A-Z: animals & plants ending in S

A

Seabird which has the longest wing span of any bird

B

Fish with a musical name

C

European goat-antelope with a French name, whose leather was traditionally used for making water-absorbent cloths

D

More familiar name for the spidery cranefly

E

You wouldn't want to go into the stomach of this grand eight-tentacled sea creature

F

A relative of the above, this miniature cephalopod has a patterned edge reminiscent of fancy curtains or knickers

G

Huge, tentacled cephalopod of the great ocean

H

The next-heaviest land animal after elephants and white rhinos

I

Large wading bird with a curved beak

J

Indonesian species of large, horned mammal

K

Royal monkey species with a name similar to an Italian explorer

L

Species of musical-sounding fish with a big gape

M

Insect known for both preying and praying

N

Marine mollusc which has been around for hundreds of millions of years and is not closely related to any other animal

O

Ink-squirting, colour-changing marine invertebrate

P

Unusual Australian monotreme with a duck's bill

Q

Latin name for the oak tree genus, which the word "cork" is also derived from

R

Fish species name which could also be a description of 4-string heavy metal playing

S

Butterfly often seen in the hills of Scotland, bearing the name of a 100-eyed Greek giant

T

Species of seabird A from a small British Atlantic island

U

Scientific name of the sea-loving polar bear

V

One more eight-tentacled sea beast, with a section reminiscent of a bridal garment

W

Two-tusked sea mammal of the Arctic

X

Dinosaur similar to a familiar three-horned one, with a prefix meaning "strange" or "foreign"

Y

Wading bird with two sun-coloured sections connecting its feet to its body

Z

Elegant flowering plant similar to a dahlia or marigold