lacewing
Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia (order Lepidoptera).

lacewings
plural of lacewing

macronympha
Elongated labia, a feature of certain Khoikhoi and other African women who develop, naturally or though artificial stretching, relatively elongated labia minora.

mantidflies
plural of mantidfly

mantidfly
Synonym of mantisfly.

mantisflies
plural of mantisfly

mantispids
plural of mantispid

moth lacewing
Any insect of the family Ithonidae.

neuroptera
plural of neuropteron

nina
A hidden message revealed in the completed grid of a crossword.

ninas
plural of nina

nymphes
plural of nymphe

owlflies
plural of owlfly

owlfly
Any insect in the family Ascalaphidae.

pleasing lacewing
Any insect of the family Dilaridae.

puer
Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins.

puers
plural of puer

silky lacewing
Any insect of the family Psychopsidae.

spongillaflies
plural of spongillafly

spongillafly
Any insect in the neuropteran family Sisyridae, whose aquatic larvae feed on freshwater organism such as sponges in the genus Spongilla and bryozoans.

trichoma
Ingrown eyelash; trichiasis.
A trichomatose condition of the hair; plica.

visca
artificial straw made by spinning viscose into filaments

waghalter
Alternative form of wag-halter.

waghalters
plural of waghalter

antepagmenta
plural of antepagmentum

empousa
Alternative form of empusa.

empousae
plural of empousa

empousas
plural of empousa

empusa
In Ancient Greek mythology, a kind of spectre sent by Hecate to guard roads and devour travellers.

empusae
plural of empusa

empusas
plural of empusa

empuse
A phantom; ghost; spectre.

empuses
plural of empuse

fuga
A fugue.

fugas
plural of fuga

gongyli
plural of gongylus

gongylus
A round deciduous body connected with the reproduction of certain seaweeds.
A globular body found in the thallus of lichens.

ima
Alternative form of Imma.

mantes
plural of mantis

mantid
mantis (insect)
A mantis in the family Mantidae.

mantids
plural of mantid

mantis
Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.
A green colour, like that of many mantises.

mantises
plural of mantis

margravates
plural of margravate

menta
plural of mentum

praying mantis
Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.
A mantid of the species Mantis religiosa.
A woman who preys on men (from the idea that female praying mantises eat males after sex).

submenta
plural of submentum

vates
A poet or bard who is divinely inspired.

yersinia
A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.

yersiniae
plural of yersinia

yersinias
plural of yersinia

bacilli
plural of bacillus

bacillus
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
Something which spreads like bacterial infection.

bacteria
plural of bacterium

bacteriae
plural of bacteria

bacterias
plural of bacteria

bacula
plural of baculum

baculi
plural of baculus

baculum
A bone found in the penis of some placental mammals.
A small rod-like structure found in spores and pollen.

baculums
plural of baculum

baculus
Alternative form of baculum (“rod-like structure in spores and pollen”).

baldares
plural of baldare

cranidia
plural of cranidium

cranidium
In trilobites, the part of the cephalon (the head) consisting of the glabella and the fixigenae.

cranidiums
plural of cranidium

dares
plural of dare

jungle nymph
A stick insect, of the genus Heteropteryx, from the rainforests of south-east Asia

land lobster
The Lord Howe Island stick insect (phasmid), Dryococelus australis.

phasmids
plural of phasmid

probacula
plural of probaculum

probaculum
An immature baculum

pseudobacteria
Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria.

pseudomicrobe
Synonym of pseudobacteria.

pseudomicrobes
plural of pseudomicrobe

ramule
ramulus

ramules
plural of ramule

ramuli
plural of ramulus

ramulus
A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.

stick insect
Any of various insects of the order Phasmida that mimic sticks or twigs.

stick insects
plural of stick insect

timema
Any stick insect in the genus Timema and suborder Timematodea, which are native to western North America (mostly California), and which, having split off early from the ancestral group, are considered to preserve many primitive features.

timemas
plural of timema

walkingstick
Alternative form of walking stick.

walkingsticks
plural of walkingstick

bristletail
Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related:
Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related:
Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related:

bristletails
plural of bristletail

pear thrips
The thrips Taeniothrips inconsequens.

thrip
Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera.

thrips
Any of the many small insects of the order Thysanoptera, especially those that attack useful plants.

thripses
plural of thrips

thunderbug
A thrips.

thunderbugs
plural of thunderbug

tobacco thrips
Synonym of onion thrips.

alamiqui
Synonym of solenodon.

alamiquis
plural of alamiqui.

almiqui
Atopogale cubana, a soricomorph endemic to Cuba, unusual among mammals in having venomous saliva.

almiquis
plural of almiqui

chimarrogale
A shrew of the genus Chimarrogale

chimarrogales
plural of chimarrogale

common shrew
A shrew, Sorex araneus, one of the most common mammals.

desman
Either of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semiaquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe.

desmans
plural of desman

golden mole
Any of several small, insectivorous burrowing mammals of the family Chrysochloridae, native to southern Africa.

gymnure
A carnivorous mammal, subfamily Galericinae, related to the hedgehogs and resembling a large rat, which inhabits various parts of south-east Asia.

gymnures
plural of gymnure

hairy-tailed mole
Any of species Parascalops breweri of medium-sized North American mole having dark gray fur with lighter underparts, a pointed nose and a short, hairy tail.