tadpole goby
Any fish of the genus Benthophilus, distributed through the deeper regions of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov.

taeniodont
Any of a group of extinct mammals of the suborder Taeniodonta

taeniodonts
plural of taeniodont

taenioglossan
Any member of the Taenioglossa.

taenioglossans
plural of taenioglossan

taeniopterygid
Any member of the Taeniopterygidae of willowflies or winter stoneflies.

taeniopterygids
plural of taeniopterygid

taffia
Alternative form of tafia.

taffias
plural of taffia

taghairm
An ancient divination method of the Highland Scots involving animal sacrifice.
An ancient divination method of the Highland Scots involving animal sacrifice.

taghairms
plural of taghairm.

tagtail
A worm with a conspicuously-coloured yellow tail, used as bait, probably a species of lugworm.
An unwanted hanger-on.

tagtails
plural of tagtail

taguan
flying squirrel

taguans
plural of taguan

taigheirm
Alternative form of taghairm.

taigheirms
plural of taigheirm (alternative form of taghairms).

tailache
A pain or ache in the tail.

tailbeat
The rhythmic beating of an animal's tail.

tailbeats
plural of tailbeat

tailender
One of the last four or five batsmen in the batting order, normally bowlers with limited batting ability; a member of the tail.

tailenders
plural of tailender

tailfan
The outer part of a bird's tail, farthest from the body.

tailfans
plural of tailfan

tailfeather
Any of the feathers of a bird's tail.

tailfeathers
plural of tailfeather

tailflip
A movement used by crustaceans to escape predators, involving rapid abdominal flexions that propel the creature backwards through the water.

tailflips
plural of tailflip

tailmaw
Alternative form of tailmouth.

tailmouth
A tail, often a large bushy one with a mouth of its own, possessing a separate mind from who it belongs to.

tailocin
The tail of a bacteriophage

tailocins
plural of tailocin

tailorbird
A small warbler of the genera Orthotomus and Phyllergates, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.

tailorbirds
plural of tailorbird

tailspot
A colored spot on the tail of various animals, especially fish.

tailspots
plural of tailspot

taimen
A species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia.

taimens
plural of taimen

tajassu
The common or collared peccary.

tajassus
plural of tajassu

takhterawan
Alternative form of takhtrawan.

takhterawans
plural of takhterawan

takhtirewan
Alternative form of takhtrawan.

takhtirewans
plural of takhtirewan

takhtrawan
A covered litter carried by a pair of animals.
An ornate open litter used as a mobile throne, particularly by the Mughal emperors, usually borne by human porters.

takhtrawans
plural of takhtrawan

taklobo
Alternative form of taclobo.

taklobos
plural of taklobo

talking catfish
Any of the catfishes of the family Doradidae, able to produce sound by moving their pectoral spine or vibrating their swim bladder.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see talking, catfish.

tallegalane
A fish, the sand grey mullet (Myxus elongatus).

tallegalanes
plural of tallegalane

talma
A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak.

talmas
plural of talma

talpacoti
The ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti, found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.

talpacotis
plural of talpacoti

talpid
A member of the family Talpidae, comprising moles.

talpids
plural of talpid

tamalero
One who makes or sells tamales.

tamaleros
plural of tamalero

tamara
A condiment popular in Italy, made of powdered cinnamon, cloves, coriander, etc.

tamarin
One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys of the genus Saguinus.

tambak
In Java, a brackish pond for raising fish and growing rice.

tambaks
plural of tambak

tambaqui
A freshwater fish of species Colossoma macropomum, native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America.

tambaquis
plural of tambaqui

tambotrika
The lesser hedgehog tenrec.

tambotrikas
plural of tambotrika

tambou
A type of drum in the French Caribbean, made of a hollowed-out tree trunk covered in animal skin.

tambous
plural of tambou

tambreet
The platypus.

tambreets
plural of tambreet

tamga
A seal or stamp used by Eurasian nomads and the cultures they influenced; typically the emblem of a particular tribe, clan, or family.

tamgas
plural of tamga

tamgha
Alternative form of tamga.

tamghas
plural of tamgha

tamure
A traditional dance of Tahiti and the Cook Islands (now only danced for tourists)

tanaostigmatid
Any member of the family Tanaostigmatidae of parasitic wasps.

tanaostigmatids
plural of tanaostigmatid

tankies
plural of tankie

tankmate
An aquarium fish that shares the same tank as another.

tankmates
plural of tankmate

tantulocarid
Any of the Tantulocarida, a group of parasitic crustaceans.

tantulocarids
plural of tantulocarid

tanystropheid
An archosauromorph reptile of the extinct Tanystropheidae family.

tanystropheids
plural of tanystropheid

tapayaxin
The horned lizard.

tapayaxins
plural of tapayaxin

tapertail
A kind of anchovy (Radiicephalus elongatus)

tapertails
plural of tapertail

tapetail
The larval stage of the whalefishes

tapetails
plural of tapetail

taphofacies
taphonomic facies

tapinocephalid
Any therapsid in the family Tapinocephalidae.

tapinocephalids
plural of tapinocephalid

tapirid
Any tapir of the family Tapiridae

tapirids
plural of tapirid

tapiromorph
Any tapir or related animal of the superfamily Tapiroidea

tapiromorphs
plural of tapiromorph

tarakihi
A fish, Nemadactylus macropterus, between 30 and 60 centimeters long and found off the coast of Australia and South America.

tarakihis
plural of tarakihi

tarand
A legendary reindeer/moose-like creature with chameleon properties.
A communal burial place with stone-walled enclosures, associated with Baltic Finnic peoples.

tarands
plural of tarand

tarantulid
Any member of the arachnid family Tarantulidae.

tarantulids
plural of tarantulid

tarapin
Obsolete form of terrapin.

tarapins
plural of tarapin

tardigrade
Sluggish; moving slowly.

tardigrades
plural of tardigrade

tardo
A sloth (animal).

tardos
plural of tardo

tarek
Synonym of pearl mullet.

tareks
plural of tarek

targetome
All the microRNA targets of an organism

targetomes
plural of targetome

tarphycerid
Any member of the order Tarphycerida.

tarphycerids
plural of tarphycerid

tarphyceroid
A member of the extinct order Tarphycerida.

tarpon
Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.

tarpons
plural of tarpon

tarrapin
Obsolete form of terrapin.

tarrapins
plural of tarrapin

tarsiid
Any primate in the family Tarsiidae; a tarsier.

tarsiids
plural of tarsiid

tarsiiform
Any primate of the infraorder Tarsiiformes

tarsiiforms
plural of tarsiiform

tarsioid
A tarsier or extinct relative; any member of the infraorder Tarsiiformes

tarsioids
plural of tarsioid

tarsipedid
Any member of the Tarsipedidae, which is currently considered to consist of one species, Tarsipes rostratus, the honey possum.

tarsipedids
plural of tarsipedid

tarsomere
A particular subsegment of an insect tarsus.

tarsomeres
plural of tarsomere

tarsonemid
Any member of the family Tarsonemidae of mites.

tarsonemids
plural of tarsonemid

tartars
plural of tartar

tarwhine
A yellowish sea bream, Rhabdosargus sarba.

tarwhines
plural of tarwhine

tatler
Obsolete form of tattler (“one who tells tales, or informs on others”).
A watch (timepiece).

tatlers
plural of tatler

tatou
The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)

tatouay
An armadillo (Cabassous tatouay), native to tropical South America; the broad-banded armadillo.

tatouays
plural of tatouay

tatouhou
An armadillo, the peba.

tatous
plural of tatou

tattler
One who tattles (notifies authorities of illicit behavior) or is inclined to do so; a tattletale.
Either of two similar bird species in the shorebird genus Heteroscelus (Tringa in some taxonomies).
A device fitted to a vehicle to measure mileage etc.