GLOSSAEY 



OF 



SPECIFIC NAMES. 



The following Glossary includes all the Specific Names men- 

 tioned in this work, with the exception of words formed from 

 names of persons, and of a few words whose meaning 1 have been 

 unable to ascertain. They are all of Latin origin unless other- 

 wise specified : 



abacviius: Gr. clieclcered tail. 



acadiacus: Acadian. 



achigan: a Canadian French name 



for the bass, 

 acutus: acute. 



adamantinus: like a diamond, 

 aedon: Gr. a nightingale, 

 selurus: Gr. a cat. 

 seneus: brassy, or coppery, 

 tepypterus: Gr. high-fiuned. 

 sesopus: Gr. different-footed, 

 aestivalis: pertaining to summer. 

 sestivus: summer, 

 affinis: akin to. 

 agilis: agile, 

 agrestis: living in fields. 



albeolus: whitish. 



albicollis: white-throated. 



albidus: whitish. 



albifrons: white-fronted. 



albus: white. 



alcyon: halcyon— a sea-Iiird— during 

 whose nesting there is always a 

 calm. 



alexandrinus: Alexandrian (Egypt- 

 ian). 



alleghauiensis: AUeghanian. 



alpestris: alpine. 



alpiuus: alpine. 



altus: high or deep. 



amabilis: amiable. 



amarus: bitter (salt water). 



americanus: American. 



amoBuus: pleasing. 



aiiagallinus: color of Scarlet Pin'.per- 



nel. 

 analostanus: Analostan Island, 

 anglicus: English, 

 anisurus: Gr. tail unequal, 

 annu aris: ringed, 

 anomalus: anomalous, 

 anthracinus: coal-black, 

 antillarum: living in the Antilles, 

 appendix: an appendage, 

 aquaticus: aquatic, 

 arcticus: arctic, 

 arctos : Gr. a bear, 

 aidens: burning, 

 ardesiacus: glittering, 

 arenarius: living in sand, 

 arge: Gr. sluggish, 

 argentatns: s Ivered. 

 argenteus: silvery, 

 argyritis: silvery, 

 ariommus: Gr. big-eyed, 

 artedi: to Peter Artedl, "the fatiier 



of Ichthyology." 

 asio: a horned owl. 

 asper: rough. 



aspro: a genus of European Percoids. 

 ater: black. 

 atrarius: blackish, 

 atratus: blackened, 

 atricapillus: black-capped, 

 atricillus: blackish. 

 atripinnis: black-fiuned. 



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