Nouns denoting animals

Icterus galbula galbula

eastern subspecies of northern oriole

 

caprimulgiform bird

long-winged nonpasserine birds

 

pill bug

small terrestrial isopod with a convex segmented body that can roll up into a ball

 

genus Martes

martens

 

udder

mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

 

Lanius excubitor

a common European butcherbird

 

reptile genus

a genus of reptiles

 

genus Pyralis

type genus of the Pyralidae

 

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller

 

Angora rabbit

domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair

 

phototropic bacteria

green and purple bacteria; energy for growth is derived from sunlight; carbon is derived from carbon dioxide or organic carbon

 

Lasiurus borealis

North American bat of a brick or rusty red color with hairs tipped with white

 

skate

large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins

 

family Tupaiidae

tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates

 

amphibian genus

any genus of amphibians

 

topknot

showy crest or knot of hair or feathers

 

freshwater bass

North American food and game fish

 

scapular

a feather covering the shoulder of a bird

 

Micromyx minutus

small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields

 

snail

freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell