chresonymy
A set of various taxa that have been published for a particular species.
A list of all published uses of a taxon name (usually a species name).

chromadorean
Any roundworm of the class Chromadorea

chromadoreans
plural of chromadorean

chromoanagenesis
anagenesis as a result of chromoanasynthesis

chrysopid
Any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.

chrysopids
plural of chrysopid

chthoniid
Any pseudoscorpion in the family Chthoniidae.

chthoniids
plural of chthoniid

chubsucker
Any of various freshwater suckers of the genus Erimyzon, native to North America.

chubsuckers
plural of chubsucker

cibicidid
Any foraminifer of the family Cibicididae

cibicidids
plural of cibicidid

cicadellid
Any leafhopper (of family Cicadellidae).

cicadoid
Any cicada of the superfamily Cicadoidea

cicadoids
plural of cicadoid

ciliaphore
Any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora

ciliaphores
plural of ciliaphore

cinnamtannin
Any of a group of procyanidins found in Cinnamomum species.

cinnamtannins
plural of cinnamtannin

cinnzeylanine
A diterpenoid with the molecular formula C₂₂H₃₄O₈, found in various species of the Cinnamomum genus.

cinnzeylanol
A diterpenoid found in the bark of various Cinnamomum species.

cirrhitid
Any hawkfish in the family Cirrhitidae.

cirrhitids
plural of cirrhitid

cisticolid
Any of the warblers in the family Cisticolidae.

cisticolids
plural of cisticolid

citharinoid
Any lutefish of the suborder Citharinoidei

citharinoids
plural of citharinoid

cixiid
Any planthopper in the family Cixiidae.

cixiids
plural of cixiid

cladobranch
Any nudibranch of the clade Cladobranchia.

cladobranchs
plural of cladobranch

cladonychiid
Any harvestman of the family Cladonychiidae

cladonychiids
plural of cladonychiid

clasmatocyte
Synonym of macrophage.

clasmatocytes
plural of clasmatocyte

clastopterid
Any spittlebug of the family Clastopteridae.

clausilium
A calcareous "door" in the shells of door snails (of the family Clausiliidae

clavoid
Any hydrozoan of the genus Clava

clavoids
plural of clavoid

clevelandellid
Any ciliate of the order Clevelandellida

clevelandellids
plural of clevelandellid

climacograptid
Any graptolite of the genus Climacograptus.

cnidom
Alternative form of cnidome.

cnidome
The specific representation of cnidae for a given species.

cnidomes
plural of cnidome

cnidoms
plural of cnidom

cnidosporidians
plural of cnidosporidian

coalmice
plural of coalmouse

coalmouse
Any of species Periparus ater of small titmouses with a black head; a coaltit.

coanoflagellate
Misspelling of choanoflagellate.

coccidian
Any protozoan of the subclass Coccidia

coccidians
plural of coccidian

coccinelid
Alternative form of coccinellid.

coccinelids
plural of coccinelid

coccinellid
Any species of the ladybird family Coccinellidae.

coccinellids
plural of coccinellid

coccobacilli
plural of coccobacillus

coccobacillus
Any bacteria with a shape intermediate between cocci (spherical) and bacilli (rod-shaped)

coccobacteria
plural of coccobacterium

coccobacterium
One of various round variety of bacteria.

coccosteid
Any placoderm of the family Coccosteidae

coccosteids
plural of coccosteid

cochleosaurid
Any tetrapod in the family Cochleosauridae.

cochleosaurids
plural of cochleosaurid

cocolonization
Simultaneous colonization by two or more species of bacteria

codomestication
The domestication of multiple interacting species.

codonophoran
Any hydrozoan of the order Codonophora.

codonophorans
plural of codonophoran

coenogenesis
Alternative spelling of caenogenesis.

coenospecies
Either of a group of related species that are able to form (often fertile) hybrids

coevolution
The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.

coevolutions
plural of coevolution

coextinction
The simultaneous extinction of two or more species (especially when one is dependent on the other)

coextinctions
plural of coextinction

coimmunolocalization
The simultaneous immunolocalization of two species

colemouse
Alternative form of coalmouse.

colibacilli
plural of colibacillus

colibacillus
Any bacterium of the species Escherichia coli; a coli.

coliphage
Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli

coliphages
plural of coliphage

colomastigid
Any crustacean of the infraorder Colomastigida

colomastigids
plural of colomastigid

colopsinol
Any of a group of aliphatic polyhydroxy cytotoxins present in a marine dinoflagellate of the genus Amphidinium

colopsinols
plural of colopsinol

colosteid
Any tetrapod in the family Colosteidae.

colosteids
plural of colosteid

colpodellids
plural of colpodellid

colpodid
Any ciliate of the order Colpodida

colpodids
plural of colpodid

colponemid
Any protozoan of the order Colponemida

colponemidian
Alternative form of colponemid.

colponemidians
plural of colponemidian

colponemids
plural of colponemid

commensalism
A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.
The act of eating together; table fellowship.

commensalisms
plural of commensalism

concestor
The last common ancestor, especially of several different species.

concestors
plural of concestor

conglobatin
A macrolide, present in the bacterium Streptomyces conglobatus, that may have antitumour activity

conidium
A fungal spore produced asexually in a conidiophore.

conocurvone
A trimer of naphthoquinone, present in a smokebush of the genus Conospermum, that inhibits HIV

consorte
One of the organisms that associates with another species in consortism.

consortes
plural of consorte

consortism
A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species.
The relationship between consorts.

conspecies
A subspecies or variety.

conure
Any of many New World parakeets of the former genus Conurus, now reassigned to other genera in subfamily Arinae, principally Psittacara and Eupsittula.

conures
plural of conure

cooxidation
The simultaneous oxidation of two or more species

cooxidations
plural of cooxidation

copiotroph
Any organism that thrives in an environment rich in organic matter

copiotrophs
plural of copiotroph

coprinoid
Any fungus of the genus Coprinus or any mushroom produced by such a fungus

coprinoids
plural of coprinoid

coproparasite
Any parasite present in feces

coproparasites
plural of coproparasite

coprophil
a coprophilous microorganism

coprophile
Alternative spelling of coprophil.
A feces-loving organism.
An organism (typically microorganisms and fungi) living off or growing in dung or other fecal matter.

coprophiles
plural of coprophile

coprophils
plural of coprophil

corallochytrean
Any choanoflagellate of the class Corallochytrea

corallochytreans
plural of corallochytrean

coregonid
Any freshwater whitefish of the former family Coregonidae (now Salmonidae)

coregonids
plural of coregonid

corethrellid
Any midge in the family Corethrellidae.

corethrellids
plural of corethrellid

corynebacteria
plural of corynebacterium

corynebacterium
Any bacterium, of the genus Corynebacterium, many of which are pathogenic or parasitic.

corynebactin
A derivative of enterobactin present in some gram-positive bacteria

coryneform
Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.

coryneforms
plural of coryneform

coryphaenid
Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.

coryphaenids
plural of coryphaenid

coryphodont
Any of the genus †Coryphodon of the world's first group of large browsing mammals.

coryphodonts
plural of coryphodont

counterspecies
A species in opposition to another.

craspedophyte
choanoflagellate

craspedophytes
plural of craspedophyte

crellid
Any demosponge in the family Crellidae.

crellids
plural of crellid

crenarchaea
plural of crenarchaeon

crenarchaeon
Any archaebacterium of the phylum Crenarchaeota.