Origin of the Names of Beasts, Birds, and Insects. 37 



gzegzolta, Lithuan. geguze ;) formed from the sound, with re- 

 markable uniformity, in languages very remote. 



Hoopoo, (Gr. 67roi//, Lat. upiipa, Fr. huppe, Port, poupa, Dutch 

 hiippup ;) from the root of Eng. to lohoop ; as if the tohooper. 



Owl, (Lat. uliila, Germ, eule;) from the root of Lat. ululo, Germ. 

 eulen, and Eng. to howl; as ii the hoioler. 



(2.) Where there is considerable fancy in the representation of 

 the sound ; as, 



Katydid, the popular name of an American insect, the Piero- 

 phylla concava of Say. 



Whippoorwill, the name of a bird. 



(3.) Where a suffix is added; as. 



Turtle, (Lat. turtiir, Fr. tovrterelle, Ttal. tortora, tortorella, and 

 tortola, Anglo-Sax. turtle;) from Lat. tiirturilla, diminutive of 

 lurtur, and that formed onomatopoetically. 



II. The names of beasts, birds, and insects, are also formed by 

 composition. 



1. By imperfect composition, the two words denoting distinct 

 attributes of one and the same object, and their syntactical connec- 

 tion being that of the conjunction and; as, 



Canielopard, (Gr. xa/nj^XoTiuodaXtg, Lat. camelopardalis. Germ. 

 kanieel-pardcl;)fwmGr:. xuimiXog, a camel, and mx^duXig, a panther; 

 as if combining the attributes of the camel and panther. 



Leopard, (Gr. leonaqdog or UovTonaqdog, Lat. leopardus. Germ. 

 leopard ;) from Gr. Uwv, a lion, and n^ioSog, a panther ; as if com- 

 bining the qualities of the lion and panther. 



2. By perfect composition, the two words forming one complex 

 idea. 



(1.) The two parts of the composition being in apposition or 

 concord with each other ; as, 



Bittour or bittern, (Low Lat. botaurus, Fr. butor, Span, bitor, 

 Dutch biitoor ;) from Lat. bos, an ox, and taunts, a bull ; as if the 

 bull ox. 



Cormorant, (Fr. cormoran. Span, cwer-yo marino ;) from Lat. 

 corviis, a raven, and mariniis, belonging to the sea ; as if the sea 

 raven. Comp. Welsh morvran, i. e. sea raven, denoting the same 

 bird. 



Ostrich, (Gr. argovOog, Lat. struthio. Span, avestruz. Port, abes- 

 truz, Fr. autj-uche, It. struzzo, Germ, strauss ;) from the root of 

 Lat. avis, a bird, and of Germ, strotzen or Eng. to strut ; as if the 

 struttinsc bird. 



