Donacidae

A taxonomic family within the order Venerida – the bean clams or wedge shells.


Hipparchia

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae.


Doodia

Named after Samuel Doody (1656-1706), English botanist.

A taxonomic genus within the family Blechnaceae – various ferns.


Helicoverpa

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae.


Opisthoncus

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


Cerambyx

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – capricorn beetles.


Odontochelys

A taxonomic genus within the family †Odontochelyidae.


Hypsideroides

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae.


Chauliognathus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cantharidae.


Megacyllene

Megacyllene antennata

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


Meganeura

A taxonomic genus within the family Meganeuridae.


Botyodes

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae.


Monocerotesa

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae.


Moncheca

A taxonomic genus within the family Tettigoniidae.


Tajuria

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain Indomalayan butterflies.


Tamaricaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – tamarisks.


Taccaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Taccales – equivalent to the modern genus Tacca (family Dioscoreaceae; order Dioscoreales); batflowers, certain arrowroots.


Felichthys

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Ariidae – sea catfishes, now in genus Bagre.


Flacourtiaceae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the clade eudicots – certain flowering plants now mostly in the Achariaceae and Salicaceae, but in multiple orders of plants, principally in clades rosids and superasterids.


Filago

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – cottonroses, also called cudweeds.

Filago pyramidata

(genus): Filago subg. Crocidion, Filago subg. Filago, Filago subg. Oglifa, Filago subg. Pseudevax - subgenera


Phyla

A taxonomic genus within the family Verbenaceae – frogfruits, fogfruits.


Ulua

A taxonomic genus within the family Carangidae – certain trevallies.


Ulotrichales

A taxonomic order within the class Ulvophyceae – certain green algae.


Uncinaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Ancylostomatidae – certain nematodes that cause certain hookworm diseases, uncinariasis, or anchylostomiasis.


Trachurus trachurus

Atlantic horse mackerel
Atlantic horse mackerel

A taxonomic species within the family Carangidae – Atlantic horse mackerel.


Cicuta virosa

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – northern water hemlock.


Uranoscopus

Ancient Greek οὐρανοσκόπος (ouranoskópos)

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οὐρανοσκόπος

A taxonomic genus within the family Uranoscopidae – stargazers.


Urceolina

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


Bungarus multicinctus

A taxonomic species within the family Elapidae – many-banded krait.


Usneaceae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Lecanorales – certain fungi, principally lichen-forming, now included in Parmeliaceae.


Integricipita

A former taxonomic suborder of fleas lacking an interantennal suture (those having it being the Fracticipita).


Fracticipita

A former taxonomic suborder of fleas having an interantennal suture (those lacking it being the Integricipita).


Fothergilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Hamamelidaceae – witch alders.


Fouquieria

Named by George Engelmann after Pierre Fouquier

A taxonomic genus within the family Fouquieriaceae – certain desert plants including the ocotillo and the boojum.


Halomonas

A taxonomic genus within the family Halomonadaceae – halophilic proteobacteria.


Kaliana

Synonym of Mesabolivar (“cellar spider genus”)


Karyolysus

A taxonomic genus within the family Karyolysidae – coccidia.


Karyolysidae

A taxonomic family within the order Eucoccidiorida – parasitic alveolates.


Mormyrus

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

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


Katha

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


Kennedia

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


Kinosternon

A taxonomic genus within the family Kinosternidae – mud turtles.


Karwinskia

After Wilhelm Friedrich Karwinsky von Karwin + -a

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


Krameriaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Zygophyllales – rhatany.


Kyphosidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – sea chubs, rudderfishes, pilot fishes.

Girella

(family): Girellinae (nibbler); Kyphosinae (rudderfish); Microcanthinae (microanthine); Scorpidinae (halfmoon, knifefish, sweep) - subfamilies


Pseudocydonia sinensis

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – Chinese quince.


Tamarindus indica

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – tamarind tree.


Dziewanna

(astronomy) A planetoid orbiting in the scattered disc.


Ilmarë

Chief of the Maiar in J. R. R. Tolkien's Elvish legendarium, and handmaiden to Varda.

(astronomy) The moon of the distant planetoid Varda.


Varda

Queen of the Valar, who kindled the first stars in J. R. R. Tolkien's Elvish legendarium.

trans-Neptunian object
trans-Neptunian object

(astronomy) A distant trans-Neptunian object and planetoid, once thought to be a possible dwarf planet. Its moon is Ilmarë.


Paha

A taxonomic genus within the family Zopheridae – certain cylindrical bark beetles.


Lempo

From Finnish Lempo (the pagan god of love equated with the Christian devil).

(astronomy) A binary planetoid and a plutino orbiting in the Kuiper belt. Its binary components, Lempo and Hiisi, are orbited by the moon Paha.


Primula veris

A taxonomic species within the family Primulaceae – cowslip, common cowslip, or cowslip primrose.


Jacksonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – various plants.

A taxonomic genus within the family Aphididae – various true bugs.

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – various butterflies, now genus Cesa.


Jassidae

A taxonomic family of leafhoppers, now Cicadellidae.


Juglandales

A taxonomic order of flowering plants according to certain systems.


Juncoides

Rejected name for the flowering plant genus Luzula.


Julidae

A taxonomic family within the order Julida – various millipedes, especially common in Europe.


Julus

A taxonomic genus within the family Julidae – various millipedes.


Juga

A taxonomic genus within the family Semisulcospiridae – certain freshwater snails.


Vaginicola

A taxonomic genus within the family Vaginicolidae – certain peritrichs.


Valsaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Diaporthales – certain sac fungi.


Varronia

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


Vaucheriaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Vaucheriales – certain yellow-green algae.


Vateria

A taxonomic genus within the family Dipterocarpaceae – white dammars.


Valvatidae

A taxonomic family within the class Gastropoda – valve snails.


Velloziaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Pandanales – monocotyledonous flowering plants.


Iulus

Alternative form of Julus (“millipede genus”)


Agrostis scabra

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – rough bentgrass, rough bent, flyaway grass, hair grass, rough hair grass, ticklegrass, winter bent grass.


Channa striata

A taxonomic species within the family Channidae – striped snakehead, common snakehead.


Rhamnus alaternus

A taxonomic species within the family Rhamnaceae – Italian buckthorn, Mediterranean buckthorn.


Isatis tinctoria

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – dyer's woad, Chinese indigo, asp of Jerusalem.


Milicia excelsa

A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae – a tree species yielding wood called African teak, counterwood, rock elm, iroko, intule, kambala, moreira, mvule, odum, and tule.


Uncinula

A taxonomic genus within the family Erysiphaceae – Synonym of Erysiphe.


(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; starting a new wave and becoming dominant in the United Kingdom in late 2021. It is a sublineage of B.1.617.2 (“Delta variant (“Indian variant”)”) with the K417N spike protein mutation.


Ursus horribilis

Ursus arctos horribilis
Ursus arctos horribilis#Translingual

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae – Synonym of Ursus arctos horribilis.


Pimpinella saxifraga

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – burnet saxifrage.


Aspergillus fumigatus

A taxonomic species within the family Aspergillaceae – a ubiquitous fungus, that often infects the immunocompromised.


Rumex patientia

A taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae – patience dock.


Hippophae rhamnoides

A taxonomic species within the family Elaeagnaceae – common sea buckthorn, sallowthorn.


Lycoris radiata

A taxonomic species within the family Amaryllidaceae – red spider lily, red magic lily, or equinox flower.


Rogenia

(historical) A genus proposed by Achille Valenciennes for whitebait (which are actually the young of various different fish).


Achimenes

A taxonomic genus within the family Gesneriaceae – magic flowers, widow's tears, cupid's bower, or hot water plant.


Achariaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Malpighiales – various tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees.


Adamsia

A taxonomic genus within the family Hormathiidae – sea anemones that are mutually symbiotic with hermit crabs.

Synonym of Puschkinia (“certain squills”).

Synonym of Agnewia (“certain molluscs”).


Aerobacter

Synonym of Enterobacter (“bacteria genus”)


Aepyceros

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – impalas.


Aganippe

A taxonomic genus within the family Idiopidae – Synonym of Idiosoma (“trapdoor spider genus”).


Afzelia

Named in honour of Adam Afzelius (1750–1837), Swedish botanist.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain trees native to tropical Africa or Asia.


Alchornea

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae.


Ambrosiaceae

Synonym of Asteraceae (“flowering plant family”)


Alsophila

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

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Anhimae

A taxonomic suborder within the order Anseriformes – screamers.


(virology) A SARSr-CoV-like Betacoronavirus that natively infects horseshoe bats first discovered in Yunnan, China, in 2013. One of the closest wild relatives to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.


Antechinomys

A taxonomic genus within the family Dasyuridae – kultarr.


(virology) A SARSr-CoV-like Betacoronavirus that natively infects bats first discovered in Laos. One of the closest wild relatives to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.


Allophylus

Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon) + -us m.

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – various plants.


Cordyline fruticosa

A taxonomic species within the family Asparagaceae – ti plant, palm lily.


Bambusa vulgaris

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – common bamboo.


Hepatozoon

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ, ἥπᾰτ- (hêpar, hḗpat-, “liver”) + Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal, beast”), reflecting an obligate liver-dwelling phase of the parasites' lifecycles.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Hepatozoidae – certain Apicomplexa alveolates incorporating many species of obligate intraerythrocytic parasites.


Juniperus procera

A taxonomic species within the family Cupressaceae – African pencil cedar, East African juniper.


Saccharum spontaneum

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – wild sugarcane.


Kaempferia galanga

A taxonomic species within the family Zingiberaceae.


Polynemus

A taxonomic genus within the family Polynemidae – certain threadfins.


Polyctenidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – bat bugs.


Polytrichaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Polytrichales – various mosses.


Polysiphonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhodomelaceae – certain filamentous red algae.


Pomaderris

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – hairy shrubs and small trees of Australia and New Zealand.


Porthetria

Synonym of Lymantria (“tussock moth genus”)


Pontederiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Commelinales – water hyacinths and mud plantains.


Stereum hirsutum

(mycology) A taxonomic species within the family Stereaceae – false turkey tail and hairy curtain crust, fungi typically forming multiple brackets on dead wood, and a source of hirsutic acid.


Porrima

Synonym of Schinia (“flower moth genus”)


Portulacaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Didiereaceae – certain succulent plants indigenous to southern Africa.


Potamobiidae

Synonym of Astacidae (“crayfish family”)


Potoroinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Potoroidae – certain marsupials.


Polygonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – the comma butterflies.


Potamogalidae

A taxonomic family within the order Afrosoricida – otter shrews.


Astacidae

A taxonomic family within the order Decapoda – freshwater crayfish native to Europe and western North America.


Parastacidae

A taxonomic family within the order Decapoda – freshwater crayfish of the Southern Hemisphere.


Psychotria insularum

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


Catus

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – included in Felis.


Sonneratiaceae

(historical) A taxonomic family within the order Myrtales – certain flowering plants, consisting of the genera Sonneratia and Duabanga, ow generally placed in their own monotypic subfamilies of the family Lythraceae.


Sosia

Synonym of Acrochordonichthys (“catfish genus”)


Sordaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Sordariaceae – microscopic fungi commonly found in the feces of herbivores.


Sonneratia

A taxonomic genus within the family Lythraceae – various trees of Australasia.


Sorbaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – false spiraeas.

Sorbaria tomentosa

Kashmir false spiraea, Himalayan sorbaria


Sparrmannia

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – various plants.


Sparganiaceae

(historical) A taxonomic family within the order Poales – certain grasses of wet habitats, now included in Typhaceae.


Sparassodonta

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – extinct carnivorous metatherian mammals native to South America.


Sparassis

cauliflower mushroom
cauliflower mushroom

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidaceae – typical cauliflower mushrooms.


Sparus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sparidae – gilt-head bream.


Spionidae

A taxonomic family within the order Spionida – certain marine worms.


Spiranthes

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – ladies' tresses.


Stachyurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Stachyuraceae – certain deciduous shrubs or small trees native to the Himalayas and eastern Asia.


Spirillaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Nitrosomonadales – certain bacteria.


Stachyuraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Crossosomatales – containing only the genus Stachyurus.


Squatina

A taxonomic genus within the family Squatinidae – angel sharks.


Stackhousia

A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae – certain annual and perennial plants native to Australia, New Zealand, Malesia and Micronesia.


Stachytarpheta

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">στάχυς</i> (stákhus)

A taxonomic genus within the family Verbenaceae – the porterweeds and related plants.


Stagonospora

A taxonomic genus within the family Phaeosphaeriaceae – certain fungi, some of which are plant pathogens.


Xanthorrhiza

Dated form of Xanthorhiza (“yellowroot genus”).


Xiphydriidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – certain wood wasps.


Xiphydria

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


Dalbergia odorifera

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – Chinese rosewood.


Xylocopidae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – carpenter bees, now placed in the apid subfamily Xylocopinae, in family Apidae.


Quamasia

Synonym of Camassia (“plant genus in asparagus family”)


Quiina

A taxonomic genus within the family Ochnaceae – certain plants.


Amboyna

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.


Caprimulgus europaeus

A taxonomic species within the family Caprimulgidae – Eurasian nightjar, of most of temperate and subarctic Europe and western Asia, wintering in subsaharan Africa.


Lemna minor

A taxonomic species within the family Araceae – a plant, commonly known as common duckweed or lesser duckweed, used in bioremediation and proposed for various large-scale environmental uses, found floating in fresh water in all but arctic and subarctic environments.


Citrofortunella mitis

Citrus × microcarpa
Citrus × microcarpa#Translingual


Viverra tangalunga

A taxonomic species within the family Viverridae – Malay civet.


Vitellaria paradoxa

A taxonomic species within the family Sapotaceae – shea-butter tree.


Fouquieria splendens

A taxonomic species within the family Fouquieriaceae – ocotillo.


Huso huso

A taxonomic species within the family Acipenseridae – beluga, European sturgeon.


Suncus murinus

A taxonomic species within the family Soricidae – Asian house shrew.


Agrostis vinealis

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – brown bentgrass, widespread in the cool temperate northern Eurasia.


Celosia cristata

Celosia argentea var. cristata#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Amaranthaceae – Synonym of Celosia argentea var. cristata.


Silybum marianum

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – blessed milk thistle.


Tanacetum balsamita

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – costmary.


Tragopogon porrifolius

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – common salsify.


Malus asiatica

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – Chinese pearleaf crabapple.


Ilex paraguariensis

A taxonomic species within the family Aquifoliaceae – yerba mate.


Chasmanthe

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – various flowering plants endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.


Caryota

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – the fishtail palms.

Caryota urens

solitary fishtail palm, kitul palm, toddy palm, wine palm, sago palm, jaggery palm


Lutreola

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – now included in genus Mustela.

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Mustelidae – Mustela (Lutreola).


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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


Lodoicea

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae.


Filosa

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Cercozoa – euglyphids.


Satsuma

A taxonomic genus within the family Camaenidae – air-breathing land snails.


Omicron

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


Clostridium perfringens

A taxonomic species within the family Clostridiaceae – a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming pathogenic bacterium.


Agarum

Malay agar, a. 1740, Georg Eberhard Rumphius

A taxonomic genus within the family Agaraceae – certain cool-to-cold water brown algae.

Agarum clathratum

syns. A. cribosum, A. cribrum, A. gmelinii


Sphaeropleales

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


Ochroma

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – the balsa tree.


Oldfieldia

A taxonomic genus within the family Picrodendraceae – certain plants endemic to Africa.


Valerianoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Caprifoliaceae.


Alnus incana

A taxonomic species within the family Betulaceae – grey alder.


Quercus frainetto

A taxonomic species within the family Fagaceae – Hungarian oak or Italian oak, found in most of southeastern Europe and in parts of Turkey.


Nymphaea lotus

A taxonomic species within the family Nymphaeaceae – white Egyptian lotus, tiger lotus, white lotus, or Egyptian white water-lily.


Ajuga reptans

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – common bugle, of Europe, northwest Africa, to northern Iran.


Styrax officinalis

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


Trifolium repens

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – white clover, native to Europe, introduced widely elsewhere.


Zieria

After John Zier (d. 1793), Polish and English apothecary and botanist, specialist in spore-bearing plants

A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – native only to Australia, except for one species native to New Caledonia.

Zieria smithii

lanolin bush, sandfly zieria, sandflybush, Smithian zieria


Pinus pinaster

A taxonomic species within the family Pinaceae – maritime pine, cluster pine, a source of galipot, a crude turpentine.


Sagittaria sagittifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Alismataceae – arrowhead, native to the temperate and subtropical Old World, sometimes used for food.


Gibberella

Pier Andrea Saccardo named the genus "Gibberella" because of the hump (Latin gibbera) on the fungal perithecium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Nectriaceae – certain fungi, now in Fusarium.


Gobiesox

A taxonomic genus within the family Gobiesocidae – clingfishes found in the Americas.


Gnetaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Gnetales – gymnosperms in the genus Gnetum.


Britomartis

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies.


Celosia argentea var. cristata

A taxonomic variety within the family Amaranthaceae – cockscomb, a popular ornamental.


Gloriana

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Citrus × microcarpa

A taxonomic species within the family Rutaceae – calamondin.

Citrus reticulata × Fortunella margarita - nothospecies


Azadirachta indica

A taxonomic species within the family Meliaceae – neem tree; Indian lilac.


Malva sylvestris

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – common mallow, high mallow.


Nototheniidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – cod icefishes, Antarctic cods.

Gobionotothen

(family): Nototheniinae, Pleuragrammatinae, Trematominae - subfamilies


Guloninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Mustelidae.


Erodium

From Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”), referring to the resemblance of the elongated fruit of many Erodium species to a heron's elongated bill. Compare vernacular words for plants of this genus such as English storksbill and Dutch reigersbek.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Geraniaceae – known as filarees or heron's bills in North America, and as storksbills in the British Isles.

Erodium crassifolium

(genus): Erodium subg. Barbata, Erodium subg. Erodium - subgenera


Lobostemon

A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – healthbushes, of South Africa, used for many medicinal purposes.

Lobostemon echioides

(genus): Lobostemon sect. Argentei, Lobostemon sect. Fruticosi, Lobostemon sect. Lobostemon, Lobostemon sect. Trichotomi - sections


Cottoidei

A taxonomic suborder within the order Perciformes.

Cottoidea

(suborder): Anoplopomatales, Gasterosteales, Hexagrammales, Zaniolepidoales, Zoarcales, Cottales - infraorders


Inia geoffrensis

Amazon River dolphin
Amazon River dolphin

A taxonomic species within the family Iniidae – Amazon River dolphin, pink river dolphin.


Argemone mexicana

A taxonomic species within the family Papaveraceae – Mexican prickly poppy, Mexican thistle, prickly poppy, yellow thistle, Mexican poppy.


Juniperus oxycedrus

A taxonomic species within the family Cupressaceae – a tree of the Mediterranean that yields cade oil and juniper tar.


