Choanoflagellata

A taxonomic class within the clade Choanozoa – choanoflagellates.


Chondrilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain plants.

A taxonomic genus within the family Chondrillidae – certain sea sponges.


Chlamydoselachus

A taxonomic genus within the family Chlamydoselachidae – frilled sharks.


Chlorococcum

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


Choanephora

A taxonomic genus within the family Choanephoraceae – certain fungi.


Hydnora

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


Hydrocharis

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrocharitaceae – certain aquatic plants.


Hydropotes

A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – water deer.


Hydrichthys

A taxonomic genus within the family Pandeidae – certain hydrozoans.


Hydatina

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


Hypnea

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


Hydrophyllum

A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – certain herbaceous perennial plants.


Hydractinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydractiniidae – certain hydroids.


Hyrachyus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hyrachyidae – an extinct perissodactyl mammal.


Hybodus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hybodontidae – certain extinct hybodonts.


Hypsilophodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Hypsilophodontidae – a neornithischian dinosaur of the Early Cretaceous period of England.


Hypsiprymnodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Hypsiprymnodontidae – musky rat-kangaroo.


Isotria

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.


Timaeta

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


Hydnum

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydnaceae – certain fungi.


Hyotherium

From Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs, “pig”) + -therium. See English hyo-.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Suidae – certain extinct even-toed ungulates.


Megninia

A taxonomic genus within the family Analgidae – certain mites.


Hyaenanche

A taxonomic genus within the family Picrodendraceae – certain plants.


Diaguita

A taxonomic genus within the family Glossoscolecidae – certain earthworms.


Qingshania magnifica

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Qingshania magnifica.

A taxonomic species within the superkingdom Eukaryota – hypothesized to be a green alga or similar eukaryote that formed a multi-cellular entity 1.6 billion years ago.


Yungipicus

Yungi (from New Latin Jynx "wryneck") + Picus

A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae – pygmy woodpeckers of eastern Asia.


Neodiprion

A taxonomic genus within the family Diprionidae – certain sawflies.


Myxobolus

A taxonomic genus within the family Myxobolidae – certain myxozoa.


Nemichthys

A taxonomic genus within the family Nemichthyidae – certain eels.


Necrobia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cleridae – certain beetles.


Nassella

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – needlegrasses.


Nephrolepis

A taxonomic genus within the family Nephrolepidaceae – certain ferns.


Naucrates

A taxonomic genus within the family Carangidae – pilot fish.


Nephotettix

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain planthoppers.


Nitrosococcus

A taxonomic genus within the family Chromatiaceae – certain bacteria.


Naucoris

A taxonomic genus within the family Naucoridae – certain true bugs.


Neotragus

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – certain dwarf antelopes of Africa.


Odontaspis

A taxonomic genus within the family Odontaspididae – certain sand sharks.


Paralichthys

A taxonomic genus within the family Paralichthyidae – certain flounders.


Odontosyllis

A taxonomic genus within the family Syllidae – certain annelids.


Oeciacus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cimicidae – certain bedbugs.


Oecanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gryllidae – certain crickets.


Palaeoniscum

A taxonomic genus within the family Palaeoniscidae – certain extinct ray-finned fish from the Permian period.


Parascalops

A taxonomic genus within the family Talpidae – Brewer's mole.


Phororhacos

Synonym of Phorusrhacos (“terror bird genus”)


Pisidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphaeriidae – certain clams.


Pipistrellus

A taxonomic genus within the family Vespertilionidae – certain bats.


Pissodes

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils.


Sardinops

A taxonomic genus within the family Clupeidae – certain sardines.


Paralabrax

A taxonomic genus within the family Serranidae – rock basses.


Nebaliacea

A taxonomic suborder within the order Leptostraca – certain marine crustaceans.


Odontopteryx

A taxonomic genus within the family Pelagornithidae – certain extinct pseudotooth birds.


Piscicola

A taxonomic genus within the family Piscicolidae – certain leeches.


Piqueria

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain plants.


Pisonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Nyctaginaceae – catchbirdtrees, birdcatcher trees, birdlime trees.


Odynerus

Presumably from Ancient Greek ὀδῠνηρός (odunērós, “painful, distressing”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Vespidae – certain potter wasps.


Pipturus

From Ancient Greek πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) and Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), in reference to the caducous stigma.

A taxonomic genus within the family Urticaceae – certain flowering plants of Oceania and tropical Australia.


Piptadenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain shrubs and trees of the Neotropics.


Bangiomorpha

A taxonomic genus within the family Bangiaceae – extinct species of red algae from the Stenian period, first species currently known to undergo sexual reproduction.


Androglossini

Androglossa + -ini (“obsolete genus in Psittacidae”)

suffix

A taxonomic tribe within the family Psittacidae – parrots of the Neotropics.


Halictidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – sweat bees.

Halictus

(family): Halictinae, Nomiinae, Nomioidinae, Rophitinae - subfamilies


Palaeospondylus

A taxonomic genus within the subphylum Vertebrata – a fish-like fossil vertebrate.


Phrynosomatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Squamata – North American spiny lizards.


Chrysemys

A taxonomic genus within the family Emydidae – certain turtles.


Lophoziaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Jungermanniales – certain liverworts.


Drepanaspis

A taxonomic genus within the family Psammosteidae – extinct primitive jawless ostracoderms from the Early Devonian.


Drepanophycus

A taxonomic genus within the family Drepanophycaceae – certain extinct plants.


Hiodon

A taxonomic genus within the family Hiodontidae – certain fishes.


Hippocratea

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


Hippeutis

A taxonomic genus within the family Planorbidae – certain snails.


Hippidion

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – an extinct equine that lived in South America from the Late Pliocene to the end of the Late Pleistocene.


Dracontium

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


Chrysothrix

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysotrichaceae – gold dust lichens.


Downingia

→ Russian: доуни́нгия (douníngija)

Likely from English Downing (“surname”) + -ia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – calico flowers.


Medemia

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – a rare palm tree native to Egypt and Sudan.


Agallia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.


Aglaspis

A taxonomic genus within the family Aglaspididae – certain arthropods of the late Cambrian era.


Clidastes

A taxonomic genus within the family Mosasauridae – certain extinct marine lizards.


Prototaxites

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прототакси́т

→ Russian: прототакси́т (prototaksít)

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


Epitoniidae

A taxonomic family within the class Caenogastropoda – wentletraps, predatory sea snails.


Bagridae

A taxonomic family within the order Siluriformes – naked catfishes, of Africa and Asia.


Malveae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Malvaceae – typical mallows etc.

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Eleotridae

A taxonomic family within the order Gobiiformes – sleeper gobies, sleepers, bullies.

Allomicrodesmus

(family): Butinae (now often family Butidae), Eleotrinae, Milyeringinae (now often family Milyeringidae) - subfamilies


Tropaeolum majus

A taxonomic species within the family Tropaeolaceae – garden nasturtium, originally of the Andes.


Rosa eglanteria

Rosa rubiginosa
Rosa rubiginosa#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – synonym of Rosa rubiginosa (sweet briar, sweetbriar rose, sweet brier, or eglantine).


Biancaea sappan

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – sappanwood or Indian redwood, a timber tree with other uses, endemic to southeast Asia, cultivated in other parts of the tropical Old World.


