GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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Isevis: smooth. 



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

 bit. 



lai)ponicixs: 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. wliite- faced. 



leucopterus: Gr. white-finned. 



leucopus: Gr. white-footed. 



leucurus: Gr. white- tailed. 



linii: pertaining to mud. 



liniosus: 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. 



longi rostrum: lo g-snout. 



lupliius: the fishing frog. 



lolor : one who washes (from the 

 raccoon's habit of washing his paws 

 and everything else in reach). 



lonisianensis : Louisianian. 



lucidus: shining. 



lucifugus: shunning the light. 



Incioides: like a pike. 



lucius: a pike. 



ludovicianus: Louisiani \n. 



lunatns : crescent-shaped. 



iunifrons: crescent forehead. 



lupus : a wolf. 



luscus: one-eyeil (from the condition 

 of Linnieus' unfortunate specimen). 



lycaodon: Gr. wolf-toothed. 



lynx: a wild-cat. 



lythrocliloris: Gr. bloody-green. 



macrocephalus: Gr. long-headed. 



niacrochirus: Gr. long-armed. 



macrolepidotus: Gr. large-scaled. 



macropterus: Gr. large-finned, 

 macrotis: G. large- eared, 

 macrurus: Gr. long-tailed, 

 macularius: spotty, 

 maculaticeps: spotted- headed, 

 maculatus: spotted, 

 maculosus: spotted, 

 magnus: large, 

 mainensis: Maine, 

 majalis: pertaining to May. 

 manitou: Lake Manitou. 

 margaritus: pearly, 

 margarutis: Gr. pearly-eared, 

 marginatus: margined, 

 mariuus: marine, 

 maritimus: maritime, 

 marmoratus: marbled, 

 martes: a marten, 

 martinicus: from Martinique, 

 raaxilliliiigua: jaw- nngue. 

 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: a fowl, 

 melodius: melodious, 

 melodus: melodious, 

 menona: Lake Menona. 

 inephiticus : ill-scented, 

 merganser: diving-goose, 

 nieridionalis : southern, 

 niesotrema: Gr. vent intermediate, 

 niexicanus: Mexican, 

 michiganensis: MichigaTi. 

 micropteryx: Gr. small-finned, 

 niicrostomus: Gr. small-inouthe<l. 

 migratorius : migratory, 

 miniatus: vermilion color, 

 mi limus: smallest, 

 mineopas: Lake Minneopa, Minn. 

 minor: smaller, 

 minutillus: minute, 

 mississippiensis: Mi.ssissipi>ian. 

 missuriensis : Missourian. 

 mitratus: mitred, 

 miurus: Gr. curtailed; notched, 

 molestus: uneasy, 

 mollissimus: softest, 

 monachus: solitary, 

 monax: a hermit. 



montanus: jx-rtaining to mountains 

 mouticolus: livincin tlie mountains 



