crenarchaeote
Any of very many marine archaea, of the phylum Crenarchaeota, many of which are extremophiles

crenarchaeotes
plural of crenarchaeote

crestwort
A liverwort of the genus Lophocolea

cricoconarid
Any lophophorate of the class †Cricoconarida.

crinoidean
Any of the Crinoidea.

crinoideans
plural of crinoidean

crispant
A F0 generation mutant generated by CRISPR/Cas9-directed genome editing.

crocidurate
Any shrew of the genus Crocidura.

crocidurates
plural of crocidurate

crocodyloid
Any crocodilian of the superfamily Crocodyloidea.

crocodyloids
plural of crocodyloid

crosne
A vegetable, of species Stachys affinis; a Chinese artichoke.

crosnes
plural of crosne

crottle
Any of various lichens gathered for dyeing, especially those of the genus Parmelia.

crottles
plural of crottle

cryptist
Any organism of the clade Cryptista

cryptists
plural of cryptist

cryptobiont
Any organism capable of cryptobiosis

cryptobionts
plural of cryptobiont

cryptobranch
Any limpet of the genus Cryptobranchia

cryptobranches
plural of cryptobranch

cryptobranchid
Any of the Cryptobranchidae of giant salamanders.

cryptobranchids
plural of cryptobranchid

cryptobranchs
plural of cryptobranch

cryptoendolith
Any organism that colonizes structural cavities within porous rocks

cryptoendoliths
plural of cryptoendolith

cryptogonimid
Any trematode of the family Cryptogonimidae

cryptogonimids
plural of cryptogonimid

cryptoniscoid
Any isopod of the superfamily Cryptoniscoidea

cryptoniscoids
plural of cryptoniscoid

cryptophycean
Any cryptomonad of the class Cryptophyceae

cryptophyceans
plural of cryptophycean

cryptospecies
Any of several distinct species referred to by the same species name.

crystallostrata
plural of crystallostratum

crystallostratum
A continuous layer of oxalate crystals embedded in the thallus, associated with the family Porinaceae.

ctenopod
Any crustacean of the suborder Ctenopoda

ctenopods
plural of ctenopod

ctenosauriscid
Any archosaur in the family Ctenosauriscidae.

ctenosauriscids
plural of ctenosauriscid

cubcams
plural of cubcam

cuculid
Any of the family Cuculidae of near-passerine birds, the cuckoos.

cuculids
plural of cuculid

culicid
Any mosquito in the family Culicidae.

culicidian
Any mosquito of the family Culicidae

culicidians
plural of culicidian

culicids
plural of culicid

cultiform
A cultivated form of a species or variety.

cultiforms
plural of cultiform

cupressuflavone
A particular biflavonoid found in Cupressus species.

curdlan
A glucan produced by non-pathogenic bacteria such as Agrobacterium biobar.

curdlans
plural of curdlan

curli
Thin, coiled, proteinaceous fibres, on the surface of the bacterium Escherichia coli, by means of which the bacterium adheres to and infects wounds etc.

cyanosiphovirus
Any freshwater cyanobacterium of the genus Cyanosiphovirus

cyanosiphoviruses
plural of cyanosiphovirus

cyathaspid
Any agnathan of the family †Cyathaspidae.

cybiid
Any in the family Cybiidae, sometimes considered to be the scombrid subfamily Cybiinae.

cybiids
plural of cybiid

cycleanine
A selective vascular calcium antagonist isolated from Stephania species.

cyclolysin
A haemolysin found in the bacterium Bordetella pertussis

cyclophyllidean
Any tapeworm of the order Cyclophyllidea

cyclophyllideans
plural of cyclophyllidean

cycloramphid
Any anuran of the family Cycloramphidae

cycloramphids
plural of cycloramphid

cyclorhagid
Any invertebrate in the kinorhynch order Cyclorhagida.

cyclorhagids
plural of cyclorhagid

cyclotelloid
Any of the genus Cyclotella of diatoms.

cyclotelloids
plural of cyclotelloid

cyclotosaur
Any of the genus Cyclotosaurus of extinct temnospondyls.

cyclotosaurs
plural of cyclotosaur

cymothooid
Any isopod of the superfamily Cymothooidea

cymothooids
plural of cymothooid

cynoglossid
Any species of the tonguefish family Cynoglossidae.

cynoglossids
plural of cynoglossid

cynognathid
Any cynodont in the family Cynognathidae.

cynognathids
plural of cynognathid

cypraeid
Any cowry in the family Cypraeidae.

cypraeids
plural of cypraeid

cystidean
Any of the †Cystidea, a class of extinct echinoderms, now known as the †Cystoidea.
A stage in the development of many crinoids after the free-swimming larva attaches to a surface, but before it develops the structures necessary to feed.

cystideans
plural of cystidean

cytocomplex
A group of species with similar karyotypes.

cytocomplexes
plural of cytocomplex

cytode
A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life, differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present

cytophylogeny
The phylogeny of cytoforms

cytospecies
The cytoform of a species

cytotype
An individual of a species that has a different chromosomal factor to another (e.g. haploid versus diploid).

cytotypes
plural of cytotype

dactylopodid
Any amoeboid protist of the order Dactylopodida

dactylopodids
plural of dactylopodid

dalbergin
A neoflavonoid isolated from Dalbergia species.

dalmanellidine
Any brachiopod of the suborder Dalmanellidina

dalmanellidines
plural of dalmanellidine

dalmanelloid
Any brachiopod of the superfamily Dalmanelloidea

dalmanelloids
plural of dalmanelloid

dalytyphloplanid
Any flatworm of the suborder Dalytyphloplanida

dalytyphloplanids
plural of dalytyphloplanid

dambonitol
A di-O-methylinositol obtained from Dyera species.

danshen
A perennial sage of species Salvia miltiorrhiza, valued in traditional Chinese medicine for its roots.

darwinism
Alternative letter-case form of Darwinism.

darwinisms
plural of darwinism

dasydytid
Any gastrotrich in the family Coeloplanidae.

dasyuroid
Any kowari of the genus Dasyuroides

dasyuroids
plural of dasyuroid

davaineid
Any tapeworm in the family Davaineidae.

davaineids
plural of davaineid

decabrachian
Any cephalopod of the suborder Decabrachia

decabrachians
plural of decabrachian

decoyinine
An adenine hexoside found in Streptomyces hygroscopicus var. decoyicus bacteria.

dehydroarene
any transient species formally derived by abstraction of two hydrogen atoms from each of two rings of an arene

dehydroarenes
plural of dehydroarene

deinococci
plural of deinococcus

deinococcus
Any bacterium of the genus Deinococcus.

deletant
A mutant caused by the deletion of a gene.

deltabaculovirus
Any baculovirus of the genus Deltabaculovirus

deltabaculoviruses
plural of deltabaculovirus

deltaflexivirus
Any flexivirus of the genus Deltaflexivirus

deltaflexiviruses
plural of deltaflexivirus

deltaproteobacteria
plural of deltaproteobacterium

deltaproteobacterium
Any protobacterium of the order Deltaproteobacterium.

dendrocoelid
Any planarian in the family Dendrocoelidae

dendrocoelids
plural of dendrocoelid

dendrohyphidium
A branched, slender hymenium

dentaliid
Any tusk shell in the family Dentaliidae.

dentaliids
plural of dentaliid

depauperation
The removal of variety (of species, genes, or biodiversity)

dependoparvovirus
Any parvovirus of the genus Dependoparvovirus.

dependoparvoviruses
plural of dependoparvovirus

derbid
Any planthopper in the family Derbidae.

derbids
plural of derbid

destruent
Any organism that converts dead matter into a form that can be recycled

destruents
plural of destruent

desulfitobacteria
plural of desulfitobacterium

desulfitobacterium
Any bacterium of the genus Desulfitobacterium

desulfoviridin
A dissimilatory sulfite reductase present in the bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans

detrivore
Any organism that feeds on detritus; a detritivore, a saprophyte.

detrivores
plural of detrivore

devescovinid
Any protist of the order Devescovinidae

devescovinids
plural of devescovinid

dharma
The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
One's obligation in respect to one's position in society, or the universe; one's duty, societally or cosmically.
The teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
The teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.
Rule of conduct.