hoggeril
Alternative form of hoggerel.

hoggrel
Alternative form of hoggerel.

hoglet
A baby hedgehog.

hoglets
plural of hoglet

hogmane
The mane of a horse when cut short.

hogmanes
plural of hogmane

hogmollies
plural of hogmolly

hogmolly
Synonym of hogsucker (“a kind of fish”).

hogrel
Alternative form of hoggerel.

hogrell
Alternative form of hoggerel.

hogritude
The essence and condition of being a pig.

hogsucker
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.

hogsuckers
plural of hogsucker

hoiho
The yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes.

hoihos
plural of hoiho

hoka
Synonym of red codling.

hoki
The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake.

holaspides
plural of holaspis

holaspis
A stage in the development of a trilobite at which the creature has gained its adult segmentation, but continues to molt and grow.

holaxonian
Any soft coral of the suborder Holaxonia

holaxonians
plural of holaxonian

holibut
Archaic form of halibut.

holibuts
plural of holibut

holibutt
Archaic form of halibut.

holluschick
A "bachelor seal"; a holluschickie.

holmia
The rare earth holmium oxide

holmiid
Any trilobite in the family Holmiidae.

holmiids
plural of holmiid

holobiont
A host organism plus its associated microorganisms

holobionts
plural of holobiont

holocarpy
The situation where the entire organism turns into gametes.

holocentrid
Any member of the family Holocentridae of squirrelfishes and soldierfishes.

holocentrids
plural of holocentrid

holocephalan
Any cartilaginous fish of the subclass Holocephali; a chimera.

holocephalans
plural of holocephalan

holocephalian
Synonym of holocephalan.

holocephalians
plural of holocephalian.

hologenome
The collective genome of a holobiont

hologenomes
plural of hologenome

hologenomics
The omics study of hologenomes.

hologenophore
The specimen of an organism from which DNA is analysed / sequenced

hologenophores
plural of hologenophore

holometabolan
Any insect which undergoes a radical metamorphosis, with the larval and adult stages differing considerably in their structure and behaviour.

holometabolans
plural of holometabolan

holometabolism
The complete metamorphosis of an insect

holomorphosis
The regeneration of a lost limb, tail or other part

holonephridia
plural of holonephridium

holonephridium
Either of a pair of large nephridia in each segment of an invertebrate

holoparasite
A holoparasitic organism.

holoparasites
plural of holoparasite

holosaprophyte
An organism which is purely a saprophyte.

holosaprophytes
plural of holosaprophyte

holothuroideans
plural of holothuroidean

holothyrid
Any of the order Holothyrida of mites.

holothyrids
plural of holothyrid

holozooplankton
holoplanktonic zooplankton

homalonotid
Any trilobite the family Homalonotidae.

homalonotids
plural of homalonotid

homalozoan
Any member of the extinct subphylum Homalozoa.

homalozoans
plural of homalozoan

homecage
A cage in which a laboratory animal lives, and in which it is experimented on.

homecages
plural of homecage

homekill
The slaughter of one's own animals on one's own property.

homelyn
Raia maculata, the European sand ray.

homelyns
plural of homelyn

homeotherm
Any warm-blooded animal: one that maintains a stable internal body temperature regardless of external influence.

homeotherms
plural of homeotherm

hominin
Any member of the taxonomic tribe Hominini, the evolutionary group that includes modern humans and now-extinct bipedal relatives.

hominines
plural of hominine

hominins
plural of hominin

hominoid
Any primate (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea.

homoceratid
Any member of the family †Homoceratidae of extinct ammonites.

homoceratids
plural of homoceratid

homocercy
The possession of a homocercal (symmetric) tail (by a fish).

homochromia
The use, by an organism, of the same colour as its background or other form of camouflage as a means of protection.
The anatomical state in which the same pigmentation or coloring occurs in the eyes, skin or hair.

homochromy
The use, by an organism, of the same colour as its background as a means of protection

homocoagulation
The coagulation/flocculation of particles in a suspension that bear the same electric charge.

homoeotherm
Alternative form of homoiotherm.

homoeotherms
plural of homoeotherm

homofermenter
Any homofermentative organism.

homofermenters
plural of homofermenter

homoiostele
A member of the class Homoiostelea.

homoiosteles
plural of homoiostele

homoiotherm
Alternative form of homeotherm.

homoiotherms
plural of homoiotherm

homolysin
Synonym of isolysin.

homolysins
plural of homolysin

homonazis
plural of homonazi

homoplasmon
The plasmon of a homoplasmic organism

homoplasmons
plural of homoplasmon

homoscleromorph
Any of the Homoscleromorpha, a class of marine sponges.

homoscleromorphs
plural of homoscleromorph

homotherm
Alternative form of homeotherm.

homotherms
plural of homotherm

honde
Obsolete form of hand.

hondes
plural of honde

honeybag
A pouch in a honey bee where it stores honey for later regurgitation and storage; a bee's crop.

honeybags
plural of honeybag

honeycomb moray
Synonym of laced moray.

hoodening
An old English tradition of ploughing teams, who would carry a wooden horse's head on a pole and ask for money from local landowners.

hoodiecrow
A hooded crow, Corvus cornix.

hoodiecrows
plural of hoodiecrow

hoodla
plural of hoodlum

hoodlum
A gangster; a hired thug.
A rough or violent youth.

hoodlums
plural of hoodlum

hoofbeat
The sound of a hoof striking the ground.

hoofbeats
plural of hoofbeat

hoofmark
The imprint made by a hoof; a hoofprint.

hoofmarks
plural of hoofmark

hoofstock
Ruminants and members of the horse family.

hookear sculpin
Alternative form of hookeared sculpin.

hookkeeper
A wire ring that holds a fly-fishing fishhook in place while rigged.

hookkeepers
plural of hookkeeper

hooknose
An aquiline nose.
Someone with such a nose; stereotypically a Jew. See Jewish nose.
A fish, the armed bullhead (Agonus cataphractus).

hooknoses
plural of hooknose

hookset
A sharp motion made with a fishing rod in order to "set" the hook firmly into the mouth of the fish that has taken the bait.

hooksets
plural of hookset

hooktip
Any of various drepanid moths.

hooktips
plural of hooktip

hoond
A dog; a hound.

hoonds
plural of hoond

hoplitid
Any ammonite in the family Hoplitidae.

hoplitids
plural of hoplitid

hoplocarid
Any member of the subclass Hoplocarida of crustaceans (mantis shrimp etc.).

hoplocarids
plural of hoplocarid

hoplocercid
Any lizard in the family Hoplocercidae.

hoplocercids
plural of hoplocercid

hoplocercine
Any lizard of the genus Hoplocercus (sometimes of the family Hoplocercidae)

hoplocercines
plural of hoplocercine

hoplonemertean
Any of the subclass Hoplonemertea of worms.

hoplonemerteans
plural of hoplonemertean

hoptoad
A toad.

hoptoads
plural of hoptoad

horarium
The daily schedule of a religious house or seminary.

horariums
plural of horarium

hormurid
Any scorpion of the family Hormuridae

hormurids
plural of hormurid

hornbug
Any of several species of genus Lucanus of large nocturnal beetles, with long, curved upper jaws resembling a sickle, and whose grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.

hornbugs
plural of hornbug

horncore
The bony central part of an animal's horn

horncores
plural of horncore

horned pout
A catfish native to the eastern United States, the brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.

hornel
A sand eel.

hornels
plural of hornel

hornfish
A garfish or sea needle.

hornfishes
plural of hornfish

hornline
Collectively, the horn players of a band, especially a marching band

hornlines
plural of hornline

hornotine
A yearling; a bird born in the current year.

hornotines
plural of hornotine

hornowl
A horned owl.

hornowls
plural of hornowl

hornpike
The garfish.

hornpout
Synonym of horned pout.