*Aardvark
The aardvark is a south African ant eating animal. 
*Aardwolf
The aardwolf is a carnivorous mammal.
*Aaron's Rod
Aaron's Rod is the only British species of Golden-rod. It is found in woods and thickets.
*Aasvogel
The aasvogel are south African vultures. 
*Abalone
The abalone is an edible snail like marine animal. 
*Abelmoschus
Abelmoschus is a genus of tropical plants of the mallow family. It yields edible fruits, called okro (okra, ochro) which is used in soups. 
*Aberdeen-Angus
#Angus 
*Abroma
The Abroma is a genus of small trees which are native to India.
*Abutilon
The Abutilon are a genus of plants of the order Malvaceae, also known as The Indian Mallows and American Jute. 
*Acacia
Acacia is a genus of plants of the order Leguminosae sub order Mimoseae consisting of trees or shrubs with compound pinnate leaves. They grow in Africa, Arabia, Australia and the East Indies.
*Acalepha
Acalepha was a name once used to describe the Medusae (jelly-fishes).
*Acanthaceae
The Acanthaceae are a natural order of dicotyledonous herbaceous plants or shrubs with opposite leaves and mono-petalous corolla. There are around 1400 species, mostly tropical.
*Acanthads
#Acanthaceae 
*Acanthus
The acanthus is a herbaceous plant of south Europe, Asia and Africa. It has large hairy, shiny leaves. 
*Acaridae
Acaridae is the mite family of insects 
*Acarina
Acarina is the mite and tick order of the arachnida. They have a rounded body with no demarcation between the prosoma and the opisthosoma. 
*Accentor
An accentor is a type of bird of the prunelliadae family.
*Acephala
The Acephala are the headless Mollusca with a bivalve shell. 
*Acer
Acer is a genus of plants of the order Aceraceae to which belongs the Maple. 
*Achene
In botany, an achene is a small, dry carpel containing a single seed, the pericarp of which is closely applied but seperable and which does not open when ripe.
*Achillaea
The Achillaea are a milfoil genus of plants. 
*Achimenes
The Achimenes are a genus of tropical American plants with scaly underground tubers. They are of the order Gesneraceae.
*Acipenser
The acipenser is a genus of cartilaginous ganoid fishes to which the sturgeon belongs. 
*Aconite
Aconite (Monkshood) is a genus of hardy herbaceous plants of the order Ranunculaceae. The are remarkable for their poisonous and medicinal properties. Aconite is found in temperate regions of Europe in woods and on shaded stream banks.
*Acorn
The acorn is the fruit of the oak tree.
*Acorus
Acorus is a genus of plants which includes the calamus.
*Acotyledon
#Acotyledons 
*Acotyledons
Acotyledons are plants not furnished with cotyledons or seed-lobes, such as ferns, mosses and sea-weeds. 
*Acrita
Acrita is another name for the animals called Protozoa.
*Acrogen
Acrogen is a term used to describe ferns, mosses and lichens which grow by extension upwards.
*Actinia
Actinia is a member of the order zoantharia. 
*Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii is a division of bony fishes. The paired fins have broad bases and lack fleshy lobes. External nares are double, internal nares are absent. Scales are of the ganoid type.
*Actinozoa
Actinozoa are a class of animals belonging to the sub-kingdom Coelenterata. They have rayed tentacles around the mouth.
*Adda
The adda is a species of lizard also called the skink. 
*Addax
The addax is a species of antelope found in North_African deserts. It has wide-sweeping twisted horns about 4 feet long. 
*Adder
An adder is a venomous snake of the viper family found in England. 
*Adder's-tongue
Adder's-tongue is a species of British fern whose spores are produced on a spike which resembles a snake's tongue. 
*Adder's-wort
Adder's-wort is a plant supposed to be able to cure snake bites. 
*Adder-pike
The Adder-pike is a small species of the weever_fish. Also called the Lesser_Weever or Sting-fish. 
*Adenanthera
Adenanthera is a genus of trees and shrubs native to the East Indies and Ceylon of the order Leguminosae.
*Adiantum
Adiantum is a genus of ferns.
*Adjutant-bird
The adjutant-bird is a large wading bird of the stork family. It is native to the warmer parts of India where it is called Hurgila or Argala.
*Admiral
Admiral is any of several species of butterfly in the same family (Nymphalidae) as the tortoiseshells. The red admiral Vanessa atalanta, wingspan 6 cm, is found worldwide in the northern hemisphere. It migrates south each year from northern areas to subtropical zones. 
*Adonis
Adonis (pheasant's eye) is a genus of ranunculaceous plants. They are found throughout Europe, Asia and America and are highly poisonous.
*Aegagrus
The aegagrus are a wild species of ibex found in the Caucasus and other Asiatic mountains. 
*Aegilops
Aegilops is a genus of grasses closely allied to wheat.
*Aepyornis
Aepyornis was a genus of gigantic birds once found in Madagascar. It had three toes and laid eggs 14 inches in length. 
*Aesculus
Aesculus is a genus of plants which includes the horse-chestnut. 
*Afghan hound
The Afghan hound is a breed of fast hunting dog resembling the saluki in build, though slightly smaller. It was first introduced to the West by British army officers serving on India's North-West_Frontier along the Afghanistan border in the late 19th century. The Afghan hound hunts by sight. It is about 70 cm tall and has a long, silky coat that may be black, grey, or a wide range of beige or tawny colours. 
*Agama
Agama are several lizards allied to the iguana.
*Agaric
The agaric is a family of fungus including the cultivated mushroom.
*Agave
Agave is a genus of plants of the order Amaryllidaceae which includes the daffodil and narcissus. They are popularly known as American_aloes.
*Ageratum
Ageratum is a genus of composite plants found in the warmer parts of America.
*Agnatha
The agnatha are a branch of the sub-phylum_craniata group of animals. They are the lampreys and hagfishes. These are the most primitive of the craniates. The mouth is round and not bounded by jaws. The brain is primitive.
*Agnus Castus
Agnus Castus is a shrub of the order Verbenaceae native to Mediterranean countries. It has white flowers and acrid aromatic fruits. It was thought to have the property of preserving chastity, hence the name Castus from the Latin chaste. 
*Agouara
The agouara is a crab-eating racoon of South_America.
*Agouta
The agouta is an insectivorous mammal peculiar to Haiti. It is of the tanrec family and somewhat larger than a rat.
*Agouti
The agouti is a small rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, family Dasyproctidae. It is found in the forests of Central and South_America. The agouti is herbivorous, swift-running, and about the size of a rabbit. 
*Agrimony
Agrimony is a genus of plants of the order Rosaceae consisting of slender perennial herbs found in temperate regions. The leaves of common agrimony are used as a yellow dye.
*Agrostis
Agrostis is a genus of pasture grasses.
*Aigrette
Aigrette is a term used to describe the feathery crown attached to the seeds of various plants such as the thistle and dandelion.
*Air-plants
Air-plants (Epiphytes) are plants that live upon other plants or trees apparently without receiving any nutriment other than by the air. They are abundant in Java and tropical America. 
*Airedale terrier
The Airedale terrier breed of large terrier, about 60 cm tall, with a wiry red-brown coat and black saddle patch. It originated about 1850 in England, as a cross between the otterhound and Irish and Welsh terriers. 
*Ajolote
The ajolote is a Mexican reptile of the genus Bipes. It and several other tropical burrowing species are placed in the Amphisbaenia, a group separate from lizards and snakes among the Squamata. Unlike the others, however, which have no legs, it has a pair of short but well-developed front legs. In line with its burrowing habits, the skull is very solid, the eyes small, and external ears absent. The scales are arranged in rings, giving the body a worm-like appearance.
*Ajowan
Ajowan is an umbelliferous plant which is cultivated in India, Persia and Egypt for the seeds which are used in cooking and medicine.
*Ajuga
The ajuga are a genus of plants belonging to the labiate family. 
*Alactaga
The alactaga is a rodent mammal closely allied to the jerboa but larger. It is found across central Asia.
*Albacore
The albacore is a species of fish. 
*Albatross
The albatross is a long winged oceanic bird. 
*Albino
An albino is an animal with no skin pigment and pink eyes. 
*Alburnum
The alburnum is the recently formed wood in trees. 
*Alcelaphus albifrons
#Blesbok 
*Alco
The alco is a small variety of dog, with a small head and large pendulous ears found wild in Mexico and Peru.
*Alcyonaria
Alcyonaria is an order of anthozoa. They have eight pinnate tentacles and eight mesenteries. 
*Alcyonium
Alcyonium is a member of the order of alcyonaria.
*Alder
The alder is a genus of plants of the order Betulaceae, consisting of trees and shrubs found in the temperate and colder regions of the world. 
*Alfa
Alfa is a name for esparto grass obtained from Algeria.
*Alfalfa
Alfalfa is a prolific forage plant similar to lucerne widely grown in the USA. 
*Algarobilla
Algarobilla are the seed-pods of trees of the Prosopis genus, valued for their tannin. 
*Alimentary canal
The alimentary canal is a tube beginning at the mouth and passing through the body to the anus. It is primarily used for the reception of food.
*Alisma
#Water-Plantain
*Alkanet
Alkanet is a perennial Boraginaceae found in warmer parts of Europe. It has a black taproot and funnel-shaped flowers which commence red and then turn blue. 
*Allamanda
Allamanda is a genus of American tropical plants of the order Apocynaceae, with large yellow or violet flowers.
*Alligator
An alligator is a crocodilian reptile. It differs from the true crocodile by having a shorter and flatter head, much less webbed feet, and cavities in the upper jaw into which the long canine teeth of the lower jaw fit.
*Alligator-apple
The alligator-apple is a narcotic fruit similar to the custard-apple. It is found in marshy areas of Jamaica.
*Alligator-pear
Alligator-pear is an old name for the Avocado-pear (Avocado).
*Allium
Allium is a genus of plants of the order Liliaceae which are distinguished by a peculiar pungent smell and taste characterised as alliaceous. These include the onion, garlic, leek and shalot.
*Allosaurus
Allosaurus was the biggest and fiercest carnivorous dinosaur of the jurassic_period. It was 15m tall and weighed about 3 tons. 
*Aloe
Aloe is a genus of plants of the order Liliaceae. They are natives of Africa and other hot regions. The leaves are fleshy, thick and spinous at the edges. The flowers have a tubular corolla. 
*Alopecurus
Alopecurus is a genus of grasses.
*Alpaca
The alpaca (paco) is a close relative of the llama and a native of South_America. It is smaller than the llama and has a fleece of around 24 inches long from which cloth is woven.
*Alpine Crow
The Alpine Crow or Alpine Chough is a European bird closely akin to the chough of England. 
*Alpine Warbler
The alpine warbler is a European bird of the same family as the hedge-sparrow. 
*Alsatian
Alsatian is another name for the German shepherd dog.
*Alstroemeria
Alstroemeria are a genus of South_American plants of the order Amaryllideae. 
*Alveoli
The alveoli are air-sacs within the lung at the end of bronchioles.
*Alyssum
Alyssum is a genus of cruciferous plants including the madwort.
*Amadavat
The amadavat is a small Indian singing bird allied to the finches. 
*Amadou
Amadou is the name of several fungi of the genus Polyporus, they have a leathery appearance and grow on trees. 
*Amanita
Amanita is a genus of fungi including fly-agaric.
*Amaranthaceae
The Amaranthaceae (amaranths) are an order of apetalous plants mainly found in tropical countries. They are remarkable for the white or reddish scales of which their flowers are composed.
*Amaranths
#Amaranthaceae 
*Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllidaceae is an order of monocotyledonous plants which are generally bulbous with a highly coloured flower, six stamens and an inferior three-celled ovary. They are native to Europe and most other warm parts of the world. 
*Ambatch
Ambatch is a thorny leguminous shrub with yellow flowers growing in the shallows of the Upper Nile and other rivers of tropical Africa. It grows to around 15 to 20 feet tall. The wood is very light and spongy and is used to make rafts.
*Amblyopsis
Amblyopsis is a genus of blind fishes comprised of a single species found in the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky. 
*Amelanchier
Amelanchier is a genus of small trees native to Europe and North_America.
*Amentaceae
Amentaceae is the family of trees and plants where the flowers are arranged in the form of catkins.
*Amentum
Amentum is a botanical term for the catkin.
*American Orioles
#cassicus
*Ametabola
Ametabola are a division of insects which are wingless and do not undergo any metamorphosis, but which hatch from the egg nearly in the same form they keep throughout their life. This includes the lice and spring-tails.
*Ammonite
An ammonite is one type of extinct sea creature, often found as a fossil.
*Amoeba
An amoeba is a primitive one cell animal.
*Amoebina
The amoebina is an order of rhizopoda. The order is comprised of the amoeba and its relatives. Reproduction is usually by binary fission.
*Amoeboid
#amoebina
*Amomum
Amomum are a genus of plants of the order Zingiberaceae which includes ginger. They are native to warm climates and are remarkable for the pungency and aromatic properties of their seeds.
*Amphibia
Amphibia is a class of craniates which during their evolution have only partialy adapted to life on land. They breed in water. 
*Amphibian
#amphibia
*Amphibians
#amphibia
*Amphineura
The amphineura is a class of phylum_mollusca. The body is bilaterally symmetrical. The mouth and anus are at opposite ends of the body. The foot is flattened and the mantle bears calcareous plates.
*Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostraca where the carapace is absent and the body is laterally compressed. The abdomen is elongated. 
*Anaconda
The anaconda is a South_American snake, a member of the python and boa family, the Boidae. One of the largest snakes, growing to 9m more, it is found in and near water, where it lies in wait for the birds and animals on which it feeds. The anaconda is not venomous, but kills its prey by coiling round it and squeezing until the creature suffocates. The anaconda is a climber as well as a swimmer, and may be found in trees along river banks. 
*Anagallis
#Pimpernel 
*Anapsida
The anapsida are a subclass of reptiles in which there are no temporal vacuities.
*Anarhichadidae
#Cat-fish
*Anatomy
Anatomy is the study of animal's structure.
*Anchovy
The anchovy is a small fish (Engraulis encrasicholus) of the herring family. It is fished extensively, being abundant in the Mediterranean, and is also found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and in the Black Sea. It grows to 20 cm. Pungently flavoured, it is processed into fish pastes and essences, and used as a garnish, rather than eaten fresh. 
*Ancylostoma
Ancylostoma is a phylum_nematoda.
*Anemone
The anemone is any plant of the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. The function of petals is performed by its sepals. The white or lavender-tinged wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) grows in open woods, flowering in spring.
*Anemone coronaria
#Poppy anemone 
*Anemone quinquefolia
#Anemone 
*Angelfish
Angelfish is any of a number of unrelated fishes. The freshwater angelfish, genus Pterophyllum, of South_America, is a tall, side-to-side flattened fish with a striped body, up to 26 cm long, but usually smaller in captivity. The angelfish or monkfish of the genus Squatina is a bottom-living shark up to 1.8m long with a body flattened from top to bottom. The marine angelfishes, Pomacanthus and others, are long narrow-bodied fish with spiny fins, often brilliantly coloured, up to 60cm long, living around coral reefs in the tropics. 
*Angler
Angler is any of an order of fishes Lophiiformes, with flattened body and broad head and jaws. Many species have small, plant-like tufts on their skin. These act as camouflage for the fish as it waits, either floating among seaweed or lying on the sea bottom, twitching the enlarged tip of the threadlike first ray of its dorsal fin to entice prey. There are over 200 species of angler fish, living in both deep and shallow water in temperate and tropical seas. The males of some species have become so small that they live as parasites on the females. 
*Angorra
The Turkish angora is a breed of long-haired cat renowned for its ability to remain immobile for long periods and for its love of water and bathing. The coat is very fine, silky, and wavy. The ears are large, wide at the base, and pointed, the tail is long, tapering, and usually carried curled, the eyes are large and almond-shaped.
The angora is very responsive to its owner's wishes and enjoys retrieval games.
*Angus
The angus (Aberdeen-Angus) is a hornless, black, compact, low-set domestic breed of beef cattle. 
*Animal
An animal is a living creature endowed with voluntary movement.
*Animals
#animal
*Annelid
Annelid is any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida. Annelids include earthworms, leeches, and marine worms such as lugworms. They have a distinct head and soft body, which is divided into a number of similar segments shut off from one another internally by membranous partitions, but there are no jointed appendages. 
*Annelids
#phylum_annelida 
*Ant
An ant is a small hymenopterous insect. Ants have a complex social structure, and instincts. 
*Anteater
The anteater is a mammal of the family Myrmecophagidae, order Edentata, native to Mexico, Central America, and tropical South_America. An anteater lives almost entirely on ants and termites. It has toothless jaws, an extensile tongue, and claws for breaking into the nests of its prey. Species include the giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla, about 1.8m long including the tail, the tamandua or collared anteater Tamandua tetradactyla, about 90cm long, and the silky anteater Cyclopes didactyla, about 35cm long. The name is also incorrectly applied to the aardvark, the echidna, and the pangolin. 
*Antedon
The antedon is a type of crinoidea.
*Antelope
An antelope is any of several cloven hoofed ruminates. 
*Antelopes
#antelope
*Anthozoa
The anthozoa is the class of marine animals known as sea anemones, sea fans, sea pens and stony corals. They are solitary or colonial animals in which only hydroid individuals are represented. 
*Anthropoidea
The anthropoidea are an order of eutheria. They have the most highly developed 
Brain of the mammals. The digits bear nails. 
*Antiaris toxicaria
#Upas
*Antilope cervicapra
#Blackbuck 
*Ants
#ant 
*Anura
Anura is a subclass of amphibia. They are the frogs and toads. These are amphibians which lose their tail at the metamorphosis. In the adult the gill slits close. The hind limbs are very powerful and have webs between the digits.
*Anus
The anus is the opening at the end of the alimentary_canal.
*Apatosaurus
Apatosaurus was a herbivore dinosaur from the jurassic_period. It was 20m long and weighed 30 tonnes. It digested food with the aid of stones in the stomach.
*Ape
#apes
*Apes
Apes are a group of primates closely related to humans.
*Aphetohyoidea
Aphetohyoidea is a subclass of fish. They have a bony endoskeleton and primitive jaws. 
*Apoda
The apoda are a subclass of amphibia. They are limbless, burrowing animals with a sub-terminal anus and small practically useless eyes covered by opaque skin. 
*Apple
An apple is the edible fruit of the trees of genus malus, rosaceae family. 
*Apricot
The apricot is a fruit tree native to Asia. It was first brought to England in 1652. 
*Apterygota
Apterygota is a subclass of insecta. 
*Arachnida
Arachnida is a class of arthropods. They are the spiders, scorpions, king-crabs and mites. The body is divided into an anterior prosoma and a posterior mesosoma. There are four pairs of walking legs on the mesosoma.
*Araneida
Araneida is the spider order of arachnida. Spinnerets are present in the abdomen for spinning the web. 
*Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx was the first bird. It appeared on earth during the jurassic_period. It was about 35cm long and unlike modern birds had teeth. 
*Archiannelida
The archiannelida are a class of phylum_annelida.
*Arenicola
The arenicola are polychaeta.
*Argala
#Adjutant-bird 
*Argali
The argali is a wild sheep found in Siberia. 
*Argus-flounder
The argus-flounder is a species of flounder found in American seas.
*Armadillo
The armadillo is a mammal native to South_and Central America. 
*Armeria
Armeria (Thrift) is a genus of plants of the order Plumbaginaceae. 
*Arrow worm
#phylum_chaetognatha 
*Artemisia Absinthium
#Wormwood
*Arthropod
#phylum_arthropoda 
*Arthropods
#arthropod 
*Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla is an order of eutheria. They are even toed ungulates: cattle and sheep.; pigs, deer and camels. They are specialised to deal with large quantities of vegetable food. The cheek teeth are adapted for grinding. The stomach is complex.
*Ascaris
Ascaris is a phylum_nematoda.
*Asexual
Asexual is a term applied to reproduction by a single parent.
*Ash
The ash is a type of tree yielding strong elastic timber.
*Asiatic wild dog
#Dhole 
*Asp
The asp is a type of poisonous snake.
*Aspen
The aspen is a tree native to Europe, north Africa and north Asia. 
*Ass
The ass is an animal related to the horse and zebra. 
*Asterias
Asterias is an asteroidea. 
*Asteroidea
Asteroidea is a subclass of stelleroidea. These are the starfishes. Tube feet are in a groove along the under surface of each of the ''arms''. The feet can be retracted.
*Aubergine
#Egg-plant 
*Auricle
An auricle is a heart chamber which receives blood.
*Aves
The aves are the bird class of craniates. They are similar to the reptiles, but have become adapted to flying. The fore limbs are modified to form wings.
*Avocado
The avocado-pear (avocado) is an evergreen tree of the order Lauraceae. It has a fruit similar to a pear, weighing around 1 to 2 pounds. It is a native tree of tropical America and the West_Indies.
*Ayrshire
The ayrshire is a fleshy bodied red or brown coloured breed of domestic dairy cattle.
*Babiroussa
The babiroussa is a ferocious wild pig found in Sulawesi.
*Baboon
The baboon is a medium sized monkey of the genus papio. They are characterized by a dog like snout, cheek prominences, and coloured bare patches on the buttocks. Baboons are found in Africa and Arabia.
*Baboons
#baboon
*Bacteria
Bacteria are micro organisms.
*Badger
The badger is a carnivorous mammal found in England. 
*Balantidium
Balantidium is a member of the order of heterotricha.
*Balm
Balm is a plant native to Europe and western Asia. 
*Balsam
Balsam is a genus of herbs.
*Bamboo
Bamboo is a genus of grasses found in warm climates. 
*Banana
The banana is a perennial herb. Cultivated in tropical and sub tropical climates.
*Bandicoot
The bandicoot is a small marsupial peculiar to australasia.
*Bantam
Bantams are miniature fowls. 
*Banyan
The banyan is a large fig tree native to India.
*Barbel
The barbel is a type of fresh water fish related to the carp.
*Bargander
#Sheldrake 
*Bark
Bark is the external coating of tree trunks. 
*Barley
Barley is the name of several cereal plants of the genus Hordeum, order Gramineae, which yield a grain used in food and for making malt. Barley has been known by man since ancient times and was used by the Egyptians to brew beer.
*Barnacle
Barnacles are crustaceans often attaching themselves to ships. 
*Barramunda
#Ceratodus 
*Basil
Basil is an aromatic herb. 
*Bass
The bass is a fish of the perch family.
*Basset hound
The basset hound is a long bodied, short crooked legged dog. 
*Bat
A bat is a nocturnal creature of the order cheiroptera.
*Bay tree
The bay tree is a small evergreen tree. Its leaves are used in cooking.
*Bay-winged Bunting
#Vesper_Sparrow
*Beach Plum
The beach plum (shore plum, Prunus maritima) is a tall shrub bearing tart, purple to yellow plums, 5 cm in diameter which are used in jams. It grows to 3 m tall and bears showy white flowers, about 2.5 cm wide and grows in sandy soil along the north-eastern coast of North_America.
*Beagle
The beagle is a small dog of the fox_hound type. 
*Bean
A bean is the seed of a plant of the order leguminosae.
*Bear
A bear is an omnivorous mammal animal of the order ursus.
*Bearded Collie
The bearded collie (highland collie, mountain collie, hairy mou'ed collie) is a hardy breed of herding dog known for its unique ''fading'' puppies, which may be born dark and lighten significantly with age.
They have a long to medium-length shaggy, yet wispy coat which follows the natural line of the body and may be black, blue, brown, or fawn in colour with or without white markings.
The ears are long, shaggy, and hang down the side of the head, seeming to blend in with the rest of the body.
The tail is long, furry, and carried low and the eyes are large and dark, with a bright, inquiring expression.
The adult dog stands 51 to 56 cm tall at the shoulder and weighs about 25kg.
*Beaver
The beaver is a large amphibian rodent.
*Bebeeru
#Greenheart
*Bee
The bee is a four winged stinging insect of the order hymenoptera. 
*Beech
The beech is a forest amentaceae.
*Beef
Beef is the meat derived from the carcass of bulls and cows. 
*Beefmaster
The beefmaster is a red, usually with white spots breed of beef cattle which was developed at Texas in 1908. 
*Beetle
The beetle is an insect of the order coleoptera. 
*Begonia
Begonias are succulent herbs native to tropical climates.
*Behaviour
Behaviour is an organism's mode of life. 
*Belladonna
Belladonna is a poisonous plant from which atropine is derived.
*Beluga
The beluga is a large dolphin. 
*Bengal
The Bengal is a breed of short-haired domestic cat which was developed  in the USA in 1970 by breeding an Asian leopard with a domesticated tabby cat. The fur is leopard-patterned, thick, soft and consists of random rosettes of light spots within darker outer circles on a rufus-coloured background.
The ears are small and slightly pointed, the tail is long and tapering, the eyes are very large and round and golden. The hind legs are shorter than the forelegs, a trait that makes the cat look like it is stalking when it walks and it has the gentle temperament of its tabby ancestor.
*Bergamot
The bergamot is a tree of the genus citrus. The rind of its fruit provides a fragrant orange scented essence used in perfume.
*Bhang
Bhang is the Indian name for cannabis indica.
*Biennial
Biennial refers to plants that live for two years/seasons. 
*Bighorn
The bighorn (Ovis cervina) is a large sheep with massive horns. It is found in the Rocky Mountains from Alaska to Mexico. Also called the Rocky_Mountain_Sheep.
*Bilberry
The bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) is a small shrub of the order Vacciniaceae. It is found on copses and on heaths where it grows to about 60 cm tall and bears oval leaves with serrated edges and solitary, drooping, globular, flesh-coloured flowers and dark-blue berries.
*Bilharzia
Bilharzia is a parasitic worm of the fluke group.
*Bindweed
Bindweed is a perennial herb of the order convolvulaceae.
*Biology
Biology is the science of life and living things.
*Birch
The birch is a slender tree. 
*Birchirs
The birchirs are members of the palaeonisciformes order. 
*Bird
#aves
*Bird of prey
A bird_of_prey is a bird with a hooked beak and sharp claws which hunts other animals. 
*Birds
#bird
*Bishopweed
Bishopweed is a perennial herb used to treat gout. 
*Bison
The bison is a division of the ox family.
*Bittern
The bittern is a British marsh bird related to the heron.
*Black Gram
#Urd 
*Black snake
The black snake (coluber constrictor) is a common non-venomous snake found in the USA. It is about 5 feet long and is so agile it was nicknamed the Racer. It feeds on small animals and birds and was used for catching rats. 
*Black-bass
#Growler 
*Blackbird
The blackbird (Turdus merula) is a British bird of the thrush family. The male has black plumage and a yellow bill. The female is dark brown with a dark bill. 
*Blackbuck
The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) is an antelope found in central and north west India. It has spirally twisted horns and stands about 3 feet tall.
*Blackcap
The blackcap is an English song bird of the warbler family.
*Bladder-nut
The bladder-nut is a name of shrubs or small trees of the genus Staphylea, order Sapindaceae. They are native to Europe, Asia and North_America. 
*Bladder-wrack
Bladder-wrack is a sea-weed so called because of the floating vesicles in its fronds. It is common on English beachs.
*Bladderwort
The bladderwort is a genus of herbs of the order lentibulariaceae. 
*Blatta orientalis
#Cockroach 
*Blattidae
The blattidae are a family of insects of the order Orthoptera. They are voracious, some species eating everything which gets in their way. The cockroach (Blatta orientalis) is a member of this family. 
*Bleak
The bleak is a small river fish, 6 or 7 inches long. It is a member of the Carp family and resembles the dace. It is found in England and Europe. It is generally silver but with a green back and is very edible. 
*Blenheim
The Blenheim is a variety of spaniel bearing a close resemblance to the King Charles breed, but is somewhat smaller. 
*Blennius
#Blenny
*Blenny
The Blenny is a genus of acanthopterygious fishes (Blennius) distinguished by a short rounded head and a long compressed smooth body. Owing to their small gill openings they can exist for for some time without water. They are found in sea water. Some species are found off the coast of Britain. 
*Blesbok
The blesbok (Alcelaphus albifrons) is an antelope found in South_Africa. It has a white marked face, a general chocolate colouring and a ''saddle'' of a bluish colour. It was heavily hunted during the 19th century. 
*Blind fish
The Blind_fish are several species of fishes of the family Amblyopsidae inhabiting the American cave-streams.
*Blindworm
The blindworm is a legless lizard of the anguidae family.
*Blood-root
Blood-root (Sanguinaria canadensis) is a plant of the Sanguinaria genus. It was used by North_American Indians to provide red paint. 
*Bloodhound
The bloodhound is an ancient breed of dog black and tan in colour and with pendulous ears. It has great powers of scent and is often used for tracking.
*Blue bottle
The blue_bottle (Musca vomitoria) is a large blue species of the the blow-fly. 
*Blue-fish
The blue-fish (Temnodon) is a sea fish common off the Altantic coast of the USA. It is similar to the mackerel, but grows to 3 feet long. Also called the skip-jack, horse-mackerel and green-fish.
*Blue-throat
The blue-throat (Sylvia succica) is a bird with a tawny breast marked with a sky-blue crescent. It is found in northern Europe and Asia. It is eaten in France.
*Blue-wing
The blue-wing is a genus of American ducks so called because of the colour of the wing coverts.
*Bluethroat
The bluethroat is a small bird.
*Bo tree
The bo tree is an Indian fig tree held sacred to buddha. 
*Boa
The boa is a genus of serpents of the family Boidae. They are distinguished by having jaws which can dilate to enable them to swallow prey thicker than themselves. They also have a hook on each side of the vent.
*Boar
Boar is a male, not castrated pig (swine). 
*Boat-fly
The boat-fly (Notonecta glauca) is an aquatic hemipterous insect which swims on its back.
*Boatbill
The boatbill is a heron type bird found in brazil. 
*Bog-bean
#Buck-bean 
*Bog-moss
#Sphagnum
*Bogue
The bogue is an acanthopterygian fish found in the Mediterranean. It has large eyes and a brilliant colouring. 
*Boidae
The boidae are a family of large non-venomous serpants with two mobile hooks and the rudiments of hind-legs near the anus. 
*Boletus
Boletus is a genus of fungi, order Hymenomycetes, family Polyporei. They have a broad hemispherical cap the lower surface formed of open tupes, cylindrical in form, and adhering to one another. The tubes can be separated from the cap and contain little cylindrical capsules which are the organs of reproduction.
*Bombay duck
The bombay duck is a small fish of the Indian and China seas.
*Bontebok
The bontebok is a pied antelope of South_Africa allied to the blesbok. 
*Borage
Borage is a biennial herb of the order boraginaceae. 
*Border Leicester
The Border_Leicester is a breed of British long-wooled sheep. It has a long head which is wide between the eyes, a large black muzzle, small ears and no horns. Its wool is long and soft. 
*Botany
Botany is the science of plant life. 
*Botany-Bay Oak
#Casuarina 
*Box
Box is a hardy shrub of the order euphorbiaceae. 
*Box elder
Box elder is the ash-leaved maple tree which is found in the USA. It was once used as a source of sugar. 
*Box thorn
Box thorn is a climbing solanaceae.
*Boxer
The boxer is a medium-sized dog of continental origin. It has a smooth coat. 
*Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus was one of the largest animals ever to live. It was a dinosaur from the jurassic_period. It was 25m long and weighed 50 tonnes. It was a herbivore.
*Bracken
Bracken is a fern growing on heathland.
*Bradyodonti
The bradyodonti is an order of chondrichthyes. They are the chimaeras. A palato-quadrate bar is fused to the cranium. Teeth are few and crushing.
*Brahman
The brahman (Zebu) is a grey with a large shoulder hump breed of domestic dairy cattle which originated in India.
*Bramble
The bramble is a prickly shrub of the order rosaceae.
*Branchiopoda
Branchiopoda is a subclass of crustacean in which the trunk appendages are broad, lobed and fringed with hairs.
*Brangus
The brangus is a large, black, hornless, straight backed breed of domestic beef cattle which was developed in the USA during the 1930s.
*Bread-fruit
Bread-fruit is a tree of the order Artocarpaceae. The tree grows to a height of about 100 feet. The leaves are leathery, about 1 foot long and 3 or 4 inches wide. The fruit of the tree when roasted tastes somewhat like bread, hence the name! The sap of the tree is similar in appearance to cows milk, and is considered nutritious, hence the alternative name of cow-tree. 
*Breadcrumb sponge
The Breadcrumb sponge is a British coastal sponge which forms an encrusting mass.
*Bream
The bream is a fresh water fish allied to the carp.
*Briar
Briar (Erica arborea) is a plant of the Ericaceae family. Briar pipes are made from its roots. 
*Brill
The brill is a type of fish like the turbot. 
*Briza
Briza is a genus of grass. It is popularly called quaking grass on account of the spikelets being in a constant state of tremulous motion. 
*Broccoli
Broccoli is a late variety of the cauliflower, hardier and with more colour in the flower and leaves. The flower-stalks are eaten. 
*Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae is the pineapple family of endogenous plants. The name comes from the genus Bromelia to which the pineapple was once incorrectly refered. 
*Bronchiole
A bronchiole is a branch of a bronchus within the lung.
*Bronchioles
#bronchiole
*Bronchus
The bronchus is a pipe connecting the trachea to the lung. 
*Bronze-wing
The Bronze-wing is various species of Australian pigeons distinguished by the bronze colour of their plumage.
*Broom
Broom is a shrub of the order leguminosae. 
*Broom-corn
#Broom-grass 
*Broom-grass
Broom-grass (Broom-corn) is a plant of the order of grasses, with a jointed stem. It grows to a height of between 8 and 10 feet. It was cultivated in North_America and used to make carpet-brooms.
*Brown Swiss
The Brown Swiss is a brown domestic breed of dairy cattle with a wedge-shaped body.
*Brucella
Brucella is a genus of bacteria which causes contagious abortion in cattle, sheep and pigs and undulant_fever in man.
*Bryozoa
Bryozoa is another name for phylum_polyzoa.
*Buansuah
The buansuah is a wild dog of Northen India. 
*Bubaline Antelope
The bubaline antelope is an ox-like antelope found in the deserts of north Africa. It is yellow-brown in colour and has horns which start forward and outward, and then trun backwards.
*Bubalus
The bubalus is the genus of animals which includes the buffalo.
*Bubo
Bubo is a genus of owls, including the great-horned owl. 
*Buccal cavity
The buccal cavity is the region into which the mouth opens. The tongue is found on the floor of the buccal cavity. 
*Bucerotidoe
#Hornbills 
*Buck
Buck is the name of the male fallow-deer, reindeer, chamois, goat, hare and rabbit.
*Buck-bean
The buck-bean (bog-bean, Marsh-Trefoil) is a plant of the order Gentianaceae. It is common in boggy soils and is found in England, Europe and North_America. It is a bitter tasting plant and was once used as a tonic.
*Buck-hound
The buck-hound is a type of dog similar to the stag-hound but smaller, originally bred for hunting bucks.
*Buckthorn
The buckthorn is a shrub of the order rhamnaceae.
*Bucku
Bucku are several plants of the genus Barosma order Rutacea. They were used as medicine for urino-genital disorders around the turn of the century.
*Buffalo
The buffalo is a large animal of the ox family.
*Bugula
Bugula is an ectoprocta. 
*Bulb
A bulb is a modified leaf-bud formed on a plant on or beneath the surface of the ground, emitting roots from its base and a stem from its centre.
*Bull
A bull is a male animal of the bovidea family. 
*Bull-frog
The bull-frog is a large species of frog found in North_America. They are between 8 and 10 inches long, and get their name from their croak which resembles the lowing of cattle 
*Bullace
The bullace (prunus insititia) is a wild plum. 
*Bulldog
The bulldog is an ancient breed of British dog. It was bred for bull baiting and as such it can grip a bull's throat without obstructing its nostrils. It has a distinctive short, thick, kinked tail. 
*Bullfinch
The bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) is a species of finch of the family Fringillidae.
*Bulrush
The bulrush is a perennial sedge of the order cyperaceae.
*Bunting
The bunting is a bird of the sub-family Emberizinae, allied to the finches.
*Burdock
Burdock is a biennial herb of the order compositae.
*Burnet
Burnet is a perennial rosaceous herb.
*Bush antelope
The bush antelope is a small African antelope. 
