Genetics

• cross

  (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially...

• zygote

  (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including...

• carrier

  (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant...

• amphidiploid

  (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each paren...

• diploid

  (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets...

• haploid

  (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes.

• heteroploid

  (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple...

• polyploid

  (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosom...

Animal

• animal

  A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.

• microorganism

  Any organism of microscopic size.

• stander

  An organism (person or animal) that stands; "a crowd of sitters and standers".

• sitter

  An organism (person or animal) that sits.

Cell

• cell

  (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent...

• recombinant

  A cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred.

• parthenote

  A cell resulting from parthenogenesis.

Plant

• plant

  (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion.

• parasite

  An animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment...

Aggregate

• plankton

  The aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers...

• nekton

  The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms...

Body Part

• body part

  Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity.

• tissue

  Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and f...

Also contains

• person

  A human being; "there was too much for one person to do".

• fungus

  An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging...

• stratum

  One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer...

• host

  An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often...

• organic chemistry

  The chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry...

• variation

  (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration.

• throwback

  An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism.

• individual

  A single organism.

• anaerobe

  An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.

• conspecific

  An organism belonging to the same species as another organism.

• denizen

  A plant or animal naturalized in a region; "denizens of field and forest"; "denizens of...

• eukaryote

  An organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms...

• prokaryote

  A unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime...

• zooid

  One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan.

• vocalizer

  An organism that can utter vocal sounds; "an utterer of foul oaths"; "is the giraffe a...

• benthos

  Organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea.

• dwarf

  A plant or animal that is atypically small.

• heterotroph

  An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition.

• parent

  An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained.

• clone

  A group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual...

• native

  Indigenous plants and animals.

• animalcule

  Microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium.

• aerobe

  An organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life.

• polymorph

  An organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or term...

• mascot

  A person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure.

• congener

  An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or...

• postdiluvian

  Anything living after Noah's flood.

• commensal

  Either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not i...

• myrmecophile

  An organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant.