Abies

A taxonomic genus within the family Pinaceae – certain coniferous trees, the true firs, characterized by the erect cones and the flattened, needlelike, sessile leaves not jointed at the base. They are natives of north temperate regions and are related to the cedars (Cedrus) and hemlocks (Tsuga).

Abies alba

(genus): Abies sect. Abies, Abies sect. Amabilis, Abies sect. Balsamea, Abies sect. Bracteata, Abies sect. Grandis, Abies sect. Momi, Abies sect. Nobilis, Abies sect. Oiamel, Abies sect. Piceaster, Abies sect. Pseudopicea - sections


Abutilon

From New Latin, from Arabic أَبُو طِيلُون (ʔabū ṭīlūn, “Indian mallow”).

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أَبُو طِيلُون

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – broadleaf flowering plants in the mallow family found in the torrid and temperate zones.


Acalephae

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “stinging nettle”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic group within the phylum Coelenterata – including the medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; so called from the stinging power they possess.


Acarina

A taxonomic subclass within the class Arachnida – includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.


Acanthopterygii

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”) + πτερύγιον (pterúgion, “wing, fin”).

A taxonomic superorder within the class Teleostei – fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.


Acanthocephala

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “thorn”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia – intestinal worms that have a proboscis armed with recurved spines.

Acanthocephala f A taxonomic genus within the family Coreidae – leaf-footed bugs.

Synonym of Parodia (in family Cactaceae).


CE

Communauté Européenne
Communauté Européenne#Translingual

The European Community: abbreviation of Communauté Européenne.


Argentina

Latin, feminine singular of argentinus (“silvery”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Argentinidae – herring smelts.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – silverweeds and, possibly, some typical cinquefoils.


Anguilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Anguillidae – typical freshwater eels.

Anguilla japonica

(genus): Anguilla anguilla (European eel) - type species


FIFA

From French Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“International Federation of Association Football”).

association football
association football

(soccer) The International Federation of Association Football, the international governing body of the sport of association football.

فِيفَا

the International Federation of Association Football


Euphausia superba

A taxonomic species within the family Euphausiidae – Antarctic krill, the most abundant species of krill, marine crustacean plankton, food for whales, penguins, fish, seals and birds, and keystone organism of the Antarctic ecosystem.


SI

see Appendix on SI Units

Système International d'Unités
Système International d'Unités

International System of Units
International System of Units

Système International d'Unités or the International System of Units, commonly known as the metric system.


Polycystidea

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

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


Polycystina

New Latin, Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + κύστις (kústis, “bladder”) + -ina

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Radiozoa – including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state.


Polycyttaria

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + κυττάρια (kuttária), diminutive of κύτος (kútos, “hollow, vessel”).

(obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the class Radiolaria – those having more than one central capsule; largely replaced by polyzoa.


Victoria

From Latin victōria (“victory”), often in honor of Queen Victoria.

for other species see Victoria at Tropicos

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphaeaceae – certain waterlilies with very large flat leaves, native to the Amazon.

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths native to Africa.

For species see Victoria on Wikispecies..

A taxonomic genus within the order Palaeocopida – Soleaua, fossil crustaceans.

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain scarab beetles; a junior synonym of the genus Hoplia.


Mammalia

From Latin mamma (“breast”), coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as a replacement for his earlier class Quadrupedia.

A taxonomic class within the superclass Tetrapoda – all mammals.

Tetrapoda

(class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass


Aves

From Latin avēs, nominative plural of avis (“bird”).

The birds. Depending on the classification, either:

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Vertebrata.

A taxonomic subclass within the class Reptilia.


Chordata

From Latin chorda (“cord, string”) + -ata (“having”).

Animals having a notochord at some stage of their development

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Deuterostomia.

selkäjänteiset

a taxonomic phylum, within superphylum Deuterostomia

A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Deuterostomia.


Equus caballus

Equus ferus caballus
Equus ferus caballus

A taxonomic species within the family Equidae – typical horses, now often Equus ferus caballus.


T. rex

Abbreviation of genus name beginning with T + Latin rex (“king”).

Tyrannosaurus rex
Tyrannosaurus rex#Translingual

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


Paris

From Latin herba Paris (Herba Paris), Paris herba, from Latin herba and Latin par (“equal”), in reference to the regularity of its leaves, petals, etc. See image.

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – herb Paris and its close relatives, native to Asia and Europe.


Achaea

From putative Latin Achaea, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαΐα (Akhaḯa).

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Camelus dromedarius

A taxonomic species within the family Camelidae – dromedary, a camel native to northern Africa and western Asia, the best-known member of the camel family.


Cervus elaphus hippelaphus

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Cervidae – the European red deer.


Acephala

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”). See Acephal

der

Naturalists arrange the Mollusca in six classes, named Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Gasteropoda, Conchifera, Brachiopoda, and Tunicata. Of these the first three are sometimes distinguished as Encephala, or furnished with a head; the last three as Acephala, being destitute of that organ.

1854, Philip Henry Gosse, Natural History (in English), page 57:

(obsolete) A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – the Bivalvia.

Brassica oleracea
Brassica oleracea#Translingual

A group or variety of Brassica oleracea, including kale and collard greens


Enna

A taxonomic genus within the family Trechaleidae – certain spiders of Central and South America.


Rhamnus cathartica

A taxonomic species within the family Rhamnaceae – common buckthorn, European buckthorn, purging buckthorn, native from England and Morocco to Kyrgyzstan.


Achatina

→ English: achatina

→ Russian: ахати́на (axatína)

From New Latin, from Latin achatinus (“agate-like”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Achatinidae – land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

for others see Achatina at World Register of Marine Species


Python

From Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ), the early name of Delphi, from πύθω (púthō, “to rot, to decay”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pythonidae – pythons, very large constricting snakes of the Old World tropics.


Zeus

A taxonomic genus within the family Zeidae – John Dory and Cape dory.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhytismataceae – a fungus discovered on Mount Olympus, with yellow disc-shaped fruiting bodies that grow in the decaying wood of Bosnian pine trees.


Myrmecia brevinoda

A taxonomic species within the family Formicidae – the giant bulldog ant of Australia.


Venus

Latin, after Venus (“goddess of beauty, love, sexual intercourse”). See images.

A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – typical venus clams.


ASA

American Samoa
American Samoa#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of American Samoa.


Scorpio

A taxonomic genus within the family Scorpionidae – deep-burrowing scorpions of the Middle East and north Africa.

for other species see Scorpionidae at The Scorpion Files


Adonis

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – pheasant's eye or blood drops.


Capra aegagrus hircus

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Bovidae – domestic goat, formerly and sometimes Capra hircus.


Bos taurus

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – domestic cattle, a bull, or a cow.

Bos primigenius taurus

considered as descendant of Bos primigenius


Betula cordifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Betulaceae – the mountain paper birch.


Actinidia cordifolia

Actinidia arguta
Wikispecies:Actinidia arguta

A taxonomic species within the family Actinidiaceae – hardy kiwi. Synonym of Actinidia arguta.


Avicula

Latin avis (“bird”) + -ula (“diminutive”), so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Pteriidae – marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; the species of which are now in genera Pteria, Electroma, Pinctada.


Strigiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – owls.


sac

From the three first letters of one of the English names for the language, viz. Sac and Fox.


Sappho

A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – red-tailed comet.


Dracula

Medieval Latin or later, draco (“serpent, dragon”) -ula (“diminutive”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.

For a list of the numerous species

genus): Dracula chimaera - type species; Dracula subg. Dracula, Dracula subg. Sodiroa, Dracula subg. Xenosia (subgenera


Medusa

From Latin Medūsa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa).

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the phylum Cnidaria – diverse jellyfishes, now assigned to numerous other genera.


Charon

A taxonomic genus within the family Charontidae – certain whip spiders in the family.


Juglandaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Fagales – various nut producing trees.


Acinetae

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκίνητος (akínētos, “unmoved”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κινέω (kinéō, “I move”).

(obsolete) Subclass Suctoria, as classified under the class Infusoria.


Acipenser

A taxonomic genus within the family Acipenseridae – ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head.


Entamoeba coli

A taxonomic species within the family Entamoebidae – non-pathogenic amoeba, that reside in the gastrointestinal tract of some animals, including humans.


Escherichia coli

From Escherichia + Latin colī, genitive of colon, from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “colon”).

Escherichia coli is an awkward name, but international agreement compels one to accept it in place of the old familiar title Bacterium coli.

1956, W. H. Ewing et al., Studies on the serology of the Escherichia coli group:

A taxonomic species within the family Enterobacteriaceae – one of the common gut flora or intestinal flora in mammals, with many identified strains, some of which are pathogenic.


E. coli

Abbreviation of the genus portion of a binomial species name beginning with the letter E.

We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.

2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191:

Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli#Translingual

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

Entamoeba coli
Entamoeba coli#Translingual


Torino

From Italian Torino (“Turin”). The asteroid is named after the city in Italy.

bor

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Turin</i>

An asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System.


Sosippus

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycosidae – hobo spiders.


Gollum

From English Gollum, the character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, "to whom this shark bears some resemblance in form and habits." See more on Wikipedia: Slender smooth-hound § Taxonomy and phylogeny.

A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudotriakidae – the slender smooth-hound and gollumsharks.


Arum

New Latin arum, from Ancient Greek ἄρον (áron)

A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – found in central Europe and the Mediterranean, such as the cuckoopint, having arrow-shaped leaves.

Arum dracunculus

syn. of Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon lily, devil's tongue


Buteo

A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – buzzards and hawks.

red-necked buzzard; Madagascar buzzard; short-tailed hawk; red-tailed hawk; rough-legged buzzard; white-rumped hawk; red-shouldered hawk; roadside hawk; mountain buzzard; broad-winged hawk; red-backed hawk; ferruginous hawk; Ridgway's hawk; long-legged buzzard; Hawaiian hawk; Swainson's hawk; rufous-tailed hawk

Buteo archeri (Archer's buzzard, Buteo augur (augur buzzard, Buteo auguralis, Buteo brachypterus, Buteo brachyurus, Buteo galapagoensis, Buteo hemilasius (upland buzzard, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lagopus, Buteo leucorrhous, Buteo lineatus, Buteo magnirostris, Buteo oreophilus, Buteo platypterus, Buteo poecilochrous (puna hawk, Buteo polyosoma, Buteo refectus, Buteo regalis, Buteo ridgwayi, Buteo rufinus, Buteo rufofuscus, Buteo socotraensis, Buteo solitarius, Buteo swainsoni, Buteo ventralis - other species


Cocos

From Latin coccum (“berry, gall”), from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Palmae – with one species - the coconut palm.


Kalmia

New Latin, from Kalm + -ia, after the Finnish botanist Pehr Kalm.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – the mountain laurel and related trees.


Scylla

Learned borrowing from New Latin Scylla, from Ancient Greek Σκύλλα (Skúlla).

A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae – mud crab, mangrove crab.


Pegasus

From Latin Pēgasus (“mythical white winged stallion of Medusa and Poseidon”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pegasidae – small fish with pectoral fins and body covered with hard, bony plates, from the East Indies and China.


Zinnia

Named for the German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn + -ia, from Zinn (“tin”), from an occupational surname for a tinsmith.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the zinnias.


Acontias

From Ancient Greek ἀκοντίας (akontías, “darting serpent”), from ἄκων (ákōn, “dart”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – dart snakes.


Cucurbitaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Cucurbitales – any of various plants, including the cucumber, melons, gourds, squashes, and loofah, generally being creeping vines with tendrils and fruit developing from a three-part inferior ovary with many seeds attached to the outer edge of the three walls or spiraling outward therefrom.

Abobra

(family): Cucurbitoideae, Zanonioideae - subfamilies


Clio

From the Latin Clīō (the name of a Nereid).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cliidae – small floating sea snails, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.


Baum

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Hugo Baum (1866-1950).


Felis

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – small cats.

Felis silvestris catus

(genus): Felis silvestris (wild cat) - type species; Felis catus (domestic cat), Felis chaus (jungle cat), Felis margarita (sand cat), Felis nigripes (black-footed cat) - species

Felis aurata

syn. of Profelis aurata, African golden cat

Felis bengalis

syn. of Prionailurus bengalensis, leopard cat

Felis geoffroyi

syn. of Leopardus geoffroyi, Geoffroy's cat

Felis iriomotensis

syn. of Prionailurus iriomotensis, Iriomote cat

Felis jacobita

syn. of Leopardus jacobita, Andean mountain cat

Felis planiceps

syn. of Prionailurus planiceps, flat-headed cat

Felis temminckii

syn. of Catopuma temminckii, Asiatic golden cat

Felis tigrinus

syn. of Leopardus tigrinus, little spotted cat

Felis viverrinus

syn. of Prionailurus viverrinus, fishing cat


Satan

Ultimately from Hebrew שָׂטָן (satán, “Satan”). Named by ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs, who had a predilection for using references to Hell in the naming of cave fish. Compare Ophisternon infernale, another cave fish named by Hubbs.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ictaluridae – widemouth blindcat.


Canis lupus

A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – grey wolf.


Arizona

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – glossy snakes, of Mexico and the southwestern US.


Pleuronectiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – flatfish.


Archaea

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖα (arkhaîa, “ancient”), neuter plural of ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”).

Single-celled organisms lacking nuclei, formerly called archaebacteria, but now known to differ fundamentally from bacteria.

A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Prokaryota.


Antirrhinum

From the Latin antirrhīnon, from the Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ρρῑνον (antírrhīnon).

ᾰ̓ντῐ́ρρῑνον

A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – snapdragons.

for other species see Antirrhinum at Tropicos


Amaryllis

From Latin Amaryllis (“a country girl in Virgil's Eclogues”), from Ancient Greek Ἀμαρυλλίς (Amarullís, from ἀμαρύσσω (amarússō, “I shine”)).

from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἀμαρύσσω</i> (amarússō, “I shine”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – includes the belladonna lily, Amaryllis belladonna.

Hippeastrum

subfamily Amaryllidoideae: tribe Hippeastreae


Selene

From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē), name of the goddess of the Moon (Selene), because the fish resembles a moon.

A taxonomic genus within the family Carangidae – lookdowns and moonfishes.


Saturnalia

From Latin Sāturnālia, interpreted as the Latin equivalent of Portuguese carnaval (“Carnival (the period before Lent)”); so called because the genus was discovered in Brazil during Carnival.

A taxonomic genus within the order Saurischia – a dinosaur from the Triassic period.


Fritillaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – fritillary flowering plants.

for other species see Fritillaria at The Plant List

A taxonomic genus within the family Fritillariidae – many small free-swimming tunicates.


Impatiens

From Latin impatiēns (“not tolerating, avoiding”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Balsaminaceae – flowering plants called variously jewelweeds, touch-me-nots, and balsams.

Impatiens noli-tangere

(genus): Impatiens subg. Acaulimpatiens, Impatiens subg. Impatiens, Impatiens subg. Semeiocardium, Impatiens subg. Trimorphopetalum - subgenera


Thalia

A taxonomic genus within the family Salpidae – certain salps.

A taxonomic genus within the family Marantaceae – alligator flags.


Rhododendron

rhodo- + -dendron, from Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron, “oleander”), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – rhododendrons and azaleas.

Rhodoendron ferrugineum

(genus): Azaleastrum, Candidastrum, Hymenanthes, Mumeazalea, Pentanthera, Therorhodion, Tsutsusi – subgenera

Rhododendron lapponicum

syn. Rhododendron palustre, Lapland rosebay

Rhododendron maximum

great laurel, great rhododendron, rosebay rhododendron, American rhododendron, big rhododendron

Rhododendron ponticum

common rhododendron, pontic rhododendron


Canis lupus familiaris

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Canidae – domesticated dog.

Canis familiaris saultor

alternative taxonomic names of historical interest


Lethe

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – butterflies of southeastern Asia and North America, called tree browns, wood browns, and foresters.


Thiobacillus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrogenophilaceae – sulfur bacteria.


Saturnus

A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain skippers.


SAR

Acronym of Stramenopiles + Alveolata + Rhizaria

A taxonomic clade within the superkingdom Eukaryota.


Echinacea

From (translingual) Echinus (“genus of sea urchins”) + -acea, a suffix indicating superfamily names.

suffix

A taxonomic superorder within the class Echinoidea – sea urchins with solid spines and gills.


Echinacea

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From Latin echinus (“sea urchin”) + -acea (“resembling”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – coneflowers.


Heteropoda

From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “different”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

der

A group of Crustacea, some having fourteen feet.

A subclass of gastropods using the foot as a swimming organ.

(Heteropoda f) A taxonomic genus within the family Sparassidae – many of the huntsman spiders.


Felis domestica

Latin feles (“cat”) + domesticus (“which lives in house”), used by Fischer (1829).

Felis silvestris catus
Felis silvestris catus

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – an invalid taxonomic name for the domestic cat. Felis silvestris catus.

Felis silvestris catus Ragni and Randi 1986


Felis caracal

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – former taxonomic name of caracal, now Caracal caracal.


Felis pardalis

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the ocelot, now Leopardus pardalis.


Felis bieti

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – Chinese desert cat.


Felis wiedii

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the margay, now designated Leopardus wiedii.


Felis chaus

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – jungle cat.


Pongo pygmaeus

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – the Bornean orangutan.


Felis nigripes

Latin feles (“cat”) + niger (“black”) + pes (“foot”)

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the black-footed cat.


Felis silvestris

New Latin, from Latin feles (“cat”) + silvestris (“woodland”)

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – wildcats and domestic cats.


Felidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – cats: tigers, lions, jaguars, leopards, cheetahs, etc.


Felis lynx

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the lynx, now Lynx lynx.


Felis pardina

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the Iberian lynx, now Lynx pardinus.


Felis silvestris catus

New Latin, from Latin feles (“cat”) + silvestris (“woodland”) + catus (“cat”)

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – domestic cat.


Felis viverrinus

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – fishing cat, now Prionailurus viverrinus.


Felis aurata

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – African golden cat.


Felis margarita

Latin feles (“cat”) + margarita (“pearl”)

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the sand cat.


Leopardus guigna

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the kodkod.


Felis planiceps

Latin felis (“cat”) + planus (“flat”) + ceps (“head”).

Prionailurus planiceps
Prionailurus planiceps

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the flat-headed cat, now Prionailurus planiceps.


Felis rufus

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the bobcat, now Lynx rufus.


Leopardus jacobitus

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – Andean cat.


Felis silvestris libyca

New Latin, from Latin feles (“cat”) + silvestris (“woodland”) + libyca (“Libyan”)

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – the African wildcat; the assumed ancestor of the domesticated cat, Felis silvestris.


Leopardus geoffroyi

Latin leopardus (“leopard”) + Geoffroy ("Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, french naturalist")

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – Geoffroy's cat.


Neofelis nebulosa

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the clouded leopard.


Felis concolor

Felis + Latin concolor (“of uniform colour”).

Puma concolor
Puma concolor#Translingual


Panthera tigris

From Panthera (“leopard”) + Latin tigris (“tiger”).

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – tiger.


Panthera pardus

From Latin panthera (“leopard”) + pardus (“panther”).

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – leopard (or as black form, black panther).


Felis yagouaroundi

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the jaguarundi, now Puma yagouaroundi.


Panthera onca

From Latin panthera (“leopard”) + Portuguese onça (“jaguar”).

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – jaguar, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas.


Felis marmorata

Pardofelis marmorata
Pardofelis marmorata

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – the marbled cat, now Pardofelis marmorata.


Acinonyx jubatus

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – cheetah.


Panthera

Learned borrowing from Latin panthēra, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr, “panther”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – various big cats.


Panthera tigris sumatrae

New Latin, from Latin panthera (“leopard”) + tigris (“tiger”) + Sumatra

(obsolete) A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – the Sumatran tiger.


Felis serval

From Felis + French serval, from Portuguese cerval.

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – serval, now Leptailurus serval.


Panthera tigris altaica

New Latin, from Latin panthera (“leopard”) + tigris (“tiger”) + altaica

(obsolete) A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – the Siberian tiger.


Panthera leo

Latin panthera (“leopard”) + leo (“lion”).

A taxonomic species within the family Felidae – lion, of Africa and India.

†Panthera leo atrox

species): Panthera leo azandica, Panthera leo bleyenberghi, Panthera leo hollisteri, Panthera leo kamptzi, Panthera leo krugeri, Panthera leo leo (Barbary lion), Panthera leo maculatus, Panthera leo nubica, Panthera leo persica, Panthera leo senegalensis, Panthera leo verneyi, Panthera leo nyanzae, Panthera leo roosevelti, Panthera leo somaliensis, (subspecies


Suricata suricatta

A taxonomic species within the family Herpestidae – the meerkat.


Homo sapiens sapiens

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Homo sapiens sapiens m (plural Homines sapientes sapientes)

New Latin, from Latin homo (“man”) + sapiens (“wise”)

Míra rozumnosti hominis sapientis sapientis se za posledních patnáct - dvacet tisíc let nezvýšila zřejmě ani o chlup, jen úroveň konceptualizace je vyšší, o něco preciznější, úměrně bohatému rozšíření našich technických znalostí a vědeckých vědomostí.

1993, Egon Bondy, Filosofické eseje: Juliiny otázky. “Doslov.” (in Czech), DharmaGaia, →ISBN, page 53:

Loin de là, nombre d’homines sapientes sapientes cultivés, mais non versés, par exemple, dans les mathématiques, ne sont pas en mesure d’énoncer de façon rigoureuse les propriétés fondamentales du nombre π (bien que sachant, pertinemment, que ce nombre π a joué un rôle capital dans notre patrimoine culturel, tout au long des siècles).[…]Pourtant, si l’on songe aux humanistes d’antan, la plupart des héritiers du XXᵉ siècle de la Petite Lucie, des ERASMUS, des PASCAL, des D’ALEMBERT, des DIDEROT... considérés comme des homines sapientes sapientes cultivés semblent se contener d’un horizon culturel bien étroit au regard de certains de leurs ancêtres.[…]Ne doit-on pas glorifier des Homines sapientes sapientes emblématiques géniaux capables d’apporter des contributions dans des domaines divers ?

1995, Etudes de linguistique appliquée (in French), pages 21, 27, 28:

Far from it, many cultivated Homo sapiens sapiens, but not versed in, for example, mathematics, aren't able to state in a rigorous fashion the fundamental properties of the number π (although knowing, pertinently, that this number π has played a major role in our cultural heritage throughout the centuries). […] However, if we think about the humanists of yesteryear , most of the 20th century inheritors of Little Lucy, Erasmuses, Pascals, D'Alemberts, Diderots... considered as cultured homo sapiens sapiens, seem to content themselves with a very narrow cultural horizon compared to some of their ancestors. […] Should we not glorify the brilliant emblematic homo sapiens sapiens capable of making contributions in diverse fields?

Was ist der Anfang? - In principio sunt cerebra hominum sapientium sapientium. Die Gehirne existieren und sie können untereinander vernetzt werden.

2008, Thomas Stehl, Kenntnis und Wandel der Sprachen: Beiträge zur Potsdamer Ehrenpromotion für Helmut Lüdtke (in German), →ISBN, page 1:

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Hominidae – modern humans.


Panthera tigris tigris

New Latin, from Latin panthera (“leopard”) + tigris (“tiger”)

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Felidae – the continental tiger.


Homo sapiens

Homines sapientes (plural)
Homo sapiens (sometimes)

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→ English: Homo sapien, sapien, sapiens, Homo insipiens

होमो सैपियन्स

→ Hindi: होमो सैपियन्स (homo saipiyans)

[ˈhɔmoː ˈs̠äpiẽːs̠]

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
Proto-Italic *hemō
Latin hemō
Latin homōlbor.
Translingual Homo
Proto-Indo-European *sep-
Proto-Italic *sapiō
Latin sapiō
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -ēns
Latin sapiēns
Translingual Homo sapiens
From Latin homō (“human being”) + sapiēns (“wise, sensible, judicious”).

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A productive unit can be a man, a more or less wide and/or permanent social group, a whole culture; the widest productive unit one can think of is mankind as the totality hominum sapientium.

1974, Ferruccio Rossi-Landi, “Linguistics and Economics”, in Current Trends in Linguistics, volume XII (in English), part eight, “Linguistics and Adjacent Arts and Sciences”, The Hague: Mouton & Co., section “The homology between linguistic production and material production”, subsection “After utensils and sentences”, subsubsection “Tenth level: Global production”, page 1888:

Inter species Novae-Caledoniae singularis ob folia parva, chartacea, marginibus valde recurvis (et in sicco et in vivo), ita ut folium quodque pustulam ruptam in calce Hominis sapientis referat.

1992, Bulletin du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (in Latin), page 197:

Unique among New Caledonian species in its small chartaceous leaves with strongly recurved margins (both in the living plant and in dried specimens) so that each leaf looks like a burst blister on the heel of Homo sapiens.

One may only suppose that the roots of the “thinking” man go back to the anthropoids from Oligocene, while apes and homonidae were only lateral shells of the anthropogenesis. The same refers to the subspecies of homonidae, which were also lateral shells, replaced by hominis sapientis.

2007, Bronisław Bombała, “In Search of the Sources of Humanity”, in Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, editor, Phenomenology of Life from the Animal Soul to the Human Mind (Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research; XCIII) (in English), book I, “In Search of Experience”, supersection “Sources of Humanity”, Springer, →ISBN, section “In Search of the Starting Point of the Anthropogenesis”, page 110:

Nothingness and eternity can be and indeed are obsessively attempted to be imagined – postulated and/or presumed to exist; they can’t however be visualized. Both stay tenaciously beyond the reach of their sensual equipment as much as remaining in-excisable and un-eliminable from the homini sapienti ruminations.

2017, Zygmunt Bauman, “Afterword: From official to “do it yourself” fear”, in State of Fear in a Liquid World (in English), Routledge, →ISBN, page 107:

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – human.

†Homo sapiens idaltu

species): Homo sapiens sapiens (modern human) (subspecies

호모 사피엔스

In other scripts; Korean (Korean script)


Orthoptera

English: orthopteran

From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + πτερά (pterá, “wings”), plural of πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

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A taxonomic order within the superorder Polyneoptera – various insects including crickets, grasshoppers, wetas, katydids, etc. It formerly included many other groups such as cockroaches, stick insects, mantids and earwigs, which are now classified in other orders


Prokaryota

From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “early”) + κάρυον (káruon, “nucleus”, literally “kernel”) + -ota.

A taxonomic superkingdom or domain - all organisms whose cells do not contain a nucleus.


Eukaryota

eu- (“true”) + Ancient Greek κάρυον (káruon, “nut”) + -ota.

A taxonomic superkingdom or domain, consisting of all organisms whose cells have a nucleus.


Plantae

From Latin planta (“plant, twig, sprout”).

A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Eukaryota – all plants., about 300,000 species of organism that all contain chlorophyll to obtain energy from the sun.

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(kingdom): angiosperms – clade; Anthocerotophyta, Bryophyta, Charophyta, Chlorophyta, Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Gnetophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Marchantiophyta, Pinophyta, Pteridophyta; †Pteridospermatophyta (extinct) – phyla

Chlorophyta

(kingdom): Biliphyta, Viridiplantae – subkingdoms


Protista

From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + -ista.

A taxonomic kingdom within the domain Eukaryota – a diverse group of organisms comprising 45 phyla; they are mostly single cellular, and include some algae, the Protozoa, the slime moulds and the water moulds.


Animalia

From Latin animal (“animal, living creature”).

Bilateria

Deuterostomia, Protostomia – infrakingdoms

unnamed subkingdom

Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Placozoa, Porifera – phyla

central nervous system
central nervous system

All multicellular organisms that have a central nervous system and rely on other organisms for energy

A taxonomic kingdom within the domain Eukaryota.

A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Eukaryota.


Suricata

A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – meerkats.


Homininae

From Homo + -inae, using the stem homin-; see homo.

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Hominidae – humans and close relatives.


Hominoidea

From Homo + -oidea (using the stem homin-).

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Primates – the great apes, etc.

†Kenyapithecinae

superfamily): Hominidae (orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, human), Hylobatidae (gibbon) (families


Catarrhini

New Latin, from Ancient Greek καταρρινα (katarrhina, “hook-nosed”), from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “down-flowing”) + ῥινες (rhines, “nostrils”).

A taxonomic parvorder within the order Primates – apes and Old World monkeys.

†Dendropithecoidea

parvorder): Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkey), Hominoidea (ape) (superfamilies


Simiiformes

From Latin simia (“ape, monkey”) + forma (“form, shape”).

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Primates – simians.


Haplorhini

From Ancient Greek ἁπλός (haplós, “simple”) + ῥινός (rhinós, “nose”), referring to the lack of a rhinarium (a wet nose, which is found in many mammals, including strepsirrhine primates).

A taxonomic suborder within the order Primates – tarsiers, monkeys, and apes.


Vertebrata

From Latin vertebratus (“jointed”), from vertere (“to turn”).

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Chordata – all vertebrates, animals with backbones.

obratlovci

taxonomic subphylum, within phylum Chordata - animals with a backbone


Placentalia

From New Latin placentālis (“placental”), from placenta.

The clade originating with the last common ancestor of extant eutherians

(archaic) A taxonomic subclass within the class Mammalia.

A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Theria.


Hominidae

From Homo + -idae (using homin-, stem for inflections of homo (“human”)).

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – great apes: chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, humans, and extinct relatives.

†Dryopithecinae

family): Homininae, Ponginae (subfamilies

For many years it has been realized that the origins of both Pongidae and Hominidae are probably to be found among species of the Miocene-Pliocene pongid subfamily Dryopthecinae.

1965, E. L. Simons, D. R. Pilbeam, “Preliminary Revision of the Dryopithecinae (Pongidae, Anthropoidea)”, in Folia Primatol (Basel), volume 3, number 3(2), →DOI, →PMID, page 81:

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Primates – humans and our extinct relatives, but excluding chimpanzees and orangutans.


