wornils
plural of wornil

woubit
Alternative form of oobit.

woubits
plural of woubit

woundfin
Plagopterus argentissimus, a slender, silvery minnow endemic to the Virgin River of the southwestern United States.

woundfins
plural of woundfin

wrannies
plural of wranny

wrannock
The common wren.

wrannocks
plural of wrannock

wranny
The common wren.

wrasse
Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored.

wrasses
plural of wrasse

wreckfish
Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.

wreckfishes
plural of wreckfish

wreckling
Alternative form of reckling.

wrecklings
plural of wreckling

wrenchman
A mechanic, especially one who uses a wrench for on most jobs.

wrenchmen
plural of wrenchman

wrenning
The old custom of stoning a wren to death on St Stephen's Day.

wretchock
A stunted or abortive cock; the smallest of a brood of domestic birds; any puny or imperfect creature.

wretchocks
plural of wretchock

wrymouth
Cryptacanthodes maculatus, a slim, eel-like fish.

wrymouths
plural of wrymouth

wug
An imaginary creature resembling a bird, used in the Wug Test to investigate the acquisition of the plural form in English-speaking children.

wugim
plural of wug

wugs
plural of wug

wulver
A wolf-like humanoid creature in Shetland folklore.

wulvers
plural of wulver

wunkus
A silly or goofy animal, generally meant in an endearing way
A meme format which focuses on a goofy or silly animal in a lighthearted manner

wurbagool
An Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius, syn. Pteropus giganteus), found throughout south Asia.

wurbagools
plural of wurbagool

wurmal
Alternative form of wormil.

wurmals
plural of wurmal

wyakin
In Native American folklore, a personal guardian spirit in the form of an animal or bird.

wyakins
plural of wyakin

wyandotte
Alternative letter-case form of Wyandotte (breed of poultry).

wyandottes
plural of wyandotte

wyartite
A uranium-bearing mineral that is greenish-black, black, or black-violet in color and is a member of the uranium carbonate group of minerals.

wyartites
plural of wyartite

wyght
An archaic, or pseudo-archaic, spelling of wight, in the sense of a creature or living being. In popular culture, the word has pagan or occult connotations.

wyla
The yellow-tailed black cockatoo or funereal cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus funereus, a bird native to Australia.

wyvern
A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.

wyverns
plural of wyvern

xanthid
Any crab in the Xanthidae.
A compound of xanthogen.

xanthids
plural of xanthid

xanthochroids
plural of xanthochroid

xanthorism
Abnormal yellow pigmentation in fish, caused by lack of melanin.

xantusid
Misspelling of xantusiid.

xantusids
plural of xantusid

xantusiid
Any of the family Xantusiidae of night lizards.

xantusiids
plural of xantusiid

xaser
An X-ray laser.

xasers
plural of xaser

xeme
Sabine's gull (Xema sabini).

xemes
plural of xeme

xenacanth
Any member of the clade Xenacanthida of extinct cartilaginous fishes.

xenacanths
plural of xenacanth

xenarthran
Any mammal of the superorder Xenarthra, of the Americas; an anteater, armadillo or sloth.

xenarthrans
plural of xenarthran

xenavidin
An avidin found in frogs of the genus Xenopus

xenicid
Any member of the family Xenicidae, which is currently considered to be a synonym of the Acanthisittidae.

xenicids
plural of xenicid

xenoceltitid
Any ammonite in the family Xenoceltitidae.

xenoceltitids
plural of xenoceltitid

xenocongrid
Any eel from the family Xenocongridae, the false morays (chlopsids).

xenocongrids
plural of xenocongrid

xenodermatid
Any alethinophidian snake of the superfamily Xenodermatidae.

xenodermatids
plural of xenodermatid

xenodermid
Any of the family Xenodermidae of snakes.

xenodermids
plural of xenodermid

xenodiscid
Any ammonite in the family Xenodiscidae.

xenodiscids
plural of xenodiscid

xenogeneses
plural of xenogenesis

xenogenesis
A foreign origin or source.
The production of an offspring that is unlike either of its parents.

xenogeny
Xenogenesis.

xenomorph
A strange form, an alien creature.
An allotriomorph.

xenomorphs
plural of xenomorph

xenophagy
A categorical change in diet, such as a herbivore becoming carnivorous.
The process by which a cell directs autophagy against pathogens.

xenopid
Any of the genus Xenopus of clawed frogs.

xenopids
plural of xenopid

xenopsin
An octapeptide present in the frog Xenopus laevis
A group of opsins, which are confined to molluscs, rotifers, brachiopods, and cnidarians

xenosaurid
Any lizard in the family Xenosauridae.

xenosaurids
plural of xenosaurid

xenosis
Synonym of zoonosis.

xenotransfusion
A form of xenotransplantation in which blood is transfused from an animal to a human, or between animals of different species.

xenotransfusions
plural of xenotransfusion

xenozoology
The branch of xenology dealing with extraterrestrial animals.

xenozoonoses
plural of xenozoonosis

xenozoonosis
An infectious disease transmitted from animal to human by transplantation of an animal tissue or organ into human body.

xenurine
Any armadillo of the former genus Xenurus (now Cabassous).

xenurines
plural of xenurine

xerocole
An animal that is adapted to a very dry ecosystem (typically a desert).

xerocoles
plural of xerocole

xerophil
Dated form of xerophile.

xerophile
Any xerophilic organism.

xerophiles
plural of xerophile

xerophils
plural of xerophil

xerophobe
Any xerophobic organism.

xerophobes
plural of xerophobe

xeroprotectant
A material that protects an organism from damage in very dry conditions.

xeroprotectants
plural of xeroprotectant

xeroprotection
Protection of an organism from damage in very dry conditions.

xerostomias
plural of xerostomia

xerotherm
Any xerothermic organism.

xerotherms
plural of xerotherm

xestospongin
Any of a class of a marine natural products, first isolated from Pacific basin sponges, that have vasodilatory properties.

xestospongine
Alternative form of xestospongin.

xestospongines
plural of xestospongine

xestospongins
plural of xestospongin

xiezhi
A mythical creature resembling an ox or a goat, with thick dark fur covering its body, bright eyes and a single long horn on its forehead.

xiezhis
plural of xiezhi

xinjiangchelyid
Any member of the family †Xinjiangchelyidae of extinct turtles.

xinjiangchelyids
plural of xinjiangchelyid

xiphias
Synonym of swordfish.

xiphioids
plural of xiphioid

xiphosauran
Any of many marine chelicerates of the order Xiphosura, the horseshoe crabs.

xiphosaurans
plural of xiphosauran

xiphosurans
plural of xiphosuran

xiphosure
One of the Xiphosura, such as a horseshoe crab.

xiphosures
plural of xiphosure

xiphosurid
Any member of the order Xiphosura; a horseshoe crab.

xiphosurids
plural of xiphosurid

xrafstar
Any animal considered harmful or repulsive, and not to be sacrificed or eaten.

xrafstars
plural of xrafstar

xyelid
Any in the family Xyelidae of sawflies.

xyelids
plural of xyelid

xylarium
A herbarium specialising in specimens of wood.

xylariums
plural of xylarium

xylocopid
Any in the family Xylocopidae of carpenter bees, now considered the apid subfamily Xylocopinae.

xylocopids
plural of xylocopid

xylophage
Any living organism that feeds on wood.

xylophages
plural of xylophage

xylostein
A bitter principle obtained from the berries of the fly honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum) and formerly used in medicine.

xylotroph
Any xylotrophic organism.

xylotrophs
plural of xylotroph

xylovore
Synonym of xylophage.

xylovores
plural of xylovore

xystodesmid
Any millipede in the family Xystodesmidae.

xystodesmids
plural of xystodesmid

yacare
A caiman; a kind of alligator.

yacare caiman
Synonym of yacare.

yacares
plural of yacare

yade
Alternative form of yaud.

yades
plural of yade