yorkiepoo
Alternative form of Yorkipoo.

yorkiepoos
plural of yorkiepoo

yorkipoo
Alternative letter-case form of Yorkipoo.

yorkipoos
plural of yorkipoo

younginid
Any member of the Younginidae.

younginids
plural of younginid

yowie
An ape-like monster or animal said to exist in parts of eastern Australia.

yowies
plural of yowie

yoyo
Alternative spelling of yo-yo.

yoyos
plural of yoyo

yponomeutoid
Any ermine moth of the superfamily Yponomeutoidea

yponomeutoids
plural of yponomeutoid

ypsigon
The amorphous post-larval stage of the crustacean Hansenocaris, a parasite whose host is unknown.

ypsigons
plural of ypsigon

yukola
Dried fish meat prepared by the peoples of Siberia and the Russian Far East

yungan
The dugong.

yunnanosaurid
Any member of the Yunnanosauridae.

yunnanosaurids
plural of yunnanosaurid

yusheng
A Chaozhou-style raw fish salad.

zabumba
A Brazilian bass drum that performers wear and is tapped with both hands.

zabumbas
plural of zabumba

zain
A horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots.

zains
plural of zain

zamboorak
A light swivelling gun, traditionally mounted on, and fired from, the back of a camel

zambooraks
plural of zamboorak

zambooruk
Alternative form of zamboorak.

zambooruks
plural of zambooruk

zaminkand
The elephant foot yam

zamouse
A West African buffalo, Syncerus caffer brachyceros, with short horns and large ears.

zamouses
plural of zamouse

zampone
In Italian cookery, stuffed pig's trotter with spicy ground pork, usually dried and cured, often served with lentils.

zamponi
plural of zampone

zander
A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.
Any fish of the genus Sander that live in freshwater.

zanders
plural of zander

zandmole
The sand mole or coast rat (Bathyergus suillus)

zandoli
Anolis oculatus, the Dominican anole or tree lizard.

zandolis
plural of zandoli

zaphrentid
Any member of the Zaphrentidae.

zaphrentids
plural of zaphrentid

zaphrentoid
A member of the taxonomic family Zaphrentidae, a prehistoric hexacoral.

zaphrentoids
plural of zaphrentoid

zatherian
Any member of the Zatheria.

zatherians
plural of zatherian

zatracheid
Any of the extinct amphibian-like tetrapods in the family Zatracheidae.

zatracheids
plural of zatracheid

zatrachydid
Any member of the Zatrachydidae.

zatrachydids
plural of zatrachydid

zawg
A fanciful variation of dog or dawg.

zawgs
plural of zawg

zealants
plural of zealant

zebra cichlid
Synonym of convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata)

zebra danio
A zebrafish (Danio rerio).

zebra fish
Alternative spelling of zebrafish.

zebra lionfish
Synonym of zebra turkeyfish (Dendrochirus zebra)

zebra seahorse
A species of seahorse, Hippocampus zebra

zebra turkeyfish
A venomous fish in the family Scorpaenidae (Dendrochirus zebra).

zebra-tailed lizard
A lizard of southwestern US and northern Mexico deserts with black and white markings on its tail, of species Callisaurus draconoides.

zebraback
The back of a zebra (for riding upon).

zebrafish
A small striped fish of species Danio rerio, originally from India but now common as an aquarium fish and as a subject of genetic experiments.
A member of certain species of Percina (logperch).
Certain venomous lionfish, of genus Pterois.

zebrafishes
plural of zebrafish

zebrinnies
plural of zebrinny

zebrinny
The offspring of a male horse and a female zebra.

zebub
Synonym of zimb.

zebubs
plural of zebub

zeekoe
hippopotamus

zeekoes
plural of zeekoe

zemni
The Podolsk mole-rat (Spalax zemni)

zeroist
A proponent of zero population growth (ZPG).
An artist who is part of the movement called zeroism; An artist whose works have no message or meaning.

