Motacilla cinerea

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the grey wagtail.


Anthus hodgsoni

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the olive-backed pipit.


Anthus trivialis

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the tree pipit.


Anthus richardi

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the Richard's pipit.


Anthus godlewskii

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the Blyth's pipit.


Anthus campestris

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the tawny pipit.


Anthus gustavi

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the Pechora pipit.


Anthus spinoletta

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the water pipit.


Anthus petrosus

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the rock pipit.


Anthus cervinus

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the red-throated pipit.


Anthus rubescens

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the buff-bellied pipit.


Carpodacus erythrinus

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – the common rosefinch.


Pinicola enucleator

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – the pine grosbeak.


Bucanetes githagineus

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – the trumpeter finch.


Acanthis hornemanni

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – the arctic redpoll.


Serinus serinus

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – the European serin.


Loxia leucoptera

two-barred crossbill
two-barred crossbill

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – the two-barred crossbill.


Linaria flavirostris

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – the twite.


Loxia pytyopsittacus

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – the parrot crossbill.


Emberiza calandra

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the corn bunting.


Emberiza melanocephala

black-headed bunting
black-headed bunting

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the black-headed bunting.


Calcarius lapponicus

A taxonomic species within the family Calcariidae – the Lapland longspur.


Emberiza fucata

chestnut-eared bunting
chestnut-eared bunting

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the chestnut-eared bunting.


Emberiza caesia

Cretzschmar's bunting
Cretzschmar's bunting

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the Cretzschmar's bunting.


Emberiza schoeniclus

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – reed bunting.


Emberiza buchanani

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the grey-necked bunting.


Emberiza spodocephala

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the black-faced bunting.


Emberiza cirlus

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the cirl bunting.


Junco hyemalis

A taxonomic species within the family Passerellidae – the dark-eyed junco.


Emberiza hortulana

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the ortolan bunting.


Emberiza chrysophrys

yellow-browed bunting
yellow-browed bunting

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the yellow-browed bunting.


Emberiza leucocephalos

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the pine bunting.


Emberiza aureola

yellow-breasted bunting
yellow-breasted bunting

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the yellow-breasted bunting.


Zonotrichia albicollis

white-throated sparrow
white-throated sparrow

A taxonomic species within the family Passerellidae – white-throated sparrow.


Emberiza rustica

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the rustic bunting.


Emberiza cineracea

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the cinereous bunting.


Emberiza pallasi

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the Pallas's bunting.


Emberiza pusilla

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the little bunting.


Pheucticus ludovicianus

rose-breasted grosbeak
rose-breasted grosbeak

A taxonomic species within the family Cardinalidae – rose-breasted grosbeak.


Spizelloides arborea

American tree sparrow
American tree sparrow

A taxonomic species within the family Passerellidae – the American tree sparrow.


Emberiza cia

A taxonomic species within the family Emberizidae – the rock bunting.


Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

yellow-headed blackbird
yellow-headed blackbird

A taxonomic species within the family Icteridae – the yellow-headed blackbird.


Euphorbia esula

A taxonomic species within the family Euphorbiaceae – the leafy spurge.


Loxia scotica

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – the Scottish crossbill.


Loxia megaplaga

Hispaniolan crossbill
Hispaniolan crossbill

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – the Hispaniolan crossbill.


Loxia sinesciuris

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – the Cassia crossbill.


Formica rufa

A taxonomic species within the family Formicidae – red wood ant, southern wood ant, horse ant, of Europe and Turkey.


Tipula

A taxonomic genus within the family Tipulidae – some 1,000 species of usually large crane flies.

†Tipula anatolica

(genus): Tipula abdominalis (giant crane fly), Tipula aino, Tipula alpium, Tipula cava, Tipula cirrata, Tipula confusa, Tipula denali, Tipula excisa, Tipula fascipennis, Tipula flavolineata, Tipula fuliginosa (sooty crane fly), Tipula fulvipennis, Tipula gjipeensis, Tipula holoserica, Tipula hortorum, Tipula hortulana, Tipula lagotis, Tipula lateralis, Tipula livida, Tipula longiventris, Tipula luna, Tipula lunata, Tipula luteipennis, Tipula maxima, Tipula melanoceros, Tipula metacomet, Tipula montium, Tipula nubeculosa, Tipula obsoleta, Tipula oleracea (marsh crane fly), Tipula pagana, Tipula paludosa (European crane fly), Tipula paterifera, Tipula pruinosa, Tipula pseudobiaciculifera, Tipula pustulata, Tipula recondita, Tipula rufina, Tipula scripta, Tipula spathacea, Tipula staegeri, Tipula stigmatella, Tipula subnodicornis, Tipula submarmorata, Tipula tricolor, Tipula trivittata, Tipula ultima, Tipula unca, Tipula variicornis, Tipula varipennis, Tipula vernalis, Tipula vittata - selected extant species


Cisticola juncidis

A taxonomic species within the family Cisticolidae – the zitting cisticola.


Kluyvera

Kluyver + -a, after Dutch microbiologist Albert Kluyver

A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae.


Curruca crassirostris

eastern Orphean warbler
eastern Orphean warbler

Sylvia crassirostris
Sylvia crassirostris#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Sylviidae – eastern Orphean warbler, formerly Sylvia crassirostris.


Sylvia crassirostris

Curruca crassirostris
Curruca crassirostris

A taxonomic species within the family Sylviidae – the eastern Orphean warbler, now sometimes Curruca crassirostris.


Sylvia hortensis

western Orphean warbler
western Orphean warbler

Curruca hortensis
Curruca hortensis#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Sylviidae – western Orphean warbler, now sometimes Curruca hortensis.


Curruca hortensis

Sylvia hortensis
Sylvia hortensis#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Sylviidae – western Orphean warbler, formerly Sylvia hortensis.


Lullula arborea

A taxonomic species within the family Alaudidae – woodlark, of most of western Eurasia and northern Africa.


Phytomyza

From phyto- (“plant”) + -myza (“sucker”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Agromyzidae – a large genus of leaf miner flies.


Anthomyia

From Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + μυῖα (muîa, “fly”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Anthomyiidae.


Tupanvirus deep ocean

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">deep ocean</i>

A taxonomic species within the genus Tupanvirus.


Ptychoptera

From Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), after the longitudinal fold in wings of members of this genus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ptychopteridae – the fold-winged crane flies.


neomura

neo- + murus (“wall”) + -a (“indicating a neuter plural”)

A taxonomic clade within the clade eubacteria – eukaryotes and archaebacteria, having N-linked glycoprotein coats or cell walls, in contrast with the murein peptidoglycan walls in eubacteria.


Vibrionaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Vibrionales.


Mnemiopsis

from Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “sight, view”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bolinopsidae – a kind of sea jelly, the sea walnut.


Olyra

Borrowed from Latin olȳra, subsequently from Ancient Greek ὄλῡρᾰ (ólūra).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bagridae – naked catfishes.


Chlamydiamicrovirus

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">chlamydia</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Microviridae.


Micromonosporaceae

(bacteriology) A taxonomic family within the order Micromonosporales.


Micromonosporales

From Micromonospora + -ales (taxonomic suffix).

(bacteriology) A taxonomic order within the class Actinobacteria.


Micromonospora

From micro- + mono- + Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, offspring”).

(bacteriology) A taxonomic genus within the family Micromonosporaceae – actinomycetes that have well-developed, branching, septate mycelia bearing single spores that are sessile or on short or long sporophores and that include several antibiotic-producing forms (as Micromonospora echinospora, the source of gentamicin).


English: lineage B.1.351

English: B.1.351 lineage

The SARS-CoV-2 viruses used to perform the CPE-MN neutralization assay were the original Wuhan SARS-CoV-2 virus (SARS-CoV-2/INMI1-Isolate/2020/Italy: MT066156), SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 (INMI GISAID accession number: EPI_ISL_736997), SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 (EVAg Cod: 014V-04058), B.1.1.248 (EVAg CoD: 014V-04089), and B.1.617.2 (GISAID ID: EPI_ISL_2029113)

2023 January 4, Emanuele Andreano, Ida Paciello, Giulio Pierleoni, Giulia Piccini, Valentina Abbiento, Giada Antonelli, Piero Pileri et al., “B cell analyses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA third vaccination reveals a hybrid immunity like antibody response”, in Nature Communications, →DOI:

(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2020 in South Africa, and by the beginning of 2021, was the dominant strain in South Africa.


English: lineage B.1.1.7

English: B.1.1.7 lineage

From being a mutant version of the B.1.1 variant.

(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2020 in Kent, England, United Kingdom.


English: lineage B.1.1.248

English: B.1.1.248 lineage

(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2021 in Japan within travelers from Brazil.


Motacilla clara

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the mountain wagtail.


Motacilla capensis

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – Cape wagtail, of South Africa.


Motacilla grandis

A taxonomic species within the family Motacillidae – the Japanese wagtail.


group D adenovirus
group D adenovirus#English

(virology, immunology, pharmacology, genetic engineering) adenovirus serotype 26, a group D adenovirus; A virus frequently used in recombinant adenovirus-based vaccine vectors


Clinopodium

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">clino-</i>

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">podium</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – savory, basil, calamint, yerba buena, and related plants.


English: lineage B.1.1.28.1

English: B.1.1.28.1 lineage

From B.1.1.28, the variant from which this one mutated from.

SARS-CoV-2 variants, especially Alpha (B.1.1.7), Delta (B.1.617.2), Beta (B.1.351), Gamma (B.1.1.28.1), and Omicron (B.1.1.529), has spread globally causing humongous public health crises.

2023 January 12, Qin S, Huang H, Xiao W, Chen K, He X, Tang X, Huang Z, Zhang Y, Duan X, Fan N, Zheng Q, Wu M, Lu G, Wei Y, Wei X, Song X, “A novel heterologous receptor-binding domain dodecamer universal mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variants.”, in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, →DOI, page 2:

(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; that caused a massive outbreak in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil at the end of 2020 and through into 2021; including second-time infections of survivors of a different variation.

Brazilian precursor strain to P.1 and P.2


English: lineage B.1.1.28

English: B.1.1.28 lineage

From being a mutation of the variant B.1.1.

Numerous variations of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), including D614G, B.1.1.7 (United Kingdom), B.1.1.28 (Brazil P1, P2), CAL.20C (Southern California), B.1.351 (South Africa), B.1.617 (B.1.617.1 Kappa & Delta B.1.617.2) and B.1.1.529, have been reported worldwide.

2023, Laiali Alquraan, Karem H. Alzoubi, Suzie Y. Rababa'h, “Mutations of SARS-CoV-2 and their impact on disease diagnosis and severity”, in Informatics in medicine unlocked, →DOI:

(virology) A variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; that became the predominant variation in Brazil in 2020, starting from the summer.

Brazilian precursor to B.1.1.28.1 and B.1.1.28.2


Zamenis

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae.


