Nouns denoting animals

Burhinus oedicnemus
large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
 
order Anacanthini
at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications
 
Macrocheira kaempferi
very large deep-water Japanese crab
 
genus Fucus
type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae
 
genus Struthio
type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches
 
Fratercula arctica
common puffin of the northern Atlantic
 
acrodont
an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets
 
genus Aplodontia
type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers
 
subfamily Gerbillinae
gerbils
 
subclass Archosauria
a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts
 
lappet moth
medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
 
cupule
a sucker on the feet of certain flies
 
Agonus cataphractus
northern Atlantic sea poacher
 
Old World coral snake
any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
 
order Ostracodermi
extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
 
family Cotingidae
cotingas; umbrella birds
 
wrack
dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
 
Trachurus symmetricus
a California food fish
 
genus Hyracotherium
extinct horse genus; formerly called eohippus
 
warragal
Australian wild horse
 
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