Rosa rubiginosa

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – sweet briar, sweetbriar rose, sweet brier, or eglantine, native to most of Europe.


Cellana

A taxonomic genus within the family Nacellidae – certain sea snails or limpets.


Platichthys flesus

A taxonomic species within the family Pleuronectidae – European flounder, white fluke, of almost all European waters, including some rivers.


Aria edulis

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – common whitebeam, native to much of Europe, Asia minor, and parts of North Africa, sometimes used as ornamentals.


Ocha

A taxonomic genus within the family Lasiocampidae – certain moths.


Lophoptera

A taxonomic species within the family Euteliidae – certain moths.


Lilamna

A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudoscapanorhynchidae – extinct mackerel sharks from the Wulagen Formation of the Tarim Basin, China.


Iliamna

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – certain mallows.


Pseudoscapanorhynchidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lamniformes – extinct mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous and potentially the Paleogene.


Elapoidea

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

suffix

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Serpentes.

Atractaspididae

family; African burrowing snake, mole viper


Kedrostis

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κέδρωστις (kédrōstis)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – climbing of trailing herbs of tropical Africa and Asia.


Arkezostis

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae.; Synonym of Cayaponia


Coriaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Coriariaceae – wide, disjunct distribution in Chile; Mexico, Central America, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia; Spain, France, and North Africa; southern England; Himalayas; New Guinea; and New Zealand.


Biota

All living things, called an empire or superkingdom by some authors.


Biota

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – synonym of Platycladus.

Biota orientalis

syn. of Platycladus orientalis, Chinese arborvitae


Asclepias buchenaviana

Gomphocarpus filiformis
Gomphocarpus filiformis#Translingual


Asclepias buchenavianus

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Asclepias buchenavianus.

Asclepias buchenaviana
Asclepias buchenaviana#Translingual


Bulbophyllum buchenavianum

Synonym of Bulbophyllum calyptratum var. calyptratum


Disa buchenaviana

Disa Buchenaviana, Commelina madagascarica, and Tachiadenus platypterus are fine blue-flowered plants, while the superb orchid Angræcum sesquipedale, Vinca rosea, Euphorbia splendens, and Stephanotis floribunda, have been long cultivated in our hot-houses.

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A taxonomic species within the family Orchidaceae – a species of orchids native to Central Madagascar.


Linnæa borealis

Linnaea borealis
Linnaea borealis#Translingual

alternative typography of Linnaea borealis


Linnaea borealis

Linnaeus surname + Latin borealis (northern).
The species being a favorite of Linnaeus, his friend and colleague Jan Frederik Gronovius named the genus (Linnæa), and Linnaeus decided on the species epithet (borealis).

A taxonomic species within the family Caprifoliaceae – twinflower.


Tropaeolum buchenavianum

Synonym of Tropaeolum tuberosum subsp. silvestre.


Megaclinium buchenavianum

Synonym of Bulbophyllum calyptratum var. calyptratum.


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Cyphella

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyphellaceae – certain fungi.


Platycercinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Psittaculidae – parrots and parakeets of Oceania.

Neophema

(tribe): Pezoporini (ground parrot etc.), Platycercini (broad-tailed parrot) - tribes


Dikwa

A taxonomic genus within the family Dikwidae – certain amphipods.


Lulua

A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain beetles.


Gomphocarpus filiformis

A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – desert broom milkbush or mountain milk bush (lammerlat in Afrikaans), native to Namibia and the Northern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa.


Asclepias filiformis var. buchenaviana

Asclepias filiformis var. buchenaviana f


Aquilegia vulgaris

A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae – common columbine, native to most of Europe south of Scandinavia.


Rhinoceros unicornis

A taxonomic species within the family Rhinocerotidae – Indian rhinoceros, historically found from northern Pakistan through northern to eastern India.


Boops boops

A taxonomic species within the family Sparidae – bogue or box, a seabream of the eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Angola, and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.


Malva alcea

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – musk mallow.


Cymbalaria muralis

A taxonomic species within the family Plantaginaceae – ivy-leaved toadflax or Kenilworth ivy, native to southern Europe.


Parapytanga

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Rhinesuchidae.


Babiana

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – certain geophytes.


Mycoplasmoidaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Plasmoidales.


Cithaeron

A taxonomic genus within the family Cithaeronidae – certain araneomorph spiders.


Nasua nasua

A taxonomic species within the family Procyonidae – ring-tailed coati. found in the tropical and subtropical parts South America


Phyllosiphon

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


Physcomitrium

A taxonomic genus within the family Funariaceae – urn moss.


Physocarpus

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – ninebark.


Physeteroidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Artiodactyla – certain whales.


Physalospora

A taxonomic genus within the family Hyponectriaceae – certain fungi.


Physoderma

A taxonomic genus within the family Physodermataceae – certain fungi.


Phyllotreta

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


Phyllostomus

From Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllostomidae – certain leaf-nosed bats.


Phyllopteryx

A taxonomic genus within the family Syngnathidae – certain fishes.


Physcia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φυσκία (phuskía), from Ancient Greek φῠ́σκη (phúskē, “large intestine”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Physciaceae – certain lichenized fungi.


Knulliana

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

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


Ichneumon

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

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

among others. See full list at Wikispecies.


Pseudocoleodictyospora

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

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

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

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

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudocoleodictyosporaceae – certain fungi.


Paraboreochlus

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

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

Paraboreochlus bisaetiger – Paraboreochlus okinawanus – Paraboreochlus minutissimus – Paraboreochlus stahli


Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus

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

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

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


Simplexeburia

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

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

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


Dracaena trifasciata

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

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


Elachura

A taxonomic genus within the family Elachuridae – the spotted wren-babbler.


Spathiphyllum

→ English: spathiphyllum

→ Greek: σπαθίφυλλο n (spathífyllo)

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

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

for others see Spathiphyllum at Plants of the World Online


Amsacta

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – comprising an uncertain number of species of tiger moths.

Amsacta paolii – other species sensu lato


Glycomyces

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Glycomycetaceae – certain bacteria.


Anomala

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

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Anomalini – certain scarabs.

Anomala dubia

type species. See full list at Wikispecies.


Schizothecium

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Schizotheciaceae – certain fungi.


Diversispora

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

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

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Diversisporaceae – certain fungi.


Devo

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

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Vijayinae – certain amphipods.


Lithothelium

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyrenulaceae – certain fungi.

Chaetothyriomycetidae – subclass Pyrenulales – order


Veliidae

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


Bokermannohyla

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

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


Johnsonius

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

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


Balaninus

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

(obsolete, carcinology) A taxonomic genus within the family Archaeobalanidae – Synonym of Conopea.


Copernicia

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palms native to South America and the Greater Antilles.


Hudsonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cistaceae – goldenheather, poverty grass.

Hudsonia montana

syn. Hudsonia ericoides subsp. montana, mountain goldenheather


Glaucocharis

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

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


Mastax

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

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


Macrodactylus

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

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


Amorpha juglandis

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

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


Kalanchoe laetivirens

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

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


Eleutherodactylus

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Eleutherodactylidae – robber frogs.

A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Eleutherodactylus.


Indiadactylus

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

For species see Indiadactylus at the Catalogue of Life


Nemacladus

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

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Nemacladoideae – threadplants.


Chialingosaurus

From Mandarin 嘉陵 (Jiālíng, “Jialing”), Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-ling² + -saurus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Stegosauridae.


Eospongosaturninus

New Latin eo- (“earliest”) + Spongosaturninus (“syn. of Acanthocircus”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Saturnalidae – certain entactinarian chromists.


Conocephalus

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

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


Gnathodracon

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

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


Heliophobus

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

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


Potentilla reptans

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – creeping cinquefoil, European cinquefoil, creeping tormentil.


Potentilla anserina

Argentina anserina
Argentina anserina#Translingual

Synonym of Argentina anserina (goose grass, common silverweed)


Achyranthes aspera

prickly chaff flower
prickly chaff flower

A taxonomic species within the family Amaranthaceae – chaff-flower, prickly chaff flower, devil's horsewhip, native to the Old World, but found throughout the tropics.


Polygonatum odoratum

A taxonomic species within the family Asparagaceae – angular Solomon's seal, scented Solomon's seal.


Lepidium draba

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – hoary cress, hoary peppercress, perennial peppergrass, or tall whitetop, a perennial herb of family Brassicaceae that reproduces by seeds and by horizontal creeping roots.


Rupicapra rupicapra

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – chamois, a goat-antelope found from the Alps to Turkey and the Caucasus.


Rollinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Annonaceae – certain plants.


Romneya

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


Rotylenchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hoplolaimidae – certain nematodes.


Macrauchenia

A taxonomic genus within the family Macraucheniidae – extinct large ungulates native to South America from the late Pliocene to the end of the Pleistocene.


Macrophoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Botryosphaeriaceae – certain fungi.


Macrobiotus

A taxonomic genus within the family Macrobiotidae – certain tardigrades.


Eranthis

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – winter aconite.


Erpetoichthys

A taxonomic genus within the family Polypteridae – reedfish, ropefish, snakefish.


Epihippus

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – an extinct ancestor of the modern horse that lived in the Eocene.


Eremurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Asphodelaceae – foxtail lilies, desert candles, of Eurasian steppes.


Hesperantha

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – principally of southern Africa, called scarlet river lily, kaffir lily, and crimson flag.


Pseudohedya

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

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


Mirabilicoxa

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

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


Cyanopterus

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

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


Eriocephalus

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

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


Anredera

A taxonomic genus within the family Basellaceae – Madeira vines.


Acrochordonichthys

A taxonomic genus within the family Akysidae – certain catfishes.


Barringtonia asiatica

A taxonomic species within the family Lecythidaceae – fish poison tree, native to mangroves of tropical islands and coasts from the India Ocean to the western Pacific.


Toona ciliata

A taxonomic species within the family Meliaceae – Australian red cedar.


Rabidosa rabida

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


Neisseria meningitidis

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to alert healthcare providers to an increase in invasive meningococcal disease, mainly attributable to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y (Figure). In 2023, 422 cases were reported in the United States, the highest annual number of cases reported since 2014. As of March 25, 2024, 143 cases have been reported to CDC for the current calendar year, an increase of 62 cases over the 81 reported as of this date in 2023. A specific meningococcal strain, sequence type (ST) 1466, is responsible for most (101 of 148, 68%) serogroup Y cases with available sequence type data that were reported across the United States in 2023.

2024 March 28, “Increase in Invasive Serogroup Y Meningococcal Disease in the United States”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), CDC Health Alert Network:

A taxonomic species within the family Neisseriaceae – meningococcus, a Gram-negative bacterium that can cause meningitis and other forms of meningococcal disease such as meningococcemia, a life-threatening sepsis.


Corythosaurus

From Ancient Greek κόρῠς (kórus, “helmet”) + -saurus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hadrosauridae – certain ornithopods having skulls with tall crests from the Late Cretaceous.


Erythrocebus patas

A taxonomic species within the family Cercopithecidae – common patas monkey, patas monkey, red monkey, or hussar monkey, of tropical African savannas.


Semecarpus anacardium

A taxonomic species within the family Anacardiaceae – marking-nut tree.


Cordylanthus

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


Corambis

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


Corallium

A taxonomic genus within the family Coralliidae – certain marine corals.


Corimelaena

A taxonomic genus within the family Thyreocoridae – certain ebony bugs.


Crania

A taxonomic genus within the family Craniidae – certain extinct brachiopods.


Coursetia

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


Crateva

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


Crossosoma

→ Russian: кроссосо́ма (krossosóma)

A taxonomic genus within the family Crossosomataceae – certain shrubs.


Cristatella

A taxonomic genus within the family Cristatellidae – certain bryozoans.


Corallus

κόραλλος (kórallos)

A taxonomic genus within the family Boidae – certain boas found from Central America and the West Indies to Peru and Brazil.


Apacheria

A taxonomic genus within the family Crossosomataceae – Chiricahua rock flower, cliff brittlebush, Apache bush.


Crambe

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


Crypteronia

A taxonomic genus within the family Crypteroniaceae – certain plants.


Craniota

From Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) + -ota.

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Alternative form of Craniata (“clade in Chordata”)


Crinum

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


Ctenacanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ctenacanthidae – an extinct ctenacanthiform chondrichthyan.


Crambinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Crambidae – certain moths.


Cracinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cracidae – curassows.


Cuterebra

A taxonomic genus within the family Oestridae – rodent bots.


Cyanastrum

A taxonomic genus within the family Tecophilaeaceae – certain plants.


Ctenoplana

From cteno- + Ancient Greek πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ctenoplanidae – certain comb jellies.


Cyclanthus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyclanthaceae – certain plants.


Cycloloma

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – winged pigweed, tumble ringwing, plains tumbleweed.


Ctenodus

From cteno- + Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ctenodontidae – an extinct lungfish.


Cymbalaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – certain plants.


Cymbella

A taxonomic genus within the family Cymbellaceae – certain diatoms.


Cunoniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Oxalidales – certain woody plants.


Cylindrophis

A taxonomic genus within the family Cylindrophiidae – certain snakes.


Sibbaldus

An obsolete genus including the blue whale.


Siphonocladales

A taxonomic order within the class Siphonocladophyceae – certain seaweeds.


Pterophorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pterophoridae – certain moths.


Pteroclidae

Pterocles + -idae, by irregular formation

A taxonomic family within the order Pteroclidiformes – sandgrouse.


Juloidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Julida.


Protorthoptera

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – certain extinct Palaeozoic insects.


Protosphargis

A taxonomic genus within the suborder Cryptodira – certain sea turtles.


Protostega

A taxonomic genus within the family Protostegidae – an extinct sea turtle.


Embolomeri

A taxonomic order within the phylum Chordata – specialized semiaquatic predators that first evolved in the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) Period and were the largest and most successful predatory tetrapods of the Late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) Period.


Eriobotrya

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


Eptatretus

A taxonomic genus within the family Myxinidae – certain hagfish.


Echinocereus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – certain hedgehog cacti.

Echinocereus viridiflorus

nylon hedgehog cactus, green-flower hedgehog cactus, green pitaya, green-flower pitaya


Eucommia

A taxonomic genus within the family Eucommiaceae – certain small trees.


Euchlaena

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Eriocaulon

A taxonomic genus within the family Eriocaulaceae – pipeworts.


Epomophorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pteropodidae – epauletted bats.


Estheria

A taxonomic genus within the family Tachinidae – certain flies.


Etheria

A taxonomic genus within the family Etheriidae – certain freshwater oysters.


