|
Actinos |
ray |
|
aer |
air |
|
alga |
seaweed |
|
amoeb |
change |
|
andro |
male |
|
anellus |
a little ring |
|
annulus |
ring |
|
antarcticus |
of the extreme southern regions |
|
anthos |
flower |
|
anthropo |
man |
|
apex |
tip |
|
aster |
star |
|
aureus |
golden |
|
auricula |
of the ear |
|
australis |
southern |
|
bentho |
the deep sea |
|
bios |
life |
|
brachion |
arm |
|
brachys |
short |
|
branchia |
gills |
|
brevis |
short |
|
bryon |
moss |
|
bysso |
a fine thread |
|
calcar |
lime |
|
candidus |
gleaming white |
|
capillus |
fine hair |
|
cardio |
of the heart |
|
cauda |
tail |
|
cephalos |
the head |
|
ceratos |
horn |
|
chaeto |
bristle, hair |
|
chiton |
tunic |
|
chloros |
gree |
|
chondros |
cartilage |
|
chordos |
chord or rope |
|
chromos |
colour |
|
cilium |
eyelash |
|
clad, clado |
a branch or stem |
|
cnido |
nettle |
|
coelo |
hollow |
|
cornu |
horn |
|
cranium |
the skull |
|
crusta |
rind |
|
crypto |
hidden |
|
cteno |
a comb |
|
cyano |
blue |
|
cyclos |
circle |
|
cystis |
bladder |
|
cyte |
cell |
|
dens |
tooth |
|
derm |
skin, layer |
|
desmos |
a bundle |
|
dinos |
whirling, rotation, eddy |
|
dors |
back |
|
dyo |
enter |
|
echino |
sharp spine |
|
eco, ecco |
house or home |
|
ekhinos |
hedgehog |
|
enteron |
gut |
|
erythro |
red |
|
exiguus |
scanty, small, faint, insignificant |
|
fissilis |
cleave, split |
|
flagellum |
whip |
|
flora |
flower |
|
fragilis |
brittle |
|
frons |
the forehead |
|
fuco |
red |
|
gamos |
marriage |
|
gastro |
stomach |
|
geo |
earth |
|
gibbous |
bulging |
|
glaukos |
silvery, gleaming |
|
gnatho |
jaw |
|
gonos |
seed |
|
grandis |
large |
|
gymno |
naked, bare |
|
gyn |
female reproductive organs |
|
hapalos |
soft, gentle |
|
helios |
the sun |
|
helmins |
worm |
|
hemo, haemoto |
blood |
|
herb |
pertaining to plants |
|
homo |
man |
|
hydro |
water |
|
ichthyos |
fish |
|
ketos |
whale |
|
knide |
nettle |
|
krinon |
lily |
|
labium |
lip |
|
lac |
milk |
|
latus |
side |
|
litoris |
shore |
|
lobus |
lobe |
|
logos |
study, science |
|
lophos |
crest |
|
macula |
a spot |
|
major |
large |
|
makros |
large |
|
mamma |
a breast |
|
mare |
sea |
|
maxima(us) |
largest |
|
melan |
black |
|
minor |
smaller |
|
mollis |
soft |
|
morphos |
form |
|
myrios |
countless |
|
nanus |
dwarf |
|
necto |
swimming |
|
nemato |
thread-like |
|
neuro |
nerve |
|
notos |
the back |
|
oikos,oecious |
house |
|
omni |
all |
|
ophis |
snake |
|
os, or |
mouth |
|
osteon |
bone |
|
ostracon |
shell |
|
otis |
ear |
|
oura |
tail |
|
pario |
to bear |
|
pedicel |
foot, leg or stalk |
|
phago |
eating |
|
phaios |
brown |
|
phoros |
bearing |
|
photos |
light |
|
phulon |
a stock, race or kind |
|
phyllo |
leaf |
|
phyton |
plant |
|
pinna |
feather |
|
placo |
plate, scale |
|
planktos |
wandering, drifting |
|
plasma |
form, mould |
|
plast |
formed body |
|
platys |
flat |
|
pleuron |
side, rib |
