Family
Meanings and phrases
n.
- a social unit living together; household; house; home; menage
- primary social group; parents and children; family unit
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute; class; category
- people descended from a common ancestor; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; sept; phratry
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
- a person having kinship with another or others; kin; kinsperson
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; fellowship
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities; syndicate; crime syndicate; mob
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- a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China; Goodeniaceae; family Goodeniaceae
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- a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals; Salvadoraceae; family Salvadoraceae
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- widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber; Guttiferae; family Guttiferae; Clusiaceae; family Clusiaceae
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- widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales; Acanthaceae; family Acanthaceae
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- chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae; Agavaceae; family Agavaceae; sisal family
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- one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; Aloeaceae; family Aloeaceae
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- cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae
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- snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; family Amaryllidaceae
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- any family of amphibians
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- tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae; Araucariaceae; family Araucariaceae
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- a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales; Scheuchzeriaceae; family Scheuchzeriaceae; Juncaginaceae; family Juncaginaceae
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- tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes; Marantaceae; family Marantaceae
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- any of the arthropods
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- anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron; Araceae; family Araceae
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- plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia; Compositae; family Compositae; Asteraceae; family Asteraceae
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- family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
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- a family of bacteria
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- distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers; Balsaminaceae; family Balsaminaceae
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- treelike tropical Asian herbs; Musaceae; family Musaceae
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- shrubs or herbs; Berberidaceae; family Berberidaceae
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- natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation; basal body temperature method
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- small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea; Zygophyllaceae; family Zygophyllaceae
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- chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus; Fagaceae; family Fagaceae
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- monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America; Begoniaceae; family Begoniaceae
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- family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae; Campanulaceae; family Campanulaceae
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- monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis); Betulaceae; family Betulaceae
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- a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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- family of birthworts (including wild ginger); Aristolochiaceae; family Aristolochiaceae
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- a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone; Staphylaceae; family Staphylaceae
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- carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea; Lentibulariaceae; family Lentibulariaceae
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- some genera placed in family Liliaceae; Haemodoraceae; family Haemodoraceae
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- a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit; Boraginaceae; family Boraginaceae
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- widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees; Buxaceae; family Buxaceae
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- (music) the family of brass instruments
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- brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales; Orobanchaceae; family Orobanchaceae
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- a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales; Menyanthaceae; family Menyanthaceae
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- trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value; Rhamnaceae; family Rhamnaceae
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- a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats; Polygonaceae; family Polygonaceae
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- coextensive with the genus Sparganium; Sparganiaceae; family Sparganiaceae
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- a family of Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae; family Ranunculaceae; crowfoot family
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- constituting the order Opuntiales; Cactaceae; family Cactaceae
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- shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia; Calycanthaceae; family Calycanthaceae; strawberry-shrub family
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- one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies; Canellaceae; family Canellaceae
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- a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia; Capparidaceae; family Capparidaceae
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- large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes); Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family
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- succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds; Aizoaceae; family Aizoaceae; Tetragoniaceae; family Tetragoniaceae
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- plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill; Umbelliferae; family Umbelliferae; Apiaceae; family Apiaceae
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- family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
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- perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves; Typhaceae; family Typhaceae
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- any family in the phylum Chordata
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- a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales; Lycopodiaceae; family Lycopodiaceae
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- a family of coelenterates
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- a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales; Combretaceae; family Combretaceae
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- a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner; nuclear family
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- coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order; Leitneriaceae; family Leitneriaceae
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- heathlike shrubs; Empetraceae; family Empetraceae
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- a family of Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae; family Ranunculaceae; buttercup family
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- a family of ctenophores
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- trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere; Cunoniaceae; family Cunoniaceae
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- chiefly tropical trees or shrubs; Annonaceae; family Annonaceae
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- ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids; Cycadaceae; family Cycadaceae
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- cypresses and junipers and many cedars; Cupressaceae; family Cupressaceae
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- shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia; Cyrilliaceae; family Cyrilliaceae; titi family
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- family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa; Thymelaeaceae; family Thymelaeaceae
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- north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales; Diapensiaceae; family Diapensiaceae
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- family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination; magnoliopsid family
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- family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
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- chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs; Apocynaceae; family Apocynaceae
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- a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia; Cornaceae; family Cornaceae
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- family of small free-floating thalloid plants; Lemnaceae; family Lemnaceae
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- fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon; Ebenaceae; family Ebenaceae
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- a family of echinoderms
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- used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae; Zosteraceae; family Zosteraceae
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- genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; family Elaeocarpaceae
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- a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema; Ulmaceae; family Ulmaceae
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- Australasian shrubs or small trees; Epacridaceae; family Epacridaceae
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- a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales; Onagraceae; family Onagraceae
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- a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives
- Together, they murder their whole extended family.
- It consists of both immediate and extended family.
- Along with his extended family and his thralls (i.e.
