| abomasum | the fourth of the four stomachs of a ruminant > ABOMASA. |
| abomasus | the fourth of the four stomachs of a ruminant > ABOMASI. |
| baculum | the penis bone in some mammals > BACULA or BACULUMS. |
| baleen | whalebone. |
| bez | the second tine of a deer's antler > BEZZES. |
| blowhole | a hole for breathing through; the nostril of a whale etc. |
| bosset | a rudimentary antler found on a young deer. |
| cambrel gambrel | a horse's hock. |
| cheekpouch | a dilatation of the cheek forming a bag, e.g. as in a chipmunk. |
| cloot | a division of a cloven hoof. |
| cornicle | a little horn. |
| croche | a knob at the top of a deer's horn. |
| crumen | a deer's tear-pit. [L. crumena, a purse]. |
| dewclaw | a vestigial digit or claw > DEWCLAWS, DEWCLAWED. |
| dewlap | the pendulous skin under the throat of cattle, dogs. |
| dewlapped dewlapt | having DEWLAPS. |
| dug | the teat or udder of a female mammal. |
| fetlock | a tuft of hair immediately above horse's hoof > FETLOCKS, FETLOCKED. |
| flew | the pendulous upper lip of a bloodhound or similar dog. |
| floccus | the tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals > FLOCCI. |
| forefoot | one of the front feet of a quadruped. |
| forehoof | the hoof of a forefoot > FOREHOOFS or FOREHOOVES. |
| foreleg | one of the front legs of an animal. |
| forelimb | a front limb e.g. of a horse. |
| forepaw | a front paw. |
| foreshank | the upper part of the foreleg of cattle. |
| foretop | the hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse. |
| foxtail | the tail or brush of a fox. |
| fud | a rabbit or hare's tail. |
| gambrel | see CAMBREL. |
| gaskin | the hind leg of horse between the stifle (knee) and hock (tarsal joint of the hind leg). |
| gizzard | the second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground. |
| hindfoot | a rear foot. |
| hindleg | a rear leg. |
| hornlet | a little horn > HORNLETS. |
| hough | a large beast's tendon; (verb) to cripple by tying the legs together. |
| jubate | having or possessing a mane. |
| lytta | a small ligament in a dog's tongue > LYTTAE or LYTTAS. |
| maniplies manyplies monipliesmonyplies | the third stomach of a ruminant, aka OMASUM or PSALTERIUM. |
| marsupium | the pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young > MARSUPIA or MARSUPIUMS. |
| monodont | one-tusked. |
| omasal | relating to the OMASUM, the third of the four stomachs of a ruminant. |
| omasum | the third of the four stomachs of a ruminant > OMASA. [L. omasum, bullock's tripe]. |
| osselet | a hard substance growing on the inside of a horse's knee. |
| overhair | the long hair overlying the fur of some animals. |
| packwax paxwax | the strong tendon in an animal's neck. |
| pastern | the part of horse's foot between the fetlock joint and the upper edge of the hoof. |
| patagial | of or like a PATAGIUM. |
| patagium | a web of skin between forelimbs and hind-limbs of tree-dwelling creatures, that acts as a wing, as in bat or flying squirrel > PATAGIA. |
| paxwax | see PACKWAX. |
| pelage | an animal's coat of hair or wool. |
| pelon | in Latin America: (of an animal, esp. a dog) having almost no hair. No —S. |
| prepollex | (in some animals) a rudimentary innermost finger > PREPOLLICES. |
| prepubis | the animal hip bone > PREPUBES. |
| psalterium | the third stomach of ruminants > PSALTERIA. |
| reticulum | the second stomach of a ruminant > RETICULA or RETICULUMS. |
| rumen | the first of the four stomachs of a ruminant > RUMENS or RUMINA. |
| ruminal | of or like the RUMEN. |
| scut | the tail of e.g. a rabbit. |
| snout | the projecting muzzle of an animal, esp a pig; (verb) to provide with a snout > SNOUTS, SNOUTING, SNOUTED. |
| snoutish | snouty, like a snout. |
| snoutlike | like a SNOUT. |
| snouty | resembling a beast's snout > SNOUTIER, SNOUTIEST. |
| soricident | having teeth like a shrew's. |
| the shoulder, esp. of an animal used as food. | |
| surroyal | one of the terminal branches or divisions of the antler of the stag or other large deer. |
| tapetal | relating to the TAPETUM. |
| tapetum | a reflective layer of the choroid in the eyes of many animals, causing them to shine in the dark > TAPETA. |
| tewel | a chimney; the rectum or anus of a horse. |
| thurl | the hip-joint in cattle. |
| trotter | a foot, esp of a sheep or pig. |
| tusk tush | a long protruding tooth. |
| tuskless | without tusks. |
| tusky | having tusks > TUSKIER, TUSKIEST. |
| udder | an animal's mammary gland. |
| uddered | having UDDERS. |
| udderless | destitute or deprived of an udder. |
| ungual | of or bearing a claw, hoof, or talon. |
| unguis | a claw or nail > UNGUES. |
| ungula | a hoof, claw, or talon > UNGULAE. |
| ungular | of or like an UNGULA, a hoof, claw, or talon. |
| vell | the fourth stomach of a calf, aka ABOMASUM. |
| vibrissa | a sensitive whisker on animal's face > VIBRISSAE. |
| vibrissal | like a VIBRISSA. |
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