velella
Velella velella, a free-floating marine protozoan of the monospecific genus Velella.

velellas
plural of velella

whip coral
Synonym of sea whip coral.

xenias
plural of xenia

yellow ribbon
A ribbon worn or displayed to indicate the absence of a loved one, and the hope for their return.

zoanthids
plural of zoanthid

achromotrichia
The absence (or loss) of pigmentation in the hair.

acorn barnacle
Any of several species of stalkless barnacles in the genus Balanus.
Any barnacle in the order Sessilia.

acratia
Feebleness; impotence or lack of strength due to lack of tone.

aeger
Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
Relating to such an excused absence

aegers
plural of aeger

akiami paste shrimp
The prawn Acetes japonicus.

ala
A wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.
The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family.
In ancient Rome, a small room opening into a larger room or courtyard.

alae
plural of ala.

alpheid
Any member of the family Alpheidae, the pistol shrimps.

alpheids
plural of alpheid

alvei
plural of alveus

alveus
The bed or channel of a river, especially when the river is flowing in its natural or ordinary course; (also) the trough of the sea.
A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.

ambidexter
Someone who is ambidextrous.
A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.

ambidexters
plural of ambidexter

ambodexter
Obsolete spelling of ambidexter.

ambodexters
plural of ambodexter

amphidromia
An ancient Greek postnatal festive ceremony.

amphipod
Any species of the taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans.

amphipods
plural of amphipod

anostracans
plural of anostracan

anteroflexus
A flexus between the anteroloph and the anterolabial conule.

apocytheria
plural of apocytherion

archdruidesses
plural of archdruidess

arrow crab
Synonym of yellowline arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis)

artemia
The brine shrimp (of genus Artemia)

artemias
plural of artemia

automate
To replace or enhance human labor with machines.

balani
plural of balanus

balanus
The glans

banana prawn
Penaeus indicus
Penaeus merguiensis

barnacle
A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
The barnacle goose.
In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
A pair of spectacles.
A good job, or snack easily obtained.
A worldly sailor.

barnacles
plural of barnacle

beach flea
Any of various amphipod crustaceans of the family Talitridae, which live on beaches and jump like fleas.

bernacle
Obsolete spelling of barnacle.

bernacles
plural of bernacle

bisteeya
A sweet and savory pie common in Moroccan cuisine, made with an outer layer of phyllo dough around a filling made of poultry, spices, and ground almonds

bivia
plural of bivium

blockheadesses
plural of blockheadess

blue crab
Any member of either of two groups of crab
Any member of either of two groups of crab:
Any member of either of two groups of crab:
Any member of either of two groups of crab:
Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and Related terms below.)
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.

blue shrimp
The prawn Litopenaeus stylirostris.

bluepoint
A small oyster, of species Crassostrea virginica, from the eastern United States seaboard.

bluepoints
plural of bluepoint

box crab
Any of the crabs of the genus Calappa.

box crabs
plural of box crab

branchiopod
Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.

branchiopods
plural of branchiopod

brigandesses
plural of brigandess

brine shrimp
An aquatic crustacean of the taxonomic genus Artemia, one species of which is often marketed under the name Sea-Monkeys as a novelty gift.

brine shrimps
plural of brine shrimp

brown shrimp
Any of various types of shrimp.
Any of various types of shrimp.
Any of various types of shrimp.
Any of various types of shrimp.

caddesses
plural of caddess

caldoceran
Misspelling of cladoceran.

calyptura
The passerine bird Calyptura cristata.

calypturas
plural of calyptura

cancelli
plural of cancellus

cancellus
A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.
One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities.

capitula
plural of capitulum

capitulum
A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
The enlarged end of a proboscis.
The symbol ⸿. It was used to mark chapters or paragraphs, and is the ancestor of the pilcrow (¶).

capitulums
plural of capitulum

carp lice
plural of carp louse

casco
A flat-bottomed, square-ended boat once used in the Philippines as a lighter to ferry goods between ship and shore

cascos
plural of casco

cheeselog
A woodlouse.

cheeselogs
plural of cheeselog

chelater
Alternative form of chelator.

chelaters
plural of chelater

chelator
A chelating agent

chelators
plural of chelator

cheslip
A woodlouse.

chromotrichia
hair colouration

cladoceran
Any of the small crustaceans of the order Cladocera, now often Diplostraca

cladocerans
plural of cladoceran

clavicytheria
plural of clavicytherium.

cleaner shrimps
plural of cleaner shrimp

coconut crab
A terrestrial hermit crab of species Birgus latro, that lives on the shores of the Indian Ocean and the central Pacific Ocean and feeds on fruits, nuts, seeds and coconut flesh.

coeloma
Alternative form of cœloma.

coelomata
plural of coeloma

common lobster
Synonym of European lobster.

common pillbug
A species of common terrestrial woodlouse, Armadillidium vulgare, native to Europe but introduced and widespread to North America; with a mostly-black exoskeletons and often with yellow patternage.

conopea
plural of conopeum

coronides
plural of coronis

coronis
A device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
The conclusion of something; the end of something.
A character similar to an apostrophe or the smooth breathing written atop or next to a non–word-initial vowel retained from the second word which formed a contraction resulting from crasis; see the usage note.

costa
Synonym of rib.
A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a midrib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.
A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a midrib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.

costae
plural of costa

costas
plural of costa

cowardesses
plural of cowardess