papulonodules
plural of papulonodule

paracaspase
Any of a family of caspases found in animals and slime moulds

paracaspases
plural of paracaspase

paracoprid
Any dung beetle that excavates below a pile of dung

paracoprids
plural of paracoprid

paracuta
Obsolete form of barracuda.

paracutas
plural of paracuta

paradactyl
The side of a bird's toe

paradactyla
plural of paradactylum

paradactyls
plural of paradactyl

paradactylum
Synonym of paradactyl (“side of a toe or finger”).

paradisaeid
A member of the bird family Paradisaeidae; a bird of paradise

paradisaeids
plural of paradisaeid

paradisefish
Macropodus opercularis, a freshwater gourami of East Asia.

paradisefishes
plural of paradisefish

paradon
Synonym of baryton.

paradons
plural of paradon

paradoxidid
Any member of the family Paradoxididae of trilobites.

paradoxidids
plural of paradoxidid

paradoxosomatid
Any millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae.

paradoxosomatids
plural of paradoxosomatid

paradoxure
Any member of the species of genus Paradoxurus, Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.

paradoxures
plural of paradoxure

paradoxurines
plural of paradoxurine

paraeneses
plural of paraenesis

paragaster
The cavity of the sac of a sponge.

paragasters
plural of paragaster

paragastrioceratid
Any ammonite in the family Paragastrioceratidae.

paragastrioceratids
plural of paragastrioceratid

parahoplitid
Any ammonite in the family Parahoplitidae.

parahoplitids
plural of parahoplitid

parahoxozoan
Any marine animal of the superphylum Parahoxozoa

parahoxozoans
plural of parahoxozoan

parahuman
A human-animal hybrid or chimera.

parahumans
plural of parahuman

paralarva
The planktonic (moving about with the water current) stage of a young cephalopod just after it has hatched.

paralarvae
plural of paralarva

paralegal
One who assists a lawyer in routine legal work, but who is without qualified status as a solicitor or barrister (England and Wales), attorney (U.S.), or advocate; known more commonly in the U.S. as a legal assistant.

paralegals
plural of paralegal

paralipomena
The different text variants or text witnesses researched when creating a critical edition.
Supplementary literary material.

parallelodontid
Any clam in the family Parallelodontidae.

parallelodontids
plural of parallelodontid

paramenta
paraments

paramere
One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, such as a starfish
Lateral genital lobes that occur as part of the external reproductive organs of some male insects, sometimes developing into a phallus as the insect matures.

parameres
plural of paramere

paramutant
An organism that has a paramutation

paramutants
plural of paramutant

paramythiid
Any member of the Paramythiidae.

paramythiids
plural of paramythiid

paraneopteran
Any insect of the superorder Paraneoptera.

paraneopterans
plural of paraneopteran

paraphragma
paraphragm.

paraphragmata
plural of paraphragma

parapleura
plural of parapleuron
plural of parapleurum

parapleuron
Alternative form of parapleurum.

parapleurum
One of the pleura or sternal side-pieces in a beetle, etc.

paraquarkonia
plural of paraquarkonium

parasaurolophi
plural of parasaurolophus

parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus, a herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period of what is now North America that walked both as a biped and a quadruped.

parasaurolophuses
plural of parasaurolophus

paraselenae
plural of paraselene

paraselene
Synonym of moon dog.

paraselenes
plural of paraselene

parasitengone
Any mite of the clade Parasitengona.

parasitengones
plural of parasitengone

parasitiform
Any tick or mite of the superorder Parasitiformes

parasitiforms
plural of parasitiform

parasitisation
Alternative spelling of parasitization.

parasitisations
plural of parasitisation

parasitism
Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.
A similar interaction between people or things.

parasitisms
plural of parasitism

parasitization
Infestation by a parasite.
The process or result of becoming a parasite.

parasitizations
plural of parasitization

parasitocenoses
plural of parasitocenosis

parasitocenosis
All the parasites that inhabit an animal (or a specified part of an animal)

parasitofauna
parasitic animal(s)

parasitofaunas
plural of parasitofauna

parasitome
All the parasites (in any form) of a host organism

parasitomes
plural of parasitome

parasquilloid
A mantis shrimp in the superfamily Parasquilloidea.

parasquilloids
plural of parasquilloid

parastacid
Any crayfish in the family Parastacidae.

parastacids
plural of parastacid

parasymbiosis
The condition when the hyphae of a parasite envelop the algal constituents of a lichen and cause injury.

paratergite
Synonym of laterotergite.

paratergites
plural of paratergite

parazoan
Any sponge (of the subkingdom Parazoa)

parazoans
plural of parazoan

pardal
A pard; a panther or leopard.

pardale
A leopard.

pardales
plural of pardale

pardalote
Any of the Australian birds of the genus Pardalotus, which feed on lerps.

pardals
plural of pardal

pareiasaur
Any member of the Pareiasauridae, a family of large parareptiles from the Permian period.

pareiasaurid
Synonym of pareiasaur.

pareiasaurids
plural of pareiasaurid

pareiasaurs
plural of pareiasaur

pareneses
plural of parenesis

pargo
common seabream, red porgy, Pagrus pagrus

pargoes
plural of pargo.

pargos
plural of pargo.

pariah
Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
A similarly despised group of people or species of animal.
Ellipsis of pariah dog (“an Indian breed, any stray dog in Indian contexts”).

pariahs
plural of pariah

pariar
Obsolete form of pariah.

pariars
plural of pariar

paridon
Alternative form of paradon.

paridons
plural of paridon

parietopsin
Any of a group of opsins in the parietal eye of some lizards

parietopsins
plural of parietopsin

parikrama
The circumambulation of a sacred place.

parikramas
plural of parikrama

pariton
Alternative form of paradon.

paritons
plural of pariton

parlatories
plural of parlatory

parma
A dish cooked in the parmigiana style.

parmacellid
Any slug in the family Parmacellidae.

parmacellids
plural of parmacellid

parmae
plural of parma

parmas
plural of parma

paroon shark
A species of shark catfish; Pangasius sanitwongsei.

parore
luderick (Girella tricuspidata)

parr
Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.

parriar
Obsolete form of pariah.

parriars
plural of parriar

parrot snake
Leptophis ahaetulla, a snake found in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

parrotfish
Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.

parrotfishes
plural of parrotfish

parrotlet
A miniature parrot of the New World of the genera Forpus, Nannopsittaca and Touit.

parrotlets
plural of parrotlet

parrotling
A small or immature parrot

parrotlings
plural of parrotling

parrs
plural of parr

parselene
Misspelling of paraselene.

parselenes
plural of parselene

parthenoform
The parthenogenic form of an organism

parthenoforms
plural of parthenoform

parthenogen
An organism that reproduces by parthenogenesis.

parthenogeneses
plural of parthenogenesis

parthenogenesis
Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction:
Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction:
figurative uses of the biological senses
Virgin birth, in reference to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.

parthenogens
plural of parthenogen

parthenogeny
parthenogenesis

partitura
sheet music; score

partituras
plural of partitura

partmaximum
A maximum limit on the salary of a member of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union between 1920 and 1932.

parulid
Any member of the Parulidae.