soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
cryptomonad
Noun
common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms
carp
Noun
any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
carp
Noun
the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed
carp
Verb
to raise trivial objections
cryptophyte
Noun
common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms
carrageen
Noun
dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
coccidium
Noun
parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
carageen
Noun
dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
carragheen
Noun
dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
chub
Noun
European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
chordamesoderm
Noun
the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord
chordomesoderm
Noun
the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord
chordate family
Noun
any family in the phylum Chordata
chordate genus
Noun
any genus in the phylum Chordata
crucian carp
Noun
European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
cephalochordate
Noun
fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
cytostome
Noun
mouth of a protozoan
cilium
Noun
a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell
cilium
Noun
any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
conceptus
Noun
an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
catostomid
Noun
a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae
cleavage cavity
Noun
the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
chalaza
Noun
one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell
chalaza
Noun
basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle
cyprinodont
Noun
any member of the family Cyprinodontidae
craniate
Noun
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
chorionic villus
Noun
one of the tiny villi that stick out of the fetal chorion and combine with the mother's uterine tissue to form the placenta
chorioallantois
Noun
the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois
cat shark
Noun
small bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes
cub shark
Noun
a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide
cow shark
Noun
large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas
crampfish
Noun
any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
cephalaspid
Noun
extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head
conodont
Noun
small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone
conodont
Noun
the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta
cyclostome
Noun
primitive aquatic vertebrate
cownose ray
Noun
large ray found along eastern coast of North America
cow-nosed ray
Noun
large ray found along eastern coast of North America
carpet shark
Noun
shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin
cartilaginous fish
Noun
fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
chondrichthian
Noun
fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
chimaera
Noun
a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail
chimaera
Noun
a grotesque product of the imagination
chorion
Noun
the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
chaffinch
Noun
small European finch with a cheerful song
cock
Noun
adult male bird
cock
Noun
adult male chicken
cock
Noun
the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled