginose

en-adj

rubiginose (comparative more rubiginose, superlative most rubiginose)

more rubiginose (comparative)
most rubiginose (superlative)
rubiginous (alternative)

From Latin rubiginosus, from rubigo, robigo, rust: compare French rubigineux.

(botany, archaic) Having the appearance or colour of iron rust; rusty-looking.


isostemonous

From iso- + Ancient Greek στήμων (stḗmōn).

(botany) Having the same number of stamens as petals.


superdominant

superdominant (comparative more superdominant, superlative most superdominant)

more superdominant (comparative)
most superdominant (superlative)

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Although the level of aggression was greatly reduced after the first day, the superdominant hierarchy persisted, although not always with the same superdominant individual.

1999, James Gray, Journal of Experimental Biology - Volume 202, Issue 23, page 3503:

In the competition-dependent alternatives of a social insect colony or a lek, the frequency of dominant individuals need only be one to make subordinate alternatives more advantageous, and the frequency of dominant behavior may only vary between one (when the superdominant position of queen or harem chief is filled) and zero (when the position becomes vacant).

2003, Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Developmental Plasticity and Evolution, →ISBN:

Studies of groups of 5 previously isolated juvenile crayfish grouped together in a small 18cm x 18cm square aquarium indicate that they form tyrannies, in which one animal is superdominant to the others (Issa et al., 1999).

2007, Richard L. Hyson, Frank Johnson, The Biology of Early Influences, →ISBN, page 194:

(biology) Holding a position of absolute dominance.

If the collection of ten polymorphic loci contains both dominant and superdominant loci, the graph comprises the same line segment for any ratio of dominant and superdominant loci.

1992, Soviet Genetics - Volume 28, Issues 1-6, page 820:

Suppose a “superdominant” Y chromosome arose that could not be feminized by X*.

2009, Robert Trivers, Austin Burt, Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements, →ISBN, page 87:

(genetics) Controlling or enhancing the expression of another pair of genes or chromosomes.


superdominant

A strategy for survival is needed to replace man's present role as an unrestricted superdominant of the biosphere, for this role is a strategy for self-defeat.

1975, William R. Burch, Beyond Growth: Essays on Alternative Futures, page 76:

The earthworm Eisenia nordenskioldi is also a typical superdominant of tundra cenoses.

1997, F. E. Wielgolaski, Polar and Alpine Tundra - Volume 3, →ISBN, page 405:

Asca bicornis (27.8%) was no longer a superdominant, and three species of the family Laelapidae (Hypoaspis claviger, H. nolli and Hypoaspis aculeifer) jointly constituted 31.3% of total

2008, Annales Zoologici - Volume 58, Issues 1-2, page 270:

(ecology) A species that is present in disproportionately large numbers within an ecosystem.


cotyligerous

cotyligerous (comparative more cotyligerous, superlative most cotyligerous)

more cotyligerous (comparative)
most cotyligerous (superlative)


monothecal

monothecal anther

monothecal stamen

(biology, botany) Having a single theca (cavity).


homochromous

(botany) Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same colour.


dentile

From Latin dentillus, for Latin denticulus. See dentil.

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


turritella

/ˌtʌɹɪˈtɛlə/

From the New Latin genus name Turritella.

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


endocyst

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


vespertinal

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


hypural

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

af

hypural plate, hypural piece, hypural bone


degenerationist

The degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.

(biology, historical) One who believes in the theory of degenerationism.


holaspidean

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

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


rosulate

en-adj

rosulate (comparative more rosulate, superlative most rosulate)

more rosulate (comparative)
most rosulate (superlative)

New Latin rosulatus, from rosa (“a rose”).

It appears to claim a very close relationship to the preceding species, differing chiefly in the tiny leaves being rather more rosulate than caudiculate, and in not being adpressed, but rather the reverse; its petals, also, are narrower.

1874, The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches, volume 5, page 326:

In young plants, the leaves are often more or less arranged in four vertical ranks, but become more rosulate with age.

1950, Gilbert Westacott Reynolds, The Aloes of South Africa, page 494:

[…]differs from the typical form in having smaller, shorter more rosulate milky-green leaves, shorter sheaths, greenish-yellow buds, straighter flowers and narrower more or less unicoloured yellowish racemes.

1971, Hans Bornman, David S. Hardy, Aloes of the South African Veld, page 199:

(botany, of leaves and bracts) Arranged in small rose-like clusters.


sphex

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

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


lung-grown

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


petaliferous

petaliferous (comparative more petaliferous, superlative most petaliferous)

more petaliferous (comparative)
most petaliferous (superlative)

petaliferous flowers


semiflosculous

(obsolete, botany) Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.


glomuliferous

From Latin glomus (“a ball”) + -iferous.