Zigadenus

From Ancient Greek ζυγάδην (zugádēn, “in pairs”) + -us. The etymologically correct spelling Zygadenus is regarded as incorrect according to ICBN.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – the sandbog death camas.


Nymphoides

A taxonomic genus within the family Menyanthaceae – floating hearts.


Ferocactus

→ Russian: ферока́ктус (ferokáktus)

Latin ferus (“fierce, wild”) + Cactus (the genus from which it was separated)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – barrel cactuses.


Calathea

→ English: calathea

→ Russian: кала́тея (kaláteja)

A taxonomic genus within the family Marantaceae.


Cakile

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cakile, from Arabic قَاقُلَّة f (qāqulla, “seepweed”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – searockets.


Carabus

Spelling borrowed directly from Latin cārabus (“crab”), the ascription to a genus of beetles is more likely from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “kind of beetle”).

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain ground beetles.


Cheilanthes

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae – lip ferns.


Zamiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Cycadales – superficially palm- or fern-like cycads.


Zenonina

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycosidae – certain wolf spiders of southern and eastern Africa.


Hardenbergia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – of Australia.

Hardenbergia comptoniana

native lilac, native wisteria, wild sarsaparille, wild wisteria climber


Kalidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Salicornioideae.


Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae

A taxonomic species within the family Meliphagidae – tui, parson bird, of New Zealand.


Centrolepidaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Poales – certain grasses now subfamily Centrolepidoideae in Restionaceae.


XE

(virology, neologism) A recombinant subvariant of Omicron (“B.1.1.529”) resultant from BA.2 and BA.1; a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19.


Lycodon futsingensis

A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – the Futsing wolf snake.


Homo erectus pekinensis

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Hominidae – Peking Man.


Homo longi

From being a hominid (Homo, from Latin homo (“man”)) discovered in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang (“黑龍江”).
longi, from Mandarin 龍／龙 (lóng, “dragon”). From Chinese 黑龍江／黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng, “Heilongjiang”, literally “Black Dragon River”).

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A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – Dragon Man; an archaic hominid, identified from a skull discovered in Heilongjiang Province, China.


Calosoma

calo- + -soma, ultimately Ancient Greek καλός m (kalós, “beautiful”) + Ancient Greek σῶμα n (sôma, “body”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – caterpillar hunters.


Carpenteria

English Carpenter + -ia, after William Marbury Carpenter, a botanist from Louisiana

suf

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Carpenter</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrangeaceae – tree anemone or bush anemone.


Elapinae

Elaps (“the former genus of coral snakes”) + -inae

suffix

(archaic) A taxonomic subfamily within the family Elapidae – certain terrestrial elapids.


Epicrates

A taxonomic genus within the family Boidae – rainbow boas, non-venomous snakes, principally of South America.


Macrozamia

→ Italian: macrozamia

→ Russian: макроза́мия (makrozámija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Zamiaceae – zamia palms, zamia ferns; around forty species of cycads, all endemic to Australia.


Bethylidae

A taxonomic family within the family Hymenoptera – aculeate wasps.


Enispa

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae.


Cichla

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κίχλη (kíkhlē, “wrasse”).

lbor

A taxonomic genus within the family Cichlidae – peacock bass.


Neoscona

A taxonomic genus within the family Araneidae – including spotted orb-weavers or barn spiders.


Anacridium

A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae.


Polistes

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek πολιστής (polistḗs, “founder of a city”), from Ancient Greek πολίζειν (polízein, “build a city”), from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “a city”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Vespidae – umbrella wasps.


Vancouveria

Named after George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer, + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Berberidaceae – inside-out flowers.


Syrbula

A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – certain slant-faced grasshoppers.


Diascia

→ Russian: диа́сция (diáscija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – twinspurs.

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Cerambyx

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – capricorn beetles.


Megacyllene

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae.

Megacyllene antennata

(genus): Megacyllene (Megacyllene), Megacyllene (Sierracyllene) - subgenera


Mormyrus

From Ancient Greek μορμύρος (mormúros, “Lithognathus mormyrus (syn. Pagellus mormyrus)”).

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Mormyridae – certain ray-finned fishes.


Amynodontidae

From ancient Greek ἀμύνω, to defend, ward off.

A taxonomic family within the order Perissodactyla – an extinct family of rhino-like mammals with defensive protruding teeth.


Alsophila

Ancient Greek ἄλσος n (álsos, “grove”) + Latin -phila m or f (“-lover”), literally “grove-lover”

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyatheaceae – certain tree ferns.


Psychotria insularum

A taxonomic species within the family Rubiaceae – matalafi, a shrub found in American Samoa, Niue, Samoa, and Tonga.


Xiphydria

A taxonomic genus within the family Xiphydriidae – certain wood wasps.


English: lineage B.1.1.529

English: B.1.1.529 lineage

From being a heavily mutated variant occurring in the B.1.1 family. "B.1.1.529" is the 529th sublineage of "B.1.1" registered under Pango notation.

(virology) The Omicron variant: A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in November 2021 in Botswana, becoming dominant in Gauteng, South Africa.

XE

recombinant subvariant resulting from BA.1 and BA.2 mixture


Sphaeropleales

A taxonomic order within the class Chlorophyceae – certain green algae, formerly Microsporales.


Styrax officinalis

A taxonomic species within the family Styracaceae – traditional source of styrax, an ancient herbal medicine.


Alphatorquevirus

See Alphatorquevirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

A taxonomic genus within the family Anelloviridae – certain viruses, prevalent in virtually all humans, asymtomatic.


Ramphastides

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Piciformes – the toucans and barbets.


Alternative letter-case form of COVID-19.


Ulughbegsaurus

A genus of dinosaur that lived around 90 million years ago.


Morphnarchus princeps

Leucopternis princeps
Leucopternis princeps

A taxonomic species within the family Accipitridae – barred hawk, formerly Leucopternis princeps.


Idiosepiidae

Ancient Greek ἴδιος (ídios) + Latin sepi + -idae

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἴδιος</i> (ídios)

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">sepi</i>

A taxonomic family within the class Cephalopoda – certain molluscs.


Antigone vipio

A taxonomic species within the family Gruidae – the white-naped crane, formerly Grus vipio.


Galeodidae

A taxonomic family within the order Solifugae – solifuges or sun spiders.


Gerres

A taxonomic genus within the family Gerreidae – mojarras found mostly in coastal regions from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific.


Girella

A taxonomic genus within the family Kyphosidae – sea chubs mostly native to the Pacific Ocean.


Gloeocapsa

A taxonomic genus within the family Chroococcaceae – certain cyanobacteria.


Gomphocarpus

Probably from Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos) + κᾰρπός (karpós).

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – certain plants allied to the milkweeds, native to Africa.

Gomphocarpus buchenavianus

katoenbos, mountain milk bush, wild cotton

Gomphocarpus physocarpus

balloon cotton-bush, balloonplant, bishop’s balls, hairy balls, nailhead, swan plant


Doradidae

A taxonomic family within the order Siluriformes – thorny catfishes or talking catfishes.


Echinomys

Synonym of Echimys (“spiny tree-rat genus”)


Knightia

Named after American geologist Wilbur Clinton Knight.

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Clupeidae – bony fish that lived in the freshwater lakes and rivers of North America and Asia during the Eocene epoch.


vCoV

compound

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">variant</i>

(virology) variant coronavirus; Any virus resembling a coronavirus thought to be distinct from the typical or common coronaviruses.


From being being assigned B.1.1.529.1 when the second variant occurred, and then shortened. Pango notation does not officially support 4 sublevels, leading to a need to renumber "B.1.1.529.1", thus shortened to a new base "BA" for "B.1.1.529" and ".1" becoming "BA.1"

(virology) The first Omicron variant. A highly transmissible though milder variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in 2021 in South Africa and Botswana.


From being a mutant version of the BA.1 variant and the older designation B.1.1.529.2. Pango notation does not officially support 4 sublevels, leading to a need to renumber "B.1.1.529.2", thus shortened to a new base "BA" for "B.1.1.529" and ".2" becoming "BA.2"

(virology, neologism) A subvariant of the Omicron variant. A highly transmissible variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; which became dominant at the turn of the year 2021/2022 in India.


Tabernaemontana

From Latin tabernae f, genitive of Latin taberna f (“shop, inn, tavern, shed, etc.”) + Latin montāna f (“mountainous, of a mountain”), literally “of a mountain's tavern”

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A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – milkwood.


Alonsoa

→ Russian: алонсо́а (alonsóa)

A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – mask flowers, of Peru.


Arctia

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – typical tiger moths.


Arrhenatherum

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – oatgrass or button grass.


Aulostomus

A taxonomic genus within the family Aulostomidae – the trumpetfishes.


Naja naja

A taxonomic species within the family Elapidae – spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binocellate cobra, of south Asia.


Coccothrinax

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palm trees.


Coleophora

desc

→ English: casebearer, casebearing (calque)

Derived from coleo- (“sheath”) + -phora (“carrying”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Coleophoridae – certain moths.


Blechnum

Seemingly a New Latin alteration of Ancient Greek βλῆχνον n (blêkhnon, “Dryopteris filix-mas, the male fern”).

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Blechnaceae – hard fern.


Harpa

Borrowed from Medieval Latin harpa f (“harp”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Harpidae – certain harp snails.


Herniaria

Possibly from New Latin *herniāria f (“herniary, relating to a hernia”). This etymology may draw a conceptual cognate with English rupturewort, since hernias are a medical disorder in which a part of the body ruptures into elsewhere abnormally. Both are possibly named after the genus' usage to treat hernias. If so, cognate with English herniary.

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – rupturewort.


Hexamita

A taxonomic genus within the family Hexamitidae – certain parasitic diplomonads.


Heterostraci

A taxonomic subclass within the class Pteraspidomorphi – extinct pteraspidomorph jawless vertebrates that lived primarily in marine and estuary environments.


Stephania japonica

A taxonomic species within the family Menispermaceae – snake vine.


Stephania sinica

A taxonomic species within the family Menispermaceae.


Eilema

From Ancient Greek εἴλημα (eílēma, “veil”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain footman moths.


Stephania tetrandra

A taxonomic species within the family Menispermaceae – stephania root.


Diictodon

A taxonomic genus within the order Therapsida – certain extinct dicynodont therapsids from the late Permian.


Elysia chlorotica

A taxonomic species within the family Plakobranchidae – eastern emerald elysia, a sea slug, capable of photosynthesis using chloroplasts from a species of alga (Vaucheria litorea) that it feeds on.


Zosteropinae

A proposed subfamily of the Timaliidae that would include the white-eyes.


Xylota

A taxonomic genus within the family Syrphidae – certain hoverflies.


Apatornis

A taxonomic genus within the phylum Chordata – prehistoric birds endemic to North America during the late Cretaceous.


