"Buccinoid" is a word in ENGLISH

An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows …

A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.

A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used …

One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and …

A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other …

The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; …

A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed …

bawhinya n orchid trees, small or ornamental trees of the genus bauhinia, bearing flowers resembling orchids. báwì v [A; a2] …

Of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; …

A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.

A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and …

Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.

A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidae.

A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods resembling caterpillars.

Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example.

A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to …

The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its …

A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of the …

A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.