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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 |
|---|---|
| rupicolinae | subfamily containing the cock-of-the-rock |
| rynchospora | genus of sedges, the beak-rushes |
| sabalaceae | former family of palms based on Sabal |
| saccammina | genus of foraminifera |
| saccharobacillus | genus of sugar-fermenting bacteria |
| saccobranchiata | group of fishes with sac-like gill organs |
| saccomyidae | family of pouched rodents |
| saccomyina | group of pouched rodents |
| saccomyoidea | superfamily of pouched rodents |
| saccomys | genus of pouched rodents |
| salicariaceae | former plant family based on Salicaria |
| salmonoidea | superfamily of salmon-like fishes |
| salmonoidei | suborder of salmonoid fishes |
| saltigradae | group of leaping spiders |
| sanguisorbaceae | former plant family of the burnets |
| sarcocystidea | group of sporozoan parasites |
| sarcorhamphus | genus of condors |
| sarcosporida | order of sporozoan muscle parasites |
| sarraceniales | order of pitcher plants |
| satyridae | family of brown or satyr butterflies |
| saurauiaceae | plant family of the Saurauia group |
| saurodontidae | family of fossil fishes |
| saururae | group of lizard-tailed fossil birds |
| saxicolidae | family of chats and stonechats |
| schedius | genus of encyrtid chalcid wasps |
| schizognathae | division of birds with cleft palates |
| schizogregarinae | suborder of gregarine protozoa |
| schizogregarinida | order of schizogregarine protozoa |
| schizolaenaceae | family of Madagascan trees |
| schizonotus | genus name, chalcid wasps and a shrub |
| schizophragma | genus of climbing hydrangeas |
| schizophyceae | class of blue-green algae |
| schizotrypanum | genus of trypanosomes |
| sciaeniformes | group of drum and croaker fishes |
| sciarinae | subfamily of fungus gnats |
| scirtopoda | order of leaping rotifers |
| scitaminales | order of gingers and bananas |
| sciuropterus | genus of flying squirrels |
| scleranthaceae | former plant family, the knawels |
| sclerodermaceae | family of earthball fungi |
| sclerodermata | group of hard-skinned corals |
| sclerodermatales | order of earthball fungi |
| sclerodermi | old group of plectognath fishes |
| sclerogeni | old group of mail-cheeked fishes |
| scleroparei | old group of mail-cheeked fishes |
| sclerostoma | genus of strongyle nematode worms |
| scolopendrella | genus of symphylan myriapods |
| scombresocidae | family of sauries |
| scombresox | genus of sauries |
| scombroidea | group of mackerel-like fishes |
| scopulipedes | old division of brush-legged bees |
| scorpidae | family of sea chubs |
| scorpididae | family of halfmoon fishes |
| scorpioidea | superfamily of scorpions |
| scorpionidea | group of scorpions |
| scutibranchia | order of shield-gilled gastropods |
| scylliidae | family of cat sharks |
| scylliorhinidae | family of cat sharks (Scyliorhinidae) |
| scylliorhinus | genus of cat sharks |
| scyllium | genus of dogfish sharks |
| scyphophori | order of mormyrid fishes |
| scytonemataceae | family of blue-green algae |
| scytopetalaceae | family of tropical African trees |
| sebastichthys | genus of rockfishes |
| sebastodes | genus of Pacific rockfishes |
| securifera | division of hymenopterans, the sawflies |
| sedaceae | old plant family of the stonecrops (Sedum) |
| selachii | group of sharks and rays |
| selachoidei | group of shark-like fishes |
| selachostomi | group of ganoid fishes, the paddlefishes |
| selaginaceae | family of flowering plants (Selago) |
| selenodonta | group of ungulates with crescent-ridged molars |
| semaeostomae | group of scyphozoan jellyfish |
| semaeostomata | order of scyphozoan jellyfish |
| semeostoma | jellyfish group, var. of Semaeostoma |
| semostomae | order of scyphozoan jellyfish, Semaeostomae |
| sepioidea | order of cuttlefishes |
| septibranchia | order of bivalve molluscs |
| septibranchiata | order of bivalve molluscs, Septibranchiata |
| seriolidae | family of amberjacks, Seriola |
| serpentarii | group of secretary birds, Serpentarii |
| serphidae | family of parasitic wasps |
| serphoidea | superfamily of parasitic wasps |
| serricornia | group of beetles with saw-like antennae |
| serridentinus | genus of fossil mastodons |
| serrifera | group of sawflies |
| sessiliventres | group of sawflies with a sessile abdomen |
| setophaginae | subfamily of American warblers, Setophaga |
| sieglingia | genus of grasses, the heath grass |
| silenaceae | former plant family of the campions (Silene) |
| silenales | former plant order containing the campions |
| silicispongiae | group of siliceous sponges |
| silicoflagellata | group of siliceous flagellates |
| silicoflagellatae | group of siliceous flagellates |
| silicoflagellidae | family of silicoflagellates |
| silicoidea | order of siliceous sponges |
| silicospongiae | class of siliceous sponges |
| simiinae | subfamily of the higher apes |
| simplicidentata | suborder of rodents with one pair of incisors |
| sinupallia | division of bivalves having a pallial sinus |
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