Eumetazoa

A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Animalia – all animals except the sponges.


VIN

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.


Deuterostomia

New Latin, from deutero- (“second”) + Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + -ia, referring to a theory about the order of embryonic development (compare Protostomia).

The Chordata and certain other animals that share certain features of embryonic development:

A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Bilateria.

A taxonomic superphylum within the subkingdom Eumetazoa.


Felinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Felidae – most cats.

Leopardus

syns. Oncifelis, Oreailurus; small cats of South America


Fissipedia

Latin fissipes (“cloven-footed”) (from fissus (“divided, cloven”) + stem of pes (“foot”)) + -ia

(obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the order Carnivora – the land carnivores.


Archebacteria

(biology) Alternative spelling of Archaebacteria


Acinonychinae

(obsolete) A taxonomic subfamily within the family Felidae – the cheetahs.


Echinodermata

From Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, sea urchin”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + -ata (“having”).

A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Deuterostomia – echinoderms: various sea creatures.

Asteroidea

(phylum): Asterozoa, Crinozoa, Echinozoa - subphyla

Asteroidea

Eleutherozoa, Pelmatozoa - subphyla; †Homalozoa - extinct subphylum


Homo ergaster

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – "working man" (extinct).


Homo floresiensis

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct recent species of man, of short stature.


Homo neanderthalensis

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Homo neanderthalensis m (plural Homines neanderthalenses)

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – Neanderthal (extinct).


Pinnipedia

New Latin, from Latin pinna (“fin”) + pes (“foot”) + -ia

A taxonomic parvorder within the order Carnivora – aquatic mammals, including walruses, fur seals and sea lions, and seals.


Homo habilis

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct species of human, sometimes classified as Australopithecus habilis or Homo rudolfensis.


Pantherinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Felidae – big cats.

Panthera

tiger, lion, leopard, jaguar, and snow leopard


Homo heidelbergensis

Homo + Latin Heidelbergēnsis, after the German city Heidelberg near which a mandibule of that species was discovered.

Homo neanderthalensis
Homo neanderthalensis#Translingual

A taxonomic species within the family Homo – Heidelberg man, thought to be ancestral to Homo neanderthalensis, the Denisovans, and Homo sapiens, and descended from early Homo erectus.


Acinonyx

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “I move”) + Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw”), referring to their immobile claws unlike every other felid. Coined by British scientist Joshua Brookes in 1828.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – cheetahs.

†Acinonyx aicha

genus): Acinonyx jubatus (sole extant species

Acinonyx kurteni

discredited as composite fossil, name invalidated


Homo erectus

†Homo erectus (canonical masculine)
Homines erecti (plural)

From Latin homo (“man”) + erectus (“erect, high”).

So, men not unlike Homines sapientes were living in Europe at least while Homines erecti (Pithecanthropoids) flourished not only in Africa and Asia but also very possibly in Europe.

1971, Alan Houghton Brodrick, Man and His Ancestors (in English), Radius Book/Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 18:

Quelques individus parmi les Homines erecti dotés d’un cortex cérébral plus volumineux ont développé leur intelligence à la faveur d’une grande glaciation.

2007, Jean-Jacques Dubois, Comprendre le malheur (in French), Louise Courteau, →ISBN:

Some individuals among the Homo erectus endowed with a more voluminous cerebral cortex developed their intelligence thanks to a great glaciation.

Die Hominiden konnten mit der anlaufenden Enkulturation einen Fitneßvorteil über ihre anthropoiden Vorfahren verbinden, die Homines sapientes mit der vollständigen Entwicklung der Sprache über die Homines erecti.

2017, Günter Dux, Historisch-genetische Theorie der Kultur (in German), Springer VS, →ISBN, page 257:

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – "upright man" (extinct).


Ponginae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Hominidae – orangutans and extinct relatives.


Insecta

A taxonomic class within the phylum Arthropoda – all insects.


Herpestinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Herpestidae – mongooses, etc.


Homo rudolfensis

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae.


Herpestidae

A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – mongooses.


Arthropoda

From Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) or ποδός (podós, “foot”); arthro- + -poda.

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Ecdysozoa – all arthropods, invertebrate animals having an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.


Neofelis

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + Latin feles (“cat”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the clouded leopards.


Hexapoda

From hexa- + -poda, New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx, “six”) and πούς (poús, “foot”).

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Arthropoda – all insects, springtails, and coneheads.


Fagaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Fagales – beeches and closely related trees.


Quercus

A taxonomic genus within the family Fagaceae – oak trees.


Fagales

A taxonomic order within the class Magnoliopsida – many common trees.


Magnoliophyta

A taxonomic division within the phylum Tracheophyta – the angiosperms or flowering plants.


Protostomia

from proto- (“first”) + Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + -ia, referring to a theory about the order of embryonic development.

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Certain bilateral animals, generally with three germ cells and common features of embryonic development.

A taxonomic superphylum within the subkingdom Eumetazoa.

A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Bilateria.


Magnoliopsida

A taxonomic class within the division Magnoliophyta – dicots.

Apiales

(class): Amborellanae, Asteranae, Austrobaileyanae, Berberidopsidanae, Buxanae, Caryophyllanae, Dillenianae, Lilianae (Monocotyledones), Magnolianae, Myrothamnanae, Nymphaeanae, Proteanae, Ranunculanae, Rosanae, Santalanae, Saxifraganae, Trochodendranae - superorders


Pterygota

From Ancient Greek, neuter plural of πτερυγωτός (pterugōtós, “winged”). By surface analysis, pterygo- + -ota.

A taxonomic subclass within the class Insecta – winged insects, also containing some secondarily wingless taxa.

Coleoptera

(subclass): Neoptera (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Paraneoptera, Polyneoptera – superorders), Palaeoptera – infraclass

Blattodea

subclass): basal Pterygota, Metapterygota (clades


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From Ancient Greek, feminine singular of πτερυγωτός (pterugōtós, “winged”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – certain mallows.


Palaeognathae

From palaeo- + Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”).

A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Aves – birds that excel in running rather than flying, such as ostriches, emus, rheas, and the tinamous (which can fly).


Falconiformes

A taxonomic order within the parvclass Neognathae., variously defined, two common definitions being

A taxonomic order within the superorder Neoaves – only the family Falconidae.


Neognathae

From neo- + Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”).

Anseriformes

(superorder): Galloanserae, Neoaves – clades

Galliformes

landfowl; chicken, quail, pheasant, peafowl, turkey

A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Neornithes.

A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Aves.


Aquila chrysaetos

From Latin aquila (“eagle”) + Ancient Greek χρυσάετος (khrusáetos, “golden eagle”).

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A taxonomic species within the family Accipitridae – golden eagle.


Buteoninae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Accipitridae – certain birds of prey.

Harpagus

(subfamily): Harpagini, Milvini, Buteonini - tribes


Accipitriformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – diurnal birds of prey.


Accipitridae

English: accipitrid

French: accipitridé m

Italian: accipitride m

Portuguese: acipitrídeo m

A taxonomic family within the order Accipitriformes – accipitrids, certain birds of prey.

(family): Accipitrinae (hawk), Aegypiinae (Old World vulture), Aquilinae, Buteoninae (buzzard, hawk and eagle), Circaetinae (snake eagle), Circinae (harrier), Elaninae (kite), Gypaetinae, Haliaeetinae, Harpiinae, Melieraxinae, Milvinae (kite), Perninae (buzzard), Polyboroidinae - subfamilies

For genera see Accipitridae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux


Actinopterygii

New Latin, actino- (“having rays”) + Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing, fins”).

A taxonomic class within the superclass Osteichthyes.

A taxonomic superclass within the infraphylum Gnathostomata.


Teleostei

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τέλεος (téleos, “complete”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Neopterygii.

A taxonomic class within the superclass Actinopterygii.


Ornithorhynchus anatinus

duck-billed platypus
duck-billed platypus

A taxonomic species within the family Ornithorhynchidae – duck-billed platypus.


Ornithorhynchus

From Ancient Greek ὄρνιθ- (órnith-) (the stem of ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ornithorhynchidae – the single species Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus, also called duck-billed platypus).


Ornithorhynchidae

A taxonomic family within the order Monotremata – the platypus and extinct relatives.


Monotremata

Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “single”) + τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation”)

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – monotremes: echidnas and platypuses.

†Kollikodontidae

(order): Ornithorhynchidae, Tachyglossidae – extant families


Pan paniscus

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – bonobo.


Pan troglodytes

The present name was given by Lorenz Oken in 1816 after reassigning the species to the genus Pan from Simia troglodytes, where it had been placed by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in 1776. The use of the specific epithet troglodytes (“cave-dwelling”) was taken from the species Homo troglodytes, which was coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and did not refer to the chimpanzee, which does not live in caves.

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – common chimpanzee.

Carl Linnaeus
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Lorenz Oken


Lepidoptera

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερά (pterá, “wings”).

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – butterflies and moths.

Acanthopteroctetidae

(order): Aglossata (kauri moth), Eolepidopterigina, Glossata (all butterflies and almost all moth), Heterobathmiina, Zeugloptera – suborders


Endopterygota

From endo- (“within”) + pterygo- (“wing”) + -ota (“having”), reflecting the fact that the nymphs (larvae) of winged species bear their wing rudiments internally; compare Exopterygota.

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A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Neoptera – various winged insects that undergo radical metamorphosis.


Coleoptera

From Ancient Greek κολεόπτερος (koleópteros, “sheath-wing”), from κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

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A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – beetles.

Acanthocnemidae

(order): Adephaga, Archostemata, Myxophaga, Polyphaga – suborders


Neoptera

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Coleoptera

(infraclass in Pterygota): Holometabola, Neuropterida, Paraneoptera, Polyneoptera – superorders

Winged insects that can flex their wings over their abdomens

A taxonomic infraclass within the clade Metapterygota.

A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Pterygota.


Apterygota

A taxonomic subclass within the class Insecta – certain wingless insects.