*Butcher-bird
The Butcher-bird (Lanius) is a genus of Shrike which often breeds in Britain.
*Buttercup
The buttercup is a perennial herb of the order ranunculaceae.
*Butterfish
#Gunnel
*Butterfly
Butterfly is a division of the order of lepidoptera. The other is moth.
*Butterwort
The butterwort is a perennial herb of the order lentibulariaceae.
*Buzzard
The buzzard is a group of 20 types of birds of prey. 
*Cabbage
Cabbage is a hardy biennial vegetable of the genus Brassica, order cruciferae. 
*Cactus
Cactus is the order of fleshy, thickened and mainly leafless plants. 
*Cairina moschata
#Musk-duck 
*Calamus
Calamus (Sweet Flag) is a perennial herb native to India and southern Asia. It has narrow sword-shaped leaves and a thick branched rhizome. When crushed the leaves emit an odour of tangerine.
*Calcarea
Calcarea are a class of sponges with a spicular skeleton made of calcium carbonate.
*Calyptoblastea
The calyptoblastea is an order of hydrozoa. They are marine colonial forms in which the perisac is extended to form hydrothecae around the hydranths and gonothecae around the blastostyles. 
*Cam miles
Cam miles is a perennial dwarf herb of the order compositae. 
*Camel
The camel is a group of even toed, ungulate ruminating mammals.
*Camel-flies
#Snake-flies 
*Camomile
Camomile is a perennial dwarf herb of the order compositae.
*Camptosaurus
Camptosaurus was a herbivore dinosaur from the jurassic_period. It mainly stayed on all-fours, but could rear up on its hind legs to run away from predators. It had hooves instead of claws on its fingers. 
*Canaan Dog
The canaan dog (Kelef K'naani) is a breed of dog known for its intense barking, trainability, and survival abilities when food and water are scarce.
The coat is short to medium in length, harsh, and straight and may be white with large spots in either black, red, or brown or it may be all brown or all black with or without white marks.
The ears are medium-sized, pointed, and held erect. The tail is plumed and usually held curled over the back. The eyes are dark-coloured.
The adult dog stands 48 to 61 cm tall at the shoulder and weighs 16 to 25 kg.
The breed was developed during the late 1930s as a guard dog for kibbutzim and trained for mine detection in World_War_II.
They are now used also as seeing-eye dogs, herding dogs, search-and-rescue dogs, and for tracking 
*Canadian Pond Weed
#Elodea
*Canary
The canary is a bird of the finch family and native of the Canary islands. 
*Cannabis
Cannabis is a plant of the order urticaceae. The dried flowers were once used as a medicine in migraine and neuralgia. 
*Caprinae
Caprinae is a sub-family of even-toed ungulates of the Bovidae. It includes the sheep and goat and the musk_ox. The family is distinguished by the presence of ridged, curved, or spiral horns in both sexes, a somewhat hairy muzzle, and a short and flattened tail. 
*Capromys
#Hog-rat 
*Carapace
A carapace is a dorsal shield. 
*Caraway
Caraway is a biennial herb umbelliferae. 
*Cardamom
Cardamom is an aromatic perennial herb of the order scitamineae. 
*Cariama
The cariama is a large, long legged bird found in south America. 
*Caribou
The caribou is a north American reindeer.
*Carinatae
The carinatae are an order of birds. They can fly. 
*Carmarina
Carmarina is a member of the order trachylina.a
*Carnation
The carnation (dianthus) is a hardy perennial plant of the order caryophyllaceae.
*Carnauba
Carnauba is a native palm of Brazil. When young the leaves are covered in a wax used to make candles.
*Carnivora
Carnivora is the carnivorous order of eutheria. They primarily eat the flesh of other craniates. Canines are prominent. The caecum is small or absent. 
*Carnivore
A carnivore is a carnivorous mammal. 
*Carnivorous
Something which is carnivorous eats flesh. 
*Carob
The carob is a leguminous evergreen tree found in mediterranean countries. 
*Carp
The carp is a family fresh water fish. 
*Carrageen
Carrageen is a common British seaweed (Chondrus crispus). When dried and boiled it yields a jelly used in food and medicine. 
*Carrot
The carrot is a vegetable umbelliferae.
*Caruncle
A caruncle is the fleshy excresence on the head of a fowl, such the comb of a cock or the wattles of a turkey. 
*Carya
Carya is the hickory genus of plants.
*Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae are an order of plants. They have opposite undivided leaves without stipples. The order includes the Carnation, chick-weed and sweet-william.
*Caryophyllia
Caryophyllia is a member of the order zoantharia.
*Caryopsis
Caryopsis is the botanical term for small one-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit in which the seed adheres to the thin pericap throughout, such as in wheat and other grains.
*Caryota
Caryota is a genus of palms with doubly pinnate leaves.
*Cashew
The cashew is a nut from a small evergreen tree found in the caribbean.
*Cassava
Cassava is a South_American shrub of the order Euphorbiaceae. It grows to about 8 feet in height and has broad, shiny leaves roughly in the shape of a human hand and attractive white and pink flowers.  The root is used in cooking. 
*Cassia
Cassia is a large genus of leguminous plants found in tropical countries. The species consists of trees, shrubs and herbs. The leaves are abruptly pinnated and usually bear glands on their stalks. The drug senna is obtained from the leaflets of many of the species.
*Cassicus
The Cassicus is a genus of American insessorial birds, the Cassicans (American Orioles). They are allied to the Starlings and are remarkable for the ingenuity with which they weave their nests.
*Cassowary
The cassowary are a genus of ruminating birds similar to the ostrich.
*Cassowary Tree
#Casuarina 
*Castoridae
The Castoridae is a family of rodent animals comprising the beaver and others. 
*Casuaridae
The Casuaridae are a family of the order Casuariformes. These are the cassowaries. They have strong legs and a bald head topped with a helmet. 
*Casuariformes
The Casuariformes is an order of birds.
*Casuarina
The Casuarina (Botany-Bay Oak), is the only genus of the order Casuarinaceae (cassowary trees). There are around 30 species mainly native to Australia. They are jointed, leafless trees similar to the Birches. 
*Cat
The cat is a genus of carnivorous animal.
*Cat-bird
The Cat-bird is a species of the American thrush. It is about 9 inches long. The plummage is dark gray on the top and paler grey underneath. 
*Cat-fish
The Cat-fish (Anarhichadidae) is a voracious fish of the gobies family. It was also called the Wolf-fish or Sea-Wolf in the 19th century.
*Catalpa
The Catalpa is a genus of plants of the order Bignoniaceae. They are trees with simple leaves and large, gay, trumpet shaped flowers.
*Catamount
Catamount is an old name for any wild cat, including the Lynx and the Puma.
*Catamountain
Catamountain is an old variation of Catamount. 
*Catarrhina
Catarrhina is a suborder of anthropoidea. The nostrils face downwards. The internasal septum is narrow. The tail is never prehensile.
*Catchfly
Catchfly is a popular name for several plants of the genus Silene. 
*Catha
Catha is a genus of plants of the order Celastraceae, mostly native to Africa. The leaves and twigs of one species are used to make khat, a drink similar to coffee. 
*Catmint
Catmint (catnip) is a plant of the order Labiatae. It grows to a height of around 3 feet and has pink tinged white flowers and stalked, downy, heart-shaped leaves. It is so named for the fascination cats have with it.
*Catnip
#Catmint 
*Cattle
The term cattle applies to all members of the ox genus.
*Cattleya
Cattleya is a genus of orchids native to Central and South_America. They have handsome flowers and leathery or fleshy leaves. They vary in height from a few centimeters to one meter. 
*Caudex
In botany, caudex refers to the scaly trunk of palms and tree-ferns. 
*Cauliflower
The cauliflower is a vegetable of the order cruciferae.
Reptilia is the reptile class of craniates. They are animals completely adapted to life on dry land. The skin is dry and bears horny epidermal scales. The lungs form the sole respiratory organs. Eggs are laid on dry land.
*Cavy
The cavy are small rodents found in south America. 
*Cecidomyia
Cecidomyia is the genus of insects to which the Hessian-fly belongs. 
*Cedar
The cedar is an ornamental evergreen tree native of Africa and India.
*Cedar-bird
Cedar-bird is a name given to the American wax-wing on account of its fondness for the berries of the red cedar. 
*Cedrela
Cedrela is a genus of large timber trees.
*Celandine
Celandine is the name of two british flowers. Greater celandine belongs to the poppy family. Lesser Celandine (swallow-wort, pilewort) was thought to be a cure for piles. 
*Celeriac
Celeriac is a variety of celery in which the root resembles a turnip. It is used in cooking. 
*Celery
Celery is a biennial vegetable of the order umbellifereae. 
*Cembra Pine
The Cembra Pine (Swiss stone pine, Siberian pine) is a conifer found in Central Europe. It has edible seeds and yields a turpentine called Carpathian balsam.
*Centaurea
Centaurea is a genus of composite plants. They are all annual or perennial herbs with alternate leaves and single heads, the florets of which are tubular. The genus includes corn_blue-bottle, purple_sultan, white_sultan and knapweed.
*Centaury
Centaury is an annual herb of the gentian family. It has pretty red flowers and was extolled for its medicinal properties by herbailists in the past.
*Cephalochordata
The cephalochordata is a class of sub-phylum_acrania. They are the lancets. Small fish-like animals. The notochord extends the whole length of the body, even to the tip of the snout. 
*Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda is a class of phylum_mollusca. They are the squids and octopuses. The head is well developed and surrounded by prehensile tentacles. The eyes are large and complex. 
*Cephaloptera
Cephaloptera are a genus of cartilaginous fishes of the ray family. They have a pair of small fins which stand out from the head like horns, hence they are called the fin-headed rays or horned rays. 
*Ceramiaceae
Ceramiaceae is an order of cellular sea-weeds consisting of thread-like jointed plants of a red or brown-red colour. 
*Cerastes
Cerastes is a genus of deadly African vipers. They have two small horns formed by the scales above the eyes, hence they are called Horned Vipers.
*Cerasus
Cerasus is the cherry genus of trees.
*Ceratodus
Ceratodus (barramunda) is a genus of fishes belonging to the Dipnoi order (lung-fishes). They are between 3 and 6 feet long and are found in Australian rivers.
*Cereal
Cereal is a term applied to Gramineae cultivated for food (wheat, barley, rye, oats &c.). The name comes from Ceres, the goddess associated with corn. 
*Ceroxylon
Ceroxylon (the wax palm) is a genus of South_American palms. 
*Cervidae
Cervidae is the deer family of animals which includes the Cervus genus.
*Cervus
Cervus is the deer genus of animals. 
*Cestoda
Cestoda is a class of phylum_platyhelminthes commonly known as the tapeworms. They are internal parasites lacking an alimentary canal. They have no definite sense organs, and the nervous system is poorly developed. The cuticle is thick and many-layered. Hooks and/or suckers are limited to one end. They have great reproductive powers, both sexual and asexual. 
*Cestracion
Cestracion is a genus of cartilaginous fish allied to the sharks.
*Cetacea
Cetacea is an order of eutheria. They are aquatic mammals with a streamlined body devoid of hair. They have a thick layer of blubber for insulation. The hind limbs are absent, and the fore limbs adapted to form paddles.
*Ceterach
Ceterach is a genus of ferns of the sub-order Polypodiaceae. 
*Chaffinch
The chaffinch is a common British bird of the finch family.
*Chamaerops
Chamaerops is a genus of palms belonging to the northern hemisphere and consisting of dwarf trees with fan-shaped leaves borne on prickly petioles and a small berry-like fruit with one seed. 
*Chameleon
A chameleon is a lizard. It can change colour to suit its surroundings.
*Chamois
The chamois is a ruminating animal found in south Europe and west Asia.
*Champak
The Champak is an Indian tree of the order Magnoliaceae held in high esteem by Buddhists.
*Chanterelle
The chanterelle is an edible British mushroom of a bright orange colour. 
*Characeae
The Characeae are an order of cryptogamous plants, nearly related to the Algae, composed of an axis consisting of parallel tubes which are either transparent or incrusted with lime carbonate.
*Charadrius
Charadrius is a genus of birds which includes the lapwing, pratincole and oyster-catcher.
*Charbray
The charbray is a large, horned, white breed of domestic beef cattle developed at Texas suring the 1940s.
*Charlock
Charlock is a common yellow weed, also known as wild mustard.
*Charolais
The charolais is an unusually large and white French breed of domestic beef cattle.
*Chat
The chat are several species of bird of the thrush family. 
*Chaulmugra
Chaulmugra is a tree found in South_Asia. The oil was used in India and China as a remedy in skin diseases and blood impurities. The medicinal use of the oil in skin and chest infections was introduced to Europe and America around 1900. 
*Chaus
The Chaus is a genus of Asiatic and African lynxes including the Libyan chaus and the Caffre-cat. They are fond of water and are excellent swimmers. 
*Chavica
Chavica is a genus of plants of the order Piperaceae which includes the long pepper, Java long pepper and the betel-pepper.
*Cheetah
The cheetah is a member of the cat family. 
*Cheiranthus
Cheiranthus is the wallflower genus of plants. 
*Cheironectes
Cheironectes are a genus of acanthopterygious fishes, having the pectoral fins supported like short feet upon peduncles. They use these fins to crawl over mud and sand when they get left dry be a receeding tide. They may also take short leaps like a frog, and from this they are often called frog-fish. They are found in North-East Australia. 
*Chelonia
The chelonia are an order of anapsida. The trunk is short and broad and protected by a carapace and a plastron. The head, neck, tail and limbs can be withdrawn under the shields for protection. The jaws are strong, but lack teeth. 
*Chelonians
The Chelonians are an order of reptiles which includes the tortoise and turtle. They are distinguished by a body which is enclosed in a double shell, out of which the head, tail and four legs protrude.
*Chenopodium
Chenopodium (Goosefoot) is a genus of plants of the natural order Chenopodiaceae. They are weedy plants common on wastelands and bear small greenish flowers which are sessile in small clusters collected in spiked panicles. 
*Cherry
The cherry is a fruit tree of the order rosaceae.
*Chestnut
The chestnut is a tree of the order cupuliferae. 
*Chetah
Chetah is the old 19th century spelling of Cheetah.
*Chick pea
The chick pea is an annual herb of the order leguminosae.
*Chicory
Chicory is a perennial herb of the order compositae. 
*Chiffchaff
The chiffchaff is a small song bird. It visits England in the summer.
*Chilopoda
The chilopoda are the centipede order of myriapoda. The genital aperture is posterior. 
*Chimpanzee
The chimpanzee is a large anthropoid ape.
*Chinchilla
The chinchilla is a small squirrel like rodent found in the andes. 
*Chipmunk
A chipmunk is a species of ground squirrel common in Siberia and north America.
*Chiroptera
The chiroptera is an order of eutheria. They are small mammals with strong powers of flight. The limb bones are strong and slender. The wings are formed of skin. The teeth bear pointed cusps.
*Chiru
The chiru is an antelope found in Tibet. 
*Chitin
Chitin is an organic substance which forms part of the exoskeleton of arthropods.
*Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes is a subclass of fish including the sharks, dogfishes, skates and rays. They are fishes with a cartilage endoskeleton. The jaws are well formed.
*Chondrus crispus
#Carrageen 
*Chordates
#phylum_chordata 
*Chough
The chough is a bird of the crow family with red feet and bill. It is found on sea cliffs. 
*Chromosome
A chromosome is a chemical found in all cells which determines how the cell will act.
*Chrysalis
A chrysalis is the inactive state into which larva pass before becoming imago. 
*Chrysanthemum
The chrysanthemum is a hardy annual plant of the order compositae. 
*Chrysoplenium
Chrysoplenium is a genus of annual or perannial rather succulent herbs with alternate or opposite crenate leaves and inconspicuous greenish axillary and terminal flowers. 
*Chub
The chub is a fresh water fish of the carp family. 
*Cicada
The cicada is a group of large four winged insects.
*Cilia
Cilia are threads of protoplasm which beat rhythmically. 
*Ciliata
Ciliata are a highly organised class of the Protozoa, characterised by the posession of cilia, which may be distributed all over the body, and act as swimming organs, as in the slipper animalcule, or may be restricted to certain parts of it, as in the stalked bell animalcule, in which their action serves to sweep food-particles into the gullet. 
*Ciliata vera
Ciliata vera are a subclass of ciliophora. They are free swimming animals. 
*Ciliophora
Ciliophora are a class of protozoa with relatively simple life-histories. The locomotor structures are cilia arranged in definite tracts. The cilia arise from grooves in the pellicle. Ciliophora have a unique nuclear structure, comprised of a meganucleus concerned with trophic activities, and a micronucleus concerned with reproduction.
*Cinchona
The cinchona is a tree native to South_America with fragrant white or pink flowers. The bark contains quinine and other related alkaloids. The tree was named in honour of the countess of Chinchon, the vice-Queen of Peru after she was cured by cinchona bark in 1638.
*Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a small evergreen tree.
*Cirripedia
Cirripedia is a subclass of crustacea. These are the barnacles. Sedentary animals with a reduced head and abdomen. 
*Cistus
Cistus, the rock-rose, is a genus of plants of the order Cistaceae native to Europe and the countries bordering the Mediterranean. 
*Citron
The citron is a tree related to the lemon, bearing large yellowish fruits shaped like a lemon, but with coarse, thick, furrowed skin which is preserved in sugar for confectionary and cakes. The citron is native to India but is cultivated through the Mediterranean and in California and Florida. 
*Citrus
Citrus is a genus of trees and shrubs of the rue family which includes the lemon, orange, lime and tangerine. They are widely cultivated for their edible fruit. 
*Civet
The civet (Viverridae) are a family of carnivorous animals similar to the cats. They inhabit tropical Asia and Africa and are celebrated for producing a scented substance used in perfume.
*Clam
The clam is a marine Lamellibranch mollusc akin to the cockle. The giant clam is the largest known bivalve mollusc with a shell as large as 1 m across and weighing around 120 kg. Clams are found in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific.
*Clear-wings
The clear-wings are a family of moths, related to the clothes moth, but distinguished by the absence of the scales from the wings. Many of them mimic hymenoptera, notably the hornet clear-wing, which closely resembles the large wasp, after which it is named. 
*Cleaver
Cleaver (Goose Grass) is a plant of the Rubiaceae. It has rough stems and 6 - 8 leaves in a whorl with distinctive curled prickles. The flowers are axillary and greenish white. The fruit is rough with hooked prickles and the seed vessels are globular and tenacious, clinging to the coat of any animal that touches them. The alternative name of Goose Grass comes from the fact that geese like to eat the entire plant. 
*Clepsine
The clepsine are hirudinea.
*Click Beetle
The Click Beetle (Skip-jack) is a beetle related to the fire-flies, which when lying on its back, has the power of regaining its feet by a rapid jerk accompanied by a clicking sound produced by the jumping mechanism in its thorax. The larvae, known as wire_worms, live in the ground and feed on the roots of cereals damaging crops.
*Climbing Perch
The Climbing Perch is a freshwater fish about 20 cm long, with a compressed body and a long spiny dorsal fin. It is found in India and countries to the east, and can travle long distances on land, breathing air by means of a bony labyrinth richly supplied with blood-vessels and situated in the upper part of the branchial chamber.
*Climbing Plants
Climbing Plants are divided by Darwin into 4 classes. The first group twine spirally round a support, the second are aided by sensitive, modified leaves, branches or flower stems. These two grade into one another. The third ascend by the aid of hooks, and the fourth by rootlets.
*Clothes-Moth
Clothes-Moth is a general name for a great variety of small, so-called Tineine moths, the larvae of which feed mainly on dried animal substances, and are very destructive to woollen goods, furs etc. 
*Clouded Leopard
The Clouded Leopard (Clouded Tiger) is a large species of wild cat ranging from Nepal to eastern Borneo. It has a relatively large head, short legs and a long tail and its pattern consists of large, black-edged dark patches. It is about 2 m in total length and weighs around 20 kg. It lives in the forest feeding on birds and small mammals, but is not closely related to either the leopard or the tiger.
*Clouded Tiger
#Clouded_Leopard 
*Clover
Clover or trefoil (Trifolium) as it is also known from the division of the leaf into three leaflets, is a small herb of the order Leguminosae characterised by the crowding of the numerous flowers into a rounded or oval cluster and by the flowers remaining in position after the formation of the pod.
*Club-Moses
Club-Moses is a group of epiphytic land plants, with dichotomous branching of root and stem, and numerous small, closely-placed leaves; with sporophylls resembling the vegative leaves, grouped as cones at the end of some shoots, bearing single sporongia on the upper side. 
*Coati
The coati (Coati Mundi) is a carnivorous mammal related to the racoon. Found in south America and Mexico. It has a long mobile snout, a long tail, and feet armed with strong claws for digging and climbing. Coatis often hunt in companies, and feed on lizards, birds, insects and other animals and eggs.
*Coati Mundi
#Coati 
*Cob nut
The cob nut is a domesticated variety of the hazel.
*Cobra
The cobra is a venomous snake found in Africa and south Asia.
*Coca
Coca is a shrub. 
*Coccidia
Coccidia are a group of the Sporozoa exclusively parasitic on animals of various kinds, both vertebrate and invertebrate. They are mostly found in such organs as the liver or kidneys, but are not blood parasites. Their reproduction is both sexual and asexual, and they undergo a complicated series of changes in their life history, but each species is restricted to a particular host. 
*Coccidia vera
The coccidia vera are a suborder of coccidiomorpha. They are parasites found chiefly in invertebrates, but also in vertebrates. The trophic phase is typically intracellular.
*Coccidiomorpha
The coccidiomorpha are an order of sporozoa. 
*Cochineal
Cochineal is a insect (Dactylopius coccus) found on cactii in Mexico. The dried body of the female is used to prepare the red dye, cochineal.
*Cockle
The Cockle is a Lamellibranchia bivalve mollusc. It is recognised by its ribbed, heart-shaped shell. They are found on British shores. 
*Cockroach
The cockroach (Blatta orientalis) is an insect of the order Orthoptera. In the common species the male is fully winged and the female wingless. The eggs are enclosed in horny purse-like cases attached to the abdomen of the female and carried about until the young are ready to hatch. The larvae resemble the adults, but are wingless. The American cockroach is larger than the British species, and both sexes are fully winged. The German species is very much smaller, and both sexes are winged and it also has the ability to climb smooth surfaces such as window panes.
*Cocoa
Cocoa is a small tree native to tropical America.
*Coconut Crab
The Coconut Crab is a large land crustacean about 60 cm or more in length and massive in proportion. It is related to the hermit-crab and is found in many of the Indo-Pacific islands. It lives in holes at the roots of palm trees and feeds upon fallen coconuts, fruit, carrion and its injured companions. It uses its powerful claws to tear the husk off the coconut and hammers at the "eyes" until a hole is made. It then either extracts the fruit directly or smashes the coconut against the ground to break the shell. 
*Cod
The Cod is a fish of the family Gadidae. They are found in the Atlantic and Baltic. The cod takes from 3 to 4 years to reach maturity and achieves an average length of around 1 meter.
*Codlin Moth
The Codlin Moth is a pretty little moth which in its larval stage is very destructive to apples, devouring principally the pips and causing the condition known as "worm eaten". When full sized, the grub eats its way through the rind and pupates in a crevice of the tree. 
*Coelacanthini
The coelacanthini is a rare order of crossopterygii which was thought to be extinct, until a specimen was caught off west africa in 1939.
*Coelentera
Coelentera (Coelenterata) are primitive phyla of water animals, including the jelly-fish, sea anemones, corals and others. The body is radially symmetrical, and in the simplest forms consists of an undivided sac, the alimentary canal with the mouth, which is provided with tentacles and serves both for taking in food and ejecting undigested particles. 
*Coelenterata
#Coelentera
*Coelophysis
Coelophysis was a cunning and agile carnivorous dinosaur from the triassic_era. It was 2.5M long and about 1m tall when standing on its back legs. 
*Coffee
Coffee is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs of the order rubiaceae.
*Colchicum
Colchicum is a genus of the Liliaceae which includes the meadow_saffron. 
*Collembola
Collembola is an order of apterygota. The spring tails.
*Collie
The collie is a breed of English sheep dog.
*Colorado Beetle
The colorado beetle is a north American beetle that attacks potatoes. It is a striped beetle resembling a ladybird in shape. It reached Europe in 1877, but has been prevented from establishing itself in England.
*coluber constrictor
#Black_snake 
*Columbine
Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) is a plant of the Ranunculaceae family. The flower is purple, blue or white with five petals each ending in a spur. 
*Comfrey
Comfrey is a large, handsome plant of the borage family. It is common in watery places and on the banks of rivers. The stems are branched and leafy, almost 1 meter high, winged in part with elliptical leaves. The flowers are white, pink or purple and droop in forked clusters. 
*Compositae
Compositae is the largest known natural order of plants containing over 12,000 species of herbs or shrubs found all over the world. The flowers are numerous and sessile, forming a close head on the dilated top of the receptacle and surrounded by an involucre of whorled bracts. The flowers are monopetalous.
*Compsognathus
Compsognathus was a tiny carnivorous dinosaur from the jurassic_period. It was 70cm tall, about the size of a hen. It was a fast and agile creature. 
*Condor
The condor (Sarcorhamphus gryphus) is the largest of the vultures. It is found in South_America, principally in the Andes. It is mainly black in colour with some grey on the wings and a collar of white down on the neck. The wingspan is roughly 3 meters. Condors are carnivorous, feeding mostly on dead animals but may also attack old, young or weak goats, cattle and horses. 
*Coney
#Cony
*Confervaceae
Confervaceae are a family of marine algae which have green fronds which are composed of articulated filaments. 
*Conger
The conger is an edible marine fish of the eel family found in most oceans. The skin is without scales and the back-fin reaches from the neck to the tip of the tail. An adult female conger grows to about 2 meters long, but the male is much smaller. 
*Conger eel
#Conger
*Conger-eel
The Conger eel is a genus of marine eel characterized by a long dorsal fin beginning near the nape of the neck, immediately above the origin of the pectoral fins, and by having the upper jaw longer than the lower. The common conger eel grows to about 10 feet long and weighs more than 100 pounds. 
*Coniferae
Coniferae are the conifers; pines, firs and their allies. Many conifers are tall forest trees of pyramidal shape; the others are irregularly branched shrubs. The male flowers are either solitary or aggregated in clusters, and fall after shedding their pollen. The female flowers vary in the different genera. 
*Conirostres
Conirostres is a subdivision of the order Insessores consisting of genera having a stout conical beak. The best known genera are the larks, tits, finches, sparrows, crows and linnets.
*Conus
Conus is a genus of gasteropodous molluscs of the family Conidae. They are found in the southern and tropical seas.
*Convallaria
Convallaria is a genus of plants of the natural order Liliaceae, the only species being the lily-of-the-valley.
*Convoluta
Convoluta is a member of the order rhabdocoelida.
*Convolvulaceae
Convolvulaceae is an order of plants comprising about 700 species of climbers having large and very beautiful flowers. They are abundant in the tropics, and are important as medicines. 
*Convolvulus
Convolvulus is a genus of plants of the order Convolvulaceae consisting of slender twining herbs with milky juice., bell-shaped flowers and five free stamens. 
*Cony
Cony (or coney) is an old English name for the rabbit. 
*Conyza
Conyza is a genus of plants of the natural order Compositae. They are annual or perennial herbs found throught warmer regions of the world.
*Coot
The coot is a British water bird of the rail family. 
*Copaiba
Copaiba is the common name of several plants of the genus Copaifera, natural order Leguminose, which grow in Brazil, Peru and other countries in South_America.
*Copepoda
Copepoda is a subclass of free-living or parasitic crustaceans without a carapace. The antennules are frequently enlarged and used for swimming. The thoracic appendages are biramous. 
*Copper Head
The copper_head (Trigonocephalus contortrix) is a north American snake allied to the rattlesnake.
*Coppersmith
The coppersmith is a south Asiatic bird of the barbet family, so called from the sound it makes which resembles the sound of hammering metal.
*Coptis
Coptis is a small genus of plants of the natural order Ranunculaceae.
*Coquito
The coquito (Juboea spectabilis) is a palm tree found in Chile and allied to the coconut. It grows to about 15 meters and its sap when boiled makes palm-honey.
*Coral
Coral is a marine organism related to sea anemones.
*Corallium
Corallium is a member of the order alcyonaria. 
*Coriander
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) is an umbelliferous plant native to Italy. The fruit, often called a seed though it is not, is dried and used in cookery. 
*Coriaria
Coriaria is a genus of shrub plants found in southern Europe. They are used in tanning and a black dye is extracted from them. 
*Cork Oak
The Cork Oak is a tree native to southern Europe and north Africa. It rarely exceeds 12 meters in height, and has egg-shaped ever-green leaves and flowers produced in April and May. The acorns ripen in October and are edible with a sweet taste resembling chestnut. The bark of the tree is stripped off for cork.
*Cormogens
Cormogens are those plants in which there is a distinct axis of growth. They comprise the phanerogams and the higher cryptogams. 
*Cormorant
The cormorant (Phalacrocorax) is a genus of birds of the Pelicaniformes family. They are divers with long necks and strong, solid beaks. There are 30 species. 
*Corn Marigold
The Corn Marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) is a rich orange coloured British wild flower. 
*Corn Salad
Corn Salad (lamb's-lettuce, Valerianella olitoria) is a plant of the order Valerianaceae nati e to Britain and Europe. It is a weak succulent herb which grows to about 25cm tall and is used as a salad in early spring.
*Corn-beetle
The Corn-beetle (Cucujus testaceus) is a minute beetle, the larva of which is often very destructive to stores of grain, particularly wheat. 
*Corn-cockle
The corn-cockle (Agrostemma Githago) is a plant of the natural order Caryophyllaceae, with large purple flowers. 
*Corn-crake
The Corn-crake (landrail, Crex pratensis) is a species of bird of the order Grallae of the family Rallidae. It is a wading bird, reddish-brown in colour and feeds on worms and insects. 
*Corn-fly
Corn-fly is a popular name of several insects of the family Muscidae.
*Corn-moth
The Corn-moth (Tinea granella) is a small moth the larva of which destroys corn sheaves in the field.
*Corn-thrips
Corn-thrips is a minute species of thrips which feeds on the juice of corn.
*Cornaceae
Cornaceae is a natural order of polypetalous exogens consisting of about 100 species of plants.
*Corncrake
The Corncrake (land-rail) is a brown bird akin to the rails and moorhens. It is about the size of a partridge, and spends much of its time on the ground hunting for insects, on which it feeds. It nests in high grass or corn and at nightfall utters a harsh call. The corncrake is found throughout Europe and visits Britain in the summer and Africa in the winter.
*Cornel
The cornel (cornelian tree) is a species of dogwood tree of the order Cornace ae. It is native to Asia and southern Europe.
*Cornelian Tree
#Cornel
*Cornflower
The Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) is a favourite garden flower of the family Compositae. The flowers are double and blue, white, rose or carmine in colour. Cornflowers are effective as cut flowers or for border cultivation. They are hardy annuals, and may be sown in April or May. 
*Cornus
Cornus is a genus of plants of the natural order Cornaceae.
*Coronellidae
Coronellidae is the smooth snake family of non-venomous snakes.
*Coryne
The coryne is of the order gymnoblastea. 
*Corypha
Corypha is a genus of palms which includes the fa-palm, gebang_palm and taliput. 
*Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus was a herbivore dinosaur from the cretaceous period. It had a duck-like bill filled with hundreds of tiny teeth which were used for mincing leaves. It had a hollow crescent on top of its head. 
*Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster is a small shrub belonging to the family Rosaceae, having entire, ovate leaves, smooth above and cottony on the underside. It has small pinkish solitary flowers and small reddish berries. In Britain, it occurs wild only in part of Wales but is cultivated in the south of England.
*Cotton
Cotton is a tropical and sub tropical herbaceous plant. The cotton is the white or tawny mass of fibres which envelope the seeds within the dry capsular fruit of the plant. 
*Cotton Boll Weevil
The Cotton Boll Weevil is the larva of a Noctuid moth which destroys the cotton bolls and the fruit of other useful plants in north America and elsewhere. 
*Cotton-grass
Cotton-grass is a group of sedges. They are plants of the colder parts of the northern hemisphere and have long silky hairs springing from the base of the ovary to envelop the seed. The hairs were once used to stuff pillows, but cannot be spun because they do not twist, as do cotton fibres.
*Cotton-wood
The cotton-wood is a north American tree.
*Couch-grass
Couch-grass is a noxious weed whose spiked flowers somewhat resemble an ear of wheat in structure. It is a perennial grass and the rhizome spreads rapidly in all directions in light soil, sending up leafy stems from the nodes. 
*Cougar
The cougar is a large American cat. Also called the puma.
*Cow
A cow is a female ox. Also the female of the elephant, rhinocerous, whale and seal.
*Cow-bunting
The cow-bunting is a north American bird of the Sturnidae (Starling) family. It leaves its own eggs in other birds nests for them to hatch.
*Cow-tree
#Bread-fruit 
*Cowrie
The Cowrie is a marine gastropod mollusc with an oval shell which in some species is the size of a hen's egg.
*Cowslip
The Cowslip (Paigle) is a wild flower found in British pastures and hedge-rows. The flowers possess sedative properties and used to be made into wine. 
*Coyote
The coyote is a type of wild dog found in north America. 
*Coypou
The Coypou (Coypu) is a South_American rodent about the size of and resembling a beaver. 
*Coypu
The coypu is a south American water rodent.
*Crab
#crabs 
*Crab-apple
The Crab-apple is a small, wild and very sour species of English Apple.
*Crabs
Crabs are malacostraca.
*Crack willow
#Withy 
*Cranberry
Cranberry is the fruit of the whortleberry bush. It is native to Europe, north asia and north America. 
*Crane
The crane (Megalornithidae) is a family of birds distinguished by long legs and neck and powerful wings. 
*Crane's Bill
#Geranium
*Crane-fly
The Crane-fly is a genus of two-winged insects (Daddy-long-legs).
*Cranium
The cranium is the skeleton enclosing the brain.q
*Crassulaceae
Crassulaceae is the stonecrop family of herbs and shrubs. They have thick fleshy leaves and starlike flowers and are found in most parts of the world, especially South_Africa. They grow in the diest regions where grass and moss cannot grow, on naked rocks, old walls and on hot sandy plains.
*Crawfish
#Crayfish
*Crayfish
Crayfish are various crustaceans. The common crayfish is also known as the river lobster which resembles the lobster in appearance and habits. They are also called crawfish.
*Creeper
The creeper is a family of birds which resemble the woopecker in their habbit of creeping up tree trunks.
*Cress
Cress is the name of several species of plants, most of them of the order Cruciferae. Water cress is used in salad and was used as a medicine for its antiscorbutic properties.
*Crinoidea
The crinoidea are the sea lily class of phylum_echinodermata. The body is cup shaped and attached to the substratum by a stalk. Both the mouth and anus are on the side of the body away from the stalk. The five main arms bifurcate, and on the branches are small side branches.
*Crithmum
#Samphire
*Crocodile
The crocodile is a large aquatic carnivorous reptile. Related to the alligator.
*Crocodilia
Crocodilia is an order of diapsida. They are large reptiles adapted to life in rivers and lakes. The tail is flattened from side to side and is a powerful swimming tool.
*Crossbill
The crossbill (Loxia) is a genus of birds of the finch family. They are distinguished by the crossed tips of the bill. 
*Crossopterygii
The crossopterygii is a division of fish known as the lung_fishes. They have a single or double lung, and a modified heart and vascular system. They live in shallow fresh water where oxygen levels are insufficient for gills. 
*Crow
The crow is a family of 35 species of bird.
*Crowberry
Crowberry is a plant found in northern Europe, Asia, England and Scotland. 
*Cruciferae
Cruciferae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants with cross like four petaled flowers.
*Crustacea
Crustacea is the crustacean class of arthropods. They are mainly aquatic animals breathing by gills. There are two pairs of antennae and three pairs of jaws.
*Crustacean
#crustacea 
*Crustaceans
#crustacea 
*Cryptogam
Cryptogam is a general term embracing all the lower or non-seed bearing plants. The name was given to them before the advent of the microscope made it possible to study their sexual reproduction. The cryptogams are the ferns, mosses, fungi and algae. 
*Ctenophora
The Ctenophora are a phylum of animals represented by a number of marine forms which somewhat resemble jelly-fish. 
*Cuckoo
The cuckoo (Cuculidae) is a family of birds. They lay their eggs in the nests of other birds.
*Cucurbita
#Gourd 
*Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbitaceae is a large and important group of herbacious plants with succulent stems which climb by means of tendrils which spring from the base of the leaf-stalks. The leaves are usually lobed and rough; the flowers often large, white, red or yellow; the fruit juicy or fleshy. The group includes the melon. 
*Cumacea
Cumacea is an order of malacostraca where the carapace is small exposing four or five of the thoracic segments. The abdomen is slender.
*Cunina
Cunina is a member of the order trachylina.
*Cupuliferae
Cupuliferae is a family of trees distributed chiefly in the temperate zones of the northern hemisphere and also in tropical Asia. The family includes the beech, chestnut, oak and birch.
*Curassows
Curassows are a family of game-birds inhabiting Central and South_America but related to the bush-turkeys of Australia.
*Curlew
The curlew is a British water bird.
*Cusk
The cusk (Brosme brosme) is an edible fish found in North_Atlantic coastal areas.
*Cuttle-Fish
The Cuttle-Fish is a name applied to various ten-armed molluscs of the class Cephalopoda. They are distinguished by their internal calcerous shell (cuttle bone).
*Cycad
The Cycads are an order of tropical trees and shrubs with usually simple, sometimes dichotomous trunks marked with leaf scars, and resembling palms and tree ferns. The leaves are pinnate, and curled in the bud-like fan fronds. The flowers are always terminal, resembling cones.
*Cyclamen
Cyclamen is a group of low-growing herbaceous plants of the Primrose family found in the mountains of the Mediterranean and Central Europe. They have globular, bulb-like roots from which arise long stalked, heart-shaped leaves, and white, pink, lilac or crimson flowers. 
*Cyclostomi
The cyclostomi are a subclass of agnatha. They are modern eel-like creatures which eat fish. 
*Cygnet
Cygnet is the name for a young swan. 
*Cyme
A cyme is an irregularly branched inflorescence in which later flowers are produced laterally on the stem of the first flower, as in the forget-me-not.
*Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae is the sedge family of plants somewhat resembling grasses, but differing from them in the possession of triangular solid stems, closed leaf sheaths, and no ligules. The inflorescence is a group of spikes of glumes, in the axial of each being three stamens and one carpel. 
*Cypress
Cypress is a group of evergreen cone-bearing trees and shrubs, with small adnate opposite leaves, and small globular cones on a few fleshy scale-leaves. 
*Cystoflagellata
The cystoflagellata are an order of phytomastigina. They are transparent plankton. 
*Dab
The dab is a marine flat fish. 
*Dabchick
The dabchick is an English bird of the grebe family. 
*Dace
The dace is a fresh water fish of the carp family. 
*Dachshund
The dachshund is a small dog originally bred for badger hunting. 
*Dactylopius coccus
#Cochineal 
*Daffodil
The daffodil are several species of plant of the genus narcissus.
*Dahlia
The dahlia is a genus of perennial plants of the compositae family.
*Daisy
The daisy is a genus of hardy perennial plants of the compositae family. 
*Dalbergia
Dalbergia is a genus of fine tropical forest trees and climbing shrubs of the order Leguminosae. The group includes the black-wood tree (also called the East Indian rosewood) and the sissoo. 
*Dalmatian
The dalmatian is a spotted dog. It was formerly known as the Danish spotted or coach dog.
*Dames-violet
Dames-violet (Dames-wort) is a British perennial plant of the order Cruciferae. It grows to about 2 to 3 feet tall and flowers in May and June.
*Dames-wort
#Dames-violet
*Dammar Pine
The dammar pine is a genus of trees of the order Coniferae distinguished by their large lanceolated leathery leaves, and by their seeds having a wing on one side instead of proceeding from the end.
*Damselfly
The damselfly is a predatory insect with 2 pairs of wings. 
*Damson
The damson is a type of plum tree. 
*Dandelion
The dandelion is a plant of the order Compositae indigenous to Europe. It gets its name from its appearance, dent de lion (French for Lion's tooth). The stems are hollow and have one bright yellow flower. The root was formerly used as a medicine for liver complaints.
*Daphne
Daphne (Spurge Laurel) is a low shrub with few branches and smooth erect stems which are bare of leaves except at the summit. The leaves are smooth, shining and evergreen. The flowers are green, and fragrant in damp weather. The berries are black, egg-shaped and poisonous.
*Daphnia
Daphnia is a genus of minute crustaceans belonging to the division Branchiopoda. They are the water-fleas. 
*Darlingtonia
Darlingtonia is a genus of American pitcher plants of the order Sarraceniceae. 
*Darnel
Darnel (Lolium temulentum) is the only poisonous British grass.
*Darter
The Darter (Snake-bird) is a bird closely related to the cormorant, but differing in its much longer nech and heron-like pointed bill. Darters are found in South_America, Africa, tropical Asia and Australia, fishing in rivers and ponds after the manner of cormorants, but nesting in trees.
*Darters
Darters are a genus of web-footed birds of the pelican family. They are found near the eastern coast of tropical parts of north America, the west coast of Africa, and in Australia. 
*Dasyure
Dasyure are the brush-tailed opossums, a genus of plantigrade marsupials found in Australia and Tasmania.
*Date
The date is a tree of the genus phoenix. 
*Date-plum
The date-plum is the name given to several trees of the Ebony family (Diospyros). Their fruit is edible. 
*Datura
Datura is a genius of plants of the order Solanaceae, with large trumpet-shaped flowers. They are all poisonous. The genus includes the thorn-apple. 
*Daucus
Daucus is a genus of umbelliferous plants, including the carrot. 
*Dauw
The dauw is a species of zebra found in the plains of South_Africa north of the Orange River.
*Dead-nettle
The dead-nettle is a species of plant of the genus Lamium, order Labriatae which resemble the nettle in appearance but have no sting.
*Deal-fish
The deal-fish (Trachypterus arcticus) is a fish found around Iceland and Norway. It is between 4 and 8 inches long, a silvery colour and has minute scales. The dorsal fin extends along the whole length of the back. 
*Death's Head Moth
The Death's Head Moth is a large handsome moth related to the hawk-moth. It is so named from its likeness to a large yellow patch on the thorax of the human skull. It is remarkable for the sound it produces. The larva, by snapping its mandibles together, emits a clicking sound comparable to a series of electric sparks. This moth has been known to enter bee hives and take honey. 
*Death-watch beetle
The death-watch beetle (Anobium tesselatum) is a coleopterous insect that inhabits the wood-work of houses.
*Decaisnea
Decaisnea is a genus of plants of the order Lardizabalaceae found on the Himalayas. It has erect stalks which look like walking sticks and leaves 2 feet long. The fruit resembles a cucumber and has a sweet, yellow edible pulp. 
*Decandria
Decandria is the tenth class of plants. The flowers have 10 stamens, and 1, 2 3 or more pistils. 
*Decapoda
Decapoda is an order of malacostraca. The carapace completely covers the thorax. The exopodite of the maxilla is large. There are three pairs of maxillipeds.
*Deciduous
Deciduous is a term referring to trees and shrubs that shed their leaves each year.
*Deer
The deer is a family of ruminant hoofed mammals (Cervidae) allied to the Antelopes. They are distinguished by the presence of antlers. 
*Deerhound
The Deerhound is a breed of dog. It originated in the 14th century and was bred for stag hunting.
*Deinonychus
Deinonychus was a carnivorous dinosaur of the cretaceous period. It was 3m long and 1.4M tall. A long tail aided balance as it ran. It had 12cm long claws on its feet which were used for tearing flesh from its prey.
*Delphinium
The delphinium is a ranunculaceous plant with irregular shaped flowers.
*Demospongia
The demospongia is a class of sponges with a skeleton of four-rayed spicules made of silica, or spongin fibres, or no skeleton at all. 
*Dendrocoelum
Dendrocoelum is a member of the order tricladida.
*Dewberry
The dewberry is a plant related to the raspberry and blackberry. The stem is prostrate and nearly round, prickly below, bristly above. The leaves are comprised of 3 - 5 leaflets and the fruit consists of a few large drupes covered with greyish bloom and half enclosed in the calyx.
*Dhole
The dhole (red dog or Asiatic wild dog) is two species of wild dog, one found in Siberia and the other in India. The Indian dhole is about the size of a bull_terrier and hunts in packs feeding mainly on deer and antelope. It has a reputation for great courage, and is alleged to drive bears, leopards and even tigers from their kills. 
*Dianthus
Dianthus is the carnation genus of Caryophyllaceae distinguished by the presence of scales outside the calyx, by the grouping of the sepals into a tube and other characteristics. 
*Diapsida
The diapsida is a subclass of reptiles. The skull has two temporal vacuities.
*Diatom
Diatoms are minute lowly organised plants found in most seas.
*Diatomaceae
The diatomaceae are a large class of unicellular algae occuring in fresh and salt water and on damp soil. The cells are of diverse forms, their walls silicified and formed of two over-lapping valves, like a box and lid. The cell has a single, complex nucleus, brownish yellow chromatophores, and often contains much oil. 
*Dicotyledon
Dicotyledon is one of the two groups of flowering plants, primarily distinguished from the Monocotyledons by the two cotyledons or seed leaves formed at the end of the growing embryo, and by the depression between which the growing point of the shoot originates. 
*Didactyla
The didactyla is an order of metatheria. They are carnivorous and insectivorous. The digits are free.
*Digenea
Digenea is an order of trematoda. They are endoparasitic flukes with no hooks or posterior sucker. They usually have a ventral sucker and an oral sucker. The life history requires an intermediate host, often a mollusc. The adults are chiefly parasites of warm-blooded vertebrates. 
*Digitalis
Digitalis is a genus of plants of the natural order Scrophulariaceae native to Europe and western Asia. The name Digitalis also applies to the medicinal extracts from the plants. 
*Digitalis Purpurea
#Foxglove
*Dik dik
A dik dik is a tiny antelope found in Africa south of the sahara 
*Dill
Dill is a herb umbelliferae. 
*Dingo
The dingo is wild dog found in Australia.
*Dinoflagellata
The dinoflagellata are an order of phytomastigina. These are the planktons. They have a definite capsule made of cellulose.
*Dinosaur
The dinosaurs were a family of reptiles which lived on the earth millions of years ago. About 400 types of dinosaur have been identified. Dinosaurs ranged in size from about as big as a pigeon to twice the height of a giraffe. It is estimated that dinosaurs lived for between 70 and 130 years, and unusually continued growing for their entire life. 
*Dioscoreaceae
Dioscoreaceae is a family of twining shrubs or herbs belonging to the Monocotyledonous group, but resembling the Dicotyledons in many superficial characters, the leaves being decidedly stalked and having netted veins. The order is a small one, and with the exception of one genus (Tamus) confined to the tropics. The order includes the Yam. 
*Diospyros
Diospyros are trees of the order Ebenacea, from which ebony is obtained. 
*Diphyllobothrium
Diphyllobothrium is a cestoda. 
*Diplodinium
Diplodinium is a member of the order of oligotricha. 
*Diplopoda
The diplopoda is the millipede order of myriapoda. They have an anterior genital posterior.
*Dipnoi
The dipnoi are an order of crossopterygii. The teeth form crushing plates. 
*Dipper
The Dipper is a family of birds (Cinclidae) of the order Passeriformes. They are allied to the wrens and thrushes but are aquatic. 
*Dipsaceae
Dipsaceae is the teazel and scabious family of herbaceous, dicotyledenous family of plants found in temperate regions. They have flowers crowded together in heads like the Compositae, but differing in the rigid bracteoles which surround each. The leaves are usually opposite and without stipules. 
*Doberman Pinscher
The doberman pinscher is an energetic breed of working dog with a reputation as a fierce guard dog.
They have a black, reddish, blue, or fawn coat which is short, smooth, glossy, and is usually highlighted with tan shadings. The ears are large, broad at the base and cropped to stand erect and pointed.
The tail is docked to a stump and the eyes are brown and almond-shaped with a keen, always-alert expression. The adult dog stands about 70 cm at the shoulder and weighs about 30kg.
The breed originated in Apolda, Thuringia in about 1890 and takes its name from tax collector Louis_Dobermann of Apolda, who used these dogs to aid him in his work. 
*Dodder
Dodder is a genus of parasitic plants belonging to the family Convolvulaceae, with branched, climbing, cord-like stems, no leaves, and globular heads of wax-like flowers. The seeds germinate in the ground, and the young plants climb the stems of the adjoining plants, and when they have taken root in them lose their connection with the ground. 
*Dodo
The Dodo was a huge, flightless pigeon discovered by the early voyagers to Mauritius, but now extinct. It was remarkable for its huge hooked bill and tiny wings.
*Dog
A dog is a domesticated mammal of the order canidae descended from the wolf. 
*Dogfish
The dogfish is a small shark found in the north east atlantic ocean and mediterranean. 
*Dolphin
The Dolphin is a genus of cetaceans. They are highly intelligent.
*Donkey
Donkey is another name for ass.
*Dory
The Dory is a sea fish found in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. It is of the family Zeidae and order Zeomorphae. 
*Dotterel
The dotterel is a bird which visits Britain in the summer. 
*Dove
The dove is a bird of the family Columbidae (pigeon).
*Dromedary
A dromedary is a type of Arabian camel.
*Dromiceidae
The Dromiceidae are a family of the order Casuariformes. These are the emus. They are found only in Australia and Tasmania. It is incapable of flight. 
*Drone
A drone is a mature male bee which are produced at the same time as a virgin queen for the purpose of continuing the community.
*Droughtmaster
The droughtmaster is an Australian red breed of domestic beef cattle.
*Duck
A duck is a short legged water bird with webbed feet.
*Duckweed
Duckweed is a minute floating plant, often so abundant as to cover the surface of stagnant water, where, with the insects it harbours, it is greedily devoured by ducks. 
*Dugong
The dugong is a marine mammal of the order Sirenia, found in the Indian_Ocean from east Africa to west Australia. It nevers come on land, and subsists on seaweed. 
*Duiker
The duiker are a large group of African antelopes distinguished by the linear arrangement of the pores of the facial gland. The forehead is usually tufted between the horns, which are short and smooth. Many species are known, varying in size from a fox to a sheep, and the name is derived from their habit of diving under cover when alarmed.
*Dulse
Dulse is an edible seaweed with leathery purple leaves, found on rocky coasts. 
*Dunlin
The dunlin is a British water bird.
*Durham
#Shorthorn 
*Eagle
Eagle is the name given to several large birds of prey of the family accipitridae. 
*Ear-shell
#Haliotis
*Earth-star
Earth-star is a fungus found in wet woodlands in the south of England. It has a ball-like spore-case raised on a short stalk, with back-turned petal-like appendages.
*Earthworm
#oligochaeta 
*Earwig
The Earwig (Forifculidae) is a family of the order Dermaptera. 
*Echidna
The echidna or spiny anteater (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is an egg-laying, burrowing, nocturnal mammal. It has no teeth, but a long extensile tongue. The echidna is found in rocky districts of Australia.
*Echinococcus
Echinococcus is a cestoda. 
*Echinoidea
The echinoidea are a class of phylum_echinodermata. They are the sea urchins. The body is typically glubular. The skeletal plates fit closely together to form a rigid ''test''. Spines are present. 
*Echinus
Echinus are a member of the echinoidea class.
*Ecology
Ecology is a study of the relationship between an organism and its environment.
*Ectoprocta
Ectoprocta is a class of phylum_polyzoa. They have a u shaped gut and the anus opens outside of the circlet of ciliated tentacles. 
*Edelweiss
Edelweiss is a small rosette plant with narrow leaves covered with long, white, silky hairs and white flowers, belonging to the family Compositae. It grows wild in the Swiss Alps.
*Edentata
The Edentata is an order of mammals with no teeth, or very simple teeth without enamel.
*Eel Grass
Eel grass is the species of the genus vallisneria. The flowers are unisexual, the female flowers floating on the surface of the water, whilst the male flowers become detatched from the plant and float to the surface. 
*Egested
#egestion
*Egestion
Egestion is the process of eliminating food which has not been digested. 
*Egg-plant
Egg-plant was the 19th century name, and is still used in America to describe the plant we now call the aubergine. It is an herbaceous plant of the order Solanaceae. The fruit is eaten.
*Eider
The eider is a British coastal duck. 
*Eimeria
Eimeria is a member of the coccidia vera order.
*Eisenia
The eisenia are oligochaeta. 
*Elasmobranchs
Elasmobranchs is a sub-class of fish distinguished by the absence of bones, the skeleton being entirely cartilaginous. It includes the sharks, rays and skates, and dates back to the Upper Silurian period. 
*Elder
The elder is a tree of the Caprifoliaceae, related to the honeysuckle. It is remarkable for the large quantity of pith contained in its young branches and for the elasticity of its wood. The leaves are pinnate and have a strong odour. The fruit are globose, shining dark purple and sometimes white. 
*Elecampane
Elecampane (Inula Helenium) is a perennial plant belonging to the Compositae family. It is a stout plant standing just over 1 meter tall, with very large, rectangular, or egg-shaped, toothed leaves, downy beneath, the upper ones embracing the stem. The flowers are few and very large bright yellow with terminal heads. 
*Electric Eel
The Electric Eel is an eel-like fish found in rivers and marshes of north South_America. It grows to 2 meters long and 20 cm wide. It generates an electric current which it uses to stun and kill other fish which it then eats.
*Elephant
The elephant is the two surviving species of the order proboscidea.
*Elephant Seal
The elephant seal (sea elephant) is the largest of the seals. The male grows to about 6 meters in length with a girth of 3 meters, and has a large sac of skin on his nose which can be inflated with air to resemble a small trunk. 
*Elk
The elk or moose, is a large deer (Alces alces) found in north Europe, Asia and Scandinavia. They are distinguished by a swollen, flexible snout, wide palmated antlers, extending horizontally sideways and long legs. They feed mostly on foliage, twigs, mosses and lichens, and in summer wade into rivers for water-lilies and other plants.
*Elm
The elm is a tree of the family ulmaceae. It has alternate, stalked, deciduous leaves, generally serrated and harsh. There are two British species; common elm (Ulmus campestris) once found in southern England, and wych elm (Ulmus montana) formerly found in northern England and Scotland. Dutch Elm Disease accounted for almost completely wiping out the British elm trees during the 1970s. 
*Elodea
Elodea (Canadian Pond Weed) is a plant which grows submerged in water, usually floating a little below the surface. It has long green stems and small pointed leaves. It was introduced to Britain by accident from Canada.
*Embryology
Embryology is the study of animal development. 
*Emperor Moth
The Emperor Moth is a handsome moth distinguished by the large eye-shaped patch on each of its wings. It is the only British representative of the typical saturniid silk moths. 
*Emperor Penguin
The Emperor Penguin is a seabird of the order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae. It is the largest of all seabirds and one of the hardiest. It lives all year round on the Antarctic pack ice enduring hurricane force winds and temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees celsius. Emperor Penguins grow to about 112 cm long and weigh between 20 and 40 kgs. They eat fish, crustaceans and squid and live for around 20 years.
*Emu
The emu is a large, ostrich-like flightless bird found in Australia and resembling the cassowary in its vestigial wings and double-plumed feathers, but differing in the absence of the helmet, wattles, and spine-like quills on the wings. 
*Enchanter's Nightshade
Enchanter's Nightshade is a slender herbaceous plant of the family Onagracea, with a branched downy stem; egg-shaped leaves, toothed and pointed, and hairy calyx. The flowers are small and white with pink stamens and borne in graceful branched racemes and are succeeded by two-lobed hairy seed vessels. 
*Endive
Endive is a salad plant of the order Compositae. 
*Endogen
An endogen is an endogenous plant. 
*Endogenous
Endogenous refers to the structure of the vascular system, which consists of strands of ligneous tissue isolated in a cylinder of cellular tissue. The term is used to describe the Monocotyledonous group of plants.
*Engraulis encrasicholus
#Anchovy 
*Enothera
#Evening_Primrose
*Entomophilous
Entomophilous is a term applied to plants that are dependant upon insects for the transference of pollen. The flowers are brightly coloured and sweetly scented to attract insects, and frequently secrete honey from glands in the petals.
*Entoprocta
Entoprocta is a class of phylum_polyzoa. They have a u shaped gut and the anus opens within a circlet of ciliated tentacles. 
*Epilobium
Epilobium is a genus of the Onagraceae family of plants. They have a long four-sided, four-valved, four-celled capsule containing numerous seeds tufted with down. The rose_bay is a tall handsome species with long racemes of rose-coloured flowers. 
*Epiphytes
#Air-plants
*Epistylis
Epistylis is a member of the order of peritricha.
*Equidae
Equidae is a family of hoofed mammals of the order Perissodactyla, including the horse, zebra and ass. 
*Equisetum
Equisetum is the Horse-tail genus of plants. 
*Ergot
Ergot is a fungoid parasite found on several cereals, principally rye. It causes the disease of ergotism and is widely used in medicine. 
*Ericaceae
Ericaceae is a dicotyledonous family of shrubs or small bushy trees with evergreen, often rigid, opposite or whorled leaves. 
*Ermine
Ermine is a name for the stoat in its winter dress of a white coat which it assumes in winter in cold countries. The term is also used to describe the white fur obtained from a suitable stoat in winter. 
*Esparto Grass
Esparto grass is a grass formerly grown in Spain and used for weaving and plaiting into mats and light baskets. It was later used for making paper.
*Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is a tree native to Australia where it is called the gum tree.
*Euglenoidina
The euglenoidina are an order of phytomastigina. They have an elongated spindle-shaped body and swim in a spiral path. 
*Euoplocephalus
Euoplocephalus was an armoured herbivore dinosaur from the cretaceous period. Even its eyelids were armoured. At the end of its powerful tail was a bulb. The tail could have been used to disable predators attacking it. 
*Eupatorium
Eupatorium (Hemp Agrimony) is a genus of plants of the family Compositae.
*Euphausiacea
Euphausiacea is an order of malacostraca. The carapace encloses the thorax. There is one set of gills. 
*Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae is a family of plants distributed over most of the tropical and temperate regions of the globe, especially the warmer parts of America. They are either trees, shrubs or herbs, some having the external form of the cactus family. Nearly all the members of this large tribe possess a juice, often milky, which is highly acrid and narcotic. 
*Euplectella
The euplectella is a member of the hexactinellida class. 
*Euplotes
Euplotes is a member of the order of hypotricha. 
*Euspongia
The euspongia, or bath sponge, is a member of the demospongia class. 
*Eutheria
The eutheria are a subclass of higher mammals. The young are born as miniature adults after a prolonged period of gestation. 
*Evening Primrose
Evening Primrose (Enothera) is an herbaceous plant of the order Onagraceae, allied to the willow_herb. It is common in gardens and attains a height of 1 meter. It has lanceolate smooth leaves and spikes of large pale yellow flowers which open in the evening and die towards the middle of the next day.
*Excretion
Excretion is the process of getting rid of unwanted substances from within the body. 
*Eyebright
Eyebright is a small plant of the Scrophulariaceae, standing about 5 to 15 cm tall, with deeply cut leaves and loose spikes of numerous white or purplish flowers with yellow patches. 
*Eyra
The eyra is a small South_American wild cat. 
*Faeces
Faeces is the term applied to egested food.
*Falcon
Falcon is a name given for several species of medium sized birds_of_prey distinguished from hawks by their longer pointed wings, which give them greater speed in flight.
*Fallow-deer
The fallow-deer is a medium-sized species of deer, standing about 1 meter tall and distinguished by the end of the antler being palmated (flattened and expanded). It is found wild in Asia_Minor, but was introduced into Britain in the early part of the 15th century. Two varieties are found in Britain, one which is fawn coloured with white spots and the other dark brown.
*Fasciola
Fasciola is a member of the order digenea. 
*Felis manul
#Pallas_cat
*Fennec
The fennec is a small nocturnal desert fox found in north Africa and Arabia. It is nocturnal, and lives in burrows, and feeds on jerboas, lizards, small birds and the like. 
*Fennel
Fennel is a perennial plant of the family Umbelliferae. It has an erect stem 80 - 100cm high, numerous leaves deeply divided into soft hair-like segments and large terminal umbels of yellow flowers. The plant is aromatic, and the leaves are used in cooking.
*Fer de Lance
The Fer de Lance (Rat-tailed Snake) is one of the species of pit vipers found in the West_Indies and tropical America. It grows to about 2 meters in length, has a deadly bite, and is variously coloured but usually reddish-yellow with irregular dark bands and spots.
*Ferret
The Ferret is the albino variety of a domesticated polecat used for driving rabbits from their burrows.
*Fescue
Fescue is a genus of grasses having numerous spikelets, each of several flowers, in a compact or spreading panicle.
*Feverfew
Feverfew is a plant of the family Compositae. It bears numerous small heads of flowers on an erect stem, with the lower flowers borne on longer stalks so that the whole inflorescence reaches the same level. The flowers have white ray florets. The leaves are stalked, repeatedly cut, curled and delicate green.
*Fiddler Crab
The Fiddler Crab (Uca) is a genus of crustacean of the order Decapoda, family Ocypodidae.It gets its name from the male's distinctive larger claw which makes him look as though he is carrying a fiddle and bow. Fiddler Crabs are solitary, shore-living animals which inhabit burrows around the coast of Central and South_America, Africa, the Middle_East and Australasia. 
*Fig
Figs are plants of the genus Ficus, woody trees and shrubs from the Mediterranean and Asia_Minor. The common edible fig is the fruit of Ficus carica, a small tree with large, rough, leathery leaves lobed like a hand, rough green branches and alsmost sessile fruits of peculiar internal structure, consisting of a large, much curved receptable on which are borne numerous unisexual flowers interspersed with hairs.
*Fig-wort
Fig-wort (Scrophularia) is a genus of flowering plants of the Order Sccrophulariaceae. 
*Filaria
Filaria is a phylum_nematoda.
*File-fish
The File-fish (Trigger-fish) are bony fishes found mostly in tropical and warm seas, distinguished by their hard mail-like scales, powerful jaws, and teeth adapted for biting through the shells of molluscs and stripping off pieces of coral to get at the soft parts for food. They are also called trigger-fish from the way the first spine of the dorsal fin snaps back when elevated.
*Finch
The finch is a popular name of the Fringillidae. 
*Firefly
Firefly is a popular name for winged insects possessing luminosity.
*Fish
#pisces
*Fish-hawk
Fish-hawk is an American name for the Osprey.
*Fish-louse
The fish-louse are several crustaceans of the order Ichthyophthira which are parasitic on fish.
*Fishes
#pisces
*Fissurellidae
Fissurellidae is a family of gasteropodous molluscs resembling the limpets in appearance and habits, but differing in structure. They are generally too large for their shell, and so it appears that the shell is rudimentary.
*Fistularia
Fistularia is a genus of acanthopterygious fish characterized by the elongation of the facial bones into a long fistula or tube at the extremity of which the mouth opens. 
*Fistulina
Fistulina is a genus of Fungi, allied to Boletus, found on old oak, walnut, ash, beech and horse_chestnut trees. It is eaten in Europe grilled and is said to taste like broiled meat. 
*Flagellata
#Mastigophora
*Flamingo
The flamingo is a bird of the genus Phoenicopterus allied to the ducks. The flamingo has long legs and stands about 180 cm tall. The beak is naked, lamellate at the edges and bent. Flamingos are generally pink or scarlet in colour and live in southern Europe and northern Africa around sea coasts and salt marshes. 
*Flatworm
Flatworm is a common name for phylum_platyhelminthes.
*Flatworms
#flatworm
*Flax
Flax is a popular name of plants of the genus Linum, natural order Linaceae of which there are roughly 100 species. They are herbs or small shrubs with narrow leaves and yellow, blue or white flowers arranged in variously formed cymes.
*Flea
The flea is several insects constituting the order Aphaniptera. They are small with two eyes, six feet and piercing stilets and a suctorial proboscis which is used to feed on the blood of animals. They can leap amazing distances.
*Flounder
A flounder is one of the flat-fishes, family Pleuronectidae, genus Pleuronectes. The flounder is found in the sea and near the mouths of large rivers around the British coast.
*Fluke
Fluke is a parasitic flatworm that causes rot and dropsy of the liver. 
*Flustra
Flustra is an ectoprocta.
*Fly-catcher
The fly-catcher is several species of insectivorous birds of the genus Muscicapa with a bill flattened at the base, almost triangular, notched at the upper mandible and beset with bristles. They perch on branches and wait motionless for passing insects which they dart at and catch with a snap of the bill. 
*Flycatcher
The flycatcher is a small, dull-coloured, songless bird related to the shrike family. It is a summer visitor to Britain, and takes its name from the skilful way it catches small flies on the wing. 
*Flying Fish
Flying fish is a name for several species of bony fishes in which the pectoral fins are lengthened and wing-like and serve to sustain the fish in its short flights through the air. 
*Flying Gurnard
The Flying Gurnard (Trigla volitans) is a Mediterranean fish of the Gurnard genus. 
*Flying Lemur
The flying lemur is an insectivorous mammal not related to the lemurs, but more nearly akin to the Insectivores, differing however, sufficiently to be placed in a distinct order, the Dermoptera. Flying lemurs are found from the Malay Peninsular to the Philipine Islands, are represented by several species, all arboreal in habit and feeding on leaves and fruit.
*Flying-fox
The flying-fox or fox-bat is a fruit-eating bat of the family Pteropidae including some of the largest of the bats, one species reaching 140 cm in length across the wings! Flying-foxes are found in Australia, Asia and Africa.
*Flying-squrrel
The flying-squrrel is a genus of rodent animals of the squirrel family. The skin of the flank, extending between the fore and hind legs allows them to glide and make great leaps. Flying-squrrels are found in Europe, Asia and North_America.
*Fool's Parsley
Fool's Parsley is a slender plant of the family Umbelliferae. It grows to 30 cm tall with dark green, doubly pinnate leaves, and terminal compound umbels of white flowers.
*Foraminifera
Foraminifera is an order of animals of low type belonging to the class Rhizopoda, sub-order Protozoa, furnished with a shell or test, simple or complex, usually perforated by pores called foramina from which the animals get their name.
*Forest Fly
The forest fly is a fly so called from its abundance in the New_Forest. It is an external parasite on horses and cattle, is flat in form, leathery in consistency, and has legs specially adapted for clinging to the hair of its host. Although possessing wings, it rarely uses them. It is a pupiparous fly, giving birth to a single larva which quickly turns into a pupa.
*Forficulidae
#earwig
*Forget-me-not
Forget-me-not is a common British plant of the natural order Boraginaceae found growing in damp or wet places. It is a pretty flower considered as the emblem of friendship throughout Europe. 
*Fossa
The fossa is a large carnivorous mammal found in Madagascar. It is about the size of an otter, but is related to the civet and mongoose. It is brown in colour, has a long tail, short legs, teeth like a cat's and lives mainly in trees feeding on birds and small mammals.
*Fowl
The term fowl was once used as a synonym for bird, but since around 1900 the term fowl has come to refer to birds of the genus Gallus. They resemble the pheasants, but the crown of the head is generally naked and furnished with a fleshy comb, the base of the lower mandibles also bears fleshy lobes (wattles).
*Fox
The fox is an animal of the genus Vulpes closely allied to the dog, with a straight bushy tail, elongated pupils and erect ears. Foxes are intelligent, adaptable and omnivorous, consuming small animals, eggs, honey and refuse. 
*Fox-bat
#Flying-fox
*Foxglove
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a common British flower of the natural order Scrophulariaceae. It grows on banks and pastures. The flowers are campanulate and resemble the fingers of a glove, hence the name. Foxglove posesses diuretic, narcotic and sedative qualities which are used in medicine. It is also deadly in sufficient quantity. 
*Foxhound
The Foxhound is a breed of dog bred for chasing foxes. The foxhound is smaller than the staghound, its average height being about 53 cm. Foxhounds were bred by crossing the old English bloodhound with the greyhound to blend speed with stamina and scent.
*Foxtail-grass
Foxtail-grass is a grass of the genus Alopecurus so called because of the close cylindrical panicle in which the spikelets of flowers are arranged which look rather like a fox's tail.
*Francolin
The francolin is a genus of birds belonging to the same family as the partridge which they resemble except for one or more strong and sharp horny spurs on the tarsi.
*Frasera
Frasera is a genus of plants of the natural order Gentianaceae containing seven species of erect perennial herbs native to North_America.
*Fratercula
Fratercula is a genus of web-footed birds which contains the puffin. 
*Fraxinella
Fraxinella is a species of dittany. It is an ornamental herbaceous annual plant cultivated for its fragrant leaves and rose-coloured flowers.
*Fraxinus
Fraxinus is a genus of deciduous trees of the order Oleaceae which includes the ash. 
*French Beans
French Beans is a twining annual plant with alternate leaves on footstalks composed of three oval pubescent folioles. The seeds are shaped rather like a kidney, and from this the plant gets its alternative name, the Kidney_Bean. 
*French Oak
The French_Oak is a tree of the genus Catalpa. It contains a lot of tannin in its bark.
*Frigate-bird
The frigate-bird is a tropical, web-footed bird of the family Pelecanidae. The male bird reaches 1 meter in length, including the tail, but the body is comparatively small. The bill is longer than the head, hooked at the end and sharp. The wings are very large, and the bird has a wing span of over 2 meters. 
*Fringillidae
Fringillidae is a large family of conirostral birds comprising the finches.
*Fringillidea
Fringillidea is the Finch family of birds. They are a large family of small seed-eating birds found in all parts of the world. Fringillidea belong to the order Insessores, section Conirostres. They are distinguished by having a sharply-pointed, conical, and in most cases strongly-formed, bill suitable for crushing seeds and other hard objects.
*Fritillary
Fritillary is a genus of plants of the order Liliaceae, native to northern temperate regions.
*Frog
The frog is an anura with four legs, four toes on the fore feet and five on the hind. The feet are more-or-less webbed. The body is naked and has no ribs and no tail. The tongue is fleshy and attached in front to the jaw but is free behind so that it can be protruded. 
*Frog-fish
#Cheironectes
*Frogs
#frog
*Froth-fly
The froth-fly is an insect of the family Cercopidae, the larvae of which is found in a frothy exudation on plants (Cuckoo-spit). 
*Fruit-pigeon
Fruit-pigeons are pigeons of the genus Carpophagus. They have brilliant plumage and are found in India and Australia. They are so named because they eat nothing but fruit.
*Fucaceae
Fucaceae is a natural order of dark-coloured algae consisting of olive-coloured inarticulate seaweeds distinguished from other algae by their reproductive organs which consist of archegonia and antheridia, contained in common chambers, united in club-shaped receptacles at the ends of the fronds. 
*Fuchsia
The fuchsia is a plant of the order Onagraceae. It has erect, much-branched stems, smooth, rather thick pointed leaves, and drooping heavy flowers borne singly in the axils of leaves towards the end of the branches. The flowers have coloured, fleshy calyx and tubular corolla, usually of different colours or shades of the same colour, and long deep-purple filaments bearing cross-set anthers.
*Fucus
Fucus is a genus of seaweeds of the family Fucaceae comprising several common seaweeds with a flat or compressed forked frond, sometimes containing air vessels. 
*Fulmar
The fulmar is a sea bird which lives on the sub-arctic shores of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
*Fumariaceae
Fumariaceae is a small natural order of exogenous plants closely allied to Papaveraceae. The species are slender-stemmed, herbaceous plants, generally erect, though some climb by means of their twisting leaf-stalks.
*Funaria
Funaria is a genus of mosses.
*Fungi
Fungi is a large natural order of cryptogamous plants, Fungi agree with algae and lichens in their cellular structure, which is, with few exceptions, devoid of anything resembling vascular tissue; but differing from them in deriving their nutrition from the body on which the grow, not from the medium by which they are surrounded.
*Furze
#Gorse 
*Fusus
Fusus is a genus of gasteropodous molluscs nearly allied to Murex with a spindle-shaped univalve shell.
*Gadidae
Gadidae is a family of malacopterous fish including the cod, ling and haddock. 
*Gadwall
The gadwall (Anas strepera) is a species of duck. It is common in North_America, and rare in Britain. It is not so large as a mallard and has long pointed wings and a vigorous and rapid flight.
*Galbulinae
The galbulinae are a family of tropical American fissirostal birds allied to the trogons and kingfishers.
*Galeidae
Galeidae is the tope family of small sharks. 
*Galemys
The galemys are a genus of mammals allied to the shrews. They live in burrows at the sides of streams and feed on insects. 
*Galeopsis
Galeopsis is a genus of plants of the natural order Labiatae characterized by the equally five-toothed calyx. They are herbaceous plants with square stems usually clothed with sharp bristly hairs, nettle-like leaves on long stalks, and red, white or yellow labiate flowers.
*Galeorhinus galeus
#Tope
*Gall-fly
Gall-fly is a name for several hymenopterous insects of the family Cynipidae, which form galls, each species prefering a different plant. The gall is due to an iritating fluid which the insect deposits on the plant along with its egg. 
*Galliwasp
The galliwasp is a species of lizard about 30cm long and stout and plump. It is generally brown in colour and is native to the West_Indies and was particularly common in Jamaica during the 19th century. 
*Galloway
The galloway is a Scottish hornless, black, compact, low-set breed of beef cattle. 
*Galls
Galls (gall-nuts) are a vegetable excrescence produced by the deposit of the egg of an insect in the bark or leaves of a plant.
*Gamete
A gamete is one of the two cells which fuse together to commence reproduction. 
*Gametes
#gamete
*Gannet
The gannet (solan goose) is a British sea bird of the genus Sula, family Pelecanidae. It is about 1 meter long and the plummage is dirty white or grey. The bill is straight, and about 15 cm long.
*Ganoid
The ganoids are an order of fish characterized by angular, rhombic, polygonal or circular scales composed of horny or bony plates covered with a thick plate of a glossy enamel like substance.
*Gaper-shell
The gaper-shell is a lamellibranchiate mollusc common on British coasts. It has a rectangular shell and burrows in sand and mud. 
*Gar-fish
The gar-fish (sea-pike, gar-pike, sea-needle) is a long and slender sea fish of the genus Belone, about 90cm long. The head projects forward into a very long sharp snout. The sides and belly are of a bright silvery colour and the back is green. 
*Gar-pike
#Gar-fish
*Garcinia
Garcinia is a genus of plants of the natural order Guttiferae. 
*Garden-warbler
The garden-warbler is a migratory song-bird which visits Britain from the end of April to September. It is about 15cm long, the head and upper surfaces are greenish brown and the underside is brownish white.
*Gardenia
Gardenia is a genus of trees and shrubs of the natural order Cinchonaceae. They are native to trpoical Asia and Africa and have pretty white or yellowish flowers and a powerful fragance. 
*Garganey
The garganey is a small British duck.
*Garlic
Garlic is a perennial plant of the family Liliaceae with an edible bulb divided into segments known as cloves. 
*Garrot
Garrot is a popular name of ducks of the genus Clangula. They are oceanic ducks with a bill shorter than the head, and are widely distributed over the temperate regions of Europe and America.
*Garrulus
Garrulus is a genus of insessorial birds of the crow family. 
*Gasteropod
The gasteropods are a class of mollusc, consisting of animals inhabiting a univalve shell, although some of the group are wholly devoid of a shell. Generally the shell is cone-shaped and spiral. The distinguishing characteristic is the foot, which is broad, muscular and disc-like and attached to the ventral surface.
*Gasteropoda
#Gasteropod
*Gasteropods
#Gasteropod
*Gasterosteus
Gasterosteus is a genus of fish which comprises the sticklebacks.
*Gastropod
#gasteropod
*Gastropoda
#gasteropod
*Gaur
The gaur (or gour, seladang) is one of the larget of the ox tribe found in the mountain jungles of India and Malaya. It is renowned for its shoulder hide, which even when dried is often more than 5cm thick, and was used to make shields. 
*Gavial
The gavial (Gavialis gangeticus) is the Indian crocodile. It is characterized by narrow, almost cylindrical jaws which form a very long elongated muzzle. It has 120 teeth, of equal length, and the feet are webbed.
*Gaviiformes
The Gaviiformes are an order of birds. These are the divers or loons. They are water birds with legs set very far back and webbed feet. The bill is long and pointed for catching fish.
*Gayal
The gayal (Mithan) is a species of ox related to the gaur and domesticated in north-east India.
*Gazelle
The gazelle (Gazella dorcas) are various species of small, fast running antelope (the Gazellinae). 
*Gazelle hound
#Saluki
*Gean
The gean (Prunus Avium) is a wild cherry tree found in Britain. It has fruit which are red when unripe, and a deep purple or black when ripe. The timber can be used for making furniture. 
*Gebang Palm
The gebang palm (Corypha gebanga) is a fan-leaved palm of south east Asia. Sago is extracted from its pith and its leaves are used for thatch, hats, baskets and bags. The root is used in medicine and the fibres of the leaf stalks are used for making ropes, nets and cloth. 
*Gecko
The Gecko are a family of nocturnal lizards (Gekotidae) characterized by the general flatness of their form, especially of the head, which is rather triangular. The body is covered on the upper part with numerous round prominences or warts and the feet are rather short with toes nearly equal in length and furnished with flattened suction pads which enable the gecko to run up perpendicular walls. 
*Gelada
The gelada (Theropithecus) is a dark, shaggy-maned baboon found in Ethiopia of the family Cercopithedcidae.
*Gelsemium
The gelsemium is a woody vine found in Asia and southern America.
*Gemma
A gemma is a small cellular body that separates from the mother-plant and starts a new one. It is common in moss and liverwort.
*Gemsbok
The gemsbok (Oryx gazella) is a large powerful member of the antelope family inhabiting the plains of South_Africa.
*Genes
Genes are hereditary information material arranged in a single row along the length of each chromosome.
*Genet
The genet is a digitigrade carnivorous mammal of the family Viverridae. It is about the size of a small cat, but longer. Genets were used in Constantinople (Istanbul) to catch rats. The genet is common around the mediterranean.
*Genipap
Genipap is the fruit of the Genipa americana tree, of the natural order Rubiaceae. It is about the size of an orange and has a pleasant vinous flavour.
*Genista
Genista is a genus of leguminous plants consisting of about 100 species. 
*Gentian
#Gentiana
*Gentiana
Gentiana is a genus of bitter herbaceous plants which have opposite, often strongly ribbed leaves, and blue, yellow or red, often showy flowers. The calyx consists of four or five valvate segments, and the corolla is four or five parted. The fruit is a two-valved, one celled, many-seeded capsule.
*Gentianaceae
#Gentiana
*Geotrupidae
Geotrupidae are a family of burrowing lamellicorn beetles. 
*Geraniaceae
Geraniaceae is a natural order of exogenous plants the distinguishing character of which is to have a fruit composed of five capsules or cases, connected with as many flat styles, consolidated around a long conical beak. 
*Geranium
The Geranium (Crane's Bill) is an herbaceous plant of the order Geraniaceae, akin to the Wood_Sorrel and Balsam. It takes its alternative name of Cranes Bill from the fancied resemblance of the fruit to the beak of a crane.
*Germander
The germander are plants of the genus Teucrium.
*Gervas
Gervas (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis) is a small shrub of the natural order Verbenaceae. It is native to the West_Indies and warm parts of America. Its leaves were used to make Brazilian tea and to adulterate tea in Britain in the 19th century. 
*Geum
Geum is a genus of hardy herbaceous perennials, belonging to the natural order Rosaceae, chiefly natives of the northern hemisphere. 
*Ghost-moth
The ghost-moth is a nocturnal lepidopterous insect (Hepialus humuli), so called from the male being of a white colour, and from its habit of hovering with a pendulum-like motion in the twilight over one spot where the female is concealed. 
*Gibbon
A gibbon is a type of small ape of the genus Hylobates, particularly the species Hylobates lar which inhabits the islands of the Indian Archipelago. It is noticeable by the extraordinary length of its arms and its slender form.
*Gibel
The gibel (Cyprinus gibelio) is a fish of the carp genus. It is also called the Prussian_Carp. The gibel rarely weighs more than 250 gms.
*Gill
Gills are very efficient organs of respiration found in fish and the early development stages of amphibians. They are highly vascular and are bathed in oxygen containing water from which the oxygen is extracted.
*Gilthead
The gilthead (Chrysophrys aurata) is an acanthopterygious fish of the Sparidae or sea-bream family common in the Mediterranean. It has strong grinding teeth which it uses to crush the shells of the molluscs on which it feeds. It has a yellow band which extends from eye to eye, and typically weighs 9kg.
*Ginger
Ginger is a perennial plant of the order Zingiberaceae found in south east Asia, the West_Indies, South_America and Africa of which Jamaican ginger is the most prized.
*Gingko
The gingko are coniferous trees of the genus Salisburia belonging to the yew family and which are native to China and Japan. 
*Ginkgo
The ginkgo is a tree related to the conifers and native to China and Japan.
*Ginseng
Ginseng (Panax schinseng) is a plant of Northern Asia of the order Araliaceae. It is herbaceous and grows to about 30cm tall. Its root has long been regarded by the Chinese as a source of sexual potency.
*Giraffe
The giraffe is the tallest mammal, found only in Africa south of the sahara. 
*Girdle of Venus
The Girdle of Venus is an animal of the Ctenophora found in the Mediterranean. 
*Gladiolus
Gladiolus are a genus of plants of the iris order, having a bulbous root with a reticulated covering. They are natives of Europe and north Africa, but especially South_Africa. The leaves are ensiform and the flowers brilliantly coloured.
*Glass Snake
The Glass Snake is a lizard of the genus Ophiosaurus which resembles a snake in form and reaches a length of 1 meter. The joints of the tail are not connected by caudal muscles and so the tail is very brittle and joints break off when the animal is even slightly irritated.
*Glasswort
Glasswort are plants of the genus Salicornia, natural order Chenopodiaceae. They are succulent marine herbs growing abundantly on the coasts of southern Europe and north Africa. When burnt their ashes yield soda which was once used in making glass, hence the name glasswort. 
*Gleditschia
Gleditschia is a genus of plants of the order Leguminosae to which the honey-locust belongs. 
*Globe-fish
Globe-fish is a popular name applied to several fish of the genera Diodon and Tetraodon of the order Plectognathi, on account of their ability to assume a globular form by swallowing air or water which inflates a ventral sac and inflates the whole animal like a balloon. 
*Globe-flower
The globe-flower (Trollius europaeus) is a European plant of the natural order Ranunculaceae. It is found in mountainous regions and has five-lobed, deaply serrated leaves and round pale-yellow blossoms the sepals of which are large and conspicuous while the petals are very small.
*Globigerina
Globigerina is one of the Foraminifera, a microscopic animal having a many-celled shell found fossilised in the chalk and tertiary formations and alive in the seas where shells of the abundant dead animals form vast calcareous deposits of mud known as globigerina_ooze.
*Gloriosa
Gloriosa is a genus of tuberous-rooted climbing herbs of the natural order Liliaceae, so named from their splendid flowers. They have branched stems and flowers mostly of a pretty red and yellow colour, with six long lanceolate undulated segments, which are entirely reflexed. 
*Glow-worm
The glow-worm is an insect of the genus Lampyris, natural order Coleoptera. The name glow-worm is only really applicable to the female, which is without wings, resembling a caterpillar, and emits a shining green light from the extremity of the abdomen. The male is winged, and flies about in the evening when it is attracted by the light of the female. 
*Gloxinia
Gloxinia is a genus of plants of the natural order Gesneraceae, distinguished by the corolla apprroaching to bell-shaped, the upper lip shortest and two-lobed, the lower three-lobed, with the middle lobe largest, and also by the summit of the style being rounded and hollowed. The species are native to tropical America and were introduced into Britian in the 19th century.
*Glutton
The glutton (Gulo arcticus) (Wolverene, Wolverine) is a carnivorous quadruped, about the size of a large badger, and intermediate between the bear family and the weasels. It inhabits northern Europe and America.
*Glycyrrhiza
Glycyrrhiza is a genus of leguminous plants. 
*Gmelina
Gmelina is a genus of plants of the order Verbenaceae found in Asia. All the species form either shrubs or trees, some providing valuable timber.
*Gnaphalium
Gnaphalium is a genus of widely-spread composite plants which have their foliage usually covered with a white wooly down, and their flower-heads of the ecerlasting kind.
*Gnat
Gnat is a popular name for several species of insects of the genus Culex.
*Gnathostomata
Gnathostomata is a branch of the sub-phylum_craniata group of animals. The mouth is bounded by jaws which are formed from the mandibular visceral arch.
*Gnu
The gnu (wildebeeste) is an antelope found in Africa. Both sexes have have horns projecting slightly outwards and downwards, then forming an abrupt upward bend. They have bristly black hair about the face and muzzle, a white stiff mane, and horse-like tail. They reach a length of about 270cm and a height at the shoulder of about 120cm.
*Goat
The goat is a ruminant mammal of the genus Capra, sub-family Caprinae. They are slightly smaller than a sheep, but stronger, more agile and less timid.
*Goat Antelope
#Serow 
*Goat's-beard
Goat's-beard is a popular name of plants of the genus Tragopogon, order Compositae, which are herbaceous perennials, chiefly natives of Europe. The seeds have feathery appendages from which the plants get their name. 
*Goat's-rue
Goat's-rue (Galega officinalis) is a leguminous plant indigenous to southern Europe. It is used as forage and was once used as a cordial to treat fever and convulsions. 
*Goat's-thorn
Goat's-thorn is the name given to two hard evergreen plants of the genus Astragalus. 
*Goat-moth
The goat-moth (Cossus ligniperda) is a large British moth. The larvae are about 7cm long and hollow out galleries in trees and form cocoons from the sawdust in which the chrysalids are formed. The larval condition lasts for three years. The fully-developed insect is ash-coloured, with numerous small black lines on the first pair of wings. 
*Goatsucker
Goatsucker is a popular name of birds of the genus Caprimulgus. They got the name from the incorrect assertion that the birds suck goats. The goatsuckers actually feed on nocturnal insects and beetles which are caught as the bird flies with its mouth open. 
*Gobiidae
#Goby
*Goby
Goby is the popular name of a family of acanthopterous fish (Gobiidae) characterized as having two dorsal fins nearly united into one, the anterior fin having flexible rays, not spinous. The ventral fins are thoracic and united more or less by their bases. the body is scaly and the head unarmed. there are about 400 species of goby.
*Godwinia
Godwinia is a genus of plants of the natural order Araceae.
*Godwit
Godwit is a popular name for birds of the genus Limosa or the family Scolopacidae. 
*Gold of Pleasure
Gold of Pleasure (Camelina sativa) is a cruciferous annual of the order Brassicaceae, with stem-clasping leaves and terminal racemes of yellow flowers which produce pear-shaped pods containing numerous small seeds. 
*Golden-beetle
Golden-beetle is a popular name for several tetramerous beetles of the genus Chrysomela. There are some British species, but most are tropical. They are characterized by their brilliant colouring. 
*Golden-crested Regulus
#Golden-crested_Wren 
*Golden-crested Wren
The Golden-crested Wren (Golden-crested Regulus, Kinglet, Regulus cristatus) is a beautiful bird belonging to the family Sylviadae, distinguished by an orange crest. It is the smallest of British birds, being only 8cm long, very agile and almost continually in motion. The upper part of the body is yellowish olive green and the under parts are pale reddish white. It lives mostly in tall trees, particularly the oak, yew, pine and fir. 
*Golden-rod
Golden-rod (Solidago) is a genus of plants of the natural order Compositae. They are chiefly natives of North_America. Most of the species have erect, rod-like, scarcely branched stems, with alternate serrated leaves, and terminal spikes of small yellow flowers. 
*Golden-saxifrage
Golden-saxifrage is a popular name for Chrysoplenium.
*Goldfinch
The Goldfinch (Fringilla carduelis) is a common British bird of the Finch family. It is about 13cm long and the plumage is a mixture of black, scarlet, yellow and white colours.
*Goldfish
The goldfish is a member of the carp family found in east Asia.
*Goliath-beetle
The goliath-beetles are beetles of the genus Goliathus which are native to Africa and South_America and are so named on account of their remarkable large size which can reach 10cm. They are eaten in South_America.
*Gomuti Palm
The Gomuti Palm (Saguerus saccharifer) is the sago-palm and yields a bristly fibre known as gomuti or ejoo which is manufactured into cordage, and used for thatching. The sweet juice of the palm is fermented into a toddy by natives. The Gomuti Palm is also one of the chief sago producing palms.
*Gonad
#gonads
*Gonads
The gonads are essential reproductive organs.
*Goosander
The goosander is a duck found in Scotland. 
*Goose
The goose is a bird of the genus Anser.
*Goose Grass
#Cleaver 
*Gooseberry
Gooseberry (Ribes grossularia) is a low branching shrub growing wild in Siberia and northern Europe. It is part of the order Grossulariaceae. the branches are armed with numerous prickles and bear three to five lobed leaves and inconspicuous flowers. The fruit is a succulent berry which makes rather good eating.
*Goosefoot
#Chenopodium 
*Gopher
The gopher is a burrowing rodent found in north and central America. 
*Gorgonia
Gorgonia is a member of the order of alcyonaria. 
*Gorilla
The gorilla is the largest anthropoid ape, found in west Africa. 
*Gorse
Gorse (furze, whin) is a plant of the family leguminosae. It is a low shrubby plant, the stem generally 80cm to 1m high, much branched and most of the leaves converted into spines. The flowers are solitary and yellow.
*Goshawk
The goshawk (Astur palumbarius) is a raptorial bird of the genus Astur. It grows to around 60cm long, has deep brown plumage and was much used in falconry. It flies low and pursues its prey in a line after it.
*Goura
Goura is a genus of large pigeons native to Papua_New_Guinea comprising about six species known as crowned pigeons which are remarkable for their large size and open erect crest with which the head is adorned. They spend most of their time on the ground and nest in low branches.
*Gourd
Gourd (Cucurbita) is a genus of plants of the natural order Cucurbitaceae. 
*Grain-moth
The grain-moth is two species of very small moth whose larvae eat grain in granaries. The moths have narrow, fringed wings of a satin lustre.
*Graining
The graining is a fish of the dace kind found chiefly in the Mediterranean and its tributaries and in some of the Swiss lakes. The nose is more rounded than that of the dace, the eye larger, and the dorsal fin commences half-way between the point of the nose and the end of the fleshy portion of the tail.
*Grakle
Grakle is a genus of birds of the order Passeres and of the starling family. They are found in India and New_Guinea. 
*Grallatores
Grallatores is an order of birds. They are generally wading-birds and frequent the banks of streams and marshes. They have long legs and a long beak.
*Gram
#Urd 
*Graminaceae
#Grass 
*Grampus
The grampus are several marine cetaceous mammals allied to the dolphins. Grampus are found in the Atlantic and North_Sea. They grow to about 8 meters long, and are very thick in proportion to their length with a black back and white belly. On each shoulder is a white spot. Grampus are carnivorous and voracious and will attack even whales. 
*Grantia
The grantia is a member of the calcarea class. 
*Grapple-plant
The grapple-plant is a South_African procumbent plant of the natural order Pedaliacea. the seeds have many hooked thorns which cling to the mouths of grazing cattle causing considerable pain.
*Grass
Grass (Graminaceae) is an extensive order of endogenous plants comprising about 250 genera and 4500 species. The roots are fibrous; the stem is usually cylindrical and jointed varying length from a few centimeters to 30 meters in the case of the bamboo.
*Grass-tree
The Grass-tree (Xanthorrhoea) is a genus of Australian plants pf the natural order Liliaceae. They have shrubby stems with tufts of long grass-like wiry foliage, from the centre of which arises the tall flower-stalks which sometimes reach a height of 5 meters and bear dense cylindrical spikes of blossom at their summit.
*Grass-wrack
Grass-wrack (Sea-Grass, Zostera marina) is a phanerogamous plant belonging to the Naiadeae, forming green beds at the bottom of the sea where it is shallow. The ash contains soda.
*Grasses
#Grass 
*Grasshopper
The grasshopper are various leaping inscets of the order Orthoptera nearly akin to the locusts. They are characterized by long and slender legs, the thighs of the hind legs are large and adapted for leaping; by large and delicate wings and by the wing covers extending far beyond the extremity of the abdomen. They are generally of a greenish colour. 
*Gratiola
Gratiola is a genus of plants of the natural order Scrophulariaceae containing about twenty species of herbs, widely distributed through the extra-tropical regions of the world.
*Grayling
Grayling is a genus of fish of the family Salmonidae. The common grayling is found in English streams and in Scotland. Grayling prefer rapid streams where the water is cool and clear, and the bottom sandy or pebbly. Grayling are yellowish-brown with a white under-belly. 
*Grebe
#Podiceps
*Green Gage
Green Gage is a variety of plum. 
*Green Turtle
The Green Turtle is an amphibian of the order Reptilia, order Testudines. It is one of the largest of the seven species of sea turtle. Although once common in the worlds warmer seas, it is now threatened with extinction. Green Turtles have a thick, heavy and bony shell covered in plate-like scales and a salt gland near the eye through which it gets rid of excess salt water. The feet are modified into powerful flippers that propel it through water, and are used for walking on land.
*Green-brier
Green-brier (Smilax rotundifolia) is a thorny climbing shrub having a yellow-green stem and thick leaves with small bunches of flowers. It is very common in America.
*Green-dragon
Green-dragon (Arisoema Dracontium) is a North_American herbaceous plant of the arum family. It is also known as wake-robin.
*Greenfinch
The greenfinch is a bird of the finch family common in Europe and north Africa.
*Greenheart
The greenheart (Nectandra Rodioei) is a tree of the natural order Lauraceae. It is native to Guiana where it is also called the bebeeru. The bark contains the alkaloid bebeerine. 
*Greenshank
The greenshank (Totanus glottis) is a species of sand-piper often called the whistling snipe from the shrill note it utters when first disturbed. It breeds commonly in the Hebrides and sometimes in northern Scotland and is a visitor to the coasts and marshes of Britain. 
*Gregarina
Gregarina is a member of the gregarinida order.
*Gregarinida
Gregarinida are an order of sporozoa. They are parasites which live in invertebrates, and are found in the gut, colon and tissues. 
*Gregarinidae
Gregarinidae are a class of minute animal organisms comprising the lowest forms of Protozoa found parasitic in various animals, especially the cockroach and earthworm. The Gregarinidae consist of an outer colourless transparent membrane, with only faint signs of a fibrillous structure inclosing a granular mass in which there is a nucleus surrounded by a clear space. 
*Grey buck
#Grysbok 
*Grey Gurnard
The Grey Gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) is a common British fish of the Gurnard genus. 
*Greyhound
The greyhound is a variety of dog distinguished by a greater length of muzzle than any other; very low forehead, short lips, thin and long legs, small muscles, contracted belly and semipendant ears. They are bred for racing, being the fastest running dogs. 
*Grilse
A grilse is a young salmon after it returns to the sea from the fesh water for the first time. 
*Grisbok
#Grysbok 
*Gromwell
Gromwell are plants of the genus Lithospermum of the natural order Boraginaceae. 
*Grossulaceae
Grossulaceae is a tribe of plants of the natural order Saxifragaceae.
*Ground Dove
Ground Dove is a name given to several species of pigeon and especially the Chamoepelia of warmer parts of America.
*Ground Ivy
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) is a common British plant of the order Labiatae, with a creeping stem and purple flowers. It was once used as a flavouring in ale. 
*Ground Squirrel
Ground Squirrel is a a name for squirrels of the genus Tamias. They differ from other squirrels in posessing cheek-pouches and living in burrows.
*Ground-hog
Ground-hog is another name for the aardvark. 
*Ground-nut
Ground-nut is another name for peanut. 
*Ground-pine
Ground-pine is a herbaceous labiate plant. 
*Groundsel
Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) is a European plant of the natural order Compositae. The plant is emollient, has a slightly acid taste and is rejected by most animals except pigs and goats. 
*Grouse
The grouse is a fowl like bird common in north America and north Europe and comprising the family Tetraonidae whose distinguishing mark is a naked band, often of a red colour, in place of an eyebrow. They are wild, shy and almost untamable living in families in forests and barren regions and feeding on berries, buds and leaves.
*Growler
The growler (Micropterus nigricans) is a fresh water fish of North_America also called the black-bass. 
*Growth
Growth is the idea of an animal increasing in size, weight or complexity etc.
*Grub
Grub is a term applied to the soft worm-like larvae of various insects.
*Grugru
Grugru is the larva of the Calandra palmarum, or palm_weevil found in the tropical parts of America. It is about the size of a thumb and is often cooked and eaten.
*Grunt
The grunt (grunter, pig-fish, red-mouth) is an American fish of the family Haemulonidae which emits a grunt when taken out of the water, hence it's name.
*Grunter
#Grunt 
*Grus
Grus is a genus of birds which includes the crane. 
*Gryllus
Gryllus is a genus of orthopterous insects.
*Grysbok
The grysbok (grisbok, grey_buck, Antilope melanotis) is a species of antelope found in southern Africa. It reaches a height of 1 meter in length and 50 cm in height at the shoulder. It is reddish-grey in colour and is hunted for food. 
*Guacharo
Guacharo (Steatornis Caripensis) is a bird of the goat-sucker family. It is nocturnal and a native of South_America. It is the size of a common fowl with a curved and toothed bill and long pointed wings. Guacharo feed upon fruit, becoming so fat that Indians kill them for their oil.
*Guaiacum
Guaiacum is a genus of plants belonging to the natural order Zygophyllaceae native to the West_Indies and the tropical parts of America. They are hardwood trees and the resin of some varieties is used in medicine.
*Guan
The guan is a gallinaceous bird of the family Cracidae, genus Penelope. The sides of the head and front of the throat are naked and wattled, the wattles being capable of inflation. The guans perch on trees descending in search of grain and fruits. They are native to Brazil and Guiana, and there was a suggestion in the 19th century of breeding them in Europe as poultry.
*Guanaco
The guanaco is a wild member of the camel family found in South_America. 
*Guava
Guava is the popular name of the genus Psidium, which are tropical trees of the natural order Myrtaceae. The fruit of the guava is high in vitamin_C.
*Gudgeon
The gudgeon is a freshwater fish found in Europe and north Asia. It belongs to the carp family (Cyprinidae) and has short dorsal and anal fins without spines. On each side of the mouth is a small barbel.
*Guereza
The guereza (guerza, Colobus guerza) is an Ethiopian monkey with shirt, glossy black fur with long silky white fur on the flanks.
*Guernsey
The Guernsey is a fawn-coloured breed of domestic dairy cattle with white markings and short horns.
*Guernsey Lily
The Guernsey Lily (Nerine Sarniensis) is a beautiful plant with purple red flowers and native to South_Africa. It is of the family Amaryllidaceae. It is called the Guernsey Lily because some of its bulbs were washed ashore in Guernsey from a ship wreck and took root.
*Guerza
#Guereza 
*Guillemot
The guillemot is a web-footed bird of the Alcidae family. The guillemot has a striaght, compressed and pointed bill covered with feathers as far as the nostrils. The wings are pointed and very short and the legs are short and placed far back. Guillemots eat fish and nest on sea cliffs. 
*Guinea Pepper
Guinea Pepper (Xylopia aromatica) is a loft tree of the custard_apple family. Its fruit, consisting of dry carpels is used as pepper.
*Guinea-fowl
The Guinea-fowl (pintado) is a genus of gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants). They are originally natives of Africa. 
*Guinea-grass
Guinea-grass is a very tall species of grass native to Africa and of the same genus as the millet, it grows to between 2 and 3 meters high.
*Guinea-pig
The Guinea-pig is a rodent mammal of the family Cavidae (the Cavies). It is native to South_America and rather stupid, but terribly cute and often kept in Europe as a children's pet. The South_American Indians prefer to cook it roasted on a spit over an open fire and eat it.
*Guinea-worm
Guinea-worm (Filaria Medinensis) is a parasitic worm of the order Nematoda. It is white and about the thickness of string and varies in length from 15 cm to 1 meter.
*Gull
Gull is the general name of a family of birds distinguished by their straight bill, bending downwards towards the point, and marked below the under mandible by a triangular prominence, by their large wings, slender legs, palmated feet, and small hind toe. They swim well, but cannot dive. 
*Gum-cistus
Gum-cistus is a plant cultivated in Portugal and yielding a gum with a balsamic odour. 
*Gum-tree
Gum-tree is another name for Eucalyptus. 
*Gunnel
The gunnel (butterfish, Centronotus gunellus) is a fish of the Blennies family. The common gunnel resembles an eel and is about 10 cm long, is brown in colour and has black spots on the base of the dorsal fin.
*Gunnera
Gunnera is a genus of plants of the bread-fruit order. 
*Gurnard
Gurnard or Gurnet is a popular name of acanthopterous fish of the genus Trigla. The head is angular and wholly covered in bony plates. The body is elongated, nearly round and tapering. There are two dorsal fins, the pectoral fins are large and the teeth are small and numerous.
*Guttiferae
Guttiferae is a natural order of exogenous trees and shrubs which generally secrete an acrid yellow resinous juice. They are found in hot and humid regions, chiefly South_America.
*Gymnoblastea
The gymnoblastea is an order of hydrozoa. They are marine colonial forms in which the coenosarc is enclosed within a perisac. The perisac is not extended to form hydrothecae. 
*Gynerium
Gynerium is a genus of grass which includes Pampas_Grass.
*Gypaetus
Gypaetus is a genus of birds which includes the Bearded_Vulture. 
*Gypsy-wort
Gypsy-wort is a labiate plant found in Britain in ditches and on river banks. It renders a dye, and gets its name from the rumour that Gypsies used it to darken their skin. 
*Gyrocotyle
Gyrocotyle is a cestoda. 
*Hackberry
The hackberry is an American tree of the nettle-tree family introduced into Britain in 1636. 
*Haddock
Haddock is a marine fish of the cod family found in the north atlantic.
*Haematopus
Haematopus is a genus of wading birds which includes the common oyster-catcher.
*Haemosporidia
Haemosporidia is a suborder of coccidiomorpha. They are parasites which live in warm-blooded animals and produce various types of malaria.a
*Hag
Hag is the popular name of fish of the genus Myxine. They are of worm-like form and have no eyes or scales. The mouth is formed for suction and is without lips and is furnished with barbels. The hag has horny teeth which it uses to eat into the interior of other fish. 
*Hairy Mou'ed Collie
#Bearded_Collie
*Haliaetus
Haliaetus is a genus of birds which includes the British white-tailed sea-ragle and the American bald eagle. 
*Halibut
Halibut is a large flatfish found in the north atlantic. 
*Halichondria
The halichondria is an order of sponges of the demospongia class.
*Halicoridae
The Halicoridae is a family of Sirenia found in herds on the shores of the Indian_Ocean. 
*Haliotis
Haliotis is a genus of gateropodous molluscs commonly called ear-shells or sea-ears and found adhering to rocks on the sea-shore. They are remarkable for the pearly iridescence of their inner surface. 
*Halistemma
Halistemma is a member of the order of siphonophora. 
*Halophytes
The Halophytes are a class of plants which inhabit salt marshes, and by combustion yield barilla.
*Haltica
Haltica is a genus of beetle.
*Hamamelidaceae
Hamamelidaceae is a small natural order of epiygynous exogenous trees or shrubs, varying in height from 2 to 10 meters. These are the witch-hazels.
*Hammer-oyster
The hammer-oyster is a bivalve shell fish. Malleus vulgaris, found in the Indian Ocean. It resembles the pearl-oyster when young, but becomes more hammer-like as it gets older by the lengthening of its ears.
*Hammerhead
The hammerhead is a species of shark.
*Hamster
The hamster (Cricetus) is a genus of rodent animals belonging to the Muridae (mice) family, and closely allied to the rats. They are distinguished by a short hairy tail and cheek pouches.
*Hand-plant
The hand-plant (Cheirostemon platanoides) is a Mexican tree of the order Sterculiaceae. It grows to about 10 meters in height and has flowers, the stamen of which looks a bit like a human hand.
*Hard-fern
Hard-fern is the popular name of Lomaria spicant, a common fern found throughout Britain growing on heaths and glens.
*Hare
The hare (Lepus) is a genus of rodent with long ears, long hind legs, a shirt tail, soft hair and a divided upper lip. The young hare is called a leveret and are born in litters of between 3 and 6 leverets upto 4 times a year. 
*Hare's Ear
Hare's Ear (Bupleurum) is a plant of the natural order Umbelliferae. 
*Harebell
Harebell (Scotch bluebell, Campanula rotundifolia) is a plant of the natural order Campanulaceae with a bell shaped blue, and sometimes white flower. The radical leaves are cordate or reniform, the stem-leaves partly ovate or lanceolate. It is a slender plant growing to about 12 cm tall. 
*Hareld
The hareld (Harelda glacialis) is the long-tailed duck, an oceanic duck with a short thick bill, a high forehead and two very long feathers in the tail of the male. It inhabits the northern seas and is often found around Orkney and Shetland.
*Harlequin Duck
The Harlequin Duck (Clangula histrionica) is a species of duck with white, grey and black plumage found in Arctic regions. 
*Harp-shell
The harp-shell is a genus of molluscs (Harpa) belonging to the gasteropoda and to the whelk family. The species are found around Mauritius. The shells are very attractive, but exposure to light causes their colours to fade.
*Harpy-eagle
The harpy-eagle is a large, powerful bird of South_America. It has a crooked bill, and strong sharp claws. The harpy-eagle feeds on birds, sloths, racoons, fawns, fish and tortoise eggs. 
*Harrier
The Harrier is a breed of dog intended for hare hunting. It is similar to the foxhound, but smaller. 
*Hart
Hart is the name given to a male stag. 
*Hart's-tongue
Hart's-tongue is a genus of highly ornamental fern with simple, undivided fronds.
*Hartebeest
The hartebeest (Alcelaphus) is a south African antelope which measures about 1.5 meters high at the shoulder, has a long head, horns projecting outwards and backwards, black marks on the face and legs, a white mark on the rump and a bushy tail. They are generally found in small herds.
*Harvest-bug
The harvest-bug (Leptus autumnalis) is a small larval insect of the family Acaridae. It is bright red in colour and about the size of a grain of cayenne pepper. It attacks livestock and humans, burrowing under the skin and so causing red pustules.
*Harvest-mouse
The harvest-mouse (Musmessorius) is the smallest British quadruped. It builds a nest suspended amongst stalks of wheat.
*Harvest-spider
The harvest-spider (Phalangium longipes) is a British spider with very long legs. It has a peculiar habit of throwing off one or more legs.
*Haustellata
Haustellata is an extensive division of insects in which the mouth is furnished with a haustellum or proboscis adapted for suction. It includes the butterflies and moths, and two winged flies. 
*Hawfinch
The hawfinch is a species of grossbeak. It is one of the largest of the finches. It resembles the Chaffinch in colour, but is distinguished by its enormous beak, larger size, and bill-hook formation of some of its wing feathers. It feeds on all kinds of berries and is found throughout Britain. 
*Hawk-moth
The Hawk-moth is one of the sphinx moths, so called from its hovering motion which resembles that of a hawk. 
*Hawkweed
Hawkweed (Hieracium) is a genus of composite plants, sub-order Cichoraceae, consisting of numerous species with yellow flowers.
*Hawthorn
Hawthorn (Cratoegus Oxyacantha) is a small spiny European tree, belonging to the sub-order Pomeae of the order Rosaceae, rising sometimes to the height of 6 meters. The leaves are alternate, obovate, 3 to 5 lobed. The flowers are white, sometimes with a reddish tinge, disposed in corymbs and smell rather nice.
*Hazel
The hazel is a tree of the genus corylus, family corylaceae. The leaves are roundish-cordate, alternate and shortly petiolate. It produces nuts known as filberts. 
*Hazel-grouse
The hazel-grouse is a species of grouse inhabiting Europe and Asia. It is found in heathy tracts, woods and forests. It feeds on berries, buds, insects and worms. 
*Heart
The heart is a muscular organ used to maintain circulation of blood through an animal. 
*Heather
Heather is a low growing evergreen shrub that is common on sandy and acid soil.
*Hedera
Hedera is the genus of plants to which ivy belongs.
*Hedge-mustard
Hedge-mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) is a cruciferous plant once used as a remedy for catarrh.
*Hedge-nettle
#Stachys 
*Hedge-sparrow
#Hedge-warbler 
*Hedge-warbler
The hedge-warbler (hedge-sparrow, Accentor modularis) is a bird of the family Sylvidae, common in Britain and the temperate parts of Europe. It feeds on insects, worms and seeds. It grows to about 14 cm long and has reddish-brown plumage streaked with dark-brown.
*Hedgehog
The hedgehog is a small prickly carnivorous mammal of the order Insectivora, family Erinaceidae. They are solitary, nocturnal animals feeding on caterpillars, beetles, slugs, worms, young mice, eggs and fruit. Hedgehogs grow to about 30 cm long and can live up to 6 years. 
*Helamys
Helamys is a genus of rodents allied to the jerboas. They are the jumping-hare or jumping-rat. 
*Helianthemum
Helianthemum is a genus of herbaceous undershrubs and shrubby or creeping plants, also known as the rock-rose genus. 
*Helicidae
Helicidae is the name by which the land shell-snails are distinguished.
*Helictis
Helictis is a genus of carnivorous quadrupeds allied to the skunk. They are found in China and Nepal.
*Heliotrope
Heliotrope (Heliotropium) is a genus of plants of the natural order Boraginaceae. The species are herbs or undershrubs mostly native of the warmer parts of the world and have alternate leaves and small flowers usually disposed in scorpioid cymes. 
*Heliozoa
The heliozoa are an order of rhizopoda. The body is radially symetrical and the pseudopodia are thin and stiff. Reproduction is by fission and sexually by the fusion of gametes.
*Helix
Helix is a genus of gasteropodous molluscs comprising the land shell-snails. 
*Hellebore
Hellebore (Helleborus) is a genus of plants of the natural order Ranunculaceae, consisting of perennial low-growing plants with palmate or pedate leathery leaves, yellowish, greenish or white flowers having five conspicuous persistent sepals and eight to ten small tubular petals. 
*Helleborus
#Hellebore 
*Helmet-shell
Helmet-shell is a common name for molluscs of the genus Cassis, gasteropods of the family Buccinidae found mainly on tropical shores.
*Heloderma
Heloderma is a genus of Mexican lizard. They are about 1 meter in length and some are venomous. They have a thick, squat body covered with rough scales and form burrows under the roots of trees. 
*Hemerobiidae
Hemerobiidae are the lace-wing flies, a family of neuropterous insects.
*Hemerocallis
Hemerocallis is a genus of Liliaceae.
*Hemichordata
Hemichordata is a class of sub-phylum_acrania. They are peculiar marine worm-like creatures. 
*Hemidesmus
Hemidesmus is a genus of twining plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae, having opposite leaves, and cymes of small greenish flowers. Sarasparilla is derived from them. 
*Hemimetabola
Hemimetabola is the section of the insect class which undergo complete metamorphosis, the larva differing from the perfect insect chiefly in the absence of wings and size.
*Hemipodius
Hemipodius is a genus of rasorial birds allied to the quail. 
*Hemiptera
Hemiptera is an order of four-winged insects, having a suctorial proboscis, the outer wings, or wing-covers, are leathery at the base and transparent towards the tips.
*Hemlock
Hemlock (Conium maculatum) is a poisonous plant of the natural order Umbelliferae. It is a tall, erect, branching biennial, with a smooth, shining, hollow stem usually marked with purple spots. It has elegant, much divided leaves which when bruised emit a nauseous odour. The flowers are white in compound umbels of ten or more rays surrounded by a general involucre of three to seven leaflets. 
*Hemp
Hemp is an annual plant of the genus Cannabis, cultivated for its fibres that are used to make rope. 
*Hemp-palm
Hemp-palm (Chamoerops excelsa) is a Chinese and Japanese species of palm. Rope is made from the fibres of its leaves.
*Henbane
Henbane is a plant of the genus Hyoscyamus, natural order Solanaceae. It is a coarse, erect biennial herb having soft, clammy, hairy foliage of a disagreeable odour and pale yellowish-brown flowers streaked with puple veins. 
*Henna
Henna (Lawsonia inermis) is a shrub of the natural order Lythraceae, bearing opposite entire leaves and numerous small white fragrant flowers disposed in terminal panicles. 
*Heracleum
Heracleum is a genus of large umbelliferous herbs, the cow-parsnips. 
*Herb-bennet
Herb-bennet (Benedict's herb, Avens) is an aromatic plant used as a tonic and astringent.
*Herb-robert
Herb-robert (Geranium Robertianum) is a common British plant. It is astringent and aromatic. 
*Herbaceous
A plant said to be herbaceous is a perennial plant of which the stem perishes annually, while the roots remain permanent and send forth a new stem in the following season.
*Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal that eats plants. 
*Herbivorous
#herbivore 
*Hercules-beetle
The Hercules-beetle (Scaraboeus) is a very large Brazilian lamellicorn beetle. An enormous horn projects from the head, and a smaller one from the thorax. The beetle grows to 12cm long.
*Hereford
The Hereford (whiteface) is a red and white, low-set and compact breed of domestic beef cattle.
*Hermaphrodite
An hermaphrodite animal is one in which both male and female gametes are present.
*Hermit-crab
Hermit-crab is the popular name of the Paguridae family of decapod crustaceans. They take posession of and occupy cast-off univalve shells of various molluscs, carrying this habitation about with them, and changing it for a larger one as they increase in size. 
*Hernandia
Hernandia is a genus of large Indian trees of the natural order Hernandiaceae. They have alternate entire leaves and flowers arranged in axillary or terminal spikes or corymbs. 
*Heron
Heron is a popular name for birds of the genus Ardea, constituting with the bitterns the family Ardeidae. Herons are spread over almost all the world. They are distinguished by having a long bill cleft beneath the eyes, a compressed body, long slender legs naked above the tarsal joint, three toes in front, the two outer united by a membrane, and by moderate wings. The tail is short, rounded, and composed of ten or twelve feathers. The common Heron is about 1 meter in length.
*Herring
The herring (Clupea harengus) is an edible fish found in the north Atlantic. It comes close to the shore in large shoals to spawn. 
*Hessian Fly
The Hessian Fly (Cecidomyia destructor) is a fly of the family Tipulidae, of the order Diptera, the larva of which is very destructive to wheat, barley and rye crops. 
*Heteropoda
Heteropoda is an order of marine molluscs, the most highly organized of the Gasteropoda. In this order the foot is compressed into a vertical muscular lamina, serving for a fin, and the gills, when present, are collected into a mass on the hinder part of the back. 
*Heteroptera
Heteroptera is a section of hemipterous insects comprising those in which the two pairs of wings are of different consistence, the anterior part being horny or leathery, but generally tipped with membrane. They comprise the land and water bugs. 
*Heterotricha
Heterotricha is an order of ciliata vera. They are covered in cilia, and have a spiral band of tough cilia leading towards the cytostome.
*Hexactinellida
Hexactinellida is a class of sponge with a skeleton built of six-rayed spicules made of silica.
*Hibiscus
Hibiscus is an extensive genus of plants, natural order Malvaceae chiefly natives of tropical climates. They have large showy flowers, borne singuarly on stalks towards the ends of the branches, these flowers having an outer calyx of numerous leaves in addition to the true five-lobed persistent calyx. 
*Hickory
Hickory is several species of timber trees of the genus Carya of the natural order Juglandaceae. They are natives to North_America. The wood is heavy, strong and tenacious. 
*Highland
The highland is a small, heavy dewlap, wide horned breed of domestic beef cattle.
*Highland Collie
#Bearded_Collie
*Hind
Hind is the name of a female stag or deer. 
*Hinny
A Hinny is a hybrid, the product of a stallion mating with a she-ass. It is smaller and weaker than the mule.
*Hippocampus
Hippocampus (the Sea-Horse) is a genus of fish closely allied to the pipe-fish, of singular construction and peculiar habits. The upper parts look rather like a horse's head and neck in miniature. When swimming they maintain a vertical position. They are generally about 15cm to 25cm long and are found mainly in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. 
*Hippomane
Hippomane are a genus of plants belonging to the Euphorbiaceae.
*Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus is a large herbivorous mammal found in Africa.
*Hirudinea
The hirudinea are the leeches. They are an ectoparasitic class of annelids with few true segments but each segment shows numerous annuli. Suckers are present at both ends of the body. They lay eggs in cocoons secreted by the clitellum.
*Hirudo
The hirudo are hirudinea.
*Hirundinidae
#Swallow 
*Hoatzin
The hoatzin is a bird found only in the Amazon.
*Hog
#Pig 
*Hog-fish
The Hog-fish are teleostean fish of the genus Scorpoena, family Scorpaenidae.
*Hog-plum
The Hog-plum are plants of the genus Spondias, natural order Anacardiaceae. Some of them yield pleasant fruit. The name Hog-plum comes from the West_Indies where the fruit was once fed to pigs (hogs). 
*Hog-rat
The Hog-rat (Capromys) is a genus of rodent animals of the family Muridae. 
*Holcus
Holcus is a genus of grasses, natural order Gramineae. 
*Holly
Holly (Ilex) is a genus of plants of the order Aquifoliaceae, embracing a number of evergreen trees or shrubs. The common holly is a conical evergreen tree growing to a height of 10 meters in Britain. It's leaves are dark-green, shiny and leathery, abundantly armed with prickles on the lower branches but free from them on the higher branches. 
*Hollyhock
Hollyhock is a biennial or perennial herb with tall, erect, leafy stems. It is native to central Europe and China. It is an important plant in medicine providing a dark pigment which is also used in cooking.
*Holm-oak
Holm-oak (Quercus Ilex) is a shrub-like tree native to Mediterranean countries with holly-like leaves. 
*Holothuria
Holothuria is a type of holothuroidea. 
*Holothurioidea
Holothurioidea is an order of Echinoderms, the sea-cucumbers.
*Holothuroidea
The holothuroidea are the sea_cucumbers. The body is elongated and appears worm-like. Skeletal plates are minute and imbedded in the fleshy body wall. There are no spines. The mouth is at one end of the body, the anus at the other. Feeding is carried out by tube feet near the mouth.
*Holotricha
Holotricha are an order of ciliata vera. They are covered in alike cilia.
*Holstein-Friesian
The Holstein-Friesian is a black and white breed of domestic dairy cattle. 
*Holy Grass
Holy Grass (Hierochloe) is an odoriferous genus of grass belonging to the Phalarideae. 
*Honey-ant
The honey-ant (Myrmecocyctus mexicnus) is a Mexican ant. They live in subterranean galleries and in summer some secrete a kind of honey from their abdomen.
*Honey-eater
Honey-eater is a name given to a number of insessorial birds forming the family Meliphagidae, of the tribe Tenuirostres. They form a large group, feeding mainly on honey and the nectar of flowers. These birds are found in Australia and surrounding islands. They have long curved sharp bills, with a tongue terminating in a pencil of delicate filaments. 
*Honey-guide
The honey-guide is a South_African cuckoo of the genus Indicator, which by its cries and motions directs people to the nests of wild honey bees. 
*Honey-locust
The Honey-locust (Gleditschia triacanthos) is an American forest tree belonging to the natural order Leguminosae. The leaves are pinnated, divided into small leaflets and the foliage has a light and elegant appearance. 
*Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle (Woodbine) is the Lonicera genus of Linnaeus of the natural order Caprifoliaceae. It is a twining shrub with distinct leaves and red berries found in Britain. 
*Hooded Seal
The hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) is a species of seal, the male of which has a movable, inflatable muscular bag stretching from the muzzle to behind the eyes. The prevailing colour is black.
*Hoof
A hoof is the horny casing of the foot of a ruminant, horse, swine or similar animals. 
*Hoofed
Hoofed is the term applied to animals with hooves. 
*Hoopoe
The hoopoe (Upupa) is a bird about 30cm long with a fine crest of pale cinnamon-red feathers tipped with black. It is a ground feeder eating mainly insects. 
*Hooves
Hooves is the plural of hoof.
*Hop
The hop is a plant of the family cannabiaceae. The root is perennial giving out several herbaceous, rough, twining stems with large lobed leaves. The catkins are added to beer to give it flavour.
*Hop-clover
Hop-clover (Trifolium procumbens) is a plant of the order Leguminosae, distinguished from other species of clover by its bunch of yellow flowers which wither to brown.
*Hops
Hops are the dried flowers of the hop plant. 
*Horehound
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) is a labiate plant with whitish, downy leaves and stem. The flowers are small, nearly white in crowded whorls. The flowers are aromatic and have a bitter taste. An infusion of horehound was a popular English remedy for coughs and colds. 
*Hormiphora
The hormiphora is a member of the sub-phylum_ctenophora family.
*Hornbills
The Hornbills (Bucerotidoe) are a remarkable group of birds found in southern Asia and Africa. They are akin to the Toucans and Kingfishers. The hornbills are remarkable for the size of their bill and a horny protruberance which surmounts the bill. 
*Horned pheasant
#Tragopan
*Horned Ray
#Cephaloptera
*Horned Viper
#Cerastes
*Horned-screamer
The horned-screamer (Palamedea cornuta) is a South_American grallatorial bird having a long, slender, movable horn projecting from its forehead. It has a loud and shrill voice. 
*Horned-toad
Horned-toad is a popular name for the Phrynosoma genus of lizards. They are found in America and look rather like toads and are covered with spine-like scales.
*Hornet
The hornet is an insect of the genus Vespa, much larger and stronger than the ordinary wasp. Hornets are voracious, feeding on fruit and honey and preying on other insects. The nest is formed in hollow-trees and walls. The hornet sting is very painful and usually causes considerable swelling.
*Horse
The horse is a hoofed, odd toed grass eating mammal. 
*Horse Chestnut
Horse Chestnut is a tall deciduous tree native to south-eastern Europe. The fruit is a green spiny capsule containing one or more hard brown seeds known as ''conkers''. 
*Horse-fly
The Horse-fly is a winged insect of the family Hippoboscidae which is parasitic on the horse.
*Horse-radish
Horse-radish (Cochlearia Armoracia) is a cruciferous plant found in the temperate parts of Europe in moist locations. The root is cylindrical, whitish in colour and forms a popular condiment. It is a pungent tasting and smelling root, excellent with roast beef.
*Horse-tail
Horse-tail is a popular name for plants of the genus Equisetum of the natural order Equisetaceae. The cuticle abounds in siliceous cells, a property which allows the horse-tail to be used for polishing wood.
*Horseradish
Horseradish is a cruciferae native to south east Europe. The root is used in cookery as a condiment of beef. 
*Hound
A hound is a hunting dog which hunts by scent. There are several varieties; bloodhound, staghound, foxhound, harrier and beagle. 
*Houseleek
The Houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is a succulent plant of the natural order Crassulaceae. It grows on old walls and roofs. The stem reaches about 20cm in length and bears a few purplish flowers which have twelve or fifteen petals.
*Howler Monkey
The Howler Monkey (Mycetes) is a genus of South_American monkey characterized by a remarkable loudness of voice. They are prehensile, tailed, large and heavy of body with a high pyramidal head flattened on the summit.
*Hoya
Hoya is a genus of Asclepiadaceae common in tropical Asia. 
*Huanaco
The huanaco is a grey faced species of wild llama. 
*Huia-bird
Huia-bird is a Maori name for New_Zealand's starlings. 
*Human
A human is an animal of the genus homo.
*Humming-bird
Humming-bird is the popular name for the Trochilidae family of munte and beautiful birds, so called from the sound of their wings in flight. The beak is slender, generally long, sometimes straight and sometimes curved. The tongue is long and filiform. They feed by hovering by a plant and use their tongue to catch insects.
*Huon Pine
The Huon Pine is a tree of the Yew family found in Tasmania and yielding a useful timber.
*Hura
Hura is a genus of tropical American plants of the natural order Euphorbiaceae.
*Hurgila
#Adjutant-bird 
*Hyacinth
Hyacinth is a genus of liliaceous bulbous plants including about thirty species. 
*Hyalonema
The hyalonema is a member of the hexactinellida class. 
*Hydatina
Hydatina is a phylum_rotifera. 
*Hydra
The hydra is of the order hydrida. 
*Hydrangea
Hydrangea is a genus of shrubs or herbs of the natural order Saxifragaceae, containing about thirty-three species native to Asia and America. The British garden hydrangea was introduced from China in 1790 by Sir J. Banks.
*Hydrida
Hydrida is an order of hydrozoa. They are solitary hydroid freshwater forms which reproduce by budding and sexual reproduction.
*Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa is a class of sub-phylum_cnidaria. They are mainly marine colonial forms which during the life-history have both hydroid and medusoid stages. 
*Hyena
The hyena is a carnivorous mammal found in Africa and Asia.
*Hymenoptera
The hymenoptera is an order of insects which includes the bees, wasps and ants.
*Hypericaceae
Hypericaceae is a natural order of plants. They are herbs, shrubs or rarely trees with simple opposite leaves. They have terminal or axillary, solitary, cymose or paniculate flowers which are usually yellow or white. 
*Hypermastigina
Hypermastigina are an order of zoomastigina. They are small flagellates with numerous flagella. They live in the gut of insects. Hypermastigina in the gut of termites assist in the digestion of wood.
*Hypotricha
Hypotricha is an order of ciliata vera. They are flattened ciliates with large stiff ciliates on the lower surface which act similarly to legs.
*Hyracoidea
The hyracoidea are an order of eutheria. They are small rabbit-like creatures. 
*Hyssop
Hyssop is an aromatic herb of the family labiatae. 
*Ibex
The ibex is a wild goat. 
*Iguana
The iguana is a type of lizard.
*Iguanodon
Iguanodon was a herbivore dinosaur of the cretaceous period. For defence it had a 40cm long sharp thumb spike. Iguanodon lived in herds. 
*Ilex
#Holl
*Impala
The impala is an African antelope. 
*Impatiens
The impatiens are a genus of plants with elastic valves of the seed-pod which discharge the seeds when ripe or when touched. 
*Impennes
Impennes is a name given to swimming birds which have only rudimentary feathers, such as penguins. 
*Impey Pheasant
The Impey Pheasant (Monaul, Lophophorus refulgens) is a bird of the pheasant family with splendid plumage found in the higher regions of the Himalayas. It is the size of a small turkey.
*Inaja Palm
The Inaja Palm is a South_American palm growing to heights of over 30 meters with leaves 10 to 12 meters long. 
*Indian millet
Indian_millet (Sorghum vulgare) is a grass of the genus Sorghum. 
*Indian Shot
Indian Shot (Canna indica) is an ornamental plant of the Arrow-root family found in most tropical countries. The seeds are round, black and hard, hence the name Indian Shot.
*Indigo-bird
The Indigo-bird (Cyanospiza cyanea) is a North_American bird of the Finch family. It is a deep-blue colour and a good songster.
*Indigofera
Indigofera is a genus of plants, the Indigo plants. They are herbaceous or shrubby plants with pinnate leaves and small, blue, purple or white pea shaped flowers disposed in axillary racemes. The dye Indigo was formerly obtained from the leaves of the plant by fermentation. 
*Infusoria
Infusoria is a class of minute animals. They are provided with a mouth, are without pseudopodia, and are furnished with vibratile cilia. 
*Ingested
#ingestion 
*Ingestion
Ingestion is the process of getting food within the confines of the body.
*Insect
#insecta 
*Insecta
Insecta is the insect class of arthropods. The body is divided into; head, thorax and abdomen. When wings are present they arise from the second and third thoracic segments. There are three thoracic segments each with a pair of walking legs.
*Insectivora
Insectivora is an order of small eutheria which eat insects. The teeth are small and have pointed cusps. 
*Insectivore
An insectivore is a mammal which feeds predominantly on insects. 
*Insectivorous
#insectivore 
*Insects
#insect
*Intestine
The intestine is the longest part of the alimentary_canal. It follows the stomach. The intestine is divided into parts.
*Invertebrate
An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. 
*Ipomoea
The ipomoea is a genus of twining tropical plant which includes the sweet_potato.
*Isopoda
Isopoda is an order of malacostraca where the carapace is absent and the body is flattened dorsoventrally. The abdomen is often reduced. The endopodites of the abdominal appendages function as gills.
*Ivory
Ivory is a hard white substance of which some animals teeth and tusks are composed.
*Jacaranda
The jacaranda is a genus of American tropical ornamental trees.
*Jack-in-the-box
Jack-in-the-box (Hernandia Sonora) is a tree of the Hernandia genus. It is so named because of the noise the wind makes whistling through its persistent involucels. 
*Jackal
The jackal is a carnivorous member of the dog family.
*Jaguar
The jaguar is a large carnivorous mammal of the cat family.
*Jasmine
Jasmine is a plant of the oleaceae family. 
*Jay
The jay is a bird of the crow family.
*Jersey
The Jersey is a small, short-horned fawn or yellow brown coloured breed of domestic dairy cattle.
*Juncus
#Rush
*Juniper
Juniper is an evergreen shrub of the genus Juniperus. Juniper has prickly leaves and dark purple berries of a pungent taste. The juice of the berries is extracted and used as a diuretic and flavouring in gin etc. 
*Kale
Kale is a type of cabbage. 
*Kangaroo
The kangaroo is a marsupial mammal found in Australia. 
*Kauri pine
The Kauri pine is one of the dammar_pine family of trees. It is found in the north island of New_Zealand where it grows to 160 feet in height. 
*Keaki
The keaki is a Japanese tree.
*Kelef K'naani
#Canaan_Dog
*Kelt
Kelt is the name given to a female Salmon which has spawned. 
*Kentish
#Romney_Marsh
*Kestrel
The kestrel is a British bird of the falcon family.
*Kidney Bean
#French_Beans
*Kinglet
#Golden-crested_Wren 
*Kipper
Kipper is the name given to a male salmon after it has spawned.
*Kite
The kite is a bird of prey of the falcon family. 
*Kiwi
The kiwi is a group of three species of bird only found in New_Zealand. They are about the size of a domestic fowl, have short stout legs terminated in four toes and a long bill with nostrils at the tip.
*Knapweed
Knapweed is a plant of the genus Centaurea.
*Koala
The koala is a marsupial found only in east Australia. 
*Krill
Krill is a malacostraca. 
*Kudu
The kudu is a breed of antelope. It is found in Africa. The males have twisted horns up to 60 inches long, and stand about 6 feet tall at the shoulder and weigh around 700 pounds. The females are hornless.
*Labba
The labba is an edible Guinea_Pig eaten in South_America.
*Laburnum
Laburnum is a small leguminous tree of the genus Laburnum with poisonous seeds and bright yellow flowers.
*Lacertilia
Lacertilia is a suborder of squamata. These are the lizards. Limbs are usually present, and traces of a girdle are always present, even in the limbless species. 
*Ladybird
The ladybird is a beetle of the family coccinellidae.
*Lagomorpha
Lagomorpha are the rabbit order of eutheria. They have a second pair of upper incisors immediately behind the first pair.
*Lagostomus Trichodactylus
#Viscacha
*Lamb's-Lettuce
#Corn_Salad
*Lamellibranchiata
Lamellibranchiata is a class of phylum_mollusca. They are the mussels, oysters, scallops etc. The head is reduced and the mantle encloses the body and secretes a bivalved shell.
*Lamprey
The lamprey is a member of the cyclostomi subclass.
*Lamp_shell
#phylum_brachiopoda
*Land-rail
#Corncrake 
*Landrail
#Corn-crake
*Langur
The langur is a leaf eating monkey found in south Asia.
*Laniidae
#Shrike
*Lanius
#Butcher-bird
*Lapwing
The lapwing is a British bird of the plover family.
*Larch
The larch is a tree of the pinaceae family.
*Launces
#Sand-eel
*Lavender
Lavender is a herb of the family labiatae. 
*Leek
The leek is a liliaceae. 
*Leguminosae
The leguminosae family of plants have pods containing dry fruits and nitrogen rich roots.
*Leguminous
#Leguminosa
*Leicester
The Leicester is a breed of long-wooled British sheep. It has a small, usually bare head, white face, large nose and no horns. 
*Lemur
Lemurs are species of omnivorous forest dwelling primates found in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. They have large eyes and bushy tails.
*Lemuroidea
The lemuroidea is an order of eutheria. They are related to the monkeys, but are more primitive. They are adpated to arboreal life.
*Lemurs
#lemur 
*Lentil
The lentil is an annual plant of the legumionsae family. 
*Leopard
The leopard is a member of the cat family. 
*Lepismidae
Lepismidae is a family of minute wingless insects of the order Thysanura, having the abdomen furnished at its extremity with three caudal bristles which are used in leaping.
*Leptoplana
Leptoplana is a member of the order polycladida. 
*Leptostraca
Leptostraca is a marine order of malacostraca. The carapace takes the form of a bivalved shell. In the front of the head region is a movable head plate. 
*Lesothosaurus
Lesothosaurus was a herbivore dinosaur from the triassic_era. It was a small dinosaur, about 1m long with a long tail. 
*Lesser_Weever
#Adder_Pike
*Liliaceae
The liliaceae is the lilly_family. They are stemless plants, with a simple or branched trunk, and have bulbous or fascicled roots. 
*Lillies
#lilly 
*Lilly
A lilly is a liliaceae 
*Linaceae
Linaceae is the flax family, a small natural order of exogenous plants. they are principally characterized by their regular flowers, with imbricate glandular sepals having a disc of five glands outside the satminal tube. 
*Lincoln
The Lincoln is the largest breed of English sheep. It has a lustrous and heavy fleece of very long wool. It has a white face and legs and no horns.
*Lineus
Lineus is a nemertea.
*Lingula
Lingula is a phylum_brachiopoda. 
*Linnet
The linnet is a bird of the finch family.
*Linum
Linum is the flax genus of plants which gives its name to the natural order Linaceae. There are about 80 species, herbs or rarely small shrubs, chiefly found in the temperate and warmer extra-tropical regions of both hemispheres.
*Lion
The lion is a member of the cat family panthera_leo. They are now only found in Africa and in north west India. The male lion has a heavy mane and a tuft at the end of the tail.
*Liquorice
Liquorice is a perennial herb of the leguminosae family and found in Europe. 
*Liriodendron
~Tulip_tree
*Lizard
The lizards are reptiles.
*Lizards
#lizard
*Loa
The loa is a genus of parasitic nematode.
*Loach
The loach is a carp like fresh water fish. 
*Lobster
The lobster is a malacostraca. 
*Locomotion
Locomotion is the idea of movement from one place to another.
*Lotus
Lotus is a genus of plant of the legumionosae family.
*Lumbricus
The lumbricus are oligochaeta. 
*Lung fish
#crossopterygii
*Lung fishes
#lung_fish 
*Lycopersicum esculentum
#Tomato
*Lynx
The lynx is a member of the cat family found in rocky and forested areas of north America and Europe.
*Mackerel
The mackerel is a pelagic fish found in the north atlantic and mediterranean.
*Madoqua
The madoqua is a small Abyssinian antelope.
*Madrepora
Madrepora is a member of the order zoantharia. 
*Magpie
The magpie is a bird of the crow family. 
*Maine Coon
The Maine coon is a hardy breed of long-haired cat known for its resemblance to a raccoon and for being the oldest known breed of cat in the USA. The coat is thick and shaggy and can be any variety of colours with lighter, wavy patterns mixed in.
The ears are large, tufted, and tapering to a point, the tail is as long as the body, bushy, and wide, the eyes are round and complement the coat colour. The Maine Coon cat likes to curl up in odd positions while sleeping in any of a variety of favourite locations and enjoys retrieval games. Maine coon cats have an easy going nature and are good mousers and hunters of small game.
*Malacostraca
Malacostraca is a subclass of crustacea. The eyes are usually stalked. Typically the carapace covers the thorax which consists of eight segments. The abdomen is made up of six appendage-bearing segments.
*Mallard
The mallard is a British duck. 
*Mallow
Mallow is a wild plant of the genus Malva with hairy leaves and stem and rose-purple flowers.
*Malva moschata
#Musk-mallow 
*Malvaceae
Malvaceae is a large natural order of exogenous plants (the mallows), having polypetalous flowers, monadelphous stamens, unilocular anthers, valvate estivation and often an external calyx. 
*Mammal
#mammalia
*Mammalia
Mammalia is the mammal class of craniates. The young are nourished by milk. The skin is covered in two types of glands: sweat glands and sebaceous glands. The sweat glands secrete a watery fluid to assist body cooling. The sebaceous glands secrete an oily fluid to maintain water resistance in the hair. The heart has two auricles and two ventricles. 
*Mammals
#mammal
*Manatee
A manatee is a herbivorous marine mammal of the family Manatidae of the order Sirenia inhabiting the warm shores and great river mouths of South_America, Central_America, Florida and west Africa.
*Manatidae
#Manatee 
*Mandasuchus
Mandasuchus was a carnivorous reptile from the triassic_era. It was the size of a car. 
*Mango
The mango is a tree native to India but found in warm climates.
*Manul
#Pallas_cat
*Manx
The manx is a breed of tailless shorthaired cat that has a small, tufted hollow where a tail would normally grow. The coat has the texture of a rabbit's and can be any variety of colours or patterns. The ears are medium-sized with slightly rounded tips. The eyes are large and round and vary with the coat colour.
*Maple
The maple is a deciduous tree of some 200 species. 
*Mare
A mare is a female horse.
*Margay
The margay is a small wild cat.
*Markhor
The markhor is a large wild goat found in the himalayas. 
*Marsh-Trefoil
#Buck-bean 
*Marshmallow
Marshmallow is a perennial herb of the order Malvaceae, with a yellow, branched root, tall, erect, leafy stems and large alternate, lobed and irregularly toothed leaves. The root can be boiled and eaten as a vegetable. 
*Marsupial
#metatheria
*Marsupials
#marsupial 
*Marten
The marten is a carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes. It resembles a large weasel and has valuable fur.
*Massospondylus
Massospondylus was one of the earliest dinosaurs. It lived during the triassic_era. It was an omnivore with a latge bulky body and a tiny head. It grew to about 6m long. It had a strange thumb claw which could have been used for defense and also digging. 
*Mastigophora
The mastigophora (Flagellata) are a class of phylum protozoa. They are small protozoa whic are motile in the adult stage, swimming by means of flagella. They reproduce by logitudinal fission.
*Matamata
The matamata is a south American fresh water turtle. 
*Medusae
#scyphozoa 
*Medusidae
#scyphozoa 
*Megalornithidae
#Crane 
*Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus was a large carnivorous dinosaur from the jurrasic_period. Remains have been found in oxfordshire, england. It was estimated to be about the size of two cars.
*Merino
The merino is a type of sheep with fine silky wool.
*Merocystis
Merocystis is a member of the coccidia vera order. 
*Mesostoma
Mesostoma is a member of the order rhabdocoelida.
*Metatheria
Metatheria is a subclass of mammal. These are the marsupials. The young are born in an immature state and migrate into a pouch on the mother's abdomen where they are nourished on milk. 
*Mezereon
Mezereon is a deciduous shrub with fragrant purple flowers.
*Mignonette
Mignonette (Reseda odorata) is a plant with fragrant greyish-green blossoms. 
*Mildew
Mildew is a growth of minute white fungi. It occurs on plants and objects exposed to damp. 
*Milfoil
Milfoil is another name for Yarrow.
*Milk
Milk is a secretion of modified skin glands of female mammals. 
*Millepede
A millepede is a myriapod with numerous legs placed one each of the segments in double pairs.
*Millepora
Millepora is a member of the order milleporina.
*Milleporina
Milleporina is an order of marine hydrozoa with the hydroid colony on the surface of a massive calcareous corallum perforated by pores into which the polyps can be retracted. 
*Millet
Millet is the name of several grasses of the genus Sorghum.
*Mimosa
Mimosa is a genus of leguminous plants, sub-division of Mimoseae.
*Mimoseae
Mimoseae is a subfamily of plants of the Leguminosae family. They are native to tropical and warmer parts of the world and have small flowers in globular heads or cylindrical spikes and often sensitive leaves.
*Mimosoideae
#Mimoseae
*Mimusops
Mimusops is a genus of large, milky-juiced tropical trees. 
*Mina Bird
The Indian Mina Brid is a deep velvet black bird with a whitespot on the wing. A member of the genus Grakle, the Mina Bird can imitate the human voice and be taught tricks. 
*Mink
The mink is 2 species of carnivorous mammal of the weasel family. It is semi-aquatic, burrowing on the banks of rivers and ponds and eating frogs and fish.
*Minnow
The minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus) is a species of fish of the carp family. They rarely grow longer than 7cm and are often used as bait for catching trout. 
*Mint
Mint is the name given to several herbaceous aromatic plants of the genus Mentha, natural order Labiatae. They are nearly all perennial, having square stems which bear opposite and simple leaves.
*Mirabilis
Mirabilis is a genus of plants of the natural order Nyctagineae. 
*Mistletoe
Mistletoe is a European plant of the order Loranthaceae which grow parasitically on various trees. It was sacred to the Druids, especially when it was found growing on the oak tree. It is a small shrub with sessile, rectangular, leathery leaves and small yellowish-green flowers. In winter the bush is covered in white berries.
*Mite
#acarina 
*Mithan
#Gayal 
*Mitre
Mitre is a name given to many molluscs which inhabit a small and pretty turreted shell found in the seas around hot climates.
*Moccasin Snake
The Moccasin Snake is a very venomous snake found in swamps in the warmer parts of America. It grows to around 60 cm in length, is dark brown above and grey underneath. 
*Mocking-bird
The mocking-bird is an American bird of the thrush family. It is renowned for being able to immitate the calls of most animals.
*Mockingbird
The mockingbird is a North_American songbird (Mimus polyglottos) of the mimic thrush family Mimidae, found in the USA and Mexico. About 25 cm long, it is brownish grey, with white markings on the black wings and tail. It is remarkable for its ability to mimic the songs of other species.
*Mole
The mole is a burrowing mammal of the talpidae family. 
*Mole-rat
The mole-rat is a rodent of the genus Spalax, family Spalacidae. They are dumpish, stout-bodied rodents with short strong limbs and a very short tail. 
*Mollusc
#phylum_mollusca 
*Mollusca
#phylum_mollusca 
*Molluscoida
Molluscoida is a group of animals comprising the Polyzoa, Tunicata and Brachiopoda. The nervous system consists of a single ganglion or a principal pair of ganglia and the heart is imperfect.
*Molluscs
#phylum_mollusca 
*Moloch Lizard
The moloch lizard is a genus of ferocious looking, but harmless lizards of Australia. It has a horned head and spiny body. 
*Monaul
#Impey_Pheasant
*Mongoose
The mongoose is a small carnivorous mammal that is often kept for its ability to kill snakes.
*Monitor
The monitor is any of various lizards of the family Varanidae, found in Africa, South_Asia, and Australasia. Monitors are generally large and carnivorous, with well-developed legs and claws and a long powerful tail that can be swung in defence. Monitors include the Komodo dragon, the largest of all lizards, and also the slimmer Salvador's monitor Varanus salvadorii, which may reach 2.5m. Several other monitors, such as the lace monitor (Varanus varius), the perentie Varanus giganteus of Australia, and the Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) of Africa, are up to 2m long.
*Monkey
A monkey is a small, usually tree dwelling, primate. 
*Monkey puzzle
The monkey_puzzle is a tree from the southern Andes. 
*Monkey-pot tree
The Monkey-pot_tree (Lecythis Ollaria) is a large forest tree of Brazil. 
*Monkeys
#monkey
*Monkshood
#Aconite 
*Monocystis
Monocystis is a member of the gregarinida order. 
*Monogenea
Monogenea is an order of trematoda. They are ectoparasitic flukes with relatively simple life histories which do not involve an intermediate host. They feed on aquatic animals. Both hooks and suckers are present. 
*Monotremata
The monotremata is a subclass of mammals. They lay large eggs. There are no mammae, but the young are nourished by a secretion poured into a depression in the abdomen.
*Monotreme
Monotreme refers to any member of the order Monotremata, the only living egg-laying mammals, found in Australasia. They include the echidnas and the platypus. 
*Moorhen
The moorhen is a British water bird. 
*Moose
#Elk 
*Morel
The morel is a genus of edible mushrooms.
*Morgan horse
The Morgan horse is a breed of riding and driving show horse originating in the USA in the 1780s from a single stallion named Justin Morgan after his owner. They are marked by high, curved necks and high stepping action. The breed is valued for its strength, endurance, and speed. 
