family brevicipitidae

narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide ;

family bromeliaceae

a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance ;

family brotulidae

chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae ;

family bruchidae

seed beetles ;

family bryaceae

a family of acrocarpous mosses ;

family buccinidae

whelks ;

family bucconidae

puffbirds ;

family bucerotidae

hornbills ;

family bufonidae

true toads ;

family burhinidae

large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews ;

family burmanniaceae

family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers ;

family burseraceae

resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees ;

family business

a corporation that is entirely owned by the members of a single family ;

family buxaceae

widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees ;

family cactaceae

constituting the order Opuntiales ;

family caeciliadae

coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians ;

family caeciliidae

coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians ;

family caenolestidae

small marsupials of southern South America ;

family caesalpiniaceae

spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae ;

family callionymidae

dragonets ;

family calliphoridae

blowflies ;

family callithricidae

marmosets ;

family callitrichaceae

dicot aquatic herbs ;

family calostomataceae

a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales ;

family calycanthaceae

shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia ;

family camelidae

camels and llamas and vicunas ;

family campanulaceae

family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae ;

family cancridae

many of the best known edible crabs ;

family canellaceae

one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies ;

family canidae

dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes ;

family cannabidaceae

two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae ;

family cannaceae

coextensive with the genus Canna ;

family capitonidae

barbets ;

family capparidaceae

a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia ;

family caprifoliaceae

shrubs and small trees and woody vines ;

family caprimulgidae

goatsuckers ;

family caproidae

boarfishes ;

family capromyidae

coypus ;

family capsidae

leaf bugs ;

family carabidae

ground beetles ;