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GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 



folium: a leaf. 



foutinalis: living in fountains. 



forficatus: deeply forked. 



formosus: comely. 



fretensis: inhabiting straits (Detroit 



River). 



frontalis: forehead prominent, 

 frugivorus: eating fruits, 

 fulicarius: like a coot, 

 fulvus: reddish-yellow, 

 funduloides: like Fundulus. 

 furcatus: forked, 

 f uscescens : somewhat dusky or 



tawny, 



fuscicollis: dusky-throated, 

 fuscus: dusky, 

 fusiformis: fusiform, 

 galacturus: Gr. milky-tailed, 

 galeatus: hel meted, 

 gallopavo: Gallus: a cock; Pavo: a 



peacock. 



garrulus: garrulous, 

 gavialis: like a crocodile, 

 geographicus : map-like, 

 georgianus: Georgian, 

 gibber: gibbous, 

 gibbosus: with rounded outlines, 

 gilvus: pale yellow, 

 glacialis: icy. 

 gladius: a sword, 

 glaucus: glaucous, 

 glutinosus: viscid, 

 gobioides: goby-like, 

 gobioninus: gudgeon-like, 

 gorbuscha: a Kamtschatkan name, 

 gracilis: slender, 

 grammacus: Gr. striped, 

 gramineus: pertaining to grass, 

 griseus: gray, 

 grunniens: grunting, 

 gryllus: a cricket, 

 gulosus: big-mouthed, 

 guttatus: with drop like spots, 

 gyrfalco: agyr-falcon. 

 gyrinus: Gr. a tadpole, 

 haematurus: Gr. bloody-tailed, 

 halecinus: halec a shad (appears in 



shad-run season), 

 haliaetus: Gr. a sea-eagle, 

 harengus: a herring, 

 helveticus: Swiss, 

 herodias: Gr. a heron, 

 heros: a genus of Cichlidae. 

 heteroclitus: Gr. different slope. 



heterodon: Gr. teeth otherwise, 

 heterurus: Gr. tail uneven, 

 hexacanthus: Gr. six-spined. 

 hieroglyphicus : Gr. marked wit a 



crow-tracks. 



himantopus: Gr. crook-shanks, 

 hirudo: a leech, 

 hirundo: a swallow, 

 horiconensis: from Lake George, 

 horreorum: inhabiting barns, 

 horribilis: horrible, 

 horridus: horrid, 

 hudsonicus : from Hudson's Bay or 



River. 



hudsonius: Hudsonian. 

 humeralis: a spot on the shoulder, 

 humilis: humble, 

 huronensis: Lake Huron, 

 hyalinus: transparent, 

 hybridus: hybrid, 

 hyemalis: wintery. 

 hyperboreus: Gr. far-northern, 

 hypogseus: Gr. underground, 

 ichtheloides: like a surifish. 

 icterocephalus: Gr. oriole-headed, 

 iliacus: Trojan (why?), 

 immaculatus: unspotted, 

 incisor: one that cuts, 

 mconstans: inconstant, 

 ingens: prodigious, 

 inornatus: not ornamented, 

 inscriptus: inscribed, 

 insculptus: sculptured, 

 insignis: insignificant. 

 Insociabilis: unsociable, 

 intermedius: intermediate, 

 interpres: an interpreter, 

 interruptus: interrupted, 

 irideus: rainbow-colored, 

 ischanus: Gr. thin, 

 ischyrus: Gr. stout, 

 islandicus: Iceland, 

 isolepis: Gr. equal -scaled, 

 jaculus: something thrown, 

 jamaicensis: Jamaican, 

 kentuckiensis: Kentuckian. 

 keta: a Kamtschatkan name, 

 labrddorius: Labradorian. 

 labradoricus: Labradorian. 

 lacertinus: lizard-like, 

 lacertosus: lizard-like, 

 lacerus: torn. 



lachrymalis: pertaining to tears, 

 lacustrig: living in lakes. 



