GLOSSARY 



OF 



SPECIFIC NAMES. 



The following Glossary includes all the Specific Names men- 

 tioned in this work, with the exception of words formed from 

 names of persons, and of a few words whose meaning I have been 

 unable to ascertain. They are all of Latin origin unless other- 

 wise specified : 



abacurus: Gr. checkered tail. 



acadiacus: Acadian. 



achigan: a Canadian French name 

 for the bass. 



acutns: acute. 



adamantinus: like a diamond. 



aedon: Gr. a nightingale. 



selurus: Gr. a cat. 



aeneus: brassy, or coppery. 



jepypteru.s: Gr. high-flnned. 



aesopus: Gr. different-footed. 



jestivalis: pertaining to summer. 



ajstivus: summer. 



affinis: akin to. 



agilis: agile. 



agrestis: living in fields. 



albeolus: whitish. 



albicollis: white-throated. 



albidus: whitish. 



albifrons: white-fronted. 



albus: white. 



al'.-yon: halcyon a sea-bird during 

 whose nesting there is always a 

 calm. 



alexandrinus: Alexandrian (Egypt- 

 ian). 



alleghaniensis: Alleghanian. 



alpestris: alpine. 



alpinus: alpine. 



altus: high or deep. 



amabilis: amiable. 



araarus: bitter (salt water). 



americanus: American. 



amoenus: pleasing. 



anagallinus: color of Scarlet Pimper- 

 nel. 



analostanus: Analostan Island. 



anglicus: English. 



anisurus: Gr. tail unequal. 



annu'aris: ringed. 



anomalus: anomalous. 



anthracinus: coal -black. 



antillarnm: living in tlie Antilles. 



appendix: an appendage. 



aquaticus: aquatic. 



arcticus: arctic. 



arctos : Gr. a bear. 



ardens: burning. 



ardesiacus: glittering. 



arenarius: living in sand. 



arge: Gr. sluggish. 



argentatus: s Ivered. 



argenteus: silvery. 



argyritis: silvery. 



ariommus: Gr. big-eyed. 



artedi: to Peter Artedi, "the father 

 of Ichthyology." 



asio: a horned owl. 



asper: rough. 



aspro: a genus of European Percoids. 



ater: black. 



atrarius: blackish. 



atratus: blackened. 



atricapillns: black -capped. 



atricillus: blackish. 



atripinuis: black-fiuued. 



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