(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
electric eel
Noun
eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body
egg
Noun
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes
egg
Noun
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
egg
Noun
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
egg
Verb
coat with beaten egg
egg
Verb
throw eggs at
embryonic tissue
Noun
tissue in an embryo
ectoderm
Noun
the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue
exoderm
Noun
the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue
elasmobranch
Noun
any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks
electric ray
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
eagle ray
Noun
powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins
eptatretus
Noun
a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus
elephant bird
Noun
huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
emu
Noun
large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
emu
Noun
any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
eastern kingbird
Noun
a kingbird that breeds in North America and winters in tropical America
eastern meadowlark
Noun
a meadowlark of eastern North America
eyas
Noun
an unfledged or nestling hawk
eagle
Noun
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
eagle
Noun
an emblem representing power
eagle
Noun
a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
eagle
Noun
(golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
eagle
Verb
shoot in two strokes under par
eagle
Verb
shoot two strokes under par
eaglet
Noun
a young eagle
eastern red-backed salamander
Noun
common salamander of eastern North America
ern
Noun
bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail
erne
Noun
bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail
eft
Noun
a newt in its terrestrial stage of development
eastern cricket frog
Noun
a cricket frog of eastern United States
eastern narrow-mouthed toad
Noun
small toad of southeastern United States
earless lizard
Noun
any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico
eastern fence lizard
Noun
small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia
euronithopod
Noun
widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon)
eoraptor
Noun
a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor
edmontosaurus
Noun
duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin
eastern ground snake
Noun
in some classifications placed in genus Haldea
edaphosaurus
Noun
heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest
eastern coral snake
Noun
ranges from Central America to southeastern United States
eastern indigo snake
Noun
a variety of indigo snake
elapid
Noun
any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
elapid snake
Noun
any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
eurypterid
Noun
large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs
eider
Noun
duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
eider duck
Noun
duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
eastern dasyure
Noun
a variety of dasyure
egg-laying mammal
Noun
the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
echidna
Noun
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites