scaphitids
plural of scaphitid

scarabaeidology
The study of scarabs of the family Scarabaeidae

scarid
Any of the family Scaridae; parrotfishes.

scarids
plural of scarid

schizomid
Any of many tropical arachnids, of the order Schizomida.

schizophyte
Any of a class of primitive organisms that reproduce solely by fission.

schizophytes
plural of schizophyte

schizozoite
merozoite; especially before schizogony.

schizozoites
plural of schizozoite

scincosaurid
Any tetrapod in the family Scincosauridae.

scincosaurids
plural of scincosaurid

scissurellid
Any in the family Scissurellidae of gastropods.

scissurellids
plural of scissurellid

sclerobiont
Any organism that lives on a hard surface, or bores into one

sclerobionts
plural of sclerobiont

sclerobunine
Any harvestman of the genus Sclerobunus

sclerobunines
plural of sclerobunine

sclerosomatid
Any harvestman of the family Sclerosomatidae.

sclerosomatids
plural of sclerosomatid

scolecomorphid
Any in the family Scolecomorphidae of caecilians.

scolecomorphids
plural of scolecomorphid

scolecospore
A slender, threadlike fungal spore

scolecospores
plural of scolecospore

scolopendrellid
Any in the family Scolopendrellidae of pseudocentipedes.

scolopendrid
Any of the family Scolopendridae of centipedes.

scolopendrids
plural of scolopendrid

scotochromogen
A microorganism whose pigmentation develops in the dark as well as in the light.

scotochromogens
plural of scotochromogen

screenhouse
A building, protected from natural species, in which plants and fruits can be grown for study.

screenhouses
plural of screenhouse

scrubwren
Any of various small, mainly insectivorous passerine birds of genus Sericornis in family Acanthizidae.

scrubwrens
plural of scrubwren

scurrid
Any limpet of the genus Scurria

scurrids
plural of scurrid

scutellarin
A flavone found in Scutellaria species.

scuticociliate
Any protozoan of the subclass Scuticociliatia.

scuticociliates
plural of scuticociliate

scutigerellid
Any pseudocentipede in the family Scutigerellidae.

scyllarian
Any of the family Scyllaridae of crustaceans with depressed body and broad, flat antennae; a slipper lobster

scyllarians
plural of scyllarian

sebecid
Any crocodylomorph in the family Sebecidae.

sebecids
plural of sebecid

seedeater
An individual or species which eats seeds.
A bird species which feeds mainly on seeds.
Any bird in the genus Sporophila of the tanager family, Thraupidae
Any bird in the genus Amaurospiza, now classified in the family Cardinalidae

selenomonad
Any bacterium of the order Selenomonadales.

selenomonads
plural of selenomonad

selenosteid
Any placoderm in the family Selenosteidae.

selenosteids
plural of selenosteid

semiflint
Maize or corn that is a hybrid where one parent species is flint and the other has a soft outer hull.
Clay that is hard rather than plastic but that lacks the conchoidal fracture pattern of flint.

semiflints
plural of semiflint

semispecies
One of the species in a superspecies.

sepiadariid
Any cuttlefish in the family Sepiadariidae.

sepiadariids
plural of sepiadariid

sericostomatid
Any caddisfly of the family Sericostomatidae.

sericostomatids
plural of sericostomatid

seroactivity
The activity of a bacterium or virus in the blood

seroagglutination
The agglutination of blood serum as a test for some bacteria

seroprevalance
Misspelling of seroprevalence.

seroprevalence
The rate of seropositivity in a population; the proportion of a population whose blood serum tests positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV.

seroprevalences
plural of seroprevalence

seroprevelance
Misspelling of seroprevalence.

serranochromine
Any cichlid of the genus Serranochromis

serranochromines
plural of serranochromine

seymouriamorph
Any of the order †Seymouriamorpha of extinct limbed vertebrates.

seymouriamorphs
plural of seymouriamorph

seymouriid
Any tetrapod in the family Seymouriidae.

seymouriids
plural of seymouriid

sfermions
plural of sfermion

shadowdragon
Any of genus Neurocordulia (family Corduliidae) of dragonflies.

shamosaurine
Any ankylosaur of the genus Shamosaurus.

shamosaurines
plural of shamosaurine

sharkminnow
Any of multiple species of cyprinid.

sharkminnows
plural of sharkminnow

shartegosuchid
Any crocodylomorph in the family Shartegosuchidae.

shartegosuchids
plural of shartegosuchid

sheepgrass
Any ryegrass of the genus Leymus.

shellbark
A hickory of species (Carya laciniosa), wihh outer bark loose and peeling.
The nut of this tree.

shellbarks
plural of shellbark

shigella
A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.

shigellae
plural of shigella

shigellas
plural of shigella

shriketit
Any of various subspecies of passerine birds in the genus Falcunculus.

shuvosaurid
Any archosaur in the family Shuvosauridae.

shuvosaurids
plural of shuvosaurid

siganid
Any of the family Siganidae of rabbitfishes.

siganids
plural of siganid

sigmoidin
Any of a class of flavanones found in Erythrina sigmoidea.

sigmoidins
plural of sigmoidin

silicene
A monolayer of silicon atoms packed together to resemble graphene.

silicenes
plural of silicene

simulid
Misspelling of simuliid.

simulids
plural of simulid

simuliid
Any blackfly in the family Simuliidae.

simuliids
plural of simuliid

sinentomid
Any proturan in the family Sinentomidae.

sinentomids
plural of sinentomid

sinolepid
Any placoderm of the suborder Sinolepidae

sinolepids
plural of sinolepid

sinopathogen
A pathogen that affects the sinuses

sinopathogens
plural of sinopathogen

sinorhizobia
plural of sinorhizobium

sinorhizobium
Any bacterium of the genus Sinorhizobium

siphoninids
plural of siphoninid

sirgang
A green-plumaged corvid species, Cissa chinensis, of the Himalayas and Southeast Asia.

sirgangs
plural of sirgang

siricid
Any of the family Siricidae of horntails, certain woodwasps.

siricids
plural of siricid

sirkeer
Any of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua.

sirkeers
plural of sirkeer

sironid
Any harvestman of the family Sironidae.

sironids
plural of sironid

sisyrid
Any spongillafly in the family Sisyridae.

sisyrids
plural of sisyrid

sivaladapid
Any prosimian in the family Sivaladapidae.

sivaladapids
plural of sivaladapid

sminthurid
Any of the family Sminthuridae of springtails.

sminthurids
plural of sminthurid

snottite
A colony of single-celled extremophilic bacteria that hangs in a sheet (having the consistency of snot or nasal mucus) from the ceilings of some caves like stalactites.

snottites
plural of snottite

solanderiid
Any of the family Solanderiidae of cnidarians within the class Hydrozoa.

solanderiids
plural of solanderiid

soleid
Any species of the family Soleidae.

soleids
plural of soleid

solenocerid
Any marine decapod of the family Solenoceridae

solenocerids
plural of solenocerid

solenodontid
Any solenodon in the family Solenodontidae; a solenodon.

solenodontids
plural of solenodontid

solonamide
Any of a group of cyclodepsipeptides, present in some marine bacteria, that inhibit quorum sensing

solonamides
plural of solonamide

sompoi
Senegalia rugata (syn. Acacia concinna), a species of acacia which holds importance in several Southeast Asian traditional medicines.

sordariomycete
Any fungus belonging to the Sordariomycetes.

soricid
Any shrew in the family Soricidae.

soricidin
A paralytic oligopeptide present in the saliva of some shrews of the family Soricidae

soricids
plural of soricid

sourbush
Any of certain stinkworts of the genus Pluchea.

sourbushes
plural of sourbush

spadellid
Any chaetognath in the family Spadellidae.

specicide
The elimination of an entire species.

speciecide
The systematic extermination of a species.

speciescide
Alternative form of speciecide.

speciocide
The destruction of a species.

speciology
The study of taxonomic species.

speleonectid
Any remipede in the family Speleonectidae.

speleonectids
plural of speleonectid