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A aero- Air arc- Arch arch(ae/i)- Ancient arct(i/o)- North , Bear are- Space areni- sandy arg(en/lyr)- Silver arthro- Joint artic- jointed artio- even-numbered arundin- Reed -like asc- Sac asper- rough aspid- Shield ast(e)r- Star astrag- Dice (originally a knuckle bone) ater, atra- Black atr(ium)- Vestibule aur- Ear , Gold austral- South ern auto- self aux- grow avi- Bird axi- azyg- unpaired B baca- small Berry baccatus- berried baena- walking balan- Acorn barb- Beard baro- Weight basi- at the bottom bat(is) skate, ray bdella- sucker bell- pretty bi- two biblio- Book bi(ola)- Life blast- Germ , embryo, bud. Also, cell with nucleus (e.g. sideroblast) bore- North botry- small bunch of Grapes bov- Ox brachi- Arm brachy- short brady- slow branch- Gill brevi- short brizo- to nod bromo- Oats , Broom , Shadow bronch- Windpipe bucca- Mouth cavity bulbos- bulbous bulla- Bubble , Flask bullat- wrinkled buno- Hill bursa- pouch, purse C caduci- temporary caec- Blind caerul- Sky Blue caespit- tufted calam- Reed , aspen calc- Stone calli- Beautiful callos- Callous calor- Heat calyx- Cup , Chalice camp- field campanula- Bell (instrument) cand- white, pure cani- Dog cap(it)- Head capill- Hair capsella- small Box card- Heart carin- Keel cam- Flesh carotid- producing Stupor carp- Seed , Wrist cary- Nut cata- down cauda- Tail cav- hollow centi- Hundred ceph(al)- Head cera(s)(t)- Horn cerc- Horn s, Lobe s, short Tail cerebro- Brain cerv- Neck ch(e)ir- Hand chaero- to please chaet- Bristle chamae- on Ground chel- Turtle cheno- Goose chiasm- crossing chil- Lip chlamy- outer garment chlor- Green choan- Funnel chondr- Cartilage chord- Cord chorion- Membrane chrom- Color chrys- Gold en chyl- Fluid chym- Juice cili- Eyelash ciner- ashen, Grey cipit- Head circum- around cirr- Tentacle (originally curl) cl(e)ist- closed clad- Branch clast- broken clav- Key cleid- Key cleithr- bar, Key clin- Bed , recline cloaca- Sewer coccus- Berry , Grain cochl- Shell coel- hollow col(on)- Large Intestine coll- Neck collat- borne together columella- little Column com- with commis- sent out communis- Colonial commutat- changed compact- compact compress- flattened con- with conch- Shell condyl- Knuckle cono- Cone contra- opposite convolvo- to entwine copro- Dung cora(xlg)- Raven corb- Basket cord- Heart corium- Leather corn- Horn coron- Crown corp- Body cort- Bark cost- Rib cotyl- Cup crani- Skull crass- thick crep- Shoe cribi- Sieve cric- crispus- curled crist- Crest crosso- Fringe , Tassel cru(rals)- Shank cruci- Cross -like crypt- hidden cten- Comb cune- Wedge cusp- Lance , Point cuti- Skin cyan- Blue cycl- Circular cyno- Dog cyst- Capsule cyt- cell D dactyl- finger dasy- shaggy deci- ten decid- falling off decuss- cross banding deka- ten delph- womb delphis- dolphin demi- half demoliri- to pull down; destroy dendr- tree dent/don/dont- tooth/teeth derm- skin dero- persisting desmo- band deut- second dextro- right di(a)- two dia- through didym- twin digit- finger dino- terrible diplo- double dipso- thirst dissect- deeply cut dodeca- twelve dont- tooth dors- back drom- quick running dubi- doubtful dulci- sweet duo- two dur- hard E echino- spiny echis- viper eco- house ecto- outside effer- carrying away effusus- loosely spreading ejacul- throw out elasmo- plate, flat elat- tall -ell- diminutive ellucid- shining through embio- living embol- thrown in endo- inside engy- narrow ensi- sword entolenter- inside eo- dawn, east epi- upon equi- horse, equal erect- upright erythr- red esculent- edible ethm- sieve eu- well, very eury- wide ex- out of exiguus- slender exo- outside extens- draw out extra- beyond extrins- coming from F fab- bean falc- sickle-shaped fallax- false fasc(ic)- bundle fatuus- foolish, useless feli- cat fer- carry ficar- fig-like fil- thread fistul- hollow, tube flacc- flabby flav- yellow flexu- wavy flocculus- lock of wool fluitans- floating foen- hay foetid- foul smelling foli- leaf fontan- fountain foramen- opening fornix- vault fovea- shallow round depression fruticans- shrubby fund- to pour furc(ul)- fork G gal- milk gale- weasel gall- of France gangli- knot gano- shining gast(e)r- stomach, pouch gemin- twins gemm- bud genu- knee, joint geranium- crane gerro- shield gladi- sword glen- socket glia- glue glom(er)- half of yam glo(ss/tt)- tongue glut- sticky gl(uly)c- sweet glypt- carved, engraved gnaph- wool gnath- jaw goni- angle gono- seed gracil- slender gram- of grass gymn- naked gyn- woman gyr- turning haem- blood H hal- salty hallu(x/ci)- big toe hamat- hook haplo- single, simple hasta(t)- spear-tip shape hect- hundred heira- hawk helios- sun helminth- worm helo- wart hemi- half hepa(r/t)- liver hepta- seven hetero- different hex- six hibem- winter hippo- horse hirsu[[t- hairy hispid- bristly histri- actor holo- complete, whole homo- man (Latin) homo- same (Greek) homal- flat hormon- that which excites hortens- of gardens humus- ground hyal- glassy hydr- water hyemal- winter hyo- U-shaped hyper- above hypo- beneath ichthy- fish -ida- like -idae- ending of zoological family names ileum- twisted impar- unpaired in- in, not -in- diminutive -inae- ending of zoological sub-family names incarnat- flesh coloured incis- cutting in incus- anvil inermis- unarmed inflexis- rigid infra- under inter- between intra- within iod- violet -iola- diminutive iris- rainbow iso- equal iter- passage J jug- yoked together jungoljunc- to bind K ket- ketone kilo- thousand L labi- lips labyrinth- tortuous passage lacer- torn lacrim- tears lact- milk lacuna- space laevo- left lagena- flask lamella- leaf, layer lan(at)- wool lanceol(at)- lance-shaped lati- broad lecith- egg yolk lemm- skin, husk lens- lentil, bean leo(n)- lion lepid- scale lepto- slender leuc- white levator- lifter lign- wood ligul- strap-shaped lin- line ling- tongue lip- fat lith- stone log(y)- discourse loph- crest lumen- cavity luna- moon lupus- wolf lute- yellow lymph- clear water lysis- loosen macr- large M macula- spot magni- large maj- greater mala- cheek malleus- hammer, mallet mamma- breast mandib- lower jaw manu- hand maritim- of the sea marsupium- pouch masseter- chewer mast- nipple mat(e)ri- mother maxi- large maxill- jaw maxim- greatest meatus- passage medi- medium medull- marrow mega- large mel(l)i- honey melan- black menin(x,g)- membrane meno- moon mer- part meso- middle meta- after, beyond micro- small milli- thousand min- smaller minim- smallest mirabile- wonderful miss- sent mito- thread mixi- mingle moll- soft monil- string of beads mono- one montan- of mountains morph- form motor- mover multi- many mural- walls muri- mouse myo- muscle, mouse myri- countless myx- mucous myz- sucker N na(rls)- nose necro- dead necto- swimming nema- hair nemoral- in woods neo- new nephr- kidney neur- nerve nictitat- winking nigr- black non- not nona- nine noth- spurious notho- southern noto- back, south nu(clx)- nut nuch- back of neck nucle- little nut nud- naked nulli- none nutans- nodding O obtect- concealed obturat- closed obtusi- blunt occiden- Western occip- back of head oct- eight -ode- way or path odont- tooth odor- fragrant oecious- house of oed- swollen oen- wine oesoph- gullet officinal- used in medicine -oid- like olecran- skull of elbow oleo- oily olfact- smelling oligo- few oliva- olive omaso- paunch oment- fat skin omm- eye omo- shoulder omphalo- navel onto- existing oo- egg op(t)- eye operculum- little cover ophi- snake ophthalmo- eye opistho- behind opoter- either or- mouth orbi- circle orch- testicle oriental- Eastern ornith- bird ortho- straight os(ti)- mouth os(s/t)- bone ostrac shell ot- ear ovi- sheep ovo- egg oxys, oxus- sharp, pointed P pachy- thick palae- old palli(um)- mantle pallid- pale palustri- in marshes pan- ali par(a)- near parie- wall parvi- little patella- small dish patens- spreading pect(or)- chest pectin- comb-like ped- foot, child pene- almost penia- deficiency pent- five per(i)- through, beyond peregrin- foreign peri- around persic- peach petr- rock phaeo- dark phag- eat phalan(g/x)- close formation of troops phalar- shining