List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

File:Crassula rupestris - Botanical Garden in Kaisaniemi, Helsinki - DSC03717.JPG

A sign for Crassula rupestris at the University of Helsinki Botanical Garden. The roots for the binomial name are crassus (thick, fat) and rupestris (living on cliffs or rocks)

This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa, such as orders and above. At the time when biologist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) published the books that are now accepted as the starting point of binomial nomenclature, Latin was used in Western Europe as the common language of science, and scientific names were in Latin or Greek: Linnaeus continued this practice.

While learning Latin is now less common, it is still used by classical scholars, and for certain purposes in botany, medicine and the Roman Catholic Church, and it can still be found in scientific names. It is helpful to be able to understand the source of scientific names. Although the Latin names do not always correspond to the current English common names, they are often related, and if their meanings are understood, they are easier to recall. The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers.

Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for dog). These words may not be included in the table below if they only occur for one or two taxa. Instead, the words listed below are the common adjectives and other modifiers that repeatedly occur in the scientific names of many organisms (in more than one genus).

Adjectives vary according to gender, and in most cases only the lemma form (nominative singular masculine form) is listed here. 1st-and-2nd-declension adjectives end in -us (masculine), -a (feminine) and -um (neuter), whereas 3rd-declension adjectives ending in -is (masculine and feminine) change to -e (neuter). For example, verus is listed without the variants for Aloe vera or Galium verum.

The second part of a binomial is often a person's name in the genitive case, ending -i (masculine) or -ae (feminine), such as Kaempfer's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus kaempferi. The name may be converted into a Latinised form first, giving -ii and -iae instead.

Words that are very similar to their English forms have been omitted.

Some of the Greek transliterations given are Ancient Greek, and others are Modern Greek.

In the tables, L = Latin, G = Greek, and LG = similar in both languages.

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Latin/Greek	Language	English	Example	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang etc.	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	thorny, spiny	Acanthus plant; Parorchis acanthus, a flatworm Munida acantha, a squat lobster; prickly ceratina, Ceratina acantha spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias; Reinhardt's snake-eater, Polemon acanthias cotton thistle, Onopordum acanthium	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G, L	stemless	silver thistle, Carlina acaulis; dwarf date palm, Phoenix acaulis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
actin-, Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	ray, radial	Schefflera actinophylla, Actinopterygii, Actinophryida	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	sharpened, pointed	American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus; angled sunbeam (butterfly), Curetis acuta; northern pintail, Anas acuta	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	prickly	short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus; three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus; butcher's-broom, Ruscus aculeatus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	sharp, pointed, tapering	Jamaican gooseberry tree, Phyllanthus acuminatus; Panaeolus acuminatus, a mushroom cucumbertree, Magnolia acuminata; Musa acuminata, a banana tree acuminate barrenwort, Epimedium acuminatum; desert quandong, Santalum acuminatum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	singed, burnt	side-striped jackal, Canis adustus; dark onyx cowry, Erronea adusta	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	equal	common Atlantic grenadier, Nezumia aequalis; clay-coloured billbug, Sphenophorus aequalis Trogoxylon aequale, a beetle; Omophron aequale, a ground beetle	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	summer	summer asphodel, Asphodelus aestivus; rough green snake, Opheodrys aestivus turquoise-fronted amazon, Amazona aestiva; summer spider orchid, Caladenia aestiva Loddon lily, Leucojum aestivum; common wheat, Triticum aestivum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	neighbouring, similar, kindred	lesser scaup, Aythya affinis; dugite, Pseudonaja affinis blue tongue, Melastoma affine; Persian violet, Exacum affine	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	African	reed cormorant, Microcarbo africanus; southern African frilled shark, Chlamydoselachus africana; African clubhook-squid, Notonykia africanae; pyjama shark, Poroderma africanum; lemon basil, Ocimum × africanum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle, Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	of the field, wild	field vole, Microtus agrestis; green field-speedwell, Veronica agrestis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	winged	pitcher plant, Nepenthes alata; sharpwing monkeyflower, Mimulus alatus; winged elm, Ulmus alata; winged everlasting, Ammobium alatum; winged loosestrife, Lythrum alatum; winged seahorse, Hippocampus alatus; winged-stem passion flower, Passiflora alata	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
	L	white-headed	blow fly, Chrysomya albiceps; moth, Syngamia albiceps; wood groundling, Parachronistis albiceps; Mexican golden red rump tarantula, Brachypelma albiceps	Template:In title
	L	white-toothed	white-toothed brush mouse, Coccymys albidens; see also leucodon	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	painted white	Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus; Moneilema albopictum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	white	white ibis, Eudocimus albus; white oak, Quercus alba; mistletoe, Viscum album	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	alpine; of the Alps	alpine aster, Aster alpinus; alpine bearberry, Arctostaphylos alpina; alpine feverfew, Parthenium alpinum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	lovable	lovable lily, Lilium amabile; lovely cotinga, Cotinga amabilis; lovely fairywren, Malurus amabilis; lovely fir, Abies amabilis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	uncertain	beautiful woolly sunflower, Eriophyllum ambiguum; doubtful cone, Conus ambiguus; questionable Stropharia, Stropharia ambigua; tick bush, Kunzea ambigua	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	blunt, dull	marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus	Template:In title – All pages with titles beginning with Ambly
Template:Wikt-lang	L	American	American black bear, Ursus americanus; American hazel nut, Corylus americana; American mastodon, Mammut americanum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	of all kinds, on all sides	amphibian; Amphipoda	All pages with titles beginning with Amphi
Template:Wikt-lang	L	bottle, flask	northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – All pages with titles beginning with Ampulla
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from the Amur River	Amur grape, Vitis amurensis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from England	Common cordgrass, Sporobolus anglicus; Bibio anglicus, a fly; English sundew, Drosera anglica; English whitebeam, Sorbus anglica; English stonecrop, Sedum anglicum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Angola	African teak, Pterocarpus angolensis	Template:In title – Template:In title
angustiflorus	L	narrow-flowered	Eastwood's bellflower, Campanula angustiflora; narrowflower lupine, Lupinus angustiflorus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
angustifolius	L	narrow-leaved	narrowleaf cottongrass, Eriophorum angustifolium; narrowleaf cottonwood, Populus angustifolia; narrowleaf sunflower, Helianthus angustifolius	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	narrow	narrow-banded widow, Dingana angusta; narrowleaf pansy monkeyflower, Mimulus angustatus; slimleaf bean, Phaseolus angustissimus; Prairie acacia, Acaciella angustissima; sea snail, Vexillum angustissimum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	of the southern hemisphere	chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarcticus; gummy shark, Mustelus antarcticus; brown skua, Stercorarius antarcticus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
anthos	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	flower	anthozoans, Anthozoa; golden wattle, Acacia pycnantha;	All pages with titles beginning with Antho
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	man, human being	Paranthropus	All pages with titles beginning with Anthropo
Template:Wikt-lang	L	bee	western honey bee, Apis mellifera; white sage, Salvia apiana	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – All pages with titles beginning with Api
Template:Wikt-lang	L	found near water	eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus; wild rice, Zizania aquatica; water spinach, Ipomoea aquatica; parrot's-feather, Myriophyllum aquaticum,	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	tree-like or shrub-like	Artemisia arborescens; Aloe arborescens; Hydrangea arborescens	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	ancient	Archaeopteryx	All pages with titles beginning with Archaeo – All pages with titles beginning with Archeo
arch-, archi-, Template:Wikt-lang, -archus	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	ruler, leader, prince, highest, greatest	Archidendron grandiflorum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
arctos	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	bear	grizzly bear, Ursus arctos horribilis; common bearberry, Arctostaphylos	Template:In title – All pages with titles beginning with Arcto
Template:Wikt-lang	L	sand	sand iris, Iris arenaria; sand rock-cress, Arabidopsis arenosa; sand seatrout, Cynoscion arenarius; sand-dusted cone, Conus arenatus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
arenicolus	L	sand-dwelling	dunes sagebrush lizard, Sceloporus arenicolus; sand goldenrod, Solidago arenicola; sanddwelling dewberry, Rubus arenicola; sandy stargazer, Gillellus arenicola	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	silvery	European herring gull, Larus argentatus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	silvery	silver buffaloberry, Shepherdia argentea; silver tree, Leucadendron argenteum; silvery lupine, Lupinus argenteus; white mulberry, Pipturus argenteus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	silver	sea snail, Calliostoma argentum	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	living on clay	clay Fiddler Crab, Minuca argillicola; Hullsia argillicola	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	aromatic	clove nutmeg, Ravensara aromatica; Croton aromaticus; clove, Syzygium aromaticum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	joint	Arthropoda	All pages with titles beginning with Arthro
Template:Wikt-lang	L	in the field	skylark, Alauda arvensis; field horsetail, Equisetum arvense	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	Asian	white-winged dove, Zenaida asiatica; Caspian plover, Charadrius asiaticus, Persian buttercup, Ranunculus asiaticus	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang, astero-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	star	starfish (class), Asteroidea	All pages with titles beginning with Astero – All pages with titles beginning with Astro
Template:Wikt-lang	L	dull black	common chuckwalla, Sauromalus ater; Eurasian coot, Fulica atra; black swan, Cygnus atratus; black yarrow, Achillea atrata; creek chub, Semotilus atromaculatus see also niger	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	deep purple, blackish-purple	Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum'; Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea; purple-flowered cotoneaster, Cotoneaster atropurpureus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Wikt-lang	L	orange-colored	bitter orange, Citrus aurantium	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title; Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	golden	golden jackal, Canis aureus; Staphylococcus aureus (bacteria) see also chrysos	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	having (large) ears	brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus; double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus; long-eared hedgehog, Hemiechinus auritus moon jellyfish, Aurelia aurita yerba santa, Piper auritum; blue eared pheasant, Crossoptilon auritum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	southern	southern right whale, Eubalaena australis	Template:In title – Template:In title

B

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	L	berry-bearing	common yew, Taxus baccata; Conus baccatus, a sea snail	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	bearded	bearded catasetum, Catasetum barbatum; bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus; black-chinned siskin, Spinus barbata; Bornean bearded pig, Sus barbatus; golden-beard penstemon, Penstemon barbatus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	two-colored	bicolor angelfish, Centropyge bicolor; bicolor cleanerfish, Labroides bicolor; bicolored moth, Manulea bicolor	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	two-colored	bicolored angle, Macaria bicolorata; Kenya two-headed snake, Micrelaps bicoloratus; orchid, Bulbophyllum bicoloratum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	two-horned	black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis	Template:In title
bios	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	life	amphibian; biota, all living things	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	pleasant, smooth, alluring	Greek windflower, Anemone blanda; Mallos blandus, a spider	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	northern	northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis northern bedstraw, Galium boreale	Template:In title – Template:In title
brachion	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	arm	Przewalski's gerbil, Brachiones przewalskii; Brachiopoda (phylum); Brachiosaurus	All pages with titles beginning with Brachio
brasiliensis	L	Brazilian	Brazilian brown bat Eptesicus brasiliensis	Template:Intitle
brachy-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	short	Brazilian gold frog, Brachycephalus didactylus	All pages with titles beginning with Brachy
brachyphyllus	G	short-leaved	extinct plant genus, Brachyphyllum; flower, Colchicum brachyphyllum; leaf-nosed bats, Brachyphylla; shortleaf baccharis, Baccharis brachyphylla; see also brevifolius	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
brady-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	slow	pygmy three-toed sloth, Bradypus pygmaeus	All pages with titles beginning with Brady
branchia	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	gills	Lamellibranchia (class, syn. Bivalva); Branchiopoda (class, brine shrimps)	All pages with titles beginning with Branchi
brasiliensis	L	from Brazil	Brazilian marsh rat, Holochilus brasiliensis; Brazilian stick mantis, Brunneria brasiliensis; rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
brevi-	L Template:Wikt-lang	short	silvery-cheeked hornbill, Ceratogymna brevis	Template:In title – Template:In title – All pages with titles beginning with Brevi
Template:Wikt-lang	L	short-tailed	bearded leaf chameleon, Rieppeleon brevicaudatus; sea snail, Lophiotoma brevicaudata; short-tailed ceratosoma, Ceratosoma brevicaudatum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	short-necked	short-necked oil beetle, Meloe brevicollis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	short-leaved	Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia; short-leaved dudleya, Dudleya blochmaniae subsp. brevifolia; shortleaf sneezeweed, Helenium brevifolium; zig-zag bog-rush, Schoenus brevifolius; see also brachyphyllus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	short beak	pignosed arrowtooth eel, Dysomma brevirostre; shortnose ponyfish, Leiognathus brevirostris	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Great Britain	Rumex britannica, a knotweed; British yellowhead, Inula britannica; Cortinarius britannicus, a mushroom; Geastrum britannicum, an earthstar fungus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
bulbus	G Template:Wikt-lang	bulb	bulbous buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus; onion cone, Conus bulbus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title

C

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	L	blind	blind mole, Talpa caeca; northern eyed hawkmoth, Smerinthus caecus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	blue	Eurasian blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus; blue passion flower, Passiflora caerulea	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	California	California blue dorid, Felimare californiensis	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	calloused	large vesper mouse, Calomys callosus; tree fern, Cyathea callosa; orchid, Paphiopedilum callosum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	bald	Altolamprologus calvus, Isbrueckerichthys calvus, both fish Banasa calva, a stink bug; Trichocorixa calva, a water boatman Intrasporangium calvum, a bacterium; Bulbophyllum calvum, an orchid	Template:In title- Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L, from Cambria	from Wales	wild cotoneaster, Cotoneaster cambricus; Alalcomenaeus cambricus, fossil arthropod Welsh wave, Venusia cambrica; Welsh eyebright, Euphrasia cambrica Welsh poppy, Papaver cambricum; limestone polypody, Polypodium cambricum Welsh groundsel, Senecio cambrensis; Flexicalymene cambrensis, a fossil trilobite	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Canada	bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	brightly white, shining white	Madonna lily, Lilium candidum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	turning grey- or white-haired	Geraea canescens (desert sunflower); Atriplex canescens	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	dog	coyote, Canis latrans; Dipylidium caninum (a tapeworm)	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L canōrus	melodious	common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus; Chinese hwamei, Garrulax canorus Cuban grassquit, Phonipara canora; Campylocheta canora, a tachinid fly	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	gray (haired), pale gray	grey-headed woodpecker, Picus canus; woolly groundsel, Senecio canus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	of a goat	Staphylococcus caprae	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	chestnut(-colored)	chestnut bolete, Gyroporus castaneus; reddish carpenter ant, Camponotus castaneus chestnut, Castanea; chestnut short-tailed bat, Carollia castanea chestnut leek orchid, Prasophyllum castaneum; red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	tail	long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus; thintail skate, Dipturus leptocaudus; northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda
caulos	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	stem, stalk	stemless gentian, Gentiana acaulis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	head	Mediterranean gull, Larus melanocephalus; blue-spotted grouper, Cephalopholis argus	All pages with titles beginning with Cephal
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	head	pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps; biceps (two-headed muscle)
ceros	L Template:Wikt-lang G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	horn	narwal, Monodon monoceros; rhinoceros (nose horn)
cest	L Template:Wikt-lang G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	girdle, belt, stitched	Cestoda	All pages with titles beginning with Cest
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	flowing hair, or mane	wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou; bristle worms, Polychaeta; earthworms, Oligochaeta
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Chile	paradise tanager, Tangara chilensis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from China	China rose, Rosa chinensis; Chinese onion, Allium chinense; Chinese sumac, Rhus chinensis; see also Sinense, below	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	pale green	common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus; green algae, Chlorophyta	All pages with titles beginning with Chloro
Template:Wikt-lang	L	spined	chordates; Stylephorus chordatus, Tinospora cordifolia	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	color	clown loach, Chromobotia macracanthus	All pages with titles beginning with Chrom
chrysos	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	gold	Chrysochloridae (golden moles); golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus; maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus; Chrysophyceae (golden algae) see also aureus	All pages with titles beginning with Chryso
chrysophyllus	G	gold-leaved	golden chinquapin, Chrysolepis chrysophylla; golden-leaved Jerusalem sage, Phlomis chrysophylla; satinleaf, Chrysophyllum oliviforme	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	eyelash	Ashland thistle, Cirsium ciliolatum; bristleworm, Polydora ciliata; eyelash gecko, Correlophus ciliatus; queen angelfish, Holacanthus ciliaris; Australian red cedar, Toona ciliata; sickle-leaved cymodocea, Thalassodendron ciliatum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
cinereus	L	ash, ash-colored	masked shrew, Sorex cinereus; Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea; gray thrasher, Toxostoma cinereum; common gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
cirrhus	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	orange	fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus; mrigal carp, Cirrhinus cirrhosus; silverspotted sculpin, Blepsias cirrhosus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
citri	L	citrus	the citrus blossom moth, Prays citri	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Colchis (Greek Κολχῐ́ς, Kolchís) or Georgia	common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus; Phoxinus colchicus, a minnow Caucasian bladdernut, Staphylea colchica; Colchic holly, Ilex colchica Colchic nase, Chondrostoma colchicum; Cyclamen colchicum, a primrose	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
cneme	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	shin, leg	white-legged damselfly, Platycnemis pennipes
-cola	L -cola	inhabitant	Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola; paddyfield warbler, Acrocephalus agricola The forms -colus and -colum are also found, although they are not considered to be correct Latin: deepwater grenadier, Coryphaenoides profundicolus; black-sided flowerpecker, Dicaeum monticolum.
Template:Wikt-lang	L	grated, latticed	kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus; clathrate nassa, Nassarius clathratus slender-armed starfish, Luidia clathrata; latticed sandperch, Parapercis clathrata Allium clathratum, an onion; Vexillum clathratum, a sea snail	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	collared	ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris; collared pika, Ochotona collaris collared carpetshark, Parascyllium collare; mottled sand grasshopper, Spharagemon collare	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	common	common juniper, Juniperus communis; common myrtle, Myrtus communis star jelly, Nostoc commune; great golden maidenhair, Polytrichum commune	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	slender, pressed together	slender oatgrass, Danthonia compressa; slender crayfish, Faxonius compressus emerald cockroach wasp, Ampulex compressa; empire gudgeon, Hypseleotris compressa Dendrobium compressum, an orchid	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	having uniform color throughout	cougar, Puma concolor; white fir, Abies concolor
conno-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	beard	wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou	All pages with titles beginning with Conno
copros	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	excrement	Copris, genus of dung beetles; coprophilous, 'growing on animal dung'
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	crow, raven	common raven, Corvus corax	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	heart-shaped	cordate (leaf shape); small-leaved lime, Tilia cordata; sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	heart-shaped leaves	heartleaf aster, Symphyotrichum cordifolium; heart-leaved moonseed, Tinospora cordifolia; Tucson bur ragweed, Ambrosia cordifolia	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L, from corium ("leather")	leathery	Pajahuello tick, Ornithodoros coriaceus; beach bird's eye, Alectryon coriaceus blue china vine, Holboellia coriacea; leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea green tea-tree, Leptospermum coriaceum; inland rock orchid, Dendrobium coriaceum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	horn	garden snail, Cornu aspersum; great ramshorn, Planorbarius corneus	All pages with titles beginning with Cornu
Template:Wikt-lang	L	crowned	crowned lemur, Eulemur coronatus; crowned turban shell, Lunella coronata	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	ribbed	ribbed slipper shell, Maoricrypta costata; striped Raphael catfish, Platydoras costatus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang, crassi-	L	thick, fat	creeping blueberry, Vaccinium crassifolium; inflated spiny crab, Rochinia crassa; mouthless crab, Cardisoma crassum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	crested	aardwolf, Proteles cristatus; blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata; crested wheatgrass, Agropyron cristatum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
crocos	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	yellow	bicoloured white-toothed shrew, Crocidura leucodon; saffron, Crocus sativus; spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta	All pages with titles beginning with croc
cryo-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	cold	Cryogenics	All pages with titles beginning with Cryo
crypto-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	hidden	Cryptococcus; Cryptosporidium	All pages with titles beginning with Crypto
culminicola	L	summit dweller	Elaeocarpus culminicola; Euxoa culminicola; Pinus culminicola, Potosi pinyon	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	runner, racer	cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor; cursorial akodont, Akodon cursor; Lacépède's ground snake, Erythrolamprus cursor	Template:In title
curvirostris	L	curved beak	boxer snipe eel, Nemichthys curvirostris; curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	blue-green	azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus; big blue octopus, Octopus cyanea; blue orchid, Aganisia cyanea	All pages with titles beginning with Cyano – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title

