exozoology
Synonym of xenozoology (“study of extraterrestrial animals”).

extispicies
plural of extispicy

extispicy
Synonym of haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
A specific instance of such divination.

extradomicile
The areas immediately outside of a dwelling, especially the animal enclosures etc. of a rural dwelling

extradomiciles
plural of extradomicile

extrascapular
Any of a set of pairs of bones in the neck area of some fish.

extrascapulars
plural of extrascapular

exudativore
Any exudativorous animal

exudativores
plural of exudativore

exudivore
An animal (typically an insect) that feeds on plant exudates

exudivores
plural of exudivore

exumbrella
The outer surface of the umbrella of a jellyfish.

exumbrellae
plural of exumbrella

exumbrellas
plural of exumbrella

exuviotroph
A parasite that feeds on the exuvia of its host

exuviotrophs
plural of exuviotroph

eyebrow
The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.
A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.

eyebrown
Eggcorn of eyebrow

eyebrowns
plural of eyebrown

eyebrows
plural of eyebrow

eyecap
The brille of a snake.

eyecaps
plural of eyecap

eyeflap
A blinder on a horse's bridle.

eyeflaps
plural of eyeflap

eyelash gecko
A gecko of species Correlophus ciliatus, native to southern New Caledonia.

eyelash viper
A species of venomous pit viper, Bothriechis schlegelii, in the family Viperidae, native to Central and South America.

eyeline
The horizontal portion of the face that includes the eyes.
Line of sight.
The direction in which an actor or presenter is looking.
Synonym of eyestripe.

eyelines
plural of eyeline

eyering
A colored circle around the eye of a bird.

eyerings
plural of eyering

eyestreak
A streak of contrasting color over the eye of a bird.

eyestreaks
plural of eyestreak

eyestripe
A stripe on each side of the head of an animal that includes the eye, and is of a different colour from the rest of the head; in particular (ornithology) such a stripe on each side of the head of some birds.

eyestripes
plural of eyestripe

eyra
A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.

eyras
plural of eyra

eyrie
The nest of a bird of prey.
Any high and remote but commanding place.

eyries
plural of eyrie

eyry
Alternative spelling of eyrie.

fabaceans
plural of fabacean

fabid
Any member of the eurosid clade known as the fabids

fabids
Introduced as a more user-friendly alternate for eurosids I.

facism
Misspelling of fascism.

faecaliths
plural of faecalith

faecoliths
plural of faecolith

faeling
A young fairy creature.

faelings
plural of faeling

faetus
Obsolete spelling of fetus.

faetuses
plural of faetus

fafrotskies
Objects precipitated from the sky that are not normally expected, e.g. frogs, fish, coins etc.

falcade
A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.

falcades
plural of falcade

falcatid
A member of the Falcatidae family.

falcatids
plural of falcatid

falcer
One of the mandibles of a spider.

falcers
plural of falcer

falconet
A small or young falcon.
Any of various small, tropical Asian falcons of the genus Microhierax found in Southeast Asia.
A light cannon developed in the late 15th century and decorated with an image of a falcon.

falconets
plural of falconet

falconid
Any member of the Falconidae; a falcon or caracara.

falconids
plural of falconid

falconiform
Any falcon of the order Falconiformes

falcula
The falx cerebelli.
A curved and sharp-pointed claw.

faldage
A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.
A fee paid for exemption from this.

faldages
plural of faldage

fallax
cavillation; petty criticism

fallaxes
plural of fallax

fallfish
A small silvery freshwater fish (Semotilus corporalis) found in North America.

fallfishes
plural of fallfish

fallotaspidid
Any trilobite in the family Fallotaspididae.

fallotaspidids
plural of fallotaspidid

false albacore
A small species of tuna, a little tunny.

false gharial
Alternative form of false gavial.

false map turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica, a turtle endemic to the United States.

false scorpionfish
Centrogenys vaigiensis, the only described species in the family Centrogenyidae, which very closely resemble scorpionfish.

familist
A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England.

familists
plural of familist

famm
A hand.

famms
plural of famm

fan dancer
A person who performs a fan dance.

fanfish
Any pomfret of the genus Pteraclis

fanfishes
plural of fanfish

fanfoot
A gecko of the genus Ptyodactylus, having toes expanded into large lobes for additional adhesion.
Any moth of the genus Polypogon.

fanfoots
plural of fanfoot

fangteeth
plural of fangtooth

fangtooth
A beryciform fish of the monotypic family Anoplogastridae, with long sharp teeth.

fangtooth snake-eel
A burrow-dwelling eel of species Aplatophis chauliodus, native to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

fangtooths
plural of fangtooth

fario
The brown trout

farmerette
A member of the Woman's Land Army of America.

farmerettes
plural of farmerette

farmerfish
Any damselfish, of the genus Stegastes, that feed on filamentous algae

farrower
A crate designed to hold a farrowing pig

farrowers
plural of farrower

fartbox
The anus.

faschism
Misspelling of fascism.

fasciculi
plural of fasciculus

fasciculus
A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle.

fascism
Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition.
Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition.
Any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting, and/or violence against largely unarmed populations.
Any extreme reliance on or enforcement of rules and regulations.

fascisms
plural of fascism

fascists
plural of fascist

fat sleeper
The fish Dormitator maculatus.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fat, sleeper.

fatback
A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard
A fish, the menhaden.

fatbacks
plural of fatback

fatburger
A hamburger made with extremely fatty meat.
An extra-large hamburger.

fatburgers
plural of fatburger

fathead
An idiot; a fool.
A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.
A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.
A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos
Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps

fathead minnow
A small freshwater fish of the minnow family, Pimephales promelas, native to North America.

fatheads
plural of fathead

father lasher
A shorthorn sculpin.

fatherlasher
Alternative form of father lasher.

fatherlashers
plural of fatherlasher

fatling
A young animal (especially a calf or lamb) which has been fattened for slaughter.

fatlings
plural of fatling

fatstock
Fattened livestock.

fatstocks
plural of fatstock

faunalturbation
soil bioturbation caused by burrowing animals

faunalturbations
plural of faunalturbation

faunivore
Any animal that eats other animals.

faunivores
plural of faunivore

faunivory
Feeding primarily on animal prey.

faunizone
A geological region that is characterised by a specific set of animal species.