Agrostis mertensii

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – northern bentgrass.


Agrostis clavata

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – upland bentgrass, upland bent, autumn bent, or clavate bentgrass.


Monopterus albus

A taxonomic species within the family Synbranchidae – Asian swamp eel.


Alphatorquevirus

See Alphatorquevirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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


Pentapetalae

core eudicots
core eudicots#Translingual

A taxonomic clade within the clade core eudicots.


Leopoldinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – jara palm or pissava palm.


Luvaridae

A taxonomic family within the order Acanthuriformes – the louvar.


Beaumontia

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – evergreen woody vines.


Pandinus

(sensu stricto) A taxonomic genus within the family Scorpionidae – approximately the same as the subgenus Pandinus in Pandinus (sensu lato).

Pandinus arabicus

genus sensu lato): Pandinus, Pandinoides, Pandinops, Pandinopsis, Pandinurus (subgenera

(archaic, sensu lato) A taxonomic genus within the family Scorpionidae – certain large scorpions of tropical Africa and the southeastern Arabian peninsula.

(archaic) A taxonomic subgenus within the family Scorpionidae – Pandinus (Pandinus).


Radiolites

A taxonomic genus within the family Radiolitidae – certain rudists.


Ranella

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranellidae – large warm-water and tropical sea snails.


Ramphastides

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


Redunca

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – reedbucks.


Remijia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – certain flowering plants, native to Peru and Brazil, sources of quinine.


Rhexia

A taxonomic genus within the family Melastomataceae – meadow beauty.


Rhamphosuchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gavialidae – an extinct relative of the modern false gharial.


Rhagionidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the snipe flies.


Rhapis

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – the lady palms.


Alternative letter-case form of COVID-19.


Callichimaera

Callichimaera is derived from the Ancient Greek prefix "calli-" (kalós), meaning beautiful, and "chimaera" (chímaira), meaning a composite mythological animal, a reference to the bizarre forms and characteristics of this genus.

A taxonomic genus within the family †Callichimaeridae – certain extinct crabs that lived 95 million years ago.


Kairuku

Borrowed from Maori kairuku, from kai (“food”) + ruku (“to dive”)

A taxonomic genus within the order Sphenisciformes – extinct penguins from New Zealand during the late oligocene.


Parinari

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysobalanaceae – the Guinea plum, nonda plum, mobola plum, and related plants.


Ulughbegsaurus

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


Chrysobalanaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Malpighiales – numerous flowering plants, with a centre of diversity in the Amazon.


Porphyridium

A taxonomic genus within the family Porphyridiaceae – used to produce sulphated polysaccharides, arachidonic acid, and phycoerythrin.


Morphnarchus princeps

Leucopternis princeps
Leucopternis princeps

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


Xenos

A taxonomic genus within the family Stylopidae – certain insects.


Xylariaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Xylariales – various ascomycetous fungi.

Xylaria

(family): Hypoxyloideae, Xylarioideae - subfamilies


Xylophagus

From New Latin xylo (“wood”), from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood, tree”), + φάγος (phágos, “glutton”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Xylophagidae – certain of the awl-flies.


Xylaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Xylariaceae – ascomycetous fungi commonly found growing on dead wood.


Irrisoridae

(obsolete) A former family of land birds, allied to the hoopoes.


Iridomyrmex

From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”) and μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – the rainbow ants.


Irpex

A taxonomic genus within the order Polyporales – certain corticioid fungi.


Xipholeptos

A taxonomic genus within the family Idiosepiidae – southern pygmy squid.


Illecebrum

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – Illecebrum verticillatum, a trailing annual plant native to Europe; knotwort, coral necklace.


Icelus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cottidae – scaled sculpins.


Ilysanthes

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Linderniaceae – certain flowering plants (synonym of Lindernia).


Idiosepiidae

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

af

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.


Dynamosaurus imperiosus

†Dynamosaurus imperiosus (canonical masculine)

Tyrannosaurus rex
Tyrannosaurus rex#Translingual


Tyrannosaurus imperiosus

†Tyrannosaurus imperiosus (canonical masculine)


Pezizaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Pezizales – cup fungi.


Echis

From Ancient Greek ἔχις (ékhis, “viper”), via Latin.

A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – the saw-scaled vipers or carpet vipers.


Ectognatha

From Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”) + Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”)


Antigone vipio

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


Acidobacteriota

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – the acidophilic bacteria.


Unona

(historical) A former genus of annonaceous plants.


Uropsilus

A taxonomic genus within the family Talpidae – certain shrew-like moles.


Umbellula

A taxonomic genus within the family Umbellulidae – certain cnidarians.


Malmok

From Papiamentu Malmok, from Arawakan (Caquetio). Named after the beach.

Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way Galaxy#English

A star in Milky Way Galaxy; in the in Virgo constellation


Labidura

A taxonomic genus within the family Labiduridae – certain earwigs.


Mastodonsaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Mastodonsauridae – extinct temnospondyl amphibians from the Middle Triassic.


Lacinaria

Synonym of Liatris (“plant genus, blazing stars”)


Laboulbenia

After Joseph Alexandre Laboulbène, French entomologist

A taxonomic genus within the family Laboulbeniaceae – certain fungi that are ectoparasitic on a diverse assemblage of arthropods.


Lagetta

A taxonomic genus within the family Thymelaeaceae – various plants, including the Caribbean lacebark.


Lagomyidae

(historical) A former taxonomic family of pikas.


Derepyxis

From Ancient Greek δέρη (dérē, “neck”) + πυξίς (puxís, “box”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Stylococcaceae – certain fresh water algae.


Lagurus

From Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – steppe lemming.

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – certain grasses, generally known as harestail.


Velutina

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


Vallisneriaceae

Synonym of Hydrocharitaceae (“flowering plant family”)


Vermicularia

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


Vespina

A taxonomic genus within the family Incurvariidae – certain moths.


Verbesina

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – crownbeard.


Vespertilioninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Vespertilionidae – certain vesper bats.


Galaxiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Galaxiiformes – mostly small freshwater fish of the Southern Hemisphere.


Galeodidae

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


Gamopetalae

An artificial historical group used in the identification of plants based on Bentham and Hooker's classification system. It comprises the dicotyledons whose flowers have a distinct calyx and corolla, with the petals joined together in the corolla.


Galeus

A taxonomic genus within the family Scyliorhinidae – sawtail catsharks.


Gangamopteris

A taxonomic genus within the family Rigbyaceae – Carboniferous-Permian plants.


Gasterophilus

A taxonomic genus within the family Oestridae – botfly.


Gastrochaena

A taxonomic genus within the family Gastrochaenidae – certain saltwater clams.


Gastrophilus

Synonym of Gasterophilus (“botfly genus”)


Galidictis

Galidia + ἴκτις (íktis, “a beech marten”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Eupleridae – striped mongoooses, carnivores endemic to Madagascar.


Veretillum

A taxonomic genus within the family Veretillidae – bioluminescent sea pens.


Gastrolobium

Likely from gastro- (“stomach”) + Latin lobus m (“lobe”) or Ancient Greek λοβός m (lobós, “lobe”) + -ium n (“-ia; forms genera”)

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain flowering plants, principally of Western Australia, most species of which are toxic to livestock that grazes on them.


Galesaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Galesauridae – an extinct carnivorous cynodont therapsid that lived between the Induan and the Olenekian stages of the Early Triassic in what is now South Africa.


Purgatorius

From Latin purgatorius, after Purgatory Hill, Montana, where the first remains were discovered.

A taxonomic genus within the family Purgatoriidae – certain extinct eutherian species, typically regarded as the earliest primates or proto-primates.


Gemmingia

Iris domestica
Iris domestica#Translingual

A former flowering plant genus, including the leopard lily (now Iris domestica).


Geophilus

A taxonomic genus within the family Geophilidae – certain soil centipedes.


Geoplana

A taxonomic genus within the family Geoplanidae – land planarians found in South America.


Genipa

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – certain American tropical trees.


Geonoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palms native to the forest understorey of tropical Central and South America.


Geryonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Geryoniidae – the hydrozoan Geryonia proboscidalis.


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.


Gesneria

Gesner (“after Conrad Gesner (1516-65)”) + -ia

suffix

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.


Rhinogradentia

A fictitious taxonomic order of shrew-like mammals invented by German zoologist Gerolf Steiner as a scientific hoax.


Gigantostraca

Synonym of Eurypterida (“taxonomic order of sea scorpions”)


Geoglossum

→ English: earth tongue (calque)

geo- (“earth”) + Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa, “tongue”)

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Geoglossaceae – the earth tongues.


Ginglymodi

A taxonomic clade within the infraclass Holostei – ray-finned fish including the modern-day gars and their extinct relatives.


Girella

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


Glyptodontidae

A former taxonomic family of glyptodonts.


Geikia

A taxonomic genus within the family Geikiidae – extinct dicynodont therapsids from the late Permian.


Glossophaga

A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllostomidae – the long-tongued bat.


Glomerella

A taxonomic genus within the family Coccinellidae – certain beetles.

The sexual stage of the fungus genus Colletotrichum.


Glumiflorae

A descriptive botanical name, used in the Wettstein system for an order of flowering plants, consisting only of the grass family Gramineae and by other authors as approximately equivalent to order Poales


Glumaceae

A descriptive botanical name, used in the Bentham & Hooker system (volume of 1883) for the order including the grass family


Gloeosporium

A taxonomic genus within the family Dermateaceae – certain fungi.


Gloiopeltis

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


Glossotherium

A taxonomic genus within the family Mylodontidae – a ground sloth of the Late Pliocene to Early Holocene era.


