Nouns denoting animals

genus Hirundo
type genus of the Hirundinidae
 
Calliphora vicina
blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
 
jungle fowl
small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
 
genus Automeris
io moth
 
animalcule
microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
 
genus Brontosaurus
large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic
 
eubacterium
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
 
order Phasmatodea
in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
 
genus Indri
type genus of the Indriidae
 
Selenarctos thibetanus
bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
 
coraciiform bird
chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
 
Rock Cornish
small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl
 
lacertid
Old World terrestrial lizard
 
genus Anguis
type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms
 
order Notostraca
small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace
 
Bubulcus ibis
small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
 
Cercopithecus talapoin
smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests
 
work animal
an animal trained for and used for heavy labor
 
Balistes vetula
tropical Atlantic fish
 
family Hylidae
the amphibian family of tree frogs
 
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