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Scolytid :: Scolytid (n.) Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.

Pentremites :: Pentremites (n.) A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.

Wanghee :: Wanghee (n.) The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks..

Zamite :: Zamite (n.) A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.

Coly :: Coly (n.) Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabit Africa.

Limulus :: Limulus (n.) The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot..

Perlid :: Perlid (n.) Any insect of the genus Perla, or family Perlidae. See Stone fly, under Stone..

Myosotis :: Myosotis (n.) A genus of plants. See Mouse-ear.

Hare :: Hare (n.) A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity..

Hardbeam :: Hardbeam (n.) A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture; hornbeam..

Diodon :: Diodon (n.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs..

Lungwort :: Lungwort (n.) Any plant of the genus Mertensia (esp. M. Virginica and M. Sibirica) plants nearly related to Pulmonaria. The American lungwort is Mertensia Virginica, Virginia cowslip..

Gloxinia :: Gloxinia (n.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist..

Eupatorium :: Eupatorium (n.) A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc..

Morosaurus :: Morosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America..

Halfbeak :: Halfbeak (n.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo..

Struthioidea :: Struthio (n.) A genus of birds including the African ostriches.

Erucic :: Erucic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc..

Toad :: Toad (n.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid..

Haricot :: Haricot (n.) The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots..

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