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A-Z: animals & plants ending in Z

It's the end of the series. You don't really get creatures ending in Z, but I decided to have a bit of fun with this final one and include any nature-related word that I could find.
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Last updated: October 3, 2024
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Initial letter
Clue
Organic word ending in Z
A
Spanish word meaning "large or strange bird" which is also a Californian prison with pelicans located nearby
Alcatraz
B
Ape who went to the moon, named after the sound of a bee
Buzz
C
Another name for the windowpane oyster of the Philippines; a clue would be "hat is"
Capiz
D
The Azeri word for pig, similar to the word for a mini-cake with a hole
Donuz
E
Spanish for the African quailfinch, two words, which are anagrams of "Redtails" and "Zi condor"
Estrilda codorniz
F
Cucarachero _____, Spanish for the happy wren (pheugopedius felix)
Feliz
G
The German word for the redstart, a woodland bird, meaning "garden red tail" (tail being "schwanz")
Gartenrotschwanz
H
German for the black redstart, a more urban version of the above
Hausrotschwanz
I
The Azeri word for snail, a clue being "monsieur business"
Ilbiz
J
Species name of a fur seal, from islands named after a Spanish explorer
Juan Fernandez
K
German species name of a hamster, meaning "short tail"
Kurzschwanz
L
Pez _____, the Spanish name for the three-lined pencilfish
Lapiz
M
Paloma ________ cabecigrís, the Spanish name for the grey-headed dove; the word relates to mountains
Montaraz
N
Murciélago _____ de espada, Spanish for Tomes's sword-nosed bat; the word means "nose"
Nariz
O
The German word for the Omani owl
Omankauz
P
The Spanish word for fish
Pez
Q
A stone which gives its name to a variety of the verbena plant
Quartz
R
The Spanish species name for a fody (songbird) found on a remote island belonging to Mauritius; it is a common Spanish surname
Rodríguez
S
City which a Pacific island dove is named after
Santa Cruz
T
_____-spotted blue butterfly; the answer is a gemstone
Topaz
U
The German word for undergrowth
Unterholz
V
Species name of a salamander found in a state of Mexico
Veracruz
W
The Polish word for snake
Waz
X
The older spelling of Jerez, a Spanish city which gave its name to a grape product
Xerez
Y
British ape of the 1980s who was a well-known pop singer
Yazz
Z
German name for an insect species, meaning "shaggy springtail"
Zottiger Springschwanz
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