Nesophontes

A taxonomic genus within the family Nesophontidae – extinct West Indies shrews.


Aruana

A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – certain jumping spiders.


Gelechiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – twirler moths.


Auxis thazard

A taxonomic species within the family Scombridae – frigate mackerel, frigate tuna.


Halichoerus grypus

A taxonomic species within the family Phocidae – gray seal, Atlantic seal, horsehead seal.


Justicia

Borrowed from Latin jūsticia, variant of Latin iūstitia (“justice”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – various flowering plants.


Fionoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Nudibranchia – aeolid nudibranchs.


Xiphosurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Dactyloidae – certain anoles.


Zeuzerinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cossidae – certain moths.


Octodontinae

A former taxonomic subfamily of the family Octodontidae in the Hystricomorpha, including the degu and others.


Ithyphallus

Ithyphallus is a generic name, recently proposed for Phallus impudicus, as it had always previously been known.

1907. Curtis Gates Lloyd. Mycological Notes (No. 26), "Concerning the Phalloids"

(mycology) Synonym of Phallus (“genus including the common stinkhorn”)


Dioscorea esculenta

A taxonomic species within the family Dioscoreaceae – lesser yam, of Southeast Asia, but introduced more widely.


Dioscorea bulbifera

A taxonomic species within the family Dioscoreaceae – aerial yam, air yam, etc.


Mainatinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Sturnidae – starlings of Asia and Australasia, sometimes classified as subfamily Graculinae.


Lamiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cerambycidae – flat-faced longhorn beetles.


Epsilonretrovirus

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">epsilon</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Retroviridae – epsilonretroviruses.


Malacanthidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – tilefishes.

Branchiostegus

(family): Latilinae, Malacanthinae - subfamilies


Spirostreptida

A taxonomic order within the class Diplopoda – certain millipedes.


Bavayia

A taxonomic genus within the family Diplodactylidae – New Caledonian geckos or bavayias.


Juletta

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphaeromatidae – certain isopods.


Vedalia

A former beetle genus including the vedalia beetle.


Pentaceratops

A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopsidae – the extinct pentaceratops.


Clarias batu

A taxonomic species within the family Clariidae – Tioman walking catfish.


Dimetrodon

From di- + Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) + -odon.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Sphenacodontidae – dimetrodons (extinct).


Trachyderini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Cerambycidae.


Tachina

A taxonomic genus within the family Tachinidae – various large flies.


Callancyla

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae.


Prochoreutis

A taxonomic genus within the family Choreutidae.


Clariidae

airbreathing catfish
airbreathing catfish

A taxonomic family within the order Siluriformes – airbreathing catfish.


Miletini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Lycaenidae.


Clarias

A taxonomic genus within the family Clariidae.


Runcinida

A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda.


Dicrostonychini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Cricetidae.


Choreutidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – metalmark moths.

Brenthia

(family): Brenthiinae, Choreutinae - subfamilies


Dicrostonyx

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – collared lemmings.


Callancyla croceicollis

A taxonomic species within the family Cerambycidae.


Prochoreutis hadrogastra

A taxonomic species within the family Choreutidae.


Miletinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Lycaenidae – harvesters or wooly legs, with larvae that prey on hemipteran insects and do not eat plants.


Dicrostonyx groenlandicus

A taxonomic species within the family Cricetidae – northern collared lemming or nearctic collared lemming, also called Peary Land collared lemming.


Miletus leos

A taxonomic species within the family Lycaenidae – of Malesia.


Fusinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Fasciolariidae.


Fusinus dovpeledi

A taxonomic species within the family Fasciolariidae.


Fasciolariidae

A taxonomic family within the order Neogastropoda.


Fusininae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Fasciolariidae.


Meganola varia

A taxonomic species within the family Nolidae.


Meganola

A taxonomic genus within the family Nolidae.


Buccinoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Neogastropoda.


Nolidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – the tuft moths.


Nolinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Nolidae.

Meganola

(subfamily): For tribes see Nolinae on Wikispecies.


Bythograeidae

A taxonomic family within the order Decapoda – certain blind crabs, bythograeids.


Eugoa

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae.


Sybra

Cristosybra

(genus): Sybra stigmatica - type species

A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Sybra.


Thermoniphas

From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós) + Ancient Greek νιφάς (niphás)

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae.

Thermoniphas colorata Thermoniphas distincta


Scythris

A taxonomic genus within the family Scythrididae.


Rhyparochrominae

From the name of the genus Rhyparochromus (from Ancient Greek ῥυπαρός (rhuparós, “filth. dirt”) + Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrôma)) + -inae

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A taxonomic subfamily within the family Rhyparochromidae – certain dirt-colored seed bugs.


Tainoceratidae

A taxonomic family within the order Nautilida – tainoceratids.


Halecostomi

A taxonomic clade within the subclass Neopterygii – the halecostomes.


Tethytheria

A taxonomic clade within the clade Paenungulata – tethytherians.


Dalailama

English Dalai Lama, from Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma).

A taxonomic genus within the family Endromidae.


Ancillariidae

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Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">ancillārī</i> (“To serve”)

A taxonomic family within the order Gastropoda.


Eupithecia

Possibly from eu- (“new”) + Pithecia (“genus of saki monkeys”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – pugs.


Austrogomphus prasinus

A taxonomic species within the family Gomphidae – lemon-tipped hunter.


Limnodynastes dorsalis

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Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">dorsālis</i>

A taxonomic species within the family Limnodynastidae – pobblebonk, western banjo frog, sand frog, or bullfrog.


Limnodynastes

Ancient Greek λῐ́μνη (límnē) + δυνάστης (dunástēs)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">λῐ́μνη</i> (límnē)

δυνάστης (dunástēs)

Australian swamp frog
Australian swamp frog

A taxonomic genus within the family Limnodynastidae – the Australian swamp frogs.


Hydrocanthus

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">hydro-</i>

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">canthus</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Noteridae.


Locusta migratoria manilensis

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Acrididae – oriental migratory locusts.


Cryptothecia

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">thecia</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Arthoniaceae – the wreath lichens.


Copelatus

A taxonomic genus within the family Dytiscidae – certain diving beetles.


Gelechiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Gelechiidae – gelechiines.


Stylogomphus

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">stylo-</i>

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">gomphus</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Gomphidae – certain clubtails.


Chaetosiphon

Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē) + English siphon?

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">χαίτη</i> (khaítē)

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">siphon</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Chaetosiphonaceae – certain green algae.


Paramachaerium

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain flowering plants.


Bulbophyllum

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Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">bulbō</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Polistes annularis

Ancient Greek πολιστης (polistēs, “founder of a city”) + Latin ānulāris (“annular”)

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πολιστης</i> (polistēs, “founder of a city”)

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">ānulāris</i> (“annular”)

A taxonomic species within the family Vespidae – ringed paper wasp.


Typothoracinae

(former)

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Stagonolepididae – typothoracines.


Conopleura

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">cōnō</i> (“cone”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Drilliidae.


Danaini

brush-footed butterflies
brush-footed butterfly

A taxonomic tribe within the family Nymphalidae – certain brush-footed butterflies.


Ommata

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.


Yumbera

Purportedly from an Australian aboriginal word for "fly".

A taxonomic genus within the family Dolichopodidae – certain long-legged flies.


Globularia

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – globe daisies or globularias.


Tentax

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain erebid moths.


Chlorostrymon

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">χλωρός</i> (khlōrós)

gossamer-winged butterflies
gossamer-winged butterfly

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain gossamer-winged butterflies.


Tabaninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Tabanidae – certain horseflies.


Maliattha

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain noctuid moths.


Scolecomorphidae

A taxonomic family within the order Gymnophiona – the tropical caecilians, buried-eyed caecilians, and African caecilians, also known zoologically as scolecomorphids.


Acantholipini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Erebidae.


Perrottetia

A taxonomic genus within the family Streptaxidae – certain carnivorous air-breathing snails.


Ctenacodon

Ancient Greek κτενός (ktenós, “comb”) + Latin acus (“needle”) + Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">κτενός</i> (ktenós, “comb”)

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">acus</i> (“needle”)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ὀδών</i> (odṓn, “tooth”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Allodontidae.


Allodontidae

Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) + -idae

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἄλλος</i> (állos)

ὀδόντος (odóntos)

A taxonomic family within the order †Multituberculata – allodontids.


Cyrtodactylus

Ancient Greek κυρτος (kurtos, “curved”), from κύπτω (kúptō) + δακτυλος (daktulos, “finger, toe”)

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">κυρτος</i> (kurtos, “curved”), from κύπτω (kúptō)

A taxonomic genus within the family Gekkonidae – bent-toed geckos, bow-fingered geckos, and forest geckos.


Agromyza

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γρός m (agrós, “field, countryside”) + -myza f (“sucking”, Ancient Greek μυζάω (muzáō))

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μυζάω</i> (muzáō)

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Agromyzini – certain flies.


Dalceridae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – dalcerids.


Lymantriini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Erebidae – certain lymantriine moths.


Squaloraja

A taxonomic genus within the family †Squalorajidae – †Squaloraja polyspondyla, sole species.


Pteropliini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Cerambycidae – certain flat-faced longhorn beetles.


Phaegopterina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Erebidae – phaegopterines, certain tiger moths.


Gracillarioidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – certain ditrysian moths.


Joculator

Borrowed from Latin joculātor (jester, joker).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerithiopsidae – ceratin sea snails.


Othonna

Borrowed from Latin othonna f (“kind of plant”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain succulent or subsucculent perennial herbs or shrubs.


Curculio proboscideus

A taxonomic species within the family Curculionidae – elephant weevil, a nut and acorn weevil.


Torodora hildebrandtella

Totodora hildebrandtella (canonical feminine)

Lecithocera hildebrandtella
Lecithocera hildebrandtella

A taxonomic species within the family Lecithoceridae – a lecithocerid moth, now Lecithocera hildebrandtella.


Lasius

→ Russian: ла́зиус (lázius)

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – certain ants.


Cooperconcha

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Cooper</i>

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">conch</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Camaenidae – certain helicoid snails.


Ziziphora

→ Russian: зизифо́ра (zizifóra)

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – various annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs with aromatic leaves, found from Spain and Morocco to the Himalayas and western China.


Amynthas hsiyinensis

From Amynthas + the Wade–Giles romanisation of Mandarin 西引 (Xīyǐn, “Xiyin/Hsiyin Island, Lienchiang County/Matsu Islands, Taiwan”) + -ensis.

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A taxonomic species within the family Megascolecidae – certain earthworms, endemic to Taiwan.


Bocula

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain erebid moths.


Adenocoris

adeno- (from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn)) + Latin coris.

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from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἀδήν</i> (adḗn)

A taxonomic genus within the family Aradidae – certain flat bugs.


