bioturbators
plural of bioturbator

blaberid
Any of the family Blaberidae of cockroaches.

blaberids
plural of blaberid

blackfoot
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium.

blastoconidium
A holoblastic conidium that is produced singly or in chains, and detached at maturity leaving a bud scar

blattellid
Any of the Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae), a family of cockroaches.

blattellids
plural of blattellid

blepharocorythid
Any protozoan of the family Blepharocorythidae

blepharocorythids
plural of blepharocorythid

blies
plural of bly

blindcat
Any of various North American freshwater catfishes (Ictaluridae spp.), living in underground waters in Texas and Mexico, lacking externally visible eyes.

blindcats
plural of blindcat

blueblossom
Any of species Ceanothus thyrsiflorus of evergreen shrubs, endemic to Oregon and California.

blueblossoms
plural of blueblossom

bluebunch
A bunchgrass of the species Pseudoroegneria spicata

bluebunches
plural of bluebunch

bly
Likeness; resemblance; look aspect; species; character.

bodonid
Any flagellate of the order Bodonida

bodonids
plural of bodonid

boerhavinone
Any of a group of rotenoids present in spiderlings of the genus Boerhavia.

boerhavinones
plural of boerhavinone

bogrush
Any of several sedges of the genus Schoenus.

bogrushes
plural of bogrush

bokbook
Alternative form of boobook.

bokbooks
plural of bokbook

bolboceratid
Any dorbeetle of the family Bolboceratidae

bolboceratids
plural of bolboceratid

bolidophyte
Any picophytoplankton of the class Bolidophyceae

bolidophytes
plural of bolidophyte

bolivinid
Any foram in the family Bolivinidae.

bolivinids
plural of bolivinid

boobok
Alternative form of boobook.

booboks
plural of boobok

boobook
Any of various owls of Asia and Australasia of the genus Ninox.

boobooks
plural of boobook

bookbook
Alternative form of boobook.

bookbooks
plural of bookbook

boopie
Any of various grasshoppers of the genus Boopedon.

boopies
plural of boopie

bopyrid
Any of the family Bopyridae of isopods.

bopyrids
plural of bopyrid

bopyroid
Any isopod of the superfamily Bopyroidea

bopyroids
plural of bopyroid

bordetella
Any of several gram-negative coccobacilli, of the genus Bordetella, many of which are pathogenic; especially Bordatella pertussis which causes whooping cough and kennel cough.

bordetellae
plural of bordetella

bordetellas
plural of bordetella

bosminid
Any anomopod of the family Bosminidae

bosminids
plural of bosminid

botete
A pufferfish of the genus Sphoeroides.

botetes
plural of botete

bothid
Any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.

bothids
plural of bothid

bothriocephalidean
Any tapeworm of the order Bothriocephalidea

bothriocephalideans
plural of bothriocephalidean

bothriolepid
Any placoderm of the genus Bothriolepis

bothriolepids
plural of bothriolepid

botryllid
Any of the genus Botryllus of tunicates.

botryllids
plural of botryllid

brachionichthyid
Any anglerfish of the family Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes.

brachionichthyids
plural of brachionichthyid

brachycentrid
Any caddisfly of the family Brachycentridae.

brachypter
Any taeniopterygid stonefly of the genus Brachyptera

brachypters
plural of brachypter

bradyrhizobia
plural of bradyrhizobium

bradyrhizobium
Any bacterium of the genus Bradyrhizobium

bradyzoite
A sessile, slow-growing form of many zoonotic microorganisms that can cause toxoplasmosis.

bradyzoites
plural of bradyzoite

branchiobdellid
Any clitellates of the order Branchiobdellida

branchiobdellids
plural of branchiobdellid

branchiostomid
Any lancelet of the family Branchiostomidae.

branchiostomids
plural of branchiostomid

brasilodontid
Any cynodont of the family Brasilodontidae, relatives of the early mammals.

brasilodontids
plural of brasilodontid

brevibacteria
plural of brevibacterium

brevibacterium
Any bacterium of the genus Brevibacterium

brithopodid
Any of the extinct carnivorous therapsids in the family Brithopodidae.

brithopodids
plural of brithopodid

broadmouth
broadbill (one of the Eurylaimidae family of Asian passerine birds).

broadmouths
plural of broadmouth

broodfish
broodstock

broodstock
A group of sexually mature individuals of a cultured species that is kept separate for breeding purposes.

broodstocks
plural of broodstock

brownbul
Either of two species of birds in the greenbul genus Phyllastrephus.

brownbuls
plural of brownbul

brucella
Any of a group of pathogenic bacteria of the genus Brucella.

brucellae
plural of brucella

brucellas
plural of brucella

bryobiont
Any organism that lives in moss.

bryobionts
plural of bryobiont

bubale
Any of several North African antelopes of the genus Alcelaphus.
Any of several African buffalos of the genus Bubalus.

bubales
plural of bubale

bucephalid
Any of the parasitic flatworms in the family Bucephalidae.

bucephalids
plural of bucephalid

buchanosteid
Any placoderm of the family Buchanosteidae

buchanosteids
plural of buchanosteid

bulimulid
Any in the family Bulimulidae of snails.

bulimulids
plural of bulimulid

bullatacin
An acetogenin present in some fruits of the Annonaceae family

buntal
A fibre obtained from palms of the genus Corypha.

buntals
plural of buntal

burnetiamorph
Any therapsid of the clade Burnetiamorpha.

burnetiamorphs
plural of burnetiamorph

burramyid
Any of the pygmy possums in the family Burramyidae.

burramyids
plural of burramyid

cachavirus
Any parvovirus of the genus Cachavirus

cachaviruses
plural of cachavirus

caenogeneses
plural of caenogenesis

caenogenesis
The embryotic development of structures or characteristics not present in the species before.

caigua
Any of species Cyclanthera pedata of South American vines cultivated for its fruit.

caiguas
plural of caigua

cainogeneses
plural of cainogenesis

cainogenesis
Alternative spelling of caenogenesis.

calcimicrobe
A calcareous colonial microfossil from the Neoproterozoic and Cambrian period

calcimicrobes
plural of calcimicrobe

calidrid
Any wader of the genus Calidris

calidrids
plural of calidrid

calmoniid
Any member of family †Calmoniidae of trilobites.

calmoniids
plural of calmoniid

calopterygoid
Any damselfly of the superfamily Calopterygoidea

calopterygoids
plural of calopterygoid

caluromyid
Any opossum of the family Caluromyidae, now considered to be the didelphid subfamily Caluromyinae.

caluromyids
plural of caluromyid

caluromyine
Any woolly opossum of the genus Caluromys

caluromyines
plural of caluromyine

calycophoran
Any siphonophore of the suborder Calycophorae

calycophorans
plural of calycophoran

calycophore
Alternative form of calycophoran.

calycophores
plural of calycophore

cambivore
Any organism that consumes the cambium of plants.

cambivores
plural of cambivore

cambroernid
Any eldoniid of the clade Cambroernida

cambroernids
plural of cambroernid

camuropiscid
Any placoderm in the family Camuropiscidae.

camuropiscids
plural of camuropiscid

capillariid
Any of the family Capillariidae of parasitic nematodes.

capillariids
plural of capillariid

capniid
Any stonefly in the family Capniidae.

capniids
plural of capniid

capnophile
A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.

capnophiles
plural of capnophile

caproid
Any member of family Caproidae of boarfishes.

caproids
plural of caproid

caproiform
Any boarfish of the order Caproiformes

caproiforms
plural of caproiform

carboxydotroph
Any organism that can tolerate a high concentration of carbon monoxide

carboxydotrophs
plural of carboxydotroph

carcinophorid
Any earwig in the family Carcinophoridae.

carcinophorids
plural of carcinophorid

cardiacean
Any cockle of the suborder Cardiacea

cardiaceans
plural of cardiacean

cardiid
Any cockle of the family Cardiidae.

cardiids
plural of cardiid

carnobacteria
plural of carnobacterium

carnobacterium
Any bacterium of the genus Carnobacterium

carpocephala
plural of carpocephalum