GLOSSARY OP SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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laevls: smooth. 



lagopus: tJr. rough-footed, like a rab- 

 bit. 



lapponlcus: pertaining to Lapland. 



lariformis: shape of a gull. 



lateralis: pertaining to the side. 



latior: broader. 



latrans: barking. 



leberis: thick-skinned. 



lemniscatus: adorned with ribbons. 



leptacanthus: Gr. slender-spined. 



leuciodus: Gr. whitened. 



leucobronchialis: Gr. white-throated. 



leucocephalus: Gr. white-headed. 



leucophrys: Gr. white-crowned. 



leucops: Gr. white-eyed. 



leucopsis: Gr. white-faced. 



leucopterus: Gr. white-finned. 



leucopus: Gr. white-footed. 



leucurus; Gr. white- tailed. 



limi : pertaining to mud. 



limosus: muddy. 



lineatus: lined (with narrow stripes). 



lineolatus: finely-lined. 



liosternus: Gr. smooth-breasted. 



lirus:Gr. lily-white. 



lividus: livid. 



livius: dove-colored. 



loculator: a big-talker. 



longicaudus: long-tailed. 



longiceps: long-headed. 



longirostris: long-snouted. 



longirostrum: long-snout. 



lophius: the fishing frog. 



lotor : one who washes (from the 

 raccoon's habit of washing his paws 

 and everything else in reach). 



louisianensis: Louisianian. 



lucidus: shining. 



lucifugus: shunning the light. 



lucioides: like a pike. 



Jucius: a pike. 



ludovlcianus: Louisianian. 



lunatus: crescent-shaped. 



lunifruns: crescent forehead. 



lupus: a wolf. 



luscus: one-eyed (from the condition 

 of Linnaeus' unfortunate specimen). 



lycaodon : Gr. wolf-toothed. 



lynx: a wild-cat. 



lythrochloris: Gr. bloody-green. 



macrocephalus: Gr. long-headed. 



macrochirus: Gr. long-armed. 



macrolepidotus: Gr. large-scaled. 



macropterus: Gr. large-flnned. 

 macrotis: G. large-eared, 

 macrurus: Gr. long-tailed, 

 macularius: spotty, 

 maculaticeps: spotted- headed, 

 maculatus: spotted, 

 maculosus: spotted. 

 magi ins: large. 

 nineiisls: Maine, 

 majalis: pertaining to May. 

 maiutou: Lake Manitou. 

 margaritus: pearly, 

 margarotis: Gr. pearly-eared, 

 marginatus: margined, 

 marinus: marine, 

 marilimus: maritime, 

 marmoratus: marbled, 

 martes: a marten, 

 martinicus: from Martinique, 

 maxillilingua: jaw-tongue, 

 means: moving, 

 megalotis: Gr. big-eared, 

 melanoleucus: Gr. black and white, 

 melanops: Gr. black-eyed or faced, 

 melanostlctus: Gr. black spotted, 

 melas: Gr. black, 

 meleagris: <*fowl. 

 melodius: melodious, 

 melodus: melodious, 

 menona: Lake Menona. 

 mephiticus: ill-scented, 

 merganser: diving-goose. 

 meridional is: southern, 

 mesotrema: Gr. vent intermediate, 

 mexicanus: Mexican, 

 michiganensis: Michigan, 

 micropteryx: Gr. small -finned, 

 microstomus: Gr. small-mouthed, 

 migratorius: migratory. 

 mi niatus: vermilion color, 

 minimus: smallest, 

 mineopas: Lake Minneopa, Minn, 

 minor: smaller, 

 minutillus: minute, 

 mississippiensis: Mississippian. 

 missuriensis : Missourian. 

 mitratus: mitred, 

 miurus: Gr. curtailed; notched, 

 molestus: uneasy, 

 mollissimus: softest, 

 monachus: solitary. 

 monax: a hermit. 



montanus: pertaining to mountains, 

 monticolus: living in the mountain? 