Desulfovibrio magneticus

Desulfovibrio (genus name) + Latin magneticus (magnetic)

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Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">magneticus</i> (magnetic)

A taxonomic species within the family Desulfovibrionaceae – a certain sulfate-reducing bacterium.


Novalaetesia

A taxonomic genus within the family Linyphiidae – certain dwarf spiders found on South Pacific islands.


Hyoscyamus albus

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – white henbane or yellow henbane.


Diphaglossinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Colletidae – diphaglossines (certain plasterer bees).


Arilus

A taxonomic genus within the family Reduviidae – wheel bugs.


Pterothysanus

Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón) + Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πτερόν</i> (pterón)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">θύσανος</i> (thúsanos)

A taxonomic genus within the family Callidulidae – certain moths.


Conasprella

(all deprecated)

A taxonomic genus within the family Conidae – several cone snails and their allies.


Dissothrix

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – a monotypic genus containing only Dissothrix imbricata, endemic to Brazil.


Atlapetes albofrenatus

A taxonomic species within the family Passerellidae – moustached brushfinch or moustached brush-finch.


Minuartia stolonifera

A taxonomic species within the family Caryophyllaceae – Scott Mountain sandwort or stolon sandwort.


Brachyglanis

Prefixed with English brachy-, derived from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús).

A taxonomic genus within the family Heptapteridae – certain three-barbed catfishes.


Altica ericeti

(all deprecated)

A taxonomic species within the family Chrysomelidae – certain flea beetles.


Acavoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Stylommatophora – snails zoologically referred to as acavoids.


Xyloryctidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – xyloryctids or timber moths.


Nomamyrmex

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μύρμηξ</i> (múrmēx)

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – certain army ants.


Funny

Borrowed from English funny, coined in 2022 by Ye-Jie Lin and Shu-Qiang Li.

(neologism) A taxonomic genus within the family Dictynidae – funny spider, funny valentine.


Flectonotus fitzgeraldi

A taxonomic species within the family Amphignathodontidae – Mount Tucuche tree frog.


-caris

From Latin caris (“shrimp, marine crab”), from Ancient Greek καρίς (karís)

Used to form taxonomic names of shrimp-like copepods, principally carideans


Streptomyces clavuligerus

⇒ English: clavulanic acid, clavulanic

From Streptomyces and Latin clāvuligerus (“bearing a little stick”), referring to the spore-bearing hyphae of the bacterium.

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(bacteriology) A taxonomic species within the family Streptomycetaceae – a gram-positive bacterium by which clavulanic acid is produced.


Melastomataceae

A taxonomic family within the order Myrtales – certain dicotyledonous flowering plants, mostly tropical mostly of the New World.

Acanthella

(family): Astronieae, Bertolonieae, Cyphostyleae, Dinophoreae, Dissochaeteae, Eriocnemeae, Feliciadamieae, Henrietteeae, Kibessioideae, Lavoisiereae, Lithobieae, Marcetieae, Melastomateae, Melastomatoideae, Merianieae, Miconieae, Olisbeoideae, Pedoconnective clade, Pyramieae, Pyxidantheae, Rhexieae, Rupestreeae, Sonerileae, Stanmarkieae, Trioleneae - tribes


Miconia

A taxonomic genus within the family Melastomataceae – certain flowering plants including the johnnyberry.


Stewartia

Originally a misspelling of Stuartia, which the taxon author, Linnaeus, meant to name the taxon, after John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.

A taxonomic genus within the family Theaceae – certain flowering plants.


Sitophilus

sito- (“food, grain”) + -philus m (“-phile”), literally “grain-lover”

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A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – wheat weevil and related weevils, generally considered agricultural pests.


Scopula

Borrowed from Latin scōpula f (“small broom”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain geometer moths.


Conophytum

→ English: conophytum

→ Russian: конофи́тум (konofítum)

A taxonomic genus within the family Aizoaceae – button plants.


Xanthoparmelia

From xantho- (“yellow”) + Parmelia (“genus of lichens”).

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Parmelioideae – rock-shield lichens.

Xanthoparmelia conspersa

type species. See full list at Wikispecies.


Euclea

A taxonomic genus within the family Ebenaceae.


Trentepohliaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Trentepohliales – certain green algae.


Triarthrus

tri- (“three”) + Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + -us m.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Olenidae – certain extinct ptychopariid trilobites.


Mymaridae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – fairyflies, fairy wasps.


Anacampseros

A taxonomic genus within the family Anacampserotaceae.


Megatibicen

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – certain cicadas.


Dysschema

New Latin dys- (“difficult, impaired, abnormal, bad”) + Latin schēma f or n (“shape, form”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain tiger moths.


Helianthemum

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ഹീലിയാന്തിമം

→ Malayalam: ഹീലിയാന്തിമം (hīliyāntimaṁ)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cistaceae – rockroses.


Bembidion

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain beetles.


Thaumatophyllum

Ancient Greek θαῦμᾰ n (thaûma, “miracle”) + -phyllum n (“-leaved”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – certain flowering plants of South America.


Ceropegia

→ Russian: церопе́гия (ceropégija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – lantern flowers.


Pholcus

From Ancient Greek φολκός (pholkós, “bandy-legged”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Pholcidae – certain spiders.


Gobius

A taxonomic genus within the family Gobiidae – typical gobies.


Moenkhausia

A taxonomic genus within the family Characidae – certain tetras.


Litoria

→ Russian: лито́рия (litórija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylidae – certain tree frogs.


Anarthrophyllum

an- (“not”) + arthro- (“joint”) + -phyllum n (“leaf”), literally “jointless-leaf”

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A taxonomic genus within the tribe Genisteae – certain leguminous bushes.


Epeolus

A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – certain cuckoo bees.


Oonopidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – goblin spiders.


Helictochloa

Ancient Greek ἕλῐξ f (hélix, “helix”) + Attic Greek χλόη f (khlóē, “growing shoots of a plant”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – certain grasses.


Diarsia

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Stagmomantis

A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae – certain praying mantises.


Castiarina

A taxonomic genus within the family Buprestidae – certain beetles.


Oligosoma

oligo- (“few, several”) + -soma (“body”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – certain skinks of New Zealand.


Aquilonastra

Latin aquilō m (“north”) + Latin astra f (“star”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asterinidae – certain starfish.


Eburia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain borer beetles.


Davallia

→ Russian: дава́ллия (davállija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Thymelaeaceae – rabbit's-foot ferns.


Plethodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Plethodontidae – woodland salamanders.


Jacobaea

→ French: jacobée

→ Russian: яко́бея (jakóbeja)

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain flowering plants.


Pycnonotus goiavier

yellow-vented bulbul
yellow-vented bulbul

A taxonomic species within the family Pycnonotidae – the yellow-vented bulbul.


Juglans mandshurica

A taxonomic species within the family Juglandaceae – a certain tree, endemic to East Asia.


Gracula religiosa

A taxonomic species within the family Sturnidae – the common hill myna.


Grewia

→ Russian: гре́вия (grévija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – certain flowering plants.


Alistipes

From New Latin alistipes, from alius (“other”) + stīpes (“log, post”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Rikenellaceae – Gram-negative, rod-shaped anaerobic bacteria.


Tiphia

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τίφη (típhē, “an insect, perhaps the water-spider, that runs on the top of smooth water”), cognate with Latin tipula)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Tiphiidae – certain wasps.


Cephalopholis

cephalo- (“head”) + Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς f (pholís, “scale”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – certain fish.


Nucleocytoviricota

From Latin nucleus + cyto- + -viricota (“suffix forming names of virus phyla”).

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A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bamfordvirae – nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs).


Astacidea

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Decapoda – certain decapod crustaceans.


Luidia

→ Russian: луи́дия (luídija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Luidiidae – certain starfishes.


Iodidimonas

New Latin iōdidum (“iodide”) + Ancient Greek μονᾰ́ς f (monás, “unit”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Iodidimonadaceae – bacteria that oxidize iodide (I⁻) to iodine (I₂).


Onthophagus

From Ancient Greek ὄνθος (ónthos, “animal dung”) -phagus. Literally "(animal) dung-eater."

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A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain dung beetles.


Pyrrosia

A taxonomic genus within the family Polypodiaceae – certain ferns.


Ellobium

A taxonomic genus within the family Ellobiidae – certain snails.


An emoticon conveying silliness or playfulness.


Named after Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, the lengthened name of a large village on the island of Anglesey, Wales.

A taxonomic species within the family Myxococcaceae – a gram-negative, rod-shaped species of myxobacteria.


Haootia

A taxonomic genus within the phylum Cnidaria – an extinct animal of the Ediacaran biota, representing the earliest known evidence for muscle tissue in an animal.


Abdarainurus

From Abdarain Nuru, the Russian name of the location the fossil was found, and Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), because it is only known from tail bones.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a titanosaur dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.


Abditosaurus

From Latin abditus (“hidden, concealed, forgotten”), and Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”), because its fossils were described sixty-eight years after they were discovered.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a titanosaur dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Spain.


Acantholipan

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn, spine”) and English Lipan, referring to its armor and the Lepai-Nde tribe who live in the area its fossils were found.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Ornithischia – a nodosaurid dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mexico.


Leptodactylus

lepto- (“thin”) + -dactylus (“finger”), literally “thin-finger”

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A taxonomic genus within the family Leptodactylidae – white-lipped frogs.


Adasaurus

From Ada, a spirit in Mongolian mythology + -saurus.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a deinonychosaur dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Mongolia.


Acrotholus

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “high”) and Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “dome”), referring to its tall head dome.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Ornithischia – a pachycephalosaur dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Canada.


Adamantisaurus

From the Adamantina Formation where it was found + -saurus

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a titanosaur dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Brazil.


Acheroraptor

From Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn, “Acheron, the river of pain in Greek mythology”) and Latin raptor (“thief”), named in reference to being a dromaeosaurid discovered in the Hell Creek Formation.

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A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a deinonychosaur dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Montana.


Acrocanthosaurus

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “high”) Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “spine, thorn”) + Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”), referring to the tall spines on its back.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – an allosauroid dinosaur from the Cretaceous of the United States.


Adelolophus

From Ancient Greek ἄδηλος (ádēlos, “invisible”) and Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”), in reference to the lack of a preserved crest.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Ornithischia – a hadrosaur dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Utah.


Adeopapposaurus

From Latin adeo (“so much”), Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “eat”), and. Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”), intended to mean “far-eating lizard”, a reference to its long neck.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Jurassic of Argentina.


Pycnonotus aurigaster

A taxonomic species within the family Pycnonotidae – the sooty-headed bulbul.


Pycnonotus bimaculatus

orange-spotted bulbul
orange-spotted bulbul

A taxonomic species within the family Pycnonotidae – the orange-spotted bulbul.


Istiophorus

istio- (“sail”, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στῐ́ον n (histíon, “sail”)) + -phorus m (“-phore, bearer”), literally “sail-bearer”, referring to the dorsal fin or 'sail'.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Istiophoridae – sailfish.


(metonymically) Represents animals, pets, or anything related to such.


Oryzomys

oryzo- (“rice”) + Ancient Greek μῦς m (mûs, “mouse”), literally “rice mouse”

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – certain semiaquatic rodents, rice rats.


Brachyscome

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain flowering plants.


Otiorhynchus

Latin ōtium n (“leisure; free time”) + Ancient Greek ῥῠ́γχος n (rhúnkhos, “nose”). Despite the root word ῥῠ́γχος (rhúnkhos) being a neuter noun, it resembles Latin -us, and so has taken the masculine grammatical gender.

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils.


Prototaxites

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прототакси́т

→ Russian: прототакси́т (prototaksít)

A taxonomic genus within the family Prototaxitaceae – extinct terrestrial fossil fungi dating from the Late Silurian to the Late Devonian period.


Parapytanga

Derived from Old Tupi pará (“river”) + pytang (“reddish”) + -a.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinesuchidae.


Babiana

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – certain geophytes.


Knulliana

First described as a taxon in 1962 by Earle Gorton Linsley, an American entomologist. Further etymology unknown.

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Bothriospilini – a monotypic taxon containing only Knulliana cincta, the banded hickory borer, a species of longhorn beetle.


Ichneumon

Borrowed from Latin ichneumōn (“ichneumon wasp”), from Ancient Greek ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn, “tracker”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Ichneumonidae – a large amount of ichneumonid wasps.

among others. See full list at Wikispecies.


Pseudocoleodictyospora

From pseudo- + Coleodictyospora. More intricately from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs) + Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós) + Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon) + New Latin spora. Described in 2016 by Mingkwan Doilom and Kevin David Hyde.

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ψευδής</i> (pseudḗs)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">κολεός</i> (koleós)

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">δίκτυον</i> (díktuon)

New Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">spora</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudocoleodictyosporaceae – certain fungi.


Paraboreochlus

From para- + Boreochlus, for its similarity to the genus Boreochlus, which is in the same subfamily.

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Podonominae – certain chironomid flies.

Paraboreochlus bisaetiger – Paraboreochlus okinawanus – Paraboreochlus minutissimus – Paraboreochlus stahli


Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus

From Amsacta moorei (“species of erebid moth”) + English entomopoxvirus.

English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">entomopoxvirus</i>

A taxonomic species within the genus Betaentomopoxvirus – a virus that infects erebid moths of species Paramsacta moorei (syn. Amsacta moorei).


Simplexeburia

From Latin simplex + Eburia (“genus of Cerambycidae”).

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">simplex</i>

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Eburiini – the longhorn beetle Simplexeburia divisa.


Dracaena trifasciata

Dracaena f + New Latin trifasciata f (“trifasciated”)

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A taxonomic species within the family Asparagaceae – snake plant, a very common houseplant.


Spathiphyllum

→ English: spathiphyllum

→ Greek: σπαθίφυλλο n (spathífyllo)

From Latin spatha (“spatula, spatha”) + -phyllum.

A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – including spath lilies and peace lilies.

for others see Spathiphyllum at Plants of the World Online


Anomala

Borrowed from Latin anomala, feminine inflection of anomalus (“anomalous”).

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Anomalini – certain scarabs.


Diversispora

Compound of Latin dīversus (“diverse”) + New Latin spora (“spore”); See spore

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Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">dīversus</i>

New Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">spora</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Diversisporaceae – certain fungi.


Schizothecium

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New Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">thecium</i>

A taxonomic genus within the family Schizotheciaceae – certain fungi.


Devo

Possibly named after the new wave band Devo, which is an abbreviation of English de-evolution (more commonly called devolution). Further derived from Middle French dévolution, Medieval Latin devolutio, and Latin devolvo.

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Vijayinae – certain amphipods.


Bokermannohyla

From a combination of Germanic Bokermann -o- + Hyla (“genus of common treefrogs”). Bokermann is eponymous to Werner Bokermann, Brazilian zoologist.

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Cophomantinae – many species of tree frogs.


Johnsonius

From English Johnson + -ius. It is not known which person it is eponymous to.

A taxonomic genus within the family Braconidae – two species of braconid wasps.


Balaninus

(obsolete, entomology) A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – Synonym of Curculio.


Veliidae

A taxonomic family within the order Heteroptera – riffle bugs, small water striders, or broad-shouldered water striders.


Lithothelium

From litho- (“stone”) + New Latin thelium (“papilla”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyrenulaceae – certain fungi.


Glycomyces

From glyco- (“sugar;” “glucose”) + -myces (“fungi”). Note that this is a genus of bacteria, not fungi.

A taxonomic genus within the family Glycomycetaceae – certain bacteria.


Mastax

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain ground beetles.


Glaucocharis

From Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “bright, gleaming”) + Ancient Greek χᾰ́ρῐς (kháris, “beauty, elegance, charm, grace”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain grass moths.


Eleutherodactylus

New Latin from Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, “free, liberated”) + Latin dactylus (“finger”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Eleutherodactylidae – robber frogs.

A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Eleutherodactylus.


Macrodactylus

macro- (“large”) + -dactylus (“finger, digit”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – many scarab beetles.


Kalanchoe laetivirens

From Kalanchoe + Latin laetus (“fertile, lush”) + Latin virens (“green, flourishing”).

A taxonomic species within the family Crassulaceae – one of several Kalanchoe plants known as the mother of thousands, native to southwestern Madagascar.


Amorpha juglandis

From the genus name Amorpha + Latin juglandis (“of walnuts/walnut trees”). It is named as such due to the caterpillar's diet, and thus habitat, being the leaves of walnut trees.

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A taxonomic species within the family Sphingidae – walnut sphinx moth.


Indiadactylus

A taxonomic genus within the family Buprestidae – certain jewel beetles.

For species see Indiadactylus at the Catalogue of Life


Nemacladus

From a New Latin rendering of both Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “yarn, silk”) and Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “branch”).

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Nemacladoideae – threadplants.


Eospongosaturninus

New Latin eo- (“earliest”) + Spongosaturninus

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Hexasaturnalinae – certain entactinarian chromists.


Gnathodracon

New Latin gnatho- (“jaw”) + Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων (drákōn, “dragon”)

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Olethreutinae – certain tortrix moths.


Conocephalus

New Latin cono- (“cone”) + -cephalus (“head”)

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Conocephalini – certain conehead katydids.


Heliophobus

Possibly from English heliophobe (“one who fears the sun or sunlight”) + -us (“masculine suffix”). Possibly directly from New Latin helio- (“sun”) + Latin -phobus (“-phobe; (one) who fears”), literally “heliophobe, sun-fearer”.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain noctuid moths.


> (eyebrows) + : (eyes) + 3 (cat-like smile)

An emoticon conveying silliness or playfulness.


Pseudohedya

From pseudo- (“imitating, falsely resembling”) + Hedya. The genus Hedya is closely related to Pseudohedya.

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Olethreutini – certain tortrix moths.


Mirabilicoxa

From Latin mīrābilis (“wonderful, extraordinary, amazing”) + Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Desmosomatidae – certain sea-dwelling isopods.


Eriocephalus

From Ancient Greek ἔριον (érion, “wool”) + cephalus (“head”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain aster family plants, of southern Africa.


Cyanopterus

Borrowed from New Latin cyanopterus (“blue- and black-feathered”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κῠᾰνόπτερος (kuanópteros, “blue- and black-feathered”). Surface analysis cyano- (“cyan”) + New Latin pterus (“wing”).

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A taxonomic genus within the tribe Braconini – certain braconid wasps.


Rabidosa rabida

A taxonomic species within the family Lycosidae – rabid wolf spider, a medium-sized predatory wolf spider, of the eastern and southern US.


Cordylanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Orobanchaceae – certain parasitic plants.


Eriocaulon

A taxonomic genus within the family Eriocaulaceae – pipeworts.


Giganotosaurus

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→ Chinese: 南方巨獸龍／南方巨兽龙 (nánfāngjùshòulóng) (calque)

→ English: giganotosaurus

From New Latin giga- (“large”) + New Latin noto- (“southern”) + -saurus (“lizard”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Carcharodontosauridae – the giganotosaurus, Giganotosaurus carolinii.


Bhutanitis

From English Bhutan (“country in Asia”) + Ancient Greek -ῖτις f (-îtis, “-ite; one from a place”).

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Zerynthiini – certain swallowtail butterflies.


Holmelgonia perturbatrix

From Holmelgonia + New Latin perturbatrix, from Latin perturbō (“to perturb, to confuse”) + Latin -atrix (“-ress”)

A taxonomic species within the family Linyphiidae – certain linyphiid or sheet weaver spiders.


Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

From Corynebacterium + English pseudotuberculosis.

A taxonomic species within the family Corynebacteriaceae – a species of Gram-positive bacterium that infects ruminants and horses.


Agave victoriae-reginae

Agave + Latin Victoriae (“of Victoria”) + Latin reginae (“of a queen”). Combined, the epithet refers to Queen Victoria of England, which is related to the English vernacular name Queen Victoria agave, if not a direct calque of the taxonomic name.

A taxonomic species within the family Asparagaceae – Queen Victoria agave or royal agave.

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Asparagales - order; Asparagaceae - family; Agavoideae - subfamily; Agave - genus; Agave subg. Littaea - subgenus; Agave sect. Bechtoldiae - section


Fritillaria macedonica

Fritillaria + Latin macedonica f, literally “Macedonian fritillary”, macedonica is the feminine form of Latin macedonicus m (“Macedonian”), most likely in relation to North Macedonia, formerly referred to as just Macedonia.

A taxonomic species within the family Liliaceae – a fritillary plant found in North Macedonia.


Rathalos

Direct borrowing from English Rathalos (“dragon species from the Monster Hunter video game series”), possibly a faux word related to English wrath.

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Anyphaeninae – a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders.


Chilicola charizard

Chilicola + English Charizard (“species of Pokémon”). Charizard is a blend of char + lizard.

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A taxonomic species within the family Colletidae – xeromelissine bees.


(Internet slang, euphemistic, figuratively) A penis.


(Internet slang, euphemistic) A vagina; the female genitalia; pussy.


Autophila

Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “auto-, self-”) + Latin -phila (“-phile”), literally “autophile” or “narcissist”

(subgenera)

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain erebid moths.

A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Autophila – certain erebid moths.


Macroceratogonia

macro- (“large”) + cerato- (“kerato-, horn, cornea”) + -gonia (“-gony, genesis”)

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Macroceratogoniini – a species of leafhopper, Macroceratogonia aurea.


Eremoryzomys

erem- (“desert-dwelling, solitary”) + Oryzomys m (“rice rats”), literally “desert rice rat” or “solitary rice rat”

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Oryzomyini – certain rats closely related to rice rats.