*Morphology
Morphology is the study of animal form.
*Morris fish
The morris fish is the young of the conger.
*Mosquito
Mosquito is a term applied to any fly of the family Culicidae. The female mosquito has needle-like mouth-parts and sucks blood before laying eggs. Males feed on plant juices. Some mosquitoes carry diseases such as malaria. Human odour in general is attractive to mosquitoes, also lactic acid in sweat and heat at close range. Peoples' varying reactions to mosquito bites depend on the general allergic reaction and not on the degree of the bite; the allergic reaction is caused by the saliva injected from the mosquito's salivary glands to prevent coagulation of the host's blood. Natural mosquito repellents include lavender oil, citronella (from lemon grass), thyme, and eucalyptus oils.
*Motacilla
Motacilla is the wagtail genus of insectivorous passerine birds. 
*Moth
The moth is an insect family, being one of the order of lepidoptera. 
*Mouflon
The mouflon is a sheep (Ovis ammon) found wild in Cyprus, Corsica, and Sardinia. It has woolly under-fur in winter, but this is covered by heavy guard hairs. The coat is brown with white belly and rump. Males have strong, curving horns. The mouflon lives in mountain areas.
*Mountain Collie
#Bearded_Collie
*Mouse
Mouse is a general term applied to small rodents, particularly those of the muridae family.
*Mousebird
The mousebird is a bird of the order Coliiformes, including a single family (Coliidae) of small crested species peculiar to Africa. They have hair-like feathers, long tails, and mouse-like agility. The largest is the blue-naped mousebird Colius macrourus, about 35cm long. 
*Mudnester
The mudnester is any of an Australian group of birds that make their nests from mud, including the apostle bird (Struthidea cinerea), the white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos), and the magpie lark (Grallina cyanoleuca).
*Mudpuppy
The mudpuppy is a brownish salamander of the genus Necturus in the family Proteidae. There are five species, living in fresh water in North_America. They all breathe in water using external gills. Necturus maculatus is about 20cm long. Mudpuppies eat fish, snails, and other invertebrates.
*Mudskipper
The mudskipper is a fish of the goby family, genus Periophthalmus, found in brackish water and shores in the tropics, except for the Americas. It can walk or climb over mudflats, using its strong pectoral fins as legs, and has eyes set close together on top of the head. It grows up to 30cm long. 
*Mulberry
The mulberry is a group of trees of the genus morus and family moraceae. 
*Mule
The mule is a hybrid animal, the result of an ass and a mare breeding. 
*Mullein
Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus) is a plant of the natural order Scrophulariaceae. It is a tall rough plant with yellow flowers which are almost sessile and are disposed in a long cylindrical spike.
*Mullet
The mullet is two groups of acanthopterygian fish, the grey mullets (Mugilidae) and the red mullets (Mullidae).
*Mungoose
Mungoose is an alternative 19th century spelling of Mongoose.
*Muntjac
The muntjac is a small deer found in south east Asia.
*Muraena
Muraena is a genus of adopal malacopterygious fish of the family Muraenidae. They resemble the eels in form having no pectoral fins, and the dorsal and anal fins are very low and are united. 
*Murex
Murex is a genus of gasteropod molluscs resembling the whelk. They have a spiral shell, rough with three or more ranges of spines simple or branched.
*Murices
Murices is the plural form of Murex. 
*Muridae
Muridae is the family of animals which includes the mice and rats. 
*Murray Grey
The Murray Grey is an Australian hornless, silver to grey coloured breed of domestic beef cattle.
*Murry
Murry (Muraena helena) is a Mediterranean fish of the genus Muraena. It grows to 150cm long and is considered good eating. 
*Musaceae
Musaceae is a natural order of endogenous plants. The order includes the banana, plantain and abaca. 
*Musca vomitoria
~Blue_bottle 
*Muscidae
Muscidae is a family of two-winged flies which includes the common house-fly.
*Mushroom
Mushroom is the popular name for numerous cryptogamic plants of the natural order Fungi. Some are edible and others are toxic. 
*Musk
Musk is a perennial plant Mimulus moschatus of the Order Scrophulariaceae. It has small rectangular leaves which excrete a scent from which it takes its name. 
*Musk Ox
#Musk-ox 
*Musk-deer
Musk-deer is a genus of deer forming the family Moschidae. They are not true deer, and are found primarily in Asia. The male Musk-deer yields musk, which is secreted from an abdominal gland. 
*Musk-duck
The Musk-duck (Cairina moschata) is a native American duck.
*Musk-mallow
Musk-mallow (Malva moschata) is a British perennial plant. 
*Musk-ox
The musk-ox (Ovibos moschatus) is a ruminant animal of the sub-family Caprinae intermediate between an ox and a sheep. It resembles a large goat-like sheep, its body is covered with a coat of thick, tufted brown hair. It is an active and agile animal found in mountainous regions of Arctic America. 
*Musk-rat
The Musk-rat (Fiber zibethicus) or musquash, is an American rodent allied to the beaver. It is about the size of a small rabbit, with a flattened lanceolate tail, and is covered with small scales and a few hairs. 
*Muskrat
The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a rodent of the family Cricetidae, about 30cm long, living along streams, rivers, and lakes in North_America. It has webbed hind feet, a side-to-side flattened tail, and shiny, light-brown fur. It builds up a store of food, plastering it over with mud, for winter consumption. It is hunted for its fur. 
*Musquash
#Musk-rat
*Mussel
Mussel is a term popularly given to several lamellibranchiate molluscs of the section Asiphonida.
*Mustang
The mustang is a small wild horse found in south west USA and north Mexico.
*Mustard
Mustard is an annual plant of the cruciferae family. 
*Mustela
Mustela is the weasel genus of carnivorous animals.
*Mycelium
Mycelium is an interwoven mass of threadlike filaments which form the main body of most fungi. 
*Mycetes
#Howler_Monkey 
*Mycetozoa
The mycetozoa are an order of rhizopoda. They are slime fungi which form encrusting masses on rotten wood. Reproduction occurs by fission and the formation of spores out of which hatch amoebae.
*Mygale
Mygale is a genus of spiders of the family Mygalidae. They are furnished with four pulmonary sacs and spiracles, four spinnerets, eight eyes, and hairy legs.
*Mylabris
Mylabris is a genus of coleopterous insects. 
*Mylodon
The mylodon is a genus of extinct edentate mammalia. Their remains have been found in South_America. It was a herbivore terrestial animal. 
*Myosotis
Myosotis is a genus of plants belonging to the Boraginaceae. 
*Myoxus
Myoxus is the dormouse genus of animals. 
*Myriapoda
Myriapoda is a class of arthropod with a clearly demarcated head region. 
*Myristica
Myristica is the genus of the natural order Myristicaceae. 
*Myrtle
The myrtle is an evergreen shrub of the genus myrtus and family myrtaceae. 
*Mysidacea
Mysidacea is an order of malacostraca in which the thorax is covered by the carapace and the exopodite of the antenna is scale-like. The abdomen terminates in a tail fan. 
*Myxine
#Hag 
*Narcissus
The narcissus is a genus of bulbous plants.
*Narwhal
The narwhal is a whale found only in the arctic. 
*Nautilus
The nautilus is a shelled cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, found in the Indian and Pacific oceans. The pearly nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) has a chambered spiral shell about 20cm in diameter. Its body occupies the outer chamber. The nautilus has a large number of short, grasping tentacles surrounding a sharp beak. 
The living nautiluses are representatives of a group common 450 million years ago.  
*Nectar
Nectar is a sugary liquid secreted by some plants. 
*Nematode
The nematodes are a group of worms which have an unsegmented cylindrical body which tapers at both ends. 
*Nemertea
The nemertea are the proboscis worms. They are triploblastic animals with a very extensible body. Both a mouth and anus are present. A simple blood vascular system is present. The excretory system is a flame-bulb system. 
*Neornithes
The neornithes are a subclass of bird. The metarcarpals are fused, and the tail is short. Teeth are absent.
*Neosporidia
Neosporidia is a subclass of sporozoa. They are obscure sporozoans.
*Neptune's Cup
Neptune's Cup (Poterion) is a Pacific_Ocean sponge which grows to over 1 meter tall. 
*Nereis
Nereis are polychaeta. 
*Nettle
The nettle is a plant of the family urticaceae.
*Neurone
A neurone is a cell which receives and transmits electrical impulses. Neurones are the basic component of an animal's nervous system.
*Newfoundland
The newfoundland is a bearlike breed of working dog known for aiding fishermen and sailors by jumping overboard to rescue people and by barking to warn of reefs.
They are strong swimmers, and can retrieve people and boats in turbulent waters. They are also used to carry goods between ships. To this end the coat is water-repellent and very long, dense, and lush.
The colour may be solid black, bronze, or come in patches of black and white (called landseer). The ears are long, broad, shaggy, and hang to below the bottom of the jaw. The tail is long and full and curves naturally at the end. The eyes are small, deep-set, and dark brown.
The adult dog stands about 70cm tall at the shoulder and weighs about 60kg. The newfoundland is renowned for its gentle nature.
*Newt
The newt is an urodela.
*Nicotiana
Nicotiana is the tobacco genus of plants.
*Nightingale
The nightingale is a song bird of the thrush family. 
*Nightjar
The nightjar is any of about 65 species of night-hunting birds forming the family Caprimulgidae. They have wide, bristly mouths for catching flying insects. Their distinctive calls have earned them such names as whippoorwill and church-will's-widow. Some are called
*Nilgai
The nilgai is a large, short horned Indian antelope. 
*Norwegian Forest
The Norwegian forest is a breed of long-haired cat renowned for its wild, rugged, and hardy nature and appearance and its remarkably fast-drying coat. The thick and heavy overcoat covers a wooly undercoat and forms an abundant ruff around the neck. The ears are long and pointed and set high on the head, the tail is flowing and as long as the body, the eyes are bright and attentive and vary with the coat colour.
In the summer it sheds its fur and only its tail, ear and toe tufts distinguish it as a long-haired cat. The Norwegian forest originated centuries ago in Norway, where it is called a Skogkatt and is mentioned in Norse mythology where it is referred to as a fairy or troll cat because it comes from the woodlands.
*Notochord
A notochord is an axial stiffening rod extending along the length of an animal and lying immediately above the alimentary_canal. 
*Notonecta glauca
#Boat-fly
*Nutcracker
The nutcracker is a bird of the crow family. 
*Nuthatch
The nuthatch is a small bird of the family Sittidae, with a short tail and pointed beak. Nuthatches climb head first up, down, and around tree trunks and branches, foraging for insects and their larvae. 
The 14 cm long white-breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis of North_America has a black cap, grey wings, and white under-parts. 
*Nutmeg
Nutmeg is a tree. The nut of the nutmeg is used in cooking as a spice. 
*Nutria
The nutria or coypu is a  South_American water rodent (Myocastor coypus), it is about 60 cm long and weighs up to 9kg. It has a scaly, rat-like tail, webbed hind feet, a blunt, muzzled head, and large, orange incisors. The fur is reddish brown. It feeds on vegetation and lives in burrows in river and lake banks. 
Taken to Europe and then to North_America to be farmed for their fur, many escaped or were released and became established, often to the detriment of native species. 
*Nutrition
Nutrition is the process of taking in food and obtaining energy and vital substances from it.
*Nyala
The nyala (Tragelaphus angasi) is an antelope found in the thick bush of southern Africa. About 1 m at the shoulder, it is greyish-brown with thin vertical white stripes. Males have horns up to 80cm long. 
*Nymphaeaceae
#Water_Lily
*Oak
The oak is a tree of the family fagaceae.
*Oarfish
The oarfish are any of a family Regalecidae of deep-sea bony fishes, found in warm parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Oarfish are large, up to 9m long, elongated, and compressed, with a fin along the back and a manelike crest behind the head. They have a small mouth, no teeth or scales, and large eyes. They are often reported as sea serpents. 
*Obelia
Obelia is a member of the order of calyptoblastea. 
*Ocelot
The ocelot is a wild cat found in central and south America. 
*Ochro
#Abelmoschus 
*Octobothrium
Octobothrium is a member of the order monogenea. 
*Octopus
The octopus is a cephalopod with eight arms. 
*Oesophagus
The oesophagus is the region of the alimentary_canal following the pharynx. The walls of the oesophagus are muscular and force food along by contractions. 
*Okapi
The okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is a ruminant of the giraffe family, although with much shorter legs and neck, found in the tropical rainforests of central Africa. Purplish brown with a creamy face and black and white stripes on the legs and hindquarters, it is excellently camouflaged. Okapis have remained virtually unchanged for millions of years.  
*Okra
#Abelmoschus 
*Okro
#Abelmoschus 
*Oleaceae
Oleaceae is a natural order of monopetalous exogenous plants. They are shrubs or trees with opposite, simple or compound leaves and small flowers. 
*Oleander
Oleander (Nerium oleander) is a poisonous shrub of the dogbane family native to southern Europe and Asia. It has evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red or white flowers.
*Oleaster
Oleaster is a group of hardy, deciduous and evergreen shrubs. They were introduced into Britain in 1633 from China and Japan, and the deciduous variety from America.
*Oligochaeta
The oligochaeta are the earthworm class of annelids, although some are freshwater rather than terrestial. They lay eggs in cocoons.
*Oligotricha
Oligotricha is an order of ciliata vera. They are free-living, parasitic ciliates with the cilia restricted to certain areas of the cell-body. 
*Olive
The olive is an evergreen tree native to Asia. 
*Olm
The olm is a cave-dwelling aquatic salamander, the only European member of the family Proteidae, the other members being the North_American mudpuppies. Olms are found in underground caves along the Adriatic seaboard in Italy, Croatia, and Yugoslavia. The adult is permanently larval in form, about 25cm long, almost blind, with external gills and under-developed limbs.
*Ombu
The ombu (Phytolacca dioica) is a South_American tree with a thick trunk and evergreen leaves. 
*Omnivore
An omnivore is an animal that eats both plant and animal matter. 
*Oncidium
Oncidium is a genus of tropical American orchid, the ''dancing lady orchid''.
*Onion
The onion (Allium cepa) is a perennial herb of the order Liliaceae. It has an edible brown bulb which is much used in cooking and has been for thousands of years. 
*Onychophora
Onychophora is a terrestial class of arthropod. They have a thin cuticle. The head is composed of three segments with one pair of jaws.
*Opalina
Opalina is a member of the order of holotricha.
*Ophidia
The ophidia are a suborder of squamata. These are the snakes. They are long and slender due to an elongation of the body. Limbs are absent, and limb girdle traces are usually absent. The mouth is very extensible. 
*Ophiothrix
Ophiothrix is an ophiuroidea.
*Ophiura
Ophiura is an ophiuroidea. 
*Ophiuroidea
The ophiuroidea are a subclass of stelleroidea. They are the brittle stars. They have a flattened body clearly marked into two regions; the disc and the arms. Tube feet extend from the under surface of the arms, but the groove is closed to form a tube. Locomotion is chiefly by muscular movement of the arms assisted by the feet.
*Opossum
The opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is a prehensile-tailed marsupial found in east North_America. It is noted for feigning death when it feels threatened.
*Orang utan
The orang utan is an anthropoid ape found in borneo and sumatra. 
*Orange
The orange is a globose, reddish-yellow bitter or sweet edible citrus fruit of the orange tree (Citrus aurantium). 
*Orangutan
The orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is a large, long-armed anthropoid ape inhabiting the forests of Borneo and Sumatra. The name means ''man of the forest'' in Malay.
*Orchid
Orchid is the popular name for any plant of the family Orchidaceae. They are found in temperate and tropical regions and have showy flowers. 
*Orfe
The orfe is a fish of the carp family. 
*Oribi
The oribi are a few species of small fawn-coloured African antelopes with short, spike-like horns and standing about 60 cm tall. 
*Ortolan
The ortolan is a songbird of the bunting family, common in Europe and west Asia, migrating to Africa in the winter. Long considered a delicacy among gourmets, it has become rare and is now a protected species.
*Oryx
The oryx is a large antelope found in African deserts. They are about the size of donkeys, and both sexes carry long horns which are slightly curved in the Sudan oryx, and straight in the other species. 
*Osiers
Osiers is a species of willow grown for basket-making. 
*Osprey
The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), also known as the fish hawk, is a large hawk that feeds on fish. 
*Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes is a subclass of fishes. These are the bony fishes. The endoskeleton is of bone. The exoskeleton is comprised of bony scales. The mouth is terminal and the external nostrils lie on the dorsal surface of the snout. 
*Ostracoda
Ostracoda is a subclass of small crustaceans with a bivalved carapace and reduced trunk and abdominal limbs. 
*Ostrich
The ostrich is a member of the order Struthioniformes. It is the largest bird in existence. It has rudimentary wings and is incapable of flight. It has strong legs and can run fast for long distances. 
*Otter
Otter is a popular name for any of several species of aquatic, furry, weasel-like carnivorous mammals of the genus Lutra. They have webbed feet and a long slightly flattened tail.
*Ousel
Ousel was an ancient name for the blackbird, it is now the name of several birds found in Europe and the Americas. 
*Ovaries
#ovary 
*Ovary
The ovary is a female gonad. 
*Oven-bird
The oven-bird is a small, South_American insectivorous bird so called from its nest which is made of mud and straw in any exposed location and completely closed except for a small entrance which leads into a passage half separated by a partition from the main chamber where the eggs are laid. 
*Ovibos moschatus
#Musk-ox 
*Ovis cervina
#Bighorn 
*Owl
The owl is a nocturnal bird_of_prey of the order Strigiformes, sub-order Striges.
*Ox
The ox is a genus of ruminant mammal.
*Oxpecker
The oxpecker is an African bird, of the genus Buphagus, of the starling family. It clambers about the bodies of large mammals, feeding on ticks and other parasites. It may help to warn the host of approaching dangers.
*Oyster
The oyster is a bivalve mollusc constituting the Ostreidae, or true oyster, family, having the upper valve flat, the lower concave, hinged by an elastic ligament. The mantle, lying against the shell, protects the inner body, which includes respiratory, digestive, and reproductive organs. Oysters commonly change their sex annually or more frequently; females may discharge up to a million eggs during a spawning period. 
*Oyster catcher
The oyster catcher is a chunky shorebird of the family Haematopodidae, with a laterally flattened, heavy bill that can pry open mollusc shells. The black and white American oyster catcher Haematopus palliatus is found on the Atlantic and south Pacific coasts.
*Oyster plant
#Salsify 
*Paca
The paca is a large, nocturnal, burrowing rodent found in central America. 
*Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus was a herd living dinosaur with a 25cm thick bone on top of its skull which could have been used for defence against predators. It lived during the cretaceous period.
*Paco
#Alpaca
*Paguridae
#Hermit-crab 
*Paigle
#Cowslip 
*Palaeonisciformes
The palaeonisciformes is an order of actinopterygii. They are carnivorous and have a single large dorsal fin.
*Palamedea
Palamedea is a genus of South_American birds.
*Paliurus
Paliurus is a genus of deciduous shrubs which are natives to southern Europe and Asia_Minor belonging to the natural order Rhamnaceae. 
*Pallah
The pallah (Aepyceros melampus) is a species of South_African antelope.
*Pallas cat
The Pallas cat (Felis manul, manul, steppe cat) is an Asian wild cat living in rocky areas from the eastern border of the Caspian Sea to Tibet and Mongolia. It is about the size of domestic cat with soft, long, and thick fur which is whitish grey or light yellowish with black spots on the crown and black stripes on the rump. It eats small mammals and birds.
*Palm
A palm is a tree of the palmaceae family. They are found mainly in tropical countries. They usually have a an upright, unbranched stem and a head of large fan-shaped leaves.
*Palm-kale
Palm-kale is a variety of cabbage which grows to around 3-4 meters tall. 
*Palmaceae
#Palm
*Palmelleae
Palmelleae is a natural order of green-spored algae, amongst the lowest of plants and including the red_snow and gory_dew. 
*Palmer Worm
Palmer Worm is a popular name for the hairy caterpillar of the tiger-moth. 
*Palmyra Palm
The Palmyra Palm (Borassus flabelliformis) is the common Indian palm, a tree found in the Middle_East and India. When fully grown it reaches a height of 20 meters.
*Pampas Hare
#Viscacha
*Panda
The panda is one of two carnivores of different families, native to north west China and Tibet. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) has black-and-white fur with black eye patches and feeds mainly on bamboo shoots, consuming about 8 kg of bamboo per day. It can grow up to 1.5m long, and weigh up to 140kg. The lesser, or red, panda (Ailurus fulgens) is of the raccoon family, and is about 50cm long and is coloured black and chestnut, with a long tail.
*Pangolin
The pangolin or scaly anteater is a large mammal of the genus Manis, order Pholidota found in tropical Asia and Africa.
*Pansy
The pansy is a perennial garden flower.
*Papaver
#Poppy 
*Papyrus
Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) is a tall aquatic plant of the sedge family native to the Nile valley in Egypt.
*Parakeet
The parakeet is any of numerous small, slender parrots, usually having a long, pointed graduated tail. They are noted for their ability to mimic speech. 
*Paramecium
Paramecium is a member of the order holotricha. It is a simple single cell animal common in fresh water where there are decaying vegetable remains.
*Paridae
Paridae is the tit (titmice) family of minute perching birds. They are small, very active and have a short, sharp beak.
*Parr
A parr is a young salmon with transverse bands living in a river and under two years old.
*Parrot
Parrot refers to any bird of the order Psittaciformes, abundant in the tropics, especially in Australia and South_America. They are mainly vegetarian, and range in size from the 8.5cm pygmy parrot to the 100cm Amazon parrot. The smaller species are commonly referred to as parakeets. The plumage is often very colorful, and the call is usually a harsh screech. Parrots all have hooked bills and feet adapted for tree climbing. 
*Parsley
Parsley is a biennial herb.
*Parsnip
The parsnip is a biennial umbelliferae.
*Partridge
The partridge is any of various medium-sized ground-dwelling fowl of the family Phasianidae, which also includes pheasants, quail, and chickens. Partridges are Old World birds, some of which have become naturalised in North_America, especially the European grey partridge (Perdix perdix), with mottled brown back, grey speckled breast, and patches of chestnut on the sides.
*Passion flower
The Passion flower is a chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora. They have showy flowers and a pulpy fruit which in some species is edible.
*Passion fruit
Passion fruit is the name given to the edible fruit of the Passion_flower. 
*Pea
The pea is a climbing plant of the family leguminosae. 
*Peach
The peach is a tree of the family rosaceae.
*Peacock
A peacock is technically the male of any of various large pheasants. The name is most often used for the common peacock (Pavo cristatus), a bird of the pheasant family, native to southern Asia. It is rather larger than a pheasant. The male has a large fan-shaped tail, brightly colored with blue, green, and purple ''eyes'' on a chestnut background. The female (peahen) is brown with a small tail.
*Peanut
The peanut (ground-nut, Arachis hypogoea) is a leguminous annual plant with a hairy stem and abruptly pinnate leaflets. The nut is situated at the end of a stalk of some length, and is ripened under ground, this stalk having the peculiarity of flowering and then bending down and pushing the fruit into the earth. Peanuts are extensively cultivated in tropical countries.
*Pear
The pear (Pyrus communis) is a tree of the family rosaceae.
*Pecan
The pecan is a nut producing tree. 
*Peccary
The peccary is one of two species of the New_World genus Tayassu of piglike hoofed mammals. A peccary has a gland in the middle of the back which secretes a strong-smelling substance. Peccaries are blackish in colour, covered with bristles, and have tusks that point downward. Adults reach a height of 40cm and a weight of 25kg. 
*Pedicellina
Pedicellina is an entoprocta.
*Pekan
The pekan (fisher marten) is a North_American marten (Martes penanti). It is about 1.2m long, with a doglike face, and brown fur with white patches on the chest. It eats porcupines.
*Pekingese
The pekingese is a breed of small long-haired dog first bred at the Chinese court as the ''imperial lion dog''. It has a flat skull and flat face, is typically less than 25cm tall, and weighs less than 5kg.
The first specimens brought to the West were those taken during the Opium Wars when the Summer Palace in Beijing was looted in 1860.
*Pelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes are an order of birds. These are the pelicans. There are six distinct families. The foot is comprised of 4 toes connected by webs.
*Pelican
The pelican is any of a family (Pelecanidae) of large, heavy water birds remarkable for the pouch beneath the bill which is used as a fishing net and temporary store for catches of fish. Some species grow up to 1.8m and have wingspans of 3m.
*Penguin
Penguins are any of an order (Sphenisciformes) of marine flightless birds, mostly black and white, found in the southern hemisphere. They range in size from 40cm to 1.2m tall, and have thick feathers to protect them from the intense cold. They are awkward on land, but their wings have evolved into flippers, making them excellent swimmers. Penguins congregate to breed in ''rookeries'', and often spend many months incubating their eggs while their mates are out at sea feeding.
*Penguins
#Penguin 
*Penicillin
Penicillin is an antibiotic fungus.
*Pennatula
Pennatula is a member of the order alcyonaria. 
*Pepper
Pepper is a plant of the genus capsicum. 
*Peppermint
Peppermint is a perennial herb.
*Perch
The perch is any of the largest order of spiny-finned bony fishes, the Perciformes, with some 8,000 species. This order includes the sea basses, cichlids, damselfishes, mullets, barracudas, wrasses, and gobies. Perches of the freshwater genus Perca are found in Europe, Asia, and North_America. They have varied shapes and are usually a greenish color. They are very prolific, spawning when about three years old, and have voracious appetites.
*Percheron
The percheron is a breed of strong and swift horse originaly bred in the Le_Perche district of north France. 
*Perennial
A perennial plant is one that lives for more than 2 years. 
*Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla is an order of eutheria. They are odd toed ungulates. Horses, tapirs and rhinoceroses. They eat vegetables and have a large caecum. The Stomach is simple.
*Peritricha
Peritricha is an order of ciliata vera. They have a cone-shaped cell-body on a highly contractile stalk and a spiral of cilia leading to the cytostome.
*Periwinkle
In zoology, the periwinkle is any marine snail of the family Littorinidae, found on the shores of Europe and eastern North_America. Periwinkles have a conical spiral shell, and feed on algae.
*Petrel
The petrel is any of various families of seabirds, including the worldwide storm petrels (family Procellariidae), which include the smallest seabirds, and the diving petrels (family Pelecanoididae) of the southern hemisphere, which feed by diving underwater and are characterized by having nostril tubes. They include fulmars and shearwaters. 
*Phaethontidae
The Phaethontidae is a family of the Pelecaniformes. These are the tropicbirds. They are the smallest member of the order. There are 3 species. They are about 2 feet long. They have 2 long central tail feathers.
*Phalarope
Phalarope is any of a genus Phalaropus of small, elegant shorebirds in the sandpiper family (Scolopacidae). They have the habit of spinning in the water to stir up insect larvae. They are native to North_America, Britain, and the polar regions of Europe. The male phalarope is courted by the female and hatches the eggs. The female is always larger and more colourful. The red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus, grey Phalaropus fulicarius, and Wilson's phalarope Phalaropus tricolour can be found in North_America. 
*Pharynx
The pharynx is a region of the alimentary_canal following the buccal_cavity. 
*Pheasant
The pheasant is a ground nesting bird. 
*Pheasant's Eye
#Adonis
*Phoronis
Phoronis is a phylum_phoronida.
*Phyllostomatidae
#Vampire_Bat 
*Phylloxera
Phylloxera is any of a family (Phylloxeridae) of small plant-sucking insects (order Homoptera) that attack the leaves and roots of some plants. The species Phylloxera vitifolia, a native of North_America, attacks grapevines, laying its eggs under the bark. 
*Phylum annelida
The phylum annelida are the segmented worms. They are triploblastic, metamerically segmented, coelomate metazoa. The body wall is covered by a glandular epidermis and comprised of longitudinal and circular muscles. 
*Phylum arthropoda
Phylum arthropoda is the arthropod group of animals which includes; crayfish, lobsters, spiders, insects etc. They are metamerically segmented and bilaterally symmetrical animals. Typically, each segment has a pair of jointed appendages and at least one pair is modified as jaws.
*Phylum brachiopoda
The phylum brachiopoda are the lamp shells. They are triploblastic animals enclosed in a dorsal and a ventral shell. The anterior part of the body bears a horsheoe-shaped ridge covered in ciliated tentacles. The coelom is extensive and continued into the folds of the body wall below the shell and into the tentacles. A simple vascular system is present. 
*Phylum chaetognatha
The phylum chaetognatha are the arrow worms. They are relatively simple triploblastic animals. The body is elongated and transparent. The gut is just a straight tube. The body has three regions; head, trunk and tail. The head bears a hood and rows of chitinous hooks. There is no blood vascular system. Eyes are usually present. The male gonads are in the tail, the female ovaries in the trunk. 
*Phylum chordata
The phylum_chordata are a group of animals with a notochord present. The central nervous system is dorsal, hollow and tubular. They have a ventral heart and visceral clefts present in the pharynx. 
*Phylum echinodermata
The phylum echinodermata are starfishes, sea urchins, brittle stars and sea cucumbers. They are triploblastic coelomate marine animals. A calcareous skeleton is developed in the mesoderm. The coelom is divided into separte compartments which each carry out different functions.
*Phylum mollusca
Phylum mollusca is the mollusc group of animals. They are coelomate animals which do not show segmentation. The body is comprised of a head, foot and visceral mass. The skin of the viscreal mass is extended into soft folds which form the mantle which often secretes a shell. The respiratory organs are usually a pair of ctenidia.
*Phylum nematoda
Phylum nematoda are the roundworms. They are triploblastic animals with elongated, spindle-shaped bodies. A respiratory and blood vascular system are both lacking. The epidermis secretes a tough cuticle. Cilia are lacking. The roundworms are to be found everywhere that life can be supported. 
*Phylum phoronida
The phylum phoronida are small marine gregarious zooids each enclosed in a membranous tube. They are triploblastic coelomate animals with a u shaped gut. Both the mouth and the anus are surrounded by a horeshoe-shaped ridge bearing numerous tentacles. The animals are hermaphrodite. 
*Phylum platyhelminthes
Phylum platyhelminthes is the family of flatworms. These are triplobastic acoelomate animals. They are usually small and leaf-like shaped. The alimentary canal has a single aperture, the mouth. Nitrogenous exrection and osmo-regulation are carried out by a flame-bulb system. These animals have a complex reproductive system, which is usually hermaphrodite.
*Phylum polyzoa
The phylum polyzoa are small colonial animals usually resembling sea-weeds. They are mostly marine. The individuals of the colony are termed zooids and have a crown of ciliated tentacles.
*Phylum protozoa
Phylum protozoa are microscopic animals whose bodies are not divided into seperate cells.
*Phylum rotifera
The phylum rotifera are minute triploblastic animals lacking a true coelom. The body is of variable shape and protected by a cuticle. The gut is complicated. A crown of cilia and a spiral, ciliated tract lies in front of the mouth. There are separate sexes.
*Physalia
Physalia is a member of the order of siphonophora. 
*Physiology
Physiology is the study of animal's activities.
*Phytomastigina
The phytomastigina are a plant-like sub-class of mastigophora. 
*Pied Wagtail
The pied wagtail (Motacilla lugubris) is a common British species of Motacilla. It feeds on the ground and runs swiftly. 
*Pig
The pig (hog) is a hoofed mammal of the genus Sus, of the suidae family. The head is prolonged into a pointed snout. The feet have four toes. The skin is very thick and covered with stiff bristles. Pigs are very alert and inquisitive animals. The meat pork is obtained from pigs.
*Pig-fish
#Grunt 
*Pig-nut
Pig-nut (Carya glabra) is a hickory tree.
*Pigeon
The pigeon is a general term for birds of the Columbidae family. 
*Pike
The pike is a voracious fresh water fish of the genus Esox with a long flat snout. 
*Pilchard
The pilchard is any of various small, oily members of the herring family, Clupeidae, especially the commercial sardine of Europe (Sardina pilchardus), and the California sardine (Sardinops sagax). 
*Pileated woodpecker
The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, black and white American woodpecker with a prominent red crest. 
*Pilewort
#Celandine 
*Pilotfish
The pilotfish is a small marine fish Naucrates ductor of the family Carangidae, which also includes pompanos. It hides below sharks, turtles, or boats, using the shade as a base from which to prey on smaller fish. It is found in all warm oceans and grows to about 36 cm/1.2 ft.
*Pimpernel
Pimpernel (Anagallis) is a genus of plants belonging to the natural order Primulaceae. 
*Pine
The pine is an evergreen conifer from which turpentine, tar and pitch are derived. 
*Pineapple
The pineapple is a plant native to south and central America but cultivated in many warmer climates. 
*Pintado
#Guinea-fowl 
*Pintail
The pintail is a British duck. 
*Pinworm
The pinworm is a nematode worm Enterobius vermicularis. It is an intestinal parasite of humans.
*Piranha
The piranha is a South_American freshwater fish of the genus Serrusalmus, in the same order as cichlids. They can grow to 60cm long, and have razor-sharp teeth; some species may rapidly devour animals, especially if attracted by blood.
*Pisces
Pisces is the fish class of vertebrates. They are aquatic vertebrates with a streamlined body. The tail is a powerful muscular propulsion organ. The paired limbs are the pectoral and pelvic fins which regulate the swimming level. Median fins are present and maintain stability.
*Pitcher plant
The pitcher plant is the name of various insectivorous New_World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia and Heliamphora. They have tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped. 
*Pitta
The pitta is a genus of tropical songless bird of order Passeriformes, genus Pitta, forming the family Pillidae. Some 20 species are native to south east Asia, west Africa, and Australia. They have round bodies, big heads, and are often brightly coloured. They live on the ground and in low undergrowth, and can run from danger. 
*Plaice
Plaice is any of various flatfishes of the flounder group, especially the genera Pleuronectes and Hippoglossoides. 
*Planaria
Planaria is a member of the order tricladida.
*Plankton
Plankton is minute plant and animal organisms found in water. It is a source of food for many fish and whales. 
*Plant
A plant is a living organism which does not have the ability to move, and does not have sensory organs or digestive organs.
*Plantain
Plantain is a tropical herbaceous plant similar to the banana. 
*Plasmodium
Plasmodium is an animal of the suborder haemosporidia. 
*Plastron
A plastron is a ventral shield.
*Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus was a herbivore dinosaur from the triassic_era. It grew to 6m long and 3m tall. Plateosaurus digested food with the aid of swallowed stones.
*Platypus
The platypus is a monotreme mammal found in Tasmania and Australia.
*Platyrrhina
The platyrrhina are a suborder of anthropoidea. The nostrils face forwards. The internasal septum is broad and they have three premolars. The tail may be prehensile.
*Pleurobrachia
Pleurobrachia is a member of the sub-phylum_ctenophora family. 
*Plum
The plum is a tree bearing the fruit of the same name. 
*Pochard
The pochard are various diving ducks found in Europe and North_America, especially the genus Aythya. 
*Podiceps
Podiceps (Grebe) is a genus of birds of the family Colymbidae characterized by a straight conical bill, no tail, a short tarsus, flattened toes which are separate but broadly fringed at their edges by a firm membrane and legs set so far back that on land the Grebe adopts the upright stance of a penguin. They are excellent swimmers and feed on small fish, frogs, crustaceans and insects. 
*Podicipediformes
The Podicipediformes are an order of birds. These are the grebes. They are water birds. They don't have webbed feet, instead each toe is fringed separately. They build floating nests directly on the water.
*Poinsettia
Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a plant of the spurge family native to Mexico and Central_America. It has variously lobed leaves and brilliant scarlet, pink or white petal-like bracts. 
*Pointer
The pointer is a breed of short haired hunting dog trained to point game.
*Poison ivy
Poison ivy (Rhus radicans) is a vine or shrub having trifoliate leaves and whitish berries. It causes severe dermatitis when touched by people sensative to it.
*Polar bear
The Polar bear (Ursus maritmus) is a large white bear found in arctic regions. 
*Polecat
The polecat is an Old World weasel (Mustela putorius) with a brown back and dark belly and two yellow face patches. The body is about 50cm long and it has a strong smell from anal gland secretions. It is native to Asia, Europe, and north Africa.
