INDEX 



79 



Raiab, rays, 6 



Rallua, 



Rana, 16 



Rangifer, French ranchc rack, 



ladder, Lat. few I bear, 9 

 Ranidens "frog-tooth," 13 

 Batitae, rate* a raft, flat-bottomed, 



keelless vessel, 30 

 Regalecus, Lat. rex king, and Latin- 

 ised halec a herring (in allusion to 



the popular name " king of the 



herrings"), 49 

 IJ( ptilia, repere to creep, 17 

 Rhachiodon, 29 



Rhacophorus, /uukos a rag, lappet, 16 

 llhamphastus, pdp,<j)os a curved 



beak, 37 

 Rhamphorhynchus, pdp.(f>os strong 



bill, pvyy^os sn out, bill, 23 

 Rhea, mythological name, 30 

 Rhinoceros, pi's nose, Kepas horn, 



47 

 Rhinochetus, pis nose, otto's a 



tube, 35 

 Rhinoderma, pis nose, 8epp.a skin, 



16 

 Rhinolophus, pis nose, A6(/>ostuft,52 

 Rhinophis, pis nose, o<£is snake, 



28 

 Rhizomys, pi£a root, 43 

 Rhodeus, p68eos rose-coloured, 9 

 Rhombus, 10 

 Rhynchaea, 35 

 Rhynchocephali, pvyxos strong 



snout, KecfxiXtj head, 18 

 Rhynchops, contracted from pvyx°s 



bill, i//dXis scissors, 35 

 Rhynchosaurus, 18 

 Rhynchotus, pvyx os bill, 33 

 Rhytina, pvris a wrinkle, fold. In 



allusion to the bark-like skin, 45 

 Rhytiodus, pvris wrinkle, 45 

 Ribodon, 46 



Rodentia, rodere to gnaw, 42 

 Ruminantia, ruminare to chew, 48 

 Rupicapra, 49 

 Rupicola, rubies rock, colere to 



inhabit, 38 



Salamandra, 13 



Salamandrella, 13 



S.ilmo, salmon, !t 



Samotherium, the island of Samoa, 



49 

 Sauria, travpos lizard, _ I 

 Sauropoda, 22 

 Scarus, wrass, 9 

 Scelidosaurus, o-kcAis rib, 22 

 Scelidotherium, o-KtAis rib, 41 

 Scincidae, o-Ki'yKOS some li/ard . 



26 

 Sciuroides, 43 

 Sciuromorpha, 43 

 Sciurus, squirrel, 43 

 Scolopax, o-KoAo7ra£ the woodcock, 



(TKoXoxp a pole (the long bill), 35 

 Scomber, mackerel, 9 

 Scombresox, scomber mackerel, 



esox pike, 9 

 Scopelus, (TKoireXos a rock in the 



sea, 9 

 Scopus, o-K07ros inspector, sentinel, 



32 

 Scyllium, ctkvXiov some shark or 



dogfish, 6 

 Sebastes, o-e/iacn-os august, 9 

 Selachii, to. o-eAax'/ the shark 

 Selenidera, treAvyi'?/ moon, 8eipij 



neck, 37 

 Selenodonta, creXi'pnj moOn, 48 

 Semnopithecus, <r€fiv6s sacred, 



TriO^KOs monkey, 53 

 Sepedon, cr?;7reSwi' putrefaction, 29 

 Serranus, serra a saw, !i 

 Siluridae, aiXovpos the sheat fish, 



9 

 Simaedosaurus, 17 

 Simia, monkey, 5 1 

 Simiae, 53 

 Siren, 14 

 Sirenia, 44 

 Sirenoidei, 1 1 



Sivatherium "Shiva's beast," 49 

 Smilerpeton, 07/1A7/ knife, 17 

 Smilodon, 51 

 Solea, sole, 10 

 Solenodon, <rwA?p- tube, runnel, 51 



