authigenesis
authigenic formation

autoapomorph
Alternative form of autapomorph.

autoapomorphs
plural of autoapomorph

autoecism
The fact of a parasite or dependent organism completing an entire life cycle on a single host species.
The fact of having male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant.

autoecology
Alternative form of autecology.

autogenesis
The supposed creation of living organisms from nonliving matter.

autograt
A gratuity automatically added to a bill.

autograts
plural of autograt

autogratuities
plural of autogratuity

autogratuity
Synonym of autograt

autogrooming
The grooming of an animal by itself.

autoliths
plural of autolith

automimic
Any creature that engages in automimicry.

automimics
plural of automimic

autonarcosis
Narcosis in an organism that is induced by the organism itself.

autopalatine
A paired bone in the roof of the mouth of fish

autopalatines
plural of autopalatine

autoportraits
plural of autoportrait

autostichid
Any of the family Autostichidae of moths.

autostichids
plural of autostichid

autozoophilia
Synonym of petplay (“a fetish activity in which one takes on the role of an animal, sometimes as the pet of another”).

avadavat
Any of various estrildid finches of the genus Amandava, especially the red avadavat, Amandava amandava, of India and Southeast Asia, commonly kept and bred as a cagebird; also known as Java sparrow.

avemetatarsalian
A member of the Avemetatarsalia clade of archosaurs which resemble birds more than crocodiles.

avemetatarsalians
plural of avemetatarsalian

avicularian
Any of the genus Avicularia of spiders.

avicularians
plural of avicularian

avivore
Any animal that is specialized at preying on birds.

avivores
plural of avivore

avocet
Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.

avoset
Alternative form of avocet.

avosets
plural of avoset

awlbill
Any hummingbird of the genus Avocettula.

awlbills
plural of awlbill

awlet
Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Bibasis and Burara.

awlets
plural of awlet

axin
A fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Llaveia axin, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.

axins
plural of axin

axunge
Fat or grease, especially of a pig or goose.
Lard prepared for medical use.

axymyiid
Any member of the family Axymyiidae.

axymyiids
plural of axymyiid

ayaya
The roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja

ayayas
plural of ayaya.

aylet
A black bird with red feet and beak.

aylets
plural of aylet

ayrie
Obsolete spelling of eyrie.

ayries
plural of ayrie
plural of ayry

ayry
Obsolete form of eyrie.

ayu
A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus and family, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.

ayus
plural of ayu

azat
A member of the middle and lower Armenian nobility, in contrast to the naxarars who were the great lords; from the Late Middle Ages, member of the entire body of the Armenian nobility.

azats
plural of azat

azymite
One who administers the Eucharist with unleavened bread, in particular a member of the Latin Church or Roman Catholic Church.

azymites
plural of azymite

baardman
A fish of the species Umbrina canariensis.

baardmans
plural of baardman

babbler
Someone who babbles.
Any of several passerine birds, of the families Timaliidae and Paradoxornithidae (both found in Asia, Africa) and Pomatostomidae (found in Australia).
A hound who is too noisy on finding a good scent.

babka
A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, e.g. chocolate, lemon, etc.

babkas
plural of babka

babyfur
A furry character that is a baby or toddler.
A member of the furry subculture with an interest in roleplaying as a baby.

babyfurs
plural of babyfur

babygram
An X-ray of the entire body of an infant.

babygramme
Alternative spelling of babygram.

babygrammes
plural of babygramme

babygrams
plural of babygram

bacalao
Alternative spelling of bacalhau.

bachac
A leaf-cutter ant.

bachacs
plural of bachac

backfatter
A pig yielding significant backfat.

backfatters
plural of backfatter

backfin
The rear fin of a fish.

backfins
plural of backfin

backlift
The lifting of the bat in preparation for hitting the ball.

backlifts
plural of backlift

backrower
A reserve player on a team; a member of the back row or back bench

backrowers
plural of backrower

backspot flying fish
A particular species of flying fish, Cheilopogon dorsomacula.

bacmid
A shuttle vector that can be propagated in both E. coli and insect cells.

bacmids
plural of bacmid

bacteriophore
Any part of an animal that hosts a population of bacteria

bacteriophores
plural of bacteriophore

bacterioplankton
The bacterial component of marine plankton

bacterioplanktons
plural of bacterioplankton

bacteriosome
A bacterial endosymbiont

bacteriosomes
plural of bacteriosome

bacteriosponge
Any marine sponge that hosts a community of bacteria

bacteriosponges
plural of bacteriosponge

baculicone
An organism or fossil with a baculiconic shell, or the shell itself.

baculicones
plural of baculicone

baculitid
Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Baculitidae.

baculitids
plural of baculitid

badak
A rhinoceros.

badaks
plural of badak

badgerhood
The essence of being a badger.

badgersona
A fursona that is a badger.

badgersonas
plural of badgersona

baenid
Any of the extinct turtles in the family Baenidae.

baenids
plural of baenid

baetid
Any member of the family Baetidae of mayflies.

baetids
plural of baetid

bagelburger
A burger served in a bagel instead of a bun.

bagelburgers
plural of bagelburger.

baggies
plural of baggie
plural of baggy

baggit
A salmon that has just spawned.

baggits
plural of baggit

bagmoth
A kind of moth, the bagworm.

bagmoths
plural of bagmoth

bagre
Any of various types of catfish, located along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.

bagres
plural of bagre

bagwyn
An imaginary heraldic animal, like an antelope but with the tail of a horse and two curved horns.

bagwyns
plural of bagwyn

bairdi
Chionoecetes bairdi, a species of snow crab.

bairdis
plural of bairdi

baitfish
Small fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.
Fish that can be caught using bait.

baitfishery
The fishing of baitfish

baitfishes
plural of baitfish

baitworm
Any of various types of worm used as fishing bait

baitworms
plural of baitworm

bajonado
Synonym of jolthead porgy.

bala shark
A species of cyprinid; Balantiocheilos melanopterus.

balachaung
Alternative form of balachong.

balachong
A Malaysian and Singaporean form of ngapi, a Southeast Asian condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp.

balaenid
Any member of the family Balaenidae; a right whale.

balaenids
plural of balaenid

balaenopterid
Any member of family Balaenopteridae of rorqual whales.

balaenopterids
plural of balaenopterid

balaenopteroid
Any baleen whale of the superfamily Balaenopteroidea

balaenopteroids
plural of balaenopteroid

balanaeopterid
Misspelling of balaenopterid.

balanid
Any member of the family Balanidae, stalkless acorn barnacles in the order Sessilia.

balanids
plural of balanid

balanomorph
Any barnacle of the suborder Balanomorpha

balanomorphan
Any barnacle of the suborder Balanomorpha

balanomorphans
plural of balanomorphan

balanomorphs
plural of balanomorph

balao
The halfbeak.

balaos
plural of balao

balbarid
Any member of the family †Balbaridae of extinct kangaroos.

balbarids
plural of balbarid

baldchin groper
A type of wrasse, Choerodon rubescens, endemic to the waters of Western Australia.

baldicoot
The coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.
A monk with a shaven head.

baldicoots
plural of baldicoot