Search Results for: suborder
Haplorrhine
Definition noun, plural: haplorrhines Any of the primates characterized mainly by being dry-nosed because of a lack of a... Read More
Strepsirrhine
Definition noun, plural: strepsirrhines Any of the wet-nosed primates characterized mainly by having... Read More
Armadillidiidae
Definition noun A taxonomic family comprised of terrestrial woodlouse species that are identifiable chiefly by their... Read More
Pantherinae
Definition noun A taxonomic subfamily belonging to the family Felidae, and includes the genera Panthera and... Read More
Old World monkey
Definition noun, plural: Old World monkeys Any of the primates that belong to the family Cercopithecidae of the suborder... Read More
Fasciola hepatica
Definition noun A liver fluke belonging to the family Fasciolidae of the class Trematoda, and is endemic in the U.S.,... Read More
Infraorder
Definition noun, plural: infraorders (taxonomy) A taxonomic category of related families of organisms, ranking below... Read More
Catarrhine
Definition noun, plural: catarrhines Any of the primates belonging to the parvorder Catarrhini, characterized by having the... Read More
Superfamily
superfamily (Science: zoology) A group intermediate between a family and a... Read More
Lesser ape
Definition noun, plural: lesser apes Any of the apes of the family Hylobatidae (gibbons) characterized by being relatively... Read More
Papilionaceous
papilionaceous 1. Resembling the butterfly. 2. (Science: botany) Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as... Read More
Platyrrhine
Definition noun, plural: platyrrhines Any of the small to mid-sized primates belonging to the pavorder Platyrrhini,... Read More