GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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pinus: pine tree. 



pipiens: chirping: piping. 



piscivorus: fish-eating. 



pisculentus: fishy. 



plagiatus: thievish. 



plargyrus: Gr. silver-sided. 



platycephalus: Gr. flat-headed. 



platyrhinus: Gr. flat-nosed. 



platyrhynchus: Gr. flat-nosed. 



platystomus: Gr, flat-mouthed. 



plumbeolus: lead-colored. 



po3Cilu'ra: Gr. tail variegated. 



polyglottus: many- voiced. 



pomatorhinus: Gr. snout operculate. 



podiceps: a grebe. 



pomotis: a sunfish. 



porosus: porous. 



porphyriticus: purplish. 



rortlandicus: pertaining to Portland. 



irsestabilis: standing first. 



ratincola: living in meadows. 



rinceps: princely. 



jrincipalis: princely. 



^rocne: Gr. a swallow. 



productus: produced. 



jromelas: Gr. black forwards. 



^roriger: having a prow. 



prosthemius: added. 



protacanthus : Gr. anterior spine 

 large. 



>roteus: of many shapes. 



|>roximus: near. 



pruinosas : frosty. 



pseudogeographicus : not quite geo- 

 graphicus. 



Vseudoharengus: not quite a herring. 



|mbesceus: pubescent. 



|>ugnax: quarrelsome, 

 pulchellus: pretty, 

 pullus: dusky, 

 puuctatus: dotted, 

 punctulatus: finely dotted, 

 purpureus: purple, 

 pusillus: weak, 

 putorius: ill-scented, 

 pygmaeus: pigmy, 

 quadracus: four-spined. 

 quadrilateralis: four-sided. 

 quadrivittatus: four-striped 

 querulus: querulous, 

 quiescens: quiescent, 

 qninnat: an Indian name for the sal- 

 mon, meaning glittering. 

 radix: Root criver in Wisconsin). 



rattus. rat. 



regius: royal. 



reticulatus: reticulate. 



rhombifer: bearing rhombs. 



rhotheus: Gr. pertaining to falls. 



rigidus: rigid. 



riparius: pertaining to shores. 



robustus: robust. 



rostratus: large-billed or snouted. 



rubellus; reddish. 



ruber: red. 



rubicundus: ruddy. 



rubidus: ruddy. 



rubricaudus: red-tailed. 



rubricroceus: saffron-red. 



rubrifrons: red-faced. 



rufescens: rusty-red. 



ruficapillus: rusty-crowned. 



rufilineatus: rusty-lined. 



rnfus: 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. 



scaber: rough. 



scabriceps: rough-headed. 



scandiacus : ascending ( or Scandl 



navian?) 



scomberius: mackerel-like, 

 scopiferus: bearing a mark. 

 scutatus: with scutes, 

 scylla: a rock near Charybdis 

 sebago: Lake Sebago. 

 selene: Gr. the moon, 

 selenops: Gr. moon-eye, 

 semifasciatus: half-banded, 

 semipalmatus: semipalmate. 

 septentrionalis: northern, 

 serpentinus: serpent-like, 

 serrator: one that saws, 

 serripinnis: sasv-finned. 

 sexlineatus: six-lined, 

 sialis: plump. 



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