algivores
plural of algivore

alim
An educated scholar of Islamic law; a member of the ulema class

alims
plural of alim

alinota
plural of alinotum

alinotum
The anterior, wing-bearing division of the pterothoracic notum in insects.

alismatid
Any member of the Alismatidae.

alismatids
plural of alismatid

alitrunk
The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.

alitrunks
plural of alitrunk

allatectomies
plural of allatectomy

allatectomy
The surgical removal of the corpus allatum from an insect.

allergenomics
The construction and analysis of allergenomes

allergome
The complete set of allergens associated with a particular organism

allergomes
plural of allergome

allerion
Alternative form of alerion.

allerions
plural of allerion

allice shad
Alternative form of allis shad.

alligator gar
A species of gar native to the US, Atractosteus spatula, known for its extremely large size (in excess of 200 lbs).

alligator lizard
Any of many species of lizards in the genera Elgaria, Gerrhonotus, and Abronia.

alligator lizards
plural of alligator lizard

alligator snapping turtle
A large freshwater turtle of the Eastern United States (Macrochelys temminckii).

alligatorfish
a bottom-dwelling marine fish of species Aspidophoroides monopterygius, family Agonidae, which is found along the coasts of the northwestern Atlantic.

alligatorfishes
plural of alligatorfish

allis shad
A herring-like fish (Alosa alosa), of the eastern Atlantic that migrates to fresh water to spawn.

allocamelus
A fictional animal, apparently based on early reports of llamas, which has the head of an ass or mule and the body of a camel.

allocare
Care given to an infant by an animal that is not the infant's parent.

allocaretaker
An animal that provides allocare to an infant.

allocaretakers
plural of allocaretaker

allocoprophagy
The feeding on excrement produced by other animals.

allohexaploidization
The replication of the genome of an organism to form an allohexaploid

allometries
plural of allometry

allometry
Disproportionate growth of a part of a living organism in relation to the whole.
The science studying the differential growth rates of the parts of a living organism.

alloparasite
An organism that parasitizes an unrelated host

alloparasites
plural of alloparasite

alloplasm
Cytoplasm that has been modified to form cilia or flagella.

alloplasms
plural of alloplasm

allosauri
plural of allosaurus

allosaurid
Any dinosaur in the family Allosauridae.

allosaurids
plural of allosaurid

allosaurus
A large, carnivorous dinosaur, of genus Allosaurus, that lived in the Jurassic period.

allosauruses
plural of allosaurus

alloscuta
plural of alloscutum

alloscutum
the flexible part of the dorsal body wall behind the rigid scutum in a hard tick, particularly a female — the alloscutum is the part of the body wall that must stretch to accommodate the blood that the tick swallows when it engorges in preparation for laying eggs.

allosperm
Sperm that has been received from another organism.

allosperms
plural of allosperm

allotherian
Any member of the infraclass †Allotheria of extinct mammals.

allotherians
plural of allotherian

allotriocarid
Any animal of the clade Allotriocarida.

allrounders
plural of allrounder

almadraba
A Mediterranean fishing technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna consisting of suspending nets in walls that guide the fish to a central net trap where they are caught for slaughter.
An arrangement of nets for this purpose.

almadrabas
plural of almadraba

almicore
Synonym of amberjack.

alnager
A sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect woollen cloth and fix a seal upon it.

alnagers
plural of alnager

aloeid
Any member of the Aloeidae.

aloeids
plural of aloeid

alopiid
Any member of the Alopiidae.

alopiids
plural of alopiid

alosa
shad

alosas
plural of alosa

alouate
Alternative form of alouatte.

alouates
plural of alouate

alouatte
A South American howler monkey (of the genus Alouatta).

alouattes
plural of alouatte

alpine bullhead
A species of fish in the Cottidae family, Cottus poecilopus.

alpine meadow lizard
Adolfus alleni, a species of lizard.

alucitid
Any member of the Alucitidae.

alucitids
plural of alucitid

alydid
Any member of the family Alydidae, the broad-headed bugs.

alydids
plural of alydid

ama
Alternative spelling of amah.

amadavat
An estrildid finch, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird.

amadavats
plural of amadavat

amaduvad
Alternative form of avadavat.

amaduvads
plural of amaduvad

amah
A woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.
A female domestic helper; a maid.

amaltheid
Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Amaltheidae.

amaltheids
plural of amaltheid

amas
plural of ama

amatong
A type of fish trap made by piling rocks underwater.

amaurobioid
Any spider of the superfamily Amaurobioidea.

amaurobioids
plural of amaurobioid

amberjack
Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.

amberjacks
plural of amberjack

amblyceran
Any louse of the suborder Amblycera

amblycerans
plural of amblyceran

ambrosia beetles
plural of ambrosia beetle

ambulacrarian
Any animal of the clade Ambulacraria

ambulacrarians
plural of ambulacrarian

ambulanciers
plural of ambulancier

amburies
plural of ambury

ambury
Alternative form of anbury.

ameba
Alternative spelling of amoeba.

amebae
plural of ameba, a variant of amoeba.

amebas
plural of ameba

amebid
Alternative form of amoebid.

amebids
plural of amebid

amebula
A small amoeba (or an organism which resembles one).

amebulae
plural of amebula

amebulas
plural of amebula

ameiva
Any whiptail lizards of the genus Ameiva; a jungle-runner.

ameivas
plural of ameiva

amenta
plural of amentum

amentum
A catkin.

amfetamine
Alternative spelling of amphetamine.

amfetamines
plural of amfetamine

amia
The bowfin, Amia calva.

amias
plural of amia

amidin
Starch modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

amidins
plural of amidin

amiid
Any member of the Amiidae.

amiids
plural of amiid

ammocete
Alternative form of ammocoete.

ammocetes
plural of ammocete

ammocoete
A larva of a lamprey.

ammocoetes
plural of ammocoete

ammodyte
One of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel.
A species of viper (Vipera ammodytes) of southeastern Europe.

ammodytes
plural of ammodyte

ammodytid
Any member of the Ammodytidae.

ammodytids
plural of ammodytid

ammonitid
Any ammonite of the order Ammonitida.

ammonitids
plural of ammonitid

amnio
amniocentesis

amniocenteses
plural of amniocentesis

amniocentesis
A procedure for obtaining amniotic fluid from a pregnant animal, by inserting a hollow needle through the abdominal wall and into the amniotic sac. Used in diagnosing possible genetic defects and/or obstetric complications, or simply to drain excess amniotic fluid.

amoeba
A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
Any eukaryote that exhibits amoeboid movement, having the ability to change its shape.
Any member of the class or phylum Sarcodina, a polyphyletic grouping into which diverse amoeboids were placed.
A graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
An asexual.

amoebae
plural of amoeba

amoebas
plural of amoeba

amoebid
Any member of the family Amoebidae of certain amoebas.

amoebids
plural of amoebid

amoebula
Alternative form of amebula.

amoebulae
plural of amoebula

amoebulas
plural of amoebula

amoscanate
An experimental anthelmintic agent of the arylisothiocyanate class, found to be highly effective in animals against hookworms and the four major species of schistosomes, but possibly hepatotoxic.

ampalaya
bitter melon

ampalayas
plural of ampalaya