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The Latin name of a group of plants or animals.
The naming system runs on endings, which is why there are so many. -idae is an animal family, -aceae a plant family, -inae a subfamily, -ales an order. achetidae is the crickets, acraeinae is a group of butterflies, agalenidae is the funnel-weaver spiders.
They are capitalised in real use but arrive here in lower case like everything else.
2,849 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
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| Word, sorted Z to A | What it names |
|---|---|
| dinoceratidae | family of uintathere mammals |
| dinoflagellatae | group of dinoflagellates |
| dinoflagellida | order of dinoflagellates |
| dinophilea | group containing Dinophilus |
| dinophilus | genus of archiannelid worms |
| dinophyceae | class of dinoflagellate algae |
| dinornithes | group of the moas |
| dinornithiformes | order of the moas |
| dinotheriidae | family of fossil proboscideans |
| dioctophyme | genus of giant kidney worms |
| dionaeaceae | family of the Venus flytrap |
| diopsidae | family of stalk-eyed flies |
| dioptidae | family of moths |
| diospyraceae | family of ebony trees |
| diotocardia | group of gastropods with two auricles |
| diphylla | genus of hairy-legged vampire bats |
| diphylleia | genus of umbrella-leaf plants (Berberidaceae) |
| diplacanthidae | family of acanthodian fossil fishes |
| diplacanthus | genus of acanthodian fossil fishes |
| dipladenia | genus of tropical vines, now Mandevilla |
| diplocarpon | genus of ascomycete fungi (rose black spot) |
| diplodia | genus of plant-pathogenic fungi |
| diploglossata | order of earwig-like insects |
| diploptera | group of wasps with lengthwise-folded wings |
| diplopteryga | zoological group of doubled-finned forms |
| diplospondyli | group of vertebrates with doubled vertebrae |
| dipneumona | group of two-lunged spiders |
| dipneumones | group of two-lunged spiders (Dipneumones) |
| dipneusti | order of lungfishes |
| dipsaceae | the teasel family of plants |
| dipsadinae | subfamily of colubrid snail-eating snakes |
| dipteraceae | old name of the Dipterocarpaceae, plant family |
| disconanthae | group of composite plants with disk flowers |
| disconectae | group of disk-bearing siphonophores |
| distomatidae | family of trematode flukes |
| distomidae | family of trematode flukes |
| distomum | genus of trematode flukes |
| ditremidae | family of surfperch-like fishes |
| dodonaeaceae | plant family based on Dodonaea |
| dodonaena | genus Dodonaea, the hopbush |
| dolichoglossus | genus of acorn worms |
| dolichosauri | plural of Dolichosaurus, fossil lizards |
| dolichosauria | group of Cretaceous marine lizards |
| dolichosaurus | genus of Cretaceous marine lizards |
| dolichosoma | genus of fossil lepospondyl amphibians |
| doliidae | family of tun-shell gastropods |
| doliolidae | family of doliolid tunicates |
| dondia | plant genus Dondia, the seepweed |
| dorsibranchiata | order of annelid worms |
| dorsobranchiata | order of annelids, var. of Dorsibranchiata |
| doryanthes | genus of Australian spear lilies |
| dorylinae | subfamily of army ants |
| dothideacea | family of ascomycete fungi, Dothideaceae |
| dothidella | genus of ascomycete fungi |
| dothiorella | genus of imperfect fungi |
| dotonidae | family of nudibranch molluscs |
| dovyalis | genus of shrubs including the kei apple |
| doxantha | genus of bignoniaceous vines, cat's-claw |
| dracaenaceae | plant family of the dragon trees |
| draparnaldia | genus of freshwater green algae |
| drassidae | family of ground spiders |
| dreissensia | genus of freshwater mussels |
| drepane | genus of sicklefishes |
| drepanidae | family of hook-tip moths |
| drepanididae | family of Hawaiian honeycreepers |
| dreparnaudia | genus of land snails, = Draparnaudia |
| dromaeognathae | group of birds with dromaeognathous palate |
| dromaeus | genus of the emu (= Dromaius) |
| dromiacea | group of dromiid crabs |
| dromiceiidae | family of emus |
| dromiceius | genus of emus (= Dromaius) |
| dromicia | genus of dormouse phalangers |
| drupaceae | former plant group of drupe-bearing trees |
| drynaria | genus of epiphytic ferns |
| dryophyllum | fossil genus of oak-like leaves |
| dryopithecinae | subfamily of fossil apes |
| duculinae | subfamily of fruit pigeons |
| dumontia | genus of red algae |
| dumontiaceae | family of red algae |
| duplicidentata | suborder of double-incisored mammals |
| dynastides | group of scarabaeid rhinoceros beetles |
| dyspnoi | suborder of harvestmen (Opiliones) |
| ecardines | order of hingeless brachiopods |
| ecaudata | order of tailless amphibians, frogs |
| echinidea | group of sea urchins |
| echinocaris | genus of fossil phyllocarid crustaceans |
| echinoderidae | family of kinorhynch worms |
| echinopanax | genus of araliaceous shrubs, devil's club |
| echinorhinidae | family of bramble sharks |
| echinorhynchus | genus of spiny-headed worms |
| echinospermum | genus of boraginaceous plants, stickseed |
| echinosphaerites | genus of fossil cystoids |
| echinosphaeritidae | family of fossil cystoids |
| echiurida | group of spoon worms |
| echiuroidea | group of echiuroid worms |
| ectoparasitica | division of ectoparasitic animals |
| ectotrophi | division of insects with exposed mouthparts |
| edaphosauria | suborder of pelycosaurian reptiles |
| edriasteroidea | extinct echinoderm class, Edrioasteroidea |
| edrioasteroidea | extinct class of stalkless echinoderms |
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