Zygentoma

syn. Thysanura, now in subclass Dicondylia


Dicondylia

A taxonomic clade within the class Insecta – all living insects, excluding the primitive Monocondylia.

A taxonomic subclass within the class Insecta – the single order Zygentoma.


Prometheus

A taxonomic genus within the family Castniidae – a single species of South American moth, Prometheus cochrus.


Chlamydomonas

New Latin, from Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “cloak, mantle”) + μονάς (monás, “solitary”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Chlamydomonadaceae – a unicellular green alga.


Sarcina

A taxonomic genus within the family Clostridiaceae – cocci-shaped bacteria that fail to dissociate during replication such that they form a cube of eight bacteria.


Eubacteria

(obsolete) Formerly a taxonomic subkingdom, within kingdom Bacteria, now considered synonym of Bacteria.


Monera

Ancient Greek μονήρης (monḗrēs, “single, solitary”)

(historical) A former taxonomic kingdom, within domain Prokaryota - bacteria, blue-green algae and archebacteria,


Cyanobacteria

The only photosynthetic prokaryotes able to produce oxygen.

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – (formerly within subkingdom Eubacteria) blue-green algae.

A taxonomic class within the phylum Cyanobacteria.


Semaeostomeae

A taxonomic order within the class Scyphozoa – various jellyfish.


Cyaneidae

A taxonomic family within the order Semaeostomeae – various jellyfish.


Cyanea

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos, “blue in color”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyaneidae – various jellyfish found in the northern waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – several nearly branchless trees native to Hawaii.


Scyphozoa

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) and ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

A taxonomic class within the phylum Cnidaria – many jellyfish, sometimes called the true jellyfish.

†Byroniida

class): Coronatae, Rhizostomae, Semaeostomeae (orders


Amoebozoa

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, Amoeba + -zoa, whence the homologues in various modern languages, such as English amoebo- + -zoan.

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Protista.

A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Sarcomastigota.


Parazoa

(archaic) A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Animalia – sponges.


Agnotozoa

(obsolete) A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Animalia – simple animals having no organs.


Porifera

From Latin porus (“pore”) + -fera (“bearing”).

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Animalia – sponges.


Orthonectida

From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) or νήκτης (nḗktēs, “swimmer”) + -ida.

A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia – poorly known parasites of marine invertebrates that are among the simplest of multi-cellular organisms.


Rhombozoa

From Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus”) + ζῷα (zôia, “animals”).

Tiny animals that live in the urine of cephalopods

(obsolete) A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Agnotozoa.

A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia.


Placozoa

New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of πλάξ (pláx, “something broad or flat”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”)

Balloon-like marine animals, the placozoans, believed to be the simplest organism in Animalia.

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Animalia.

Cnidaria

phylum in unnamed subkingdom of Animalia

A taxonomic class within the phylum Placozoa.


Radiata

A taxonomic superphylum within the subkingdom Eumetazoa.


Cnidaria

From Ancient Greek κνίδη (knídē, “nettle”) + -aria.

suffix

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Metazoa.

Anthozoa

(phylum in Animalia): Anthozoa, Medusazoa, Myxozoa - subphyla

Polypodizoa

class; a single species of fish parasite

Myxosporea

class; parasites requiring two hosts in their life cycles


Caprimulgiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – nocturnal, insectivorous birds such as the nightjars.

(order): Caprimulgidae (nightjar), Steatornithidae (oilbird), Podargidae (frogmouth), Nyctibiidae (potoo) - families

Aegothelidae - family included sensu lato


Caprimulgus vociferus

Latin caprimulgus (“goat milker”) + vociferus (“vociferous, noisy”)

A taxonomic species within the family Caprimulgidae – whippoorwill, now Antrostomus vociferus, of eastern North and Central America.


Caprimulgidae

A taxonomic family within the order Caprimulgiformes – nightjars.


Caprimulgus

A taxonomic genus within the family Caprimulgidae – the whippoorwills.


Chondrichthyes

Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, corn, cartilage”) + ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”)

der

A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Vertebrata – cartilaginous fishes.


Lamnidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lamniformes – various sharks.


Carcharodon carcharias

Carcharodon + Ancient Greek καρχαρίας (karkharías, “shark”), from κάρχαρος (kárkharos, “sharp, jagged”)

A taxonomic species within the family Lamnidae – great white shark, found in most oceans, excepting polar regions.


Lamniformes

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

†Anacoracidae

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


Carcharodon

From Ancient Greek καρχαρόδων (karkharódōn, “having sharp teeth”), from κάρχαρος (kárkharos, “sharp, jagged”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamnidae – great white shark.


Selachimorpha

Ancient Greek σέλαχος (sélakhos, “cartilaginous fish, sharks and rays”) + -morpha

A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Elasmobranchii – sharks; synonym of Selachii.


Blume

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Carl (Karl) Ludwig von Blume (1796-1862).


Elasmobranchii

From Ancient Greek ἔλασμα (élasma, “metal plate”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).

A taxonomic subclass within the class Chondrichthyes.

A taxonomic class within the superclass Chondrichthyes.


PCV

porcine circovirus
porcine circovirus#English

(virology, taxonomy) porcine circovirus: A taxonomic species within the genus Circovirus.


Crassulaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Saxifragales – various succulent plants, principally herbaceous.

Crassula

Telephieae, Umbiliceae, Semperviveae, Aeonieae, Sedeae – tribes in Sempervivoideae


Saxifragales

core eudicots
core eudicots#Translingual

A taxonomic order within the clade core eudicots – various dicotyledons.


Sempervivum

Latin semper (“always”) + vivum (“alive”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae – the houseleeks etc.


Carukia barnesi

Named after Dr Jack Barnes, who linked this creature to Irukandji syndrome

A taxonomic species within the family Carukidae – the Irukandji jellyfish.


Stylonychia

A taxonomic genus within the family Oxytrichidae – ciliates whose cilia are grouped into cirri.


Umbelliferae

Latin umbella (“umbrella”) + -ferae (“bearer (fem. pl. form)”)

A taxonomic family within the order Apiales – synonym of Apiaceae; the carrot family: aromatic plants having inflorescences called umbels.


Allen

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Timothy Field Allen (1837-1902).


Archaeopteryx

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) with πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing”).

The first big clue to the origin of birds came in 1861, when quarry workers in Solnhofen, Germany, found a spectacular fossil of a 145-million-year-old bird that came to be called Archaeopteryx. It had feathered wings like living birds, but also had traits found in reptiles, such as teeth, claws and a long bony tail.

2023 June 3, Carl Zimmer, “How Did Birds First Take Off?”, in The New York Times (in English):

A taxonomic genus within the family Archaeopterygidae – known from fossils and widely accepted as the earliest and most primitive known bird.


Bryozoa

From Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”) + ζῷα (zôia), plural of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Lophotrochozoa – bryozoans or moss animals, small aquatic invertebrate filter-feeding animals, almost all of which are colonial, both the individuals and the colonies taking many forms.


Acer

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – maples.


Psidium guajava

A taxonomic species within the family Myrtaceae – the guava.


Pyracantha

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the firethorns.

plus hybrid and cultivar

(genus): Pyracantha coccinea (scarlet firethorn) - type species; Pyracantha angustifolia (orange firethorn, yellow firethorn), Pyracantha atalantioides, Pyracantha crenatoserrata, Pyracantha crenulata (Himalyan firethorn, Nepal firethorn), Pyracantha koidzumii (Formosa firethorn), Pyracantha rogersiana - species


Maloideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Rosaceae – apples etc.


Rosaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Rosales – roses and very many related plants.


Rosales

A taxonomic order within the class Magnoliopsida – flowering plants including the roses.


Loxodonta

New Latin, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “slanting, crosswise”) + Ancient Greek stem of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Elephantidae – the African elephants.


Elephantidae

From Elephas (“Asian elephant genus”) + -idae.

suffix

A taxonomic family within the order Proboscidea – elephants and kin.


Proboscidea

Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “in front”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to feed”). See proboscis.

Proboscidea lutea

yellow unicorn plant, syn. of Ibicella lutea

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – elephants.

(Proboscidea f) A taxonomic genus within the family Martyniaceae – certain New World flowering plants.

Proboscidea althaeifolia

devil's horn, devil's claw, desert unicorn plant


Uncia

Latin uncia (“lynx, snow leopard”), q.v.

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the ounce or snow leopard.


Oceanus

(planetology) A large mare region on the Moon.


Melpomene

A taxonomic genus within the family Polypodiaceae – certain ferns.

A taxonomic genus within the family Agelenidae – certain spiders.


Clotho

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Oecobiidae – arachnids, wall spiders, with its species now in other genera in Oecobiidae.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – vipers, with its species now in other genera in Viperidae.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds.


Urania

After Urania (“muse of astronomy”), conventionally shown dressed in a cloak embroidered with stars.

A taxonomic genus within the family Uraniidae – uranine moths.


Euterpe

From Ancient Greek Εὐτέρπη (Eutérpē, “muse of lyric poetry”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – acai palms.


Ciconia ciconia

A taxonomic species within the family Ciconiidae – white stork.


Ciconiiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, etc.

Ardeidae

(order of birds): Ciconiidae (stork) - sole family sensu stricto

Threskiornithidae - additional families sensu lato


Ciconia

A taxonomic genus within the family Ciconiidae – storks.


Ciconiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Ciconiiformes – storks.


Andromeda

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda, “ruler of men”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – bog rosemary.


Artemisia pontica

(botany) A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – Roman wormwood, as used in absinthe.


Venus mercenaria

Mercenaria mercenaria
Mercenaria mercenaria#Translingual

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Veneridae – now Mercenaria mercenaria, the hard clam, an edible clam found along the Atlantic Coast of North America.


Arnold

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold (1829-1901).


Abraxas

Via Ancient Greek, probably ultimately from Afroasiatic. See Abraxas.

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – magpie moths.


Aconitum

From Latin aconītum (“monk's hood, wolfsbane”), from Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον (akóniton).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – flowering plants in the buttercup family, with over 250 species; aconites, wolfbanes, monkhoods.

Aconitum napellus

(genus): Aconitum subg. Aconitum, Aconitum subg. Lycoctonum, Aconitum subg. Paraconitum – subgenera

Aconitum carmichaelii

Carmichael's monkshood, Chinese wolfsbane


Acacia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”), probably from Egyptian.

bor+

(sensu stricto) A taxonomic genus within the family Leguminosae – mostly thornless Australasian shrubs and trees, called acacias or wattles.

(sensu lato, superseded) A genus that included all the genera now included in tribe Acacieae.

An epithet in a botanical name at the rank between species and genus, a name which applies to a section of the genus Acacia.

Acacia anarthros

(genus, sensu stricto): Acacia penninervis (blackwood, hickory wattle, mountain hickory) - type species


Agave

From Ancient Greek Ἀγαύη (Agaúē, “Agave”), from ἀγαυός (agauós, “noble, illustrious”). Doublet of Agaue.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – agaves, of the Americas, principally in arid environments.

Agave americana

(genus): Agave subg. Agave, Agave subg. Littaea, Agave subg. Manfreda – subgenera


Ad

(virology) adenovirus; Abbreviation of Adenoviridae.


Alle

From New Latin alca alle, probably so named from confusion with the long-tailed duck. Compare Swedish alfågel (“long-tailed duck”), dialectal allegubbe (“male long-tailed duck”), Icelandic hávella (“long-tailed duck”), Faroese ógvella (“long-tailed duck”), formations representing Proto-Germanic *allijǭ (“long-tailed duck”). Related are Swedish alke (“auk”), and Finnish alli (“long-tailed duck”).

cog

A taxonomic genus within the family Alcidae – the single species Alle alle (little auk or dovekie).


Aloe

flowering succulent plants, including Aloe vera

A taxonomic genus within the family Xanthorrhoeaceae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asphodelaceae.


Aniba

Evidently from Medieval Latin Aniba, mentioned by Jordanus as a term for "mango", from an Indo-Aryan language; compare Marathi आंबा (āmbā).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – rosewood.


Anguis

A taxonomic genus within the family Anguidae – the slowworms.


Alligator

a. 1807, from English alligator, from early Modern English alligater, alligarta, aligarto, alegarto, alagarto, from Spanish el (“the”) + lagarto (“lizard”), from Latin lacertus (“lizard”), modern spelling possibly influenced by the unrelated Latin alligator (“one who binds”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Alligatoridae – alligators.

for others see Alligator at Paleobiology Database


Ambrosia

From Latin ambrosia (“ambrosia, artemisia”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – ragweeds.

Ambrosia psilostachya

Cuman ragweed, perennial ragweed, western ragweed


Anemone

From Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”); named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – anemones.


Anas

→ Dutch: anas unox

From Latin anas (“duck”), from Proto-Italic *anats, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Anatidae – various species of dabbling duck.

Sibirionetta

genera, each applicable to a distinct set of species formerly in Anas

cinnamon teal; Mexican duck; blue-winged teal; falcated duck; yellow-billed teal; yellow-billed pintail; grey teal; Campbell teal; Indian spot-billed duck; American back duck; Pacific black duck; eastern spot-billed duck

Anas clypeata (northern shoveler, now Spatula clypeata, Anas crecca, Anas cyanoptera, Anas diazi, Anas discors, Anas eatoni, Anas falcata,, Anas flavirostris, Anas fulvigula, Anas georgica, Anas gibberifrons, Anas gracilis, Anas hottentota, Anas laysanensis, Anas melleri, Anas nesiotis, Anas penelope, Anas poecilorhyncha, Anas puna, Anas querquedula, Anas rhynchotis, Anas rubripes, Anas sibiliatrix, Anas sparsa, Anas strepera, Anas superciliosa, Anas undulata, Anas versicolor, Anas wyvilliana, Anas zonorhyncha - species


Aspidistra

→ French: aspidistra

→ English: aspidistra

→ Polish: aspidistra

The genus was named by the English botanist John Ker Gawler in 1822, by joining ἀσπίς, shield, to an ending that imitated the name of the sister genus Tupistra.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the aspidistras.


Asparagus

Medieval Latin sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – asparaguses.

Asparagus subg. Asparagus

(genus): Asparagus officinalis (common asparagus or garden asparagus) - type species; Asparagus asparagoides (African asparagus), Asparagus aethiopicus (asparagus fern), Asparagus acutifolius (sharp-leaved asparagus) - selected other species

Asparagus subg. Myrsiphyllum - subgenera


Asteriscus

From Ancient Greek ἀςερίσκος (aserískos, “small star”). The name was used by Joseph Pitton de Tournefort because the chalice (calyx) is in the form of a star.

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae.


Astragalus

astragaloside

astraisoflavan

astramembranagenin

astrapterocarpan

From Latin astragalus, from Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos), q.v.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – milkvetches.

Astragalus christianus

(genus): Astragalus subg. Astragalus, Astragalus subg. Calycophysa, Astragalus subg. Caprinus, Astragalus subg. Cercidothrix, Astragalus subg. Calycocystis, Astragalus subg. Epiglottis, Astragalus subg. Homalobi, Astragalus subg. Hypoglottis, Astragalus subg. Orophaca, Astragalus subg. Phaca, Astragalus subg. Piptolobi, Astragalus subg. Pogonophace – subgenera


Avena

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – grasses, including the common oat; the oat grasses.


Ananas

A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – pineapple and similar plants.


Hebe

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae.

A taxonomic section within the family Plantaginaceae – Veronica sect. Hebe.


Ah

Aetokthonos hydrillicola
Aetokthonos hydrillicola#Translingual

(taxonomy) Abbreviation of Aetokthonos hydrillicola.


Backer

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for Dutch botanist Cornelis Andries Backer (1874-1963). For the surname, see below.


Axis

A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – chital, of India.


Azalea

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil.

the azaleas, numerous varieties of flowering shrubs of temperate climates

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae.

(archaic) A taxonomic subgenus within the family Ericaceae – Rhododenron subg. Azalea, now Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum.


Bacteria

From Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”).

(in the three-domain system) A taxonomic domain comprising the single kingdom also called Bacteria, containing about 25 phyla.

(in the two-empire or two-superkingdom systems) A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Prokaryota – single-cell organisms (the bacteria); once divided into the Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.

Acidobacteriota

(kingdom): Negibacteria, Posibacteria – subkingdoms


Beadle

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Chauncey Delos Beadle (1866-1950).


Begonia

Named after Michel Bégon (1683–1710) by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707–1778) + -ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Begoniaceae – the begonias.

for nearly three hundred species with images see Begonia


Besser

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784-1842).


Bacillus

Learned borrowing from Latin bacillus (“small staff or wand, walking stick”).

lbor

A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillaceae – certain rod-shaped bacteria.

A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillidae – certain stick insects.


Ba

After pronunciation of Mba (“Mba island”) in New Caledonia, motivated by bah humbug

A taxonomic genus within the family Charopidae – sole known species is Ba humbugi, a small air-breathing land snail.


Bean

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist William Jackson Bean (1863-1947).


Bolus

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Harry Bolus (1834-1911).


Boke

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Norman Hill Boke (1913-).


Bois

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois (1856-1946).


Beta

for other species see Beta at The Plant List

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – beets.

A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – now Philbostroma, certain grasshoppers.


Bombus

A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – bumblebees.

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Apidae – Bombus (Bombus).


Bubo

A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae – horned owls, eagle owls and fish owls.

Ketupa spp

(genus): Bubo bubo (Eurasian eagle owl) - type species; Bubo magellanicus (Magellanic horned owl), Bubo virginianus (great horned owl), Bubo bengalensis (Indian eagle-owl), Bubo ascalaphus (Pharaoh eagle-owl), Bubo capensis (Cape eagle-owl), Bubo milesi (Arabian eagle-owl), Bubo cinerascens (greyish eagle-owl), Bubo africanus (spotted eagle-owl), Bubo scandiacus (snowy owl) - other species

Scotopelia spp. may also be included in genus Bubo.


Bos

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – cattle.

Bos acutifrons†

(genus): Bos (Bos), Bos (Bibos), Bos (Novibos) - subgenera


Bunting

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist R.H. Bunting (fl. 1923).


Aster

From Latin astēr (“star”) because of the shape of its flowers, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707–1778).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – asters.


Bureau

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Louis Édouard Bureau (1830-1918).


Candida

Feminine singular of Latin candidus (“of a shining, dazzling white”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Saccharomycetaceae – several yeasts, some of which cause fungal infections such as thrush.


Carnivora

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – carnivorans.

Ailuridae

(order with newer system of suborders): Caniformia – dogs, seals, etc, Feliformia – cats, etc, †Miacoidea

Mustelidae

family; polecat, otter, badger, weasel, etc


Cassia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – cassia trees.

for species remaining in Cassia see Cassia

Chamaecrista

genera containing species formerly in Cassia


Caiman

From Spanish caimán or Portuguese caimão, probably from Kari'na or perhaps from a Congo language.

A taxonomic genus within the family Alligatoridae – caimans.


Cannabis

From Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cannabaceae – hemp.


Canis

A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – dogs, wolves, jackals etc.


Caracal

From French caracal, from Turkish karakulak, from kara (“black”) + kulak (“ear”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the caracals.

in some recent studies Caracal aurata

syn. Profelis aurata, African golden cat


Capra

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – goats.


Chrysanthemum

Wikispecies Chrysanthemum (canonical neuter)

From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the chrysanthemums.


Bora

A taxonomic genus within the family Romaleidae – certain lubber grasshoppers.


Comes

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Orazio Comes (1848-1923).


Chiton

From New Latin chiton, from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”); see also English chiton.

A taxonomic genus within the family Chitonidae – certain polyplacophoran molluscs.


Aquila

The eagles belong to the genus Aquila.

A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae. Circumscription and placement of the genus will depend on taxonomic point of view.


Cometes

A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae.


Chiasmus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.


Citrus

A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – many trees bearing citrus fruits, such as oranges and lemons.


Circus

From Latin circus, from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “type of hawk or falcon”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – harriers.