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- widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales; Acanthaceae; acanthus family
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- alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens; Xenicidae; family Xenicidae; Acanthisittidae
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- surgeonfishes; Acanthuridae
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- mites; Acaridae
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- hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles; Accipitridae
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- a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples; Aceraceae; maple family
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- sturgeons; Acipenseridae
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- short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts; Acrididae; Locustidae; family Locustidae
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- tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines; Actinidiaceae
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- filamentous anaerobic bacteria; Actinomycetaceae
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- plant lice; Adelgidae
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- used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae); Adiantaceae
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- in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae; Aegypiidae
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- coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes; Aepyornidae
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- an Old World reptile family of Sauria; Agamidae
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- large family including many familiar mushrooms; Agaricaceae
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- chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae; Agavaceae; agave family; sisal family
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- poachers; Agonidae
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- in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas; Ailuropodidae
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- succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds; Aizoaceae; Tetragoniaceae; family Tetragoniaceae; carpetweed family
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- bubble shells; Akeridae
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- larks; Alaudidae
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- fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants; Albuginaceae
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- bonefish; Albulidae
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- kingfishers; Alcedinidae
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- web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.; Alcidae
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- whiteflies; Aleyrodidae
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- perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants; Alismataceae; water-plantain family
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- one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium; Alliaceae
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- alligators; caimans; Alligatoridae
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- a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales; Nyctaginaceae; family Nyctaginaceae; Allioniaceae; four-o'clock family
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- one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; Aloeaceae; aloe family
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- thresher sharks; Alopiidae
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- one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae; Alstroemeriaceae
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- cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs; Amaranthaceae; amaranth family
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- snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; amaryllis family
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- in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds; Ambrosiaceae
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- New World salamanders; Ambystomatidae
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- North American catfishes; Ameiuridae
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- only the bowfins; Amiidae
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- sand lances; Ammodytidae
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- lancelets; Amphioxidae; Branchiostomidae; family Branchiostomidae
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- worm lizards; Amphisbaenidae
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- congo snakes; Amphiumidae
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- used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus; Amygdalaceae
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- small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia; Anabantidae
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- the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac; Anacardiaceae; sumac family
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- wolffishes; Anarhichadidae
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- swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks; Anatidae
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- freshwater gastropod; Ancylidae
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- hookworms; Ancylostomatidae
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- a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground; Andrenidae
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- alligator lizards; Anguidae
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- eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn; Anguillidae
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- screamers; Anhimidae
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- snakebirds; Anhingidae
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- legless lizards; Anniellidae
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- chiefly tropical trees or shrubs; Annonaceae; custard-apple family
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- deathwatch beetles; Anobiidae
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- a family of fish including: flashlight fishes; Anomalopidae
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- saddle oysters; Anomiidae
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- feather stars; Antedonidae
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- frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers; Antennariidae
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- hornworts; Anthocerotaceae
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- comprising only the pronghorns; Antilocapridae
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- small soft-bodied plant lice; Aphididae
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- one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes; Aphyllanthaceae
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- plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill; Umbelliferae; family Umbelliferae; Apiaceae; carrot family
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- honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees; Apidae
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- mountain beavers; Aplodontiidae
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- sea hares; Aplysiidae; Tethyidae; family Tethyidae
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- chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs; Apocynaceae; dogbane family
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- swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes; Apodidae
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- bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth; Apogonidae
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- coextensive with the order Apterygiformes; Apterygidae
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- widely distributed shrubs and trees; Aquifoliaceae; holly family
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- anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron; Araceae; arum family
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- mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera; Araliaceae; ivy family
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- tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae; Araucariaceae; araucaria family
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- soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution; Arcellidae
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- ark shells; Arcidae
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- tiger moths; Arctiidae
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- herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns; Ardeidae
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- chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales; Palmae; family Palmae; Palmaceae; family Palmaceae; Arecaceae; palm family
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- soft ticks; Argasidae
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- small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts; Argentinidae
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- spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution; Argiopidae; orb-weaver
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- represented solely by the genus Argonauta; Argonautidae
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- sea catfishes; Ariidae
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- family of birthworts (including wild ginger); Aristolochiaceae; birthwort family
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- pill bugs; Armadillidiidae
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- wood swallows; Artamidae
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- family of one species of frog: tailed frog; Ascaphidae
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- large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates; Ascaridae
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- widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice; Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family
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- robber flies; Asilidae
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- one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus; Asparagaceae
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- family of fungi including some common molds; Aspergillaceae
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- one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae; Asphodelaceae
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- one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria; Aspleniaceae
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- crayfish; Astacidae; Astacura
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- plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia; Compositae; family Compositae; Asteraceae; aster family
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- small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water; Atherinidae
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- small motile sulphur bacteria; Athiorhodaceae
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- alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Dryopteridaceae; family Dryopteridaceae; Athyriaceae
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- scrubbirds; Atrichornithidae
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- booklice; Atropidae
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- trumpetfishes; Aulostomidae
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- fungi having gelatinous sporophores; Auriculariaceae
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- used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia; Avicenniaceae
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- used in some classifications for the genus Azolla; Azollaceae
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- piroplasms and cattle pathogens; Babesiidae
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- typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores; Bacillaceae
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- family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes; Bacteroidaceae
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- shoebills; Balaenicipitidae
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- right whales; Balaenidae
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- rorquals; blue whales; Balaenopteridae
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- stalkless barnacles; Balanidae
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- triggerfishes; Balistidae
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- distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers; Balsaminaceae; balsam family
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- a family of protoctist; Bangiaceae
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- mole rats; sand rats; Bathyergidae
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- family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts; Batidaceae; saltwort family
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- toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes; Batrachoididae
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- monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America; Begoniaceae; begonia family
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- family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods; Belemnitidae
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- ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars; Belonidae
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- water bugs; Belostomatidae
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- a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous; Bennettitaceae
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- shrubs or herbs; Berberidaceae; barberry family
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- monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis); Betulaceae; birch family
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- a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births
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- trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales; Bignoniaceae
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- a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera; Bittacidae
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- a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales; Blastodiaceae
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- domestic cockroaches; Blattidae
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- one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia; Blechnaceae
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- a family of fish including: combtooth blennies; Blenniidae
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- boas and pythons; Boidae
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- family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other; Boletaceae
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- tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds; Bombacaceae
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- Chinese silkworm moth; Bombycidae
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- a family of birds of the suborder Oscines; Bombycillidae
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- bee flies; Bombyliidae
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- a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit; Boraginaceae; borage family
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- a family of fish of the order Heterosomata; Bothidae
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- true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats; Bovidae
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- a family of edentates comprising the true sloths; Bradypodidae
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- deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas; Bramidae
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- small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches; Branchiobdellidae
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- small family of marine fishes having covered gills; Branchiostegidae
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- lancelets; Amphioxidae; family Amphioxidae; Branchiostomidae
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- a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives; Cruciferae; family Cruciferae; Brassicaceae; mustard family
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- narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide; Microhylidae; family Microhylidae; Brevicipitidae
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- a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance; Bromeliaceae; pineapple family
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- chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae; Brotulidae
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- seed beetles; Bruchidae
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- a family of acrocarpous mosses; Bryaceae
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- whelks; Buccinidae
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- puffbirds; Bucconidae
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- hornbills; Bucerotidae
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- true toads; Bufonidae
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- large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews; Burhinidae
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- family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers; Burmanniaceae
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- resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees; Burseraceae; torchwood family
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- widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees; Buxaceae; box family
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- constituting the order Opuntiales; Cactaceae; cactus family
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- coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians; Caeciliidae; family Caeciliidae; Caeciliadae
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- coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians; Caeciliidae; Caeciliadae; family Caeciliadae
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- small marsupials of southern South America; Caenolestidae
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- spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae; Caesalpiniaceae
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- dragonets; Callionymidae
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- blowflies; Calliphoridae
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- marmosets; Callithricidae
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- dicot aquatic herbs; Callitrichaceae
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- a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales; Calostomataceae
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- shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia; Calycanthaceae; calycanthus family; strawberry-shrub family
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- camels and llamas and vicunas; Camelidae
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- family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae; Campanulaceae; bellflower family
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- many of the best known edible crabs; Cancridae
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- one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies; Canellaceae; canella family
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- dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes; Canidae
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- two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae; Cannabidaceae; hemp family
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- coextensive with the genus Canna; Cannaceae
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- barbets; Capitonidae
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- a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia; Capparidaceae; caper family
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- shrubs and small trees and woody vines; Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle family
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- goatsuckers; Caprimulgidae
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- boarfishes; Caproidae
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- coypus; Capromyidae
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- leaf bugs; Miridae; family Miridae; Capsidae
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- ground beetles; Carabidae
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- large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas; Carangidae
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- pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae; Carapidae
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- largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks; Carcharhinidae
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- sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae; Carchariidae; Odontaspididae; family Odontaspididae
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- somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks; Cardiidae
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- crane-like South American wading birds; Cariamidae
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- trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves; Caricaceae; papaya family
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- used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus, Ostryopsis, and Ostryopsis; Carpinaceae; subfamily Carpinaceae
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- small genus of tropical South American trees; Caryocaraceae
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- large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes); Caryophyllaceae; carnation family; pink family
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- beavers; Castoridae
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- a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries; Casuaridae
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- one genus: genus Casuarina; Casuarinaceae
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- condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures; Cathartidae
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- suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae; Catostomidae
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- a family of Hystricomorpha; Caviidae
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- all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins; Cebidae
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- gall midges; Cecidomyidae
n.
- in some classifications included in family Moraceae; Cecropiaceae
n.
- trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits; Celastraceae; spindle-tree family; staff-tree family
n.
- sunfish family; Centrarchidae
n.
- shrimpfishes; Centriscidae
n.
- a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos; Centropomidae
n.
- a family of Nematoda; Cephalobidae
n.
- a family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus; Cephalotaceae
n.
- a family of Cephalotaxaceae; Cephalotaxaceae; plum-yew family
n.
- long-horned beetles; Cerambycidae
n.
- lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth; Ceratodontidae
n.
- coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts; Ceratophyllaceae
n.
- biting midges; sand flies; Ceratopogonidae
n.
- American ceratopsian dinosaurs; Ceratopsidae
n.
- fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks; Ceratostomataceae
n.
- one genus; Cercidiphyllaceae
n.
- froghoppers or spittlebugs; Cercopidae
n.
- Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey; Cercopithecidae
n.
- creepers; Certhiidae
n.
- deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer; Cervidae
n.
- coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body; Cestidae
n.
- in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks; Cetorhinidae
n.
- butterfly fishes; Chaetodontidae
n.
- an arthropod family including: chalcidflies; Chalcididae; family Chalcididae; Chalcidae
n.
- an arthropod family including: chalcidflies; Chalcididae; Chalcidae; family Chalcidae
n.
- Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria; Chamaeleontidae; family Chamaeleontidae; Chamaeleonidae; Rhiptoglossa; family Rhiptoglossa
n.
- Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria; Chamaeleontidae; Chamaeleonidae; family Chamaeleonidae; Rhiptoglossa; family Rhiptoglossa
n.
- green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts; Characeae
n.
- tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America; Characidae
n.
- former name of the Characidae; Characinidae
n.
- plover family; Charadriidae
n.
- green turtles; hawksbills; Cheloniidae; family Cheloniidae; Chelonidae
n.
- green turtles; hawksbills; Cheloniidae; Chelonidae; family Chelonidae
n.
- snapping turtles; Chelydridae
n.
- includes spinach and beets; Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family
n.
- jumping plant lice; Psyllidae; family Psyllidae; Chermidae
n.
- a family of Holocephali; Chimaeridae
n.
- small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents; Chinchillidae
n.
- midges; Chironomidae
n.
- Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates; Chlamydiaceae
n.
- green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome; Chlamydomonadaceae
n.
- small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees; Chloranthaceae
n.
- small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes; Chlorophthalmidae
n.
- golden moles; Chrysochloridae
n.
- leaf beetles; Chrysomelidae
n.
- green lacewings; Chrysopidae
n.
- a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales; Chytridiaceae
n.
- leafhoppers; Cicadellidae
n.
- cicadas; Cicadidae
n.
- cichlids; Cichlidae
n.
- tiger beetles; Cicindelidae
n.
- storks; Ciconiidae
n.
- wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects; Cimicidae
n.
- water ouzels; Cinclidae
n.
- shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean; Cistaceae; rockrose family
n.
- a family of lichens; Cladoniaceae
n.
- family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns; Clathraceae
n.
- fleshy fungi: coral fungi; Clavariaceae
n.
- beetles that prey on other insects; Cleridae
n.
- coextensive with the genus Clethra; Clethraceae; white-alder family
n.
- viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas; Clinidae
n.
- herrings; shad; sardines; etc.; Clupeidae
n.
- widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber; Guttiferae; family Guttiferae; Clusiaceae; St John's wort family
n.
- loaches; Cobitidae
n.
- scale insects; Coccidae
n.
- the ladybugs; Coccinellidae
n.
- the honeycreepers; Coerebidae; Dacninae; family Dacninae
n.
- one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: genera Colchicum and Gloriosa; Colchicaceae
n.
- nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species; Colubridae
n.
- doves and pigeons; Columbidae
n.
- former usage synonymous with Antedonidae; Comatulidae
n.
- a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales; Combretaceae; combretum family
n.
- large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts; Commelinaceae; spiderwort family
n.
- plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia; Compositae; Asteraceae; family Asteraceae; aster family
n.
- marine eels; Congridae
n.
- mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae; Connaraceae; zebrawood family
n.
- one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; Convallariaceae
n.
- morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit; Convolvulaceae; morning-glory family
n.
- used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus; Coprinaceae
n.
- rollers; Coraciidae
n.
- chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus; Cordaitaceae
n.
- small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards; Cordylidae
n.
- soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae; Coregonidae
n.
- squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs; Coreidae
n.
- water bugs; Corixidae
n.
- a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia; Cornaceae; dogwood family
n.
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; Cortinariaceae
n.
- crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay; Corvidae
n.
- dobsons; Corydalidae
n.
- used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus; Corylaceae; subfamily Corylaceae
n.
- a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales; Corynebacteriaceae
n.
- large active pelagic percoid fish; Coryphaenidae
n.
- cotingas; umbrella birds; Cotingidae
n.
- sculpins; Cottidae
n.
- curassows; guans; chachalacas; Cracidae
n.
- Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae; Cracticidae
n.
- shrimps; Crangonidae
n.
- succulent shrubs and herbs; Crassulaceae; stonecrop family
n.
- mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters; Cricetidae
n.
- true crocodiles; Crocodylidae
n.
- New World vipers: pit vipers; Crotalidae
n.
- a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives; Cruciferae; Brassicaceae; family Brassicaceae; mustard family
n.
- large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders; Cryptobranchidae
n.
- a family of Blattodea; Cryptocercidae
n.
- one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Cryptogrammataceae
n.
- large burrowing spiders; Ctenizidae
n.
- includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner; Cuculidae
n.
- a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin); Cucurbitaceae; gourd family
n.
- mosquitoes; Culicidae
n.
- trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere; Cunoniaceae; cunonia family
n.
- cypresses and junipers and many cedars; Cupressaceae; cypress family
n.
- true weevils: snout beetles; Curculionidae
n.
- New World botflies; Cuterebridae
n.
- tropical tree ferns; Cyatheaceae
n.
- ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids; Cycadaceae; cycad family
n.
- lumpfishes; Cyclopteridae
n.
- tritons; Cymatiidae
n.
- a family of Hymenoptera; Cynipidae
n.
- a family of Dermoptera; Cynocephalidae
n.
- tonguefishes; Cynoglossidae
n.
- bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant; Cyperaceae; sedge family
n.
- family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries; Cypraeidae
n.
- a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace; Cyprinidae
n.
- large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies; Cyprinodontidae
n.
- shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia; Cyrilliaceae; cyrilla family; titi family
n.
- the honeycreepers; Coerebidae; family Coerebidae; Dacninae
n.
- a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa; Dacrymycetaceae
n.
- cochineal insects; Dactylopiidae
n.
- flying gurnards; Dactylopteridae
n.
- sand stargazers; Dactyloscopidae
n.
- small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies; Danaidae
n.
- sting rays; Dasyatidae
n.
- armadillos; Dasypodidae
n.
- agoutis and pacas; Dasyproctidae
n.
- dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils; Dasyuridae; family Dasyurinae
n.
- dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils; Dasyuridae; family Dasyuridae
n.
- comprising solely the aye-aye; Daubentoniidae
n.
- one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Davalliaceae
n.
- dolphins; Delphinidae
n.
- family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia; Dematiaceae
n.
- woodhewers or woodcreepers; Dendrocolaptidae
n.
- one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Dennstaedtiaceae
n.
- carpet beetles; Dermestidae
n.
- sea turtles; Dermochelyidae
n.
- unicellular algae; Desmidiaceae
n.
- true vampire bats; Desmodontidae
n.
- north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales; Diapensiaceae; diapensia family
n.
- armored scales; Diaspididae
n.
- large and small highly aquatic salamanders; Dicamptodontidae
n.
- tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans; Dicksoniaceae
n.
- mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome; Dicranaceae
n.
- opossums; Didelphidae
n.
- chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia and Hibbertia; Dilleniaceae
n.
- moas; Dinornithidae
n.
- spiny puffers; Diodontidae
n.
- albatrosses; Diomedeidae
n.
- yams; Dioscoreaceae; yam family
n.
- Old World jerboas; Dipodidae
n.
- chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads; Dipsacaceae
n.
- chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins; Dipterocarpaceae
n.
- family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue; Discoglossidae
n.
- oceanic tunicates; Doliolidae
n.
- greatly elongated roundworm; Dracunculidae
n.
- Hawaiian honeycreepers; Drepanididae
n.
- swift-running bipedal dinosaurs; Dromaeosauridae
n.
- a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs; Droseraceae; sundew family
n.
- fruit flies; Drosophilidae
n.
- alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Dryopteridaceae; Athyriaceae; family Athyriaceae
n.
- a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow; Dugongidae
n.
- water beetles; Dytiscidae
n.
- fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon; Ebenaceae; ebony family
n.
- fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships; Echeneididae; family Echeneididae
n.
- fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships; Echeneididae; family Echeneidae
n.
- a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria; Edaphosauridae
n.
- a family of protoctist in the order Coccidia; Eimeriidae
n.
- shrubs or small trees often armed; Elaeagnaceae; oleaster family
n.
- genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; elaeocarpus family
n.
- cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes; Elapidae
n.
- click beetles and certain fireflies; Elateridae
n.
- small family comprising the electric eels; Electrophoridae
n.
- sleepers; Eleotridae
n.
- elephants; Elephantidae
n.
- tarpons and ladyfishes; Elopidae
n.
- viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes; Embiotocidae
n.
- heathlike shrubs; Empetraceae; crowberry family
n.
- box and water turtles; Emydidae
n.
- a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract; Endamoebidae
n.
- anchovies; Engraulidae
n.
- a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales; Enterobacteriaceae
n.
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; Entolomataceae
n.
- mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects; Entomophthoraceae
n.
- Australasian shrubs or small trees; Epacridaceae; epacris family
n.
- ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae; Ephedraceae
n.
- mayflies; Ephemeridae
n.
- small family comprising the spadefishes; Ephippidae
n.
- horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals; Equidae
n.
- sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies; Equisetaceae; horsetail family
n.
- New World arboreal porcupines; Erethizontidae
n.
- heathers; Ericaceae; heath family
n.
- true hedgehogs; Erinaceidae
n.
- chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts; Eriocaulaceae; pipewort family
n.
- family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews; Erysiphaceae
n.
- a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit; Erythroxylaceae
n.
- comprising only the grey whales; Eschrichtiidae
n.
- pikes; pickerels; muskellunges; Esocidae
n.
- considered green algae; Euglenaceae
n.
- a family of plants of order Geraniales; Euphorbiaceae; spurge family
n.
- coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi; Eurylaimidae
n.
- flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks; Exocoetidae
n.
- a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae; Leguminosae; family Leguminosae; Fabaceae; legume family; pea family
n.
- chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus; Fagaceae; beech family
n.
- a family of birds of the order Falconiformes; Falconidae
n.
- a family of Trematoda; Fasciolidae
n.
- cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers; Felidae
n.
- threadlike roundworms; Filariidae
n.
- marine limpets; Fissurellidae
n.
- cornetfishes; Fistulariidae
n.
- a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other; Fistulinaceae
n.
- chiefly tropical trees and shrubs; Flacourtiaceae; flacourtia family
n.
- typical earwigs; Forficulidae
n.
- antbirds; Formicariidae
n.
- ants; Formicidae
n.
- small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States; Fouquieriaceae
n.
- frigate birds; Fregatidae
n.
- finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings; Fringillidae
n.
- small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds; Fucaceae
n.
- plant hoppers: lantern flies; Fulgoridae
n.
- erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn; Fumariaceae; fumitory family
n.
- one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta; Hostaceae; family Hostaceae; Funkaceae
n.
- e.g. ovenbirds; Furnariidae
n.
- large family of important mostly marine food fishes; Gadidae
n.
- jacamars; Galbulidae
n.
- horse botflies; Gasterophilidae
n.
- sticklebacks; Gasterosteidae
n.
- gavials; Gavialidae
n.
- loon family; Gavidae
n.
- a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales; Geastraceae
n.
- geckos; Gekkonidae
n.
- important economic pests; Gelechiidae
n.
- snake mackerels; Gempylidae
n.
- chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals; Gentianaceae; gentian family
n.
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales; Geoglossaceae
n.
- measuring worms; Geometridae
n.
- North American pocket gophers; Geomyidae
n.
- small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth; Geophilidae
n.
- chiefly herbaceous plants; Geraniaceae; geranium family
n.
- mojarras; Gerreidae; Gerridae; family Gerridae
n.
- mojarras; Gerreidae; family Gerreidae; Gerridae
- an arthropod family that includes water striders; Gerrididae; family Gerrididae; Gerridae
n.
- an arthropod family that includes water striders; Gerrididae; Gerridae; family Gerridae
n.
- large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales; Gesneriaceae; gesneria family
n.
- a family of protoctist; Gigartinaceae
n.
- constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms; Ginkgoaceae; ginkgo family
n.
- giraffes; Giraffidae
n.
- Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers; Glareolidae
n.
- a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales; Gleicheniaceae
n.
- dormice and other Old World forms; Gliridae
n.
- a family of protoctists; Globigerinidae
n.
- flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies; Glossinidae
n.
- plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum; Gnetaceae
n.
- clingfishes; Gobiesocidae
n.
- gobies; Gobiidae
n.
- elephants extinct since the Pleistocene; Gomphotheriidae
n.
- coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus; Gonorhynchidae
n.
- a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China; Goodeniaceae; Goodenia family
n.
- leaf miners; Gracilariidae; Gracillariidae
n.
- the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane; Gramineae; family Gramineae; Graminaceae; Poaceae; family Poaceae; grass family
n.
- the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane; Gramineae; Graminaceae; family Graminaceae; Poaceae; family Poaceae; grass family
n.
- in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry; Grossulariaceae; gooseberry family
n.
- cranes; Gruidae
n.
- crickets; Gryllidae
n.
- widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber; Guttiferae; Clusiaceae; family Clusiaceae; St John's wort family
n.
- whirligig beetles; Gyrinidae
n.
- duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous; Hadrosauridae
n.
- oystercatchers; Haematopodidae
n.
- some genera placed in family Liliaceae; Haemodoraceae; bloodwort family
n.
- bird parasites; Haemoproteidae
n.
- grunts; Haemulidae
n.
- a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture; Halictidae
n.
- abalones; Haliotidae
n.
- a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales; Haloragidaceae; family Haloragidaceae; Haloragaceae; water-milfoil family
n.
- a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales; Haloragidaceae; Haloragaceae; family Haloragaceae; water-milfoil family
n.
- comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family
n.
- land snails including the common edible snail and some pests; Helicidae
n.
- only known venomous lizards; Helodermatidae
n.
- a fungus family of order Helotiales; Helotiaceae
n.
- family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous; Helvellaceae
n.
- brown lacewings; Hemerobiidae
n.
- one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis; Hemerocallidaceae
n.
- tree swifts; Hemiprocnidae
n.
- halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide; Hemiramphidae
n.
- small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats; Heteromyidae
n.
- greenlings; Hexagrammidae
n.
- primitive sharks; Hexanchidae
n.
- winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies; Hippoboscidae
n.
- trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule; Hippocastanaceae; horse-chestnut family
n.
- hippopotami; Hippopotamidae
n.
- Old World leafnose bats; Hipposideridae
n.
- a family of Hirudinea; Hirudinidae
n.
- swallows and martins; Hirundinidae
n.
- squirrelfishes and soldierfishes; Holocentridae
n.
- a family of Holothuroidea; Holothuridae
n.
- large-clawed lobsters; Homaridae
n.
- modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man; Hominidae
n.
- one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta; Hostaceae; Funkaceae; family Funkaceae
n.
- one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; Hyacinthaceae
n.
- hyenas; Hyaenidae
n.
- tooth fungi; Hydnaceae
n.
- a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants; Hydnoraceae
n.
- sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae; Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family
n.
- storm petrels; Hydrobatidae
n.
- simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed; Hydrocharitaceae; family Hydrocharitaceae; Hydrocharidaceae; frogbit family; frog's-bit family
n.
- simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed; Hydrocharitaceae; Hydrocharidaceae; family Hydrocharidaceae; frogbit family; frog's-bit family
n.
- capybara; Hydrochoeridae
n.
- sea snakes; Hydrophidae
n.
- perennial woodland herbs; Hydrophyllaceae; waterleaf family
n.
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance; Hygrophoraceae
n.
- the amphibian family of tree frogs; Hylidae
n.
- used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae; Hylobatidae
n.
- terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns; Hymenophyllaceae
n.
- used in some classification systems for plants usually included among the Guttiferae; Hypericaceae
n.
- beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae; Ziphiidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae
n.
- family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales; Hypocreaceae
n.
- warble flies; Oestridae; family Oestridae; Hypodermatidae
n.
- in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae; Hypoxidaceae
n.
- Old World porcupines; Hystricidae
n.
- ibises; Threskiornithidae; family Threskiornithidae
n.
- ichneumon flies; Ichneumonidae
n.
- later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres; Ichthyosauridae
n.
- American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks; Icteridae
n.
- New World lizards; Iguanidae; family Iguanidae; Iguania
n.
- New World lizards; Iguanidae; Iguania; family Iguania
n.
- iguanodons; Iguanodontidae
n.
- honey guides; Indicatoridae
n.
- a family of Lemuroidea; Indriidae
n.
- large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees; Scolytidae; family Scolytidae; Ipidae
n.
- a family of birds of the suborder Oscines; Irenidae
n.
- large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs; Iridaceae; iris family
n.
- quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes; Isoetaceae; quillwort family
n.
- sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins; Istiophoridae
n.
- in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae; Isuridae
n.
- hard ticks; Ixodidae
n.
- family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications; Jassidae
n.
- trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans; Juglandaceae; walnut family
n.
- tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes; Juncaceae; rush family
n.
- a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales; Scheuchzeriaceae; family Scheuchzeriaceae; Juncaginaceae; arrow-grass family
n.
- comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales; Jungermanniaceae
n.
- primitive termites of warm regions; Kalotermitidae
n.
- in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos; Katsuwonidae
n.
- mud turtles; musk turtles; Kinosternidae
n.
- sea chubs; Kyphosidae
n.
- a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; family Lamiaceae; mint family
n.
- wrasses; Labridae
n.
- Old World lizards; Lacertidae
n.
- lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid; Lactobacillaceae; Lactobacteriaceae; family Lactobacteriaceae
n.
- lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid; Lactobacillaceae; family Lactobacillaceae; Lactobacteriaceae
n.
- a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary; Labiatae; family Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family
n.
- large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters; Laminariaceae
n.
- oceanic sharks; Lamnidae
n.
- opahs; Lampridae
n.
- fireflies; Lampyridae
n.
- shrikes; Laniidae
n.
- stout-bodied lizards; Lanthanotidae
n.
- thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit; Lardizabalaceae; lardizabala family
n.
- armored catfish; Laricariidae
n.
- gull family: gulls and terns; Laridae
n.
- tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths; Lasiocampidae
n.
- extinct except for the coelacanth; Latimeridae
n.
- a family of Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family
n.
- a fungus family of the division Lichenes; Lecanoraceae
n.
- large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins; Lecythidaceae
n.
- a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae; Leguminosae; Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; legume family; pea family
n.
- primitive New Zealand frogs; Leiopelmatidae; Liopelmidae; family Liopelmidae
n.
- coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order; Leitneriaceae; corkwood family
n.
- family of small free-floating thalloid plants; Lemnaceae; duckweed family
n.
- typical lemurs; of Madagascar; Lemuridae
n.
- family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers; California and Mexico; Lennoaceae
n.
- carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea; Lentibulariaceae; bladderwort family
n.
- goose barnacles; Lepadidae
n.