Gavialis

A taxonomic genus within the family Gavialidae – crocodilians including the gavial.


Goniaster

A taxonomic genus within the family Goniasteridae – certain echinoderms.


Gomontia

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


Gompholobium

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the glory peas or wedge-peas.


Goniatitidae

A taxonomic family within the superfamily Goniatitoidea – certain ammonoid cephalopods.


Goniatites

A taxonomic genus within the family Goniatitidae – certain extinct cephalopods.


Goniodorididae

A taxonomic family within the order Opisthobranchia – certain sea slugs.


Goniopholis

A taxonomic genus within the family Goniopholididae – goniopholidid crocodyliforms that lived in Europe and Africa during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous.


Gonium

A taxonomic genus within the family Goniaceae – certain colonial green algae.


Gonolobus

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – certain plants.


Gloeocapsa

A taxonomic genus within the family Chroococcaceae – certain cyanobacteria.


Goodenia

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


Graphiola

A taxonomic genus within the family Graphiolaceae – certain fungi.


Goodyera

rattlesnake plantain
rattlesnake plantain

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – rattlesnake plantains, jade orchids or ladies' tresses.


Goniodoris

A taxonomic genus within the family Goniodorididae – certain sea slugs.


Grimmia

A taxonomic genus within the family Grimmiaceae – certain mosses.


Grapsus

A taxonomic genus within the family Grapsidae – lightfoot crabs.


Guignardia

A taxonomic genus within the family Botryosphaeriaceae – certain fungi.


Guilandina

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


Grossularia

From Latin grossulus (“small, unripe fig”) + -aria (ending used to form names of plants). Superficially resembles, and may have been inspired by, French groseille (“redcurrant”).

suffix

(archaic) Synonym of Ribes (“flowering plant genus”)

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Grossulariaceae – Ribes subg. Grossularia.


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


Radiolitidae

A taxonomic family within the order †Hippuritida – certain rudists.


Goezia

A taxonomic genus within the family Raphidascarididae – certain nematodes.


Allium oreoprasum

A taxonomic species within the family Amaryllidaceae – a species of wild onion native to Central Asia.


Unio

A taxonomic genus within the family Unionidae – medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs – river mussels.


Coccolithales

A taxonomic order within the class Coccolithophyceae.


Fagara

A former plant genus, now included in Zanthoxylum.


Fagelia

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain rove beetles endemic to Madagascar.

Synonym of Calceolaria (“slipperwort genus”)


Falcata

Synonym of Amphicarpaea (“legume genus”)


Fasciolaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Fasciolariidae – tulip shells.


Favositida

A taxonomic suborder within the order Tabulata – certain extinct prehistoric corals.


Fenestellidae

A taxonomic family within the order Fenestrida – certain bryozoans.


Pleiospilos

A taxonomic genus within the family Aizoaceae – certain succulent flowering plants.


Ficoidaceae

Ficoides (“syn. of Mesembryanthemum (ice plants)”) + -aceae

(historical) A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – disallowed former taxonomic name for the Aizoaceae, or fig marigold family.


Fidelia

A taxonomic genus within the family Megachilidae – certain bees.

Synonym of Scorzoneroides (“hawkbit genus”)


Firoloida

A taxonomic genus within the family Pterotracheidae – Firoloida desmarestia, a pelagic marine gastropod mollusc.


Fistulina

A taxonomic genus within the family Fistulinaceae – certain fungi.


Fimbristylis

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – certain sedges.


Fissidens

A taxonomic genus within the family Fissidentaceae – certain mosses.


Fleta

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Fistulariidae

A taxonomic family within the order Syngnathiformes – cornetfishes.


Flavobacterium

A taxonomic genus within the family Flavobacteriaceae – various Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria.


Flaveria

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – yellowtops.


Florissantia

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Dictyopharidae – certain extinct planthoppers.


Vangueria

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


Vallota

Synonym of Cyrtanthus plant genus of fire lilies.


Valsa

A taxonomic genus within the family Valsaceae – certain fungi.


Venantes

A former subsection of the Araneidae, comprising the hunting spiders.


Ventriculitidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lychniscosida – certain sponges.


Viperina

Synonym of Viperinae (“viperine subfamily”)


Viperinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Viperidae – viperines.


Vochysiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Myrtales – certain tropical plants of the Americas and Africa.


Obolaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Gentianaceae – Obolaria virginica, the Virginia pennywort.


Disciflorae

An artificial grouping of dicotyledonous plants having a prominent disc-shaped thalamus below the ovary, which is superior.


Discomedusae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Scyphozoa – certain jellyfish.


Discomycetes

A former taxonomic class of ascomycete fungi, containing all of the cup, sponge, and brain fungi and some club fungi.


Discina

A taxonomic genus within the family Discinaceae – certain ascomycete fungi.

(†Discina) A taxonomic genus within the family Discinidae – extinct brachiopods.


Distichlis

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – certain American and Australian grasses.


Disporum

A taxonomic genus within the family Colchicaceae – fairy bells.


Encyclia

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Dodonaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – the hopbushes.


Dolicholus

Synonym of Rhynchosia (“snoutbean genus”)


Dolichopsyllidae

Synonym of Ceratophyllidae (“flea family”)


Donatiaceae

A disputed taxonomic family equivalent to the genus Donatia.


Dorididae

A taxonomic family within the order Nudibranchia – sea lemons.


Dorcatherium

From Ancient Greek δορκάς (dorkás, “gazelle”) + -therium.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Tragulidae – extinct ruminants of the Miocene and Pliocene.


Dombeya

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


Dorosoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Clupeidae – certain shads.


Dorstenia

* English: (Southern US) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /do˞ˈstɛ.ni.ə/
** Rhymes: -ɛniə

A taxonomic genus within the family Moraceae – certain mulberries.


Doradidae

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


Neuralia

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Animalia.


Metacarcinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cancridae – certain crabs, some only known as fossils.


Rallinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Rallidae.


Ranales

An obsolete taxon of the dicotyledons, with rank of order typified by Ranunculus.


Raimannia

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Onagraceae.

A taxonomic subsection within the family Onagraceae – Oenothera subsect. Raimannia.


Ranina

A taxonomic genus within the family Raninidae – certain crabs.


Ranzania

A taxonomic genus within the family Molidae – slender sunfishes.

A taxonomic genus within the family Berberidaceae – only Ranzania japonica.


Rapateaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Poales – certain flowering plants.


Rhaphiolepis

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – certain evergreen shrubs and small trees, native to parts of subtropical and temperate southeastern Asia.


Rapanea

A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – certain plants, many, now usually all, included in genus Myrsine.


Ravensara

A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – trees and shrubs endemic to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.


Receptaculites

A taxonomic genus within the family Receptaculitidae – receptaculitids.


Requienia

A taxonomic genus within the family Requieniidae – certain fossil molluscs.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain plants.


Rhinopteridae

A taxonomic family within the order Myliobatiformes – cownose rays.


Attalea oleifera

A taxonomic species within the family Arecaceae – the pindoba.


Walchia

A taxonomic genus within the family †Voltziaceae – fossil cypress-like conifers.


Weinmannia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cunoniaceae – certain trees and shrubs.


Winteranaceae

Alternative form of Winteraceae used in the Bessey system.


Wolffia

A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – the watermeals, among the plants called duckweeds.


Lycodes

A taxonomic genus within the family Zoarcidae – certain fish.


Wyethia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – mule's ears.


Loiseleuria

Synonym of Kalmia (“evergreen shrub genus”)


Chiromantis

From Ancient Greek χειρόμαντις (kheirómantis, “fortune-teller”), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + μάντις (mántis, “prophet; Hyla arborea (green garden frog), etc.”).

compound

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhacophoridae – foam-nest tree frogs.


Astrostole scabra

A taxonomic species within the family Asteriidae – seven-armed starfish.


Ulmus glabra

A taxonomic species within the family Ulmaceae – wych elm, Scots elm; a montane species, found from Ireland to the Urals and Iran.


Salsola kali

A taxonomic species within the family Amaranthaceae – common saltwort, prickly saltwort, Russian thistle, tumbleweed; native to Eurasia, introduced in North America, southern South America, and southern Africa.


Akasa

Ellipsis of Akasa Linea.: A region of Neck, Arrokoth, Kuiper Belt, Solar System


Ka'an

From Yucatec Maya kaʼan (“sky”) and Yucatec Maya kaan (“snake”), for its circular serpentine appearance, and the naming convention applied to Arrokoth, to name all features with variations of the word for sky in various languages.

Ellipsis of Ka'an Arcus.: A region of Ultima, Arrokoth, Kuiper Belt, Solar System


Labium

A taxonomic genus within the family Ichneumonidae.


Abaris

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain beetles.


Thysia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – the beetle Thysia wallichii.


Beauveria

⇒ English: beauvericin

Named after French botanist and mycologist Jean Beauverie (1874–1938) + -ia (taxonomic suffix).

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Cordycipitaceae – several imperfect fungi used in biological control of insects.


Cacalia

nomen rejiciendum
nomen rejiciendum#English

A nomen rejiciendum for certain algae, fungi, and plants.


Echinomys

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


Allescheria

⇒ English: allescheriasis

Named after German schoolteacher and mycologist Andreas Allescher (1828–1903) + -ia (taxonomic suffix).


Ehretioideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Boraginaceae.


Nepa

A taxonomic genus within the family Nepidae – water scorpions.


Glyptambon

A taxonomic genus within the family Dalmanitidae – Silurian trilobites.


Bashanosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the suborder Stegosauria.


Dalibarda

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – dewdrop, false violet, star violet, Robin runaway.


Bellacartwrightia

A taxonomic genus within the family Acastidae – phacopid trilobites.


Decaisnea

A taxonomic genus within the family Lardizabalaceae – dead man's fingers, blue bean plant, blue sausage fruit.


Woodwardopterus

A taxonomic genus within the family Mycteroptidae – prehistoric eurypterids or sea scorpions.


Iberospinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Spinosauridae – an extinct spinosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Papo Seco Formation of Portugal.


Decumaria

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrangeaceae – the.

A taxonomic section within the family Hydrangeaceae – Hydrangea sect. Decumaria.


Mycteroptidae

A taxonomic family within the order Eurypterida – extinct eurypterids that lived from the Carboniferous to the Permian.


Decodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Labridae – certain wrasses.

A taxonomic genus within the family Lythraceae – the waterwillow or swamp loosestrife.


Humbertium

After Aloïs Humbert, Swiss naturalist + -ia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Geoplanidae – certan land planarians.


Mambawakale

Borrowed from Swahili mamba (“crocodile”) + wakale (“ancient”)

bor+

A taxonomic genus within the clade Pseudosuchia – a paracrocodylomorph from the Manda Beds of Tanzania.


Syllipsimopodi

A taxonomic genus within the class Cephalopoda – certain extinct vampire squid, inferred from a single fossil; possibly a synonym of †Gordonicus.


Brevicaudosaurus

brevi- (“short”) + caudo- (“tail”) + -saurus (“reptile”).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Nothosauridae – of marine reptiles during the triassic period.


Nkandla

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.


Rhyzoena

From Ancient Greek ῥυζέω (rhuzéō, “growl, snarl”). The spelling Rhyzoena instead of Rhyzaena seems to be a non-English variant or misspelling.

bor

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – corresponding to Suricata, a variant spelling of Rhyzaena.


Mussaenda

New Latin, from Sinhalese මුස්සැන්ද (mussænda, “Mussaenda frondosa”).
The first appearance as a scientific name was in Species Plantarum by C. Linnaeus, but it is precedented by a mention by Paul Hermann in his Musaeum Zeylanicum.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – shrubs, climbers and trees, calyx lobes often enlarged and coloured.


Avena fatua

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – common wild oat or spring wild oat, an invasive species deleterious to economically important cereal crops.


Koeberlinia

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


Koelreuteria

(Koelreuteria Laxm.) A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – certain flowering plants of southern and eastern Asia.

(illegitimate name, Koelreuteria Medik.) Species included in Marsdenia.

illegitimate name; Koelreuteria Medik.; illegitimate name; Koelreuteria Medik.


Kosteletzkya

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – the seashore mallow and related plants.

Kosteletzkya sect. Kosteletzkya

(genus): Kosteletzkya depressa - type species


Knautia

After Christoph and Christian Knaut (fl. 17th C.) + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Caprifoliaceae – widow flowers.


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.


Knightia

Named after English botanist and horticulturalist Thomas Andrew Knight.

A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – a genus of extant woody plants endemic to New Zealand.


Ustulina

A former genus of fungi, since reclassified in Kretzschmaria, Nemania, etc.


Uredinopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Milesinaceae – certain rust fungi.


Ulonata

(obsolete) The Orthoptera, an order of insects.


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.


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 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.


Piccard Mons

Named after Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard.

(planetology) A possible extinct cryovolcano on the planet Pluto.


Wright Mons

Named after American aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright.

(planetology) A possible extinct volcano on the planet Pluto.

Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
Wright Mons


Boraginales

A taxonomic order within the clade lamiids.

Wellstediaceae - families accepted by APG subsequent to APG IV


Alpinia officinarum

A taxonomic species within the family Zingiberaceae – lesser galangal or Chinese ginger.


Andrographis paniculata

A taxonomic species within the family Acanthaceae – creat or green chiretta, used medicinally in south Asia.


Chamaenerion angustifolium

A taxonomic species within the family Onagraceae – fireweed, great willowherb, rosebay willowherb, bombweed.


Hadromerina

A taxonomic genus within the family Anthribidae – certain fungus weevils.


Hadentomoidea

Synonym of Hadentomidae (“a family in the order Protorthoptera of Palaeozoic insects”)


Haemamoeba

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Plasmodiidae – certain parasites that infect birds.


Haemogregarina

A taxonomic genus within the family Haemogregarinidae – certain hemoprotozoans, parasitic mainly on cold-blooded vertebrates.


Hagenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – Hagenia abyssinica (African redwood).


Halimeda

A taxonomic genus within the family Halimedaceae – certain green macroalgae.


Haliplidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – crawling water beetles that swim using an alternating motion of the legs.


Lilium martagon

A taxonomic species within the family Liliaceae – Turk's cap lily.


Juniperus phoenicea

A taxonomic species within the family Cupressaceae – Phoenicean juniper, found in regions surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.


Cercotrichas galactotes

rufous-tailed scrub robin
rufous-tailed scrub robin

A taxonomic species within the family Muscicapidae – rufous-tailed scrub robin, a breeding visitor in the area from southern Portugal and Morocco to Pakistan.


Morganucodonta

A taxonomic order within the clade Mammaliaformes – extinct basal Mammaliaformes, including some that are ancestors of all modern mammals.


Streptococcus pneumoniae

A taxonomic species within the family Streptococcaceae – a major cause of bacterial pneumonia in humans.

For some of the numerous strains see Streptococcus pneumoniae at National Center for Biotechnology Information


Cyclamen latifolium

Cyclamen persicum
Cyclamen persicum#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Primulaceae – Synonym of Cyclamen persicum.


Salamandra salamandra

A taxonomic species within the family Salamandridae – fire salamander.


Veratrum album

A taxonomic species within the family Melanthiaceae – a false hellebore.


Microascales

A taxonomic order within the class Sordariomycetes – principally, certain sapotrophic soil fungi.


Eimerida

A taxonomic order within the class Coccidiomorphea.


Bahaba

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciaenidae – certain fish.


Antiarchi

A taxonomic order within the class Placodermi – the antiarchs.

For genera and higher taxa see Antiarchi on Wikipedia..


Anticlea

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – certain plants.


Antimerina

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain beetles.


Antigonus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain skipper butterflies.


Pterostichitae

A taxonomic supertribe within the family Carabidae.


Lavatera

Catalan: lavatera

English: lavatera

French: lavatère

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – synonym of Malva; lavateras, mallows.

Lavatera trimestris

syn. of Malva trimestris, annual tree mallow


Centramoebida

A taxonomic order within the class Variosea.


Xylariales

A taxonomic order within the class Sordariomycetes.


Mandrillus sphinx

A taxonomic species within the family Cercopithecidae – mandrill.


Trichophilus welckeri

A taxonomic species within the class Ulvophyceae – a green alga which grows in the fur of certain sloths, apparently providing them with camouflage.


Phorbas

A taxonomic genus within the family Hymedesmiidae – certain sponges.


Palaemon

A taxonomic genus within the family Palaemonidae – certain shrimps, some called grass shrimp.


Itylos

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain butterflies.


Philanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Crabronidae – the bee wolves.


Philopteridae

A taxonomic family within the order Psocodea – chewing lice mostly parasitic on birds.


Philantomba

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – certain duikers.


Philesia

A taxonomic genus within the family Philesiaceae – the South American shrub Philesia magellanica.


Panopea

A taxonomic genus within the family Hiatellidae – certain geoducks, large burrowing clams, sometimes considered to solely consist of extinct species.


Phenacodus

A taxonomic genus within the family Phenacodontidae – certain extinct ungulates.


Phasmidae

Synonym of Phasmatidae (“a family of stick insects”)


Phaneroglossa

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the perennial plant Phaneroglossa bolusii.


Phaca

A former plant genus, later merged into Astragalus.


Phellodendron

A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – cork tree.


Phaius

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – the swamp orchids.


Peumus

A taxonomic genus within the family Monimiaceae – the boldo tree.


Beroe

A taxonomic genus within the family Beroidae – cigar comb jellies.


Petricola

A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – saltwater clams.


Petrobium

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – Saint Helena whitewood.


Pezophaps

A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – Rodrigues solitaire, recently extinct.


Peucedanum

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


Phacopidae

A taxonomic family within the order †Phacopida – trilobites ranging from the Lower Ordovician to the Upper Devonian.


Pernettia

Obsolete form of Pernettya (“former plant genus”).


Pereskia

For Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc, 16th/17th-century French scholar.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – certain cacti.


Philepittidae

A taxonomic family within the order Passeriformes – asities.


Tmesipteris

A taxonomic genus within the family Psilotaceae – hanging fork ferns.


Tofieldia

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


Colossochelys

Synonym of Megalochelys (“extinct genus of cryptodiran tortoises”)


Collybia

A taxonomic genus within the family Tricholomataceae – certain mushrooms.


Composita

A taxonomic genus within the family Athyrididae – extinct brachiopods that lived from the Late Devonian to the Late Permian.


Coniogramme

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae – certain ferns.


Corvinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Corvidae – certain crows.


Cooperia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cooperiidae – certain nematodes.

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – certain plants.


Cristispira

A taxonomic genus within the family Borreliaceae – certain bacteria.


Crocodilus

Synonym of Crocodylus (“crocodile genus”)


Cucujus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucujidae – certain flat bark beetles.


Cryptogramma

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae – the rockbrakes or parsley ferns.


Cyclopteridae

A taxonomic family within the order Scorpaeniformes – lumpsuckers or lumpfish.


