poutassou
Synonym of blue whiting.

poutings
plural of pouting

powan
Coregonus clupeoides, a species of freshwater whitefish endemic to Loch Lomond in Scotland.

powans
plural of powan

powen
Alternative form of powan

powens
plural of powen

poyou
The six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus.

prad
A horse.

prads
plural of prad

praecavae
plural of praecava

praescuta
plural of praescutum

praescutum
Archaic form of prescutum.

prahu
Alternative form of proa.

prahus
plural of prahu

prao
Alternative form of proa.

praobdellid
Any leech of the subfamily Praobdellinae.

praobdellids
plural of praobdellid

pratylenchid
Any member of the Pratylenchidae.

pratylenchids
plural of pratylenchid

prau
Alternative form of proa.

praus
plural of prau

praxists
plural of praxist

prebreeder
An immature animal (that has not yet produced offspring)

prebreeders
plural of prebreeder

precavae
plural of precava

prechondrocyte
A partially differentiated animal cell that will become a chondrocyte, part of cartilage.

prechondrocytes
plural of prechondrocyte

precopula
precopulatory behaviour (in male fish)

precopulas
plural of precopula

predacean
Any carnivorous animal.

predaceans
plural of predacean

predation
The preying of one animal on others.
The action of attacking or plundering.

predations
plural of predation

predauer
An early stage in the development of nematode larvae.

predauers
plural of predauer

predo
A pedophile who is predatory; a predator who is pedophilic.

predophile
A pedophile who is predatory; a predator who is pedophilic.

predophiles
plural of predophile

predos
plural of predo

prefemur
Synonym of ischiopodite.

prefemurs
plural of prefemur

prefrons
The part of the frons of an insect ahead of or below the antennae.

preimagines
third-person singular simple present indicative of preimagine

preimago
A developmental stage of an insect before imago.

preinfestation
An infestation with one organism before a second infestation with another.

preinfestations
plural of preinfestation

preke
An octopus or similar marine organism, such as a cuttlefish or squid.

prekes
plural of preke

prelarvae
plural of prelarva

preleptocephali
plural of preleptocephalus

preleptocephalus
An immature larva of an eel

prementa
plural of prementum

prementum
The distal part of an insect labium

premice
plural of premouse

premouse
A generalization of a mouse that is not necessarily iterable.

prepectus
An anterior marginal sclerite of an insect thorax

prepupa
An organism in a developmental stage that immediately precedes the pupa.

prepupae
plural of prepupa

preradicals
plural of preradical

presbytinan
Any leaf monkey of the genus Presbytis.

presbytinans
plural of presbytinan

prescuta
plural of prescutum

prescutum
The first dorsal sclerite of a tergum of an insect

presector
A sector near the leading edge of an insect's wing

presectors
plural of presector

presmolt
A very young salmon that has not yet become a smolt

presmolts
plural of presmolt

presoldier
A termite that develops into a soldier termite

presoldiers
plural of presoldier

presspeople
plural of pressperson

pressperson
A member of the press; a journalist.

presspersons
plural of pressperson

presymbiosis
The stage in the development of an organism during which the necessary biochemical changes are made to allow a move from asymbiosis to symbiosis

pretties
plural of pretty

preweanling
An animal that is not yet weaned

preweanlings
plural of preweanling

priapi
plural of priapus

priapulids
plural of priapulid

priapus
An image of the god Priapus, often used as a scarecrow in ancient gardens.
A representation of a phallus.

priapuses
plural of priapus

pricklebacks
plural of prickleback

pricklefish
Any of the family Stephanoberycidae of stephanoberyciform fishes.

pricklefishes
plural of pricklefish

pricklies
plural of prickly

prickly heat
miliaria

primateship
The office, dignity, or position of a primate (church officer).

primatomorph
Any mammal of the mirorder Primatomorpha; a primate or colugo.

primatomorphs
plural of primatomorph

primeroles
plural of primerole

primovaccinee
Any of the first people or animals to be vaccinated (with a new vaccine)

primovaccinees
plural of primovaccinee

priodontine
The giant armadillo or any of its extinct relatives.

prionoceratid
Any ammonite in the family Prionoceratidae.

prionoceratids
plural of prionoceratid

pristella
A fish, Pristella maxillaris (the only species in its genus).

pristellas
plural of pristella

pristiglomid
Any member of the Pristiglomidae, certain saltwater clams.

pristiglomids
plural of pristiglomid

proa
A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.

proarticulate
Any member of the Proarticulata phylum of extinct animals.

proarticulates
plural of proarticulate

proas
plural of proa

proavian
Any of several extinct animals proposed as an evolutionary link between fossil reptiles and fossil birds; a protobird.

proavians
plural of proavian

probainognathian
A members of the Probainognathia clade of therapsid animals.

probainognathians
plural of probainognathian

probasitarsus
The basitarsus of the protarsus of some insects

proboscis worms
plural of proboscis worm

procaryote
Alternative spelling of prokaryote.

procaryotes
plural of procaryote

procaviid
Any member of the Procaviidae; a hyrax.

procaviids
plural of procaviid

procelariiform
Misspelling of procellariiform.

procellarian
Any of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridae) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters.

procellarians
plural of procellarian

procellarid
Alternative form of procellariid.

procellarids
plural of procellarid

procellariform
Any seabird of the order Procellariiformes

procellariforms
plural of procellariform

procellariid
Any seabird in the family Procellariidae, such as fulmars, petrels, prions and shearwaters.

procellariids
plural of procellariid

procellariiform
Any seabird of the order Procellariiformes

procellariiforms
plural of procellariiform

processid
Any member of the Processidae.

processids
plural of processid

prochordates
plural of prochordate

prochoria
plural of prochorion

prochorion
A temporary structure that surrounds the blastodermic vesicle in some animals.

procolophonomorph
Any member of the Procolophonomorpha, an order or clade of parareptiles that appeared during the Middle Permian.

procolophonomorphs
plural of procolophonomorph

procoxa
The coxa of the foreleg of an arthropod

procoxae
plural of procoxa

procrastinatrix
A female who procrastinates.

procreater
Synonym of breeder.

procreaters
plural of procreater

proctiger
The terminal segment of an insect's abdomen, containing the anus.

proctigers
plural of proctiger

proctophagy
The consuming of a mother's excrement (by a young animal) when searching for a teat

proctotrupid
Any of the family Proctotrupidae of wasps.

proctotrupids
plural of proctotrupid

proctotrupomorph
Any wasp of the former suborder Proctotrupomorpha (now Apocrita)

proctotrupomorphs
plural of proctotrupomorph

procuticle
The major portion of the exoskeleton of an insect or arthropod

procuticles
plural of procuticle

procyonid
Any member of the family Procyonidae, a New World family of the order Carnivora, including the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles.

procyonines
plural of procyonine

prodigal son
Someone who returns home from travelling or exile or who is welcomed back after disgrace, especially having repented of former extravagant or immoral behavior.
A marine fish, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum).

prodigies
plural of prodigy

prodigy
An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak.
An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder.
A wonderful example of something.
An extremely talented person, especially a child.
An extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent.