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critter Noun a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
cub Noun the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion
cub Noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
cub Noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
cub Verb to give birth to cubs
coliphage Noun a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli
coccus Noun any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
cocci Noun any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
coccobacillus Noun a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus
coxsackievirus Noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
crest Noun a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
crest Noun (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
crest Noun the center of a cambered road
crest Noun the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
crest Noun the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
crest Verb to reach a high point
crest Verb to lie at the top of
comma bacillus Noun comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera
crossbreed Noun (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock
crossbreed Verb to breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
congenator Noun an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
cytomegalovirus Noun any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects
capsid Noun the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
capsid Noun a variety of leaf bug
clostridium Noun spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
clostridia Noun spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
corynebacterium Noun any species of the genus Corynebacterium
clostridium perfringens Noun anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin
class Cyanobacteria Noun photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins
class Cyanophyceae Noun photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins
cyanobacteria Noun predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll
cosmid Noun (genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments
chlamydia Noun coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals
chlamydia Noun a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
conferva Noun any of various algae of the genus Tribonema
confervoid algae Noun algae resembling confervae especially in having branching filaments
ciliated protozoan Noun a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
ciliophoran Noun a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
chlorophyll Noun any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms
chlorophyl Noun any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms
chlorophyll a Noun a blue-black plant pigment having a blue-green alcohol solution
chlorophyll b Noun a dark-green plant pigment having a brilliant green alcohol solution
chlorophyll c Noun the chlorophyll present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates
chlorofucin Noun the chlorophyll present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates
chlorophyll d Noun the chlorophyll found (together with chlorophyll a) in red algae
chlorophyte Noun algae that are clear green in color
common shiner Noun the common North American shiner
chlorella Noun any alga of the genus Chlorella
costia Noun a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis
class Cyclosporeae Noun in more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales