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The Latin name of a group of plants or animals.
The naming system runs on endings, which is why there are so many. -idae is an animal family, -aceae a plant family, -inae a subfamily, -ales an order. achetidae is the crickets, acraeinae is a group of butterflies, agalenidae is the funnel-weaver spiders.
They are capitalised in real use but arrive here in lower case like everything else.
2,849 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
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| Word, sorted Z to A | What it names |
|---|---|
| egocerus | genus of antelopes, Ægoceros |
| ehretiaceae | plant family allied to the borages |
| elachistaceae | family of algae, Elachistaceae |
| elaeocarpaceae | family of flowering trees, Elaeocarpaceae |
| elaeococca | genus of tung-oil trees |
| elaphomycetaceae | family of subterranean fungi |
| elapsoidea | genus of African garter snakes |
| eledone | genus of small octopuses |
| eleutherodactyli | zoological group of free-toed forms |
| ellops | genus of snakes; also an ancient fish name |
| elodeaceae | family of aquatic plants, the waterweeds |
| emarginula | genus of keyhole limpets |
| embadomonas | genus of flagellate protozoa |
| emberizinae | subfamily of buntings |
| embiidae | family of web-spinning insects |
| embiidina | order of web-spinners |
| embiodea | order of web-spinning insects |
| emesidae | family of metalmark butterflies |
| emydea | group of emydid turtles |
| emydinae | subfamily of pond turtles |
| emydosauria | order of crocodilians |
| enchelycephali | group of eel-like fishes |
| enchodontidae | family of fossil fishes |
| enchytrae | group of small oligochaete worms |
| encrinidae | family of stalked crinoids |
| encrinoidea | group of crinoids |
| endamoebidae | family of parasitic amoebas |
| endogenae | old botanical class, endogenous plants |
| endomycetaceae | family of ascomycete fungi |
| endoparasitica | group name for internal parasites |
| endophyllaceae | family of rust fungi |
| endophyllum | genus of rust fungi |
| endoprocta | phylum of bryozoan-like animals |
| endotrophi | old group name, endogenous plants |
| endozoa | group of internal animal parasites |
| endromididae | family of moths |
| engelmanni | species epithet, after G. Engelmann |
| engystomatidae | family of narrow-mouthed frogs |
| enhydrinae | subfamily of sea otters |
| enicuridae | family of forktail birds |
| ennia | genus of praying mantises (Mantidae) |
| enteromorpha | genus of green algae, gutweed |
| enthelminthes | group of internal parasitic worms |
| entomophila | genus of Australian honeyeaters |
| entomosporium | genus of leaf-spot fungi |
| entotrophi | order of insects, the Diplura |
| eophyton | fossil genus, supposed earliest plant |
| eosaurus | genus of fossil reptiles |
| epeiridae | family of orb-weaving spiders, now Araneidae |
| ephemerida | order of insects, the mayflies |
| ephemeridae | family of mayflies |
| ephthianura | genus of Australian chats |
| epibaterium | genus of moonseed plants |
| epiceratodus | genus of lungfishes |
| epigonichthyidae | family of lancelet-like fishes |
| epilachnides | group of ladybird beetles, Epilachna |
| epilobiaceae | former plant family, now Onagraceae |
| epimachinae | subfamily of birds of paradise |
| epimorpha | division of centipedes |
| epinephelidae | family of fishes, the groupers |
| epiphegus | genus of parasitic plants (beechdrops) |
| eproboscidea | division of Diptera lacking a proboscis |
| eptatretidae | family of hagfishes |
| eremochaeta | division of Diptera with bare bristles |
| eremopteris | genus of fossil ferns |
| erichthus | larval genus of stomatopod crustaceans |
| eriglossa | division of bees with woolly tongues |
| eriocomi | ethnological division, the woolly-haired races |
| erythraeidae | family of mites |
| erythrinidae | family of characin fishes |
| eschara | genus of bryozoans |
| estheriidae | family of branchiopod crustaceans |
| etheostomidae | family of darters (perch-like fishes) |
| etheostominae | subfamily of darters |
| etheriidae | family of freshwater bivalves (Etheria) |
| eubacteriales | order of the true bacteria |
| eubasidii | group of basidiomycete fungi |
| euchlorophyceae | class of true green algae |
| euchorda | group of the true chordates |
| eucirripedia | Eucirripedia, the true barnacles |
| eucleidae | family of slug-caterpillar moths |
| eucnemidae | family of false click-beetles |
| eucommiaceae | plant family of the genus Eucommia |
| euconjugatae | group of conjugate (desmid) algae |
| eucopepoda | Eucopepoda, the true copepods |
| eucosmidae | family of tortricid moths |
| eucryphiaceae | plant family of the genus Eucryphia |
| euglenales | order of euglenoid flagellates |
| euglenidae | family of euglenoid flagellates |
| euglenineae | suborder of euglenoid algae |
| euglenoidina | group of euglenoid flagellates |
| eugregarinida | order of gregarine protozoa |
| eulamellibranchia | order of lamellibranch bivalves |
| eulamellibranchiata | order of lamellibranch bivalves |
| eumenidae | family of potter and mason wasps |
| eunicidae | family of polychaete worms |
| euorthoptera | Euorthoptera, the true Orthoptera |
| eupanorthidae | family of fossil South American marsupials |
| eupanorthus | genus of fossil marsupials |
| euphyllopoda | group of branchiopod crustaceans |
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