Cydippe

A taxonomic genus within the order Cydippida – certain ctenophores.


Cobaea

Belarusian: кабея (kabjeja)

Bulgarian: кобея (kobeja)

Ido: kobeo

Polish: kobea

French: cobée

From Spanish Cobo + -ea. Coined by Antonio José Cavanilles (1791) in an homage to Bernabé Cobo.

A taxonomic genus within the family Polemoniaceae.


Triamyxa

A taxonomic genus within the order Myxophaga – certain extinct beetles from the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic.


Tachinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – tachinid flies.


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.


Dacrydium

A taxonomic genus within the family Podocarpaceae – certain conifers.


Dactylopius

A taxonomic genus within the family Dactylopiidae – the cochineals.


Agathoxylon

A taxonomic genus within the family Araucariaceae – certain fossil wood.


Dactylopterus

A taxonomic genus within the family Dactylopteridae – the flying gurnard or helmet gurnard.


Blandfordia

A taxonomic genus within the family Blandfordiaceae – Christmas bells.


Blarina

A taxonomic genus within the family Soricidae – certain red-toothed shrews of North America.


Dactylopteridae

A taxonomic family within the order Syngnathiformes – flying gurnards or helmet gurnards.


Birkenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Birkeniidae – certain extinct anaspid fish.


Berycoidei

A taxonomic suborder within the order Beryciformes.


Bertolonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Melastomataceae – various perennial plants native to tropical South America.


Berytidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – stilt bugs or thread bugs.


Bessera

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – certain plants.


Berteroa

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – false madworts.

Berteroa incana

hoary alison, hoary false alyssum, hoary false madwort, hoary-alyssum, hoary alyssum


Biddulphiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Biddulphiales – certain diatoms.


Belinurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Belinuridae – various extinct arthropods.


Bellerophontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Bellerophontida – extinct globose molluscs of the Paleozoic and early Triassic.


Batocrinus

A taxonomic genus within the order Monobathrida – certain extinct crinoids.


Batodendron

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – synonym of Vaccinium.


Belinuridae

A taxonomic family within the order Xiphosura – various extinct arthropods.


Bembecia

A taxonomic genus within the family Sesiidae – certain moths.

For species groups and species see Bembecia


Begoniales

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the clade eurosids I – several tropical trees and shrubs; synonym of Cucurbitales.


Baphia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – legumes bearing simple leaves.


Baptanodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Ophthalmosauridae – an ichthyosaur of the Late Jurassic period.


Baptornis

A taxonomic genus within the family Baptornithidae – flightless aquatic birds from the Late Cretaceous.


Bibionidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – March flies.

Bibio

(family): Bibioninae, Penthetriinae, Pleciinae – subfamilies


Aberia

A taxonomic genus within the family Salicaceae – Synonym of Dovyalis.


Acanthodidae

A taxonomic family within the order Acanthodiformes – certain acanthodian fishes.


Acarapis

A taxonomic genus within the family Tarsonemidae – certain mites.


Achaeta

A taxonomic genus within the family Enchytraeidae – certain annelids.


Acetabularia

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


Achaenodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Helohyidae – an extinct artiodactyl mammal.


Adlumia

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


Agathaea

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – Synonym of Felicia (“plant genus”).


Ahnfeltia

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


Aigialosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Aigialosauridae – an extinct Late Cretaceous marine or semiaquatic lizard.


Ajaja ajaja

Platalea ajaja
Platalea ajaja#Translingual

Synonym of Platalea ajaja (“the roseate spoonbill”)


Alangium

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


Aletris

A taxonomic genus within the family Nartheciaceae – colicroot, colicweed, crow corn, or unicorn root.


Alectoria

A taxonomic genus within the family Tettigoniidae – bush crickets or katydids.

A taxonomic genus within the family Parmeliaceae – fruticose lichens.

Synonym of Alectoris (“partridge genus”)


Alaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Alariaceae – certain brown algae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Diplostomatidae – certain flatworms.


Allotriognathi

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – Synonym of Lampridiformes order of ray-finned fish.


Allotheria

A taxonomic infraclass within the class Mammalia – extinct Mesozoic mammals having lower molariform teeth equipped with two longitudinal rows of cusps.


Alonsoa

→ Russian: алонсо́а (alonsóa)

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


Stemonitis

A taxonomic genus within the family Stemonitidaceae – a type of slime mold.


Stemonitidaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Stemonitidales – some slime molds.


Stemonitis fusca

A taxonomic species within the family Stemonitidaceae – A type of slime mold.


Stemonitidales

A taxonomic order within the class Myxogastria – some slime molds.


Apanteles

A taxonomic genus within the family Braconidae – various wasps.


Aotus

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – golden peas.

A taxonomic genus within the family Aotidae – night monkeys.


Aphroditidae

A taxonomic family within the order Phyllodocida – various annelids.


Aplopappus

Synonym of Haplopappus (“flowering plant genus”)


Aplectrum

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – puttyroot.


Aphodius

→ Greek: αφόδιος (afódios)

⇒ Russian: афо́дия (afódija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – various beetles.


Haplopappus

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


Apogon

A taxonomic genus within the family Apogonidae – various cardinalfishes.


Aphra

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – various moths.


Aporocactus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – various cacti.


Aporrhaidae

A taxonomic family within the order Littorinimorpha – pelican's foot snails.


Aporrhais

A taxonomic genus within the family Aporrhaidae – various sea snails.


Apogonidae

A taxonomic family within the order Kurtiformes – cardinalfishes.


Appendiculata

The eighth phylum of coelomates, comprising the Rotifera, Annelida, and Arthropoda.


Apluda

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – various grasses.


Aprocta

A taxonomic genus within the family Aproctidae – various nematodes.


Aracana

A taxonomic genus within the family Aracanidae – deepwater boxfishes native to the coastal waters of Australia.


Aradidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – flat bugs.


Aranea

Synonym of Araneus (“orb-weaver spider genus”)


Apiocera

A taxonomic genus within the family Apioceridae – the flower-loving flies.


Arachnoidea

A taxonomic genus within the family Arachnidiidae – the bryozoan Arachnoidea raylankesteri.


Labidognatha

Synonym of Arachnomorphae (“spider infraorder”)


Araneida

A proposed suborder of the order Araneae which would include all modern spiders except Uraraneida (which would be a separate suborder).


Aptera

A taxonomic genus within the family Blaberidae – various cockroaches.

(obsolete) In former classifications: an order comprising various wingless arthropods (such as spiders, centipedes, and certain insects)

Apterygota, certain wingless insects, including principally bristletails and springtails.


Apargia

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – Synonym of Leontodon (“hawkbit genus”).


Aporosa

A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllanthaceae – various flowering plants, found from India to the Philippines and Queensland.


Araujia

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – certain perennial vines of South America.


Arcella

A taxonomic genus within the family Arcellidae – various testate amoebae.


Archaeornithes

An extinct group of the first primitive, reptile-like birds.


Archaeopterygiformes

A taxonomic order within the phylum Chordata – maniraptoran dinosaurs, known from the latest Jurassic and earliest Cretaceous of Europe.


Archidiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Archidiales – certain mosses.


Arceuthobium

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→ Russian: арцеуто́биум (arceutóbium)

A taxonomic genus within the family Santalaceae – dwarf mistletoes.


Polypetalae

A former taxonomic grouping of plants with the petals free from the base or only slightly connected.


Archidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Archidiaceae – certain mosses.


Architectonica

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


Archaeopithecidae

A taxonomic family within the order †Notoungulata – various extinct notoungulate mammals.


Phaethoquornithes

A taxonomic clade within the phylum Chordata – certain birds.


Ardeae

A former suborder of Ciconiiformes containing herons and related species.


Arenga

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


Arenicola

A taxonomic genus within the family Arenicolidae – the lugworms and black lugs.


Arachnomorphae

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Araneae – spiders having chelicerae that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action.


Arctoidea

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Carnivora – certain mostly carnivorous mammals.


Araucarioxylon

A taxonomic genus within the family Araucariaceae – extinct fossil woods.


Argulus

A taxonomic genus within the family Argulidae – fish lice.


Argynnis

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


Argyrosomus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciaenidae – certain drumfishes.


Argyroneta

A taxonomic genus within the family Araneomorphae – the diving bell spider or water spider.


Apios

New Latin, Ancient Greek: ἄπιος (ápios, “pear tree”)

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


Ariidae

A taxonomic family within the order Siluriformes – certain catfishes.


Argentinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Argentiniformes – herring smelts or argentines.


Ariocarpus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – certain succulent subtropical plants.


Armadillidae

A taxonomic family within the order Isopoda – woodlice.


Aroides

Synonym of Calla (“flowering plant genus”)


Arctia

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

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


Archimycetes

Synonym of Chytridiomycetes (“class of fungi”)


Arnoseris

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


Argemone

A taxonomic genus within the family Papaveraceae – prickly poppies.


Filovirus

From Latin filum (“thread, filament”) + -virus.

Traditional gene therapy vectors have demonstrated limited utility for treatment of chronic lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF). Herein we describe a vector based on a Filovirus envelope protein-pseudotyped HIV vector

2001 March 20, Gary P. Kobinger, Daniel J. Weiner, Qian-Chun Yu, James M. Wilson, “Filovirus-pseudotyped lentiviral vector can efficiently and stably transduce airway epithelia in vivo”, in Nature Biotechnology, volume 19, pages 225–230:

The largest-ever recorded outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever is ongoing. Due to the epidemic and rural nature of outbreaks, little is published about the Filovirus infections Ebola virus disease and Marburg disease in pregnancy.

