meiolaniids
plural of meiolaniid

melanomacrophage
An aggregate of macrophages, containing melanin, found in some fish

melanomacrophages
plural of melanomacrophage

melanonid
Any member of the family Melanonidae of deep-sea fish.

melanonids
plural of melanonid

melanophilin
A carrier protein that encodes a member of the exophilin subfamily of Rab effector proteins.

melanopline
Any grasshopper of the subfamily Melanoplinae

melanoplines
plural of melanopline

melanorosaurid
Any dinosaur of the Melanorosauridae.

melanorosaurids
plural of melanorosaurid

melanure
A small fish of the Mediterranean, saddled seabream (Oblada melanura)

melanures
plural of melanure

melid
Any member of the family Melidae, now usually subfamily Melinae in family Mustelidae, of badgers.

melids
plural of melid

mellates
plural of mellate

mellewelle
Obsolete form of milwell.

mellewelles
plural of mellewelle

mellwell
Alternative form of milwell.

mellwells
plural of mellwell

melusine
A mermaid with a split or double tail.

melusines
plural of melusine

melwel
Alternative form of melwell.

melwell
Alternative form of milwell.

melwells
plural of melwell

melwels
plural of melwel

melyrid
Any beetle in the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles.

melyrids
plural of melyrid

mempachi
Alternative form of menpachi.

mempachis
plural of mempachi

mene
The high middle singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition, corresponding roughly to the alto.

menhadden
Alternative form of menhaden.

menhaden
Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.

menhadens
plural of menhaden

menopome
The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis).

menopomes
plural of menopome

menow
Obsolete form of minnow.

menows
plural of menow

menpachi
A soldierfish.

menpachis
plural of menpachi

menurid
Any member of the family Menuridae of lyrebirds.

menurids
plural of menurid

mephitid
Any member of the family Mephitidae of skunks and stink badgers.

mephitids
plural of mephitid

meraspides
plural of meraspis

meraspis
A stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature is growing, molting and developing its adult segmentation, but has not yet grown all segments.

mercenaries
plural of mercenary

merchild
The young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

merchildren
plural of merchild

mercurialine
A volatile oil found in Mercurialis perennis (dog's mercury), consisting mostly of methylamine.

merdog
A mermaid dog.

merdogs
plural of merdog

mereswine
A porpoise or dolphin.

mereswines
alternative plural of mereswine

merfolks
Synonym of merfolk.

mergirl
A mermaid.

meridionalization
The movement of fish to warmer, more southern waters

meridiungulate
Any of the South American mammals of the extinct clade †Meridiungulata.

meridiungulates
plural of meridiungulate

meristics
The counting of quantitative features of a fish, such as its number of fins or of scales.

merlady
A mermaid.

merlette
In French heraldry, a depiction of a mythological bird without beak or feet.

merlettes
plural of merlette

merling
The fish Merlangius merlangus, endemic to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, western Baltic Sea and Black Sea.

merlings
plural of merling

merluccid
Alternative form of merlucciid.

merluccids
plural of merluccid

merlucciid
Any member of the family Merlucciidae of codlike fishes, including most hakes.

merlucciids
plural of merlucciid

merman
A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

mermayde
Obsolete spelling of mermaid.

mermaydes
plural of mermayde

mermen
plural of merman

mermithergate
A worker ant that is deformed by parasitic nematodes.

mermithergates
plural of mermithergate

mermithid
Any member of the family Mermithidae of nematode worms that are endoparasites in arthropods.

mermithids
plural of mermithid

merosome
Any of the segments of a segmented animal

merosomes
plural of merosome

merostome
Any primitive arthropod of the subclass Merostomata.

merostomes
plural of merostome

merotopies
plural of merotopy

merotopy
The set of all subsets of a topological space such that, for some element in that space every neighbourhood of that element contains a member of the subset.

merpeople
plural of merperson

merperson
A mythological creature with a human upper half (head, arms, and torso) and a piscine lower half.

merpersons
plural of merperson

merry widow
A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts.
Veuve Clicquot champagne.

merrymaid
A mermaid.

merswine
Alternative form of mereswine.

merwife
A mermaid.

mesepimeron
The epimeron of the mesothorax of an insect

mesepimerons
plural of mesepimeron

mesobrowser
A medium-sized browser (animal that browses)

mesobrowsers
plural of mesobrowser

mesocarnivore
Any animal whose diet consists of 30–70% meat.

mesocarnivores
plural of mesocarnivore

mesochelydian
Any reptile in the clade Mesochelydia.

mesochelydians
plural of mesochelydian

mesoderm
One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce, through development, many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and the circulatory system.

mesoderms
plural of mesoderm

mesoeucrocodylia
plural of mesoeucrocodyle

mesofauna
Any animal of intermediate size, typically invertebrates, such as bivalves, arthropods, insects, and annelids.

mesogaster
The mesogastrium.

mesogasters
plural of mesogaster

mesogastropod
Any member of the Mesogastropoda, a former taxonomic group of snails.

mesogastropods
plural of mesogastropod

mesoglea
A gelatinous material found between the epithelial cellular layers of jellyfish and coelenterates.

mesogleas
plural of mesoglea

mesogloea
Alternative form of mesoglea.

mesogloeas
plural of mesogloea

mesograzer
Any small invertebrate herbivore, typically about an inch long

mesograzers
plural of mesograzer

mesohabitat
A medium-sized habitat

mesohabitats
plural of mesohabitat

mesoherbivore
Any medium-sized herbivore (approximately between 50 and 500 kilograms in weight)

mesoherbivores
plural of mesoherbivore

mesohyl
The gelatinous matrix within a sponge, filling the space between the external pinacoderm and the internal choanoderm.

mesohyls
plural of mesohyl

mesoleg
Either of the two middle legs on an insect.

mesolegs
plural of mesoleg

mesomammal
Any medium-sized mammal (roughly larger than a rodent and smaller than a bear)

mesomammals
plural of mesomammal

mesomyodian
Any bird with a mesomyodous larynx, formerly classified un the superfamily Mesomyodi.

mesomyodians
plural of mesomyodian

mesonychian
Any of several extinct carnivorous mammals of the order Mesonychia.

mesonychians
plural of mesonychian

mesoparasite
A parasitic copepod that lives partly embedded in its host, usually with the anterior end forming an anchor process.

mesoparasites
plural of mesoparasite

mesophil
Alternative form of mesophile.

mesophile
An organism, especially a microorganism, that lives and thrives at moderate temperatures.

mesophiles
plural of mesophile

mesophils
plural of mesophil

mesoplankton
plankton intermediate in size between microplankton and macroplankton

mesopredator
A medium-sized predator which often increases in abundance when larger predators are eliminated.

mesopredators
plural of mesopredator

mesosaur
Any of a group of small aquatic reptiles, from the early Permian period, of the order †Mesosauria.

mesosaurs
plural of mesosaur

mesoscuta
plural of mesoscutum

mesoscutum
The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect.

mesostegostom
The second-anteriormost section of the stegostom, sometimes fused with the prostegostom.

mesotarsi
plural of mesotarsus

mesotarsomere
A medial tarsomere

mesotarsomeres
plural of mesotarsomere

mesotarsus
A tarsus on the mesothorax of an insect

mesotendon
A vinculum, in vertebrate anatomy.