Catenaverbozoa

by Emily Wen, Ivan Wang, Katie "chuttiekang" Chung, Tracey Lin, and Vinjai Vale

Answer:
BEEF TARTARE

We are presented with a list of displays, descriptions, and titles. Each description contains two sets of blanks. As this is the natural history wing, the first blank describes a fictional creature, which can be filled in using the clues. This can also be translated into a pseudo-scientific name by taking three affixes from the list of titles. (See a list of commonly used taxonomic affixes here.)

Each of the English descriptors can also be anagrammed to form a phrase that describes one of the displays (as hinted by "jumbled up" in the flavortext). The displays are ordered alphabetically to aid solving. (See Appendix)

Once we’ve matched up the image displays with the English descriptors, we can index the given number into the scientific name.

Cluephrase	Creature	Morphemes	Index	Extract
Residing in the East, the _____ _____ _____ (_______________ ) digests entire alligators whole.	CHINESE CROCODILE EATER	SINOSUCHOPHAGUS	12	A
Famously studied by Darwin, the _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ ) is as fit as triplets of competitors combined!	THREE-BEAKED BIRD	TRIRHYNCHOAVIS	4	R
Bees love to pollinate the _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ )'s visage, which also serves as physical defense.	FLOWER-SHIELD FACE	ANTHOASPIDOPS	3	T
Known for its size, the fierce _____ _____ -_____ (_______________ ) alternates between roaring and purring.	BIG LION-CAT	MACROLEOFELIS	9	F
Native to the woods, the _____ _____ -_____ (_______________ ) is the largest mammal in the world and is often heard snorting when it comes up for air.	FOREST PIG-WHALE	HYLOCHOERCETUS	9	R
The _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ ) stalks nests of reptiles and birds, but only those with quadruplets.	FOUR-EGG HUNTER	TETRAOVOVENATOR	2	E
The _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ ) is exactly 100% canine.	HALF-DOUBLE DOG	HEMIDIPLOCYON	2	E
The _____ _____ _____ (_______________ ) sports a long snout and a drab color, but is capable of releasing ear-splitting roars in the middle of the night.	GREY THUNDER AARDVARK	POLIOBRONTORYCTEROPUS	6	B
Using its behind, the _____ _____ -_____ (_______________ ) enjoys cutting through butter during sunrise.	DAWN KNIFE-TAIL	EOSMILOURUS	1	E
The tentacled _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ ) can balance anything on its olfactory organ.	FLAT-NOSED SQUID	PLATYRHINOTEUTHIS	4	T
Groups of _____ _____ _____ (_______________ ) are known for their speed and their resemblance to mobs of dictators.	SWIFT TYRANT CREEPER	VELOCITYRANNOERPETON	10	A
A prehistoric menace, the _____ _____ -_____ (_______________ ) ingests food with one maw per taste.	ANCIENT FIVE-MOUTH	ARCHAEOPENTASTOME	16	M
Despite the _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ )'s fearsome incisors (which continuously grow through its life), it's known to befriend piglets, donkeys, kangaroos, and tigers.	SHARK-TOOTHED BEAR	SQUALIDONTOARCTOS	16	O
Long-forgotten in Eldian lore, the _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ ) is named for its perfectly round vertebrae.	CIRCLE-SPINED TITAN	CYCLOCANTHOTITAN	4	L
Discovered early in the fossil record, the single-celled _____ _____ _____ (_______________ ) is known for its love of honey.	FIRST BEAR UNIT	PROTOARCTOMONAD	6	A
The _____ _____ -_____ (_______________ ) is named for the color of its blush when it's infatuated with nearby primates.	ROSE MONKEY-LOVER	RHODOPITHECOPHILUS	8	T
Infused with its own bulky birch umbrella, the _____ _____ -_____ (_______________ ) can shelter from the harshest storms.	THICK TREE-ROOF	PACHYDENDROSTEGA	2	A
The _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ ), ruler of four-legged amphibians, has no limbs.	LIZARD-KING SNAKE	SAUROANAXOPHIS	3	U
Keep your wallets close (and watch out for _____ _____ _____ (_______________ ) fins) when visiting the seas of the American Frontier.	WESTERN SHARK ROBBER	HESPEROSQUALILESTES	6	R
Some say that Homo sapiens have the most brains, but the _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ ) may have us beat.	TWO-HEADED CHIMP	DICEPHALOPITHECUS	9	O
The _____ _____ _____ (_______________ ) is a photosynthetic avian known for repeating only the awful things you say.	TERRIBLE GREEN PARROT	DINOCHLOROPSITTA	5	C
The _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ ) lives near stables and can flop for minutes out of the water to devour its prey.	HORSE-EATING FISH	HIPPOPHAGAICHTHYS	10	A
The impressively royal _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ ) rules over #043.	STRANGE-PLANT KING	XENOPHYTOREX	10	R
To certain Egyptian card enthusiasts, the _____ -_____ _____ (_______________ ) is a powerful engine of destruction in its white form.	BLUE-EYED DRAGON	CYANOPHTHALMODRACUS	4	N

The extracted letters, when sorted by description order, give us one final clue phrase: ARTFREEBETA / MOLATAUROCARN. This is a do-it-again step where we can interpret ART-FREE BETA as the anagram (matching the final image display) and MOLATAUROCARN as the definition. MOLA means grind, TAURO means bull, and CARN means meat, cluing the final answer BEEF TARTARE, a dish made of raw ground beef.

Appendix: Exhibit names

ACID INTERNET CLIPS

BARBER THORN SKEWERS

CHEAP DOME WIDTH

DANK LAZING SKIER

DARK GRAVEYARD HUNTER

DOUBLE GREEN DAY

ELECTRONIC CHEESE RADIO

FOLDABLE DOUGH

FORTUNE HUGGER

FRUIT BANISTER

GEARSHIFT IN SHOE

HEART BOOK THREADS

HEROIC WAFFLE SLED

ITALIC BONG

KIND TAIWAN ELF

MOUNTAIN VET CHIEF

NOSE YOLK REMOVER

REPORTING TREE BARREL

SADDLE OF QUINTS

SCARF NET TYPEWRITER

SPARKLING TANGENT

THE BEARDED BIKER

THEORETIC FORK

WEIGHT OF PEARLS

ART-FREE BETA

Catenaverbozoa

by Emily Wen, Ivan Wang, Katie "chuttiekang" Chung, Tracey Lin, and Vinjai Vale

Answer: BEEF TARTARE

Appendix: Exhibit names

Answer:
BEEF TARTARE