The bright green and glomuliferous parmelia , and the resupinate nephroma , will be found on the rocks and trees in the immediate neighbourhood

1848, Samuel Rowe, A Perambulation of the Antient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor:

(biology) Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences.


tentaculite

From the genus name, from Latin tentaculum + -ites.

(paleontology) Any of numerous species of small, conical shells found in Paleozoic rocks, fossils from the extinct genus †Tentaculites.


planoblast

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


infraaxillary

an infraaxillary bud


propodium

propodia (plural)
propodeum (alternative)

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

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


ommateum

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

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


monocephalous

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μονοκέφαλος (monoképhalos). By surface analysis, mono- + -cephalous.

lbor

monocephalous branches

(botany) said of unbranched composite plants.

Having a single head.
said of unbranched composite plants.


salsuginous

From Latin salsugo, salsuginis (“saltness”), from salsus (“salted, salt”). Compare French salsugineux.

(botany, archaic) Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.


apogeotropism

As soon as the faintest ray of light reaches a seedling, heliotropism will guide it through any crack in the soil, or through an entangled mass of overlying vegetation; for apogeotropism by itself can direct the seedling only blindly upwards.

1880 November 6, Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin, chapter XII, in The Power of Movement in Plants, page 555:

(botany) An apogeotropic tendency; the tendency to bend away from the ground.


palliobranchiate

palliobranchiate shells

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


calcarate

calcarate auricle

calcarate corolla

calcarate petal

calcarate nectary

(botany, zoology) Having a spur; spurred.


dactylozooid

(biology) A kind of zooid of Siphonophorae with an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth.


muriculate

en-adj

muriculate (comparative more muriculate, superlative most muriculate)

more muriculate (comparative)
most muriculate (superlative)


prangos

From the native name in the vicinity of Tibet, northern India, or Pakistan.

(botany) Any of the genus Prangos of umbelliferous plants.


ostracoid

(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the ostracods


folious

folious (comparative more folious, superlative most folious)

more folious (comparative)
most folious (superlative)


ornitholite

(paleontology) The fossil remains of a bird.


nyctophile

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

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

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


rostellum

en-noun

rostellum (plural rostella or rostellums)

From Latin, diminutive of rostrum (“beak”).

1922, John Christopher Willis, "Orchidacea", entry in A Manual and Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns, page 471,
The rostellum has an outer firm pouch, inside which is the viscid substance to which are firmly attached the caudicles of the pollinia. An insect entering the fl. probes the spur of the labellum and its back comes into contact with the rostellum and depresses the pouch, causing the viscid substance to adhere to the insect.

In many orchids there is a discrete "viscidium," or sticky pad, formed by the rostellum.

1993, Robert L. Dressler, Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family, page 45:

2005, Orchids of Manitoba: A Field Guide, Native Orchid Conservation Inc., page 20,
The third stigma is sterile and has developed into the rostellum, a sticky structure that aids in pollination by attaching the pollen to insects.

(botany) A projecting part of the column in the flower of an orchid that separates the male stamen from the female gynoecium.

The morphology of the scolex, particularly the rostellum, is also useful in diagnosis; T.^([Taenia]) saginata has no rostellum and its scolex bears no hooks, making it easily distinguishable from T. solium, which has an armed rostellum.

2005, Burton Jerome Bogitsh, Clint Earl Carter, Thomas N. Oeltmann, editors, Human Parasitology, page 273:

The scolex exhibits a retractable rostellum with crowns of recurved thorn-like hooks and four cup-like suckers.

2008, Dwight D. Bowman, Charles M. Hendrix, David S. Lindsay, Stephen C. Barr, Feline Clinical Parasitology, page 216:

Some species also possess an anteriorly projecting rostellum, which may or may not be armed with one or more rows of hooks. The rostellum can be retracted into the rostellar sac within the scolex.

2012, Thomas C. Cheng, General Parasitology, page 405:

(biology) A retractable protruding part at the anterior end of a soft-bodied tapeworm; the scolex from which it protrudes is often armed with hooks which serve to keep it in place attached to the host.


phene

phene (usually uncountable, plural phenes)

Proposed 1836 by French scientist Auguste Laurent as an alternative name for benzene, from French phène, from Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “bring to light, cause to appear, show”).

der

This phene has a dominant influence on phosphorus acquisition.