D

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Example	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
dactyl-, Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	finger or toe	black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla; Pterodactylus	All pages with titles beginning with Dactyl
Template:Wikt-lang, deka-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	ten	alfonsino, Beryx decadactylus	All pages with titles beginning with Deca
Template:Wikt-lang	L	ten	Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
delphis	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	womb	virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana
dendr-, dendri-, Template:Wikt-lang, -dendron, -dendrum	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	tree	Philodendron, Dendrobium, Rhododendron	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	skin	yellow staining mushroom, Agaricus xanthodermus	All pages with titles beginning with Derm
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	two	Christmas orchid, Dipodium punctatum	Too common a letter combination for any useful search
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	diffuse	diffuse spineflower, Chorizanthe diffusa; fly, Paralimnophila diffusior; rush, Juncus diffusissimus; spreading groundsmoke, Gayophytum diffusum; spreading lupine, Lupinus diffusus; spreading phlox, Phlox diffusa	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	having fingers	finger rush Juncus digitatus; baobab, Adansonia digitata; dead man's fingers, Alcyonium digitatum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	dilated, extended	dallisgrass, Paspalum dilatatum; Maianthemum dilatatum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	dioicous	common nettle, Urtica dioica	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, deino-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	terrifying	dinosaur, Deinotherium	All pages with titles beginning with Dino
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	double	two-eyed orange spider, Diploglena capensis	All pages with titles beginning with Diplo
Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	disc	common fungus moth, Metalectra discalis	All pages with titles beginning with Disc – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	twelve	Henderson's shootingstar, Dodecatheon hendersonii	All pages with titles beginning with Dodeca
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	elongated, long	knight anole, Anolis dolichocephalus	All pages with titles beginning with Dolicho
Template:Wikt-lang	L	of the house or domestic	domestic pig, Sus scrofa domestica; house sparrow, Passer domesticus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	back	back-striped weasel, Mustela strigidorsa	All pages with titles beginning with Dors
Template:Wikt-lang	L	doubtful	little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius see also nomina dubia	Template:Intitle – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	sweet	almond, Prunus dulcis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L, from dumus, "bramble"	"of the thickets"	Blyth's reed warbler, Acrocephalus dumetorum; bitter yam, Dioscorea dumetorum; coastal green hairstreak, Callophrys dumetorum	Template:Intitle
dumicola	L	scrub dweller	Acaena dumicola; Cerbera dumicola; Stegodyphus dumicola, African social spider	Template:Intitle

E

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Example	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
eburneus	L Template:Wikt-lang	ivory-colored	ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	prickly, spiny	Edisto crayfish, Procambarus echinatus; shortleaf pine, Pinus echinata	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
echino-	L Template:Wikt-lang G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	hedgehog, sea-urchin	great globe thistle, Echinops sphaerocephalus; diadema urchin, Echinothrix diadema; San Pedro cactus, Echinopsis pachanoi	All pages with titles beginning with Echino
Template:Wikt-lang	L	edible	common cockle, Cerastoderma edule; king bolete, Boletus edulis; oyster, Ostrea edulis; passion fruit, Passiflora edulis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	taller	true oxlip, Primula elatior	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	amber, amber-colored or electric (modern usage)	broad-billed motmot, Electron platyrhynchum; electric eel, Electrophorus electricus	No simple way to distinguish biological from other uses
Template:Wikt-lang	L	elegant	crimson rosella, Platycercus elegans ; Granastyochus elegantissimus; Iris iberica subsp. elegantissima; false aralia, Plerandra elegantissima; Caecum elegantissimum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	having no edges	Phongolo suckermouth, Chiloglanis emarginatus; Gibraltar sea lavender, Limonium emarginatum; acerola, Malpighia emarginata; bitter cherry, Prunus emarginata	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
enanti-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	opposite, against	Enantiornithes	All pages with titles beginning with Enantio
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	nine	banded sunfish Enneacanthus obesus; scurvy-grass sorrel, Oxalis enneaphylla	All pages with titles beginning with Ennea
ensatus	L	sword-like	California giant salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang, ensi-	L	sword, lance	jackknife clam, Ensis minor; swordleaf rush, Juncus ensifolius	All pages with titles beginning with Ensi – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	of, from (a place)	Tadarida brasiliensis (Brazilian free-tailed bat); Lucy, Australopithecus afarensis
Template:Wikt-lang	L	knight, horseman	North Atlantic codling, Lepidion eques ; western horse lubber grasshopper, Taeniopoda eques; leafy seadragon, Phycodurus eques Aspergillus equitis; Cygnus equitum; Hoheria equitum	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	upright	Homo erectus ("upright man"); upright chickweed, Moenchia erecta	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
erio-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	wool, woolly	common cottongrass, Eriophorum angustifolium	All pages with titles beginning with Erio
Template:Wikt-lang	L	indented, jagged, serrated	jícama, Pachyrhizus erosus; serrated hinge-back tortoise, Kinixys erosa	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	red	spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus; dog's-tooth violet, Erythronium dens-canis	All pages with titles beginning with Erythro
Template:Wikt-lang	L	edible	edible frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus; Gyromitra esculenta	Template:In title Template:In title Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	European	European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus; European owl moth, Brahmaea europaea	Template:In title – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Euryops	G	wide-eyed	euryops, plant genus; Goiter blacksmelt, Bathylagus euryops	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	exalted	African teak, Milicia excelsa; excelsior cone, Conus excelsus	Template:In title – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	small, slight	scanty frog, Cophixalus exiguus; tongue louse, Cymothoa exigua; obese thorn snail, Carychium exiguum	Template:In title – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle

F

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	L	false	false swift, Borbo fallax; green marvel, Acronicta fallax	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	sickle	sickle milkvetch, Astragalus falcatus; sickle-leaved hare's-ear, Bupleurum falcatum; sicklethorn, Asparagus falcatus; wild pear, Persoonia falcata	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	domestic, common, familiar	dog, Canis lupus familiaris
Template:Wikt-lang	L	cat	black-footed cat, Felis nigripes; cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis
Template:Wikt-lang	L	cat-like, feline	cat gecko, Aeluroscalabotes felinus; marine otter, Lontra felina	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	-bearing	western honey bee, Apis mellifera; coconut, Cocos nucifera
Template:Wikt-lang	L	ferocious, wild, bold	long snouted lancetfish, Alepisaurus ferox; fossa, Cryptoprocta ferox	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	wild	wild horse, Equus ferus; wild Bactrian camel, Camelus ferus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	rust	ferruginous swift, Borbo ferruginea; reddish-brown corky spine fungus, Hydnellum ferrugineum; rusty bloodwood, Corymbia ferruginea; rusty parrotfish, Scarus ferrugineus; rusty pitohui, Pseudorectes ferrugineus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	faithful	faithful sea slug, Goniobranchus fidelis; faithful leafcutting bee, Megachile fidelis; Pacific sideband, Monadenia fidelis	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	thread	desert fan palm, Washingtonia filifera; thread fern, Blechnum filiforme; thread-leaved sundew, Drosera filiformis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	fringed, fibrous	Coomsaharn char, Salvelinus fimbriatus; crested gliding lizard, Draco fimbriatus trumpet cup lichen, Cladonia fimbriata; fringed jumping spider, Portia fimbriata fringed earthstar, Geastrum fimbriatum; gang-gang cockatoo, Callocephalon fimbriatum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	golden yellow, light yellow	yellow pitcher plant, Sarracenia flava; yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	flowery	blue palo verde, Parkinsonia florida; floral banded wobbegong, Orectolobus floridus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
flor-	L Template:Wikt-lang	flower	southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora; great white trillium, Trillium grandiflorum	All pages with titles beginning with flori
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	digging	burying beetle, Nicrophorus defodiens; burying beetle, Nicrophorus infodiens; Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens; lowland burrowing tree frog, Smilisca fodiens
Template:Wikt-lang	L	leaf	Foliicolous, 'growing on leaves'; American beech, Fagus grandifolia; broad-leaved sermountain, Laserpitium latifolium; Chinese elm, Ulmus parvifolia; Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia; upright snottygobble, Persoonia longifolia
Template:Wikt-lang	L fōrmōsānus	from Taiwan (formerly called Formosa)	Formosan black bear, Ursus thibetanus formosanus; Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Taiwan flower mantis, Acromantis formosana; Taiwanese sweet gum, Liquidambar formosana red quinoa, Chenopodium formosanum; Taiwan saddled carpetshark, Cirrhoscyllium formosanum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L fōrmōsus	(well-)formed, beautiful	beautiful bronzeback tree snake, Dendrelaphis formosus; Asian arowana, Scleropages formosus Baikal teal, Sibirionetta formosa; least killifish, Heterandria formosa giant maidenhair, Adiantum formosum; beautiful giant-flowered dendrobium, Dendrobium formosum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	breakable	brittle bladder-fern, Cystopteris fragilis; brittle willow, Salix × fragilis; candy cap, Lactarius fragilis; Dientamoeba fragilis; dead man's fingers, Codium fragile; fragile wart frog, Limnonectes fragilis	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	fruit	Aspergillus fructus, a fungus species; fructose, fruit sugar; fructicolous, 'growing on fruit'
Template:Wikt-lang	L	sooty	jet black ant, Lasius fuliginosus; ruby tiger, Phragmatobia fuliginosa; sooty hairstreak, Satyrium fuliginosum; sooty milkcap, Lactarius fuliginosus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	deep yellow, tawny	Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva; sulphur leather coral, Rhytisma fulvum; tawny grisette, Amanita fulva; yellow ground squirrel, Spermophilus fulvus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	forked	forked viburnum, Viburnum furcatum; forked wormwood, Artemisia furcata; swallow-tailed gull, Creagrus furcatus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	dark, dark brown	dusky hopping mouse, Notomys fuscus; dusky pitcher-plant, Nepenthes fusca; rusty peat moss, Sphagnum fuscum; sooty tern, Sterna fuscata	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle

G

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
gala, galum	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	milk	soap plants, Chlorogalum
Template:Wikt-lang	L	chattering, talkative	Garrulus, a genus of jays; Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus Eupithecia garrula, an inchworm moth; chestnut-winged chachalaca, Ortalis garrula Chelostoma garrulum, a carder bee; Omicron garrulum, a potter wasp	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
gaster, Template:Wikt-lang, gastr-	L Template:Wikt-lang G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	belly	common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster; Gastropoda
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	Earth	Conus geographus, geography cone; Geotrichum
giganteus	L	giant	giganteus (a sea snail); Aldabra giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
gigas	G γίγας	giant	Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas; snow morel, Gyromitra gigas; cœur de la mer, Entada gigas	Template:Intitle
glaber	L Template:Wikt-lang	smooth; hairless	naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber; smooth sumac, Rhus glabra; Omphiscola glabra (a snail)	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	found in glaciers	North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis; glacier wormwood, Artemisia glacialis glacier lantern fish, Benthosema glaciale; Endocellion glaciale, a daisy	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	having kernels	Tasmanian laurel, Anopterus glandulosus, Basilan Island caecilian, Ichthyophis glandulosus; honey mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa, warty jumping-slug, Hemphillia glandulosa; skunk currant, Ribes glandulosum,	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
glaucus	L Template:Wikt-lang G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	blue-green, blue-gray, gleaming	silvery blue butterfly, Lepidochrysops glauca; Glaucidae, nudibranch family	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
glutinosus	L Template:Wikt-lang	sticky	common alder, Alnus glutinosa; viscid black earth tongue, Glutinoglossum glutinosum; northern slimy salamander, Plethodon glutinosus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, glycy-, glyc-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	sweet	liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra; soybean, Glycine max
gonatista	G γονατιστα	kneeling	lichen mimic, Gonatista grisea	gonatista
Template:Wikt-lang, gracile	L	slender, graceful	western spotted skunk, Spilogale gracilis; slough darter, Etheostoma gracile; Gracilisuchus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
gracilipes	L Template:Wikt-lang	slender-footed	slender frog, Austrochaperina gracilipes; slender-legged bushfrog, Gracixalus gracilipes; slenderstalk monkeyflower, Mimulus gracilipes; slimfoot century plant, Agave gracilipes	Template:Intitle
graniticus	L	granite	granite claw flower, Calothamnus graniticus; granite poverty bush, Eremophila granitica; granite serpentweed, Tonestus graniticus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	strong-smelling	common rue, Ruta graveolens; lippia, Lippia graveolens	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L gregārius, from grex (“flock, herd”)	sociable	sociable lapwing, Vanellus gregarius; goldfish plant, Nematanthus gregarius; desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria; Leptospermum gregarium, an Australian myrtle	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L (a Neo-Latin loanword from Germanic)	grey	desert monitor, Varanus griseus; bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus; parent bug, Elasmucha grisea; lichen mimic, Gonatista grisea paperbark maple, Acer griseum; white-banded house jumping spider, Hypoblemum griseum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Greenland (Old Norse Grœnland)	harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus; spiny lobster, Lebbeus groenlandicus Arctic woolly bear moth, Gynaephora groenlandica; elephanthead lousewort, Pedicularis groenlandica bog Labrador tea, Rhododendron groenlandicum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
gyrino-, gyrinus	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	tadpole	spring salamander, Gyrinophilus porphyriticus; e.g. Crassigyrinus, Proterogyrinus

H

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
haema-, hema-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	blood	Haemosporida; Bacteria sp., Haemophilus influenzae, House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus
hali-, halio-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	of the sea, salt	Steller's sea eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus; grey seal, Halichoerus grypus; black abalone, Haliotis cracherodii
Template:Wikt-lang	L	hooked	Slender-billed kite, Helicolestes hamatus ; Ruitersbos pincushion, Leucospermum hamatum; Dark Tiger (butterfly) Tirumala hamata	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	simple, single	mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa; Mongolosaurus haplodon
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	seat, facet	Chinese ephedra, Ephedra sinica
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	sun	sunflower, Helianthus annuus; sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia
hemisphaerica	G	half-sphere	sand laurel oak, Quercus hemisphaerica, sulphur rose, Rosa hemisphaerica	Template:Intitle
hetero-	G	diversely or different	melancholy thistle, Cirsium heterophyllum, Leucanthemum heterophyllum, Smith's cress, Lepidium heterophyllum	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	six	water primrose, Ludwigia hexapetala
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Ireland	Irish whitebeam, Sorbus hibernica; Atlantic ivy, Hedera hibernica; Southern bristetail, Dilta hibernica; Irish hare, Lepus timidus hibernicus; Mycobacterium hiberniae; Pisidium hibernicum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	hybrid	butterbur, Petasites hybridus, brown spider monkey, Ateles hybridus; kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida; alsike clover, Trifolium hybridum;	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	horse	seahorse, Hippocampus; lesser horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros
Template:Wikt-lang	L	hairy	hairy bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta; hairy fruit-eating bat, Artibeus hirsutus; hairy St John's-wort, Hypericum hirsutum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly	banded coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus; shaggy bracket, Inonotus hispidus ringed seal, Pusa hispida; wax gourd, Benincasa hispida bristly starbur, Acanthospermum hispidum; white butterfly triggerplant, Stylidium hispidum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	human, man	modern human, Homo sapiens; Neanderthal, Homo neanderthalensis
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	from the garden	broad-leaved anemone, Anemone hortensis; garden orache, Atriplex hortensis; Mexican longwing, Heliconius hortense; Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	low, small, humble	Mediterranean dwarf palm, Chamaerops humilis; Talaud flying fox, Acerodon humilis Argentine ant, Linepithema humile; Italian jasmine, Jasminum humile	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang, (Template:Grc-transl)	water	Chinese water deer, Hydropotes inermis; capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	winter	dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis; winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis rough horsetail, Equisetum hyemale; putty root, Aplectrum hyemale Mucor hiemalis and Hebeloma hiemale, both fungi	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	over, above	St John's wort, Hypericum perforatum
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	from the Arctic region (Hyperborea)	glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus; tundra fleabane, Erigeron hyperboreus tangle or cuvie, Laminaria hyperborea; estuary beggarsticks, Bidens hyperborea boreal bur-reed, Sparganium hyperboreum; boreal haircap moss, Polytrichum hyperboreum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, hyp-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	under, beneath	zebra pleco catfish, Hypancistrus zebra; common cat's-ear, Hypochaeris radicata

I–K

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	L	having a distinctive flank	redwing, Turdus iliacus; Etaxalus iliacus, a beetle fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca; Rhytiphora iliaca, a beetle	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	tiled	Mountain owl's-clover, Orthocarpus imbricatus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	Indian	Malaysian tapir, Tapirus indicus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	unequal	variable ladybird, Coelophora inaequalis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	inedible	fungus, Caloboletus inedulis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	unarmed, defenceless	water deer, Hydropotes inermis; henna tree, Lawsonia inermis turkey-berry, Canthium inerme; white milkwood, Sideroxylon inerme	Template:In title – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	offensive	See Ingrata	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	unmarked	unmarked dagger moth, Acronicta innotata	Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	unusual or irregular	variable burrowing asp, Atractaspis irregularis; viper's bugloss, Hadena irregularis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	Japanese	food wrapper plant, Mallotus japonicus; Japanese pagoda tree, Styphnolobium japonicum; Japanese spiraea, Spiraea japonica; see also nipponensis	Template:In title – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L iubātus	having a mane, crested	cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus; Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus purple pampas grass, Cortaderia jubata; maned forest lizard, Bronchocela jubata foxtail barley, Hordeum jubatum; Piptochaetium jubatum, a speargrass species	Template:In title – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Kentucky	Kentucky lady's slipper, Cypripedium kentuckiense; Kentucky lichen moth, Cisthene kentuckiensis	Template:In title – Template:Intitle

