macrotermitines
plural of macrotermitine

macrotrichium
An innervated hair on the integument or wing membrane of an insect.

macroturf
A large area of coral that is grazed by fish

macrovertebrate
A relatively large vertebrate: one that is not small.

macrovertebrates
plural of macrovertebrate

macrovibrissa
Relatively large (typically mystacial) vibrissae

macrovibrissae
plural of macrovibrissa

macrozoobenthos
benthic animals that are big enough to be seen with the naked eye

macrozooplankton
Any relatively large plankton, visible to the naked eye; the minimum size is defined in various sources as from 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm.

madeira
Alternative letter-case form of Madeira (“fortified wine”).

madeiras
plural of madeira

mado
Any fish in the genus Atypichthys, in Australia mostly Atypichthys strigatus and in New Zealand Atypichthys latus.

mados
plural of mado

madreporians
plural of madreporian

madreporites
plural of madreporite

madrina
An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.

madrinas
plural of madrina

madstone
A stone believed to have the power to heal the bite of a rabid or venomous animal.

madstones
plural of madstone

madtoms
plural of madtom

maelid
The nymph associated with an apple tree.

maelids
plural of maelid

maenid
Any member of the family Maenidae (now Centracanthidae) of picarel fishes.

maenids
plural of maenid

maffioso
Dated form of mafioso.

mafiosi
plural of mafioso

mafioso
Alternative letter-case form of Mafioso.

mafiosos
plural of mafioso

magar
Alternative form of mugger (“type of crocodile”).

magars
plural of magar

magnesioferrite
A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.

magnesiophile
An organism (plant or bacterium) that thrives in the presence of magnesium.

magnesiophiles
plural of magnesiophile

magnetar
A neutron star or pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field, especially those on which starquakes occur, thought to be the source of some gamma-ray bursts.

magnetars
plural of magnetar

magnetoaerotaxis
movement of an organism along a magnetic and oxygen-concentration gradient

magnetogenesis
The generation of a magnetic field (in the early universe)

magnetoperception
The perception, by an organism, of a magnetic field

magnetoreceptor
The part of an organism responsible for magnetoreception.

magnetoreceptors
plural of magnetoreceptor

magnochromite
magnesiochromite

magnolioid
A member of the botanical family Magnoliaceae for which the genus Magnolia is representative

magnolioids
plural of magnolioid

magnoliopsids
plural of magnoliopsid

magret
The breast meat of the mulard duck, known for its superior quality.

magrets
plural of magret

maguari
A maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)

maguaris
plural of maguari

mahafa
Alternative form of mihaffa.

mahafah
Alternative form of mihaffa.

mahafahs
plural of mahafah

mahafas
plural of mahafa

mahaffa
Alternative form of mihaffa.

mahaffah
Alternative form of mihaffa.

mahaffahs
plural of mahaffah

mahaffas
plural of mahaffa

mahaseer
Alternative form of mahseer.

mahaseers
plural of mahaseer

mahi-mahi
A large food and game fish of the family Coryphaenidae which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.

mahimahi
Alternative spelling of mahi-mahi.

mahimahis
plural of mahimahi

mahoffi
Alternative form of mihaffa.

mahoffis
plural of mahoffi

mahogany snapper
The fish Lutjanus mahogoni.

mahseer
An endangered large-scaled carp of the family Cyprinidae, found in rivers and lakes of India, Malaysia, and Southern Asia generally, valued as a game fish.

mahseers
plural of mahseer

mahsir
Alternative form of mahseer (“type of fish”).

mailed catfish
A subtropical freshwater catfish of species Callichthys callichthys.

mainliner
A member of the mainstream.
Someone who mainlines (injects drugs directly into their veins).
A prisoner held within the general population of a prison.

mainliners
plural of mainliner

majorities
plural of majority

majority
More than half (50%) of some group.
In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.
Legal adulthood, age of majority.
The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
Ancestors; ancestry.

makar
A poet writing in Scots.
The national poet laureate of Scotland.

makars
plural of makar

makatea
A raised terrace of coral limestone surrounding a South Pacific atoll.
The limestone of which it is constructed.

makateas
plural of makatea

makhaira
A type of sword with a backwards curve, originating in Ancient Greece

makhairas
plural of makhaira

makisterone
Any of a small group of ecdysteroids present in the pupa of the honey bee

makisterones
plural of makisterone

malacoderm
One of a former tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body.

malacoderms
plural of malacoderm

malacopterygian
(zoology) Any of the obsolete order of fish Malacopterygii.

malacopterygians
plural of malacopterygian

malanders
A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the foreleg of a horse or similar animal.

malcondition
poor condition (used especially of animals)

malconditions
plural of malcondition

malenders
Alternative form of malanders.

maligator
a Belgian Malinois dog.

malimbe
Any of the birds in the Malimbus genus, found across Africa.

malimbes
plural of malimbe

malkoha
Any of the cuculine birds in the Phaenicophaeus genus, found across southern and south-east Asia.

malkohas
plural of malkoha

mallanders
Alternative form of malanders.

malleid
Any clam in the family Malleidae.

malleids
plural of malleid

mallenders
Alternative form of malanders.

mallishag
A caterpillar.

mallishags
plural of mallishag

mallophagan
A chewing louse, any louse of the now obsolete suborder Mallophaga, any true louse that is not a sucking louse.

mallophagans
plural of mallophagan

maltipoo
A dog that is a cross between a Maltese and a miniature poodle.

maltipoos
plural of maltipoo

mammaliamorph
Any of the animal of the extinct clade †Mammaliamorpha.

mammaliamorphs
plural of mammaliamorph

mammaloid
A mammalian humanoid creature.

mammaloids
plural of mammaloid

mammifer
mammal.

mammifera
Mammiferous animals; mammalians; mammals.

mammifers
plural of mammifer

mammoni
The crop of caprifig collected in the summer.

mammophant
A (hypothetical) cross between a woolly mammoth and an elephant.

mammophants
plural of mammophant

mammutid
Any member of the family Mammutidae; a mammoth.

mammutids
plural of mammutid

mampalon
otter civet

mampalons
plural of mampalon

mamuque
bird of paradise

mamuques
plural of mamuque

mamushi
A species of pit viper, Gloydius blomhoffii

mamushis
plural of mamushi

manaia
A bird-headed mythological creature and symbol of protection in Māori mythology.

manaias
plural of manaia

mananosay
Alternative form of maninose.

mananosays
plural of mananosay

mancosi
plural of mancosus

mancosus
mancus

mancus
A gold coin used in medieval Europe.
An equivalent unit of monetary account.

mancuses
plural of mancus

mandi
A traditional style of washing oneself in Indonesia and Malaysia, using a small container to scoop water out of a larger container and pour it over the body.

manefish
A perciform fish of the family Caristiidae

manefishes
plural of manefish

mangar
Luciobarbus esocinus, a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Luciobarbus.

mangars
plural of mangar

mango fish
Synonym of Nile tilapia.

mango tilapia
Sarotherodon galilaeus, a cichlid fish.

mangouste
A mongoose.

mangoustes
plural of mangouste