English words from taxonomic name
- araThe great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).
- sequoiaSequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
- rheaA large flightless bird of the order Rheiformes, native to South America.
- tilapiaAny of various edible fish, formerly species of the genus Tilapia, but now placed in other cichlid genera (such as Oreochromis), native to Africa and the Middle East but cultivated worldwide.
- nicotianaAny ornamental plant of the genus Nicotiana
- copepodAny of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda; they are widely distributed and ecologically important.
- heliconiaAny of the genus Heliconia of flowering plants.
- megalodonA species of extinct shark that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs (†Otodus megalodon).
- glossinaA tsetse fly; any fly of the genus Glossina.
- baptisiaAny of various ornamental plants of the genus Baptisia.
- tabebuiaAny of the plants in the genus Tabebuia.
- iguanodonAny large dinosaur of the genus †Iguanodon, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
- alternantheraAny of the herbaceous plants in the genus Alternanthera in the amaranth family.
- acarusAny member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.
- agalinisAny member of the genus Agalinis of flowering plants.
- artiodactylAny ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla.
- callicarpaAny member of the species of genus Callicarpa of shrubs and small trees, the beautyberries.
- coendouA prehensile-tailed tree-dwelling porcupine, of genus Coendou, found in Central and South America.
- gallimimusA theropod dinosaur of the genus Gallimimus that lived in what is now Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous period.
- megalosaurusA theropod dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus.
- parasaurolophusParasaurolophus, a herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period of what is now North America that walked both as a biped and a quadruped.
- quetzalcoatlusA large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
- rafflesiaAny of several large parasitic plants, of the genus Rafflesia, from South East Asia, that have no roots, stems or leaves; Rafflesia arnoldii has the largest known flower with a diameter of over a yard.
- stenandriumAny of the genus Stenandrium of flowering plants of the Americas.