hemelytron
An insect's forewing with both membranous and hardened portions.

hemelytrum
Alternative form of hemelytron.

hemerodrome
A courier in Ancient Greece who would run for a day

hemerodromes
plural of hemerodrome

hemicastrate
A semicastrated animal.

hemicastrates
plural of hemicastrate

hemicentin
Any of a family of extracellular immunoglobins that are conserved across vertebrate species

hemicentins
plural of hemicentin

hemichordates
plural of hemichordate

hemicrania
A headache affecting one side of the head.

hemicranias
plural of hemicrania

hemicranies
plural of hemicrany

hemicrany
Dated form of hemicrania.

hemicyonines
plural of hemicyonine

hemidactyl
Any of the Old World geckos of the genus Hemidactylus; house gecko

hemidactyls
plural of hemidactyl

hemigenome
The partial genome inherited from either parent

hemigenomes
plural of hemigenome

hemimetabolism
Incomplete metamorphosis; the mode of development of certain insects that includes three distinct stages: egg, nymph, and imago (adult).

hemimetaboly
hemimetabolism

heminota
plural of heminotum

heminotum
Either half of the back of an insect

hemione
Equus hemionus, the onager or kiang, a kind of wild ass of Tibet.

hemiones
plural of hemione

hemionid
Synonym of hemione.

hemionids
plural of hemionid

hemipenectomy
Surgical removal of a reptile's hemipenis.

hemipode
Any of a small group of birds containing 15 species, all but one of which are in the genus Turnix.

hemipodes
plural of hemipode

hemipopulation
The population of a form of an organism that occurs in two distinct forms (e.g. aquatic and airborne)

hemipopulations
plural of hemipopulation

hemippe
The Syrian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemippus).

hemippes
plural of hemippe

hemiray
Either half of the ray of a fish's fin

hemirays
plural of hemiray

hemiscylliid
Any of the family Hemiscylliidae of sharks.

hemiscylliids
plural of hemiscylliid

hemocytin
An insect lectin in silkworms

hemocytins
plural of hemocytin

hemogregarine
Alternative form of haemogregarine.

hemogregarines
plural of hemogregarine

hemovore
An organism that ingests blood as the main part of its diet; examples of hemovores include leeches, fleas, ticks, mosquitos, vampire bats, and the vampire ground finch.

hemovores
plural of hemovore

henfish
A marine fish, the sea bream.
A female fish, especially a salmon or trout.
A fish that broods its eggs or fry, especially a lumpsucker or lumpfish (Cyclopteridae).

hengeyokai
A legendary Japanese animal with the ability to shapeshift into human form.

henicid
Any king cricket or weta in the family Henicidae.

henicids
plural of henicid

henne
Obsolete spelling of hen.

hennes
plural of henne

henophidian
Any snake of the superfamily Henophidia

henophidians
plural of henophidian

henricosborniid
Any member of the Henricosborniidae.

henricosborniids
plural of henricosborniid

hens
plural of hen

hepatomancy
Synonym of hepatoscopy (“divination from entrails”).

hepatoscopy
Divination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section representing a deity, and the markings in these zones were important.

hepialid
Any member of family Hepialidae of ghost moths.

hepialids
plural of hepialid

heptamutant
An organism that has seven mutations

heptamutants
plural of heptamutant

heracleid
Any member of the Heracleidae, the descendants of Hercules.

heracleids
plural of heracleid

herbivora
Herbivorous animals collectively, especially of the obsolete taxon Herbivora.

herbivory
The consumption of living plant tissue by animals.

herbogenomics
The botanogenomics of medicinal herbs

herdbook
A book listing the pedigrees of one or more herds of livestock.

herdbooks
plural of herdbook

herdmate
Any animal that is in the same herd as another

herdmates
plural of herdmate

heremites
plural of heremite

herling
The young of the sea trout or similar trout, once thought to be a separate species.

herlings
plural of herling

hern
Corner, nook.
A recess beside a wide chimney-fireside.
A corner of angular piece of land; a nook of land projecting into another district, parish, or field.

herns
plural of hern

hernshaw
Obsolete form of heronsew.

hernshaws
plural of hernshaw

heroner
A hawk used in hunting herons.

heroners
plural of heroner

heronries
plural of heronry

heronry
A breeding woodland for herons; a heron rookery.

heronsew
A heron (originally specifically when small or young).

heronsews
plural of heronsew

heronshaw
Alternative form of heronsew.

heronshaws
plural of heronshaw

herpelid
Any member of the Herpelidae family of amphibians

herpelids
plural of herpelid

herper
A herpetologist, or reptile enthusiast.

herpers
plural of herper

herpestid
Any member of the family Herpestidae of mongooses.

herpestids
plural of herpestid

herpetarium
A zoological exhibition space for reptiles and amphibians.

herpetariums
plural of herpetarium

herpetophobia
Fear of reptiles, amphibians, and similar animals.

herpie
A herpetologist or reptile enthusiast.

herpies
plural of herpie

herrerasaurid
Any dinosaure in the family Herrerasauridae.

herrerasaurids
plural of herrerasaurid

herring
A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.
Fish in the family Clupeidae.
Those fish and any other fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.

herring cale
A ray-finned fish of species Olisthops cyanomelas, endemic to Australia.

herring worm
A species of nematode, which occurs in ocean fish such as herrings, Anisakis simplex.

herrings
plural of herring

hesperiid
Any member of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper.

hesperiids
plural of hesperiid

hesperomyines
plural of hesperomyine

hetairoi
plural of hetairos

hetairos
A companion of an ancient Greek king, as a member of the aristocracy and later elite cavalry.

heterenchelyid
Any eel in the family Heterenchelyidae.

heterenchelyids
plural of heterenchelyid

heterobiont
A heterobiotic community

heterobionts
plural of heterobiont

heterobranch
Any snail or slug of the subclass Heterobranchia

heterobranchs
plural of heterobranch

heterocerc
Any fish having a tail with unequal lobes.

heterocercs
plural of heterocerc

heterocoagulation
The coagulation/flocculation of particles in a suspension that bear opposite electric charge.

heterocoral
A coral from the extinct Paleozoic order Heterocorallia.

heterocorals
plural of heterocoral

heterodontid
Any member of the family Heterodontidae of bullhead sharks.

heterodontids
plural of heterodontid

heterodontosaurid
Any of a group of small dinosaurs, of the family Heterodontosauridae, that had characteristic teeth

heterodontosaurids
plural of heterodontosaurid

heterogeneses
plural of heterogenesis

heterogenesis
Abnormal organic development.
Abiogenesis.
Spontaneous generation.
The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle.

heterokaryotype
The karyotype of a heterozygous organism

heterokaryotypes
plural of heterokaryotype

heterokonts
plural of heterokont

heterometabolism
The form of insect development in which the nymph is very similar to the adult and matures without becoming a pupa

heteronazis
plural of heteronazi

heteroneuran
Any butterfly or moth in the infraorder Heteroneura.

heteroneurans
plural of heteroneuran

heteropods
plural of heteropod

heteropter
Any of the insect suborder Heteroptera.

heteropters
plural of heteropter

heterotardigrade
Any tardigrade or similar animal of the class Heterotardigrada

heterotardigrades
plural of heterotardigrade

heterotherm
Any heterothermic organism.

heterotherms
plural of heterotherm

heterozerconid
Any member of the Heterozerconidae.

heterozerconids
plural of heterozerconid

heterozooid
A specialized non-feeding bryozoan zooid

heterozooids
plural of heterozooid

heth
The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

heths
plural of heth