Definition that contains nyc
- harpy any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
- hoecake thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)
- whitlowwort any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)
- caryophyllidae a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder
- choloepus a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth
- family peripatidae a family of Onychophora
- family peripatopsidae a family of Onychophora
- genus choloepus a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth
- genus nyctaginia a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species
- genus panonychus a genus of Tetranychidae