- family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa; Lepidobotryaceae
n.
- fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk; Lepidodendraceae
n.
- a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk; Lepiotaceae
n.
- firebrats; Lepismatidae
n.
- comprises the genus Lepisosteus; Lepisosteidae
n.
- hares and rabbits; Leporidae
n.
- New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae; Leptodactylidae
n.
- blind snakes; Leptotyphlopidae
n.
- includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae; Liliaceae; lily family
n.
- slugs; Limacidae
n.
- horseshoe crabs; Limulidae
n.
- a widely distributed family of plants; Linaceae; flax family
n.
- primitive New Zealand frogs; Leiopelmatidae; family Leiopelmatidae; Liopelmidae
n.
- snailfishes; Liparididae; family Liparididae; Liparidae
n.
- snailfishes; Liparididae; Liparidae; family Liparidae
n.
- deep-sea crabs of cold waters; Lithodidae
n.
- periwinkles; Littorinidae
n.
- family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia; Loasaceae; loasa family
n.
- not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; lobelia family
n.
- tripletails; Lobotidae
n.
- short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts; Acrididae; family Acrididae; Locustidae
n.
- a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales; Loganiaceae
n.
- small family of usually scandent ferns; Lomariopsidaceae
n.
- large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers; Lophiidae
n.
- very small family of tree ferns; Lophosoriaceae
n.
- in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria; Loranthaceae; mistletoe family
n.
- slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless; Lorisidae
n.
- very small family of New Zealand ferns; Loxomataceae
n.
- stag beetles; Lucanidae
n.
- snappers; Lutjanidae
n.
- louvars; Luvaridae
n.
- family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs; Lycaenidae
n.
- a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs; Lycoperdaceae
n.
- a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales; Lycopodiaceae; clubmoss family
n.
- wolf spiders; Lycosidae
n.
- lygaeid bugs; Lygaeidae
n.
- tussock moths; Lymantriidae
n.
- herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers; Lythraceae; loosestrife family
n.
- jumping bristletails; Machilidae
n.
- kangaroos; wallabies; Macropodidae
n.
- bellows fishes; Macrorhamphosidae
n.
- grenadiers; Macrouridae; Macruridae; family Macruridae
n.
- grenadiers; Macrouridae; family Macrouridae; Macruridae
n.
- subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia; Magnoliaceae; magnolia family
n.
- spider crabs; Majidae
n.
- short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored; Malacanthidae
n.
- tropical shrubs or trees; Malpighiaceae
n.
- herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra; Malvaceae; mallow family
n.
- extinct family: mastodons; Mammutidae; family Mastodontidae
n.
- coextensive with the order Pholidota; Manidae
n.
- mantises; Mantidae; family Mantidae; Manteidae
n.
- mantises; Mantidae; Manteidae; family Manteidae
n.
- mantispids; Mantispidae
n.
- tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes; Marantaceae; arrowroot family
n.
- constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds; Marattiaceae
n.
- liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli; Marchantiaceae
n.
- clover ferns; Marsileaceae
n.
- in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae; Martyniaceae
n.
- extinct family: mastodons; Mammutidae; family Mammutidae
n.
- primitive termites; Mastotermitidae
n.
- a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales; Mayacaceae
n.
- leaf-cutting and mason bees; Megachilidae
n.
- Old World false vampire bats; Megadermatidae
n.
- mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths; Megalonychidae
n.
- megalosaurs; Megalosauridae
n.
- megapodes; Megapodiidae
n.
- extinct ground sloths; Megatheriidae
n.
- rust fungi; Melampsoraceae
n.
- one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum; Melanthiaceae
n.
- a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals; Melastomataceae; family Melastomataceae; Melastomaceae; meadow-beauty family
n.
- a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals; Melastomataceae; Melastomaceae; family Melastomaceae; meadow-beauty family
n.
- turkeys and some extinct forms; Meleagrididae
n.
- tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees; Meliaceae; mahogany family
n.
- honey eaters; Meliphagidae
n.
- blister beetles; Meloidae
n.
- plant hoppers: treehoppers; Membracidae
n.
- herbaceous or woody climbers; Menispermaceae; moonseed family
n.
- lyrebirds; Menuridae
n.
- a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales; Menyanthaceae; buckbean family
n.
- bee-eaters; Meropidae
n.
- spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes; Micrococcaceae
n.
- worm fish; Microdesmidae
n.
- narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide; Microhylidae; Brevicipitidae; family Brevicipitidae
n.
- sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers; Mimidae
n.
- family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae; Mimosaceae
n.
- leaf bugs; Miridae; Capsidae; family Capsidae
n.
- family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae; Mniaceae
n.
- large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas; Mobulidae
n.
- ocean sunfishes; Molidae
n.
- mastiff bats; freetail bats; Molossidae
n.
- a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes; Momotidae
n.
- family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies; Moniliaceae
n.
- filefishes; Monocanthidae
n.
- narwhals; Monodontidae
n.
- used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes; Monotropaceae
n.
- trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis; Moraceae; mulberry family
n.
- a family of edible fungi including the true morels; Morchellaceae
n.
- pipits and wagtails; Motacillidae
n.
- large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products; Mucoraceae
n.
- grey mullets; Mugilidae
n.
- goatfishes or red mullets; Mullidae
n.
- marine eels; Muraenidae
n.
- originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches; Muridae
n.
- treelike tropical Asian herbs; Musaceae; banana family
n.
- Old World (true) flycatchers; Muscicapidae
n.
- two-winged flies especially the housefly; Muscidae
n.
- touracos; Musophagidae
n.
- weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens; Mustelidae
n.
- a family of wasps; Mutillidae
n.
- soft-shell clams; Myacidae
n.
- fungus gnats; Mycetophilidae
n.
- a family of bacteria; Mycobacteriaceae
n.
- pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals; Mycoplasmataceae
n.
- deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes; Myctophidae
n.
- eagle rays; Myliobatidae
n.
- extinct South American edentates; Mylodontidae
n.
- constituting the order Myricales; Myricaceae; wax-myrtle family
n.
- family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds; Myristicaceae; nutmeg family
n.
- New World anteaters; Myrmecophagidae
n.
- antlions; Myrmeleontidae
n.
- family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs; some in Florida; Myrsinaceae; myrsine family
n.
- trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil; Myrtaceae; myrtle family
n.
- small shrimp-like crustaceans; Mysidae
n.
- marine mussels; Mytilidae
n.
- slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes; Myxinidae
n.
- bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung; Polyangiaceae; family Polyangiaceae; Myxobacteriaceae
n.
- former terms for Cyanophyceae; Myxophyceae; Schizophyceae; family Schizophyceae
n.
- monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers; Naiadaceae; Najadaceae; family Najadaceae; naiad family
n.
- monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers; Naiadaceae; family Naiadaceae; Najadaceae; naiad family
n.
- moonshells; Naticidae
n.
- spiral-shelled cephalopods; Nautilidae
n.