zeroists
plural of zeroist

zhenniao
A poisonous bird from Chinese mythology that is said to have existed in what is now southern China.

zhiqing
A member of the "educated youth", the young Chinese sent from urban areas to work in poor villages as part of the PRC's Down to the Countryside Movement.

zhiqings
plural of zhiqing

ziczac
The crocodile bird.

ziczacs
plural of ziczac

ziege
An edible freshwater fish, Pelecus cultratus, of the order Cypriniformes, with an oblique mouth, a low wavy lateral line and a sharp-edged belly.

ziffius
Obsolete form of xiphias.

zilant
A winged snake- or dragon-like creature in the mythology of the Russian, Tatar, Chuvash and Mari peoples around Kazan.

zilants
plural of zilant

zimb
An Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock.

zimbs
plural of zimb

zimocca
The marine sponge Spongia zimocca.

zimoccas
plural of zimocca

zingaros
plural of zingaro

zingel
A fish of the perch family, found in the Danube, Zingel zingel.

zingels
plural of zingel

zitherns
plural of zithern

zoantharians
plural of zoantharian

zoanthid
Any member of the order Zoanthidea of cnidarians commonly found in coral reefs and other marine environments.

zoanthideans
plural of zoanthidean

zoanthinarian
Synonym of zoanthid.

zoanthinarians
plural of zoanthinarian

zoanthropy
The belief that one has transformed into an animal.

zodariid
Any member of the Zodariidae.

zodariids
plural of zodariid

zoe
Bare or universal life.

zoili
plural of zoilus

zoilus
A critic characterized as bitter, carping, malignant.

zoiluses
plural of zoilus

zoism
A reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among primitive groups.
A former doctrine claiming that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force.

zona
A zone or band; a layer.
shingles.

zonae
plural of zona

zonas
plural of zona

zonies
plural of zony

zonitid
Any member of the family Zonitidae of true glass snails.

zonitids
plural of zonitid

zonkey
The offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

zonkeys
plural of zonkey

zonure
Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonurus (now Smaug), common in rocky environments.

zonures
plural of zonure

zonurid
Any lizard belonging to the Zonuridae.

zonurids
plural of zonurid

zony
The offspring of a male zebra and a female pony.

zooanthid
Alternative form of zoanthid.

zooanthids
plural of zooanthid

zooarchaeology
The study of animal remains at archaeological sites.

zooarcheology
Alternative spelling of zooarchaeology.

zoobenthivore
Any creature that feeds on the zoobenthos

zoobenthivores
plural of zoobenthivore

zoobenthos
benthic organisms that are animals or zoomorphic protists

zooblast
Any animal cell

zooblasts
plural of zooblast

zoocecidia
plural of zoocecidium

zoocecidium
A plant gall caused by an animal.

zoocenose
Alternative form of zoocenosis.

zoocenoses
plural of zoocenosis

zoocenosis
All the animals of a biocenosis

zoocentrism
A viewpoint or theory that focuses on animals, giving them preference above all other considerations.

zoochory
The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by animals.

zoochosis
Abnormal animal behaviour caused by time in captivity.

zoocide
The systematic or targeted killing of animals.
Any substance intended to kill animals.

zoocides
plural of zoocide

zoocloning
The cloning of animals

zooculture
The cultivation of animals.

zoocurrent
A drifting streak of zooplankton in the water.

zoocurrents
plural of zoocurrent

zoodetritus
detritus of animal origin

zoodynamics
The scientific study of the vital powers of animals.

zooecology
The branch of ecology that deals with the relationships of animals with their environments

zoogamy
The sexual reproduction of animals.
zoophily (pollination by animals)

zoogeographies
plural of zoogeography

zoogeography
The scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species.

zoogeology
The study of fossil animal remains.

zoognosy
zoology

zoogonid
Any member of the Zoogonidae.

zoogonids
plural of zoogonid

zoograft
A surgical graft of tissue from an animal to a human.

zoografts
plural of zoograft

zoographies
plural of zoography

zoography
A description of animals, their forms, and habits; descriptive zoology.