elaterids
plural of elaterid

elaterifom
Any beetle of the infraorder Elateriformia.

elateroid
Any beetle of the superfamily Elateroidea

elateroids
plural of elateroid

ele
Elephant.

electric catfish
Any catfish of the family Malapteruridae (order Siluriformes).

electric eel
Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.
Any species of the genus Electrophorus.
A plumber's snake powered by electricity.

electroantennogram
a display of the electrical activity of the cells of an insect antenna, especially in response to the detection of odour

electroantennograms
plural of electroantennogram

electrobioscopy
The detection of life in an animal by studying muscular contractions following the passage of an electric current

electrocyte
A modified striated muscle cell that does not contract, but produces electric signals; the component of the electric organ in some fish.

electrocytes
plural of electrocyte

electrogen
Something (especially a living organism) that produces electricity (or transfers electrons).

electrogens
plural of electrogen

electrohydrogenesis
The biochemical, electrolytic production of hydrogen

electromancy
Alternative form of alectryomancy.

electropalatography
A technique used to monitor contacts between the tongue and hard palate, particularly during articulation and speech.

electropenetrography
An electrical method of studying the penetration, by an insect, of the skin

electrophoretics
Technology using electrophoresis.

electrophori
plural of electrophorus

electrophorid
Any member of the Electrophoridae.

electrophorids
plural of electrophorid

electrophorus
An early apparatus, consisting of a rubber disk and a metal plate, for generating static electricity.

electrophoruses
plural of electrophorus

electroplaque
Synonym of electrocyte.

electroplaques
plural of electroplaque

electropulsator
An electric pulsator

electropulsators
plural of electropulsator

electrotransformation
The transformation of the genetic material of an organism by means of electrotransfer

electrotransformations
plural of electrotransformation

electrovore
An organism or entity which feeds on electricity.

electrovores
plural of electrovore

eleotrid
Any member of species in the family Eleotridae of sleeper fishes.

eleotrids
plural of eleotrid

elephant fish
Alternative form of elephantfish.

elephantback
The back of an elephant.

elephantfish
A fish of the family Mormyridae, noted for its ability to generate electric fields.
A plownose chimaera, any fish in the not closely related genus Callorhinchus of cartilaginous fish, which uses its fleshy snout to feel for food in sediments and to sense electric fields.

elephantfishes
plural of elephantfish

elephantid
Any member of the family Elephantidae of elephants and their extinct close relatives.

elephantids
plural of elephantid

elephantimorph
Any mammal of the clade Elephantimorpha

elephantimorphs
plural of elephantimorph

elephantnose fish
Synonym of Peters's elephantnose fish.

eles
plural of ele

eleutherodactyline
Any of the frogs of the family Eleutherodactylidae.

eleutherodactylines
plural of eleutherodactyline

eleutheroembryo
A free-floating embryo of a fish

eleutheroembryos
plural of eleutheroembryo

eleven-striped blind snake
Epictia undecimstriata, a species of slender blind snake.

elf
A supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves.
A small, magical creature similar to a fairy, often mischievous, playful, or occasionally helpful.
A member of a race of tall, slender, graceful beings with pointed ears, typically immortal or very long-lived and possessing wisdom and magical abilities.
Ellipsis of Christmas elf.
A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

elfe
Obsolete spelling of elf.

elfenfolk
Alternative form of elvenfolk.

elfes
plural of elfe

elfinfolk
Alternative form of elvenfolk.

elfs
plural of elf

elkburger
A hamburger made with elk meat.

elkburgers
plural of elkburger

elkhorn
The horn of an elk.
A highly-branched coral (Acropora palmata) supposed to resemble the horns of an elk.

elkhorns
plural of elkhorn

elkhound
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).

elkhounds
plural of elkhound

ellachick
The freshwater turtle Emys marmorata.

ellipsis
A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
An ellipse.

elliptospherocone
An organism or fossil with an elliptospheroconic shell, or the shell itself.

elliptospherocones
plural of elliptospherocone

ellobiid
Any member of the family Ellobiidae of air-breathing saltwater snails.

ellobiids
plural of ellobiid

elmid
riffle beetle

elmids
plural of elmid

elongate tigerfish
Hydrocynus forskahlii, a predatory African characin.

elongatoolithid
Any member of the oofamily Elongatoolithidae.

elopid
A member of the family Elopidae of ray-finned fishes (ladyfishes or tenpounders).

elopids
plural of elopid

elopomorph
Any of fish of the superorder Elopomorpha, including bonefish, tarpon, and many eels and eel-like fish.

elopomorphs
plural of elopomorph

elve
Obsolete form of elf.

elvenfolk
Elves.

elver
A young eel.

elvers
plural of elver

elves
plural of elf
plural of elve

elwife
Alternative form of alewife (“the fish”).

elwives
plural of elwife

emargination
A recess, notch, or hollow (or series of such hollows) in a margin or outline, such as in a feather or a leaf.

emarginations
plural of emargination

emballonurid
Any member of the family Emballonuridae of microbats called sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats.

emballonurids
plural of emballonurid

emberizid
Any member of the taxonomic family Emberizidae of passerine birds.

emberizids
plural of emberizid

emblement
An annual crop produced by cultivation, treated as personal property.

emblements
plural of emblement

embolomere
Any member of the Embolomeri, a suborder in the clade Reptiliomorpha, consisting of long aquatic fish-eating creatures.

embolomeres
plural of embolomere

embryophyte
Any member of the subkingdom Embryophyta, which includes most land plants

embryophytes
plural of embryophyte

emerald tree boa
A bright green, tree-dwelling South American snake in either of two species:
A bright green, tree-dwelling South American snake in either of two species:

emgalla
A South African warthog.

emissaria
plural of emissarium

emissarium
A drain or outlet.

emma
M in RAF phonetic alphabet

emmas
plural of emma

emo skink
Any skink of the genus Emoia

empaler
Obsolete form of impaler.

empalers
plural of empaler

emuellid
Any trilobite in the family Emuellidae.

emuellids
plural of emuellid

emuwary
Any of the extinct birds of the genus Emuwarius.

emyd
Any freshwater tortoise of the family Emydidae.

emyde
Synonym of emys (type of tortoise).

emydes
plural of emys and emyde

emydian
An emys tortoise.

emydians
plural of emydian

emydid
Any turtle in the family Emydidae.

emydids
plural of emydid

emydine
Any turtle in the subfamily Emydinae.

emyds
plural of emyd

emys
Any member of the small Emys genus of freshwater pond tortoises.

enactivism
The theory that cognition arises through enaction between an organism and its environment.

enantiornithean
Any of a group of extinct birds (or bird-like reptiles) of the group Enantiornithes.

enantiornitheans
plural of enantiornithean

enantioses
plural of enantiosis