L

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	milk, sap, milky white	Chinese peony, Paeonia lactiflora; milk-caps, Lactifluus; Lactophrys; Aspalathus lactea
laetus	L	pleasant, bright	Crombrugghia laetus, scarce light plume moth; Myoporum laetum, mousehole tree; Parhelophilus laetus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	smooth	red-eyed assassin bug, Platymeris laevicollis; smooth bedstraw, Cruciata laevipes	Template:Intitle
lagus	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	hare	European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus; viscachas, Lagidium spp.
Template:Wikt-lang	L	lance	sculptured seamoth, Pegasus lancifer; swamp lousewort, Pedicularis lanceolata
Template:Wikt-lang	L	side	black-flanked rock-wallaby, Petrogale lateralis
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Lapland/Sápmi (Neo-Latin Lapponia)	Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus; Lapland mountain sorrel, Rumex lapponicus bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica; pincushion plant, Diapensia lapponica Lapland rosebay, Rhododendron lapponicum; Lapland poppy, Papaver lapponicum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	flank; broad	horse-eye jack, Caranx latus; wideleaf waterparsnip, Sium latifolium; wych elm, Ulmus glabra 'Latifolia Aurea'
Template:Wikt-lang	L	wide, yielding	American globeflower, Trollius laxus; Cyperus laxus, a sedge flowering grass, Freesia laxa; tufted forget-me-not, Myosotis laxa Bredasdorp conebush, Leucadendron laxum; false lily turf, Chlorophytum laxum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	pleasant, pleasing, charming	rock rattlesnake, Crotalus lepidus; ocellated lizard, Timon lepidus desert woodrat, Neotoma lepida; embossed hawthorn buprestid, Dicerca lepida greenthroat darter, Etheostoma lepidum; Leccinellum lepidum, a bolete	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
lepis, Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	scale, rind, husk, flake	large-scale mullet, Liza macrolepis; Lepidoptera
lepto-, lepti-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	light	Leptictidium auderiense, Leptospira kirschneri
Template:Wikt-lang	L	hare	black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
Template:Wikt-lang, leuc-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	white	white-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
leucocephalus	G	white-headed	bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus; white-crowned pigeon, Patagioenas leucocephala; white-headed marsh tyrant, Arundinicola leucocephala; white-headed stilt, Himantopus leucocephalus; also see albiceps	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
leucodon	G	white-toothed	bicolored shrew, Crocidura leucodon; lesser mole-rat, Spalax leucodon; white-toothed cowry, Cypraea leucodon; white-toothed woodrat, Neotoma leucodon; also see albidens	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G	white-tailed	white-tailed ptarmigan, Lagopus leucura; white-tailed robin, Cinclidium leucurum; white-tailed stonechat, Saxicola leucurus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	wood	Guaiacum, lignum-vitae; Vitex lignum-vitae, yellow hollywood tree; lignicolous, 'growing on wood'; Lignum nephriticum
Template:Wikt-lang	L	muddy	limosa harlequin frog, Atelopus limosus; mud amnicola, Amnicola limosus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	lined or striped	thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus; Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
lobos	L Template:Wikt-lang G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	lobe	three-lobe buttercup, Ranunculus trilobus
longi-	L Template:Wikt-lang	long	frog shark, Somniosus longus, galingale, Cyperus longus; Turmeric, Curcuma longa; Long pepper, Piper longum,	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title –All pages with titles beginning with longi
Template:Wikt-lang	L	long-tailed	long-tailed pygmy rice rat, Oligoryzomys longicaudatus; longtail catfish, Olyra longicaudata; longtail tadpole shrimp Triops longicaudatus	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	long-necked	eastern long-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	long-leaved	long-leaf persoonia, Persoonia longifolia; long-leaf wild buckwheat, Eriogonum longifolium; long-leaved butterwort, Pinguicula longifolia; longleaf bush lupine, Lupinus longifolius; longleaf sunflower, Helianthus longifolius	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	long beak	longbeak buttercup, Ranunculus longirostris; longsnout blacksmelt, Dolicholagus longirostris	Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	sorrowful, mournful	forget-me-not bug, Sehirus luctuosus; white-shouldered tanager, Tachyphonus luctuosus; four-spotted moth, Tyta luctuosa	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	glowing	cucubano, Ignelater luminuosus; New Zealand glowworm, Arachnocampa luminosa; striped flying squid, Eucleoteuthis luminosa	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	yellow, saffron-colored	yellow mariposa lily, Calochortus luteus; yellow vetch, Vicia lutea; red-billed leiothrix, Leiothrix lutea	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle

M

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	long, large	big-headed mole rat, Tachyoryctes macrocephalus; rock onion, Allium macrum; sea snail, Turbonilla macra	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G	long-tailed	hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	spotted	tiger quoll, Dasyurus maculatus; spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Madagascar	Madagascar day gecko, Phelsuma madagascariensis madagascariensis; Malagasy ground boa, Acrantophis madagascariensis; Malagasy tree boa, Sanzinia madagascariensis; Madagascar fruit-bat argasid, Ornithodoros madagascariensis	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	great, large	streaked spiderhunter, Arachnothera magna	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	greater	great tit, Parus major
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Malabar	chestnut-tailed starling, Sturnia malabaricus
Template:Wikt-lang	L	bordered	gold edge Japanese euonymus, Euonymus japonicus 'Aureomarginatus' ; marginated tortoise, Testudo marginata	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	of the sea	sea beet, Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima; samphire, Crithmum maritimum, sea holly, Eryngium maritimum; polar bear, Ursus maritimus, sea rush, Juncus maritimus,	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Mauretania (the Maghreb, northwest Africa)	Balearic shearwater, Puffinus mauretanicus; Moroccan hairstreak, Tomares mauretanicus Adscita mauretanica, a moth; Marginella mauretanica, a sea snail	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
mauro-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	dark, black	dark shrew, Crocidura maurisca
Template:Wikt-lang	L	largest	royal tern, Thalasseus maximus
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	large, great	megalodon shark, Otodus megalodon
megacephalus	G	big-headed	Andriyashev large-headed sculpin, Andriashevicottus megacephalus; big-head rush, Juncus megacephalus; big-headed ant, Pheidole megacephala; big-headed tiger beetle, Megacephala megacephala; coastal plain hawkweed, Hieracium megacephalum; large-headed rice rat, Hylaeamys megacephalus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	honey	black sage, Salvia mellifera; Nephelium melliferum; western honey bee, Apis mellifera
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	black	black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
melanocephalus	G	black-headed	black-headed fleabane, Erigeron melanocephalus; black-headed snake, Tantilla melanocephala; ghost ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
melanophyllus	G	black-leaved	Melanophylla; Melanophyllum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
melanops	G	black-eyed, black-faced	black-eyed blue, Glaucopsyche melanops; black-fronted dotterel, Elseyornis melanops; gray spiny mouse, Scolomys melanops	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	bad odor	striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis; yellow-pigmented bacteria, Luteimonas mephitis
Template:Wikt-lang	L	southern	southern oak bush cricket, Meconema meridionale; Andean blueberry, Vaccinium meridionale southern mammoth, Mammuthus meridionalis; Zimbabwe grey baboon tarantula, Ceratogyrus meridionalis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	small	littleleaf pussytoes, Antennaria microphylla
microphyllus	G	small-leaved	baby sage, Salvia microphylla; boxleaf azara, Azara microphylla; littleleaf box, Buxus microphylla; littleleaf mock-orange, Philadelphus microphyllus; small-leaf climbing fern, Lygodium microphyllum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	smallest	least flycatcher, Empidonax minimus
Template:Wikt-lang	L	smaller	great frigatebird, Fregata minor
Template:Wikt-lang	L	small	dwarf waterclover, Marsilea minuta, little cuckoo, Coccycua minuta; little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus, harvest mouse, Micromys minutus; little willowherb, Epilobium minutum,	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	LG	headband, turban or mitre	Mitra spp., mitre shells; Gyromitra esculenta, false morel; Psittacara mitratus, mitred conure; Presbytis mitrata, mitered langur	All pages with titles beginning with Mitra – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	necklace	Conus monilifer
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	single	Swinhoe's storm-petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis; Monotreme
Template:Wikt-lang	L	monoicous	the sandpaper saucer-berry, Cordia monoica	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	Having a single sperm cell	one-seed juniper Juniperus monosperma	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
monspeliensis	L	from Montpellier	Montpellier cistus, Cistus monspeliensis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	of the mountains	mountain bottlebrush, Melaleuca montana; mountain mahogany, Cercocarpus montanus; mountain thistle, Acanthus montanus; tree sparrow, Passer montanus	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	shape	Menelaus blue morpho, Morpho menelaus
mus, mys	L Template:Wikt-lang G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	mouse	house mouse, Mus musculus; as rodent, e.g. Phoberomys, Telicomys
Template:Wikt-lang	G	to milk	European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus	Caprimulgus
Template:Wikt-lang	L	growing on the wall	annual wall-rocket Diplotaxis muralis, Psammophiliella muralis

