Calystegia sepium

A taxonomic species within the family Convolvulaceae – hedge bindweed.


Trollius europaeus

A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae – globeflower.


Messor

Borrowed from Latin messor (“reaper, mower, harvester”).

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


Wunderpus

→ English: wunderpus

Blend of German Wunder (“miracle, wonder”) + Octopus.

blend

A taxonomic genus within the family Octopodidae – wunderpus, Wunderpus photogenicus.


Priocnemis

Ancient Greek πρῑ́ων (prī́ōn, “saw”) + Ancient Greek κνημῑ́ς (knēmī́s, “greave, legging”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Pompilidae – certain spider wasps.


Pyrrhocoridae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – red bugs, including species called cotton stainers and firebugs.


Ditomus

→ Arabic: دُتْمُوس (dutmūs)

di- (“two”) + Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section”)

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


Macrothelidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – certain mygalomorph spiders, formerly included in family Hexathelidae.


Lyropteryx

Ancient Greek λῠ́ρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre”) + -pteryx (“winged”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Riodinidae – certain metalmarks.


Tychius

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils.


Heterogaster

hetero- (“different”) + Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Heterogastridae – certain lygaeoid true bugs.


Griffithsia

⇒ English: griffithsin

English Griffiths (surname) + -ia f, named after Amelia Griffiths.

A taxonomic genus within the family Wrangeliaceae – certain red algae.


Xylorhiza

Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xúlon, “wood”) + Ancient Greek ῥῐ́ζᾰ (rhíza, “root”), literally “woodroot”.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – woodyasters.


Pteromyini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Sciuridae – flying squirrels.


Glaucomys volans

southern flying squirrel
southern flying squirrel

A taxonomic species within the family Sciuridae – southern flying squirrel or assapan, nocturnal omnivores of eastern North America and Central America.


Caryophylleae

Caryophyllus (“syn. of Dianthus”) + -eae

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A taxonomic tribe within the family Caryophyllaceae – carnations, pinks, campions, soapworts, and very close close relatives, both ornamentals and weeds.


Chendol

A taxonomic genus within the family Chaudhuriidae – certain spineless eels of southeast Asia.


Glaucomys

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciuridae – New World flying squirrels.


Sileneae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Caryophyllaceae.


Euphorbia lathyris

A taxonomic species within the family Euphorbiaceae – paper spurge, caper spurge, endemic from the Mediterranean to western China, poisonous to humans and most livestock.


Aconitum napellus

A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae – monkshood, aconite, Venus' chariot, wolfsbane, endemic to western and central Europe, highly toxic.


Hemiscyllium ocellatum

From Hemiscyllium + Latin ocellatum (“eyed, spotted”).

A taxonomic species within the family Hemiscylliidae – epaulette shark.


Hemiscyllium

From Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-) ("half") + Ancient Greek σκύλλα (skúlla) ("a type of sea creature, often a reference to a shark").
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A taxonomic genus within the family Hemiscylliidae – walking sharks.


Hemiscylliidae

From Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-) ("half") + Ancient Greek σκύλλα (skúlla) ("a type of sea creature, often a reference to a shark"). + -idae ("suffix to determine family in zoology")
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longtail carpet sharks
longtail carpet shark

A taxonomic family within the order Orectolobiformes – bamboo sharks or longtail carpet sharks.


Lama araucana

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Camelidae – chilihueque, a dubious species of domesticated south American mammals, possibly a hybrid of llama and guanaco, of the Andes, extinct since the 19th century.


Athyrididae

A taxonomic family within the order Athryidida.


Athryidida

A taxonomic order within the class Rhynchonellata.


Morotopithecus

A taxonomic genus within the family Proconsulidae – a fossil ape discovered in Miocene-age deposits of Moroto, Uganda.


Thrinaxodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Thrinaxodontidae – certain extinct cynodonts.


Gyrista

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Heterokonta.


Alcea

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – hollyhocks, of Eurasia, popular ornamental plants.