phanero- visible pher- carry phil- love phloe- tree bark phor- carry pho(s/to)- light phragm- fence phren- diaphragm, mind phyl- tribe phyll- leaf physa- bladder physio- nature phyto- plant pil- hair pinea- pine cone pinnat- feather-shaped pisum- pea pisc- fish plac- plate, tablet plagio- oblique plan- flat platy- flat, broad plec(o/t)- twist, pluck plesio- near pleth- full pleur- side plex- interwoven plica- fold plum- feather pneu(mo/st)- air, lung pod- foot pogo- beard polio- grey polit- polished poll(ex)- thumb poly- many pons- bridge porc- pig porphyr- purple porta- gate post- after potam- river potero- drinking cup praeco- early pratens- in meadows pre- before prim- first pro- in front of proct- anus procumbens- lying flat profund- deep proliger- bear offspring prom- first proso- front prostratus- lying flat prot- first prunus- plum psamma- sand pseud- false psycho- mind psychro- cold pter- wing, fern ptyal- sahva pubescens- downy pubi- sexually mature pulmo- lung pungens- pungent pusill- very small pygo- rump pyl- gate pyo- pus pyro- heat, fire pyrus- pear Q quadr- four quart- four quin(t/que)- five R rach- spine radi- root ram- branching ran- frog rapa- turnip raph- seam rect- straight reflex- bent back ren- kidney repens- crawling reptans- crawling retic- network retina- little net retro- behind, backward rhabd- rod rhach- spine rhage- tear, rent rhin- nose, snout rhiz- root rhodo- red rhynch- snout -rrh- flow rode- gnaw rogos- wrinkled rostr- beak, prow rota- tum, wheel rub(e)r- red rumen- throat S sacchar- sugar saccul- little sac sacr- sacred sagitta- arrow sal- salt sanguini- bloody sapon- soap sarc- flesh sativus- cultivated saur- lizard/reptile scala- ladder scalene- uneven scaph- anything hollow, bowl, ship schizo- split scler- hard scop- gaze, small owl, broom, shadow scut- shield scyph- cup seba- tallow, wax sect- cut segetum- in cornfields selen- moon sella- saddle, seat semi- half sept- seven, wall ser(olu)- any body fluid serot- late serrat- saw-toothed set- hair sex- six simi- monkey sinus- hollow, bay sipho- tube sol- sun soma- body somni- sleep specios- showy sperm- seed sphen- wedge sphinct- closing spinos- spiny spondyl- vertebra squalid- squalid squam- scale squarros- spreading at tips stae(rlt)- fat sta(silt)- standing steg- covering stell- star steno- narrow stereo- solid steril- sterile stern- breastbone stom- mouth strat- layer strept- twisted strictus- upright, stiff strigos- having stiff bristles stroph- turning stupor- wonder styl- column sub- below sucr- sugar sulc- furrow super- beyond supin- lying back supra- above sutur- seam sym- with syn- with syrin(glx)- pipe sys- with T tachy- fast tact- touch taenia- ribbon talus- ankle tapetum- carpet tard- late tarsus- ankle tect- covered tegmen- covering tel (e/o)- far, end teleo- complete temno- cut tenacul- holding tentor- spread like a tent tenuis- slender ter(ti)- three teres- round tetr- four textilis- of textiles thalam- chamber, bed thalass- sea theca- case thel- nipple, female therm- heat thero- breast, mammal thyreo- large shield tinctori- of dyes torn- cut tomentos- densely woolly torpe- numb toxo- arrow, dart trab- beam trachy- rough trago- goat trans- across trapez- four sided, table trema- hole tremulans- trembling tri- three trich- hair trivialis- trivial troch- wheel trop- turning troph- feed tussi- cough U uliginosus- in marshes -ul- diminutive ulo- wooly ultra- above umbilic- navel un- one unc- hook ungui- nail, claw ungul- hoof, claw urens- bum uro- tail urs- of bears utricul- little skin bag uv(ela)- grapes uxor- wife V vagus- wandering vas- vessel velum- veil ven- vein ventr- belly verd- green veris- true verm- worm vern- spring versi- various vesic- blister vesper- evening, western vill- shaggy hair, velvet virens- green visc- organs of body cavity vita- life vitell- yolk vitr- glass vora- devour vulgaris- common vulp- fox X xanth- yellow xen- stranger xer- dry xiphi- sword xyl- wood Z zo- animal zon- girdle zyg- yoke |
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