*Pollack
The pollack is a marine fish (Pollachius virens) of the cod family. It grows to 75cm, and is found close to the shore on both sides of the north Atlantic. 
*Polychaeta
The polychaeta are the bristle worms. They are a class of marine phylum_annelida with obvious segmentation. The head usually bears tentacles and palps.
*Polycladida
The polycladida is a marine order of turbellaria. The gut has numerous caeca which ramify through the body. Numerous simple eyes are usually present.
*Polygordius
The polygordius are archiannelida. 
*Polymastigina
Polymastigina are an order of zoomastigina. They are flagellates with four or more flagella. 
*Polystoma
Polystoma is a member of the order monogenea.
*Pomegranate
The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a shrub or small tree native to south west Asia which bears a chambered, many seeded globose fruit with a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes. 
*Pomeranian
The pomeranian is a breed of toy dog, about 15cm high, weighing about 3 kg. It has long straight hair with a neck frill, and the tail is carried over the back.
*Pony
A pony is a small horse less than 14.2 hands tall. 
*Poodle
The poodle is a breed of gun dog, including the standard poodle (above 38cm at the shoulder), the miniature poodle(below 38cm), and the toy poodle (below 28 cm) varieties. The dense curly coat, usually cut into an elaborate style, is often either black or white, although greys and browns are also bred. The poodle probably originated in Russia, was naturalized in Germany, where it was used for retrieving ducks and gained its name and became a luxury dog in France.
*Pooecetes Gramineus
#Vesper_Sparrow
*Poplar
Poplar is a popular name for trees of the genus Populus. They are fast growing trees charaterized by their columlar pattern of growth. 
*Poppy
The Poppy (Papaver) is a genus of plants with showy, usually red flowers.
*Poppy anemone
The poppy anemone (Anemone coronaria) is a south European plant of the buttercup family with tuberous roots and a solitary, poppy-like red, blue or white flower.
*Porcupine
A porcupine is any rodent with quills on its body, belonging to either of two families: Old World porcupines (family Hystricidae) are terrestrial in habit and have long black-and-white quills; or New_World porcupines (family Erethizontidae) which are tree-dwelling, with prehensile tails and much shorter quills. 
*Porcupine Grass
#Spinifex
*Porosphora
Poroshora is a member of the gregarinida order.
*Porpoise
A porpoise is any small whale of the family Delphinidae that, unlike dolphins, have blunt snouts without beaks. Common porpoises of the genus Phocaena can grow to 1.8 m long; they feed on fish and crustaceans.
*Portugese man-of-war
A Portugese man-of-war is any of a genus Physalia of phylum Coelenterata. They live in the sea, in colonies, and have a large air-filled bladder on top and numerous hanging tentacles made up of feeding, stinging, and reproductive individuals. The float can be 30cm long. 
*Portugese water dog
The Portugese water dog is a breed of medium-sized dog with a profuse black or brown coat and webbed feet. They were bred to assist Portugese fishermen. 
*Potato
The potato is a perennial solanaceae.
*Potto
The potto is an arboreal, nocturnal, African prosimian primate Perodicticus potto belonging to the loris family. It has a thick body, strong limbs, and grasping feet and hands, and grows to 40cm long, with horny spines along its backbone, which it uses in self-defense. It climbs slowly, and eats insects, snails, fruit, and leaves. 
*Powan
The powan is a fish found in Loch Lomond, Scotland. It is of the same genus as the polland and the vendace. Also known as the fresh-water herring. 
*Prairie dog
The prairie_dog is a burrowing rodent of the genus Cynomys found in North_American prairies. 
*Prawn
Prawn is a name given to several shrimp-like decapod crustaceans, some of which are used as food.
*Primate
Primate is the family of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, lemurs bushbabies, lorises and tarsiers. 
*Primrose
The primrose is a woodland plant common in Europe. 
*Proboscidea
The proboscidea are an order of eutheria. They are large animals of the ungulate type. The two upper incisors are modified to form tusks. Canines and 
Premolars are lacking.
*Procellariiformes
The Procellariiformes are an order of birds. These are the tube-nosed swimmers. They are sea birds of about 100 species. They have a horn sheathed bill, tubular nostrils and webbed feet. 
*Pronghorn
The pronghorn is a ruminant mammal (Antilocapra americana) constituting the family Antilocapridae, native to the west USA. It is not a true antelope. It is light brown and about 1m high. It sheds its horns annually and can reach speeds of 100 kph.
*Protomonadina
Protomonadina are an order of zoomastigina. They are small colourless flagellates. In the trypanosomes is a single flagellum.
*Protoplasm
Protoplasm is the basic living substance of all animals, rather than the dead substances such as found in nails and hair. It is responsible for carrying out all the vital activities characteristic of living animals.
*Protozoa
The Protozoa are a division of primitive animals consisting of a single cell.
*Prunus insititia
#Bullace 
*Prunus Maritima
#Beach_Plum
*Prussian Carp
#Gibel 
*Ptarmigan
The ptarmigan is a Scottish bird similar to the grouse.
*Pteranodon
Pteranodon was a flying reptile of the cretaceous period. It had a wing span of 7m and fed on sea fish.
*Pterygota
Pterygota is a two division subclass of insecta. In the first division are the cockroaches, locusts, earwigs, lice, termites etc. In the second division the butterflies, moths, beetles, ants, bees, wasps fleas, gnats and meat-flies etc. 
*Puffer fish
The puffer fish is a fish of the family Tetraodontidae. As a means of defense it inflates its body with air or water until it becomes spherical and the skin spines become erect. Puffer fish are mainly found in warm waters, where they feed on molluscs, crustaceans, and coral.
*Puffin
The puffin is a sea bird found in the north atlantic.
*Pug
The pug is a breed of small, short-haired dog with a tightly curled tail and a deeply wrinkled face. 
*Puma
The puma is a large wild cat found in the Americas.
*Pumpkin
The pumpkin is a trailing plant of the gourd genus with heart shaped five lobed leaves.
*Pyrrhula pyrrhula
#Bullfinch 
*Pyrus
Pyrus is a genus of ornamental and fruit trees belonging to the pomeous section of the natural order of Rosaceae.
*Python
The python is a genus of constricting snake found in the tropics and allied to the Boidae. 
*Quadruped
Quadruped is the group of animals with four feet.
*Quagga
The quagga is an African mammal related to the zebra.
*Quail
The quail is the smallest species of the partridge family. 
*Quaking Grass
#Briza 
*Quamash
Quamash (Camassia esculenta) is a North_American plant of the lily family with an edible root which is eaten by the Indians. 
*Quamoclit
Quamoclit is a genus of climbing ornamental plants of the natural order Convolvulaceae.
*Quetzal
The quetzal is a long-tailed Central American bird (Pharomachus mocinno) of the trogon family. The male is brightly coloured, with green, red, blue, and white feathers, and is about 1.3m long including the tail. The female is smaller and lacks the tail and plumage. The quetzal eats fruit, insects, and small frogs and lizards. It is the national emblem of Guatemala, and was considered sacred by the Mayans and the Aztecs.
*Quezal
The quezal is a bird found in Central_America. It is a member of the Trogon family. It is about the size of a magpie and the male has tail-feathers which are an emerald green colour and are about 3 feet long. The quezal lives in forests and feeds on fruits.
*Quince
The quince is a tree of the rosaceae family. 
*Rabbit
The rabbit is a long eared burrowing mammal. 
*Raccoon
The racoon is an American plantigrade carnivorous mammal. It has grayish-brown fur which is used for making hats.
*Radiolaria
The radiolaria are an order of rhizopoda. They are radially symetrical and live in the surface layers of seas. They have stiff, radiating pseudopodia and a skeleton.
*Ragwort
The ragwort is a perennial plant found on waste ground.
*Rail
A rail is any wading bird of the family Rallidae, including the rails proper (genus Rallus), coots, moorhens, and gallinules. Rails have dark plumage, a short neck and wings, and long legs. They are 10-45cm long. 
*Rainbird
Rainbird is a name given to several birds, especially the black-billed cuckoo and the yellow-billed cuckoo. They get their name from the belief that they call frequently before a rain storm. 
*Rambouillet
The Rambouillet is a breed of sheep developed from the Merino and named after the town of Rambouillet in north France where the breed originated around 1905.
*Rambutan
Rambutan is a Malayan sapindaceous tree bearing a bright-red oval fruit covered with soft spines and having a subacid taste. 
*Rangpur
Rangpur is a variety of mandarin orange bearing a tart fruit.
*Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae is the buttercup order of plants.
*Rape
Rape are two plant species of the mustard family cultivated for the edible oil.
*Raphidiadae
#Snake-flies 
*Rasores
The rasores are an order of birds. It includes the sub-orders of fowls, turkeys, partridges and grouse. They are characterised by their toes which end in strong claws used for scratching. Hence they are called the scratchers.
*Raspberry
The raspberry is a prickly plant of the rosaceae family. 
*Rat
The rat is a rodent of the genus Rattus. There are a number of varieties, including the brown rat and the black rat. 
*Rat-snake
The rat-snake is a snake domesticated in Sri_Lanka for killing rats. It is an easily tamed snake.
*Rat-tailed Snake
#Fer_de_Lance
*Ratel
The ratel or honey-badger is a carnivorous quadruped of the genus Mellivora, and of the badger family. It is found in south and east Africa and India. The South_African_ratel averages about 3 feet in length including an 8 or 9 inch tail.
*Ratitae
The ratitae are an order of neornithes. They are large running birds, unable to fly. 
*Ratite
The ratite is a flightless bird with a breastbone without the keel to which flight muscles are attached. Examples are the ostrich, rhea, emu, cassowary, and kiwi. 
*Rattlesnake
The rattlesnake is a name of various American venomous snakes of the genus Crotalus, and family Crotalidae. They are distinguished by having a tail which terminates in a number of horny pieces which the animal vibrates to make a rattling sound. 
*Raven
The raven is a large bird of the crow family, genus Corvus. It feeds on carrion. It is completely black in colour, and can learn to imitate human speech.
*Ray
The ray is a name of many elasmobranchiate fishes, including the skate. They are are recognised by a flattened body and by the extremely broad and fleshy pectoral fins which appear as continuations of the body. 
*Razor-back
The razor-back is a large whale. 
*Razor-shell
The razor-shell is a genus of lamellibranchiate mollusc common on British coasts.
*Razorbill
The razorbill is a North_Atlantic sea bird (Alca torda) of the auk family, which breeds on cliffs and migrates south in winter. It has a curved beak and is black above and white below. It uses its wings as paddles when diving. Razorbills are common off Newfoundland. 
*Red bellied turtle
The Red bellied turtle is a fresh water turtle of the genus Pseudemys found in east and south USA having red markings on the underside of the shell. 
*Red dog
#Dhole 
*Red Gurnard
Red Gurnard (Trigla cuculus) is a British coastal fish of the Gurnard genus. 
*Red Poll
The red poll is a medium sized, red coloured breed of domestic beef and dairy cattle.
*Red sage
Red sage (yellow sage) is a showy, rank-smelling shrub of tropical America with yellow flowers that turn orange or red.
*Red-mouth
#Grunt 
*Redshank
The redshank is a bird of the genus Totanus, so named because of the red colouring of its legs. It is found in Britain.
*Redstart
The redstart is a bird of the Sylviadae family. It has a red tail. It is found in Britain during the summer. 
*Redwing
The redwing is a bird and a species of thrush. It is found in Britain during the winter, and in Europe and Asia during the summer. 
*Reebok
The reebok is a species of South_African antelope. It has smooth, long, straight and slender horns. It stands 2.5 feet at the shoulder and is a very fast runner.
*Reed
Reeds are perennial aquatic grasses. 
*Reeve
Reeve is the name of the female ruff bird. 
*Reindeer
Reindeer are a species of deer found in north Europe and north Asia. It has branched, recurved, round antlers. The legs are quite short in proportion to the body. The Laplanders often use reindeer as a substitute for horses, sheep and cattle, using them for pulling sledges, food, and clothing. 
*Reindeer moss
Reindeer moss is a lichen of the genus Cladonia of arctic and sub-arctic regions eaten by reindeer and caribou.
*Remora
The remora is a genus of fish included in the Goby family. They have on top of their head a peculiar sucking-disc which they use to attach themselves to the bottom of other fish or ships.
*Reproduction
Reproduction is the unique property possessed by all living organisms to produce new individuals resembling the original organism in all essential respects. 
*Reptile
#reptilia
*Reptiles
#reptilia
*Reptilia
Reptilia is a class of cold-blooded, lung breathing vertebrates which includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles and tortoises. 
*Respiration
Respiration is the process of breathing. It is the liberation of energy from materials within the body of the organism.
*Retriever
The retrievers are several breeds of dog with a coarse, thick, oily coat bred originally to retrieve game. 
*Rhabdocoelida
The rhabdocoelida are an order of turbellaria with a simple sac-like intestine or no intestine.
*Rhea
The rhea is a South_American bird. It is about 4 feet tall. It is incapable of flight, but has strong legs and can run very fast.
*Rhinoceros
A Rhinocerous is an odd-toed hoofed mammal of the family Rhinocerotidae. The one-horned Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) is up to 2 m high at the shoulder, with a tubercled skin, folded into shieldlike pieces; the African rhinoceroses are smooth-skinned and two-horned. The African black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is 1.5m high, with a prehensile upper lip for feeding on shrubs; the broad-lipped or ''white'' rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum is actually slaty-gray, with a squarish mouth for browsing grass. They are solitary and vegetarian, with poor eyesight but excellent hearing and smell.
*Rhizocrinus
The rhizocrinus is a type of crinoidea.
*Rhizomastigina
The rhizomastigina are an order of rhizopoda. They are small amoeboid forms with a flagellum. They live in fresh water.
*Rhizopoda
Rhizopoda is a class of phylum protozoa which are usually free-living and move and ingest food by means of pseudopodia.
*Rhodesian ridgeback
The Rhodesian ridgeback is a breed of South_African dog. It is a medium-sized, muscular dog with a short, glossy red or tan coat with a characteristic ridge of hair along the spine consisting of parallel crowns of hair growing in the opposite direction of the rest of the coat. They were originally bred for hunting lions, but are now primarily used as guard dogs. 
*Rhododendron
The rhododendron is an evergreen shrub of the ericaceae family.
*Rhubarb
Rhubarb is a perennial plant.
*Rhynchocephalia
#Tuatera 
*Ringneck snake
The ringneck snake is a small, nonvenomous North_American snake of the genus Diadophis usually having a conspicuous yellow or orange ring around the neck. 
*Roach
The roach is a freshwater fish of north Europe.
*Roadrunner
The roadrunner is a north American bird of the cuckoo family.
*Robber fly
The Robber fly is a swift flying large dipterous insect of the family Asilidae which eats other insects. 
*Robber frog
The robber frog is a small tropical American frog of the genus Eleutherodactylus.
*Robin
The robin is one of two songbirds of the thrush family. The North_American thrush, the robin Turdus migratorius is 25 cm long, grey brown with brick-red underparts. The Eurasian and African thrush (Erithacus rubecula) is 13 cm long, olive brown above with a red breast.
*Robinia
Robinia is a genus of trees of the natural order Leguminosae. They have pink or white flowers. The chief species is the American locust_tree which yields a valuable hard wood.
*Rocky Mountain goat
The Rocky Mountain goat is a long-haired, white, antelope-like goat with short black horns found in mountainous regions of west North_America. 
*Rodent
The rodent is a mammal of the family rodentia. They have a single pair of incisor teeth in both the upper and lower jaws that continue to grow as they become worn.
*Rodentia
Rodentia is the rodent order of eutheria. The incisors are chisel-like and used for gnawing. Canines are absent. 
*Roe deer
The roe deer is a small, agile deer. The male has three-pointed antlers. 
*Roller
A roller is any brightly coloured bird of the Old World family Coraciidae, resembling crows but in the same order as kingfishers and hornbills. Rollers grow up to 32cm long. The name is derived from the habit of some species of rolling over in flight.
*Romney Marsh
The Romney_Marsh or Kentish is a breed of hardy English sheep good for fattening and immune from foot-rot and liver-rot. 
*Rook
The rook is a member of the crow family. 
*Rookery
A rookery is a colony of rooks, penguins or seals. 
*Rooks
#Rook
*Roost
A roost is a bird's perching or resting place. 
*Rooster
Rooster is the name for a male domestic fowl and certain game birds. 
*Rosaceae
The rosaceae is the rose_family. They exhibit an exogenous mode of growth, have several petals, distinct, perigynous, separate carpels and numerous stamens. 
*Rose
The rose are shrubs and climbing plants of the genus rosa and family rosaceae. 
*Rosemary
Rosemary is an evergreen shrub.
*Rotatoria
#Rotifera
*Rotifer
Rotifer is a phylum_rotifera.
*Rotifera
Rotifera (Rotatoria) is a class of minute animals related to the Arthropods and the Annelid worms. They have usually a top-shaped transparent body. The head is furnished with cilia, which lash in unison giving the appearance of a revolving wheel and enabling the animal to swim. 
*Rottweiler
The rottweiler is a breed of German guard dog. 
*Roundworm
Roundworm is a common name for phylum_nematoda.
*Roundworms
#roundworm 
*Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae are trees, shrubs or herbs, mostly tropical, with leaves possessing prominent stipules, in some cases as large as leaves.
*Rudd
The rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) is a freshwater fish, a type of minnow, belonging to the carp family Cypridae, common in lakes and slow rivers of Europe; now introduced in the USA. Brownish green above and silvery below, with red fins and golden eyes, it can reach a length of 45 cm and a weight of 1kg. 
*Rue
Rue (Ruta) is a genus of plants of the order Rutaceae. Common Rue is a strong smelling yellowish British garden plant which was once used as a charm against witches and is mentioned in Shakespeare's works as the ''herb of grace''. 
*Ruff
The ruff is a bird belonging to the grallatores (waders). It was once abundant in Britain. 
*Rumex acetosa
#Sorrel
*Ruminant
Ruminant is the group (ruminatia) of even-toed hoofed mammals, including chevrotains, camels, deer, giraffes, the prong-buck and cattle, that have more than one stomach and chew the cud. 
*Ruminate
The term ''ruminate'' refers to ruminant animals.
*Ruminates
#ruminate
*Ruminating
#ruminate
*Rush
The rush (Juncus) is a genus of plants of the order Juncaceae. 
*Ruta
#Rue 
*Rye
Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass cultivated in Russia, Germany and Scandinavia. It's flour is used to make ''black bread''. 
*Sabella
Sabella are polychaeta.
*Sable
The sable is a carnivorous type of marten. 
*Sable antelope
The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is a large African antelope with long, saber-like horns and in the male a black coat. 
*Safflower
The Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is a composite plant native to India. It's large red flowers yield the dye carthamine used in the preparation of rouge. 
*Sage
Sage (Salvia) is a genus of perennial herbs of the order Labiatae. 
*Sagitta
Sagitta is a phylum_chaetognatha.
*Saiga
The Saiga (Saiga tartarica) is an antelope found on the steppes of Europe and Asia. It has a large inflated nose and yellow, lyre shaped horns. The Saiga was in prehistoric times native to Britain.
*Sailfish
The sailfish is a large tropical and sub-tropical marine fish of the family Istiophoridae distinguished by a long, high dorsal fin, long pelvic fins and a double keel on each side of the tail. 
*Sainfoin
Sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa) is a plant of the order Leguminosae with pink flowers and used as fodder. 
*Saki Monkeys
The Saki Monkeys (Pithecia) are a genus of American monkeys of the family Cebidae, with non-prehensile tails and projecting incisor teeth. They are found mainly in the Amazon valley. 
*Salamander
The salamander is a small amphibian of the subclass urodela. They have a small rounded plump, usually spotted body without a dorsal crest. Salamanders are widely distributed throughout Europe but are absent from Britain. 
*Salicaceae
The salicaceae are a natural order of apetalous exogens distinguised by a 2 valved capsule, and numerous seeds tufted with long hairs. 
*Sallow
Sallow is a popular name of trees of the willow family. Common Sallow or goat willow (Salix caprea) was used in the manufacture of gun-powder charcoal.
*Salmonidae
Salmonidae is the Salmon family of bony fish. The body is long and covered with scales, but the head is naked and has no barbel. Most characteristic is the second dorsal fin which is small, fleshy and without rays. The family includes the Salmon and the trout. 
*Salsify
Salsify is a purple-flowered composite plant whose root has an oyster-like flavour and is used as a culinary vegetable. It is also known as the oyster_plant and vegetable_oyster. 
*Saluki
The saluki is a black and tan, white, gold or tricolour breed of dog resembling the greyhound and having fringes of long hair on the ears, legs and thighs. It originates from Egypt and south west Asia and is also known as the gazelle hound. 
*Salvinia
Salvinia is a genus of floating heterosporous ferns. The spores form on the underside of the leaves and drop to the pond bed when the old plants die, giving rise to fresh plants in the spring. 
*Samoyed
The samoyed is a Siberian breed of dog.
*Samphire
Samphire (Crithmum) is a genus of plants of the order Umbelliferae. The common samphire (rock-plant) has umbels of yellow flowers and makes an excellent pickle. 
*Sand dollar
The sand dollar is a flat, dish-like sea urchin that lives on the sandy bottoms of the sea off the coast of North_America. 
*Sand-eel
The sand-eel (Launces, Ammodytidae) is a small, long-bodied fish related to the cod family found burrowing in the sand on the coasts of the northern hemisphere. 
*Sandbox tree
The Sandbox tree is an American tree of the genus Hura. It is a large branching tree with glossy leaves and large, furrowed, round fruits about the size of an orange. When the seed-vessels burts they make a remarkably loud retort. 
*Sandwort
Sandwort (Arenaria) is a genus of plants of the natural order Caryophyllaceae, comprising low herbs with usually awl-shaped leaves and small white flowers.
*Sanguinaria
Sanguinaria is a genus of plants of the order Papaveraceae.
*Sanguinaria canadensis
#Blood-root
*Santa Gertrudis
The Santa Gertrudis is a deep red coloured, horned breed of domestic beef cattle.
*Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae is a natural order of mainly tropical trees which includes the soapberry.
*Saponaria
#Soap-wort 
*Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae is a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs which includes the gutta-percha tree. 
*Sarau
#Serow 
*Sardine
The sardine are several small fish of the herring family.
*Sassafras
Sassafras is a genus of trees of the order Laurinaceae represented by the single species Sassafras officinale, an American tree whose fruits yield oil.
*Saxifragaceae
The saxifragaceae are an order of plants with five sepals, five petals and ten stamens. They are generally mountain plants.
*Scabiosa
#Scabious
*Scabious
Scabious (Scabiosa) is a genus of plants of the order Dipsaceae. The flowers having a terminal head. 
*Scallop
The scallop is a marine mollusc. 
*Scaphopoda
Scaphopodais a class of phylum_mollusca. The foot is reduced and the shell is tubular. 
*Scarab
The scarab is a type of dung beetle. 
*Schistosoma
Schistosoma is a member of the order digenea.
*Scorpion
#scorpionidea
*Scorpion-grass
Scorpion-grass is another name for forget-me-not.
*Scorpionidea
Scorpionidea is the scorpion order of arachnida. They have four pairs of lung-books in the mesosoma and the post-anal telson forms a sting.! 
*Scorpions
#scorpionidea
*Scrophularia
#Fig-wort
*Scyphozoa
Scyphozoa is the class of marine animals known as jelly-fishes. The adult is always medusoid, and there is an extensive system of radial canals, sense organs and tentaculocysts.
*Sea Elephant
#Elephant Seal 
*Sea gooseberry
The sea gooseberry is a common name for the sub-phylum_ctenophora family.
*Sea-Cow
#Sirenia 
*Sea-ear
#Haliotis
*Sea-Grass
#Grass-wrack 
*Sea-Horse
#Hippocampus 
*Sea-needle
#Gar-fish
*Sea-pike
#Gar-fish
*Sea-Pink
#Armeria 
*Sea-Swallow
Sea-swallow is an alternative name for the tern. 
*Sea-Wolf
#Cat-fish
*Seal
The seal is a marine mammal of the phocidae family.
*Seals
#Seal
*Seaweed
Seaweed is a popular collective name for any plant which grows in the sea. 
*Sea_urchin
#echinoidea
*Sea_urchins
#echinoidea
*Secretary Bird
The Secretary Bird (Serpentarius sagittarius or secretarius) is a crane-like African bird which feeds on insects and reptiles. It received its name on account of pen-like tufts of feathers stuck at the back of the head.
*Segmented worm
#phylum_annelida 
*Selachians
#selachii
*Selachii
The selachii (selachians) are an order of chondrichthyes. This order includes the sharks and the rays. They have numerous teeth which are replaced in rapid succession throughout life.
*Seladang
#Gaur
*Selenidium
Selenidium is a member of the gregarinida order. 
*Sensitivity
Sensitivity is the ability of an animal to respond to stimuli from its surroundings. 
*Sequoia
The sequoia is the world's largest tree, growing to over 80 meters tall. It is a coniferous genus of tree with just two species, both confined to the western part of North_America. 
*Serow
The Serow (Sarau, Goat Antelope, Nemorhoedus) is a genus of shaggy goats found in mountain districts of east and south-east Asia in the Himalayas. 
*Sertularia
Sertularia is a member of the order of calyptoblastea. 
*Sesame
Sesame is an annual plant of the order pedaliaceae.
*Setter
A setter is a breed of gun dog.
*Shad
The shad is a fish of the herring family.
*Shaddock
The Shaddock (Citrus decumana) is a tree of the same genus as the orange and lemon. It is a native of Malaysia, and has fruit which resembling the grape in flavour are known as grape_fruit.
*Shag
The shag is a British sea bird.
*Shag-bark
The Shag-bark (Carya alba) is a hickory tree from which the hickory-nut is obtained. 
*Shallot
The shallot is a type of onion.
*Shamrock
The shamrock are several trifoliate plants of the family leguminosae.
*Shark
The shark is a large group of marine fish with cartilaginous skeletons.
*Sheep
Sheep (Ovis) are a ruminant hoofed mammal of the Caprinae family, a sub-family of the Bovidae. 
*Sheep Louse
Sheep Louse is a fly which gets into the wool of sheep and sucks their blood. The parasite fixes its head in the skin and causes a tumour. The remedy for Sheep Louse is the sheep-dip.
*Sheep's Fescue
Sheep's fescue is an abundant tufted grass on dry open spaces growing from 15 cm to 60 cm tall. The leaves are almost cylindrical and chiefly basal. The panicle is compact and slightly one-sided.
*Sheld-Drake
#Sheldrake 
*Sheldrake
The Sheldrake (Sheld-Drake, Bargander) is a British duck found in sandy coastal regions. 
*Shelduck
The shelduck is a British coastal duck.
*Shoe-bill
The Shoe-bill (or Whale-headed stork) is a large heron-like bird with a very large, broad bill the upper part of which ends in a prominent hook. It is a rare bird found only in the marshes of the White Nile and its tributaries.
*Shore Plum
#Beach_Plum
*Shorthorn
The shorthorn (Durham) is a horned or hornless, red or roan coloured breed of domestic beef cattle.
*Shoveler
The shoveler is a British duck.
*Shrew
The shrew is an insectivorous mammal of the family soricidae.
*Shrike
The Shrikes (Laniidae) are small birds with varying characters, but often with compressed, hooked, serrated bills suitable for seizing and tearing the small birds and animals they feed on. 
*Shrimp
#shrimps 
*Shrimps
Shrimps are malacostraca.
*Siamang
The siamang is a type of gibbon native to Malaysia and Sumatra.
*Siamese
The Siamese is a breed of short-haired cat known for its coloration, intelligence and svelte elegance. The coat is thick and glossy, with points on the mask, ears, feet, and tail which can be seal, chocolate, blue, or lilac coloured.
The ears are large and pointed, the tail is long and thin and the eyes are sapphire blue. The Siamese has the loudest meow of all cat breeds. The breed originates from Asia and first appeared in Britain in the 1870s when the King of Siam gave a gift of two siamese cats to Owen_Gould, the English consul general in Bangkok, to take back to London.
*Siberian pine
#Cembra_pine 
*Sidewinder
The sidewinder is a type of rattlesnake. 
*Siphonophora
Siphonophora is an order of hydrozoa. They are pelagic, colonial animals which show marked polymorphism. 
*Sirenia
The sirenia (sea-cow) is an order of eutheria. They are large herbivorous animals adapa ed to life in shallow sea. 
*Sitatunga
The sitatunga are a type of antelope found in swamp regions of central Africa. 
*Skate
Skate are several species of flatfish. 
*Skink
The skinks are a large family of lizards with large smooth scales, under which is a bony plate.
*Skip-jack
#Click_Beetle
*Skirret
Skirret is a plant of the order Umbelliferae. It is a perennial plant native to China and Japan, sometimes cultivated for its edible roots.
*Skogkatt
#Norwegian_Forest
*Skua
The Skua (Stercorariidae) are a family of seven species of swimming birds closely related to the gulls, with the upper mandible of the beak longer than the lower, and strongly hooked at the tip. They have strong crooked claws and completely webbed feet.
*Skua-gull
The skua-gull is a powerful bird of the family Stercorarius. It is found in The Shetland Islands, Iceland and the Faroes.
*Skull
The skull is a term applied to the skeleton bones of the cranium and visceral_skeleton.
*Skunk
The skunk is a north American mammal of the weasel family. 
*Skunk-cabbage
Skunk-cabbage is a plant of the natural order Araceae so named for its smell. The root and seeds are antispasmodic and were at one time used to treat asthma.
*Skylark
The Skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a small passerine bird found in the northern hemisphere and typically distinguishable by a long black claw toe. It is common throughout Europe and north and central Asia and is famous for its song and soaring flight.
*Slater
Slater was a popular name for woodlice around the turn of the century. 
*Sloe
Sloe (blackthorn) is a deciduous shrub of the plum genus with spinose branches and hard tough wood. The black berries are used for preserves and a fictious port wine. 
*Sloth
The sloth is a south American herbivorous mammal.
*Smelt
The smelt is a small European fish allied to the Salmon which lives in the salt water around the mouths of rivers. It is around 4 to 8 inches long and silvery-white in colour. During May to August the smelt comes up river to spawn in fresh water before then returning to the sea.
*Smew
The smew is a swimming bird found in winter along the British coast. It is about 15 to 18 inches long. The male has a white underside and black back. The wings are black and white. The female is red-brown with gray tints.
*Smilaceae
Smilaceae are a tribe of plants of the order Liliaceae. They are mostly climbing plants with woody stems and small unisexual flowers.
*Smilax
Smilax is a genus of shrubs of the order Liliaceae with umbels of small, dioecious flowers. The roots of several species furnish sarsaparilla. 
*Smolt
A smolt is a young, silvery salmon over two years old, but still living in a river and leaving for the sea in the Spring.
*Snail
The snail is an air breathing gastropod mollusc with a spiral shell. 
*Snake
A snake is a reptile of the suborder serpentes.
*Snake-bird
#Darter
*Snake-flies
Snake-flies (also called camel-flies, Raphidiadae) are a family of neuropterous insects so named on account of their neck-like elongation of the head and thorax.
*Snake-wood
Snake-wood is the wood of the Strychnos colubrina, of the order Loganiaceae. It is a tree found in India and Java. 
*Sneeze-wood
Sneeze-wood is the popular name of the South_African tree Pteroxylon utile. It is of the order Sapindaceae and yields a strong durable timber which is dusty to work with, and causes sneezing.
*Sneezewort
Sneezewort is a British composite plant of the milfoil genus. It flowers between July and August.
*Snipe
The snipe is a European marsh bird.
*Snow-bunting
The snow-bunting is a gregarious, passerine bird belonging to the bunting family. It is a native of arctic regions and a winter visitor to Britiain and other temperate regions. 
*Snow-goose
The snow-goose is a species of goose which lives in arctic regions.
*Snowdrop
The snowdrop is a plant of the genus Galanthus of the order Amaryllidaceae. It bears solitary, drooping and elegant white flowers which appear in February.
*Soap-wort
Soap-wort (saponaria) is a genus of plants of the order Caryophyllaceae. They are so named because the bruised leaves produce a lather like soap when agitated in water. 
*Soapwort
Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) is a hardy herbaceous plant whose leaves possess the properties of soap.
*Soko
The Soko is a herbivorous mammal closely allied to the chimpanzees. It was discovered living near Lake Tanganyika by Dr._Livingstone.
*Solan Goose
#Gannet
*Solanaceae
Solanaceae is a natural order of monopetalous exogenous plants, composed of herbs or shrubs, natives of most parts of the world, and especially within the tropics. They have alternate leaves, terminal or axillary inflorescence, and regular, or nearly regular, monopetalous flowers. They are generally narcotic and poisonous, although some parts of the plants are cultivated for food (such as the potato and aubergine). 
*Solaster
Solaster is an asteroidea. 
*Soldanella
Soldanella is a genus of plants of the order Primulaceae. the species are small herbs native to alpine districts.
*Sole
Sole is a flatfish.
*Solidago
#Golden-rod
*Solidungula
Solidungula is a division of the Ungulata mammals which includes the horse and donkey. 
*Somali
The Somali is a breed of long-haired cat renowned for its playful attentiveness and for its keen abilities as a mouser and hunter of small game. It has a lush and slightly shaggy coat, each individual hair carrying ten or more colour tickings, giving the coat a very rich colour density.
The ears are large, pointed, and set wide apart, the tail is full and brushy and held over the back when the cat is moving. The eyes are hazel, amber, or green and almond-shaped. It has a lively and shrewd demeanor and is suited to a life indoors, although it needs space to run and play. 
*Soosoo
The soosoo is a cetaceous mammal similar to a dolphin. It is found in the Ganges and grows to about 4 meters in length.
*Sophora
Sophora is a genus of plants of the order Leguminosae. The species are ornamental shrubs and trees found chiefly in central and tropical Asia, and the tropical and sub-tropical parts of South_America. 
*Sorghum
Sorghum is a genus of grasses. They are the tall grasses with succulent stems and are found in the tropical parts of Asia and other warm regions.
*Soricidae
Soricidae is a family of Insectivora which includes the shrews and musk-rats.
*Sorrel
Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) is a plant of the order Polygonaceae. The leaves are used in salad. The stems are upright and grow to about 0.5 meters. 
*Sorrel-tree
The Sorrel-tree is a tree belonging to the order Ericaceae. It inhabits the range of the Alleghanies from Virginia to Georgia. The leaves are 10 to 12 cm long, oval and finely toothed. 
*Southdown
#Sussex
*Sow-bread
Sow-bread is a species of Cyclamen so called from its being the favourite food of the Sicilian wil boars.
*Spaniel
The spaniels are a sub-species of dogs characterized by great intelligence and an affectionate disposition.
*Sparidae
Sparidae is a family of acanthopterygious, teleostean fishes. They form the genus Sparus.
*Sparrow
Sparrow is a term applied to many small thick beaked birds.
*Spatangus
Spatangus is a genus of sea-urchines, popularly called the heart-urchins from their shape. 
*Spatularia
Spatularia is a genus of fishes of the sturgeon tribe which are remarkable for their long, leaf-like snouts. 
*Spearmint
Spearmint (Mentha viridis) is a European and North_American species of mint cultivated for its flavouring properties.
*Spearwort
Spearwort is a plant of the genus Ranunculus. There are two species, the great and the lesser spearwort. Both are British plants with lanceolate undivided leaves and yellow flowers, growing in wet localities. 
*Speedwell
Speedwell is a flowering plant of the figwort family.
*Spergula
Spergula is a genus of plants of the knot grass order. 
*Spergula arvensis
#Yarr
*Sperm Whale
The Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales, with a long and massive head comprising roughly one third of its total length.
*Sphagnum
Sphagnum is a genus of mosses commonly known as bog-moss from their unusual habitat. They have erect stems several centimeters long, and bear the male organs on laternal stems, somewhat resembling catkins, and the female organs on shorter lateral stems, resembling buds. 
*Sphenisciformes
The Sphenisciformes are an order of birds. These are the penguins. They comprise a single family, Spheniscidae. They are water birds with a streamlined body and elongated head. The beak is stout and ends in a sharp point. They are incapable of flight, instead their wings have adapted as short powerful paddles.
*Spider
#araneida
*Spinifex
Spinifex (Porcupine Grass, Triodia irritans) is a coarse Australian grass growing in tufts to around 1 meter high. 
*Spleenwort
Spleenwort is a fern of the order Aspleniaceae. Most of the species are tropical. They are distinguished by long sori at the back of the fronds covered by a protective membrane.
*Sponge
Sponges (Porifera) are a group of simple animals. They posess a porous ''spongy'' texture and no definite external organs or form. They vary in shape and hardness. The sponge body consists of a mass of cells of various kinds forming a delicate tissue, and this is supported on a skeleton of minute rods, or spicules, of calcite, silica or of a horny organic substance. 
*Spongilla
The spongilla is a member of the demospongia class.
*Spoonbill
The spoonbill (Plataleidae) is a family of stork-like wading birds with very wide and flat bills. They are found near shallow, fresh water in most parts of the world except northern Europe, Asia and America.
*Sporozoa
Sporozoa are a class of phylum_protozoa. They are parasitic protozoa propagated by spores. 
*Springbok
The springbok is an antelope found in South_Africa.
*Spruce
The spruce is a coniferous tree. 
*Spurge
Spurge is a species of plants of the Euphorbiaceae family. The British spurges are all herbaceous, and remarkable for the singular structure of their flowers which are green, and their milky juice.
*Spurge Laurel
#Daphne
*Squamata
The squamata is an order of diapsida. The lower border of the lower temporal vacuity is incomplete. The body is covered by horny scales. These animals live in warmer climates.Á 
*Squash
Squash (Cucurbita Melopepo) is a gourd cultivated in America as an article of food.
*Squirrel
The squirrel (Sciurus) is a bushy tailed rodent of the sciuridae family. 
*St. Bernard
The St. Bernard is a breed of large dog. It has a massive head and somewhat pendulous lips. They were bred by the monks at the hospice of St. Bernard to track out and succour travellers caught in snow-storms or avalanches. At the start of the 19th century all the females died, and the monks had to cross-breed them with Newfoundlands, and the modern St. Bernard is still of this cross. 
*St. John's Wort
St. John's Wort (Hypericum) is a genus of plants of the order Hypericineae. They have yellow flowers and leaves which emit a lemon-like smell when crushed. St. John's Wort was once worn as a charm against evil. 
*Stachys
Stachys (Hedge-nettle, woundwort) is a genus of plants of the order Labiate. 
*Stag
Stag is the name given to a male deer. 
*Stallion
A stallion is a male horse.
*Stamen
The stamen is the male reproductive organ of a flower. 
*Starfish
#asteroidea
*Starling
The starling is a bird.
*Starwort
Starwort (Stitchwort, Stellaria) is a genus of plants of the order Caryophyllaceae having five sepals, five deeply cleft petals, ten stamens and three styles. The flowers are generally white.
*Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus was a herbivore dinosaur of the jurassic_period. It had diamond shaped spiny plates on its back and spikes on its tail for defence against predators.
*Stellaria
#Starwort
*Stelleroidea
The stelleroidea are a class of phylum_echinodermata. They are the starfishes and brittle stars. They have a five-rayed symmetry clearly indicated by ''arms'' which radiate out from the centre of the body. The mouth is on the lower side of the flattened body.
*Stentor
Stentor is a member of the order of heterotricha.
*Stephanotis
Stephanotis is a genus of tropical twining shrubs. 
*Steppe cat
#Pallas_cat
*Sterculiaceae
Sterculiaceae is a natural order of tropical trees and herbs.
*Sting-fish
#Adder_Pik 
*Stinkhorn
Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) is a fungus of the family Phalloidaceae, of the order Gasteromycetes. It is at first about the size of a small egg, attached to the ground by a slender radicle. The egg contains a jelly, in which is the nucleus of the phallus. When the egg is ripe the skin breaks, and within a few hours the phallus rises. It consists of a lattice-work structure to allow quick development, most of which takes place in half-an-hour, and is surmounted by a cap covered with mucus, at first sweet smelling, but later becoming revolting. This mucus attracts flies which disseminate the fungus spores. 
*Stitchwort
#Starwort
*Stoat
The stoat is a carnivorous mammal of the weasel family.
*Stomach
The stomach is a region of the alimentary_canal. Food accumulates in the stomach and some digestion may take place.
*Stonecrop
Stonecrop (Sedum) is a name for a group of succulent herbaceous plants of the order Crassulaceae. There are 120 species of which 11 are British. Most are perennial and very small.
*Stork
The stork is a family of carnivorous wading birds with long necks and long legs. 
*Strawberry
The strawberry is a low growing perennial of the rosaceae family. The fruit are rich in vitamin_C. 
*Strophanthus
Strophanthus is a genus of plants of the natural order Apocynaceae growing chiefly in equatorial Africa and in India.
*Sturgeon
The sturgeon is a member of the palaeonisciformes order. 
*Stylaster
Stylaster is a member of the order stylasterina. 
*Stylasterina
Stylasterina is an order of marine hydrozoa similar to milleporina but with branched corallum. 
*Stylonichia
Stylonichia is a member of the order of hypotricha.
*Sub-phylum acrania
The sub-phylum_acrania group of animals are simple or aberrant chordates without a true brain, heart or kidneys. 
*Sub-phylum cnidaria
The sub-phylum cnidaria are coelenterates which have nematocysts and nearly perfect symmetry.
*Sub-phylum craniata
Sub-phylum craniata are the vetebrate group of animals. They are chordates which show a very definite advance in complexity of structure and activity. A proper head region can be identified. Organs of special sense are prominently developed and there is a definite brain enclosed in a cranium.
*Sub-phylum ctenophora
The sub-phylum ctenophora are a family of solitary, free swimming animals. They have characteristic locomotor structures formed of rows of fused cilia.
*Suctoria
Suctoria are a subclass of ciliophora. The adult form has suctorial tentacles. 
*Suffolk Down
The Suffolk_Down is a large and heavy breed of English sheep with a black-head and no horns. It is notable for producing many twins. 
*Sugar-Beet
Sugar-Beet is a type of beet from which sugar is obtained. Sugar was extracted from beet in Germany since the 18th century, but cultivation only started in England in 1912. 
*Sundew
Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) is an insectivorous plant found in bogs. It has spoon-shaped, reddish leaves and captures its prey by means of tentacles which are coated with a glistening secretion. 
*Sunflower
The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a plant of the order Compositae. It grows to over 2m tall and bears an immense head of yellow florets.
*Sus
#Pig 
*Sussex
The Sussex or Southdown is a breed of English short-wooled sheep. It has fine close curled wool and a brown or grey face and short legs. 
*Swallow
The Swallow (Hirundinidae) is a family of around 150 species of perching birds found everywhere in the world except New_Zealand. They are typical migratory birds, and are distinguished by broad beaks, opening almost to the eyes, small, weak feet, and a long, forked tail.
*Swallow-wort
#Celandine 
*Swan
The swan is a large, long necked bird of the duck family.
*Swede
Swede is a biennial plant. 
*Sweet Flag
#Calamus 
*Sweet Pea
The Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is an annual plant of the order Leguminosae. It is easy to grow and is a popular garden plant in Britain.
*Sweet Potato
The Sweet Potato (Batatas) is a genus of plants of the order Convolvulaceae found in South_America and Central_America.
*Sweet-william
Sweet-william (Dianthus barbatus) is a biennial plant of the pink genus of the order Caryoophyllaceae. 
*Swift
The Swift (Cypselidae) is a family of about 100 species of Picarian birds. They are similar to the Swallow, with long, narrow wings, forked tail, and a beak slit to the level of the eyes.
*Swine
#pig 
*Swiss stone pine
#Cembra_pine 
*Sword-fish
The Sword-fish (Xiphiidae) is a family of six species of bony fish remarkable on account of their having an enormous prolongation of the upper jaw which forms a sword-like weapon of attack.
*Sycamore
The sycamore (Sycomorus) is a genus of trees of the order Moraceae native to Europe. 
*Sycon
Sycon is a member of the calcarea class. 
*Sylvia succica
#Blue-throat 
*Sylviidae
#Warbler 
*Synapsida
The synapsida are a subclass of mammal-like reptiles now extinct.
*Synapta
Synapta is a type of holothuroidea.
*Syncarida
Syncarida is an order of malacostraca in which the carapace is absent and the thoracic appendages have exopodites. 
*Syndactyla
The syndactyla are an order of metatheria in which the second and third toes are bound together in a common mass of tissue.
*Taenia
Taenia is a cestoda. 
*Taipan
The taipan is a type of small headed cobra.
*Talbot
The talbot was a large, whitish hound with long hanging ears and heavy jaws bred for tacking and hunting. It is believed that the talbot was the forerunner of the modern bloodhound.
*Tamaricaceae
Tamaricaceae is a small natural order of polypetalous exogens. The species are either herbs or shrubs, inhabiting chiefly the basin of the Mediterranean. They have minute alternate simple leaves and usually small white or pink flowers in terminal spikes. 
*Tamarin
The tamarin are South_American monkeys. They are active and restless.
*Tamarind
Tamarind is an evergreen tree of the leguminosae family. 
*Tamarisk
The Tamarisk is a plant of the genus Tamarix. It is a graceful evergreen shrub or small tree with slender feathery branches and minute leaves found in sandy places. 
*Tanacetum
#Tansy 
*Tanaidacea
Tanaidacea is a marine order of malacostraca with a reduced carapace and a short abdomen.
*Tangerine
The tangerine is a small, flattened, deep-coloured, swett-scented variety of orange from Tangier.
*Tangle
Tangle is a popular name for Laminaria digitata, a common British sea-weed.
*Tank-worm
The tank-worm is a nematode worm found in mud in water tanks in India. 
*Tanrec
Tanrec (Centetes) is a genus of insectivorous mammals resembling the European hedgehog in appearance. They are found in Madagascar where they live in burrows excavated with their strong claws. 
*Tansy
Tansy (Tanacetum) is a genus of plants of the order Compositae. They have yellow corymbose flowers.
*Tantalus
Tantalus is a genus of wading birds of the heron family. 
*Tapir
Tapir is the name of ungulate or hoofed animals forming the family Tapiridae. The nose resembles a short fleshy proboscis. There are four toes to the fore-feet and three to the hind-feet.
*Tapiridae
#Tapir 
*Tara Fern
The Tara Fern is a species of fern found in New_Zealand. The Maoris obtained a flour from its root which formed a staple part of their diet prior to British settlement. 
*Tarantula
The tarantula is a large black south European spider of the genus Lycosa with a slighly poisonous bite. The term is also popularly applied to various other large, especially hairy spiders from Africa and America. 
*Tare
Tare is the popular name for plants of the genus Vicia.
*Taro
Taro is a plant of the arum family cultivated in Pacific islands for its starchy, edible root. 
*Tarpan
The tarpan is a breed of wild horse found in Asia. 
*Tarpon
The tarpon is a large silvery marine fish found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic.
*Tarragon
Tarragon is a perennial herb of the daisy family.
*Tarsier
The tarsier (Tarsius) is a genus of mammals of the lemur family. It is about the size of a squirrel, fawn brown in colour with large eyes, large ears and a long tufted tail. The tarsier is a tree dwelling animal and eats lizards.
*Tarsius
#Tarsie
*Tasmanian wolf
#Thylacine 
*Tasmannia
Tasmannia is a genus of one Tasmanian and two Australian shrubs of the natural order Magnoliaceae. 
*Tatouay
The tatouay is a kind of armadillo remarkable for the undefended state of its tail which is devoid of the bony rings that inclose it in other armadillos.
*Tautog
The tautog (Tautoga nigra) is an American fish found on the coast of New_England and valued as a food. 
*Taxaceae
Taxaceae is a sub order of Coniferae which includes the Yew tree.
*Taxodium
Taxodium is a genus of plants of the order Coniferae. It includes the cypresses. 
*Taxus
#Yew 
*Tayra
The tayra (Galera barbara) is a South_American carnivorous animal allied to the glutton. It is black in colour with a large white patch on the breast. 
*Tea
Tea is an evergreen rosaceae. The infusion of the dried leaves is a popular beverage. It was introduced to England during the 17th century.
*Teak
Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical Asian timber tree of the order Verbenaceae. 
*Teal
The teal is a small British duck of the genus Querquedula. 
*Teasel
The teasel is a plant of the genus Dipsacus. It is a herb with prickly leaves and flower heads.
*Tecoma
Tecoma is a genus of plants of the natural order Bignoniaceae. They are trees or shrubs or climbing plants with unequally pinnate or digitate simple leaves, and terminal panicles of dusky red or orange flowers. 
*Tectibranchiata
Tectibranchiata is a division of gasteropodous mollusca with gills protected by the shell or the mantle, as with the sea-hare. 
*Tectona Grandis
#Teak
*Teff
Teff (Eragrostis abyssinica) is a grain with seeds about the size of those of millet.
*Teguexin
The teguexin is a species of lizard inhabiting tropical America. They grow to around 150cm long and can swim with ease and rapidity. 
*Teledu
The teledu is a stinking badger found in Java and Sumatra. 
*Teleostei
Teleostei is a large sub-class of fish distinguished by a bony skeleton. 
*Telosporidia
Telosporidia are a subclass of sporozoa. They have a trophic stage which is distinct from the reproductive phase.
*Temnodon
#Blue-fish 
*Tench
The tench (Tinca tinca) is a freshwater fish of the carp family. 
*Tenebrio
Tenebrio is a genus of beetles.
*Tenuirostres
Tenuirostres (slender-beaked) is a section of the Insessores order of birds containing those species with a long slender, tapering beak. 
*Terebratula
Terebratula is a deep-sea genus of phylum_brachiopoda. 
*Termite
Termites are a social insect of the order Isoptera. They are chiefly found in tropical climates and are very destructive to timber.
*Tern
The tern is a sea bird, especially those of the genus Sterna. They resemble a gull, but are usualy smaller and with a more slender body. Terns have long, pointer wings and a forked tail giving rise to their alternative name of the sea-swallow.
*Ternstroemiaceae
Ternstroemiaceae is a natural order of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants consisting of trees or shrubs with alternate simple usually coriacerous leaves without stipules. The flowers are generally white, arranged in axillary or terminal peduncles, articulated at the base. 
*Terrapin
The terrapin is a freshwater tortoise. 
*Testes
The testes are the male gonads.
*Tetradactyl
Tetradactyl is a term applied to any animal or bird with 4 fingers or toes.
*Tetraonidae
#Grouse
*Tetrapod
Tetrapod is the family of four legged vertebrates. It includes birds because wings developed from legs.
*Thalamophora
The thalamophora are an order of rhizopoda. They are amoeboid forms protected by a shell. There are apertures in the shell through which the pseudopodia extend. 
*Thallophyte
A thallophyte is a plant with a thallus body, such as seaweed or liverwort.
*Thallus
A thallus is the body of a primitive plant which is not divided into leaves, stem and roots but consists of a more or less uniform tissue. 
*Theropithecus
#Gelad 
*Thistle
The thistle (Carduus) is a genus of plants of the order Compositae.
*Thorn-apple
#Datura
*Thrasher
The thrasher is a species of shark (Alopias vulpinus) which has a very long upper division of its tail which it uses to thrash its prey or attackers.
*Thrift
#Armeria 
*Thrips
Thrips are minute insects with 4 hair-fringed wings of the order Thysanoptera. Many of the species injure plants by feeding upon their juices. 
*Thrush
The thrush is a bird of the turdidae family. 
*Thylacine
The thylacine (Tasmanian wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus) is a carnivorous marsupial resembling a dog in appearance, greyish-brown with conspicuous black markings on the hinder half of the back. 
*Thyme
Thyme (Thymus) is a genus of herbs of the Labiatae family. 
*Thymus
#Thyme 
*Thysanozoon
Thysanozoon is a member of the order polycladida.
*Thysanura
Thysanura is an order of apterygota. 
*Tick
#acarina 
*Tiger
The tiger is a large asian wild cat. It is maneless, of tawny-yellow colour with blackish transverse stripes and a white belly.
*Tigress
A tigress is a female tiger. 
*Tile-fish
The tile-fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) is a large, deep-water, yellow-spotted fish found off the coast of New_England. It is apparently good to eat.
*Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae is a natural order of plants.
*Tinamou
The tinamou is a South_American bird of the family Tinamidae. It resembles the grouse but is actualy related to the rhea.
*Tinamous
The Tinamous are a unique group of birds. They are about the size of a fowl with a small head and slender neck.
*Tinca Tinca
#Tench 
*Tit
#Paridae 
*Titmice
#Paridae 
*Toad
The toad is a tailless leaping amphibian similar to the frog, but terrestial in habits except at the breeding season.
*Toads
#toad
*Tobacco
Tobacco is a large leaved solanaceae plant of the genus Nicotiana. 
*Todies
#Todus 
*Todus
Todus (Todies) are a genus and family of minute red and green insectivorous picarian birds found in the West_Indies. 
*Tody
The tody is a small insectivorous West_Indian bird of the genus Todus, allied to the kingfisher. 
*Tomato
The tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) is a South_American annual plant of the order Solanaceae. It produces a round red fruit which is treated like a vegetable.
*Tonka
The tonka is a large South_American tree (Dipteryx odorata). The seeds, known as tonka beans, are black fragrant and almond-shaped and are used for scenting tobacco and perfume.
*Tope
The tope (Galeorhinus galeus) is a small european shark. 
*Tortoise
The tortoise is a chelonia.
*Totara
The totara is a tree found in New_Zealand and Chile. 
*Toucan
The toucan is a family of picarian birds found in South_and Central America forests. They possess brilliant plumage and enormously large, saw-edged bills. Toucans live in societies and are esteemed by the natives for food. 
*Toxodon
The toxodon was a large three-toed ungulate mammal as tall and heavily built as a rhinocerous, which lived in South_America in late Tertiary times.
*Trachea
The trachea is a pipe leading to the lung chamber. 
*Trachinus
#Weever_fish 
*Trachylina
Trachylina is an order of hydrozoa. They are mainly marine forms in which the medusoid stage is represented, and the hydroid stage is reduced or absent. 
*Tragopan
The tragopan is an asiatic pheasant of the genus Tragopan. The male has erectile fleshy horns on his head leading to its alternative name of the horned pheasant.
*Trapa
Trapa is a genus of plants of the order Onagrariaceae. Their nuts are often consumed as food.
*Tree
A tree is a perennial plant with a self supporting woody main stem.
*Trees
#Tree
*Trefoil
#Clover
*Trematoda
Trematoda is a class of phylum_platyhelminthes. They are the fluke worms. Parasitic flat worms with a leaf-like body. The mesenchyme secretes a tough cuticle and cilia are lacking in the adults. Hooks and/or suckers are often present. 
*Trematode
A trematode is any member of the Trematoda.
*Triceratops
The triceratops was a dinosaur with three horns on its head. 
*Tricladida
Tricladida is an order of turbellaria with an intestine having three main branches. The sense organs are frequently well developed.
*Trifolium
#Clover
*Trigger-fish
#File-fish 
*Trout
The trout is a fish native to the northern hemisphere. 
*Truffle
Truffle is a subterranean fungus.
*Trumpeter
The Trumpeters are a family of South_American birds related to the seriema, the cranes and the rails. They are so named from their loud trumpet-like cry. The body is about the size of a fowl's, but the legs are long and crane-like, and the beak short. They nest on the ground and feed on insects, seeds and fruits. 
*Trypanosome
Trypanosome is a parasite of the genus Trypanosoma. It is a flagellate protozoa which infects the blood of man and other animals often causing disease, including sleeping-sickness. 
*Tsetse
The tsetse is a fly found in Africa that carries the Trypanosome parasite which causes sleeping sickness.
*Tsetse-fly
#Tsetse
*Tuatara
The tuatara is a survivor of the group of prehistoric reptiles to which the dinosaurs belonged. It is found only in a few islands of New_Zealand. It lays 10-14 eggs which it buries in the ground. A fully grown tuatara is about 24 inches long. The tuatara is carnivorous. 
*Tuatera
The tuatera is a large lizard-like reptile found only in New_Zealand, and forming the distinct order Rhynchocephalia, in which the skull and skeleton are more like those of the crocodile than a lizard.
*Tubifex
The tubifex are oligochaeta. 
*Tubularia
Tubularia is a member of the order of gymnoblastea.
*Tulip
The tulip is a genus of flowering plants of the order Liliaceae. One species, the wild tulip (Tulipa sylvestris) is native to Britain. It is a bulbous plant, attaining a height of about 30cm, with very narrow leaves and a solitary large fragrant flower.
*Tulip Tree
The Tulip Tree (Liriodendron) is a tree of the order Magnoliaceae, introduced into Britain from North_America towards the close of the 17th century. It may grow to a height of nearly 30 meters and in summer develops beautiful large, green, orange or lemon-coloured flowers resembling tulips.
*Tuna
The tuna is a fish of the mackerel family. 
*Tunny
The tunny is a fish of the mackerel family, also called tuna it can reach 14ft in length.
*Tupelo
The tupelo are large American trees of the genus Nyssa found growing in swamps and on river banks in the sourthern USA.
*Turaco
The turaco is a long-tailed crested African bird of the genus Tauraco. 
*Turbellaria
Turbellaria is a class of free-living flatworms. They live in water and damp conditions. The epidermis is glandular, ciliated and has a thin cuticle.
*Turbot
The turbot is a flat fish found in the mediterranean and north_sea.
*Turdus merula
#Blackbird 
*Turkey Buzzard
The Turkey Buzzard is a small, black species of American vulture.
*Turmeric
Turmeric is a perennial plant of the ginger family.
*Turnip
The turnip is a biennial cruciferous plant with a fleshy globular or spheroidal root, toothed leaves, and yellow flowers. The root of the turnip is used as a vegetable and also fed to cattle and sheep.
*Turnstone
The turnstone is a bird of the plover family, found nearly all over the world. It is about the size of a snipe, but has shorter legs and bill, and takes its name from the habit of turning over stones on the sea shore in search of small crustaceans which it eats. 
*Turtle
The turtle is an aquatic chelonia. 
*Tyrannosaurus rex
Tyrannosaurus_rex was a carnivorous dinosaur from the cretaceous period. It was the largest of all the carnivorous dinosaurs. It was so big it could have eaten a human in one or two bites. 
*Uakari
The uakari is a monkey found in South_America. 
*Uca
#Fiddler_Crab
*Umbelliferae
The umbelliferae is a family of plants which generally have flowers in regular compound umbells and fistular furrowal stems. 
*Upas
The upas (Antiaris toxicaria) is a tree of the order Urticaceae, allied to the fig, hop and nettle, found in Java and exuding a milky white juice called antiarin. 
*Urd
Urd (Gram, Black gram, Vigna mungo) is a plant of the order Leguminosae cultivated in trpoical Asia for its edible seeds and as forage.
*Urochordata
Urochordata is a class of sub-phylum_acrania. They are the sea squirts. They are ciliary-feeding marine animals. 
*Urodela
The urodela are a subclass of amphibia. They are the newts and salamanders. The tail persists throughout life. The fore and hind limbs are poorly developed. 
*Urticaceae
Urticaceaeis a natural order of exogenous trees, herbs and shrubs. This is the nettle family, with stinging hairs. 
*Vaccinium
Vaccinium is a genus of mostly hardy shrubs belonging to the order Vacciniaceae. They bear globose berries which are often edible and of comercial value. Species include the bilberry and cranberry.
*Vaccinium myrtillus
#Bilberry
*Valerian
Valerian is the Valeriana genus of plants of the order Valerianaceae having small fragrant flowers of white, purple or pink. The root was formerly used in medicine as a nerve sedative and antispasmodic. 
*Valeriana
#Valerian
*Valerianaceae
Valerianaceae is the valerian family of plants. They are herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple or compound, opposite leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, indehiscent fruit. 
*Vallisneria
Vallisneria is a genus of half-hardy, aquatic, submerged plants belonging to the order Hydrocharidaceae. There is only one species, eel_grass, which is grown in aquariums.
*Vampire Bat
The Vampire Bat (Phyllostomatidae) is a large family of about 150 species of bat distinguished by a well developed ''leaf'' above the nose, or by skin folds or warts beneath the chin. The middle finger of the wing has three joints. Vampire Bats are confined to the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world where they live in forest areas feeding on fruit and insects, although two species, Desmodus and Diphylla are blood sucking. 
*Vanilla
Vanilla is a genus of climbing orchids.
*Vegetable oyster
#Salsify 
*Velella
Velella is a member of the order of siphonophora.
*Vellozia
Vellozia is a genus of tropical woody-stem plants of the order Amaryllidaceae. They are mostly natives of South_Africa and Brazil. The leaves grow in clusters at the tips of the branches and bear showy campanulate single flowers.
*Ventricle
A ventricle is a chamber of the heart which despatches blood.
*Venus Fly-trap
The Venus Fly-trap is a plant of the genus Dionoea. It is native to the sandy savannas of Carolina and Florida. The leaves have a dilated petiole and a slightly stalked 2-lobed lamina, with three short stiff bristles on each lobe. The bristles are remarkably irritable and when touched by a fly or other insect the lobes of the leaf suddenly close on the insect. The insect is then digested.
*Verbena
Verbena is a genus of plants, mostly American, several species of which possess handsome and sweet-scented flowers.
*Vertebrate
#sub-phylum_craniata 
*Vertebrates
#vertebrate
*Vervain
Vervain (Verbena officinalis) is a native British plant of the genus Verbena.
*Vesper Sparrow
The Vesper sparrow (bay-winged bunting, Pooecetes gramineus) is a bird of the family Fringillidae. 
*Viburnum
Viburnum is a genus of hardy shrubs belonging to the order Caprifoliaceae. They bear corymbs or panicles of white or pink flowers. 
*Vicia
Vicia is a genus of leguminous plants extensively cultivated as food for cattle and horses.
*Vicuna
The vicuna is a species of wild llama, a ruminant mammal of the camel family found in the Andes. Unlike the other wild species, the huanaco, the face is fawn-coloured.
*Vigna Mungo
#Urd 
*Viper
The viper is a family of venomous snakes. They are characterized by venom-conducting fangs which hinge forward when the snake bites. 
*Virginia creeper
The virginia creeper (Vitis quinquefolia) is a climbing plant of the order Vitaceae, akin to the vine, with large lobbed leaves which acquire a beautiful red colour in the autumn, tendrils by which it climbs and which give off short branches ending in adhesive suckers for clinging to walls or trees, and clusters of green flowers like those of the vine. It is native to North_America and was introduced into Britain.
*Virginia Deer
The Virginia Deer is a North_American species of deer about the size of a fallow-deer, but with large antlers curving forwards over the face. The coat is brown in winter, and paler with white spots in summer. The underside of the tail is white from whence it derives its American name the white-tailed deer.
*Viscacha
The Viscacha (Pampas_Hare, Lagostomus trichodactylus) is a South_American rodent of the family Chinchillidae. It is a gregarious burrow-dweller with five toes on the front feet and three on the hind.
*Visceral skeleton
The visceral skeleton is the bones comprising the jaws and their allied structures.
*Viverridae
#Civet 
*Vole
The vole is a rodent of the cricetidae family. 
*Volvox
Volvox is a genus of flagellate Protozoa, closely related to the simplest plants. They form minute globular colonies composed of sometimes as many as 22,000 individuals in fresh water. 
*Vorticella
Vorticella is a member of the order of peritricha. 
*Vulture
The vulture is a carrion eating bird.
*Wagtail
#Motacilla 
*Wake-robin
#Green-dragon
*Wallaby
Wallaby is the name of several small members of the kangaroo family. 
*Wallflower
The wallflower (Cheiranthus) is a genus of plants of the order Cruciferae. The common wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri) is yellow when wild. 
*Walnut
The walnut (Juglans regia) is a tree of the order Juglandaceae. It was introduced into Britain from Asia in the 15th century. It is a spreading tree and grows to a height of around 15 meters with a short bole which may grow to 6 meters in circumferance and is covered with rugged grey bark. It bears fruit similar to a plum, the stone of which is eaten and the timber is light but tough and makes attractive furniture. 
*Walrus
The walrus is a marine mammal similar to the seal found in the arctic. 
*Wapiti
The wapiti is a deer closely allied to the red_deer, but much larger and of different colour. The body is fawn coloured with the head and limbs brown. The wapiti stands 1.5 meters at the shoulder. 
*Waratah
Waratah is a shrub of the order Proteaceae, characterised by brilliant crimson tubular flowers borne in dense globular clusters at the end of sprays of long oval, oak-like leaves.
*Warbler
The warbler (Sylviidae) is a family of thrush-like perching song birds distinguished from typical thrushes by their smaller size, delicate bills and toes and duller plumage. They feed on insects and are very migratory. 
*Wart hog
The wart_hog is a type of wild pig found in Africa.
*Wasp
The wasp is a stinging insect of the order hymenoptera.
*Water Deer
The water deer is a small, hornless, ruminant, armed with long tusks and coloured dark brown with white stripes. It is found in west Africa. 
*Water Lily
Water Lily is a general name for the aquatic plants of the order Nymphaeaceae, of which there are about 60 species distributed through temperate and tropical countries. They are all perennial, and most have large floating leaves and flowers.
*Water-Boatman
The water-boatman is an insect of the order Hemiptera found in fresh water ponds, and having oar-like legs for swimming. 
*Water-Buck
The water-buck is a large antelope about the size of a donkey, found usually in swampy places in east and south Africa. It is mainly brown in colour and has long, strongly ribbed horns in the male only. 
*Water-pepper
Water-pepper is a plant of the Polygonaceae family. It grows to between 20 and 70 cm tall and has sparingly branched ascending stems. The leaves are lanceolate and irritate the skin when touched.
*Water-Plantain
Water-Plantain (Alisma) is a name for several species of the order Alismaceae, aquatic and sometimes floating, with long-stalked, often large leaves.
*Water-rat
The water-rat is the largest of the British voles, about the size of a common rat. It lives in burrows in the banks of streams and feeds on green food and roots.
*Water-scorpion
The water-scorpion is an insect of the order Hemiptera, which lives in fresh-water ponds and preys upon other insects. 
*Waterbuck
The waterbuck is an antelope found in Africa. It has a characteristic white ring marKing in its rump.
*Watercress
Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) is a perennial aquatic plant of the order Cruciferae, related to the wallflower and widely cultivated as a salad. It is abundant in small streams, and roots in the mud at the bottom. From the creeping stems arise alternate leaves divided into a varying number of pairs of leaflets. The flowers are small and white and clustered together. 
*Wax palm
The wax palm (Ceroxylon andicola) is a tree of the order Palmae, found in Colombia, which attains a height of around 15 meters. It is crowned with large spreading leaves which may be 3 meters in length and resemble gigantic feathers. The trunk is lined with a resinous wax.
*Waxbill
The waxbill is a small seed eating bird found in Africa. 
*Weasel
The weasel is a carnivorous mammal of the family mustelidae. It feeds mainly on voles, rats and mice.
*Weever fish
The Weever fish (Trachinus) is a genus of small European marine fish. They have highly poisonous dorsal spines.
*Wensleydale
#Yorkshire_Leicester 
*Whale
A whale is a large marine mammal of the order cetacea. 
*Whelk
The whelk is a marine gastropod with a thick spiral shell. 
*Whimbrel
The whimbrel is a bird of the plover group, closely related to and resembling the curlew, but considerably smaller and breeding in Great_Britain in the Orkneys and Shetland.
*Whin
#Gorse 
*Whip snake
The whip snake is an oriental arboreal snake so called because of its long, thin body. 
*Whip-scorpion
The whip-scorpion is a group of arachnida of the order Pedipalpi, resembling the spider in having a narrow wait between the fore-part and the abdomen, but differing in having no silk glands. The second pair of limbs are modified as powerful grasping organs armed with spines for impaling their prey and the first pair of legs are turned into antenna-like feelers, resembling long whips in some kinds. 
*Whippet
The whippet is a breed of dog produced by crossing a hybrid of a fox-terrier and a greyhound with an Italian_greyhound. Whippets are used for coursing rabbits, especially in the north of England.
*Whistling Snipe
#Greenshank
*White thorn
The White thorn is the white variety of the Hawthorn tree. 
*White-tailed deer
#Virginia_Deer 
*Whitebait
Whitebait is the name given to the fry of sprats or herrings.
*Whiteface
#Hereford
*Whortleberry
Whortleberry (Vaccinium) is the name of several species of shrubs of the order Vacciniacea, such as the cranberry, cowberry and bilberry but often restricted to the bilberry. 
*Widow Bird
The widow bird is several species of African weaver birds. They trick other birds into rearing their young.
*Wigeon
The wigeon is a British duck.
*Wildebeeste
#Gnu 
*Willow
Willow is an amentaceae of the family salicaceae. Its timber is used to make cricket bats. 
*Winter cherry
Winter cherry (Physalis alkekengi) is a perennial herbaceous planmt of the order Solanacea, a native to China and the Caucasus, with a creeping root, wedge-shaped oval leaves borne on long stalks, and an orange-coloured berry borne in the enlarged calyx which assumes the same hue after the white petals have been shed.
*Wireworm
Wireworm is the larva of the clickbeetle. It damages crops by feeding on the roots of all kinds of cereal crops. 
*Wistaria
Wistaria is a genus of plants of the order Leguminosae. They are climbing shrubs with large downy leaves divided into five or six pairs of oval leaflets, and long clusters of violet-blue flowers.
*Witch-hazel
#Hamamelidaceae
*Withy
Withy (Salix fragilis) also called crack willow is a large tree of the order Salicaceae which attains a height of over 25 meters, sometimes in the space of 20 years.
*Woad
Woad (Isatis tinctoria) is a biennial herbaceous plant of the order Cruciferae, native to Europe and north Asia but not to Britain. The stem is erect and smooth attaining a height of 1 meter and bears stalkless arrow-shaped leaves and elongated clusters of small yellow flowers. 
*Wolf
The wolf is the largest species of wild dog and the original stock from which all domestic dogs were derived.
*Wolf-fish
#Cat-fish
*Wolverene
#Glutton 
*Wolverine
#Glutton 
*Wombat
The wombat is a nocturnal, herbivorous marsupial.
*Wood-ibis
Wood-ibis is an American bird of the Tantalus genus. It lives in swamps where it feeds on snakes, young alligators, frogs and other reptiles.
*Woodbine
#Honeysuckle 
*Woodcock
The woodcock is a British game bird. 
*Woodlice
The woodlice are malacostraca. 
*Wormwood
Wormwood is a European woody herb (Artemisia absinthium). It yields a dark-green oil which was once used as a tonic against intestinal worms and as a protection against moths and fleas, and is now used as a flavouring in vermouth and absinthe.
*Woundwort
#Stachys 
*Wren
The wren is a small brown bird with a cocked tail of the order Passeriformes, family Troglodytidae. The wren feeds mainly on insects and spiders and grows to about 9 cm long with a 13 cm wing span. It has a life span of about 6 years. 
*Xanthorrhoea
#Grass-tree
*Xiphosura
Xiphosura are the king-crabs order of arachnida. They are aquatic animals with gill-books. 
*Xylem
Xylem is a woody tissue found in vascular plants. Its purpose is to conduct water and dissolved minerals from the root to the rest of the plant. 
*Yak
The yak is a wild ox found in Tibet. 
*Yam
The yam is a tropical plant, the tuba of which is eaten as a vegetable.
*Yarr
Yarr (Spergula arvensis) is a white wild flower common in British pastures.
*Yarrow
Yarrow is a perennial herb with a creeping rhizome and erect, furrowed and downy stems. Yarrow flowers between June and August, and is common throughout Europe and Asia.
*Yeast
Yeast is a fungus. 
*Yellow sage
#Red_sage
*Yew
The yew (taxus) is an evergreen tree of the family taxaceae. It was sacred to the ancient pagan religion of Britain. 
*Yorkshire Leicester
The Yorkshire_Leicester or Wensleydale is a breed of British sheep. It is a large, hornless animal with open lustrous wool and bluish skin on the face and ears. 
*Yucca
The yucca is a liliaceae.
*Zebra
The zebra is a black and white striped wild horse found in Africa. 
*Zebu
#Brahman 
*Zoantharia
Zoantharia is an order of anthozoa. They have simple tentacles occuring in multiples of six. 
*Zoology
Zoology is the science which deals with the structure, life-history, habits and activities of animals. 
*Zoomastigina
The zoomastigina are a subclass of mastigophora. 