Chlamydia

New Latin, from Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “short mantle, military cloak”) + -ia (taxonomic suffix).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Chlamydiaceae – very small parasitic bacterium which, like a virus, requires the biochemical mechanisms of another cell in order to reproduce. Bacteria of this type cause various diseases including trachoma, psittacosis, and non-specific urethritis.


Clematis

From Latin clematis, from Ancient Greek κληματίς (klēmatís, “brushwood, clematis”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – vigorous climbing lianas, found throughout the temperate zones.


Cetus

Latin cetus (“marine mammal or sea monster”)

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Physeteridae – now an invalid name, synonymized with Physeter.


Carr

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Cedric Errol Carr (1892-1936).


Crocus

From Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos, “saffron”). Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – the crocuses, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.


Corvus

A taxonomic genus within the family Corvidae – true crows: ravens, crows, jackdaws and the rook.

Corvus corax

type species. See Corvus on Wikispecies for other species.


Chase

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963).


Cosmos

→ English: cosmos

From New Latin cosmos, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “decoration, ornament”) (referring to its elegant leaves), coined by the Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles (1745–1804).

coinage

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – several American flowering plants.


Dahlia

The plant genus was named by botanist Antonio José Cavanilles (1745-1804) after Swedish botanist Andreas Dahl (1751-1789).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – dahlias, dahlia flowers.

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – various moths.


Cola

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – kola nut trees.

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Baker

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist John Gilbert Baker (1834-1920).


Chinchilla

New Latin, from Spanish chinchilla, from Quechua or Aymara.

A taxonomic genus within the family Chinchillidae – the chinchillas.


Bor

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Norman Loftus Bor (1893-1972).


Castor

1398 Old French castor, from Latin castor (“beaver”), from Ancient Greek Κάστωρ (Kástōr).

A taxonomic genus within the family Castoridae – beavers.


Calypso

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ), probably derived from κᾰλῠ́πτω (kalúptō, “I hide”), thus “she who conceals”.

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – a single species of orchid Calypso bulbosa (fairy slipper orchid).


Blanche

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Emanuel Blanche (1824-1908).


Boom

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Boudewijn Karel Boom (1903-1980).


Dracunculus

From Latin dracunculus (“small serpent”), diminutive of draco (“a sort of serpent, dragon”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Dracunculidae – greatly elongated nematode worms including the Guinea worm.

A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – tuberous aroid perennials sometimes grown for ornamental purposes.


Elephas

From Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Elephantidae – the Asian elephant.


Delphinus

From Latin delphīnus (“dolphin”), from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – common dolphins.


Dugong

A taxonomic genus within the family Dugongidae – dugong, a sea mammal.


Dracaena

Borrowed from Latin dracaena, from Ancient Greek δράκαινα (drákaina, “she-dragon”).

for other species see Dracaena on Wikipedia and Dracaena

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – dragon trees, of the Canary Islands.

A taxonomic genus within the family Teiidae – caiman lizards, of the tropical Americas.


Echidna

From Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”), from ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Muraenidae – some moray eels.


Equus

A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – horses, zebras, donkeys, and onagers.

Equus alaskae

genus): Equus asinus, Equus burchelli (obsolete), Equus caballus, Equus ferus, Equus grevyi (Grévy's zebra), Equus hemionus (Asiatic wild ass), Equus kiang (Tibetan wild ass), Equus mulus (archaic), Equus quagga, Equus zebra (mountain zebra) (extant species


Boa

A taxonomic genus within the family Boidae – boa constrictors.


Beck

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Günther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau Beck (1856-1931).


Chaos

From Latin chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Amoebidae – several very large amoebae.

(astronomy) A planetoid and cubewano orbiting in the Kuiper belt.


Eira

From Spanish eirá, connected to Guaraní eíra (“honey”), a food the animal is fond of, whence also Portuguese papa-mel, another vernacular name.)

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – tayras, of tropical and subtropical forests of Central and South America.


Colonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Tyrannidae – long-tailed tyrant.


Deva

From English Devanagari, from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī).
The "nagari" part was trimmed from "Devanagari", in accordance with the four-letter format in ISO 15924.


Freesia

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae.


Fungi

A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Eukaryota – mushrooms and funguses, over 100,000 species of organisms that are similar to plants but do not contain chlorophyll.

Ascomycota

(kingdom): Dikarya, Eomycota - subkingdoms


Formica

→ Russian: форми́ка (formíka)

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – many ants.

Formica rufa

(genus): Formica (Coptoformica), Formica (Formica), Formica (Raptiformica), Formica (Serviformica) - subgenera


Fuchsia

Named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs + -ia. See Fuchs.

A taxonomic genus within the family Onagraceae – Because of the red, pink or purple flowers these small shrubs are popular garden plants, fuchsias.


Geranium

From Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Geraniaceae – cranesbills.


Giraffa

New Latin, from Italian, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa)

A taxonomic genus within the family Giraffidae – the giraffes.


Halcyon

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


Delta

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


Calliope

From Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), the Muse of eloquence and poetry, in turn of κᾰλλῐ- (kalli-) + ὄψ (óps) “beautiful voice”. Introduced by English ornithologist John Gould in 1836.

A taxonomic genus within the family Muscicapidae – rubythroats and close relatives.


Gorilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – gorillas, the largest of the great apes.


Grus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gruidae – cranes.

Grus antigone

(genus): Grus grus (common crane, Eurasian crane) - type species; Grus americana (whooping crane), Grus carunculata (wattled crane), Grus japonensis (red-crowned crane), Grus leucogeranus (Siberian crane), Grus monacha (hooded crane), Grus nigricollis (black-necked crane), Grus paradisea (blue crane), Grus virgo (demoiselle crane); †Grus primigenia - other species


Hippopotamus

From Latin and New Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).

The hippopotamus belongs to Hippopotamus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hippopotamidae – hippopotamuses.

Choeropsis - genus of the pygmy hippopotamus


Hippocampus

A taxonomic genus within the family Syngnathidae – seahorses.


Ia

A taxonomic genus within the family Vespertilionidae – now having only two species of bats.


Draco

A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae – gliding lizards from Southeast Asia.


Homo

Good God. Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself Homo.

2008, Futurama: Bender's Game (in English):

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – various species of man, all but one of which is extinct.


Jarra

A taxonomic genus within the family Braconidae – certain wasps.


Cygnus

From Latin cygnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Anatidae – swans.


Echo

From Ancient Greek Ἠχώ (Ēkhṓ, “a nymph in Greek mythology”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Calopterygidae – certain damselflies.


Laurus

A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – laurels.


Laser

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – horse cumin, gladich.


Lacerta

A taxonomic genus within the family Lacertidae – some lizards, including the rock lizards.

Lacerta aurata

(genus): Lacerta agilis - type species; Lacerta anatolica, Lacerta bedriagae, Lacerta bilineata, Lacerta brandtii, Lacerta cappadocica, Lacerta chlorogaster, Lacerta cyanisparsa, Lacerta danfordi, Lacerta defilippii, Lacerta dryada, Lacerta dugesii, Lacerta graeca, Lacerta kulzeri, Lacerta laevis, Lacerta media, Lacerta mosorensis, Lacerta mostoufii, Lacerta oertzeni, Lacerta oxycephala, Lacerta pamphylica, Lacerta parva, Lacerta schreiberi, Lacerta steineri, Lacerta strigata, Lacerta trilineata, Lacerta viridis, Lacerta vivipara, Lacerta yassujica, Lacerta zagrosica - other species

Lacerta principalis

species, placement uncertain or disputed


L.

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).


Lobelia

Lobel + -ia, coined around 1750 to honor Belgian botanist Matthias de Lobel (1538–1616).

A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – the lobelias.


Lemur

From Latin lemurēs (“spirits of the dead”). The name was originally given to the slender loris (then Lemur tardigradus) in 1754 by Carl Linnaeus. According to Linnaeus, the name was selected because of the nocturnal activity and slow movements of the slender loris. In 1758, Linnaeus added—among others—the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) to the genus Lemur. All other species, including the slender loris, were eventually moved to other genera. In time, the word became the colloquial name for all primates endemic to Madagascar.

A taxonomic genus within the family Lemuridae – ring-tailed lemur.


Lepus

A taxonomic genus within the family Leporidae – hares and jackrabbits.

Lepus timidus

(genus): Lepus (Eulagos), Lepus (Indolagus), Lepus (Lepus), Lepus (Macrotolagus), Lepus (Poecilolagus), Lepus (Proeulagus), Lepus (Sabanalagus), Lepus (Sinolagus), Lepus (Tarimolagus) - subgenera


Lynx

From Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “probably the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), and also the caracal (Caracal caracal)”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – lynxes.


Lama

New Latin, from Spanish llama (“domesticated llama”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Camelidae – llama and guanaco.


Monachus

A taxonomic genus within the family Phocidae – the monk seal.


La

From Spanish la (“the”); the species of this genus mostly have Spanish puns for names, such as La cucaracha.

A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.


Murex

A taxonomic genus within the family Muricidae – murex gastropods, some once used to produce Tyrian purple.


Lupus

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – now called Canis, the genus that includes wolves and dogs, which have no essential characters that taxonomically distinguish them as genera.


Martes

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – martens.

Martes caurina

or Martes americana caurina, Pacific marten


Octopus

From Latin octōpūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous, “eight-footed, octopus”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Octopodidae – typical octopuses.


Kali

A taxonomic genus within the family Chiasmodontidae – certain snaketooth fishes, deep sea fish of fearsome appearance.


Kali

Originally a specific epithet, from Arabic قِلْي (qily). See alkali.

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – certain prickly tumbleweeds; previously and again now usually included in genus Salsola.

Kali paulsenii

barb-wire Russian thistle, now Salsola paulsenii

Kali tragus

prickly Russian thistle, Russian thistle, tumbleweed, now Salsola tragus


Nama

New Latin, from Ancient Greek νᾶμα (nâma, “fountain or stream”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – fiddleleaf plants, sandbells, etc.


Narcissus

From Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos, “Narcissus”), a character in Greek mythology, renowned for his beauty and pride.

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – daffodils.

Narcissus poeticus

(genus): Narcissus subg. Hermione, Narcissus subg. Narcissus - subgenera

for the numerous other species see Narcissus


Mastodon

Coined by French naturalist Georges Cuvier, from masto- (“breast”) + -odon, due to the mammilloid (nipple-like) projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's molars.

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Mammutidae – mastodon, a type of mammoth; replaced by Mammut.


Mus

A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – typical mice.

Mus musculus

(genus): Mus (Coelomys), Mus (Mus), Mus (Nannomys), Mus (Pyromys) – subgenera


Mona

A taxonomic genus within the family Montiaceae – synonym of Montia.


Pelargonium

From Ancient Greek πελαργός (pelargós, “stork”), named by botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746-1800).

A taxonomic genus within the family Geraniaceae – the geraniums.


Phlox

From Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Polemoniaceae.


Petunia

From New Latin Petunia, from French pétun (“(obsolete) the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – petunias, native to South America.


Pica

A taxonomic genus within the family Corvidae – certain magpies.


Phallus

From Latin phallus, from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós).

A taxonomic genus within the family Phallaceae – certain stinkhorn mushrooms.


Iris

Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “the messenger of the gods; a rainbow; the iris (of the eye); the flower”)

Iris germanica

(genus of flowers): Iris subg. Hermodactyloides, Iris subg. Iris, Iris subg. Limniris, Iris subg. Nepalensis, Iris subg. Scorpiris, Iris subg. Xiphium - subgenera

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – irises.

A taxonomic genus within the family Tarachodidae – certain of the mantises.


Hydra

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydridae – predatory freshwater cnidarians, thought not to age, the hydras.


Io

A taxonomic genus within the family Pleuroceridae – only one species Io fluvialis (spiny river snail).

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – now genus Adetomeris, of moths.


Io

Shortening of Senecio, from basionym of species name Senecio ambondrombeensis (See Io (Asteraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies)

specieslite

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – only one species Io ambondrombeensis, native to Madagascar.


Pongo

From New Latin, from Kongo mpongi, mpungu.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – the orangutans.


Peg

(astronomy) Abbreviation of Pegasus or its genitive form Pegasi.


Polygonum

From Ancient Greek πολύγονον (polúgonon, “knotweed”) from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) (though γόνος (gónos, “offspring”) has been suggested- the "knots" in "knotweed" are enlarged joints like knees, and it's certainly a prolific weed, so either derivation is plausible).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – including the various knotweeds, smartweeds, and bistort.

for other species see Polygonum on Wikipedia and Polygonum


Piper

Borrowed from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “Piper longum”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Piperaceae – pepper plants some of which yield fruit from which spice is made.

for others of the numerous species see Piper


Melissa

Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “honey bee”) (compare Melissa), which in turn comes from μέλι (méli, “honey”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – lemon balm.


Primula

Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778) after Latin primus "first" because it flowers early.

A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – primroses.


Psittacus

From Latin psittacus (“parrot”), from Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós).

A taxonomic genus within the family Psittacidae – the grey parrot.


Prunus

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds.

Prunus domestica

(genus): Prunus subg. Amygdalus, Prunus subg. Cerasus, Prunus subg. Emplectocladus, Prunus subg. Prunus - subgenera

Prunus virginiana

selected other species. For more of the numerous species see Prunus


Pyrophorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Elateridae – fire beetles, bioluminescent click beetles.


Primates

From Latin plural of prīmās (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”).

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – primates: apes, monkeys, lemurs, lorisids, galagos, and tarsiers.

Primaten

taxonomic order, within superorder Euarchontoglires - the primates

Aotidae

(order): Strepsirrhini (with wet nose), Haplorrhini (with dry noses) – suborders


Praxis

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Protozoa

From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + ζῷα (zôia, “animals”).

or

(kingdom): Adictyozoa, Dictyozoa – subkingdoms

or

(kingdom): Archezoa, Neozoa – subkingdoms

Protozoans; eukaryotes that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, and usually nonphotosynthetic, placed either as:

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Protista. or

A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Eukaryota.


Cancer

From Latin cancer (“crab”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cancridae – true crabs, distinguished by the presence of a single posterolateral spine (on the edge of the carapace, towards the rear), anterolateral spines with deep fissures (on the carapace edge, towards the front), and a short extension of the carapace forward between the eyes.


Rata

A taxonomic genus within the family Xanthidae – certain crabs.


Rana

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranidae – a genus of frogs.


Puma

A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the mountain lion and the jaguarundi.


Sabella

A taxonomic genus within the family Sabellidae – various seaworms.


Sequoia

New Latin, from Sequoyah (1760–1843), Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people's language, from Cherokee sikwayi, of unknown meaning and origin. An etymological study published in 2012, however, concluded that the name was more likely to have originated from the Latin sequi (meaning to follow) since the number of seeds per cone in the newly classified genus fell in mathematical sequence with the other four genera in the suborder.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – redwoods.


Panna

A taxonomic genus within the family Sciaenidae – certain perciform fish, called croakers.


Salvia

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – sage plants.

Salvia officinalis

(genus): Salvia subg. Allagospadonopsis, Salvia subg. Calosphace, Salvia subg. Dorystaechas, Salvia subg. Macrosphace, Salvia subg. Perovskia, Salvia subg. Rosmarinus, Salvia subg. Salvia, Salvia subg. Sanglakia, Salvia subg. Schraderia, Salvia subg. Sclarea, Salvia subg. Zhumeria – subgenera


Pastor

From Latin pāstor (“herdsman, shepherd”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Sturnidae – rosy starling.


Sorghum

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – sorghums, including important food crop species.

Sorghum x almum

(genus): Sorghum bicolor – type species; Sorghum amplum, Sorghum angustum, Sorghum arunidinaceum, Sorghum brachypodum, Sorghum bulbosum, Sorghum burmahicum, Sorghum controversum, Sorghum ecarinatum, Sorghum exstans, Sorghum grande, Sorghum halepense (Johnson grass), Sorghum interjectum, Sorghum intrans, Sorghum laxiflorum, Sorghum leiocladum, Sorghum macrospermum, Sorghum matarankense, Sorghum miliaceum, Sorghum nitidum, Sorghum plumosum, Sorghum propinquum, Sorghum purpureosericeum, Sorghum stipoideum, Sorghum timorense, Sorghum trichocladum, Sorghum versicolor, Sorghum virgatum – other species


Staphylococcus

English: staph

English: staphylococcal

English: staphylococcin

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”) + English coccus (“spherical bacterium”).

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylococcaceae – staphylococcus bacteria.


Symphonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Clusiaceae – several trees from Madagascar.


Phoebe

Phoebe lanceolata

type species. For some of the more than 100 species see Phoebe

A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – tropical and subtropical evergreen trees, native to Asia and the Americas.

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


Regulus

A taxonomic genus within the family Regulidae – goldcrests and kinglets.


Psyche

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “spirit”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Psychidae – bagworm moths.


Phoenix

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix, “the date (fruit and tree)", "mythical bird”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – date palms.


Regina

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – crayfish snakes, of the southern United States.


Sagitta

From Latin sagitta (“arrow, arrowshaft, arrowhead (plant)”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Sagittidae – typical marine arrow worms.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Alismataceae – arrowheads or duck potatoes, now Sagittaria.


Rhea

From Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa), the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rheidae – rheas.


Thymus

Thymus praecox

selected species. For other species see Thymus

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – thyme.

A taxonomic genus within the family Eulophidae.


Trema

A taxonomic genus within the family Cannabaceae – nettle trees.

for accepted and other species see Trema at The Plant List


Siren

A taxonomic genus within the family Sirenidae – sirens, species of salamander.


Saga

Borrowed from Latin sāga f (“soothsayer”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Tettigoniidae – certain bush crickets.


Tunga

A taxonomic genus within the family Tungidae – certain fleas, including the chigoe flea.


Troglodytes

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “one who dwells in holes”), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “I get into”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Troglodytidae – a number of songbirds, including the Eurasian wren.

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – a former genus, now synonymized with Pan.


Vanilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – the vanilla orchid.


Torpedo

A taxonomic genus within the family Torpedinidae – certain electric rays.


Vinca

Latin vinca pervinca (“the periwinkle (plant)”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – the periwinkles.


Vulpes

A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – foxes.


Vagina

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Solenidae – a species of clams, now Solen marginatus, formerly Solen vagina.


Xiphias

From Latin xiphiās (“swordfish”), from Ancient Greek ξιφίας (xiphías), from ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”). Doublet of Ziphius.

A taxonomic genus within the family Xiphiidae – the swordfish.


Zelkova

From Russian дзе́льква (dzélʹkva), from Georgian ძელქვა (ʒelkva).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ulmaceae – certain Old World trees and shrubs.


Virus

Latin virus (“venom or poison”).
Wikispecies

The taxonomic kingdom made up of the viruses, submicroscopic non-cellular structures consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that require a living host cell to replicate, and often cause disease in the host.


Sphinx

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – many species of moths.


Yucca

Variant of English yuca, from Kari'na yuca (“cassava (Manihot esculenta)”), because Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and others confused it with that plant.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the yuccas.


Zebra

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Equidae – now treated as a synonym of Equus.


Ursus

A taxonomic genus within the family Ursidae – bears.


Rosa

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – roses.

Rosa majalis

(genus): Rosa subg. Hulthemia, Rosa subg. Hesperhodos, Rosa subg. Platyrhodon, Rosa subg. Rosa – subgenera


Vespa

A taxonomic genus within the family Vespidae – hornets.


Yi

A taxonomic genus within the family †Scansoriopterygidae – a gliding, possibly arboreal dinosaur from the Jurassic of China.


Viola

A taxonomic genus within the family Violaceae – violets.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain of the butterflies called skippers.


Bison

From Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – bisons.


Pan

1816, in Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte, by Lorenz Oken. From Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – chimpanzees and bonobos, native to central Africa.


Sagittarius

A taxonomic genus within the family Sagittariidae – secretary bird, native to sub-Saharan Africa.


Coffea

From New Latin, from European vernacular words for coffee (cognate in various vernaculars), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa); Carl Linnaeus coined the genus name in 1737.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – the coffee plants.