Nordstromia

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Drepanini – certain drepanid moths.


Hologymnosus

holo- (“whole; entire”) + gymno- (“naked, bare”) + Latin -ōsus m (“-ous, -ose; forms adjectives”), literally “all-naked”

A taxonomic genus within the family Labridae – ring wrasses.


Cystobasidiopsis

cysto- (“cyst, sac; urinary bladder”) + New Latin basidi(um) n (“basidium”) + -opsis f (“resembling”), literally “basidium resembling a cyst/sac/bladder”

A taxonomic genus within the family Chionosphaeraceae – certain basidiomycete fungi.


Pseudovermis

pseudo- (“false, fake”) + Latin vermis m (“worm”), literally “fake worm”

A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudovermidae – certain cladobranchs.


Ichnanthus

ichn(o)- (“footprint”) + Latin anthus (“flower, blossom”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – bedgrasses of the tropics worldwide.


Psoloptera

Ancient Greek ψόλος m (psólos, “soot, smoke”) + -ptera f (“-wing, -winged”), literally “smoke-wing”

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain arctiine moths.


Carteria

English Carter (“surname”) + -ia f. Carter is from English carter (“one who operates a cart”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Chlamydomonadaceae – certain green algae.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids, now in the genus Bletia.

A taxonomic genus within the order Ceratitida – certain extinct ammonites.

A taxonomic genus within the family Chaetomiaceae – certain ascomycotan fungi.


Acentrogobius

a- (“not”) + centro- (“center, central”) + Latin gōbius m (“goby, gudgeon”), literally “acentral goby/gudgeon”

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Gobiinae – certain gobies.


Liothorax

lio- (“smooth”) + Latin thōrax m (“thorax”) or Ancient Greek θώρᾱξ m (thṓrāx, “thorax”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain scarab beetles.


Urospora

uro- (“tail”) + -spora (“spore; -spore”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Ulotrichaceae – certain green algae.


Pachylemur

pachy- (“thick”) + Lemur m (“ring-tailed lemur”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Lemuridae – certain extinct lemurids.


Mooreia

A taxonomic genus within the family Mooreiaceae – certain cytophagous bacteria.


Goniopleura

gonio- (“angle”) + Latin pleura f (“pleura (“lateral bodypart”)”)

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Bromiini – certain leaf beetles.


Draconarius

Borrowed from Latin drăcōnārĭus m (“standard-bearer”), from Latin dracō m (“dragon”) + Latin -ārius m (“-ary”, masculine-only agentive suffix), literally “dragonary”.

A taxonomic genus within the family Agelenidae – certain araneomorph funnel-web spiders.


Draconetta

Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων m (drákōn, “dragon”) + Latin -etta f (“-ette (“diminutive”)”), literally “dragonette”

A taxonomic genus within the family Draconettidae – Draconetta xenica, a species of slope dragonet.


Stenodera palaestina

Stenodera f (“genus”) + Latin Palaestīna f (“Palestinian”), literally “Palestinian Stenodera”

A taxonomic species within the family Meloidae – certain blister beetles.


Crucigenia

Latin crux f (“cross; from combining form crucī”) + -genia f (“-geny”)

A taxonomic genus within the class Trebouxiophyceae – certain green algae.


Akalyptoischion

a- (“not”) + Ancient Greek κᾰλῠ́πτω (kalúptō, “to cover”) + Ancient Greek ῐ̓σχῐ́ον n (iskhíon, “hip joint”), literally “not-covered hip joint.”

A taxonomic genus within the family Akalyptoischiidae – certain coccinelloid beetles.


Pavlovskiata

From English Pavlovsky, a transliteration of Russian Павло́вский (Pavlóvskij, “surname”) + -ata f (“-ate; adjectival suffix”); named after Yevgeny Pavlovsky, from Russian па́вловский (pávlovskij, “of Pavlov”), from Russian Па́влов (Pávlov).

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Hypodermatinae – certain botflies.


Calocomus

longhorn beetles
longhorn beetle#English

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Calocomini – certain longhorn beetles.


Cephaloscymnus

cephalo- (“head”) + Scymnus m (“genus of ladybugs”)

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A taxonomic genus within the tribe Cephaloscymnini – certain ladybugs.


Beltia

Likely eponymous, from English Belt (“surname”) + -ia f

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Eumolpini – certain leaf beetles.


Diastictis

Probably from Ancient Greek στικτός (stiktós, “tattooed, spotted, dappled”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain geometrid moths, mostly of the Americas.


Armadillidium arcangelii

Armadillidium + arcangelii, eponym from Italian Arcangeli.

A taxonomic species within the family Armadillidiidae – certain woodlice, pillbugs.


Agonopterix

Ancient Greek ἄγονος m (ágonos, “infertile, barren, sterile”) + Ancient Greek πτέρῠξ f (ptérux, “wing (of a bird)”), literally “barren-wing”. The nonstandard spelling of the -pterix suffix (usually -pteryx) may suggest Latin or English influence in the taxonomic spelling.

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Depressariinae – certain depressariid moths.


Polytrichastrum

Polytrichum n + Latin -astrum n (“incomplete resemblance”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Polytrichaceae – certain mosses.


Patellifolia

Latin patella f (“small or shallow dish; patella”) + Late Latin folia f (“leaf”), literally “patella-leaf”

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Hablitzieae – certain amaranth-family plants.


Brachycephalus

Borrowed from New Latin brachycephalus (literally “short-headed; small-headed”), surface analysis brachy- (“short; small”) + -cephalus m (“headed”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Brachycephalidae – saddleback toads.


Trigonopterus

Ancient Greek τρῐ́γωνον n (trígōnon, “triangle”) + -pterus m (“-winged”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils, of Australia, Indonesia and Melanesia.


Campyloneura

Ancient Greek κᾰμπῠ́λος m (kampúlos, “bent, curved”) + Latin neura f (“(wing) vein”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Miridae – Campyloneura virgula, a species of predatory bug of Eurasia.


Batrachospermum

A taxonomic genus within the family Batrachospermaceae – batrachosperm red algae.


Cousinia

→ Russian: кузи́ния (kuzínija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain central and western Asian plants.


Indochinamon

From English Indochina + Ancient Greek -μων m (-mōn).

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Potamiscinae – certain crabs.


Cheirolophus

cheiro- (“Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand, arm, palm, finger”)”) + Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”), with influence from the Latinizing of Ancient Greek, suffixing with + -us.

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">χείρ</i> (kheír, “hand, arm, palm, finger”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain flowering plants native to the western Mediterranean.


Oligocassida

oligo- + Cassida, with oligo- representing the Oligocene, the geological epoch in which the fossil was found.

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Cassidinae – an extinct species of leaf beetle from the Oligocene period, known by a single fossil.


Exochus

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔξοχος (éxokhos, “prominent, eminent”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Ichneumonidae – certain ichneumonid wasps.


Myodes californicus

Myodes + Latin californicus, literally “Californian Myodes”

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A taxonomic species within the family Myidae – western red-backed vole.


Hentziectypus

English Hentz + Latin -i- + Latin ectypus m (“ectype”), literally “Hentz's ectype”

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Theridiinae – certain tangle-web spiders.


Siphonops

Ancient Greek σῑ́φων m (sī́phōn, “tube, pipe”) + -ops (“-looking”), literally “tube-resembling”

A taxonomic genus within the family Siphonopidae – certain caecilians found in the upper half of South America.


Elattoneura

Attic Greek ἐλάττων m or f (eláttōn, “smaller, less”) + Ancient Greek νευρᾱ́ f (neurā́, “bowstring”)

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Disparoneurinae – certain damselflies.


Oxyrrhynchium

From Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxúrrhunkhos, “sharp-snouted, sharp-billed”) + -ium n.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Brachytheciaceae – certain mosses.


Archimyrmex

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Myrmeciinae – certain extinct ants.


Hermannia

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – doll's rose.


Machaerina

Latin machaera f (“type of sword”) + -ina f (“-ine”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – twigrushs.


Bulbochaete

bulbo- (“bulb, bulbous”) + Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “crest, foliage”), literally “bulb-crest.”

A taxonomic genus within the family Oedogoniaceae – certain algae.


Echinosaura

echino- (“prickly”) + -saura f (“lizard”), literally “prickly lizard”

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Cercosaurini – certain gymnophthalmid lizards.


Papuina

Possibly from English Papua (“Indo-Pacific island”) + -ina f (“-ine”). This theory is based upon the possibility of the snails being found near or around Papua. This is supported by the species name translingual Papuina papuensis (literally “Papuan papuina”) (formerly Helix papuensis).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Camaenidae – certain marine snails.


Rathalos treecko

Binomial compound of Rathalos + English Treecko (“species of Pokémon”). English Treecko is from a blend of English tree (“type of plant”) + English gecko (“type of lizard”).

blend

A taxonomic species within the family Anyphaenidae – a certain anyphaenid sac spider.


Bulbasaurus

English Bulbasaur (“species of Pokémon”) + -us m, with the influence of -saurus m (“lizard”). English Bulbasaur is derived from English bulb (“plant part”) + English -a- (“phonetic interfix”) + English -saur (“lizard, saurian”), literally “bulb-lizard”.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Geikiidae – certain extinct mammals.


Mithrodia

A taxonomic genus within the family Mithrodiidae – certain sea stars.


Chondropetalum

chondro- (“grain”) + New Latin petalum (“petal”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Restionaceae – certain grasses.


Trachycephalus

trachy- (“spiky, jagged”) + -cephalus m (“head”)

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Lophyohylinae – certain tree frogs.


Rissoa

Likely an eponym from Italian Risso + -a f.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rissoidae – certain sea snails.


Pygarctia

→ English: pygarctia (learned)

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – pygarctias.


Dipodomys agilis

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→ English: agile kangaroo mouse (calque)

Binomial compound of Dipodomys m + Latin agilis m or f (“agile”)

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A taxonomic species within the family Heteromyidae – agile kangaroo rat.


Cyclophora

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Cosymbiini – certain geometrid moths.


Resapamea

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain noctuid moths.


Strongylophthalmyia

From Ancient Greek στρογγῠ́λος m (strongúlos, “round, spherical”) + Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμός m (ophthalmós, “eye”) + -ia f.

A taxonomic genus within the family Strongylophthalmyiidae – typical strongylophthalmyiid flies.


Trachelyopterus

trachel- (“neck”) + lyo- (“to loosen, to dissolve”) + -pterus (“-winged”)

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Auchenipterinae – certain catfishes.


Poecilometis

Coined by British zoologist and geologist William Sweetland Dallas in 1851. From poecilo- (“variegated”).

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A taxonomic genus within the tribe Halyini – certain stink bugs native to mainland Australia.


Melanophthalma

From melano- (“black”) + Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμός m (ophthalmós, “eye”) + -a f, literally “black-eye(d)”. Coined by Russian entomologist Victor Motschulsky in 1866.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Latridiidae – certain latridiid beetles.

A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Melanophthalma – certain latridiid beetles.


Tomura

A taxonomic genus within the family Cornirostridae – certain sea snails.


Ephoron

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐφόρων m (ephórōn), from Ancient Greek ἔφορος m (éphoros, “overseer, guardian, ruler”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Polymitarcyidae – certain polymitarcyid mayflies.


Hypothecla

gossamer-winged butterflies
gossamer-winged butterfly#English

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Hypotheclini – certain gossamer-winged butterflies.


Microlicia

micro- (“small”) + Latin līcium (“thrum, leash, thread”). Coined by Scottish botanist David Don in 1823.

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A taxonomic genus within the tribe Microlicieae – certain melastomataceous plants.


Novaculina

Latin novācula f (“sharp knife, dagger, razor”) + -ina f.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Pharidae – certain pharid clams.


Sphaerodactylus

sphaero- (“sphere, sphero-”) + -dactylus (“finger”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphaerodactylidae – various gekkonoid lizards.


Euastrum

eu- (“good, true”) + -astrum n (“-resembling”), literally “true-seeming”

A taxonomic genus within the family Desmidiaceae – certain desmidiaceous green algae.


Sterechinus

From stereo- (“solid”) + Latin echīnus m (“sea urchin”). Coined by French zoologist Jean Baptiste François René Koehler in 1901.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Echinidae – certain sea urchins, all living species of which live in the Antarctic Ocean.


Himantoides

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain sphinx moths.


Penetes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένητες (pénētes), plural of Ancient Greek πένης m (pénēs, “labourer, poor person”).

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brush-footed butterfly
brush-footed butterfly

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – a single species of brush-footed butterfly.


Graphilbum

Ancient Greek γρᾰφίς f (graphís) + Latin album n (“white”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Ophiostomataceae – certain fungi.


Laena

Borrowed directly from Latin laena f (“article of clothing”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek χλαῖνᾰ f (khlaîna, “article of clothing”).

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darkling beetles
darkling beetle#English

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Laenini – certain darkling beetles.


Acanthodactylus maculatus

Binomial compound from Acanthodactylus m + Latin maculātus m (“spotted, dotted”), literally “spotted Acanthodactylus”.

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A taxonomic species within the family Lacertidae – spotted fringe-fingered lizard or spotted fringe-toed lizard.


Orthochtha

ortho- + Ancient Greek ὄχθη f (ókhthē, “land by a riverside”)

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short-horned grasshoppers
short-horned grasshopper#English

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Acridinae – certain short-horned grasshoppers.


Rupornis

Coined by German paleontologist, ornithologist and ichthyologist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1844.

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Buteoninae – the roadside hawk.


Luciogobius

From Latin lūcius m (“pike”) + Latin gōbius m (“goby”). Coined by American biologist Theodore Gill in 1859.

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Gobionellinae – certain gobies.


Agave ovatifolia

Binomial compound of Agave f + New Latin ovatifolia f (“egg(-shaped)-leaved”).

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Agave sect. Parryanae
Agave sect. Parryanae#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the section Agave sect. Parryanae – whale’s tongue agave.


Thalictrum urbainii

Binomial compound Thalictrum n + urbainii (“Urbain's”). Coined by Japanese botanist Bunzō Hayata in 1911.

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A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae – Urbain's meadowrue.


Toxicoscordion

toxico- (“toxic”) + Latin scordion n (“unknown medicinal plant”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – death camas of western North America.


Centrolepis

centro- (“center”) + Ancient Greek λεπῐ́ς f (lepís, “scale”). Coined by French botanist Jacques Labillardière in 1804.

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Centrolepidoideae – certain grasses.


Astroloma

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→ Belarusian: астролома (astroloma) (learned)

→ Russian: астролома (astroloma) (learned)

Related to astro- (“star”) and possibly Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma). Coined by Scottish botanist (1773-1858), discoverer of the cell nucleus and of Brownian Motion Robert Brown in 1810.

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A taxonomic genus within the tribe Styphelieae.


Hydatophylax

Ancient Greek ῠ̔́δᾰτος, ῠ̔́δωρ n (húdatos, húdōr, “water”) + Ancient Greek φῠ́λᾰξ m (phúlax, “guard, sentry”). Ancient Greek φῠ́λᾰξ (phúlax) is commonly used in names of genera of northern caddisflies.

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ῠ̔́δᾰτος, ῠ̔́δωρ

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Stenophylacini – certain northern caddisflies.


Terminalia sericea

Binomial compound of Terminalia f + Latin sēricea f (“silky, silken”).

A taxonomic species within the family Terminalia – clusterleaf, silver cluster-leaf or silver terminalia, of southern Africa.


Acrotriche

Borrowed from New Latin acrotrichus (“hairy-tipped”) but with -e modeled after the Ancient Greek feminine adjective suffix -η (-ē).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – ground berries of Australia.

Acrotriche aggregata

red cluster heath, tall groundberry, tall acrotriche


Prinia fluviatilis

→ English: river prinia (calque)

Binomial compound of Prinia f + Latin fluviātilis m or f (“riverine, of rivers”), literally “river prinia”.

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A taxonomic species within the family Combretaceae – river prinia.


Genetta felina

Binomial compound of Genetta f (“genet”) + Latin fēlīna f (“feline”), literally “feline genet”.

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A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – South African small-spotted genet.


Salvia transsylvanica

→ English: Transylvanian sage (calque)

Binomial compound of Salvia f + Latin transsylvanica f (“Transylvanian”).

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – Transylvanian sage.


Tursiops australis

Binomial compound of Tursiops m (“bottlenose dolphin”) + Latin austrālis m or f (“Australian”), literally “Australian bottlenose dolphin”.

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A taxonomic species within the family Delphinidae – Burrunan dolphin.


Hedera iberica

→ English: Iberian ivy (calque)

Binomial compound of Hedera f (“ivy”) + Latin ibērica f (“Iberian”), literally “Iberian ivy”.

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A taxonomic species within the family Araliaceae – Iberian ivy.


Macleania

From either English MacLean or English Maclean + -ia f.

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Vaccinieae – certain ericaceous plants.


Palmodes occitanicus

Binomial compound of Palmodes m + Latin occitānicus m (“Occitanic”), literally “Occitanic palmodes”.

A taxonomic species within the family Sphecidae – a certain thread-waisted wasp found in Occitania that parasitizes katydids.


Antheraea polyphemus

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→ English: polyphemus moth (partial calque)

Binomial compound of Antheraea f + Latin Polyphēmus m (“Polyphemus”), named after the cyclops, named as such due to the moth's large size and wingspan, as well as false eyes found on the inside of its wings.

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A taxonomic species within the family Saturniidae – polyphemus moth.


Botrynema

From either Latin bōtrus m (“grape”) or Ancient Greek βότρῠς m (bótrus, “grape”) + -nema f (“-shaped”), literally “grape-shaped”.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Halicreatidae – certain hydrozoans.


Lampropeltis elapsoides

Binomial compound of Lampropeltis f (“kingsnake, milk snake”) + New Latin elapsoīdēs m or f (“elapsoid, similar to Elaps-genus snakes”), literally “elapsoid kingsnake/milk snake”. The species is named as such due to its visual similarity to coral snakes, many formerly placed in the genus Elaps.

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A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae – scarlet kingsnake or scarlet milk snake.


Polysphincta vexator

Binomial compound of Polysphincta f + Latin vexātor m (“troubler, harasser, abuser, vexer”).

A taxonomic species within the family Ichneumonidae – an ichneumonid wasp.


Cupressus torulosa

Binomial compound of Cupressus f (“cypress”) + Latin torulosa f (“torulous, torose”), from Latin torulus m (“small elevation”) + Latin -osus m (“-ous, -ose”), literally “torulous cypress”.

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A taxonomic species within the family Cupressaceae – Hamalayan cypress or Bhutan cypress.


Equisetum laevigatum

→ English: smooth horsetail (calque)

Binomial compound of Equisetum n (“horsetail plant”) + Latin laevigātum n (“smooth, polished”), literally “smooth horsetail”.

A taxonomic species within the family Equisetaceae – smooth horsetail.


Smilax bona-nox

Binomial compound of Smilax f (“greenbriar”) + Latin bona-nox f. The specific epithet is from Latin bona f (“good”) + Latin nox f (“night”), literally “good-night”, likely as a calque of either Swedish god natt or English good night. Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

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A taxonomic species within the family Smilacaceae – saw greenbriar, a species of vine with spikes on both its leaves and its vine, found throughout the southern United States and northern Mexico.


Junoniini

A taxonomic tribe within the subfamily Nymphalinae – certain butterflies..


Plecotini

A taxonomic tribe within the subfamily Vespertilioninae – certain vesper bats.


Gongylomorphus

Ancient Greek γογγῠ́λος m (gongúlos, “round, spherical”) + -morphus m (“-shaped”), literally “spherically-shaped”.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – certain skinks found in Mauritius and surrounding islands.


Australaves

From Latin austrālis m or f (“southern, Australian”) + Latin avēs f (“birds”), plural of Latin avis f (“bird”). The clade was originally written in the singular as Astralavis, but was later changed, as most higher-rank taxa are in the plural case.

A taxonomic clade within the clade Telluraves – certain birds.


Dendrochirotida

→ English: dendrochirotid (learned)

dendro- (“tree, branch”) + chiro- (“hand”) + -ida, literally “hand-tree, tree of hands”, ultimately from Ancient Greek δένδρον n (déndron, “tree, branch”) + Ancient Greek χείρ f (kheír, “hand”) + Latin -ida. Coined by German zoologist and arachnologist Adolph Eduard Grube in 1840.

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A taxonomic order within the subclass Actinopoda – dendrochirotids; certain sea cucumbers.


Agonandra

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→ Malayalam: അഗോനാന്ദ്ര (agōnāndra) (learned)

A taxonomic genus within the family Opiliaceae – certain trees native to Central and South America.


Actinodaphne

→ Greek: Ακτινοδάφνη (Aktinodáfni) (learned)

ആക്ടിനോഡാഫ്നേ

→ Malayalam: ആക്ടിനോഡാഫ്നേ (ākṭinōḍāphnē) (learned)

actino- (“ray, radial”) + Daphne f (“genus”).

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Indian Subcontinent
Indian Subcontinent#English

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Laureae – certain trees of Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent, very closely related to laurels.

Actinodaphne pruinosa

type species. See a more extensive list at Actinodaphne


Pseudomorpha

From pseudo- (“false”) + -morpha f (“shape”), literally “false shape”, from Ancient Greek ψευδής m or f (pseudḗs, “false, lying”) and Ancient Greek μορφή f (morphḗ, “shape, form”). Cognate with English pseudomorph.

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A taxonomic genus within the tribe Pseudomorphini – various ground beetles, notable for the distinctly oval shape of their bodies.


Argophyllum

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ργός m (argós, “shining, glistening, white”) + -phyllum n (“leaf”), literally “whiteleaf”.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Argophyllaceae – argophyllums; certain plants endemic to the far north of Queensland, Australia, whose leaves' undersides are colored a bright white.


Euscorpius

From eu- + Latin scorpius m (“scorpion”).

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Euscorpiinae – small wood-scorpions.


Chrysobothris

chryso- (“gold”) + Ancient Greek βόθρος (bóthros, “trench, pit”).

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Chrysobothrini – certain buprestids.


Siphonochilus

siphono- (“pipe, tube”) + Ancient Greek χῑλός m (khīlós, “food for livestock”).

sub-Saharan Africa
sub-Saharan Africa#English

A taxonomic genus within the family Zingiberaceae – certain flowering plants of sub-Saharan Africa.


Erica sociorum

Binomial compound of Erica + Latin sociōrum (“of unities; of kinships”), from Latin socius.

A taxonomic species within the tribe Ericeae – Noordhoek cliff heath or partner heath; an extremely rare heath losing its native habitat due to pine trees.


Characium

From Ancient Greek χάραξ m or f (khárax) + -ium n.

A taxonomic genus within the family Characiaceae – certain green algae.


Cladophlebis

clado- (“branch”) + phlebo- (“vein”) + -is, literally “branch-vein”.

A taxonomic genus within the order Polypodiales or Osmundales – certain extinct ferns, alive from the Permian to the Campanian.


Amphipholis

A taxonomic genus within the family Amphiuridae – certain brittle stars.


Euryops

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain flowering plants.


Passiflora macrophylla

Binomial compound of Passiflora f + New Latin macrophylla f (“large-leaved”).

Passiflora sect. Astrophea
Wikispecies:Passiflora sect. Astrophea

A taxonomic species within the section Passiflora sect. Astrophea – the tree passion flower, a large, treelike species of passionflower native to Ecuador and Colombia.

Passiflora supersect. Astrophea - supersection

Passiflora araguensis Passiflora arborea


Neotiphia

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Tiphiinae – certain tiphiid wasps.


Commicarpus

From Latin commis f (“gum, gum tree”) + New Latin carpus m (“wrist”).

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Nyctagineae – certain flowering plants.

Commicarpus scandens

type species. See a more extensive list at Commicarpus


Woodsia

A taxonomic genus within the family Woodsiaceae – woodsia ferns.


Arthropteris

From arthro- (“joint”) + Pteris f (“quintessential ferns”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Arthropteridaceae – certain ferns.


Tachytes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τᾰχῠτής f (takhutḗs, “speed; quickness”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Crabronidae – solitary wasps, predatory on grasshoppers and katydids.


Lasiotrichius

From Ancient Greek λάσῐος m (lásios, “shaggy, hairy, overgrown”) + Trichius m.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain scarab beetles.


Bryoerythrophyllum

From bryo- (“moss, bryophyte”) + Erythrophyllum n.

A taxonomic genus within the family Pottiaceae – certain pottiaceous mosses.


Psychophasma

From psycho- (“mind”) + Latin phasma n (“phantom”), literally “mental phantom”.

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain beige moths found throughout Central America and the upper half of South America.


Passiflora sect. Elkea

Passiflora f (“passionflowers”) + sect. (“section”) + Elkea f

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P. supersect. Tacsonia
Wikispecies:P. supersect. Tacsonia

A taxonomic section within the supersection P. supersect. Tacsonia – various passionflower species.

Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia - supersection

Passiflora sect. Trifoliatae

Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia sections and nothosections


Anthonomus grandis

A taxonomic species within the family Curculionidae – boll weevil, a major pest of cotton crops.


Minous quincarinatus

Binomial compound of Minous m + New Latin quīncarīnātus m (“five-keeled”).

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A taxonomic species within the family Synanceiidae – the whitetail goblinfish.


Regulus regulus teneriffae

From Regulus regulus (“goldcrest”) + Latin Teneriffae (“of Tenerife”), literally “Tenerife goldcrest”.

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Regulidae – the Tenerife goldcrest.


Falco leucocephalus

Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus#Translingual

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the genus Falco – bald eagle, now Haliaeetus leucocephalus.


Mammillaria humboldtii

Binomial compound of Mammillaria f + humboldtii (“of Humboldt”), named after Alexander von Humboldt.

A taxonomic species within the family Cactaceae – Humboldt's globe cactus; a species of critically endangered globe cactus native to Mexico.


Odontotrypes

odonto- + Ancient Greek τρῡπάω (trūpáō, “to bore (into)”) + Latin -ēs

A taxonomic genus within the family Geotrupidae – certain scarab beetles.


Olethreutinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Tortricidae – certain tortricid moths.


Pangonius

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Pangoniini – certain horseflies.


Hoplandriini

A taxonomic tribe within the subfamily Aleocharinae – certain aleocharine beetles.


Macroglossini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Sphingidae – certain macroglossine sphinx moths.


Hesperiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Hesperiidae – certain skippers.


Myophiuroidea

A taxonomic subclass within the class Ophiuroidea – certain brittle stars.


Carabinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Carabidae – certain ground beetles.


Spirostreptidae

A taxonomic family within the order Spirostreptida – certain millipedes.


Arthoniales

A taxonomic order within the class Arthoniomycetes – certain lichens.


Diurideae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Orchidaceae.


Homalotini

A taxonomic tribe within the subfamily Aleocharinae – certain rove beetles.


Saperdini

A taxonomic tribe within the subfamily Lamiinae – certain longhorn beetles.


Crematogastrini

A taxonomic tribe within the subfamily Myrmicinae – certain ants.


Othonninae

A taxonomic subtribe within the tribe Senecioneae.


Arctiini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Erebidae – certain tiger moths.


Empidoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the infraorder Asilomorpha – certain flies.


Tectipleura

Latin tēctus m (“concealed, protected, roofed”) + Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́ f (pleurā́, “rib; the side of an animal”)

A taxonomic subterclass within the class Gastropoda – certain snails, slugs, and sea hares.

Aplysiida

(subterclass): Acochlidiimorpha, Eupulmonata, Pylopulmonata, Sacoglossa, Siphonarimorpha, Hygrophila, Pneumopulmonata - superorders


Diarsia brunnea

Diarsia f + Latin brunnea f (“brown”), literally “brown diarsia”

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A taxonomic species within the family Noctuidae.


Micrurus peruvianus

Micrurus m + New Latin perūviānus m (“Peruvian”)

A taxonomic species within the family Elapidae – the Peru coral snake.


Steninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Staphylinidae – certain rove beetles.


Galerucinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Chrysomelidae – certain leaf beetles.


Scutocoxifera

Latin scūtum n (“shield”) + Latin coxa f (“hip”) + -fera (“bearing”), literally “bearing shielded hips”

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A taxonomic clade within the order Isopoda.


Rosa subg. Rosa

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Rosaceae.


Lithosiina

A taxonomic subtribe within the tribe Lithosiini – certain arctiine moths.


Ichneumonoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the suborder Apocrita – braconid, ichneumonid and praeichneumonid wasps.


Apoditrysia

A taxonomic clade within the clade Ditrysia – apoditrysian moths.


Odonatoptera

A taxonomic superorder within the subclade Pterygota – various insects, the only ones of which still living are the dragonflies and damseflies.


Blaptinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Tenebrionidae – certain tenebrionid beetles.


Entiminae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Curculionidae – many true weevils.


Theraphosinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Theraphosidae – many tarantulas.


Aphrodinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.


Geometrinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Geometridae – certain geometer moths.


Xenotrichulinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Xenotrichulidae – certain gastrotrichs which live in marine or brackish environments.


Acastinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Archaeobalanidae – certain barnacles.


Cetoniinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Scarabaeidae – the flower chafer beetles.


Alaus oculatus

Alaus m + Latin oculātus m (“eyed; having eye(s)”), literally “eyed Alaus”, as the species is notable for the large false eyes on its thorax. Originally named Elater oculatus, later transferred into the genus Alaus.

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A taxonomic species within the tribe Hemirhipini – the eastern eyed click beetle or eyed elater, known for the large false eyes on its thorax.


Boreopelta

boreo- (“northern”) + Latin pelta f (“pelta, small shield”), so called because it was found in central Siberia.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Rhytidosteidae – an extinct genus of rhytidosteid temnospondyl of the Olenekian, found as a skull and jaw fossil in central Siberia. The only species is Boreopelta vavilovi.


Malva nicaeensis

Malva f + Latin nīcaeēnsis m or f (“Nicene, relating to Nicaea, now Iznik in modern-day Turkey”). Originally the species Althaea nicaeensis, in the genus Althaea.

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Malva sect. Malva
Wikispecies:Malva sect. Malva

A taxonomic species within the section Malva sect. Malva – bull mallow or French mallow.


Mallotus rhamnifolius

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→ English: buckthorn-leaved kamala (partial calque)

மேலோட்டஸ் ரேம்னிபோலியஸ்

→ Tamil: → மேலோட்டஸ் ரேம்னிபோலியஸ் (mēlōṭṭas rēmṉipōliyas) (transliteration)

Mallotus m + New Latin rhamnifolius m (“buckthorn-leaved”). Transferred from the genus Croton, originally Croton rhamnifolius.

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A taxonomic species within the family Euphorbiaceae – buckthorn-leaved kamala, native to India and Sri Lanka.


Astacoides madagascarensis

Astacoides f + Latin madagascarensis m or f (“Madagascan”)

A taxonomic species within the family Parastacidae – a species of lobster found around Madagascar.


Andropolia

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain noctuid moths.


Pampasatyrus

Possibly from Spanish pampa f or Quechua pampa (“plains, valleys (usually in the plural)”) + Satyrus m.

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain neotropical butterflies.


Laniarius poensis

A taxonomic species within the family Malaconotidae – the mountain sooty boubou, western boubou or mountain boubou, a species of bush shrike.


Coronaster

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→ Tamil: → கரோனாஇசுடர் (karōṉā’icuṭar) (transliteration)

Latin corōna f (“wreath, crown”) + Latin astēr m (“star”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Asteriidae – certain species of starfish.


Endeis

A taxonomic genus within the family Endeidae – certain sea spiders.


Kaestlea

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Sphenomorphinae – certain sphenomorphine skinks.


Cephidae

A taxonomic family within the superfamily Cephoidea – cephids; certain stem sawflies.


Alleculinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Tenebrionidae – certain darkling beetles.


Comanthosphace

Possibly from Latin com- (“with”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθος n (ánthos, “flower, blossom, bloom”) + Ancient Greek φακῆ f (phakê, “dish made with lentils”).

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Pogostemoneae – certain flowering bushes native to China, Taiwan, and Japan.