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