Errantia

A taxonomic subclass within the phylum Annelida – certain marine polychaete worms.


Eriophyes

A taxonomic genus within the family Eriophyidae – certain mites.


Eupomatia

A taxonomic genus within the family Eupomatiaceae – certain plants.


Paralacydes

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Eusthenopteron

A taxonomic genus within the family Tristichopteridae – certain prehistoric sarcopterygian fishes.


Lioestheria

A taxonomic genus within the family Lioestheriidae – certain extinct clam shrimp.


Protambulyx

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain moths.


Erythroxylum

Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) + ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Erythroxylaceae – certain tropical flowering plants, many containing the tropane alkaloid cocaine.


Protorohippus

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – an extinct equid of the Eocene of North America.


Exobasidium

Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō, “outer; external”) + English basidium, with basidium formed from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -ίδιον (-ídion, diminutive suffix).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Exobasidiaceae – certain fungi.


Giganotosaurus

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

→ English: giganotosaurus

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

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


Bhutanitis

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

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


Holmelgonia perturbatrix

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

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


Euproctis

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


Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

From Corynebacterium + English pseudotuberculosis.

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


Agave victoriae-reginae

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

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

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


Fritillaria macedonica

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

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


Rathalos

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

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


Populus nigra

A taxonomic species within the family Salicaceae – black poplar, found from Iberia to western Siberia.


Chilicola charizard

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

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A taxonomic species within the family Colletidae – xeromelissine bees.


Martes americana

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – American marten, American pine marten, of Canada, Alaska, some mountainous parts of the western US, and adjoining parts of the central and eastern US.


Shinisaurus

Chinese crocodile lizard
Chinese crocodile lizard

A taxonomic genus within the family Shinisauridae – the Chinese crocodile lizard.


Backhousia

From English Backhouse + -ia. Named after English-Australian botanist James Backhouse (1794–1869).

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


Madieae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Asteraceae.


Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

A taxonomic species within the family Oleaceae – night jasmine, found from India to Indonesia.


Insizwa

A taxonomic genus within the family Tephritidae – certain fruit flies.


Trigonodes hyppasia

A taxonomic species within the family Erebidae – A largely tropical, Old World, erebid moth, with markedly triangular markings on the wings, specimens said to be called triangles.


Mahonia aquifolium

Berberis aquifolium
Berberis aquifolium#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Berberidaceae – synonym of Berberis aquifolium (Oregon grape).


Gazania splendens

Gazania rigens
Gazania rigens#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – synonym of Gazania rigens.


Hydrobiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Littorinimorpha – springsnails and mudsnails.

Hydrobia

(genus): Belgrandiellinae, Belgrandiinae, Caspiinae, Horatiinae, Hydrobiinae, Islamiinae, Mercuriinae, Nymphophilinae, Pseudamnicolinae, Pyrgulinae, Sadlerianinae, Shadiniinae - subfamilies


Plumatella

A taxonomic genus within the family Plumatellidae – certain bryozoans.


Autophila

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

(subgenera)

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

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


Eremoryzomys

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

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


Macroceratogonia

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

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


Hologymnosus

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Labridae – ring wrasses.


Nordstromia

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


Ichnanthus

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

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


Pseudovermis

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudovermidae – certain cladobranchs.


Cystobasidiopsis

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

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


Carteria

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

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

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

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

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


Psoloptera

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

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


Acentrogobius

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

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Gobiinae – certain gobies.


Mooreia

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


Urospora

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

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Urosporidae – certain parasitic apicomplexans.


Liothorax

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

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


Pachylemur

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

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


Goniopleura

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

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


Draconarius

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

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


Evarra

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae.


Draconetta

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

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


Acrodus

A taxonomic genus within the family Acrodontidae – certain extinct hybodonts.


Acopa

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Stenodera palaestina

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

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


Helisoma

A taxonomic genus within the family Planorbidae – certain snails.


Helxine

A taxonomic genus within the family Urticaceae – certain nettles.

A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – certain knotweeds.


Holosteum

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – jagged chickweeds.


Holodiscus

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


Homalium

A taxonomic genus within the family Salicaceae – certain plants.


Homalonotus

A taxonomic genus within the family Homalonotidae – certain extinct trilobites.


Hydruraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Hydrurales – certain algae.


Hydrurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydruraceae – certain algae.


Humiriaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Malpighiales – certain evergreen flowering plants.


Hypopyra

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Hymenophyllum

A taxonomic genus within the family Hymenophyllaceae – filmy ferns.


Hylomys

A taxonomic genus within the family Erinaceidae – certain gymnures.


Hylocomium

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylocomiaceae – certain mosses.


Hylocereus

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – synonym of Selenicereus, certain epiphytic cacti, some with large edible fruits.

Hyloereus triangularis

syn. of Selenicereus triangularis, queen-of-the-night


Homalodotherium

From Ancient Greek ὁμαλός (homalós, “even”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”) + -therium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Homalodotheriidae – certain extinct notoungulate mammals native to South America.


Hypotricha

A taxonomic subclass within the class Spirotrichea – synonym of Hypotrichia; typical hypotrichs.


Howea

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palm trees endemic to Lord Howe Island.

Howea belmoreana

Belmore palm, Belmore sentry palm, curly palm


Hyracotherium

From Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax) + -therium.

A taxonomic genus within the family Palaeotheriidae – certain extinct small perissodactyl ungulates found in the London Clay formation.


Holocentrus

A taxonomic genus within the family Holocentridae – certain squirrelfishes.

Holocentridae(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace with if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.) - family


Hypoxylon

A taxonomic genus within the family Hypoxylaceae – certain ascomycetes commonly found on dead wood.


Voyria

A taxonomic genus within the family Gentianaceae – certain plants.


Heterolocha

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Homosteus

A taxonomic genus within the family Homostiidae – certain arthrodire placoderms from the Middle Devonian.


Tolyposporium

A taxonomic genus within the family Anthracoideaceae – certain fungi.


Sorosporella

Synonym of Syngliocladium (“fungus genus”)


Stenocarpus

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


Stenanthium

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – featherbells.


Spirura

A taxonomic genus within the family Spiruridae – certain nematodes.


Staphylinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain rove beetles, of Europe.


Syngliocladium

A taxonomic genus within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae – certain anamorphic fungi of teleomorph Ophiocoryceps.

Paraisaria - other genera of anamorphic fungi associated with Ophiocordyceps


Spongia

From Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγῐᾱ́ (spongiā́).

A taxonomic genus within the family Spongiidae – certain marine sponges.


Berchemia

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – certain plants.


Stemphylium

A taxonomic genus within the family Pleosporaceae – certain fungal plant pathogens.


Crucigenia

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

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


Akalyptoischion

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

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


Pavlovskiata

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

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Hypodermatinae – certain botflies.


Calocomus

longhorn beetles
longhorn beetle#English

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


Beltia

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

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


Cephaloscymnus

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Coccinellidae – certain ladybugs.


Diastictis

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

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


Armadillidium arcangelii

Armadillidium + arcangelii, eponym from Italian Arcangeli.

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


Polytrichastrum

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Polytrichaceae – certain mosses.


Patellifolia

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

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


Agonopterix

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Depressariidae – certain depressariid moths.


Brachycephalus

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Brachycephalidae – saddleback toads.


Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis

†Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis (canonical masculine)

From Mamenchisaurus + the Wade–Giles romanisation of Mandarin 合川 (Héchuān, “Hechuan District, Chongqing, China”).

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A taxonomic species within the family Mamenchisauridae – a certain dinosaur with fossils found in western China.


Hovea

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


Lycoseris

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain Central and South American flowering plants.


Diazeuxis

Synonym of Lycoseris (“flowering plant genus”)


Ichthyotitan severnensis

Described in 2024 by Lomax et al. as a new genus and species. Composed of two words:
* Ichthyotitan: a blending of Ichthyosaurus (a taxonomic genus within the family Ichthyosauridae – large, extinct marine reptiles) + Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán, “Titan”).
* severnensis: English Severn Estuary (the location where the specimen was found) + Latin -ēnsis (“of or from a place”, suffix).

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A taxonomic species within the family †Shastasauridae – extinct ichthyosaurs (marine reptile); believed to be the largest ever discovered at an estimated body length of 25 metres (82 ft).


Eutaxia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain plants.


Batrachospermum

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


Trigonopterus

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

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


Campyloneura

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

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


Cousinia

→ Russian: кузи́ния (kuzínija)

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


Indochinamon

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

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Potamiscinae – certain crabs.


Oligocassida

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – extinct leaf beetle from the Oligocene period, known by a single fossil.


Exochus

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

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


Myodes californicus

Myodes + Latin californicus, literally “Californian Myodes”

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


Hentziectypus

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

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


Cheirolophus

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

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

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


Siphonops

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

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


Pulmonaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – lungworts.


Annona cherimola

A taxonomic species within the family Annonaceae – cherimoya, related to custard apples, of western South America, Central America, and Florida.


Protostrongylus

A taxonomic genus within the family Protostrongylidae – certain nematodes.


Amynthas

A taxonomic genus within the family Megascolecidae – jumping worms, snake worms, crazy worms, native to Asia.


Elattoneura

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

com

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Disparoneurinae – certain damselflies.


Oxyrrhynchium

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Brachytheciaceae – certain mosses.


From its blue or grey-blue colour on many operating systems, which resembles the former logo and mascot of Twitter (now X)—a stylised blue silhouette of a bird in flight.

Danni Wyatts 124 is the highest T20 score by and Englishwoman according to @voigthill on 🐦

2023 August 14, u/thatguybruv, “Match Thread: 20th Match - Trent Rockets (Women) vs Welsh Fire (Women)”, in r/Cricket, Reddit:

(Internet slang) X (formerly Twitter): an online social networking service.


Arctomecon

A taxonomic genus within the family Papaveraceae – bear poppy, bear-paw poppy.


Archimyrmex

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


Machaerina

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – twigrushs.


Echinosaura

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

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


Papuina

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

cog

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


Hermannia

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


Bulbochaete

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Oedogoniaceae – certain algae.


Bulbasaurus

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

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


Rathalos treecko

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

blend

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


Cymbopogon citratus

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – lemongrass, West Indian lemongrass.


Limonia acidissima

A taxonomic species within the family Rutaceae – wood apple, elephant apple, of southern Asia.


Dianthus chinensis

A taxonomic species within the family Caryophyllaceae – Chinese pink, China pink, rainbow pink, of east Asia.


Lepidium latifolium

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – perennial pepperweed, broadleaved pepperweed, pepperwort, peppergrass, tall whitetop, native from Spain and Morocco to China, introduced elsewhere, sometimes considered invasive.


Chondropetalum

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Restionaceae – certain grass-like plants; Synonym of Elegia.


Mithrodia

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


Rissoa

Likely an eponym from Italian Risso + -a f.

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


Trachycephalus

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

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


Pygarctia

→ English: pygarctia (learned)

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – pygarctias.


Trachelyopterus

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

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Auchenipterinae – certain catfishes.


Resapamea

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


Cyclophora

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyclophoraceae – certain ochrophytes.


Dipodomys agilis

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→ English: agile kangaroo mouse (calque)

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

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


Strongylophthalmyia

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

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


Poecilometis

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

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


Luciogobius

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

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Gobionellinae – certain gobies.


Sterechinus

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

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


Rupornis

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

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


Centrolepis

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Restionaceae – certain grass-like plants.


Tomura

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


Melanophthalma

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

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

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


Sphaerodactylus

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

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


Hypothecla

gossamer-winged butterflies
gossamer-winged butterfly#English

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


Himantoides

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


Ephoron

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

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


Penetes

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

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brush-footed butterfly
brush-footed butterfly

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


Graphilbum

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Ophiostomataceae – certain fungi.


Euastrum

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

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


Acanthodactylus maculatus

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

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


Laena

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

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darkling beetles
darkling beetle#English

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


Microlicia

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Melastomataceae – certain melastomataceous plants.


Thalictrum urbainii

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

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


Orthochtha

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

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short-horned grasshoppers
short-horned grasshopper#English

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


Agave ovatifolia

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

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A taxonomic species within the family Asparagaceae – whale’s tongue agave.


Toxicoscordion

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

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


Astroloma

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→ Belarusian: астролома (astroloma) (learned)

→ Russian: астролома (astroloma) (learned)

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – Synonym of Styphelia.


Delonix regia

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – royal poinciana, flamboyant tree, flame of the forest, native to Madagascar.


Hydatophylax

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

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ῠ̔́δᾰτος, ῠ̔́δωρ

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


Terminalia sericea

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

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


Acrotriche

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

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

Acrotriche aggregata

red cluster heath, tall groundberry, tall acrotriche


Prinia fluviatilis

→ English: river prinia (calque)

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

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A taxonomic species within the family Combretaceae – river prinia.


Hedera iberica

→ English: Iberian ivy (calque)

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

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A taxonomic species within the family Araliaceae – Iberian ivy.


Salvia transsylvanica

→ English: Transylvanian sage (calque)

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

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – Transylvanian sage.


Tursiops australis

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

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A taxonomic species within the family Delphinidae – Burrunan dolphin.


Macleania

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – certain ericaceous plants.


Antheraea polyphemus

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→ English: polyphemus moth (partial calque)

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

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A taxonomic species within the family Saturniidae – polyphemus moth.


Genetta felina

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

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


Palmodes occitanicus

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

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


Botrynema

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Halicreatidae – certain hydrozoans.


Novaculina

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

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


Polysphincta vexator

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

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


Lampropeltis elapsoides

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

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


Cupressus torulosa

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

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


Equisetum laevigatum

→ English: smooth horsetail (calque)

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

A taxonomic species within the family Equisetaceae – smooth horsetail.


Smilax bona-nox

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

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


Junoniini

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


Gongylomorphus

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

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


Plecotini

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


Australaves

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

A taxonomic clade within the superorder Neoaves – certain birds.


Hypolimnas

Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + λίμνη (límnē, “marsh, lake”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – eggflies and diadems.


Dendrochirotida

→ English: dendrochirotid (learned)

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

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


Agonandra

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→ Malayalam: അഗോനാന്ദ്ര (agōnāndra) (learned)

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


Argophyllum

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

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


Actinodaphne

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→ Greek: Ακτινοδάφνη (Aktinodáfni) (learned)

ആക്ടിനോഡാഫ്നേ

→ Malayalam: ആക്ടിനോഡാഫ്നേ (ākṭinōḍāphnē) (learned)

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

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Indian Subcontinent
Indian Subcontinent#English

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


Pseudomorpha

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

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Certain ground beetles, notable for the distinctly oval shape of their bodies}}

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae.

