| Name |
(Language of Origin) |
Meaning in English |
| acantho |
(from the Greek akanthos, meaning bear's foot) |
spiny |
| acro |
(Greek) |
high |
| aeto |
(Greek) |
eagle |
| allo |
(from the Greek word allos) |
other |
| alti |
(from the Latin word altus) |
high |
| ambi |
(Latin) |
both or two |
| amphi |
(Greek) |
both or two |
| an |
(Greek) |
not or without |
| anato |
(Latin) |
duck |
| anchi |
(from the Greek word agkhi) |
near |
| ankylo |
(from the Greek word ankylos) |
hook, joint, fused, stiff or bent |
| anser |
(Latin) |
goose |
| antho |
(from the Greek word anthos) |
flower |
| anuro |
(Greek) |
no tail |
| apato |
(Greek) |
deceptive |
| archaeo |
(from the Greek word archaios) |
ancient |
| avi or avis |
(Latin) |
bird |
| bactro |
(from the Greek word baktron) |
baton or club |
| baga |
(from the Mongolian word baga) |
little |
| baro or bary |
(from the Greek word barys) |
heavy |
| bellu |
(from the Latin word bellus) |
beautiful |
| brachio |
(from the Greek word brachion and the Latin word brachium) |
arm |
| brachy |
(Greek) |
short |
| bronto |
(from the Greek word bronte) |
thunder |
| calamo |
(from the Greek word kalamos) |
reed |
| camara |
(from the Greek word kamara) |
chamber |
| campto |
(from the Greek word kamptos) |
flexible |
| campylo |
(from the Greek word kampylos) |
bent |
| carchar |
(from the Greek word karkhar) |
jagged |
| cardio |
(from the Greek word kardia) |
heart |
| carno |
(Greek ) |
flesh |
| caud or caudia |
(Latin) |
tail |
| centro |
(Latin) |
left |
| cephalo |
(from the Greek word kephale) |
head |
| cera, ceras |
(from the Greek word keras) |
horn |
| cerno |
(from the Latin word secerno) |
divide or sever |
| cero |
(from the Greek word keras) |
horn |
| chasmo |
(from the Greek word khasma) |
chasm or yawning fissure |
| chiro or cheirus |
(from the Greek word kheir) |
hand |
| chondro |
(from the Greek word khondros) |
cartilage |
| cion |
(from the Greek word kion) |
column or pillar |
| clao |
(from the Greek word klao) |
break or crush |
| cneme |
(from the Greek word kneme) |
lower leg or shin bone |
| coeli or coelo |
(from the Greek word koiloma) |
opening or cavity |
| compso |
(from the Greek word kompso) |
elegant |
| coryth |
(from the Greek word koryth) |
helmet |
| costa |
(from the Greek word costa) |
rib |
| cryo |
(from the Greek word kryos) |
cold |
| crypto |
(from the Greek word kryptos) |
hidden |
| cyon |
(from the Greek word kuon) |
dog |
| dactly |
(from the Greek word dactylos) |
finger |
| deino |
(from the Greek word deinos) |
fearfully great or terrible |
| derm |
(Greek) |
skin |
| di |
(Greek) |
two |
| dino |
(from the Greek word deino) |
fearfully great or terrible |
| diplo |
(from the Greek word diploos) |
double or in pairs |
| docus |
(from the Greek word dokos) |
beam, bar or shaft |
| don or dont |
(from the Greek word odon) |
tooth |
| draco |
(from the Greek word rakon) |
dragon |
| dromeus or dromeo |
(from the Greek word dromeus) |
runner |
| drypto |
(from the Greek word drypto) |
wounding |
| echino |
(Greek) |
spiny |
| elasmo |
(from the Greek word elasma) |
metal plated or elastic, like thin, beaten metal |
| elmi |
(Greek) |
foot |
| eo |
(from the Greek godess of the dawn, Eos) |
dawn |
| equus |
(from Latin) |
horse |
| eu |
(from the Greek word eus) |
good or well |
| eury |
(From the Greek word eurys) |
wide |
| felis |
(From Latin) |
cat |
| giga |
(from the Greek word gigas) |
savage giant |
| gnathus |
(from the Greek word gnatos) |
jaw |
| hadro |
(from the Greek word hadros) |
large |
| hetero |
(from the Greek word heteros) |
mixed or different |
| hippos |
(Greek) |
horse |
| hydro |
(Greek) |
water |
| hypacro |
(Greek) |
top |
| hypselo or hypsi |
(from the Greek word hypsos) |
high |
| ichthyo |
(from the Greek word ichthys) |
fish |
| iguano |
(from the Arawak word iwana) |
iguana |
| kentro |
(from the Greek word kentron) |
sharp point or spur |
| krito |
(from the Greek word kritos) |
chosen or separated |
| lana |
(from the Latin word lanatus) |
woolly |
| lepto |
(from the Greek word leptos) |
thin or slender |
| lestes |
(from the Greek word leistes) |
robber |
| lio |
(from the Greek word leios) |
smooth |
| lite or lithos |
(from the Greek word lithos) |
stone |
| lopho, lophos |
(from the Greek word lophos) |
crest or tuft |
| lyco |
(from the Greek word lykos) |
wolf |
| lystro |
(Greek) |
shovel |
| maia |
(from the Greek Maia, mythical mother of Hermes) |
good mother |
| Name |
(Language of Origin) |
Meaning in English |
