mangrove
Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
A forest of such shrubs or trees.
Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.
Synonym of mangal (“a tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves (sense 1) or similar shrubs and trees”).

mangrove jack
The mangrove heron, Butorides striatus.
An edible marine and estuarine fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of northern Queensland.

mangrove snake
Synonym of gold-ringed cat snake (Boiga dendrophila).
Erythrolamprus cobella, native to South America.
Any of the genus Myron of snakes.

mangrove snapper
Lutjanus griseus, a snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean Sea.

mangroves
plural of mangrove

mangue
The kusimanse, a genus of mongoose, Crossarchus.

mangues
plural of mangue

manhaden
Alternative form of menhaden.

manhadens
plural of manhaden

manimal
A fanciful life form that is part human and part beast; a creature recognizable as human but possessing physical or primitive behavioral characteristics that are exclusive to animals.
A person compared to such a creature, especially an unkempt and uncivilized, or strong and sexually aggressive man.

manimals
plural of manimal

maninose
The soft-shell clam.

maninoses
plural of maninose

manokit
A fictional species of furry (animal-like character with human-like characteristics) creatures with a shark-like tail, fin, digitigrade legs, raptor-like back arch, short arms with digital pads and a canid body and face.

manokits
plural of manokit

manpanzee
Synonym of humanzee.

manpanzees
plural of manpanzee

manthing
A humanoid creature.

manthings
plural of manthing

mantisfly
Any species of insects in the family Mantispidae, which have heads and front legs looking like those of the praying mantis.

mantleslug
Any of several air-breathing land slugs of the genera Philomycus or Pallifera.

mantra
The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation.
A slogan or phrase often repeated.

mantram
Alternative form of mantra.

mantrams
plural of mantram

mantras
plural of mantra

manucode
Any of the birds of paradise in the genus Manucodia.

manucodes
plural of manucode

manuma
The many-colored fruit dove, Ptilinopus perousii.

manutagi
Ptilinopus porphyraceus, the crimson-crowned fruit dove.

manutagis
plural of manutagi

many-banded krait
Bungarus multicinctus, a highly venomous striped elapid snake found in central and southern China and Southeast Asia.

maomao
A number of different fish of the Pacific Ocean
A number of different fish of the Pacific Ocean
A number of different fish of the Pacific Ocean

maomaos
plural of maomao

map turtle
Any freshwater turtle of genus Graptemys

map turtles
plural of map turtle

mapepire
The venomous snake Lachesis muta.

mapepires
plural of mapepire

mapinguary
A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.

maplet
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Chersonesia, having map-like marking on the wings.
A pair which is a member of a mapping.

maplets
plural of maplet

mapwing
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cyrestis, of Africa, Asia, and Australasia, having map-like marking on the wings.

mapwings
plural of mapwing

maramie
A freshwater crayfish.

maramies
plural of maramie

marathonitid
Any ammonite in the family Marathonitidae.

marathonitids
plural of marathonitid

maray
Archaic form of moray (“type of eel”).

marays
plural of maray

marble cichlid
Synonym of oscar (“type of fish”).

marble goby
Alternative form of marbled goby.

marbled eel
Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:
Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:
Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:
Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:
Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:
Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:
Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:
Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:
Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:
Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:
Any of various eels, most commonly the tropical eel (Anguilla marmorata), but also eels of other species:

marbled goby
A prized freshwater food fish of species Oxyeleotris marmorata, having a large head, symmetrical patterning on its dorsal fins, and rounded, outstretched pectoral fins.
A goby native to the eastern Atlantic, of species Pomatoschistus marmoratus.

marblefish
Any of the family Aplodactylidae of perciform fishes.

marblefishes
plural of marblefish

marcassin
A young wild boar.

marcassins
plural of marcassin

margaritiferid
Any freshwater mussel in the family Margaritiferidae.

margaritiferids
plural of margaritiferid

margate
A white margate, of the species Haemulon album of fishes.

margate fish
A white margate, an edible fish of the west Atlantic.

margates
plural of margate

marginocephalians
plural of marginocephalian

marginoporid
Any foraminifera of the genus Marginopora

marginoporids
plural of marginoporid

marikina
A small marmoset, the golden lion tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia.

marikinas
plural of marikina

marilith
A powerful female demon with six arms and the lower body of a snake.

mariliths
plural of marilith

marine iguana
A species of iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, native to the Galápagos Islands, that can forage in the water.

mariposa
A mariposa lily (Calochortus spp.).

mariposas
plural of mariposa

mariput
A species of civet; Ictonyx striatus.

mariputs
plural of mariput

markman
A marksman.
A freeman who cultivated the land under the mark system.
A member of the Order of Mark Master Masons.

markmen
plural of markman

marlin-spike
Alternative form of marlinspike.

marlins
plural of marlin

marmennill
A fabled marine male creature usually represented as having the head, trunk, and arms of a man and a lower part like the tail of a fish.

marmennills
plural of marmennill

marmosine
Any mouse opossum of the tribe Marmosini.

marmosines
plural of marmosine

marmotine
Any ground squirrel of the tribe Marmotini

marmotines
plural of marmotine

marooner
Someone marooned.

marooners
plural of marooner

marrellomorph
Any member of the Marrellomorpha, an extinct group of arthropods known from the Cambrian to the Early Devonian.

marrellomorphs
plural of marrellomorph

marrot
The common guillemot.

marrots
plural of marrot

marses
plural of marse

marsh snake
Any of several snakes of the genus Hemiaspis

marshbanker
Alternative form of mossbanker.

marshbankers
plural of marshbanker

marshbird
Any of the tropical birds in the genus Pseudoleistes, found in South America.

marshbirds
plural of marshbird

marsupialian
Any of the Marsupialia; a marsupial.

marsupialians
plural of marsupialian

marsupialiform
Any marsupial of the infraclass Marsupialia

marsupialiforms
plural of marsupialiform

marsupicarnivore
Any marsupial carnivore