Polycystidea

(obsolete, zoology) A division of Gregarinia including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body.

(obsolete, zoology) A species of large brown algae, Cystophora polycystidea found in Spencer Gulf, South Australia.


A simple caduceus (☤) of the Greek god Hermes (and his Roman equivalent Mercury), as seen with a much longer staff in stylized representations of that god e.g. on pottery. The cross was added in the 16th century to Christianize the symbol of a pagan god.

Ants like the honey-bees and one section of the wasps, are social insects with, in any well-established nest or community, three distinct forms—the perfect and fertile female (♀) the male (♂), and the so-called neuter or worker (☿), which is merely an undeveloped female.

1903, C. T. Bingham, Hymenoptera.—Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps (The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma) (in English), London: Taylor and Francis, page v:


Lamniformes

A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – the mackerel sharks.

†Anacoracidae

order): Alopiidae (thresher shark), Cetorhinidae (basking shark), Lamnidae (great mackerel shark), Megachasmidae (megamouth shark), Mitsukurinidae (goblin shark), Odontaspididae (sand tiger), Pseudocarchariidae (crocodile shark) (families


Halcyon

A taxonomic genus within the family Alcedinidae – several tropical kingfishers.


Labroidei

A taxonomic suborder within the order Perciformes – the cichlids and other fish.

Cichlidae

(suborder): Labridae, Odacidae, Scaridae - families usually included


Zygobranchia

(dated, zoology) A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – marine gastropods in which the gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are also paired.


Zoöphyta

(zoology, archaic) An extensive, artificial, and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many zoologists, which included the coelenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc; sometimes restricted to the Coelenterata or to the Anthozoa.


Zonaria

New Latin, from Latin zonarius (“of a belt or girdle”)

(obsolete, zoology) A division of Mammalia characterized by girdle-like (zonal) placentas.


Zoanthacea

(archaic, zoology) A taxonomic suborder within the order Actinaria – members of which are now generally in order Zoantharia, including Zoanthus and allied genera of marine polyps, which are permanently attached by their bases.


-acea

From Latin -acea, neutral plural of -aceus: belonging to, the nature of (enlarged from adjective suffix -ax, genitive -acis).

(zoology) Used to form taxonomic names of animals of the rank of order, suborder, or similar

(zoology, obsolete) Used to form taxonomic names of animals of the rank of superfamily before the taxonomic code was changed to prohibit such names


(entomology) A symbol to indicate that an illustration represent the underside of a specimen.


Ameranthropoides loysi

(cryptozoology) The de Loys' Ape, a large South American primate allegedly encountered by François de Loys. It is a popular creature in cryptozoology.


(zoology) non-reproducing (e.g. worker bees).


Sinanthropus

(anthropology, paleontology, archaeology, obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – a group of extinct bipedal hominids.


Zinjanthropus

From Zinj (“East Africa”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man”).


Abdominales

New Latin, from Latin stem of abdomen (“belly, abdomen”) + -ales

(zoology, obsolete) An order of fish, including the greater part of freshwater fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals. This order is now a synonym within the order Cypriniformes.


Acrania

(zoology, obsolete) A class of Vertebrata including Branchiostoma (syn. Amphioxus), in which no skull exists.


Str

(geology, archaeology) Abbreviation of stratum. A stratigraphical layer of rock.


H. erectus

Semina cum illis H. erecti subidentica.

1883, Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bulletin de l’Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg, volume XI (in Latin), page 167:

The skull base is narrow; the mastoids small; and the side walls of the skull are parallel, as in modern crania, instead of convergent as in the Eastern H. erecti.

1962, Carleton S[tevens] Coon, The Origin of Races (in English), London: Jonathan Cape, […], page 493:

There was, adherents claim, no ethnic interbreeding with Neanderthals or H. erecti either west or east; they were just replaced.

2015, Michael Pitman, A Mutant Ape?: The Origin of Man’s Descent (in English), Merops Press, →ISBN, page 177:

Falsificando innumerevoli siti archeologici nel corso di quasi trent’anni, tal Fujimura era riuscito a dimostrare che il primo popolamento dell’arcipelago fosse avvento già 700 kya, facendo degli H. erecti locali i Giapponesi di allora, e di questi una razza più antica dei Cinesi.

2017, Simone dalla Chiesa, “Il mito del ‘selvaggio balbettante’ e l’origine della poesia giapponese”, in C. Bulfoni, E. Lupano, B. Mottura, editors, Sguardi sull’Asia e altri scritti in onore di Alessandra Cristina Lavagnino (in Italian), Milan: LED, →DOI, →ISBN, page 378:

Most H. erecti could not grasp how to make them.

2021 April, Bob Forrester, “The Missing Dimension: Shamanism in Human Evolution”, in The Digging Stick, volume 38, number 1 (in English), →ISSN, page 2, column 2:

Used, in context, to shorten the name and simplify the pronunciation of a species name with a generic name beginning with H and a specific epithet of erectus.

(anthropology, archaeology) Homo erectus


Accipitres

From Latin accipitres, plural of accipiter (“hawk”).

(obsolete, zoology) An obsolete order that includes rapacious birds, and now forms part of the Accipitriformes. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.

Aves in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae#Accipitres


Abranchia

New Latin, from Latin a- + branchia (“gill”).

(obsolete) All of those vertebrates that never have gills in their development.

(dated) A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – somewhat similar to the order Nudibranchia.

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the phylum Annelida – annelids that lacked specialized respiratory systems, the Oligochaeta, including earthworms.


Desmobacteria

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “bond”) + English bacteria. Introduced by Ferdinand Cohn.

(zoology, obsolete) A taxonomic tribe within the kingdom Monera – having long filamentous rods.


Acanthocephali

(zoology) Alternative form of Acanthocephala, A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Platyzoa.


Acanthodea

(zoology) Alternative form of Acanthodii


-acanthus

From New Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn, spine”)

(zoology) Animal having a spine as specified.


-morpha

New Latin, plural form of -morphus (“-shaped”), from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, appearance”)

(zoology) Used to form taxonomic names of animals, usually at the level of infraorder or higher


Zeugobranchiata

(zoology, obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – herbivorous marine gasteropods; synonym of Zygobranchia.


Zeuglodonta

(zoology, obsolete) A suborder of extinct cetaceans.


Gouldia

From New Latin, from Augustus Addison Gould, American marine biologist + -ia.

(zoology) A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – a bivalve.


bougainville

(zoology) related to Louis Antoine de Bougainville


Omicron

(taxonomy, entomology) A taxonomic genus within the family Vespidae. A genus of wasp.


Junzi

Borrowed from Chinese 君子 (jūnzǐ). Coined in 2018 by Samuel Turvey and colleagues.

(zoology, archaeology) A taxonomic genus within the family Hylobatidae.