Nouns denoting animals

midge
minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
 
genus Eumops
mastiff bats
 
genus Dermacentor
vectors of important diseases of man and animals
 
genus Smiledon
saber-toothed tigers
 
porcupine
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
 
lionfish
brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins
 
worker
sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
 
Capros aper
fish with a projecting snout
 
genus Tribonema
type genus of Tribonemaceae
 
genus Dacelo
Australasian kingfishers
 
order Trichoptera
an order of insects consisting of caddis flies
 
loligo
somewhat flattened cylindrical squid
 
branchial cleft
one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
 
coliphage
a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli
 
order Rodentia
small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
 
ungulate
any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
 
order Siphonaptera
fleas
 
dinocerate
an extinct ungulate
 
Regulus regulus
European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch
 
family Ornithorhynchidae
platypus
 
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