Nouns denoting animals

family Peripatidae
a family of Onychophora
 
genus Drosophila
a genus of Drosophilidae
 
Anisotremus virginicus
black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
 
genus Zoarces
type genus of the Zoarcidae
 
subclass Ophiurida
brittle stars
 
anchovy
small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
 
bug
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
 
Ovibos moschatus
large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep
 
genus Peromyscus
New World wood mice
 
prothorax
the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs
 
Lynx pardina
of southern Europe
 
genus Lutjanus
type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers
 
Corvus monedula
common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
 
Notonecta undulata
predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites
 
genus Mola
type genus of the Molidae
 
leafhopper
small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants
 
danaid
large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste
 
Arctocephalus philippi
a fur seal of the Pacific coast of California and southward
 
family Phthiriidae
crab lice
 
suborder Odontoceti
toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
 
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