N

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	L	having moles or spots	varied thrush, Ixoreus naevius; spotted salamander, Hynobius naevius striped cuckoo, Tapera naevia; common grasshopper warbler, Locustella naevia spotted oncidium, Oncidium naevium; Cyrtidium naevium, a fungus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
nanos	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl) L Template:Wikt-lang	dwarf	brown-capped woodpecker, Dendrocopos nanus; dwarf birch, Betula nana; dwarf shrew, Sorex nanus	Template:Intitle
natans	L	floating	Water caltrop, Trapa natans
neomexicanus	L	from New Mexico	New Mexico whiptail, Aspidoscelis neomexicanus; New Mexican yucca, Yucca neomexicana; New Mexico thistle, Cirsium neomexicanum	Template:In title – Template:In title – Template:In title
Template:Wikt-lang	L	having moles or spots	varied thrush, Ixoreus naevius; spotted salamander, Hynobius naevius striped cuckoo, Tapera naevia; common grasshopper warbler, Locustella naevia spotted oncidium, Oncidium naevium; Cyrtidium naevium, a fungus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
nexus	L	tied, bound	Eschmeyer nexus, a fish Phragmatiphila nexa, a moth	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
nippon(ensis)	L	from Japan (natively known as Nippon)	freshwater shrimp, Macrobrachium nipponense; Japanese bobtail squid, Sepiolina nipponensis; Sika deer, Cervus nippon; Crested ibis, Nipponia nippon See also: japonicus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	shining	Baja cape kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula nitida; Mauritius blue pigeon, Alectroenas nitidissima; shining pea clam, Pisidium nitidum; shining tree iguana, Liolaemus nitidus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	snow	snow buckwheat, Eriogonum niveum; snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis; snow petrel, Pagodroma nivea; snow sheep Ovis nivicola; snowy plover, Charadrius nivosus; snowy primrose, Primula nivalis; snowy sunflower, Helianthus niveus;	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	ninth	honey fungus, Armillaria nabsnona
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from Norway	Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus; brown rat, Rattus norvegicus; rose fish, Sebastes norvegicus; Northern krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica; highland cudweed, Gnaphalium norvegicum;	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
nothos	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl) L Template:Wikt-lang	false, wrong	bluefin notho killifish, Nothobranchius rachovii; New Zealand red beech, Nothofagus fusca
noton	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	back	black-backed antshrike, Thamnophilus melanonotus
notos	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	southern	fawn hopping mouse, Notomys cervinus
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from New England	humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae; Sphaerophoria novaeangliae, a syrphid fly New England boneset, Eupatorium novae-angliae; New England aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from New Holland (Australia)	emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae; New Holland rattlepod, Crotalaria novae-hollandiae; Sepia novaehollandiae, a cuttlefish	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from New Zealand	southern boobook, Ninox novaeseelandiae New Zealand scallop, Pecten novaezelandiae yellow-dabbled flounder, Brachypleura novaezeelandiae New Zealand horned orchid, Orthoceras novae-zeelandiae red bidibid, Acaena novae-zelandiae	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from New York (Novum Eboracum)	margined carrion beetle, Oiceoptoma noveboracense; New York fern, Thelypteris noveboracensis; northern waterthrush, Seiurus noveboracensis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	nine	nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus; nine-spotted lady beetle, Coccinella novemnotata
Template:Wikt-lang	L	bearing nuts	butter-nut of Guiana, Caryocar nuciferum; coconut, Cocos nucifera	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	nodding	nodding madia, Harmonia nutans; nodding spurge, Euphorbia nutans	Template:Intitle

O

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Example	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	L	dark	dark bolo mouse, Necromys obscurus; dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus; obscure morning glory, Ipomoea obscura; rare clubmoss, Lycopodium obscurum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	obsolete, degenerate	Pantherophis obsoletus; Great Plains skink, Plestiodon obsoletus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	western	eastern arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis; western clover, Trifolium occidentale	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
ocean	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	ocean	oceanic gecko, Gehyra oceanica; Mediterranean tapeweed, Posidonia oceanica	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
octo-, octa-	G Template:Wikt-lang Template:Wikt-lang	eight	common octopus, Octopus vulgaris
-odon, -odus	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl), Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	tooth	Dimetrodon, Rhizodus
oeso-	G (Template:Grc-transl),	carry	Oesophagostomum
Template:Wikt-lang	L	for the workshop; medicinal	ginger, Zingiber officinale; rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	used as a vegetable	cabbage, broccoli, kale, Brussels sprouts, and so on, Brassica oleracea; common sowthistle, Sonchus oleraceus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Wikt-lang	L	oil	Omphalotus olearius, jack o'lantern mushroom
ommato-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl), gen. Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	eye	Ommatokoita, Ommatochila, Ommatospila	All pages with titles beginning with Ommato
ophis	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	serpent	Carphophis vermis, western wormsnake
ophrys	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	eyebrow	bee orchid, Ophrys; Central American bushmaster, Lachesis stenophrys Melanophrys, fly genus; Cyanophrys, butterfly genus	All pages with titles beginning with Ophry
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	eye	common rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus; Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus, an eel; Spanish ling, Molva macrophthalma; Hippopsicon macrophthalmum, a beetle; Cyprinion microphthalmum, a fish; gold-eye lichen, Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
ops	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	face, eye	Triceratops
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	resembling	Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis
Template:Wikt-lang	L	eastern	Oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	straight	Orthoptera
oryza	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	rice	Asian rice, Oryza sativa; rice rats, Oryzomys
Template:Wikt-lang	L	egg-shaped	shagbark hickory, Carya ovata	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle

P

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	thick, stout	Pachycephalosaurus
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	Palaemon, a sea god whose name means "wrestler"	Palaemon, crustacean genus; chequered skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon Palaemonias, Palaemonella and Palaemonetes, shrimp genera	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	pale	Dalmatian iris, Iris pallida	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
palustris	L Template:Wikt-lang	of the marsh	mugger crocodile, Crocodylus palustris; marsh marigold, Caltha palustris; Sphagnurus paluster, mushroom;	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	all	Pancratium (a flower); Pangaea
Template:Wikt-lang	L, from G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	contrary to expectation, strange, uncharacteristic	Pallas's sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus, puzzle sunflower, Helianthus paradoxus ghost mantis, Phyllocrania paradoxa, paradoxical frog, Pseudis paradoxa green-banded broodsac, Leucochloridium paradoxum, few-flowered garlic, Allium paradoxum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	equal	Syngrapha parilis, a moth; Metasphenisca parilis, a fruit fly Nephroma parile, a fungus; Malmesbury pincushion, Leucospermum parile	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	small-flowered	small-flowered mallow, Malva parviflora; thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	small-leaved	Chinese elm, Ulmus parvifolia; littleleaf ceanothus, Ceanothus parvifolius; small-leaved lomatium, Lomatium parvifolium	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	small	dwarf catshark, Asymbolus parvus; mountain pygmy possum, Burramys parvus; small onion, Allium parvum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	comb	Venus comb murex, Murex pecten
ped	L Template:Wikt-lang	foot	showy lady slipper, Cypripedium reginae
pelagicus	L, G	of the open sea	pelagic cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
penn-	L Template:Wikt-lang	feather, wing	Darwin's rhea, Rhea pennata; great auk, Pinguinus impennis
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	five	five-fingered skink, Chalcides pentadactylus
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl), L Template:Wikt-lang	rock, stone	Roberts's flat-headed bat, Sauromys petrophilus; rock daisy, Erigeron petrophilus
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang	eat	African scat (fish), Scatophagus tetracanthus; Ichthyophaga, the ("fish-eating") sea eagle
phalloides	G	like a phallus	Amanita phalloides, the death cap, a poisonous basidiomycete fungus species
phenolicus	L	able to degrade phenol	Pseudoalteromonas phenolica	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
philippinensis	L	from the Philippines	katmon tree, Dillenia philippinensis; Philippine cobra, Naja philippinensis
pholis	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	horny scale	bluespotted grouper, Cephalopholis argus
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	leaf	garden lupin, Lupinus polyphyllus
physi-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	nature	Symphysia ("naturally joined") (a plant)
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	plant	Astrophytum, Astrophytum myriostigma (a cactus); epiphyte
Template:Wikt-lang	L	painted	Pimelodus pictus, a catfish; painted skipper, Hesperilla picta; painted tunicate, Clavelina picta; Abutilon pictum, a shrub	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	flat and broad	flathead trout, Salmo platycephalus; platypus
Template:Wikt-lang	G	larger, greater in quantity	Pleiogynium timoriense, Burdekin plum, sweet plum, tulip plum; pleiotropy, (a gene) exhibiting multiple phenotypic expression
Template:Wikt-lang	L	flexible, pliable	fan-aloe, Kumara plicatilis; lobed river mullet, Cestraeus plicatilis Dendrobium plicatile, an orchid; Cormohipparion plicatile, an extinct horse	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	feathered	big tarweed, Blepharizonia plumosa; buzzer midge, Chironomus plumosus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	foot, leg, stem	red-footed spikesedge, Eleocharis erythropoda; Arthropoda; Gastropoda
poliocephalus	G	grey-headed	ashy-headed goose, Chloephaga poliocephala; grey-crowned flatbill, Tolmomyias poliocephalus; grey-headed flying fox, Pteropus poliocephalus; grey-headed goshawk, Accipiter poliocephalus; hoary-headed grebe, Poliocephalus poliocephalus; white-headed langur, Trachypithecus poliocephalus; yellow-lored tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum poliocephalum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	many, much	common knotgrass, Polygonum aviculare
Template:Wikt-lang	L	fruit	apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella; apple murex, Phyllonotus pomum; codling moth, Cydia pomonella; emu apple, Kunzea pomifera; Osage orange, Maclura pomifera	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	Pontic; from Pontus, Turkey	Black Sea field mouse, Apodemus ponticus; Pontic adder, Vipera pontica; Pontic rhododendron, Rhododendron ponticum; Roman wormwood, Artemisia pontica	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	early	early onion, Allium praecox; neon rainbow, Melanotaenia praecox; wintersweet, Chimonanthus praecox	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	excelling	Kamchatka bilberry, Vaccinium praestans; goliath webcap mushroom, Cortinarius praestans; (a butterfly), Ypthima praestans; (a ground beetle), Lesticus praestans; Tulipa praestans	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	burned at the end, scorched, withered	brownback trevally, Carangoides praeustus; Adetus praeustus, a beetle Serixia praeusta, a beetle; Tricholauxania praeusta, a fly; Trogoxylon praeustum, a beetle	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	meadow	Inyo meadow lupine, Lupinus pratensis; meadow foxtail, Alopecurus pratensis; meadow sedge, Carex praticola; meadow waxcap, Cuphophyllus pratensis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	first, leader, principal, princely	Korean wormwood, Artemisia princeps; princely spiny-tailed lizard, Uromastyx princeps; American pika, Ochotona princeps	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	first	Protozoa
Template:Wikt-lang	L	pruinose, "frosted", covered in white granules	Tibetan blue bear, Ursus arctos pruinosus; frosted myotis, Myotis pruinosus fuzzywuzzy airplant, Tillandsia pruinosa; frosted hawthorn, Crataegus pruinosa crimson-tailed marsh hawk, Orthetrum pruinosum; dotted blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium pruinosum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	itching	velvet bean, Mucuna pruriens	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	false or fake	Brazilian false rice rat, Pseudoryzomys simplex; pastel flower, Pseuderanthemum variabile
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (psychḗ)	mind, soul	psychedelic	All pages with titles beginning with Psy
psychrophilus	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	cold-loving	bacterial rod, Flavobacterium psychrophilum; bacterium, Geobacter psychrophilus; whip-lash squid, Mastigoteuthis psychrophila	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	wing, feather	white-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus; Pteranodon (winged toothless); Pterodactylus (winged finger); Pteridophyta; Diptera; Coleoptera
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (ptyon)	fan	fan-fingered geckos, Ptyodactylus; crag martin, Ptyonoprogne	All pages with titles beginning with Ptyo
Template:Wikt-lang	L	having short, soft hairs	Hydroporus puberulus, a diving beetle; Leptomyrmex puberulus, an ant mountain bellwort, Uvularia puberula; hairy melicope, Melicope puberula plains flax, Linum puberulum; red berry stick plant, Teucrium puberulum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	downy	downy oak, Quercus pubescens	Template:Intitle
pugil	L Template:Wikt-lang	a boxer	fighting conch, Strombus pugilis	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	pretty little	beautiful sunbird, Cinnyris pulchella; green pygmy goose, Nettapus pulchellus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	dwarf	Cape dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion pumilum; dwarf cuckoo, Coccycua pumila; dwarf mouse-ear, Cerastium pumilum; eastern forest bat, Vespadelus pumilus; shaggy fleabane, Erigeron pumilus; Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	spotted, marked with punctures	dotted thyme-moss, Rhizomnium punctatum; thirteen-spotted lady beetle, Hippodamia tredecimpunctata	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
pungens	L Template:Wikt-lang	pungent	blue spruce, Picea pungens; pungent slippery jack, Suillus pungens	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	somewhat purple	veiled purple hygrophorus, Hygrophorus purpurascens	Template:Intitle
purpureus	L Template:Wikt-lang	purple	purple amole, Chlorogalum purpureum; purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea; purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L, from the Pygmaeī	pygmy, dwarf	Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus; pygmy three-toed sloth, Bradypus pygmaeus; Western Greece goby, Economidichthys pygmaeus; western pygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea; smooth spike-primrose, Epilobium pygmaeum; alpine glacier poppy, Papaver pygmaeum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	tail, rump	chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarcticus

Q

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Example	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	four, square	burr grass, Festuca quadriflora (four-flowered); four-coloured bushshrike, Telophorus quadricolor; fourspot butterflyfish, Chaetodon quadrimaculatus; whorled loosestrife, Lysimachia quadrifolia (four-leaved)	All pages with titles beginning with Quadri

R

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	L	root or radish	taproot fleabane, Erigeron radicatus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	branch	branched draba, Draba ramosissima; branched murex, Chicoreus ramosus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	royal	Synalpheus regalis; regal moth, Citheronia regalis; royal lily, Lilium regale	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
repandus	L Template:Wikt-lang	curved upwards, turned up	dragon's tongue, Hemigraphis repanda; hedgehog mushroom, Hydnum repandum; Peruvian apple cactus, Cereus repandus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	creeping, crawling ()	creeping buttercup, Ranunculus repens
	L	unexpected ()	white clover, Trifolium repens
Template:Wikt-lang, rept-	L	creeping, crawling	bugle, Ajuga reptans; creeping cinquefoil, Potentilla reptans; Reptilia	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	reticulated	mandarin orange, Citrus reticulata	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	nose	orange leaf-nosed bat, Rhinonicteris aurantia; rhinoceros
rhiza	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	root	bushy seedbox, Ludwigia helminthorrhiza; Rhizobium (nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria)
rhodo-	G (rhódon)	rose, rose-colored	Rhododendron Butter Cap, Rhodocollybia butyracea
rhynchos	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	beak or snout	mallard, Anas platyrhynchos; Rhamphorhynchus
rhytis	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	wrinkled, folded	shaggy moss, Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus; Rhytidodon (syn. Rutiodon)
Template:Wikt-lang	L	rigid, stiff	big galleta, Hilaria rigida	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
rossicus	L	from Russia	Pliosaurus rossicus
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	beak, bill, snout	common crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
Template:Wikt-lang	L	with a beak	buttoned snout moth, Hypena rostralis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L Template:Wikt-lang	having a beak	beaked sedge, Carex rostrata; beaked yucca, Yucca rostrata; Caribbean sharp-nose puffer, Canthigaster rostrata; longnose surgeonfish, Zebrasoma rostratum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, rubr-	L Template:Wikt-lang	red	red maple, Acer rubrum; red valerian, Centranthus ruber; ruby bolete, Hortiboletus rubellus; summer tanager, Piranga rubra	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
ruder-	L Template:Wikt-lang,	rubbish	Cannabis ruderalis; Porophyllum ruderale; ruderal bumblebee, Bombus ruderatus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, rud-	L	rough, rude	coarse chameleon, Trioceros rudis; pied kingfisher Ceryle rudis; rough gecko, Naultinus rudis; rough mabuya, Eutropis rudis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, ruf-	L	red, reddish	red wolf, Canis rufus; rufous rubber cup, Galiella rufa	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	living on cliffs or rocks	Eurasian crag martin, Ptyonoprogne rupestris; rock bass, Ambloplites rupestris rock campion, Atocion rupestre; alpine tea-tree, Leptospermum rupestre	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
rupicola	L	cliff dweller	Diplacus rupicola, Death Valley monkeyflower; Narcissus rupicola; Tabernaemontana rupicola	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	reddish	Lophocampa russus, a moth; Toxitiades russus, a beetle; Schistura russa, a stone loach; Steccherinum russum, a fungus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	little reddish one	greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula; Mimeresia russulus, a butterfly; pinkmottle woodwax, Hygrophorus russula; Bryum russulum, a moss	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle

S

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang	L	sacred	See sanctus (species)	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	blood	bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	wise	recent subspecies of humans: Homo sapiens sapiens ("wise wise man")
Template:Wikt-lang	L	soapy	soapworts (Saponaria spp.), soapbark (Quillaja saponaria), Ramaria flavosaponaria	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	sown, cultivated	oat, Avena sativa; pea, Pisum sativum; rice, Oryza sativa	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	lizard, reptile	lancetfish, Alepisaurus; Maiasaura (dinosaur)
Template:Wikt-lang	L	rock	saxicolous, 'growing on rocks/stones'; common rock thrush, Monticola saxatilis; Saxicola, stonechats; Saxifraga, rockfoils; Saxifragaceae, herbaceous plant family
Template:Wikt-lang	L	written, scribbled, scrawled	Cape bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus; scrawled filefish, Aluterus scriptus pond slider, Trachemys scripta; long hoverfly, Sphaerophoria scripta; Grammatophyllum scriptum, an orchid; Steindachneridion scriptum, a catfish	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	sculpted	reed-stemmed orchid, Epidendrum sculptum; sculpted lanternshark, Etmopterus sculptus; sculpted puffball, Calvatia sculpta	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	seven	seven-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata
Template:Wikt-lang	L	Northern Hemisphere (septentrional, "of the seven plough-oxen", a reference to The Plough)	northern rockling, Ciliata septentrionalis northern spleenwort, Asplenium septentrionale	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	bristly or shaggy	hairy Atlantic spiny rat, Trinomys setosus; arctic iris Iris setosa, Diadema setosum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
sidero-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	iron	Siderostigma, Sideroxylon; lesser horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros	All pages with titles beginning with Sidero
Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Wikt-lang Template:Wikt-lang	L	from woodland or forest; wild	wildcat, Felis silvestris; snowdrop anemone, Anemone sylvestris; Wood frog, Lithobates sylvaticus	Template:Intitle, Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle, Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle, Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	similar	Callinectes similis	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	simple	see List of species named simplex	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	from China	tea, Camellia sinensis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	emerald	green grass lizard, Takydromus smaragdinus; Carabus smaragdinus, a beetle Smaragdina, beetle genus; Asian weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina Epidendrum smaragdinum, an orchid; Smaragdia, snail genus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	showy	queen's crape-myrtle, Lagerstroemia speciosa; Japanese lily, Lilium speciosum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
sperma	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	seed	African daisies, Osteospermum
sphen-, Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	wedge	tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus
Template:Wikt-lang	L	with scales	scaly francolin, Pternistis squamatus, scaled woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes squamatus
Template:Wikt-lang	L	starry	carrageenan moss, Mastocarpus stellatus; Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata autumn onion, Allium stellatum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	line, file	Ochlerotatus sticticus, a mosquito; western erete, Eretes sticticus Acalolepta stictica, a beetle; Punctelia stictica, a lichen Trypetisoma sticticum, a fly; Diorygma sticticum, a lichen Toothfish, Dissostichus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
stoma	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	mouth, opening	stomate, Gnathostomata
Template:Wikt-lang	L	striped	African striped skink, Trachylepis striata; striated heron, Butorides striatus; striped Barbados lily, Hippeastrum striatum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	straight, narrow, erect	chocolate lily, Dichopogon strictus; Oxalis stricta; Babiana stricta; Nardus stricta, bog haircap moss, Polytrichum strictum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, strig-	L or G	owl	kākāpō or owl parrot, Strigops habroptilus; tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides; tawny owl, Strix aluco
Template:Wikt-lang	L	cork	cork oak, Quercus suber
suchos, Template:Wikt-lang	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	crocodile (from Egyptian)	Eusuchia; Koolasuchus
Template:Wikt-lang	L	furrowed	furrowed wakerobin, Trillium sulcatum; grooved helmet-orchid, Nematoceras sulcatum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
symbio	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	symbiosis	Symbiodinium; Symbiontida	Template:Intitle
syriacus	L	Syrian	common milkweed, Asclepias syriacus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle

T

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
Template:Wikt-lang, tardi-	L	slow, late	great bustard, Otis tarda; Chisos Mountains oak, Quercus tardifolia
Template:Wikt-lang, tel-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	far, distant	New South Wales waratah, Telopea speciosissima
Template:Wikt-lang	L	clinging, tenacious	bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax; tough bully, Sideroxylon tenax; tough-leaved iris, Iris tenax	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	thin, slender, fine	slender rush, Juncus tenuis; plealeaf knotweed, Polygonum tenue	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Wikt-lang	L	terrestrial	large earth bumblebee, Bombus terrestris bent orchid, Geodorum terrestre	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G	four	four-leaved allseed, Polycarpon tetraphyllum; Tetrapoda
therium, ther-	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl), Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	beast, wild animal	giant ground sloth, Megatherium americanum; stinkpot turtle, Sternotherus odoratus; gelada, Theropithecus gelada
Template:Wikt-lang	L	shy, timid	Mountain hare, Lepus timidus; Rhene timidus, a jumping spider; dwarf three-toed slider, Lerista timida; Elysia timida, a sea slug; Zodarion timidum, an ant spider	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	for dyeing	woad, Isatis tinctoria	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	furry	bristle-tail filefish, Acreichthys tomentosus; fuzzy mock-orange, Philadelphus tomentosus; woollyleaf ceanothus, Ceanothus tomentosus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G (trachys)	rough	Trachyscorpia, fish genus; Trachyaretaon, insect genus	All pages with titles beginning with trachy
Template:Wikt-lang, tris-	L Template:Wikt-lang, G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	three	black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla; three-cornered garlic, Allium triquetrum
Template:Wikt-lang, -thrix	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl), (Template:Grc-transl)	hair	cloud ear fungus, Auricularia polytricha
Template:Wikt-lang	L	three-part	threepart violet, Viola tripartita; threetip sagebrush, Artemisia tripartita	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	sad, disagreeable, bitter, foul	ever-flowering gladiolus, Gladiolus tristis American goldfinch, Carduelis tristis Mupli beetle, Luprops tristis
Template:Wikt-lang	L	commonplace, ordinary	tree pipit, Anthus trivialis; southern dewberry, Rubus trivialis; northern water plantain, Alisma triviale; Bulbophyllum triviale, an orchid	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	cave-dweller	chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes; wren, Troglodytes troglodytes
Template:Wikt-lang	L	tropical	Candida tropicalis (yeast); Rostraureum tropicale (fungus)	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	truncated, foreshortened	common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus; pink fairy armadillo, Chlamyphorus truncatus; rattlesnake flower, Brazoria truncata; false Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera truncata; Shantung maple, Acer truncatum; truncate leek orchid, Prasophyllum truncatum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	G (trygōn)	stingray turtledove	Fontitrygon, Hemitrygon, Trygonoptera, all ray genera Geotrygon and Trugon, dove genera	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – All pages with titles beginning with trygo
Template:Wikt-lang	G (typhlós)	blind	Typhlobarbus nudiventris, fish species; Typhlochactidae, scorpion family	All pages with titles beginning with typhl
Template:Wikt-lang	G (túrannos)	tyrant, tyrannical	Tyrannosaurus rex; Tyrannodoris; Tyrannoneustes; Tyrannotitan;

U

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Example	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
ulmus	L	elm	American elm, Ulmus americana; elmleaf goldenrod, Solidago ulmifolia; Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila; Ulmus
ulos	G (Template:Grc-transl)	woolly	Uloborus; Template:Wikt-lang; Ulotrichopus	All pages with titles beginning with Ulo
unus	L	one	Monotropa uniflora; unicolor woolly lemur, Avahi unicolor
ura	G Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl)	of the tail	mourning dove, Zenaida macroura; coral snake, Micrurus corallinus

V

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Examples	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
vaginalis	L	sheathed, vaginal	Alyce clover, Gardnerella vaginalis	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	variable	grey bunting, Emberiza variabilis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	varying (usually in color)	Chameleon shrimp, Hippolyte varians Chelidonura varians; Chelidonura varians	Template:Intitle
variegatus	L	variegated	variegated laughingthrush, Garrulax variegatus; croton, Codiaeum variegatum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	different, variegated, variable	lace monitor, Varanus varius; yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius barred owl, Strix varia; purple crown vetch, Securigera varia variable triplefin, Forsterygion varium; grass cerith, Bittiolum varium	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
velox, velocis	L	swift	swift fox, Vulpes velox; Velociraptor	Template:Intitle
ventralis	L	ventral, of the belly	Hispaniolan parrot, Amazona ventralis; southern dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion ventrale	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	beautiful	giraffe hap, Nimbochromis venustus; beautiful pit viper, Trimeresurus venustus flamevine, Pyrostegia venusta; orchard spider, Leucauge venusta Himalayan maidenhair, Adiantum venustum; magnificent leafy moss, Plagiomnium venustum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
vernicosa	L	varnished	varnished maxillaria, Maxillaria vernicosa	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
vernus, vernalis	L	spring (season)	spring gentian, Gentiana verna; spring pheasant's eye, Adonis vernalis; spring sneezeweed, Helenium vernale	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
verrucosus	L	rough-skinned	Javan warty pig, Sus verrucosus; reef stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
versicolor	L	many-colored	varied honeyeater, Lichenostomus versicolor; Vietnam mouse-deer, Tragulus versicolor	Template:Intitle
verticillata	L	whorled	spaghetti bryozoan, Amathia verticillata; whorled plectranthus, Plectranthus verticillatus	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
verus	L	true, genuine	true aloe, Aloe vera; lady's bedstraw, Galium verum	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
victoriae	L	Victorian	Victoria's bar, Cigaritis victoriae	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	hairy, shaggy	hairy nightshade, Solanum villosum; hairy stonecrop, Sedum villosum; hairy vetch, Vicia villosa; hairy woodpecker, Picoides villosus; shaggy hawkweed, Hieracium villosum; villous deadly carrot, Thapsia villosa	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
virginiana	L	Virginia	Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana; Rosa virginiana, the Virginia rose	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	green	frog orchid, Coeloglossum viride; green alder, Alnus viridis; green wrasse, Labrus viridis	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
virosus	L	poisonous	cowbane, Cicuta virosa; poisonous lettuce, Lactuca virosa	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle
viticola (Template:Wikt-langTemplate:Wikt-lang)	L	grape vine inhabitant or cultivator	Phomopsis viticola; Plasmopara viticola; Schizomyia viticola	Template:Intitle
volans	L	flying	flying dragon, Draco volans; southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans	Template:Intitle
Template:Wikt-lang	L	common	common octopus, Octopus vulgaris; common privet, Ligustrum vulgare	Template:Intitle – Template:Intitle

X–Z

Latin/Greek	Language	English	Example	Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix:
xanthos	G Template:Wikt-lang	yellow	yellow staining mushroom, Agaricus xanthodermus	All pages with titles beginning with Xanth
zebratus	L	cross-striped	Kolombatovic's goby, Chromogobius zebratus
zoster	G (Template:Grc-transl)	belt, girdle	white-eyes, Zosterops; Zosterophyllum; Zosterocarpus abyssicola	All pages with titles beginning with Zoster
zygos	G Template:Wikt-lang	joined	Zygophyllum; Zygoptera	All pages with titles beginning with Zygo

See also

• Glossary of scientific naming
• List of commonly used taxonomic affixes
• List of descriptive plant species epithets (A–H)
• List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z)
• List of Greek and Latin roots in English
• List of Latin place names used as specific names
• List of Latin words with English derivatives
• List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes
• List of taxa named by anagrams
• Latin names of cities

External links

• Latin names decoded with relevant images/photos at agrozoo.net Template:Webarchive
• Dictionary of botanical epithets
• European Species Names in Linnaean, Czech, English, German and French