GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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pinus: pine tree. 



pipiens: chirping ; piping. 



piscivorus: fish-eating. 



pisculentus: fishy. 



plagiatus: thievish. 



plargyrus: Gr. silver-sided. 



platycephalus: Gr. fiat-headed. 



platyrhinus: Gr. flat -nosed. 



platyrhynchus: Gr. flat-nosed. 



platystomus: Gr, flat-mouthed. 



plumbeolus: lead-colored. 



pcecilura: Gr. tail variegated. 



polyglottus: many-voiced. 



pomatorhinus: Gr. snout operculate. 



podiceps: a grebe. 



pomotis: a sunfish. 



porosus: porous. 



porphyriticus: purplish. 



portlandicus: pertaining to Portland. 



prsestabilis: standing first. 



pratincola: living in meadows. 



princeps: princely. 



principalis: princely. 



procne : Gr. a swallow. 



productus: produced. 



promelas: Gr. black forwards. 



proriger: having a prow. 



prosthemius: added. 



protacanthus : Gr. anterior spine 

 large. 



proteus: of many shapes. 



proximus: near. 



pruinosus : frosty. 



pseudogeographicus : not quite geo- 

 graphicus. 



pseudoharengus: not quite a herring. 



pubescens: pubescent. 



pugnax: quarrelsome. 



pulchellus: pretty. 



pullus: dusky. 



punctatus: dotted. 



punctulatus: finely dotted. 



purpureus: purple. 



pusillus: weak. 



putorius: ill-scented. 



pygmseus: pigmy. 



quadracus: four-spined. 



quadrilateralis: four-sided. 



quadrivittatus: four-striped 



querulus: querulous. 



quiescens: quiescent. 



quinnat: an Indian name for the sal- 

 mon, meaning glittering. 



radix : Root criver in Wisconsin). 



rattus: rat. 

 regius: royal, 

 reticulatus: reticulate, 

 rhombifer: bearing rhombs, 

 rhotheus: Gr. pertaining to falls, 

 rigidus: rigid. 



riparius: pertaining to shores, 

 robustus: robust, 

 rostratus: large-billed or snouted, 

 rubellus: reddish, 

 ruber: red. 

 rubicundus: ruddy, 

 rubidus: ruddy, 

 rubricaudus: red-tailed, 

 rubricroceus: saffron-red, 

 rubrifrons: red-faced, 

 rufescens: rusty -red. 

 ruficapillus: rusty-crowned, 

 rufilineatus: rusty-lined, 

 rufus: rusty-red, 

 rugosus: rough, 

 rupestris: living among rocks, 

 rusticola: living in the country, 

 ruticilla: somewhat fiery red, 

 rutilus: fiery red. 

 sacer: sacred, 

 salar: a salmon, 

 salmoides: like a salmon, 

 salmoneus: like a trout, 

 sanguifluus: blood-flowing, 

 sanguinolentus: bloody, 

 sapidissimus: most delicious to eat. 

 satrapa: a prince (knight), 

 sauritus: like a lizard, 

 savanna: Savanna, 

 scaber: rough, 

 scabriceps: rough-headed, 

 scandiacus : ascending ( or Scandi- 

 navian?) 



scomberius: mackerel-like, 

 scopiferus: bearing a mark. 

 scutatus: with scutes, 

 scylla: a rock near Charybdis 

 sebago: Lake Sebago. 

 seleue: Gr. the moon, 

 selenops: Gr. moon-eye, 

 semifasciatus: half-banded, 

 semipalmatus: semipalmate. 

 septentrionalis: northern, 

 serpentinus: serpent-like, 

 serrator: one that saws, 

 serripinnis: saw-finned. 

 sexlineatus: six-lined, 

 sialis: plump. 



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