2011 May 24, Jonathan P. Lynch, “Root Phenes for Enhanced Soil Exploration and Phosphorus Acquisition: Tools for Future Crops”, in Plant Physiology:

(genetics) A genetically determined phenotype.


thecasporous

thecasporous fungi

thecasporous fruit

(botany, archaic) Having the spores in thecae, or cases.


rectiserial

(archaic, botany) Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as leaves on stems.


metazoon

From the singular form of translingual Metazoa.


isospondylous

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

(zoology) Having the anterior vertebrae separate and normal.


monoplastic

a monoplastic element

(biology) That has one form, or retains its primary form.


strigate

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

(zoology) Having transverse bands of colour.


epipetalous

(botany) Borne on the petals or corolla.


caprifoliaceous

From translingual Caprifoliaceae + -ous.

(botany, relational) Of or relating to the Caprifoliaceae family of honeysuckles.


papillulate

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

af

(entomology) Having a minute papilla (papillule) in the centre of a larger elevation or depression.


eupatorium

(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.


malapterurid

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


corymbose

en-adj

corymbose (comparative more corymbose, superlative most corymbose)

more corymbose (comparative)
most corymbose (superlative)

(botany) Consisting of, or resembling, corymbs.


pseudocyphella

(lichenology) A structure in lichens that appears as a tiny pore on the outer surface, caused when there is a break in the cortex of the lichen and the medullary hyphae extend to the surface.


clypeate

clypeate (comparative more clypeate, superlative most clypeate)

more clypeate (comparative)
most clypeate (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin clipeātus, perfect passive participle of clipeō (“to arm with a shield”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from clupeus, clipeus (“shield”).

(botany) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.

(entomology) Furnished with a protective plate, shield or shell.


aerotolerant

(biology, of an anaerobic micro-organism) Able to tolerate the presence of air (specifically oxygen).


moschate

moschate (comparative more moschate, superlative most moschate)

more moschate (comparative)
most moschate (superlative)

Her familiar perfume and moschate odor was overwhelming within the confines of the car, especially with the windows rolled up. Hoke started the engine and switched on the air conditioning.

1985, Charles Willeford, New Hope for the Dead, Penguin Books, published 2012, →ISBN, Chapter Eleven, page unnumbered page:

(botany, rare) Exuding a musk-like odour.


forcipate

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


filaggrin

en-noun

filaggrin (countable and uncountable, plural filaggrins)

(biochemistry) A filament-associated protein that binds to keratin fibres in epithelial cells


profilaggrin

(biochemistry) A polymeric precursor of filaggrin present in keratohyalin granules in cells of the stratum granulosum.


photoprotector

(biochemistry) A photoprotective substance


lilacine

en-adj

lilacine (comparative more lilacine, superlative most lilacine)

more lilacine (comparative)
most lilacine (superlative)


macrometabolism

(biochemistry) All the large-scale metabolic processes, cycles etc.


metallobiochemistry

(biochemistry) The biochemistry of metallic compounds; bioinorganic chemistry


crambin

(biochemistry) A small protein, isolated from Crambe abyssinica, used scientifically as a model for larger proteins


deoxychorismate

(biochemistry) A reduced form of chorismate that is a precursor to the biosynthesis of folic acid


lymphopoietin

(biochemistry) A cytokine protein involved in T cell maturation.


biotransform

en-verb

biotransform (third-person singular simple present biotransforms, present participle biotransforming, simple past and past participle biotransformed)

biotransforms (present singular third-person)
biotransforming (participle present)
biotransformed (participle past)
biotransformed (past)

(biochemistry) To transform something by biochemical means, especially by means of enzymes


cocultivation

(biology) The simultaneous cultivation of two or more species of microorganism, or types of tissue, in the same medium.


codiversification

en-noun

codiversification (countable and uncountable, plural codiversifications)

(biology) The simultaneous diversification (evolution) of two species lineages (especially of a pathogen and its host)


enterochromaffin

(cytology) Describing epithelial cells of the intestinal mucosa that contain serotonin; they are stained using chromium salts


fucosylation

(biochemistry) glycosylation using fucose moieties


gnotobiology

Gnotobiology allows a more exact exploration of ecology by separating macrobes from microbes and providing an experimental base for qualitative and quantitative understanding of the interaction of microbes in and with the host.

1970 November, TD Luckey, “Gnotobiology is ecology”, in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, volume 23, number 11, page 1533:

(biology) The study of animals in a microbe-free environment.


matrilysin

matrilysin (countable and uncountable, plural matrilysins)

(biochemistry) A matrix metalloproteinase that has a function in the development of tumours.


metaproteome

(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of metaproteins of an organism.