a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
eiderdown
Noun
down of the eider duck
eiderdown
Noun
a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
eutherian mammal
Noun
mammals having a placenta
encolure
Noun
the mane of a horse
echinococcus
Noun
tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
eelworm
Noun
any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms
earthworm
Noun
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil
edible snail
Noun
one of the chief edible snails
edible cockle
Noun
common edible European cockle
ear-shell
Noun
any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
edible mussel
Noun
a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks
escallop
Noun
edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
escallop
Noun
thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
escallop
Noun
edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells
escallop
Verb
bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
ecrevisse
Noun
small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America
ecrevisse
Noun
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
egret
Noun
any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
eared grebe
Noun
small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck
emperor penguin
Noun
the largest penguin
earless seal
Noun
any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
elephant seal
Noun
either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks
elkhound
Noun
breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk
eared seal
Noun
pinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land
eyra
Noun
long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
elytron
Noun
either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
eastern pipistrel
Noun
one of the smallest bats of eastern North America
elaterid beetle
Noun
any of various widely distributed beetles
elater
Noun
any of various widely distributed beetles
elaterid
Noun
any of various widely distributed beetles
ephemeron
Noun
anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
eyecup
Noun
(embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina
eyecup
Noun
a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye
emmet
Noun
social insect living in organized colonies
ephemerid
Noun
short-lived insect
ephemeropteran
Noun
short-lived insect
emperor butterfly
Noun
large richly colored butterfly
emperor
Noun
large richly colored butterfly
emperor
Noun
large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
emperor
Noun
red table grape of California
emperor
Noun
the male ruler of an empire
earwig
Noun
any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen
echinoderm genus
Noun
a genus of echinoderms
eggar
Noun
moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults
echinoderm
Noun
marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
egger
Noun
moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults
eastern cottontail
Noun
widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions
emperor moth
Noun
large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings