GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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pinus: pine tree. 



pipiens: chirping ; piping. 



piscivorus: fisli -eating. 



piscwlentus: fishy. 



plagiatus: thievish. 



plargyrus: Gr. silver-sided. 



platycephalus: Gr. flat-headed. 



platyrhinns: Gr. flat-nosed, 



platyrhynchus: Gr. flat-nosed. 



platystonius: Gr. flat-mouthed. 



plumbeolus: lead-colored. 



pcecilura: Gr. taii variegated. 



polyglottus: many-voiced. 



poniatorhinus: Gr. snout operculate. 



podiceps: a grebe. 



pomotis: a sunfish. 



porosus: porous, 



porpliyriticus: purplish. 



rortlandicus: pertaining to Portland. 



traestabilis: standing first. 



>ratincola: living in meadows. 



^rinceps: princely. 



>rincipalis: princely. 



^rocne: Gr. a swallow. 



productus: produced. 



promelas: Gr. black forwards. 



proriger: having a prow. 



prosthemius: added. 



protacanthus : Gr. anterior spine 

 large. 



>roteus: of many shapes. 



proximus: near. 



pruinosus : frosty. 



pseudogeographicus : not quite geo- 

 graphicus. 



Vseudoharengus: not quite a heirhig. 



pubescens: pubescent. 



pugnax: quarrelsome, 

 pulchellus: pretty. 

 puUus: dusky. 

 punctatus: dotted, 

 punctulatus: finely dotted, 

 purpureus: purple, 

 pusillus: weak, 

 putorius: ill-scented, 

 pygmoeus: pigmy, 

 quadracus: four-spined. 

 quadrilateral is: four-sided, 

 quadrivittatiis: four-striped 

 querulus: querulous, 

 quiescens: quiescent, 

 qiiiunat: an Indian name for the sal- 

 mon, meaning glitterinif. 

 radix: Root criver in Wisconsin). 



rattus. rat. 



regius: royal. 



i-eticulatus : reticulate. 



rhouibifer: bearing rhombs. 



rhotheus: Gr. pertaining to falls. 



rigidus: rigid. 



riparius: pertaining to shores. 



robustus: robust. 



rostratus: large-billed or snouted. 



rubellus; reddish. 



ruber: red. 



rul)icundus: ruddy. 



rubidus: ruddy. 



rubricaudus: red-tailed. 



rubricroceus : saffron-red. 



rul)rifrons: 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, 

 scabgr: rough, 

 scabriceps: rough -headed, 

 scandiacus : ascending ( or Scandi 



navian?) 

 scomberius: mackerel-like, 

 scopiferus: bearing a mark, 

 scutatus: with scutes, 

 scylla: a rock near Chai-ybdis 

 sebago: Lake Sebago. 

 selene: Gr. the moon, 

 selenops: Gr. moon-eye. 

 semifasciatus: half-banded, 

 seniipalmatus : semipalmate. 

 septentrionalis: northern, 

 sei-pentinus: serpent-iike. 

 serrator : one that saws, 

 sei-ripinnis: saw-finned, 

 sexlineatus: six-lined, 

 sialis: plump. 



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