1. Suggestive of or acting like a mother

See also: maternal

• family Spheniscidae
• family Sphingidae
• family Sphyraenidae
• family Sphyrnidae
• family Spirillaceae
• family Spirochaetaceae
• family Spirulidae
• family Squalidae
• family Squatinidae
• family Squillidae
• family Staphylaceae
• family Staphylinidae
• family Steatornithidae
• family Stenopelmatidae
• family Stercorariidae
• family Sterculiaceae
• family Stichaeidae
• family Stizidae
• family Strelitziaceae
• family Streptomycetaceae
• family Strigidae
• family Stromateidae
• family Strombidae
• family Strophariaceae
• family Struthionidae