- arthro: joint
- blasto: embryo
- brachio: arm
- brachy: short
- branchio: gills
- dactylo: finger
- dextro: right or clockwise
- dicho: in two parts
- dors: back
- ef: out
- gastro: stomach
- gon: angle
- haplo: single or simple
- holo: whole
- ium: an element
- kin: motion
- lent: full of
- lite: mineral or fossil
- macro: large
- opia: sight
- phos: light
- phylo: kind
- tropo: turn
- ventri: belly
- vore: eating