galatea
A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave

galateas
plural of galatea

galeommatid
Any clam in the family Galeommatidae.

galeommatids
plural of galeommatid

gamecocks
plural of gamecock

gamp
An umbrella.

gamps
plural of gamp

ganga
The sandgrouse.

gangas
plural of ganga

gapers
plural of gaper

garden snail
Ant of species Cornu aspersum of helicid snails,, commonly found in gardens, originally native to the Mediterranean region, now spread throughout Europe and introduced to the British Isles, the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere.

gari
Alternative form of garri (“West African food made from cassava”).

gastropods
plural of gastropod

geepound
Synonym of slug (“unit of mass”).

geepounds
plural of geepound

gelatinolysis
The enzymatic breakdown of gelatine

gemma
An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individuals can develop; a bud.

gemmae
plural of gemma

gemmas
plural of gemma

gemmula
Alternative form of gemmule (in various senses)

gemmulae
plural of gemmula

gena
The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
The part of the head below the compound eyes of Diptera, or an analogous part of the head of larvae without compound eyes.

genae
plural of gena

geodes
plural of geode

geoduck
The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon.
The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon.
Other species of Panopea, especially Panopea zelandica, native to the coasts of New Zealand.

geoducks
plural of geoduck

geography cone
A predatory cone snail of the Indo-Pacific, of species Conus geographus.

ghost slug
Selenochlamys ysbryda, a predatory air-breathing land slug.

giant clam
The largest living bivalve mollusk, Tridacna gigas.

giant periwinkle
Turbo sarmaticus, a turbinid sea snail.

giant squid
Any of the very large squid, of the genus Architeuthis (family Architeuthidae), that live at great depths, and of which little is known.
Any of other large squid of other families, about which less is known.
Synonym of Kraken (Norse sea monster)
Synonym of Cthulhu (Lovecraftian horror monster)

giardia
The human intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia.
Giardiasis, the disease caused by the parasite.

gignomenon
"Becoming," as opposed to "Being"; a phenomenon considered as occurrence rather than appearance.
By extension, that which is ephemeral or inessential.

gingle
Obsolete form of jingle.

glabella
The space between the eyebrows and above the nose.
The axial protuberance on the cephalon of certain arthropods (especially trilobites).

glabellae
plural of glabella

glabellas
plural of glabella

glabellum
Alternative form of glabella

gladii
plural of gladius

gladius
A Roman sword roughly two feet long.
A pen, a hard internal bodypart of certain cephalopods, made of chitin-like material.

gladiuses
plural of gladius

glandes
plural of glans

glans
A structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris in humans and other mammals.
A structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris in humans and other mammals.
The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
Synonym of goiter.
Synonym of pessary.

glass snails
plural of glass snail

glass squid
Any transparent squid of the family Cranchiidae

gleba
The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.

glebae
plural of gleba

globuli
plural of globulus

globulus
The nucleus globosus.
A pill, bolus, or spherical suppository.

gloomy octopus
A species of octopus, Octopus tetricus, found in the subtropical waters of eastern Australia and northern New Zealand.

glucosuria
glycosuria.

gnosanopsia
Visual awareness without perception (typically, only being able to see something properly when it moves).

goeduck
Alternative form of geoduck.

goeducks
plural of goeduck

goeyduck
Alternative form of geoduck.

goeyducks
plural of goeyduck

goniatites
plural of goniatite

goniolenses
plural of goniolens

gooeyduck
Alternative form of geoduck.

gooeyducks
plural of gooeyduck

grain physa
A freshwater snail, of species Physella hordacea (syn. Physa hordacea), endemic to the northwestern United States.

grandmammas
plural of grandmamma

grandmaw
grandmother

grandmaws
plural of grandmaw

great ramshorn
Planorbarius corneus, a freshwater air-breathing snail

greater argonaut
A species of octopus, Argonauta argo.

green crab
The shore crab.

green ormer
Haliotis tuberculata, an edible gastropod.

greenhouse slug
Milax gagates (family Milacidae), a species of land slug.

griglans
plural of griglan

grove snail
A snail of species Cepaea nemoralis, one of the most common species of land snail in Europe, with a dark brown lip to its shell.

gryphaea
Any of the genus †Gryphaea of extinct gryphaeid oysters, devil's toenails.

gryphaeas
plural of gryphaea

gryphites
plural of gryphite

guttula
A droplet.

guttulae
plural of guttula

gweduc
Alternative form of geoduck.

gweduck
Alternative form of geoduck.

gweducks
plural of gweduck

gweducs
plural of gweduc

gwiduc
Alternative form of geoduck.

gwiducs
plural of gwiduc

gymnites
plural of gymnite

gyroma
A large, convoluted mass in the ovary, similar to an endothelioma.

gyromata
plural of gyroma

habeas
A habeas corpus.

habeases
plural of habeas

haematolysis
haemolysis

haemocytopoenia
Alternative form of hemocytopenia.

halla
Alternative form of challah.

hallos
plural of hallo

hallot
plural of halla

halloth
plural of halla

hamites
plural of hamite

hard clam
A species of clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, widely enjoyed as food.

harpago
Synonym of corvus (“grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare”).
Synonym of harpax (“Ancient Roman catapult-shot grapnel”).

harpagones
plural of harpago
plural of harpagone

harpax
An Ancient Roman catapult-shot grapnel.

haustella
plural of haustellum

haustellum
A sucking organ, in the form of a proboscis, in many insects and crustaceans

haustra
plural of haustrum

haustrae
plural of haustrum

haustrum
Any of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.

hebra
The offspring of a cross between a horse sire and a zebra dam.

hebras
plural of hebra

hectocotyli
plural of hectocotylus

hectocotylus
A modified arm of any of several male cephalopods that functions as a reproductive organ by transferring sperm to the mantle of the female.

helices
plural of helix

helicon
A large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders.
A low-frequency electromagnetic wave observed in various plasmas.

helicons
plural of helicon

helictites
plural of helictite

helix
A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
The incurved rim of the external ear.
An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.

helixes
plural of helix

hematolysis
hemolysis

hemianopia
Alternative form of hemianopsia.

hemianopias
plural of hemianopia

hemianopsia
Blindness in one half of the field of vision of either or both eyes.

hemianopsias
plural of hemianopsia

hemicardia
A lateral half of a four-chamber heart.

hemicardias
plural of hemicardia

hemicellulolysis
The enzymatic hydrolysis of hemicellulose.

hemiopsia
Alternative spelling of hemianopsia.

hemiopsy
Dated form of hemiopsia.

hemoglobinolysis
The lysis of hemoglobin

hen clam
Synonym of Atlantic surf clam.