- coextensive with the genus Nepenthes; Nepenthaceae
n.
- in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae; Nephropsidae
n.
- water scorpions; Nepidae
n.
- neritids; Neritidae
n.
- bird's-nest fungi; Nidulariaceae
n.
- usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria; Nitrobacteriaceae
n.
- cutworms; armyworms; Noctuidae
n.
- blue-green algae; Nostocaceae
n.
- aquatic carnivorous insects; Notonectidae
n.
- pouched moles; Notoryctidae
n.
- a family of fossil protoctists; Nummulitidae
n.
- a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales; Nyctaginaceae; Allioniaceae; family Allioniaceae; four-o'clock family
n.
- dicot aquatic plants; Nymphaeaceae; water-lily family
n.
- large beautifully colored butterflies; Nymphalidae
n.
- a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees; Nyssaceae; sour-gum family; tupelo family
n.
- family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves; Ochnaceae; ochna family
n.
- pikas and extinct forms; Ochotonidae
n.
- a family of Octopoda; Octopodidae
n.
- walruses and extinct forms; Odobenidae
n.
- sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae; Carchariidae; family Carchariidae; Odontaspididae
n.
- filamentous green algae; Oedogoniaceae
n.
- warble flies; Oestridae; Hypodermatidae; family Hypodermatidae
n.
- batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes; Ogcocephalidae
n.
- trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac; Oleaceae; olive family
n.
- one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Oleandraceae
n.
- a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales; Onagraceae; evening-primrose family
n.
- a family of Isopoda; Oniscidae
n.
- eellike marine fishes; Ophidiidae
n.
- fishes closely related to greenlings; Ophiodontidae
n.
- a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution; Ophioglossaceae
n.
- comprising the hoatzins; Opisthocomidae
n.
- jawfishes; Opisthognathidae
n.
- beach fleas; Orchestiidae
n.
- enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers; Orchidaceae; orchid family
n.
- nurse sharks and carpet sharks; Orectolobidae
n.
- Old World orioles; Oriolidae
n.
- platypus; Ornithorhynchidae
n.
- brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales; Orobanchaceae; broomrape family
n.
- aardvarks; Orycteropodidae
n.
- blue green algae; Oscillatoriaceae
n.
- smelts; Osmeridae
n.
- large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas; Osmundaceae
n.
- a family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues; Osteoglossidae
n.
- boxfishes; Ostraciidae; family Ostraciontidae
n.
- boxfishes; Ostraciidae; family Ostraciidae
n.
- oysters; Ostreidae
n.
- eared seals: sea lions and fur seals; Otariidae
n.
- bustards; Otididae
n.
- a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers; Oxalidaceae; wood-sorrel family
n.
- pinworms; Oxyuridae
n.
- perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America; Paeoniaceae; peony family
n.
- hermit crabs; Paguridae
n.
- prawns; Palaemonidae
n.
- spiny lobsters; Palinuridae
n.
- chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales; Palmae; family Palmae; Palmaceae; Arecaceae; family Arecaceae; palm family
n.
- chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales; Palmae; Palmaceae; family Palmaceae; Arecaceae; family Arecaceae; palm family
n.
- family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus; Pandanaceae; screw-pine family
n.
- ospreys; Pandionidae
n.
- a family of insects of the order Mecoptera; Panorpidae
n.
- herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits; Papaveraceae; poppy family
n.
- leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae; Papilionaceae
n.
- birds of paradise; Paradisaeidae
n.
- titmice and chickadees; Paridae
n.
- coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae; Parkeriaceae
n.
- a family of lichens; Parmeliaceae
n.
- New World warblers; Parulidae
n.
- true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds; Passeridae
n.
- tropical woody tendril-climbing vines; Passifloraceae; passionflower family
n.
- marine limpets; Patellidae
n.
- scallops; Pectinidae
n.
- the family of plants of order Polemoniales; Pedaliaceae; sesame family
n.
- true lice: human lice and related forms; Pediculidae
n.
- pelicans; Pelecanidae
n.
- diving petrels; Pelecanoididae
n.
- the amphibian family of spadefoot toads; Pelobatidae
n.
- sweepers; Pempheridae
n.
- tropical prawns; Peneidae
n.
- sea pens; Pennatulidae
n.
- bandicoots; Peramelidae
n.
- active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches; Percidae
n.
- percoid flatheads; Percophidae
n.
- marine and freshwater dinoflagellates; Peridiniidae
n.
- a family of Onychophora; Peripatidae
n.
- a family of Onychophora; Peripatopsidae
n.
- parasitic fungi: downy mildews; Peronosporaceae
n.
- a fungus family of division Lichenes; Pertusariaceae
n.
- lampreys; Petromyzontidae
n.
- large family comprising many typical cup fungi; Pezizaceae
n.
- tropicbirds; Phaethontidae
n.
- cormorants; Phalacrocoracidae
n.
- phalangers; koalas; Phalangeridae
n.
- a family of Phalangida; Phalangiidae
n.
- phalaropes; Phalaropidae
n.
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns; Phallaceae
n.
- pheasants; quails; partridges; Phasianidae
n.
- stick insects; Phasmidae; family Phasmidae; Phasmatidae
n.
- stick insects; Phasmidae; Phasmatidae; family Phasmatidae
n.
- leaf insects; Phyllidae; family Phyllidae; Phillidae
n.
- earless seals; Phocidae
n.
- flamingos; Phoenicopteridae
n.
- wood hoopoes; Phoeniculidae
n.
- a family of Bivalvia; Pholadidae
n.
- a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea; Pholidae; family Pholididae
n.
- a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea; Pholidae; family Pholidae
n.
- crab lice; Phthiriidae
n.
- leaf insects; Phyllidae; Phillidae; family Phillidae
n.
- a family of Phyllocladaceae; Phyllocladaceae
n.
- New World leaf-nosed bats; Phyllostomidae; family Phyllostomidae; Phyllostomatidae
n.
- New World leaf-nosed bats; Phyllostomidae; Phyllostomatidae; family Phyllostomatidae
n.
- plant lice; Phylloxeridae
n.
- sperm whales; Physeteridae
n.
- freshwater snails; Physidae
n.
- chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma; Phytolaccaceae; pokeweed family
n.
- woodpeckers; Picidae
n.
- arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies; Pieridae
n.
- a family of Pinaceae; Pinaceae; pine family
n.
- tiny soft-bodied crabs; Pinnotheridae
n.
- tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets; Piperaceae; pepper family
n.
- tongueless frogs; Pipidae
n.
- manakins; Pipridae
n.
- pittas; Pittidae
n.
- cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds; Plantaginaceae; plantain family
n.
- malaria parasites; Plasmodiidae
n.
- family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants; Plasmodiophoraceae
n.
- spoonbills; Plataleidae
n.
- coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees; Platanaceae; plane-tree family
n.
- river dolphins; Platanistidae
n.
- scorpaenoid flatheads; Platycephalidae
n.
- small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults; Plethodontidae
n.
- sea gooseberries; Pleurobrachiidae
n.
- righteye flounders; Pleuronectidae
n.
- weaverbirds; Ploceidae
n.
- perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas; Plumbaginaceae; leadwort family; sea-lavender family
n.
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; Pluteaceae
n.
- the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane; Gramineae; family Gramineae; Graminaceae; family Graminaceae; Poaceae; grass family
n.
- frogmouths; Podargidae
n.
- coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes; Podicipedidae
n.
- gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves; Podocarpaceae; podocarpus family
n.
- topminnows; Poeciliidae
n.
- a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers; Polemoniaceae; phlox family
n.
- bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung; Polyangiaceae; Myxobacteriaceae; family Myxobacteriaceae
n.
- trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres; Polygalaceae; milkwort family
n.
- a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats; Polygonaceae; buckwheat family
n.
- threadfins; Polynemidae
n.
- paddlefishes; Polyodontidae
n.
- Old World tree frogs; Polypedatidae
n.
- ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae); Polypodiaceae
n.
- fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees; Polyporaceae
n.
- damselfishes; Pomacentridae
n.
- food and game fishes related to pompanos; Pomatomidae
n.
- usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons; Pongidae
n.
- aquatic or bog plants; Pontederiaceae; pickerelweed family
n.
- sow bugs; Porcellionidae
n.
- family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas; Portulacaceae; purslane family
n.
- swimming crabs; Portunidae
n.
- otter shrews; Potamogalidae
n.
- plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae; Potamogetonaceae; pondweed family
n.
- small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas; Priacanthidae
n.
- a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere; Primulaceae; primrose family
n.
- large primitive rays with elongated snouts; Pristidae
n.
- includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea; Procaviidae
n.
- petrels; fulmars; shearwaters; Procellariidae
n.
- raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas; Procyonidae
n.
- large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales; Proteaceae; protea family
n.
- mud puppies; Proteidae
n.
- hedge sparrow; Prunellidae
n.
- scalelike insects: mealybugs; Pseudococcidae
n.
- rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens; Pseudomonodaceae
n.
- Paleozoic plants; Psilophytaceae
n.
- small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves; Psilotaceae
n.
- coextensive with the order Psittaciformes; Psittacidae
n.
- a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice; Psocidae
n.
- trumpeters; Psophiidae
n.
- very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies; Psychodidae
n.
- jumping plant lice; Psyllidae; Chermidae; family Chermidae
n.
- one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided; Pteridaceae
n.
- pearl oysters; Pteriidae
n.
- sandgrouses; Pteroclididae
n.
- a reptile family in the order Pterosauria; Pterodactylidae
n.
- bowerbirds; Ptilonorhynchidae
n.
- large important family of rust fungi; Pucciniaceae
n.
- many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals; Pulicidae
n.
- one species: pomegranates; Punicaceae
n.
- Australian and Tasmanian lizards; Pygopodidae
n.
- bee moths; corn borers; flour moths; Pyralidae; Pyralididae; family Pyralididae
n.
- bee moths; corn borers; flour moths; Pyralidae; family Pyralidae; Pyralididae
n.
- evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia; Pyrolaceae; wintergreen family
n.
- firebugs; Pyrrhocoridae
n.
- fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores; Pythiaceae
n.
- in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas; Pythonidae
n.
- family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia; Rachycentridae
n.
- a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales; Rafflesiaceae
n.
- bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates; Rajidae
n.
- rails; crakes; gallinules; coots; Rallidae
n.
- toucans; Ramphastidae
n.
- a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs; Ranidae
n.
- a family of Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae; buttercup family; crowfoot family
n.
- South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae; Rapateaceae
n.
- extinct dodos and solitaires; Raphidae
n.
- a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies; Raphidiidae
n.
- long-legged shorebirds; Recurvirostridae
n.
- assassin bugs; Reduviidae
n.
- ribbonfishes; Regalecidae
n.
- mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette; Resedaceae; mignonette family
n.
- trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value; Rhamnaceae; buckthorn family
n.
- a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes; Rheidae
n.
- small-toothed sharks comprising only one species; Rhincodontidae
n.
- primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies; Rhinobatidae
n.
- rhinoceroses; Rhinocerotidae; rhinoceros family
n.
- Old World leaf-nosed bats; Rhinolophidae
n.
- large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions; Rhinotermitidae
n.
- Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria; Chamaeleontidae; family Chamaeleontidae; Chamaeleonidae; family Chamaeleonidae; Rhiptoglossa
n.
- a small family of rod-shaped bacteria; Rhizobiaceae
n.
- trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts; Rhizophoraceae; mangrove family
n.
- a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores; Rhizopogonaceae
n.
- a family of protoctist; Rhodymeniaceae
n.
- primitive plants of the Paleozoic; Rhyniaceae
n.
- microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates; Rickettsiaceae
n.
- a fungus family of division Lichenes; Roccellaceae
n.
- in some classifications included in the family Droseraceae; Roridulaceae
n.
- a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens; Rosaceae; rose family
n.
- widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry; Rubiaceae; madder family
n.
- one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; Ruscaceae
n.
- used in some classification systems for the genus Russula; Russulaceae
n.
- a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent; Rutaceae; rue family
n.
- coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers; Rynchopidae
n.
- family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates; Saccharomycetaceae
n.
- secretary birds; Sagittariidae
n.
- salamanders; Salamandridae
n.
- two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus; Salicaceae; willow family
n.
- salmon and trout; Salmonidae
n.
- a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea; Salpidae
n.
- a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals; Salvadoraceae; Salvadora family
n.
- water ferns; Salviniaceae
n.
- chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit; Santalaceae; sandalwood family
n.
- chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins; Sapindaceae; soapberry family
n.
- tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit; Sapotaceae; sapodilla family
n.
- small whitish mites; Sarcoptidae
n.
- family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales; Sarcoscyphaceae
n.
- insectivorous plants; Sarraceniaceae; pitcher-plant family
n.
- important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known; Saturniidae
n.
- a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods; Satyridae
n.
- family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia; Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family
n.
- a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family
n.
- scarab or dung beetles; Scarabaeidae
n.
- parrotfishes; Scaridae
n.
- a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales; Scheuchzeriaceae; Juncaginaceae; family Juncaginaceae; arrow-grass family
n.
- a family of Trematoda; Schistosomatidae
n.
- small family of mainly tropical ferns; Schizaeaceae
n.
- former terms for Cyanophyceae; Myxophyceae; family Myxophyceae; Schizophyceae
n.
- a family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales; Schizosaccharomycetaceae
n.
- family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae; Sciadopityaceae
n.
- warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout; Sciaenidae
n.
- fungus gnats; Sciaridae
n.
- skinks; Scincidae
n.
- a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles; Sciuridae
n.
- a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs; Sclerodermataceae
n.
- a fungus family of order Helotiales; Sclerotiniaceae
n.
- sandpiper family