Pseudomorpha excrucians

(genus): Pseudomorpha (Austropseudomorpha), Pseudomorpha (Pseudomorpha) – subgenera

Pseudomorpha (Pseudomorpha)
Wikispecies:Pseudomorpha (Pseudomorpha)

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Carabidae – synonym of Pseudomorpha (Pseudomorpha)).


Chrysobothris

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

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A taxonomic genus within the family Buprestidae – certain buprestids.


Euscorpius

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

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


Curruca

A taxonomic genus within the family Sylviidae – principally warblers.


Neotiphia

A taxonomic genus within the family Tiphiidae – certain tiphiid wasps.


Erica sociorum

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

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – Noordhoek cliff heath or partner heath; an extremely rare heath losing its native habitat to invasive pines.


Siphonochilus

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

sub-Saharan Africa
sub-Saharan Africa#English

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


Cladophlebis

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

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


Characium

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

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


Amphipholis

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


Passiflora macrophylla

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

A taxonomic species within the family Passifloraceae – tree passion flower, a large, treelike species of passionflower native to Ecuador and Colombia.

Passiflora supersect. Astrophea – supersection

Passiflora araguensis Passiflora arborea

Passiflora tica

species in Passiflora sect. Astrophea species


Leuconostoc citrovorum

(obsolete, proscribed, nomen dubium) A taxonomic species within the family Leuconostoc – a species of slime-forming lactic-acid bacteria known to cause foul odors in sourdough starters.


Euryops

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


Commicarpus

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

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


Arthropteris

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Arthropteridaceae – certain ferns.


Woodsia

A taxonomic genus within the family Woodsiaceae – woodsia ferns.

A taxonomic genus within the family Phosichthyidae – certain lightfishes.


Tachytes

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

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


Lasiotrichius

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

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


Bryoerythrophyllum

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бриоэритрофи́ллум

→ Russian: бриоэритрофи́ллум (brioeritrofíllum)

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

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


Piper cubeba

A taxonomic species within the family Piperaceae – cubeb, tailed pepper, Java pepper.


Passiflora sect. Elkea

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

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A taxonomic section within the family Passifloraceae – various passionflower species.

Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia – supersection

Passiflora sect. Trifoliatae

Passiflora supersect. Tacsonia sections and nothosections


Psychophasma

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

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


Falco leucocephalus

Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus#Translingual

(obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Falconidae – bald eagle; synonym of Haliaeetus leucocephalus, in family Accipitridae.


Diceros bicornis

A taxonomic species within the family Rhinocerotidae – black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros, of the sole extant species of its genus.


Regulus regulus teneriffae

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

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Regulidae – Tenerife goldcrest.


Anthonomus grandis

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


Minous quincarinatus

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

A taxonomic species within the family Synanceiidae – whitetail goblinfish.


Pangonius

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Pangoniini – certain horseflies.


Mammillaria humboldtii

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

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


Crematogastrini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Formicidae – certain ants.


Olethreutinae

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


Macroglossini

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


Galerucinae

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


Odontotrypes

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

A taxonomic genus within the family Geotrupidae – certain earth-boring dung beetles.

A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Odontotrypes – Odontotrypes (Odontotrypes).


Hoplandriini

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


Hesperiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Hesperiidae – certain skippers.


Myophiuroidea

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

Euryophiurida

(subclass): Metophiurida – sole infraorder


Spirostreptidae

A taxonomic family within the order Spirostreptida – certain millipedes.


Diurideae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Orchidaceae.


Arthoniales

A taxonomic order within the class Arthoniomycetes – certain lichens.


Carabinae

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


Steninae

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


Othonninae

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Asteraceae.


Diarsia brunnea

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

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A taxonomic species within the family Noctuidae – purple clay, of cool-temperate Eurasia.


Saperdini

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


Arctiini

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


Phrynetini

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


Tectipleura

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

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

Aplysiida

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


Scutocoxifera

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

A taxonomic clade within the order Isopoda.


Micrurus peruvianus

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

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


Rosa subg. Rosa

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Rosaceae.


Empidoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the infraorder Asilomorpha – certain flies.


Lithosiina

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


Apoditrysia

A taxonomic clade within the clade Ditrysia – apoditrysian moths.


Ichneumonoidea

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


Blaptinae

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


Odonatoptera

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


Entiminae

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


Geometrinae

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


Theraphosinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Theraphosidae – many tarantulas.


Xenotrichulinae

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


Cetoniinae

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

Caelorrhina

(tribes): Cetoniini, Cremastocheilini, Diplognathini, Goliathini, Gymnetini, Phaedimini, Schizorhinini, Stenotarsiini, Taenioderini, Trichiini, Valgini, Xiphoscelidini – tribes


Acastinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Archaeobalanidae – certain barnacles.


Aphrodinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.


Boreopelta

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

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


Alaus oculatus

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

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


Mallotus rhamnifolius

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→ English: buckthorn-leaved kamala (partial calque)

மேலோட்டஸ் ரேம்னிபோலியஸ்

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

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

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


Austroderia toetoe

Austroderia f + Maori toetoe, with Maori toetoe being the name of various plants native to New Zealand. Originally named Cortaderia toetoe.

A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – toetoe, a grass endemic to New Zealand.


Malva nicaeensis

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

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A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – bull mallow or French mallow.


Astacoides madagascarensis

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


Crenicichla

Latin crēna f (“incision; notch”) + Cichla f

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A taxonomic genus within the family Cichlidae – pike chichlids, certain South American cichlid fish.


Andropolia

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


Achyrocalyx

Ancient Greek ἄχῠρον n (ákhuron, “chaff, bran”) + Latin calyx m (“calyx”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – certian plants native to Madagascar.


Laniarius poensis

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


Pampasatyrus

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

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


Coronaster

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

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

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

A taxonomic genus within the kingdom Chromista – certain chromists.


Kaestlea

A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – certain sphenomorphine skinks.


Endeis

After Queen Ενδηίς (Endēís) or Ενδαΐς (Endaḯs), the mythical grandmother of Achilles

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


Cephidae

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


Comanthosphace

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

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


Alleculinae

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


Zapoteca

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സപ്പോട്ടേക്ക

→ Malayalam: → സപ്പോട്ടേക്ക (sappōṭṭēkka) (transliteration)

Borrowed from Spanish zapoteca f (“Zapotec”), from Classical Nahuatl Tzapotēcatl (“Zapotec”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain plants named after the indigenous Zapotec people now inhabiting Oaxaca, Mexico.


Mammillaria candida

Mammillaria f + Latin candida f (“shining white”).

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A taxonomic species within the family Cactaceae – snowball cactus, a globe cactus whose thorns cover so much of its surface that its surface is obscured, thus seeming to be white.


Senecio cambrensis

Senecio m + Latin cambrēnsis m or f (“Cambrian, Welsh”)

A taxonomic species within the family Senecioninae – Welsh groundsel.


Sibiraea

A New Latin form of Russian Сиби́рь f (Sibírʹ, “Siberia”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – certain plants which range in habitat from the Balkans to China.


Carex platyphylla

→ English: broadleaf sedge (calque)

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→ French: carex à larges feuilles (calque)

Carex f + New Latin platyphylla f (“flat-leaved”)

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A taxonomic species within the family Cyperaceae – broadleaf sedge, native to the northern United States and Canada.


Cordulecerus

From Ancient Greek κορδῡ́λη f (kordū́lē, “club, cudgel”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Myrmeleontidae – certain antlions.


Caelorrhina

Latin caelō (“to carve, to engrave”) + Ancient Greek ῥῑ́ς f (rhī́s, “nose; horn”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain species of flower chafer beetles.


Dasygaster

dasy- (“hairy”) + Latin gaster f (“belly”)

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

Hadeninae – subfamily OR Noctuinae – subfamily


Asparagopsis

Asparagus (“asparagus”) + -opsis f (“-looking; resembling”).

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

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – certain plants; now merged into Asparagus.


Dolichotis patagonum

A taxonomic species within the family Caviidae – a Patagonian mara, large rabbit-like rodent found mainly in Argentina.


Phellodendron amurense

A taxonomic species within the family Rutaceae – Amur cork tree, used in Chinese traditional medicine, consider invasive in the US.


Lavandula stoechas

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – certain lavenders called Spanish lavender, topped lavender, or French lavender.


Adelobotrys

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́δηλος m or f (ádēlos, “invisible, unclear”) + Ancient Greek βότρῠς m (bótrus, “grape cluster”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Melastomataceae – flowering plants of diverse forms, of the Neotropics.


Chelydra

Likely a feminine form of Latin chelydrus m (“amphibious serpent”), from Ancient Greek χέλυδρος (khéludros).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Chelydridae – certain snapping turtles.


Carex nemurensis

Carex f + New Latin nemurensis m or f. Likely related to Japanese 眠る (“to sleep”) or Japanese 眠り (“sleep”).

A taxonomic species within the family Cyperaceae – sedge found in Japan and parts of Russia.


Hesperhodos

Ancient Greek ἕσπερος m or f (hésperos, “of the evening; western”) + Ancient Greek ὁδός f (hodós, “threshold; road, way; journey, expedition; method”).

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(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae.

Rosa subg. Hesperhodos
Wikispecies:Rosa subg. Hesperhodos

A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Rosa – alternative form of Rosa subg. Hesperhodos.


Nematolepis

nemato- (“thread”) + Ancient Greek λεπῐ́ς f (lepís, “scale”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – certain shrubs and small trees of Australia.


Myrmecocephalus

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain rove beetles which have a similar appearance to ants.

(obsolete) A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Falagria – Falagria (Myrmecocephalus).


Pulchellia

Latin pulchellus (“beautiful little”) + -ia f.

A taxonomic genus within the family †Pulchelliidae – certain ammonites.


Chaetomorpha

A taxonomic genus within the family Cladophoraceae – sea emerald algae.


Macrochirus

macro- (“large”) + Ancient Greek χείρ f (kheír, “hand, arm, paw, finger”) + -us m.

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Rhynchophorini – certain large weevils of Malaya including the giant Malayan weevil.


Phyllostegia

From Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof, cover”).

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(botany) A genus of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to certain islands in the Pacific.


Ungla

Possibly borrowed from any of several Romance languages (see Aragonese ungla f, Catalan ungla f, Occitan ungla f, Romansch ungla f, all meaning 'nail'), from Latin ungula f.

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Chrysopini – certain lacewings.


Phrynus

Borrowed from Latin phrȳnus m, from Latin phrȳnos m, from Ancient Greek φρύνος m (phrúnos). Cognate with Greek φρύνος m (frýnos).

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Phryninae – certain whip spiders.


Euthalia

brush-footed butterflies
brush-footed butterfly

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain brush-footed butterflies, called either barons or dukes, varying by species.


Larsonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Pandeidae – certain hydrozoans.


Psora

Borrowed from Latin psōra f (“itch”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ψώρᾱ f (psṓrā, “itch; disease of trees; scab”). Both the Latin and Ancient Greek terms also mean 'scabies', this could be related to the scattered pattern both scabies and this genus of lichen follow or appear as.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Psoraceae – fishscale lichens.


Cylindropuntia

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цилиндропу́нция

→ Russian: цилиндропу́нция (cilindropúncija)

cylindro- (“cylinder, cylindrical”) + Opuntia f (“prickly pears”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – cholla cactuses.

Cylindropuntia imbricata

walkingstick cholla, cane cholla, tree cholla


Eucalyptus nitens

Eucalyptus f (“eucalyptuses”) + Latin nitēns (“shining, glittering, bright; sleek”).

Eucalyptus ser. Globulares
Wikispecies:Eucalyptus ser. Globulares

A taxonomic species within the series Eucalyptus ser. Globulares – shining gum or silvertop, a species of eucalyptus tree.


Cordia myxa

A taxonomic species within the family Boraginales – Assyrian plum, sebesten, of much of tropica; and subtropical Asia.


Gymnodactylus

→ English: naked-toe gecko (calque)

gymno- (“naked”) + -dactylus (“finger, digit”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Phyllodactylidae – naked-toe geckos.


Spondias mombin

A taxonomic species within the family Anacardiaceae – hog plum, yellow mombin.


Auchenoglanis

Ancient Greek αὐχήν m (aukhḗn, “neck”) + Latin glanis m (“a kind of fish, likely a catfish or shad”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Claroteidae – certain catfish.


Tabernaemontana divaricata

A taxonomic species within the family Apocynaceae – pinwheel flower, milk flower, crape jasmine.


Buteogallus schistaceus

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→ English: slate-colored hawk, slate-coloured hawk (partial calque)

Buteogallus m + Latin schīstāceus m (“schistaceous”)

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A taxonomic species within the family Accipitridae – slate-colored hawk or slate-coloured hawk.


Eucalyptus yumbarrana

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→? English: Yumbarra mallee (partial calque)

Eucalyptus f + New Latin yumbarrana f (“of Yumbarra National Park”)

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A taxonomic species within the family Eucalyptus – Yumbarra mallee, a species of eucalyptus tree.

Eucalyptus subser. Decussatae – subseries


Dianthus anatolicus

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قرنفل أناضولي

قرنفل أناضولي

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قرنفل أناضولي

→ Arabic: قرنفل أناضولي (quranful 'anaduli) (calque)

→ English: Anatolian dianthus (calque)

Dianthus m + Latin anatolicus m (“Anatolian”), literally “Anatolian dianthus”

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A taxonomic species within the family Caryophyllaceae – Anatolian dianthus, a species of flowering bush having a native range across Asia.


Automeris postalbida

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অটোমেরিস পোস্টালবিডা

→ Bengali: → অটোমেরিস পোস্টালবিডা (oṭōmeriś pōsṭalbiḍa) (transliteration)

Automeris f + New Latin postalbida f (“white-back(?)”), from Latin post (“behind, anterior”) and Latin albida f (“white”).

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A taxonomic species within the family Saturniidae – a certain automer moth, found from southern Central America to northern South America.


Sipalinus gigas

A taxonomic species within the family Curculionidae – Japanese giant weevil, a very large weevil native to Japan.


Mammillaria gigantea

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Мамілярія гігантеа

Мамілярія гігантеа

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Мамілярія гігантеа

→ Ukrainian: → Мамілярія гігантеа (Mamiljarija hihantea) (transliteration)

Mammillaria f + Latin gigantea f (“gigantic”)

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A taxonomic species within the family Cactaceae – a notably large species of nipple cactus native to Mexico.


