Nouns denoting animals

subclass Ostracoda
seed shrimps
 
genus Poecilogale
muishonds
 
genus Nymphalis
type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies
 
Tibetan mastiff
very large powerful rough-coated dog native to central Asia
 
genus Cancer
type genus of the family Cancridae
 
zoophyte
any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge
 
genus Pooecetes
a genus of Fringillidae
 
family Hirudinidae
a family of Hirudinea
 
genus Noctiluca
a genus of protoctist
 
family Ursidae
bears and extinct related forms
 
Menopon palladum
a louse parasitic on poultry
 
order Actiniaria
sea anemones
 
Gobio gobio
small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
 
Troglodytes aedon
common American wren that nests around houses
 
genus Budorcas
gnu goats
 
Weimaraner
large breed of hound having a smooth greyish coat; originated in Germany
 
lacewing fly
any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids
 
Argonauta argo
cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
 
venomous lizard
any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards
 
Assault
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
 
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