GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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collaris: collared. 



colubris: pertaining to a snake. 



columbarius: pertaining to a clove. 



columbianus: Columbian. 



communis: common. 



compressus: compressed. 



coHCJnnus: handsome. 



concolor: one-colored. 



confinis; confined (in its range). 



conspersus; bespattei-ed. 



constrictor: one that hugs. 



contortrix* contorted. 



conus: a cone. 



corax: a raven. 



coregonus: a white-fish. 



cornutus: horned. 



coronatus: crowned. 



corporalis: big-bodied. 



crassilabris: thick-lipped. 



crepitans: screaming. 



crepusciilaris: pertaining to twilight. 



crinitus: long-haired. 



cristatus: crested. 



cucullatus: hooded. 



cunicularius : pertaining to a cony 



(prairie dog), 

 cupido: Cupid, 

 cupreus: coppery, 

 curvirostra; curved-billed, 

 cutisanserinus: goose-skinned, 

 cyanellus: Gr. l)luish. 

 cyaneus: Gr. blue, 

 cyanocephalus: Gr. blue-headed, 

 cyanonoton: Gr. blue-backed, 

 cyclotis: Gr. rounded, 

 cymatogrammus: Gr. wavy-lined, 

 cypho; humpback, 

 cyprinella; a small carp, 

 cyprinus: a carp, 

 delawarensis: Delaware, 

 diaphanus: transparent. 

 difTormis: deformed, 

 dilectus; dellghtfu]. 

 dilophus: Gr. two-crested, 

 dinemus: Gr. two-threaded (a lateral 



line and a lateral streak). 

 dipl?emius: Gr. doul)ly-bloody. 

 discolor: two-colored, 

 discors: discordant. 

 dispar: dissimilar, 

 dissimilis: dissimilar, 

 doliatus: sorrowful, 

 domesticus: domestic, 

 dominicus: from San Domingo. 



dorsalis: dorsal. 



dorsatus: pertaini g to the back. 



dubius: dubious. 



duquesnii : from Fort DuQuesne 



(Pittsburg), 

 durissus: hard, 

 eburneus: ivory, 

 efliulgens: shining, 

 egretta: Italian— an Egret, 

 elapsoidea: like Elaps. 

 elegans: elegant, 

 eleutherus: Gr. free, 

 ellipticus: elliptical, 

 elongatus: elongate, 

 enucleator: one who takes the seed 



from the husk, 

 eos: Gr. color of sunrise, 

 erebennus: Gr. jet-black, 

 eriarchus: Gr. with a large anal fin. 

 ermineus: ermine, 

 erythrocephalus: Gr. red-headed, 

 erythrogaster: Gr. red-bellied, 

 erythrogrammus: Gr. red- lined, 

 erythronotus: Gr. red-backed, 

 erythi'ophthalmus: Gr. red-eyed, 

 erythrurus: Gr. red-tailed, 

 estor: devourer. 

 euryops: Gr. wide-faced, 

 evides: Gr. comely, 

 excubitoroides : like excubitor — a 



sentinel, 

 exilipes: slender-footed, 

 exilis: slender, 

 eximius: excellent, 

 falcinellus: /a/a;— a scj'the. 

 fallax: derei)tive. 

 familiaris: familiar, 

 fasciatus: banded, 

 ferinus: wild, 

 ferox: ferocious, 

 ^errugineus : rust-colored, 

 fiber: a beaver, 

 ^issipes: cloven-footed, 

 flabellaris: fan-shaped, 

 flabellatus: fan-shaped, 

 flammeus: flame-oolorod. 

 flavescens: yellowish, 

 ^avifrons: yellow-fronted, 

 flavipes: yellow-footed, 

 flavirostris ; yellow -billed, 

 flaviventris: yellow-bellied, 

 flavus: yellow, 

 floridanus: Floridian. 

 fluviatilis: living in rivers. 



