Nouns denoting animals

family Mysidae
small shrimp-like crustaceans
 
genus Aramus
genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the western hemisphere: courlan; limpkin
 
Aythya marila
large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male
 
hookworm
parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
 
conferva
any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water
 
genus Accipiter
type genus of the family Accipitridae
 
genus Pomacentrus
type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes
 
Marmota caligata
large North American mountain marmot
 
genus Chamaea
a genus of Paridae
 
Alosa alosa
European shad
 
branchial cleft
one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
 
Manduca quinquemaculata
moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms
 
sleuthhound
a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking
 
neural tube
a tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop
 
genus Stegosaurus
quadrupedal armored herbivore of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
 
fish
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
 
suborder Prosauropoda
the earliest known dinosaurs
 
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
 
genus Galictis
alternative name for the genus Grison
 
turtledove
any of several Old World wild doves
 
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