family Acanthisittidae
1: alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens [syn: {Xenicidae}, {family Xenicidae}, {Acanthisittidae}]
family Accipitridae
1: hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles [syn: {Accipitridae}]
family Aceraceae
1: a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples [syn: {Aceraceae}, {maple family}]
family Acrididae
1: short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts [syn: {Acrididae}, {Locustidae}, {family Locustidae}]
family Adiantaceae
1: used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae) [syn: {Adiantaceae}]
family Aegypiidae
1: in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae [syn: {Aegypiidae}]
family Agavaceae
1: chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae [syn: {Agavaceae}...
family Ailuropodidae
1: in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas [syn: {Ailuropodidae}]
family Aizoaceae
1: succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds [syn: {Aizoaceae}, {Tetragoniaceae}, {family Tetragoniaceae}, {carpetweed f...
family Albuginaceae
1: fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants [syn: {Albuginaceae}]
family Alcidae
1: web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. [syn: {Alcidae}]
family Alismataceae
1: perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants [syn: {Alismataceae}, {water-plantain family}]
family Alliaceae
1: one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium [syn: {Alliaceae}]
family Allioniaceae
1: a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales [syn: {Nyctaginaceae}, {family Nyctaginaceae}, {Allioniaceae}, {four-o'clock family}]
family Aloeaceae
1: one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted [syn: {Aloeaceae}, {aloe family}]
family Alstroemeriaceae
1: one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae [syn: {Alstroemeriaceae}]
family Amaranthaceae
1: cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs [syn: {Amaranthaceae}, {amaranth family}]
family Amaryllidaceae
1: snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae [syn: {Amaryllidaceae}, {amaryllis family}]
family Ambrosiaceae
1: in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds [syn: {Ambrosiaceae}]
family Amphioxidae
1: lancelets [syn: {Amphioxidae}, {Branchiostomidae}, {family Branchiostomidae}]
family Amygdalaceae
1: used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus [syn: {Amygdalaceae}]
family Anabantidae
1: small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia [syn: {Anabantidae}]
family Anacardiaceae
1: the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac [syn: {Anacardiaceae}, {sumac family}]
family Anatidae
1: swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks [syn: {Anatidae}]
family Andrenidae
1: a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground [syn: {Andrenidae}]
family Anguillidae
1: eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn [syn: {Anguillidae}]
family Annonaceae
1: chiefly tropical trees or shrubs [syn: {Annonaceae}, {custard-apple family}]
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family Antennariidae
1: frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers [syn: {Antennariidae}]
family Aphyllanthaceae
1: one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes [syn: {Aphyllanthaceae}]
family Apiaceae
1: plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill [syn: {Umbelliferae}, {family Umbelliferae}, {Apiaceae}, {carrot family}]
family Apidae
1: honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees [syn: {Apidae}]
family Apocynaceae
1: chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs [syn: {Apocynaceae}, {dogbane family}]
family Apodidae
1: swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes [syn: {Apodidae}]
family Apogonidae
1: bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth [syn: {Apogonidae}]
family Araceae
1: anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron [syn: {Araceae}, {arum family}]
family Araliaceae
1: mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: ginseng; hedera [syn: {Araliaceae}, {ivy family}]
family Araucariaceae
1: tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae [syn: {Araucariaceae}, {araucaria family}]
family Arcellidae
1: soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: {Arcellidae}]
family Ardeidae
1: herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns [syn: {Ardeidae}]
family Arecaceae
1: chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales [syn: {Palmae}, {family Palmae}, {Palmacea...
family Argentinidae
1: small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts [syn: {Argentinidae}]
family Argiopidae
1: orb-weaving spiders; cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: {Argiopidae}]
family Aristolochiaceae
1: family of birthworts (including wild ginger) [syn: {Aristolochiaceae}, {birthwort family}]
family Ascaridae
1: large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates [syn: {Ascaridae}]
family Asclepiadaceae
1: widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice [syn: {Asclepiadaceae}, {milkweed family}]
family Asparagaceae
1: one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus [syn: {Asparagaceae}]
family Asphodelaceae
1: one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae [syn: {Asphodelaceae}]
family Aspleniaceae
1: one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium; Pleurosorus; Schaffneria [syn: {Aspleniaceae}]
family Asteraceae
1: plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia [syn: {Compositae}, {family Compositae}, {Asteraceae}, {aster...
family Atherinidae
1: small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water [syn: {Atherinidae}]
family Athyriaceae
1: alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems [syn: {Dryopteridaceae}, {family Dryopteridaceae}, {Athyriac...
family Avicenniaceae
1: used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia [syn: {Avicenniaceae}]
family Azollaceae
1: used in some classifications for the genus Azolla [syn: {Azollaceae}]
family Bacillaceae
1: typically rod-shaped usually gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores [syn: {Bacillaceae}]
family Bacteroidaceae
1: family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes [syn: {Bacteroidaceae}]
family Balsaminaceae
1: distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers [syn: {Balsaminaceae}, {balsam family}]
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