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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 |
|---|---|
| euplocomi | group of pheasants (Euplocomus) |
| euploeinae | subfamily of danaid butterflies |
| eupolyzoa | division of bryozoans |
| eupomatiaceae | plant family of the genus Eupomatia |
| euryalae | group of basket-stars (brittle stars) |
| euryaleae | tribe of water-lilies (Euryale) |
| euryalus | genus of basket-stars |
| eurycerotidae | family of the Irish elk |
| eurylaimi | group of broadbill birds |
| eurypharyngidae | family of gulper eels |
| eurypygae | group containing the sun-bittern |
| euryte | genus of harpacticoid copepods |
| euselachii | Euselachii, the true sharks |
| euspongia | genus of bath sponges |
| eventognathi | order of carp-like fishes |
| evertebrata | Evertebrata, old name for the invertebrates |
| evolvulus | genus of the morning-glory family |
| excipulaceae | family of imperfect fungi |
| exoascaceae | family of ascomycete fungi |
| exoascales | order of ascomycete fungi |
| exobasidiaceae | family of basidiomycete fungi |
| exocyclica | division of irregular sea-urchins |
| exocycloida | group of irregular echinoids |
| exogenae | Exogenae, old class of exogenous plants |
| fabraea | genus of ascomycete leaf-spot fungi |
| falcinellus | specific name, the glossy ibis |
| favositidae | family of tabulate corals |
| fenzelia | genus named for the botanist Fenzl |
| fibrospongiae | group of horny (fibrous) sponges |
| ficoideae | former plant family, the fig-marigolds |
| ficoides | old genus name of the fig-marigolds |
| fierasferidae | family of pearlfishes |
| filibranchia | order of filament-gilled bivalves |
| filicales | order of ferns |
| filicineae | class comprising the ferns |
| firmisternia | group of frogs with a fused sternum |
| fissidentaceae | family of mosses |
| fissilinguia | group of cleft-tongued lizards |
| fissipeda | group of land carnivores, Fissipedia |
| fissirostres | group of wide-gaped birds |
| fistulana | genus of tube-boring bivalves |
| flindosa | Flindersia, Australian timber tree |
| flutidae | family of swamp eels (Fluta) |
| folliculina | genus of ciliate protozoa |
| forcipulata | order of sea stars |
| formicariae | bird group, the ant-thrushes (Formicariae) |
| fouquieriaceae | plant family of the ocotillos |
| fringilliformes | bird group, the finches (Fringilliformes) |
| frontirostria | division of hemipterous insects |
| fucoideae | group of brown algae (Fucus and allies) |
| fulgoroidea | superfamily of planthoppers |
| fulicinae | subfamily of coots (Fulica) |
| fuligula | genus of diving ducks |
| fuligulinae | subfamily of diving ducks |
| fumago | genus of sooty-mold fungi |
| fumiferana | species epithet of the spruce budworm |
| funariaceae | family of mosses (Funaria) |
| fundulinae | subfamily of killifishes (Fundulus) |
| fungales | order-rank group name of fungi |
| furnariides | group of ovenbirds (Furnarius) |
| fusulina | genus of fossil foraminifers |
| gadaea | group name in the cod family (Gadus) |
| gadoidea | superfamily of cod-like fishes |
| galacaceae | plant family based on Galax |
| galaginae | subfamily of galagos, bush-babies |
| galbulae | group of jacamars (Galbula) |
| galbulinae | subfamily of jacamars |
| galeidae | family of sharks (Galeus) |
| galeorhinidae | family of houndsharks |
| galleriidae | family of wax moths (Galleria) |
| gallicolae | division of gall-making insects |
| gallinulinae | subfamily of gallinules |
| gamasidae | family of mesostigmatid mites |
| gamasoidea | superfamily of mites |
| ganocephala | extinct order of labyrinthodont amphibians |
| ganodus | genus of fossil chimaeroid fishes |
| gapperi | species epithet of Gapper's red-backed vole |
| garrulinae | subfamily of jays |
| gasteria | genus of South African succulents |
| gasterolichenes | group of gasteroid lichens |
| gasteropoda | older spelling of Gastropoda, class of molluscs |
| gasterotricha | older spelling of Gastrotricha, microscopic animals |
| gastornithidae | family of giant fossil birds |
| gastraeadae | Haeckel's hypothetical gastraea group |
| gastrochaenidae | family of boring bivalve molluscs |
| geckotidae | older family name of the geckos |
| geissolomataceae | family of South African shrubs |
| gekkones | Latin group name for the geckos |
| genyophrynidae | family of New Guinea frogs |
| geoglossaceae | family of earth-tongue fungi |
| geoteuthis | genus of fossil cephalopods |
| geranomorphae | group of crane-like birds |
| gerberia | old form of Gerbera, genus of composites |
| geryonidae | family of trachymedusan jellyfish |
| gigartina | genus of red algae |
| glaniostomi | old group of catfish-like fishes |
| glauconiidae | family of blind snakes |
| gliriformia | group of rodent-like mammals |
| globigerinae | subfamily of foraminifera |
| globigerinidae | family of foraminifera |
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