harpes
plural of harpe

harpid
Any member of the family Harpidae of snails.

harpids
plural of harpid

harpooneer
A harpooner, one who uses a harpoon to hunt whales.

harpooneers
plural of harpooneer

harslet
Alternative spelling of haslet.

harslets
plural of harslet

harurwa
A commonly eaten species of stink bug, Encosternum delegorguei, found in southern Africa.

haruspicies
plural of haruspicy

haruspicy
Divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.

harvestfish
Peprilus paru, a kind of butterfish.

harvestfishes
plural of harvestfish

hases
plural of hase

haslet
The internal organs of an animal, especially the heart and liver of a pig.
A meatloaf made of these organs.

haslets
plural of haslet

hassa
Alternative form of hassar (“type of fish”).

hassar
Hoplosternum littorale, an edible South American catfish.

hassars
plural of hassar

hassas
plural of hassa

hasslet
Alternative spelling of haslet.

hasslets
plural of hasslet

hatchday
The anniversary of the day on which a bird or animal hatched from an egg.

hatchdays
plural of hatchday.

hatchetfish
Any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae
Any fish in the deep-sea stomiiform family Sternoptychidae

hatchetfishes
plural of hatchetfish

hatchie
A dragon that has just emerged from its shell; a baby/young dragon; a hatchling.

hatchies
plural of hatchie
plural of hatchy

hatchy
Synonym of hatchie.

hathi
An elephant.

hathis
plural of hathi

havier
A castrated deer.

haviers
plural of havier

hawkbill
Alternative form of hawksbill.
A style of blade with a hooked end (so named for its fancied resemblance to a hawk's bill).

hawkbills
plural of hawkbill

hawker
A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
A seller of food in a hawker centre.

hawkers
plural of hawker

hawkfish
Any of various tropical, perciform marine fish of the family Cirrhitidae, found around the coral reefs of the western and eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.

hawkfishes
plural of hawkfish

hawkie
A cow with a white face and darker body.

hawkies
plural of hawkie

hawklet
Synonym of hawkling.

hawklets
plural of hawklet

hawkling
A small, young, or immature hawk.

hawklings
plural of hawkling

hawknose
A nose shaped like a hawk's beak.

hawknoses
plural of hawknose

hawksbill
A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.

hawksbill sea turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata, a critically endangered sea turtle.

hawksbill turtle
A sea turtle species (Eretmochelys imbricata).

hawksbills
plural of hawksbill

hawsom
sturgeon

hawsoms
plural of hawsom

haya
A beech tree, especially a Mexican beech (Fagus mexicana).

hayas
plural of haya

haymaking
The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
Taking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts

haymakings
plural of haymaking

haymarket
A market that sells hay as animal fodder.

haymarkets
plural of haymarket

hayrack
A freestanding vertical drying-rack for animal fodder.

hayracks
plural of hayrack

hazelhen
A hazel grouse.

hazelhens
plural of hazelhen

headbobbing
A stereotypic animal behaviour in which the head bobs up and down.

headcollar
A bitless headpiece for leading or tying up a horse.

headcollars
plural of headcollar

headfish
The sunfish (of family Molidae).

headfishes
plural of headfish

headgrowth
A wen, especially on a fish

headgrowths
plural of headgrowth

headlight fish
A species of lanternfish, Diaphanus effulgens

headstander
Any of several species of South American fish, in families Anostomidae and Chilodontidae in order Characiformes.
One who headstands.

headstanders
plural of headstander

headstarting
A conservation technique for endangered species, in which young animals are raised artificially and subsequently released into the wild.

headstripe
A stripe of colored feathers on the head of a bird.

headstripes
plural of headstripe

heam
The amniotic sac; afterbirth or secundus of an animal.

heams
plural of heam

heartworm
A parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, of species Dirofilaria immitis of roundworms.
(uncountable) The condition caused by this organism.

heartworms
plural of heartworm

heathcropper
A farm animal, particularly a wild pony, kept to graze on the heath, particularly associated with Wessex.

heathcroppers
plural of heathcropper

heathfowl
The black grouse

heathwren
Any of the birds in genus Hylacola (sometimes included in Calamanthus), native to Australia.

heathwrens
plural of heathwren

heavies
plural of heavy

heavys
plural of heavy

hebrid
Any member of the family Hebridae, the velvet water bugs.

hebrids
plural of hebrid

heckhound
Rare form of hellhound.

heckhounds
plural of heckhound

hectopsyllid
Any flea of the family Hectopsyllidae (syn, of Tungidae).

hectopsyllids
plural of hectopsyllid

hedgehog seahorse
A species of seahorse, Hippocampus spinosissimus

hedgepig
A hedgehog.

hedgepigs
plural of hedgepig

hedgie
A hedgehog.
A hedge fund trader.

hedgies
plural of hedgie

heelsplitter
The mussel Lasmigona decorata

heelsplitters
plural of heelsplitter

heelwork
A routine in dog shows in which the dog moves at the handler's heels, sometimes choreographed to music.

heffalump
(A child's name for) an elephant.
Something that is elusive.
A clumsy or overweight person.

heffalumps
plural of heffalump

heikegani
Heikeopsis japonica, a species of crab native to Japan, with a shell that bears a pattern resembling a human face.

helcionellacean
Any mollusc of the superfamily †Helcionellacea.

heleomyzid
Any member of the family Heleomyzidae of flies.

heleomyzids
plural of heleomyzid

heleoplankton
Plankton that lives in still freshwater such as ponds and marshes.

heliciculture
snail farming

helicidine
An antitussive consisting of an extract from the mucus of the snail Helix pomatia

helicinid
Any snails in the family Helicinidae.

helicinids
plural of helicinid

helicobacter
Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.

helicobacters
plural of helicobacter

helidrome
An airfield or airbase for helicopters.

helidromes
plural of helidrome

heliobiology
The (study of the) effect of solar activity on life (both animal and plant)

helioporid
Any in the family Helioporidae of corals

helioporids
plural of helioporid

helldog
Synonym of hellhound (“demonic dog”).

helldogs
plural of helldog

hellhound
A demonic dog of hell, typically of unnatural size, strength or speed, with black fur, glowing eyes, and ghostly or phantom characteristics.
An evil or otherwise unpleasant person.

hellhounds
plural of hellhound

hellspawn
A creature or creatures from hell.
Any monster; a vicious fiend or villain.

hellspawns
plural of hellspawn

helmetshrike
Any of a group of crested birds of the genus Prionops.

helmetshrikes
plural of helmetshrike

helminth
A parasitic worm; a fluke, tapeworm, or nematode.

helminthes
Misspelling of helminths.

helminthite
A winding track on the surface of many stones, said to be fossilised worm trails.

helminthites
plural of helminthite

helminths
plural of helminth

helodermatid
Any lizard in the family Helodermatidae

helodermatids
plural of helodermatid

helot
A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.
A serf; a slave.

helotid
Any member of the family Helotidae of beetles.

helotids
plural of helotid

helots
plural of helot

hemacite
A material made from sawdust and the blood of slaughtered animals, used in the late 19th century for doorknobs, buttons, etc.

hematherm
Any warm-blooded animal.

hematherms
plural of hematherm

hematophage
Alternative form of haematophage.

hematophages
plural of hematophage

hematophagia
Alternative form of hematophagy.

hematophagy
The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.

hematotroph
A hematotrophic animal

hematotrophs
plural of hematotroph

hemdurgan
Rose fish (Sebastes norvegicus).

hemelytra
plural of hemelytron
plural of hemelytrum