Xylocopa collaris

Xylocopa f + Latin collāris m or f (“collared”)

A taxonomic species within the family Apidae – collared carpenter bee.


Rhododendron glanduliferum

Rhododendron n (“rhododendron”) + Latin glanduliferum n (“glandule-bearing”)

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – rhododendrons native to northern Yunnan.


Scincella

Scincus m + -ella f, literally “skinklet; little skink”

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Sphenomorphinae – ground skinks.


Cryptoblepharus

crypto- (“hidden”) + Ancient Greek βλέφᾰρον n (blépharon, “eyelid”) + -us m.

A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – fence skinks, snake-eyed skinks or shining-skinks.


Epipleminae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Uraniidae – certain swallowtail moths.


Phyllotheliinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Mantidae – certain mantises.


Arulidae

A taxonomic family within the suborder Stolonifera – certain soft corals.


Astragalus densus

Astragalus m + Latin densus m (“dense; compact”), literally “dense astragalus”

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – milkvetch native to Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.


Stewartieae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Theaceae.


Nephropoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the infraorder Astacidea – nephropoidean decapods.


Oonopinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Oonopidae – certain goblin spiders.


Platydesmida

A taxonomic order within the class Diplopoda – certain millipedes.


Psammophilus

Borrowed from Latin psammophilus m (“psammophilous, sand-loving”). Equivalent to psammo- (“sand”) + -philus m (“-philous, -loving”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae – certain lizards formerly in the genus Agama, commonly called rock agamas.


Sander canadensis

Sander m (“zander”) + New Latin canadēnsis m or f (“Canadian”), literally “Canadian zander”

A taxonomic species within the family Percidae – sauger, a freshwater fish closely related to the zander.


Millerieae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Asteraceae.

Acanthospermum

(genus): Desmanthodiinae, Dyscritothamninae, Espeletiinae, Galinsoginae, Guardiolinae, Jaegeriinae, Melampodiinae, Milleriinae – subtribes


Conotrachelus

cono- (“cone”) + Ancient Greek τρᾰ́χηλος m (trákhēlos, “neck”)

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Conotrachelini – over a thousand of species of weevils, many of which are pests of fruit-bearing crops.


Catostomus fumeiventris

Catostomus m + New Latin fumeiventris m or f (“fumeiventral; smoke-bellied”), literally “smoke-bellied catostomus”. The specific epithet is from Latin fumeus m (“smoky”) + Latin ventris m or f (“(in compound adjectives) -bellied, -stomached”).

A taxonomic species within the family Catostomidae – Owens sucker.


Alkanna tinctoria

A taxonomic species within the family Boraginaceae – dyer's alkanet, dyers' bugloss, that make a red (in presence of acids) or blue (in presence of alkalis) dye, of Mediterranean lands.


Tibicen

Borrowed from Latin tībīcen m (“piper, flautist”), likely due to the loud noise cicadas of this genus tend to make.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – certain cicadas, now mostly in the genus Lyristes.


Campanula betulifolia

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→ English: birch-leaved bellflower (calque)

Campanula f + New Latin betulifolia f (“birch-leaved”), the specific epithet is from Latin betula f (“birch”) + Latin folia f (“leaf”).

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birch-leaved bellflower
birch-leaved bellflower

A taxonomic species within the family Campanulaceae – birch-leaved bellflower.


Hedychium coronarium

butterfly lily, fragrant garland flower, Indian garland flower, white butterfly ginger lily, white ginger

A taxonomic species within the family Zingiberaceae – white garland-lily, white ginger lily, found from Nepal to Taiwan.


Channa argus

A taxonomic species within the family Channidae – northern snakehead, native to temperate eastern Asia, introduced and often invasive elsewhere, including Japan and North America.


Sedum acre

goldmoss stonecrop, mossy stonecrop, goldmoss sedum, biting stonecrop, wallpepper

A taxonomic species within the family Crassulaceae – biting stonecrop.


Tetanopsyridae

A taxonomic family within the class Acanthodii – certain extinct spiny sharks.


Tachopteryx

A taxonomic genus within the family Petaluridae – certain petalurid dragonflies of the eastern US.


Vertexprorogatio

Possibly from Latin vertex m + pro- + Latin rogātiō f (“rogation”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain Sri Lankan aleocharine rove beetles.


Geryoniidae

English: geryoniid

A taxonomic family within the order Trachymedusae – certain deep-sea trachymedusas.


Atheta

A taxonomic genus within the family Athetina – certain aleocharine rove beetles.


Eilithyia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰλείθυιᾰ f (Eileíthuia, “Eileithyia”)

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A taxonomic genus within the tribe Isporisini – certain planthoppers.


Satyrium w-album

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→ English: white-letter hairstreak (partial calque)

Satyrium n + Latin w-album n (“white W”), from w (“the letter W”) + Latin album n (“white”), so named because of a white W-shaped line on its underwings.

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white-letter hairstreak
white-letter hairstreak

A taxonomic species within the family Lycaenidae – white-letter hairstreak, a species of butterfly.


Pentagonica

Latin pentagōnum n (“pentagon”) + Latin -ica f (“-ic”), literally “pentagonic, pentagonal”

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Pentagonicini – certain harpaline ground beetles.


Sagina depressa

Sagina apetala
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Sagina apetala

A taxonomic species within the family Caryophyllaceae – annual or dwarf pearlwort, native to Europe.


Rhynchospora alba

From genus Rhynchospora (“snout-seed”) + Latin alba (“white”).

A taxonomic species within the family Cyperaceae – white beaksedge.


Myrsinoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Primulaceae – many trees and shrubs, principally of tropical and temperate climates, with few economic uses except for ornament; previously treated as family Myrsinaceae.


Geothermobacter

geo- (“Earth, ground”) + thermo- (“heat”) + -bacter (“bacteri(um/a)”). The two prefixes may be combined in reference to geothermality or geothermy, the state of being geothermal.

A taxonomic genus within the family Geothermobacteraceae – certain thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria.


Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus

A taxonomic species within the family Formicidae – a red-headed ant of Australia.


Schoenoplectus

From Ancient Greek σχοῖνος (skhoînos, “reed”) + Ancient Greek πλεκτός (plektós, “twisted”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – bulrushes or club-rushes.


Pomaderris apetala

A taxonomic species within the family Rhamnaceae – the New Zealand hazel.


Apatele alni

Acronicta alni
Acronicta alni#Translingual


Acronicta alni

A taxonomic species within the family Noctuidae – the alder moth.


Apatele

Synonym of Acronicta (“genus of noctuid moths”)

Ferdinand Ochsenheimer
Jacob Hübner
James Francis Stephens


Scarabaeolus

Scarabaeus m + Latin -olus m (diminutive suffix)

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


Metavirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Metaviridae – certain metaviruses.


Lyristes

Borrowed from Latin lyristēs m (“lyrist”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek λῠρῐστής m (luristḗs, “lyrist”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadidae – certain species of cicadas, ranging from Europe to the Middle East.


Cardiobacteriales

A taxonomic order within the class Gammaproteobacteria – certain gammaproteobacteria; Cardiobacterium and related taxa.


Dalbergia sissoo

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – Indian rosewood, sissoo, of diverse uses, including for furniture.


Vitex negundo

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – Chinese chaste tree.