|
pod |
foot |
|
poros |
a way through |
|
proktos |
anus |
|
|
rhodon |
rose colour |
|
rostrum |
beak |
|
ruber (rubra) |
red |
|
sac |
pouch, bag |
|
sapiens |
wise, sensible |
|
scapho |
boat |
|
sclero |
hard |
|
scypha |
cup |
|
secta |
cut or divided |
|
sessilis |
without a stem, sedentary |
|
seta |
veil |
|
telson |
boundary, limit |
|
tetra |
four |
|
venter |
belly |
|
vertebra |
joint |
|
vita |
life |
|
zoon |
animal |
| Prefixes |
|
a, an |
not, without, less |
|
ad |
to, attached to |
|
albi |
white |
|
amb,ambi |
on both sides |
|
amphi |
double, on both or all sides |
|
ana |
throughout |
|
andr, andro |
man |
|
aqua |
water |
|
arth |
joint, jointed |
|
auto |
within, internal |
|
bi |
two, twice, double |
|
bio |
related to life |
|
brachy, brevi |
short |
|
cara |
head |
|
carn |
flesh |
|
cephal |
head |
|
chloro |
green |
|
chrom |
coloured |
|
crusta |
rind |
|
deca |
ten |
|
di |
double |
|
dia |
through, across |
|
dys |
bad, ill |
|
ec |
out of |
|
ecto |
outside |
|
end |
in |
|
endo |
within, internal |
|
epi |
upon, above |
|
erythro |
red |
|
eu |
proper, true, good |
|
ex |
out, from |
|
exo |
outer, external |
|
extra |
outside of, beyond |
|
gam |
unit of sexual fusion |
|
gen |
origin, development |
|
haplo |
single |
|
heme, hemo |
blood |
|
hetero |
different, other |
|
hetero |
other |
|
holo |
whole, entire |
|
homo, homeo |
same, similar, like |
|
hydro |
pertaining to water |
|
hyper |
above, more than normal |
|
hypo |
below, less than normal |
|
inter |
between |
|
intra |
within, inside |
|
iso |
equal |
|
macro |
long, large, great |
|
melan |
black |
|
meso |
middle |
|
meta |
later, following, changed in form |
|
micro |
small |
|
mono |
one |
|
multi |
consisting of many units |
|
noto |
back |
|
octo |
eight |
|
oligo |
few |
|
omni |
all |
|
oo |
pertaining to an egg |
|
opistho |
rear, hind |
|
osteo |
bone |
|
para |
beside |
|
penta |
five |
|
peri |
around |
|
photo |
pertaining to light |
|
phyto |
pertaining to plants |
|
plasm |
formative substance |
|
pneuma |
air, breath |
|
poly |
many |
|
post |
after |
|
pre |
before |
|
proto |
first |
|
pycno |
dense |
|
retro |
backwards |
|
sub |
below, under, smaller |
|
sym, syn |
together, with |
|
trans |
across, through, over |
|
tri |
three |
|
uni |
consisting of one |
|
zoo |
of(or resembling)animals |
Suffixes
|
alis |
pertaining to |
|
ata, ida, oda |
scientific endings for the names of groups of animals |
|
cide |
killer, a killing |
|
cyte |
cell |
|
fer |
to carry or bear |
|
idae |
members of the animal family of |
|
ite |
rock |
|
lysis |
a releasing, loosening, to burst |
|
meter |
measure |
|
nomy |
the science of |
|
oid, oide, oides |
resembling |
|
ology |
the study of |
|
phore |
a bearer |
|
plasm |
formative substance |
|
pod |
foot |
|
sis |
process |
|
tom, tomy |
cut out, cut |
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