2015, Lisa M. Bebell, M.D., Laura E. Riley, M.D., “Ebola Virus Disease and Marburg Disease in Pregnancy: A Review and Management Considerations for Filovirus Infection”, in Obstet Gynecol., volume 125, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1293–1298:

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the order Mononegavirales – consisting of the former species, now genus, Ebolavirus and the type species, now genus, Marburgvirus.


Arrhenatherum

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


Arracacia

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – flowering plants including the arracacha.


Argyropelecus

A taxonomic genus within the family Sternoptychidae – silver hatchetfishes.


Arnebia

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


Arsinoitherium

From Arsinoe (ancient name of Fayum) + -therium.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Arsinoitheriidae – extinct paenungulate mammals.


Nypa

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – the nipa palm.


Asaphus

A taxonomic genus within the family Asaphidae – certain trilobites.


Scleroglossa

A group of lizards that includes the geckos, autarchoglossans (scincomorphs, anguimorphs, and varanoids), and amphisbaenians.


Asaphidae

A taxonomic family within the order Asaphida – certain trilobites.


Ascaridia

A taxonomic genus within the family Ascaridiidae – parasitic nematodes.


Ascyrum

Synonym of Hypericum (“flowering plant genus”)


Asellus

A taxonomic genus within the family Asellidae – isopod crustaceans.


Ascochyta

A taxonomic genus within the family Didymellaceae – certain ascomycete fungi.


Asellidae

A taxonomic family within the order Isopoda – certain freshwater isopod crustaceans.


Clathrina

A taxonomic genus within the family Clathrinidae – certain calcareous sponges.


Aruncus

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – clump-forming herbaceous perennial plants.


Ardisia

A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – coralberry, marlberry.


Aspidiotus

A taxonomic genus within the family Diaspididae – certain scale insects.


Assonia

Synonym of Dombeya (“flowering plant genus”)


Aspredo

A taxonomic genus within the family Aspredinidae – banjo catfish Aspredo aspredo.


Theora

A taxonomic genus within the family Semelidae – saltwater and freshwater clams.


Asphodeline

A taxonomic genus within the family Asphodelaceae – various perennial plants.


Astartidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carditida – certain bivalves.


Ascidia

→ Italian: ascidia

→ Spanish: ascidia

From New Latin ascidia, plural of ascidium (“sea squirt, ascidium”), from Ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον (askídion, “goatskin bag”), named for their bag-like appearance.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Ascidiidae – certain tunicates.


Asteroxylon

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteroxylaceae – extinct vascular plants.


Asilus

A taxonomic genus within the family Asilidae – certain robber flies.


Asterinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Valvatida – various sea stars.


Asterionella

A taxonomic genus within the family Fragilariaceae – pennate freshwater diatoms.


Asterolepis

A taxonomic genus within the family Asterolepididae – extinct armored fishes.

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.


Asterina

A taxonomic genus within the family Asterinidae – various starfishes.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asterinaceae – various fungi.


Arundinaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – certain bamboos.


Asilidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – robber fly, assassin fly, hawk-fly.


Aspredinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Siluriformes – banjo catfishes.

Amaralia

(family): Aspredininae, Hoplomyzontinae, Pseudobunocephalinae – subfamilies


Asperugo

A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – German madwort.


Asteriidae

A taxonomic family within the order Forcipulatida – certain sea stars.


Asterochiton

A taxonomic genus within the family Aleyrodidae – certain whiteflies.


Astrocaryum

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain spiny palms.


Astroscopus

A taxonomic genus within the family Uranoscopidae – electric stargazers.


Astrophytum

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – various cacti native to North America.


Astropecten

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


Astropectinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Paxillosida – certain sea stars.


Zephyranthes

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – fairy lily, rainflower, zephyr lily, magic lily, Atamasco lily, rain lily.


Athecae

Synonym of Dermochelyidae (“turtle family”)


Astylosternus

A taxonomic genus within the family Arthroleptidae – the night frogs.


Atheris

A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – bush vipers.


Atherurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hystricidae – brush-tailed porcupines.


Schinia

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


Atherinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Atheriniformes – Old World silversides.


Athyris

A taxonomic genus within the family Athyrididae – brachiopods genus with a subequally biconvex shell, ranging from the Silurian into the Triassic.


Athyrium

A taxonomic genus within the family Athyriaceae – lady ferns.


Atlantosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Diplodocidae – a sauropod dinosaur from the upper Morrison Formation of Colorado, United States.


Atlantica

A taxonomic genus within the family Discidae – land snails.


Atractaspis

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamprophiidae – certain venomous snakes.


Attacus

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – certain moths.


Attalea

→ Russian: аттале́я (attaléja)

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


Attidae

Synonym of Salticidae (“jumping spider family”)


Auca

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.


Audibertia

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – Synonym of Mentha (“mint genus”).


Aulacomnium

A taxonomic genus within the family Aulacomniaceae – certain mosses.


Zeugophora

A taxonomic genus within the family Megalopodidae – certain beetles.


Aulostomidae

A taxonomic family within the order Syngnathiformes – trumpetfishes.


Aulacomniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Rhizogoniales – certain mosses.


Aulostomus

A taxonomic genus within the family Aulostomidae – trumpetfishes.


Autarchoglossa

A taxonomic clade within the order Squamata – squamates including the skinks, anguimorphs, snakes, and relatives.


Auchenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Megalopodidae – Synonym of Zeugophora (“beetle genus”).


Autolytus

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A taxonomic genus within the family Syllidae – certain polychaete worms.


Avicularia

A taxonomic genus within the family Theraphosidae – various arboreal tarantulas.


Aviculidae

A taxonomic family within the order Pterioida – Synonym of Pteriidae (“feather oyster family”).


Axonophora

A taxonomic suborder within the order Graptoloidea – certain graptolites.


Aydendron

A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – Synonym of Aniba (“flowering plant genus”).


Azteca

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


Azadirachta

Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat) transcribed Azadiracht in Latin editions of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine which schematically Latinized all names, in this case by taking over the Arabic name unchanged and adding the suffix + -a as trees use to be female in Latin.

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أَزَادَرْخَت

Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat)

A taxonomic genus within the family Meliaceae – certain trees, including the neem.


Axonopus

Possibly from Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axon”) + Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – carpet grass.


Typhlomolge

Synonym of Eurycea (“brook salamander genus”)


Typhula

A taxonomic genus within the family Typhulaceae – clavarioid fungi.


Typotheria

A taxonomic suborder within the order †Notoungulata.


Tylosurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Belonidae – certain needlefish.


Turnera

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


Tumboa

Synonym of Welwitschia (“gymnosperm genus”)


Turbinellidae

A taxonomic family within the order Neogastropoda – sea snails.


Tulbaghia

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – wild garlic, society garlic.


Tulostoma

→ Russian: туло́стома (tulóstoma)

A taxonomic genus within the family Agaricaceae – stalked puffballs.


Leptocardii

A taxonomic class within the phylum Chordata.


Naja naja

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


Colutea arborescens

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – bladder senna, of Europe and North Africa.


Buteo burmanicus

Buteo refectus
Buteo refectus#Translingual

Himalayan buzzard, Buteo refectus, to which the name Buteo burmanicus was misapplied

A subspecies of the eastern buzzard (Buteo japonicus burmanicus)


Carnotaurus

The generic name Carnotaurus is derived from the Latin carno [carnis] ("flesh") and taurus ("bull") and can be translated with "meat-eating bull

A taxonomic genus within the family Abelisauridae – theropod dinosaurs.


Chimantaea

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


Cneoraceae

A relict family of Mediterranean shrubs that evolved under tropical conditions during the Cenozoic era.


Cnicus

blessed thistle, holy thistle, spotted thistle

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the single species Cnicus benedictus (St. Benedict's thistle).


Cnemidophorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Teiidae – certain lizards called whiptail lizards or racerunners.


Codium

A taxonomic genus within the family Codiaceae – certain seaweeds.


Coccothrinax

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


Coccosteus

A taxonomic genus within the family Coccosteidae – certain arthrodire placoderms.


Cochlospermum

A taxonomic genus within the family Bixaceae – certain tropical trees.


Coelastraceae

Synonym of Scenedesmaceae (“family of green algae”)


Codiaeum

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – certain shrubs with leathery leaves.


Coelacanthidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coelacanthiformes – certain extinct coelacanths.


Codiaceae

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


Colletia

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


Coleosporiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Pucciniales – certain rust fungi.


Cogswellia

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nomen illegitimum#English

A nomen illegitimum for the perennial herb genus Lomatium (biscuit root, desert parsley).


Coleochaetaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleochaetales – certain algae.


Coleosporium

A taxonomic genus within the family Coleosporiaceae – certain rust fungi.


Collomia

A taxonomic genus within the family Polemoniaceae – trumpets, mountain trumpets, trumpet flowers.


Coleophora

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→ 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”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Blechnaceae – hard fern.


Fannia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fanniidae – certain flies.


Fedia

Synonym of Valeriana (“flowering plant genus”)


Flacourtia

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


Flagellaria

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


Fitzroya

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – the conifer Fitzroya cupressoides.


Floscularia

A taxonomic genus within the family Flosculariidae – certain rotifers.


Floerkea

A taxonomic genus within the family Limnanthaceae – false mermaid or mermaidweed.


Forestiera

Possibly borrowed from Italian forestiera f, from forestiero m (“foreigner, stranger, foreign”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Oleaceae – swampprivets.


Flosculariidae

A taxonomic family within the order Flosculariaceae – certain rotifers.


Forficula

A taxonomic genus within the family Forficulidae – certain earwigs.


Fragilaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Fragilariaceae – certain freshwater and saltwater diatoms.


Fragilariaceae

A taxonomic family within the class Fragilariophyceae – certain diatoms.


Haemoproteus

A taxonomic genus within the family Haemoproteidae – certain alveolates that are parasitic in birds, reptiles and amphibians.


Haemonchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Trichostrongylidae – certain nematodes.


Halteridium

Synonym of Haemoproteus (“alveolate genus”)


Hallopus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hallopodidae – a prehistoric reptile.


Halosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Halosauridae – certain fish.


Hamelia

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


Halosphaera

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


Haloragaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Saxifragales – watermilfoils.


Hapalotis

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Harpago

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


Harpidae

A taxonomic family within the order Neogastropoda – harp snails.


Harpa

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

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


Hechtia

A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – various plants.


Hedychium

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


Halosauridae

A taxonomic family within the order Notacanthiformes – halosaurs.


Heliconiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies, longwings.


Helicinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cycloneritida – small tropical land snails with an operculum.


Helicteres

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


Heliolites

A taxonomic genus within the family Heliolitidae – various extinct tabulate corals.


Heliopora

A taxonomic genus within the family Helioporidae – certain cnidarians.


Heliotropiaceae

A cosmopolitan family of flowering plants with approximately 450 species worldwide.


Heliopsis

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


Helonias

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – the swamp pink Helonias bullata.


Helladotherium

From Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”) + -therium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Giraffidae – an extinct sivatherine giraffid from Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene.


Hernandia

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


Helodermatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Squamata – beaded lizards.


Heroina

A taxonomic genus within the family Cichlidae – certain cichlid fish.


Herpotrichia

A taxonomic genus within the family Lophiostomataceae – certain fungi.


Hesperornithes

An extinct, highly specialized clade of aquatic avialans closely related to the ancestors of modern birds.


Heterodontidae

A taxonomic family within the order Heterodontiformes – bullhead sharks.


Heterocarpus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pandalidae – certain deep-sea shrimp.


Heterodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – hognose snakes.


Hesperis

From Latin Hesperis (“of evening, of the west, western”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – certain flowering plants, native to Eurasia.


Heterodontus

A taxonomic genus within the family Heterodontidae – bullhead sharks, the Port Jackson shark, and the horn shark.


Heterokontae

Synonym of Xanthophyceae (“class of yellow-green algae”)


Heteromeles

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – toyon, now included in genus Photinia.


Heteromys

A taxonomic genus within the family Heteromyidae – spiny pocket mouse.


Heteralocha

A taxonomic genus within the family Callaeidae – the huia, an extinct wattlebird of New Zealand.


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.


Heteropia

A taxonomic genus within the family Heteropiidae – certain sponges.


Heterosporium

A taxonomic genus within the family Cladosporiaceae – certain fungi.


Heterostraci

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


Hexamita

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


Hesionidae

A taxonomic family within the order Phyllodocida – certain polychaete worms.


Hexanchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hexanchidae – sixgill sharks.


Hierochloe

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – sweetgrass.


Hibbertia

A taxonomic genus within the family Dilleniaceae – guinea flowers.


Hierofalco

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Falconidae – hierofalcons.


Hexanchidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hexanchiformes – cow sharks.


Janthinidae

(archaic) Synonym of Epitoniidae (“wentletrap family of shellfishes”)


Junonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies: the buckeyes, pansies or commodores.


Brahea

From Danish Brahe (possibly via Latin Braheus), after Tycho Brahe.

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – hesper palm.


Stephania sinica

A taxonomic species within the family Menispermaceae.


Stephania japonica

A taxonomic species within the family Menispermaceae – snake vine.


Eilema

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

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


Bryonia dioica

A taxonomic species within the family Cucurbitaceae – red bryony, white bryony, English mandrake, or lady's seal.


Mangifera indica

A taxonomic species within the family Anacardiaceae – mango tree.


Eichhornia

A former polyphyletic genus of water hyacinths.


Aconitum lycoctonum

A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae – northern wolf's-base, monkshood.


Eburna

Latin eburneus (“made of ivory”) ← ebur (“ivory”)

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


Lavandula angustifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – true lavender, English lavender, garden lavender, common lavender, or narrow-leaved lavender.


Scorzonera hispanica

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – black salsify, black oyster plant, Spanish salsify, serpent root, viper's herb, viper's grass, now Pseudopodospermum hispanicum.


Stephania tetrandra

A taxonomic species within the family Menispermaceae – stephania root.


Monkeypox virus

A taxonomic species within the family Poxviridae – the virus that causes monkeypox.


Salma bracyscopalis

Salma brachyscopalis (canonical feminine)

A taxonomic species within the family Pyralidae – of south Asia.


Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

A taxonomic species within the family Salmonidae – pink salmon or humpback salmon.


Diictodon

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


Bauera

A taxonomic genus within the family Cunoniaceae – certain flowering plants endemic to eastern Australia.


Stannomida

Proposed by O. S. Tendal in 1972 in A monograph of the Xenophyophoria (Rhizopodea, Protozoa). - Galathea Rep. 12: 7-99.

A taxonomic order within the class Xenophyophorea – proposed, to include certain Foraminifera.


Psamminida

A taxonomic order within the class Xenophyophorea – certain Foraminifera, not accepted as a clade.


Radiophrya

A taxonomic genus within the family Radiophryidae – certain parasites of, eg, worms.


Xandria

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – a moth.


Rena

A taxonomic genus within the family Leptotyphlopidae – certain snakes.


Bonata

A taxonomic genus within the class Medusae – an extinct Ediacaran cnidarian.


MPXV

Monkeypox virus
Monkeypox virus#Translingual


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.


Paleodictyon

First described by Giuseppe Meneghini in 1850.
From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + δίκτυον (díktuon, “fishing net”).

(taxonomy) An ichnogenus of fossils usually interpreted as a burrow, appearing in the geologic marine record from the Precambrian / Early Cambrian and in modern ocean environments.


Cossypha natalensis

A taxonomic species within the family Muscicapidae – red-capped robin-chat or Natal robin, found in south-central and from east Africa to South Africa.


Assessor

A taxonomic genus within the family Plesiopidae – devilfish.


Mitchella

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


Mitella

A taxonomic genus within the family Saxifragaceae – miterwort, bishop's cap.


Miohippus

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – prehistoric horses inhabiting what is now North America during the late Eocene to late Oligocene.


Millettia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain legumes.


Millingtonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – Millingtonia hortensis (tree jasmine or Indian cork tree).


Kelisia

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphacidae – certain planthoppers.


Discoplacentalia

Coordinate term: Zonoplacentalia

A former division of the Deciduata, comprising those having a disc-shaped placenta.


Zosteropinae

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


Ziphiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Ziphiidae – certain beaked whales.


Zizia

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – certain flowering plants native to North America.


Xerophyllum

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – certain perennial plants.

A taxonomic genus within the family Tetrigidae – certain pygmy grasshoppers.


Zoanthidae

A taxonomic family within the order Zoantharia – certain cnidarians.


Belostoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Belostomatidae – the giant water bugs.


Zonoplacentalia

Coordinate term: Discoplacentalia

A former division of the Deciduata, comprising those having a girdle-shaped placenta.


Buibui

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyatholipidae – certain African araneomorph spiders.


Xylota

A taxonomic genus within the family Syrphidae – certain hoverflies.


Zoomastigina

Coordinate term: Phytomastigina


Phytomastigina

Coordinate term: Zoomastigina


Didymus

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils.


Didimus

A taxonomic genus within the family Passalidae – certain beetles of tropical Africa.


Apatelae

Synonym of Acronicta (“noctuid moth genus”)


Apatornis

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


Aphanapteryx

A taxonomic genus within the family Rallidae – red rail.


Aphanes

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – parsley piert.


Aphelops

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinocerotidae – a hornless rhinoceros endemic to North America, from the Middle Miocene to the early Pliocene.


Aphrodisium

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίσιον (Aphrodísion).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – various round-necked longhorn beetles.


Apatura

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – now, any of four species of emperor butterflies, formerly also including species now in genera Mimathyma and Chitoria.

(obsolete, rejected) A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – cracker butterflies, now included in genus Hamadryas.


Sarda lineolata

A taxonomic species within the family Scombridae – a marine species of bonito found in the Pacific, Pacific bonito.


Icacorea

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – coralberries (now sometimes Ardisia subg. Ardisia, syn. Ardisia subg. Icacorea).


Mimivirus

English: mimivirus

From English microbe-mimicking virus, from Virus. From when originally discovered, being so large as initially thought to be bacteria (“microbes”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Mimiviridae.


Aruana

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


Nesophontes

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


Icelidae

A taxonomic family of scaled sculpins in some classifications; otherwise placed in genus Icelus.


Idiogastra

A former suborder of Hymenoptera, including the orussid wasps.


Icosteus

A taxonomic genus within the family Icosteidae – the ragfish.


Illecebraceae

A taxonomic family in which Illecebrum has sometimes been placed.


Ictonyx

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – striped polecats, of Africa.


Getulia

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – certain snout moths.


Gastrostomus

A former genus of eels, including the pelican eel.


Gelidiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Gelidiales – certain red algae.


Gelechia

A taxonomic genus within the family Gelechiidae – certain moths.


Gelechiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – twirler moths.

Anarsia

(family): Anacampsinae, Anomologinae, Dichomeridinae, Gelechiinae, Thiotrichinae – subfamilies


Kokoona

A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae – certain plants.


Kuhnia

A taxonomic genus within the family Mazocraeidae – certain flatworms.