anglerfish
Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.

anglerfishes
plural of anglerfish

anglers
plural of angler

anglewing
Any of various butterflies in the tribe Nymphalini.

angleworm
An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.

angleworms
plural of angleworm

angonoka
Astrochelys yniphora, a tortoise endemic to Madagascar having a highly domed light-brown carapace with prominent growth rings on each scute.

angonokas
plural of angonoka

anguid
Any member of the family Anguidae.

anguids
plural of anguid

anguillid
Any member of the family Anguillidae of eels.

anguillids
plural of anguillid

anguimorph
Any lizard of the infraorder Anguimorpha.

anguimorphs
plural of anguimorph

anhimid
Any member of the family Anhimidae, the screamers.

anhimids
plural of anhimid

anhingid
Any member of the Anhingidae.

anhingids
plural of anhingid

anhydrobiote
Any anhydrobiotic organism

anhydrobiotes
plural of anhydrobiote

animalism
The doctrine that humans are merely animals, and lack any spirituality.
Animal-like behaviour or appetite; brutality.
In a positive sense: natural animal activity; physicality, natural energy.
Animal liberation; animal rights advocacy.

animalisms
plural of animalism

animalitarianism
The view that animals are in some sense superior to humans because they live closer to nature.

animalities
plural of animality

animality
The nature of an animal.
The animal kingdom.
Any characteristic of animality.

animalivore
A creature that eats animals

animalivores
plural of animalivore

animalivory
The eating of animals; animalivorousness.

animalkind
All animals, collectively.

animals
plural of animal

animash
A kind of fanvid made by assembling portions of commercially produced animated cartoons involving anthropomorphic animal characters.

animashes
plural of animash

animat
An artificial animal.

animats
plural of animat

animule
An animal.

animules
plural of animule

anipal
An animal that is a friend, to other mentioned animals or humans.

anipals
plural of anipal

anisakiasis
The disease caused by infection with Anisakis worms (usually through eating raw fish), characterised by violent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.

anisakidosis
Synonym of anisakiasis.

aniseikonia
An ophthalmological condition where there is a significant difference in the perceived size of images.

aniseikonias
plural of aniseikonia

anisoceratid
Any member of the family Anisoceratidae of extinct ammonite cephalopods.

anisoceratids
plural of anisoceratid

anisoeikonia
Alternative spelling of aniseikonia.

anisoeikonias
plural of anisoeikonia

anisokonia
Alternative form of aniseikonia.

anisopodid
Any member of the Anisopodidae; wood gnats.

anisopodids
plural of anisopodid

anisopteran
Any dragonfly of the infraorder Anisoptera

anisopterans
plural of anisopteran

ankyroids
plural of ankyroid

anneloid
Any animal resembling an annelid.

anneloids
plural of anneloid

annet
A duck or drake.
The common eider (Somateria mollissima).
A black-legged kittiwake.
A silly fellow; gull.

annets
plural of annet

anniellid
Any member of the family Anniellidae.

anniellids
plural of anniellid

annulariid
Any member of the family Annulariidae.

annulariids
plural of annulariid

anobiid
Any member of the family Anobiidae (now often included in family Ptinidae) of boring beetles.

anobiids
plural of anobiid

anodontine
Any mollusc that exhibits anodontia

anodontines
plural of anodontine

anole
Any of the family Dactyloidae of chiefly arboreal dactyloid lizards native to the Americas, which feature a brightly colored dewlap and the ability to change color.

anoles
plural of anole

anomalocarid
A member of the extinct arthropod clade †Anomalocarida.
Misspelling of anomalocaridid.

anomalocaridid
Any of a group of large marine animals of the family †Anomalocarididae, known only from fossils.

anomalocaridids
plural of anomalocaridid

anomalocarids
plural of anomalocarid

anomalomyid
Any of the extinct rodents in the family †Anomalomyidae.

anomalomyids
plural of anomalomyid

anomalopid
Any of the family Anomalopidae of flashlight fishes.

anomalopids
plural of anomalopid

anomalurid
Any member of the Anomaluridae, a family of rodents found in central Africa.

anomalurids
plural of anomalurid

anomiid
Any member of the family Anomiidae of bivalves.

anomiids
plural of anomiid

anomocarid
Any of the extinct trilobites in the family Anomocaridae.

anomocarids
plural of anomocarid

anomodont
Any therapsid of the suborder Anomodontia.

anomodonts
plural of anomodont

anonang
The bird lime tree (Cordia dichotoma).

anonangs
plural of anonang

anoplotheriid
Any member of the extinct mammal family †Anoplotheriidae.

anoplotheriids
plural of anoplotheriid

anopluran
Any louse of the suborder Anoplura, a sucking louse.

anoplurans
plural of anopluran

anorgonia
A deficit of orgone energy within an organism.

anostostomatid
Any member of the Anostostomatidae, the wetas.

anostostomatids
plural of anostostomatid

anoxybiosis
A biological response triggered by a lack of oxygen in which an organism takes in water and becomes turgid and immobile; possibly a form of cryptobiosis.

antbird
Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the family Thamnophilidae that feed on ants.

antelabbit
Synonym of jackalope (“folkloric animal”).

antelabbits
plural of antelabbit

antelabra
plural of antelabrum

antelabrum
The anterior part of the labrum of an invertebrate

antenna codlet
Bregmaceros atlanticus, a species of codlet fish found in the subtropical zones of the oceans, growing up to 6.7 cm (2.6 in) in total length

antennectomies
plural of antennectomy

antennectomy
The removal of the antennae (of an insect)

antennogram
A record of the electrical activity of an insect's antenna in the presence of an odour (particularly a pheromone)

antennograms
plural of antennogram

antennomer
Misspelling of antennomere.

antennomere
Any of the segments of an insect's antenna, in cases where all segments are more or less uniform, e.g. the millipedes.

antennomeres
plural of antennomere

antennophorid
Any of the mites in the family Antennophoridae.

antennophorids
plural of antennophorid

anteromesoscutum
anterior mesoscutum

anteros
The counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes.

anthaspidellid
Any of the extinct sponges in the family Anthaspidellidae.

anthaspidellids
plural of anthaspidellid

anthelid
Any of the moths in the family Anthelidae.

anthelids
plural of anthelid

anthicid
Any of the beetles in the family Anthicidae.

anthicids
plural of anthicid

anthocauli
plural of anthocaulus

anthocaulus
A polyp that develops asexually on the skeletons of some coral species.

anthocorid
Any member of the insect family Anthocoridae, the minute pirate bugs, pirate bugs, or flower bugs.

anthocorids
plural of anthocorid

anthomyiid
Any member of the fly family Anthomyiidae.

anthomyiids
plural of anthomyiid

anthozoon
A member of the class Anthozoa, comprising marine invertebrates including corals and sea anemones.

anthracobunid
Any of the extinct mammals in the family Anthracobunidae.

anthracobunids
plural of anthracobunid

anthracoptilid
Any member of the extinct insect family Anthracoptilidae.

anthracoptilids
plural of anthracoptilid

anthracosaur
A member of the extinct genus †Anthracosaurus of embolomeres.

anthracosaurian
Synonym of anthracosaur.

anthracosaurid
Any member of the extinct family Anthracosauridae.

anthracosaurids
plural of anthracosaurid

anthracosaurs
plural of anthracosaur

anthribid
Any in the family Anthribidae of weevils.

anthribids
plural of anthribid

anthroparian
A human or a creature having human characteristics or traits.

anthroparians
plural of anthroparian