family Dicksoniaceae
1: tree ferns: genera Dicksonia; Cibotium; Culcita; Thyrsopteris [syn: {Dicksoniaceae}]
family Dicranaceae
1: mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome [syn: {Dicranaceae}]
family Dilleniaceae
1: chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia; Hibbertia [syn: {Dilleniaceae}]
family Dipsacaceae
1: chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads [syn: {Dipsacaceae}]
family Dipterocarpaceae
1: chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins [syn: {Dipterocarpaceae}]
family Discoglossidae
1: family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue [syn: {Discoglossidae}]
family doctor
1: a general practitioner who treats all the family members
family Droseraceae
1: a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs [syn: {Droseraceae}, {sundew family}]
family Dryopteridaceae
1: alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems [syn: {Dryopteridaceae}, {Athyriaceae}, {family Athyriaceae}...
family Dugongidae
1: a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow [syn: {Dugongidae}]
family Ebenaceae
1: fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon [syn: {Ebenaceae}, {ebony family}]
family Echeneidae
1: fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships [syn: {Echeneididae}, {family Echeneididae}]
family Echeneididae
1: fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships [syn: {Echeneididae}, {family Echeneidae}]
family Eimeriidae
1: a family of protoctista in the order Coccidia [syn: {Eimeriidae}]
family Elaeagnaceae
1: shrubs or small trees often armed [syn: {Elaeagnaceae}, {oleaster family}]
family Elaeocarpaceae
1: genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae [syn: {Elaeocarpaceae}, {elaeocarpus family}]
family Elapidae
1: cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes [syn: {Elapidae}]
family Embiotocidae
1: viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes [syn: {Embiotocidae}]
family Endamoebidae
1: a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract [syn: {Endamoebidae}]
family Enterobacteriaceae
1: a large family of gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales [syn: {Enterobacteriaceae}]
family Entomophthoraceae
1: mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects [syn: {Entomophthoraceae}]
family Epacridaceae
1: Australasian shrubs or small trees [syn: {Epacridaceae}, {epacris family}]
family Ephedraceae
1: ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae [syn: {Ephedraceae}]
family Equidae
1: horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals [syn: {Equidae}]
family Equisetaceae
1: sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies [syn: {Equisetaceae}, {horsetail family}]
family Eriocaulaceae
1: chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts [syn: {Eriocaulaceae}, {pipewort family}]
family Erysiphaceae
1: family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews [syn: {Erysiphaceae}]
family Erythroxylaceae
1: a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit [syn: {Erythroxylaceae}]
family Euphorbiaceae
1: a family of plants of order Geraniales [syn: {Euphorbiaceae}, {spurge family}]
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family Exocoetidae
1: flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks [syn: {Exocoetidae}]
family Fabaceae
1: a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae [syn: {Leguminosae}, {family Leguminosae...
family Fagaceae
1: chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea; Castanopsis; Chrysolepis; Fagus; Lithocarpus; Nothofagus; Quercus [syn: {Fagaceae}, {beech family}]
family Falconidae
1: a family of birds of the order Falconiformes [syn: {Falconidae}]
family Felidae
1: cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers [syn: {Felidae}]
family Fistulinaceae
1: a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other [syn: {Fistulinaceae}]
family Fouquieriaceae
1: small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States [syn: {Fouquieriaceae}]
family Fringillidae
1: finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings [syn: {Fringillidae}]
family Fucaceae
1: small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds [syn: {Fucaceae}]
family Fumariaceae
1: erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn [syn: {Fumariaceae}, {fumitory family}]
family Funkaceae
1: one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta [syn: {Hostaceae}, {family Hostaceae}, {Funkaceae}]
family Gadidae
1: large family of important mostly marine food fishes [syn: {Gadidae}]
family Geastraceae
1: a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales [syn: {Geastraceae}]
family Gentianaceae
1: chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals [syn: {Gentianaceae}, {gentian family}]
family Geophilidae
1: small extremely elongate earth-living centipedes [syn: {Geophilidae}]
family Gerridae
1: mojarras [syn: {Gerreidae}, {family Gerreidae}, {Gerridae}] 2: an arthropod family that includes water striders [syn: {Gerrididae}, {family Gerrididae}, {Gerridae}]
family Gerrididae
1: an arthropod family that includes water striders [syn: {Gerrididae}, {Gerridae}, {family Gerridae}]
family Gesneriaceae
1: large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales [syn: {Gesneriaceae}, {gesneria family}]
family Ginkgoaceae
1: constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms [syn: {Ginkgoaceae}, {ginkgo family}]
family Glossinidae
1: flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies [syn: {Glossinidae}]
family Gnetaceae
1: plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as Gnetum [syn: {Gnetaceae}]
family Goodeniaceae
1: a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China [syn: {Goodeniaceae}, {Goodenia family}]
family Graminaceae
1: the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane [syn: {Gramineae}, {family Gramineae}, {Graminaceae}, {Poaceae}, {family Poaceae}, {grass family}]
family Gramineae
1: the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane [syn: {Gramineae}, {Graminaceae}, {family Graminaceae}, {Poaceae}, {family Poaceae}, {grass family...
family Grossulariaceae
1: in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry [syn: {Grossulariaceae}, {gooseberry family}]
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