meinertellid
Any bristletail in the family Meinertellidae.

meinertellids
plural of meinertellid

meiosporangia
plural of meiosporangium

meiosporangium
Any sporangium that is subject to meiosis

meiospore
A haploid spore produced by meiosis

meiospores
plural of meiospore

melannein
A neoflavonoid found in Dalbergia species and others.

melianol
A tetracyclic triterpene found in Melia species.

melianone
A tetracyclic triterpene found in Melia species.

meminna
Any spotted chevrotain of genus Moschiola, especially the Indian spotted chevrotain (Moschiola indica)

meminnas
plural of meminna

menthid
Any pseudoscorpion in the family Menthidae.

menthids
plural of menthid

merogamete
The gamete of a protist produced by schizogony

merogametes
plural of merogamete

meropeid
Any scorpionfly in the family Meropeidae.

meropeids
plural of meropeid

meroplankton
Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton

meroplanktons
plural of meroplankton

merozygote
Any organism that is merodiploid

merozygotes
plural of merozygote

merycoidodontid
Any in the family †Merycoidodontidae extinct mammals.

merycoidodontids
plural of merycoidodontid

mesodesmatid
Any in the family Mesodesmatidae of clams.

mesodesmatids
plural of mesodesmatid

mesoeucrocodyliform
Any crocodyliform of the clade Mesoeucrocodylia

mesoeucrocodyliforms
plural of mesoeucrocodyliform

mesomycetozoan
Any protist of the class Mesomycetozoea.

mesomycetozoans
plural of mesomycetozoan

mesopsammon
Community of small species that live in mesopsammic spaces where water is filtered between grains of sand and fine gravel.

mesorhizobia
plural of mesorhizobium

mesorhizobium
Any Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Mesorhizobium

mesospore
A medium-sized spore such as the single-celled teleutospore

mesospores
plural of mesospore

mesosynteny
The sharing of large chromosomal regions with the same genes without preservation of order across species

mesothermophile
Any organism that prefers to live in the moderate temperatures of temperate zones

mesothermophiles
plural of mesothermophile

metabacteria
plural of metabacterium

metabacterium
Any bacterium of the genus Metabacterium

metapopulation
A group of interacting populations of the same species.

metapopulations
plural of metapopulation

metastrongyloid
Any nematode of the superfamily Metastrongyloidea

metastrongyloids
plural of metastrongyloid

metatranscriptome
The transcriptome of a group of interacting organisms or species

metatranscriptomes
plural of metatranscriptome

metatranscriptomics
A branch of transcriptomics that studies, and correlates, the transcriptomes of a group of interacting organisms or species

metavirulome
A virulome of metaviruses

metavirulomes
plural of metavirulome

methanoarchaeon
Any methanogenic archaeon

methanoarchaeons
plural of methanoarchaeon

methanobacteria
plural of methanobacterium

methanobacterium
Any bacterium of the genus Methanobacterium or the class Methanobacteria

methanococci
plural of methanococcus

methanococcus
Any methanogen of the genus Methanococcus

methanogenesis
The generation of methane by anaerobic bacteria.

methanotroph
Any bacterium or archaeon that consumes methane as a source of carbon and of energy.

methanotrophs
plural of methanotroph

metoposaurid
Any temnospondyl of the family Metoposauridae.

metoposaurids
plural of metoposaurid

metriorhynchid
Any crocodylomorph in the family Metriorhynchidae.

metriorhynchids
plural of metriorhynchid

micramock
A cowrie (genus Cypraea).

micramocks
plural of micramock

microbacteria
plural of microbacterium

microbacterium
Any bacterium of the Microbacterium genus.

microbe
Any microorganism; (loosely, nonscientifically) especially, a harmful bacterium.

microbes
plural of microbe

microbia
plural of microbium.

microbion
A microbe.

microbions
plural of microbion

microbium
Obsolete form of microbe.

microbrachid
Any tetrapod in the family Microbrachidae.

microbrachids
plural of microbrachid

microbrachomorph
Any microsaur of the suborder Microbrachomorpha

microbrachomorphs
plural of microbrachomorph

microchiropteran
Any microbat of the suborder Microchiroptera

microchiropterans
plural of microchiropteran

microcolonies
plural of microcolony

microcolony
A microscopic colony of cells (especially of bacteria)

microcosmodont
Synonym of microcosmodontid.

microcosmodontid
Any multituberculate in the family Microcosmodontidae.

microcosmodontids
plural of microcosmodontid

microcosmodonts
plural of microcosmodont

microdiversities
plural of microdiversity

microdiversity
The diversity of phylogenetically closely related but physiologically distinct populations of bacteria

microepibiont
Any microscopic epibiont

microepibionts
plural of microepibiont

microgametophyte
Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
A male gametophyte.

microgametophytes
plural of microgametophyte

microgerm
A microbe.

microgerms
plural of microgerm

microheterotroph
A very small heterotroph

microheterotrophs
plural of microheterotroph

microinvertivore
Any organism that feeds on microinvertebrates

microinvertivores
plural of microinvertivore

microlichen
Any lichen with a very small thallus, resulting in a two-dimensional appearance.

microlichens
plural of microlichen

micromelerpetid
Any temnospondyl of the genus Micromelerpeton

micromelerpetids
plural of micromelerpetid

micromelerpetontid
Any temnospondyl in the family Micromelerpetontidae.

micromelerpetontids
plural of micromelerpetontid

micronism
A theoretical microorganism living in the ice or under the surface of Jupiter's ice moon Europa.
An organism that is too small for the unaided eye to see, such as a bacterium, protist, or fungus.

micronisms
plural of micronism

micropathogen
Any microscopic pathogen (such as viruses, bacteria &c)

micropathogens
plural of micropathogen

micropygmies
plural of micropygmy

micropygmy
An individual of the species Homo floresiensis.

microraptorian
Any raptor of the clade Microraptoria

microraptorians
plural of microraptorian

microraptorine
Synonym of microraptorian.

microraptorines
plural of microraptorine

microsporidia
plural of microsporidium

microsporidian
Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, considered to be fungi or close relatives of fungi.

microsporidians
plural of microsporidian

microsporidium
Synonym of microsporidian.

microsymbiont
A microscopic symbiont

microsymbionts
plural of microsymbiont

miliolid
Any foraminifer in the order Miliolida.

miliolids
plural of miliolid

milleporid
Any hydrozoan in the family Milleporidae.

milleporids
plural of milleporid

millerettid
Any parareptile in the family Millerettidae.

millerettids
plural of millerettid

miniculture
Small-scale culture (of bacteria, or figuratively).

minicultures
plural of miniculture

moccasinshell
Any of the freshwater molluscs of the genus Medionidus.

modiolid
Any in the genus Modiolus of mussels.

modiolids
plural of modiolid

monacanthid
Any in the family Monacanthidae of filefishes.

monacanthids
plural of monacanthid

monacanthine
Synonym of monacanthid.

monerula
A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm.

monobaramin
Part or all of a holobaramin; a group of organisms believed to be related to by common descent in baraminology.

monobaramins
plural of monobaramin

monocanthid
Misspelling of monacanthid.

monocation
A cation formed by removal of a single electron from a neutral species

monocations
plural of monocation

monocercomonad
Any flagellate of the genus Monocercomonoides

monocercomonads
plural of monocercomonad

monocolonisation
Alternative form of monocolonization.

monocolonization
colonization with organisms of a single species or genus

monocolonizations
plural of monocolonization

monocystid
Any gregarine of the family Monocystidae.

monocystids
plural of monocystid

monocyttarian
Any radiolarian of the family Monocyttaria