Carduelinae subfamily Carduelinae | used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches |
Emberizidae subfamily Emberizidae subfamily Emberizinae | buntings and some New World sparrows |
Turdinae subfamily Turdinae | alternative classification for the thrushes |
Sylviinae subfamily Sylviinae | alternative classification for the Old World warblers |
Garrulinae subfamily Garrulinae | subfamily of the crow family: jays |
Malaconotinae subfamily Malaconotinae | an African bush shrikes |
Pythoninae subfamily Pythoninae | Old World boas: pythons, in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae |
Perdicidae subfamily Perdicidae Perdicinae subfamily Perdicinae | Old World partridges |
Numididae subfamily Numididae Numidinae subfamily Numidinae | guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar |
Loriinae subfamily Loriinae | lories |
Merginae subfamily Merginae | mergansers and closely related diving birds |
Anserinae subfamily Anserinae | used in some classifications for the swans |
Potoroinae subfamily Potoroinae | rat kangaroos |
Sterninae subfamily Sterninae | terns |
fruit bat megabat | large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit |
harpy harpy bat tube-nosed bat tube-nosed fruit bat | any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes |
Melolonthidae subfamily Melolonthidae | considered a separate family in some classification systems |
Cetoniidae subfamily Cetoniidae | considered a separate family in some classification systems |
fruit fly pomace fly | any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits |
Mediterranean fruit fly medfly Ceratitis capitata | small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit |
Dorylinae subfamily Dorylinae | army ants |
Hydromyinae subfamily Hydromyinae | water rats of Australia and New Guinea |
Gerbillinae subfamily Gerbillinae | gerbils |
Petauristidae subfamily Petauristidae | Old World flying squirrels |
Bovinae subfamily Bovinae | term not used technically, essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle, buffalo, and sometimes includes kudu |
Lutrinae subfamily Lutrinae | subdivision not used in some classifications: otters |
Mephitinae subfamily Mephitinae | subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks |
Melinae subfamily Melinae | subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers |
Bassariscidae subfamily Bassariscidae | in some classifications considered a separate family |
Triglinae subfamily Triglinae | in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins) |
Peristediinae subfamily Peristediinae | in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins |
fruit machine | a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
menagerie zoo zoological garden | the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition |
yield fruit | an amount of a product |
forbidden fruit | originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality) |
zoology zoological science | the branch of biology that studies animals |
fruit of the poisonous tree | a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used |
fruit | the consequence of some effort or action, he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies |
fruit cocktail | a mixture of sliced or diced fruits |
candied fruit succade crystallized fruit | fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals |
compote fruit compote | dessert of stewed or baked fruit |
fruit custard | a custard containing fruit |
fruit bar | cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in bars |
edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
carambola star fruit | deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit, used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert |
citrus citrus fruit citrous fruit | any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp, grown in warm regions |
tangelo ugli ugli fruit | large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin |
dried fruit | fruit preserved by drying |
passion fruit | egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines, used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks |
genipap genipap fruit | a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind |