Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
amniote | a vertebrate that develops an amnion during the embryonic stage. |
amniotic | relating to an amniote, a vertebrate that develops an amnion during the embryonic stage. |
animal | a living organism typically capable of voluntary motion and sensation (adj.) of the nature of an animal |
animalian | of or like an animal. |
animalic | of or like an animal. |
animallike | like an animal. |
annectent | having intermediate features between two taxa. |
arthropod | any member of the phylum Arthropoda, members of which (eg insects, arachnids, and crustaceans) are characterized by segmented bodies and jointed limbs. |
arthropodal | of or like an arthropod. |
arthropodan | of or like an arthropod. |
arthropodous | of or like an arthropod. |
bimanal | relating to Bimana, two-handed animals, an obsolete name for mankind. |
biped | a two-footed animal. |
cephalochordate | any of a number of chordate fishlike animals (including the lancelets and amphioxus), having a persisting notochord projecting beyond the nerve cord to the end of the snout. |
chelicerate | an arthropod of the group Chelicera, arachnids and horseshoe-crabs. |
chemoautotrophy | the production of energy by the oxidation of inorganic compounds, such as iron, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide. |
chemotaxonomist | one who practises chemotaxonomy. |
chemotaxonomy | the classification of plants and animals based on similarities and differences in biochemical composition. |
clade | a group of organisms that have evolved from a common ancestor. |
cladism | adherence to cladistic theories of taxonomy. |
cladist | one who adheres to cladistic theories of taxonomy. |
cladistic | relating to cladism, a method of taxonomy. |
cladistically | (Adv.) CLADISTIC, relating to cladism, a method of taxonomy. |
cladistics | taxonomic theory distinguishing by common ancestor. |
cladogram | a branching diagram showing the development of a clade. |
congenerous | of the same genus, origin or nature. |
conspecific | a plant or animal of the same species. |
cotype | a taxonomic type. |
cytotaxonomic | relating to cytotaxonomy. |
cytotaxonomist | a practitioner of cytotaxonomy. |
cytotaxonomy | the classification of organisms based on cell structure, esp the number, shape, etc., of the chromosomes. |
deuterostome | any of a major division of the animal kingdom that includes the bilaterally symmetrical animals. |
didelphid | any member of the marsupial family Didelphidae. |
diphyletic | descended from two distinct ancestral groups. |
dryopithecine | a gorilla, chimpanzee or man. |
echiuroid | any of a taxon of marine worms. |
ectotherm | a cold-blooded animal. |
endoproct | a small animal living in water. |
endotherm | a warm-blooded animal. |
enteropneust | any animal of the Enteropneusta, literally, gut-breathers. |
enteropneustal | of or like an enteropneust. |
eutherian | belonging to the Eutheria, placental mammals; (noun) a placental mammal (as distinct from marsupial). |
folksonomy | a system of classification that makes use of terms that occur naturally in the language of users of the system. |
genus | (Lat.) a taxonomic group of lower rank than a family. |
gnathostomatous | of or like a gnathostome. |
gnathostome | any vertebrate of the superclass Gnathostomata, having a mouth with jaws, including all vertebrates except the agnathans. |
haplotype | a single species contained in a genus. |
hepaticologist | one who studies liverworts. |
herptile | relating to both amphibian and reptile. |
heterospecific | an organism of a different species or group. |
hexapodal | relating to Hexapoda, insects. |
holotype | an original type specimen used in defining and describing a species or variety. |
holotypic | relating to a holotype, an original type specimen used in defining and describing a species or variety. |
hominian | a manlike animal. |
hominine | characteristic of man. |
hominoid | relating to the superfamily Hominoidea, comprising man and modern apes and their extinct ancestors; (noun) a member of this family. |
homo | (Lat.) man generically (sl.) a homosexual |
homological | having the same relative structure. |
homologically | (Adv.) HOMOLOGICAL, having the same relative structure. |
homologous | having the same relative structure. |
homotypic | conforming to normal type. |
ichthic | resembling or relating to a fish. |
ichthyic | resembling or relating to a fish. |
ichthyopsid | a member of the Ichthyopsida, amphibians, fishes and fishlike vertebrates. |
ichthyopsidan | a member of the Ichthyopsida, amphibians, fishes and fishlike vertebrates. |
infraspecific | of taxonomic divisions of a lower rank than species. |
intergeneric | existing, occurring, or arising between genera. |
interspecies | a species between other species. |
interspecific | existing, occurring, or arising between species. |
isotype | in taxonomy, a duplicate of the holotype, a specimen made from the same collection as the holotype. |
isotypic | of or like an isotype, a duplicate of the holotype, a specimen made from the same collection as the holotype. |
lectotype | a specimen or similar element selected from the original material to serve as the nomenclatural type when a holotype was not orig designated, or is missing. |
macrophylum | a large phylum, as in New Guinea macrophylum. |
malacopterygian | belonging to the Malacopterygii, a soft-finned suborder of bony fishes, including herrings and salmon. |
malacostracous | relating to the Malacostra, the best-known class of crustaceans, including crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, etc. |
mammal | any of a class of warm-blooded vertebrates. |
mammalian | a mammal. |
mammality | the state of being a mammal. |
mammifer | a mammal. |
marsupialian | a marsupial mammal. |
metatherian | of, relating to, or belonging to the Metatheria, a subclass of mammals comprising the marsupials; (noun) any metatherian mammal; a marsupial. |
metazoal | relating to the metazoa, animals more complex than a unicellular protozoan. |
metazoan | relating to to the Metazoa; (noun) any animal more complex than a unicellular protozoan. |
metazoic | of or pertaining to the Metazoa. |
metazoon | any animal more complex than a unicellular protozoan. |
microspecies | a genetically distinct group of organisms within a species. |
monodelphian | any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphi. |
monodelphic | relating to the Monodelphia, placental mammals. |
monodelphous | relating to the Monodelphia, placental mammals. |
monophyletic | derived from a single ancestral line, as opposed to polyphyletic. |
monotype | a monotypic genus or other taxon. |
monotypic | of a genus, containing only one species. |
nekton | (Greek) the totality of swimming organisms in a body of water. |
nektonic | like nekton, the totality of swimming organisms in a body of water. |
nomenclative | relating to nomenclature. |
nomenclatorial | relating to or connected with nomenclature. |
nomenclatural | relating to or connected with nomenclature. |
nomenclature | the study of the application of the names of taxa. |
nonruminant | an animal that is not a ruminant. |
oomycete | an organism formerly classified as a fungus. |
organism | any form of animal or plant life. |
ornithic | of or relating to birds. |
outgroup | a group of people outside one's own group; a term in cladistics. |
ovipara | an artifical division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs. No -S. |
perissodactyl | an animal of the Perissodactyla, a division of ungulates with an odd number of toes, including the horse, tapir and rhinoceros. |
perissodactyle | an animal of the Perissodactyla, a division of ungulates with an odd number of toes, including the horse, tapir and rhinoceros. |
phylar | related to a phylum, a main division of the animal and vegetable kingdom. |
phylic | related to a phylum, a main division of the animal and vegetable kingdom. |
phylon | a main division of the animal and vegetable kingdom. |
phylum | (Lat.) a main division of the animal or vegetable kingdom. |
placoderm | covered with bony scales; (noun) a fish covered with bony scales. |
polychotomy | division into many parts, eg on a cladogram. |
polyped | a many-legged animal. |
polypod | (Greek) a many-legged animal. |
polytypic | of a taxon containing two or more taxa of lower ranks. |
polytypical | of a taxon containing two or more taxa of lower ranks. |
praecoces | (Lat.) a division of birds including those whose young are able to run about when first hatched. |
praecocial | of or relating to birds whose young are hatched with a covering of down and can leave the nest at once to seek food. |
precocial | of or relating to birds whose young are hatched with a covering of down and can leave the nest at once to seek food; (noun) a bird having such young. |
protochordate | a member of the Protochordata. |
quadruped | a four-footed animal. |
ruminant | an animal that chews the cud. |
ruminantly | (Adv.) RUMINANT. |
sapiens | (Lat.) pertaining to recent man. |
saprobial | of or like a saprobe, an organism living in foul water. |
saprobiont | any organism, esp a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter. |
saprotroph | any organism, esp a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter. |
saprotrophic | of or like a saprotroph. |
sauropsidan | belonging to the Sauropsida, one of the main divisions of Vertebrata including birds and reptiles; (noun) a member of the Sauropsida. |
schizophyte | a plant of the Schizophyta, an obsolete grouping of organisms that multiply only by fission, including bacteria and blue-green algae. |
schizophytic | of or like a schizophyte, an obsolete grouping of organisms that multiply only by fission. |
simplicidentate | denoting a member of the Simplicidentata, rodents. |
soliped | a mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses. |
speciate | to form a species. |
spermaphyte | any member of the Spermatophyta, seed-bearing plants. |
subfamily | a taxonomic division of a family, of one or more genera. |
subgeneric | of or pertaining to a subgenus. |
subgenerically | (Adv.) SUBGENERIC, of or pertaining to a subgenus. |
subgenre | a subdivision of a genre. |
subgenus | a taxonomic grouping ranking next below a genus. |
subkingdom | a taxonomic division of a kingdom; a phylum. |
suborder | a subdivision of an order. |
subphylar | relating to a subphylum. |
subphylum | (Lat.) the taxonomic division below a phylum. |
subrace | a subdivision of a race. |
subspecies | a population whose characteristics are subtly distinct from the nominate form. |
subspecific | relating to a subspecies. |
subspecifically | (Adv.) SUBSPECIFIC, relating to a subspecies. |
subtaxon | a subdivision of a taxon. |
subtribe | a division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe. |
subtype | a type that is subordinate to or included in another type. |
subtypical | relating to a subtype. |
subvariety | a subordinate variety, or a division of a variety. |
superclass | a taxonomic category between class and phylum. |
superfamily | a category of biological classification ranking below an order and above a family. |
superkingdom | a taxonomical classification comprising several kingdoms. |
superorder | a group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass. |
superordinal | relating to a superorder. |
superphylum | a taxonomical division above phylum. |
sympatric | pertaining to species the ranges of which overlap, i.e. species occupying the same regions but not interbreeding. |
sympatrically | (Adv.) SYMPATRIC, pertaining to species the ranges of which overlap. |
systematics | the new science of taxonomy. |
taxon | a group of plants or animals classified according to their presumed natural relationships. |
taxonomic | relating to taxonomy, the science of classifying living organisms. |
taxonomical | relating to taxonomy. |
taxonomically | (Adv.) TAXONOMICAL, relating to taxonomy. |
taxonomy | the science of classifying living organisms. |
tetrapod | a four-footed animal; any vertebrate higher than fishes (i.e. amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals). |
therian | belonging to the subclass comprising marsupials and placentals; (noun) a therian mammal. |
topotype | a specimen collected in the same locality as an original. |
trihybrid | a hybrid differing from its parents in three independently heritable characteristics. |
trinomialist | a proponent of trinomialism. |
typal | relating to a type, typical. |
urochordal | of or pertaining to the Urochorda. |
vivipara | (Lat.) an artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive. |
xenogeneic | descended from a member of another species. |
zoon | an animal which is the sole product of a single egg, as opposed to zooid (verb) to zoom |
zootype | an animal serving as a type. |
zootypic | of or like a zootype, an animal serving as a type. |