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GLOSSABY OF SPECIFIC KAMES. 



folium: a leaf. 



fontinalis: living in fountains. 



f orficatus : deeply forked. 



formosus: comely. 



fretensis: inhabiting straits (Detroit 



River), 

 frontalis: forehead prominent. 

 frugivorus: eating fruits. 

 f ulicarius : like a coot, 

 fulvus: reddish-yellow, 

 funduloides: likeFundtUns. 

 furcatas: forked, 

 fuscescens : somewhat dusky or 



tawny, 

 fuscicoUls: dusky-throated. 

 fuscus: dusky. 

 fusiformls: fusiform. 

 galactUTUS: Gr. milky-tailed, 

 galeatus: helmeted. 

 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, 

 glacialls: icy. 

 gladius: a sword, 

 glaucus: glaucous, 

 glutlnosus: 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, 

 heematurus; Gr. bloody-tailed, 

 halecinus: halec— ashad (appears in 



shad-run season), 

 haliaetus: Gr. a sea-eagle, 

 hareogus: a herring. 

 helveticus; Swiss, 

 herodias: Gr. a heron, 

 heros: a genus of Cichlidse, 

 heteroclitus: Gr. dif[erent slope. 



heterodon: Gr. teeth otherwise. 

 heterurus: Gr. tail uneven, 

 hexacanthus: Gr. six-spined. 

 hieroglyphicus : Gr. marked with 



crow -tracks, 

 himantopus: Gr. crook-shanks, 

 hirudo: aleech, 

 hirundo: a swallow, 

 horiconensls : from Lake George, 

 horreorum: inhabiting barns, 

 horribilis: horrible, 

 horridus: horrid. 

 hudsonicus : from Hudson's Bay or 



JBiver. 

 hudsonius: Hudsonian. 

 humeralis : a spot on the shoulder, 

 hurailis: humble, 

 huronensis : Lake Huron. 

 hyalinus: transparent, 

 hybridus: hybrid, 

 hyemalis: wintery. 

 hyperboreus: Gr. far-northern. 

 hypogseus: Gr. underground. 

 ichttieloides: likeasunfish. 

 icterocephalus : Gr. oriole -headed. 

 iliacus: Trojan (why?), 

 immaculatus: unspotted, 

 incisor: one that cuts, 

 inconstans: inconstant, 

 ingens: prodigious. 

 inornatus: not ornamented, 

 inscriptus: inscribed, 

 insculptus: sculptured. 

 inslgnis: insignificant, 

 insociabilis: unsociable, 

 intermedius: intermediate, 

 interpres: an interpreter, 

 luterruptus: interrupted, 

 irideus; rainbow-colored. 

 Ischanus: Gr. thin. 

 ischyrus: Gr. stout, 

 islandicus: Iceland, 

 isolepis: Gr. equal-scaled, 

 jaculus: something thrown, 

 jamalcensis: Jamaican, 

 kentuckiensis: Kentuckian. 

 keta: a Kamtschatkan name. 

 labradorius: Labradorian. 

 labradoricus : Labradorian. 

 lacertinus: lizard-like, 

 lacertosus: lizard-like. 

 lacerus: torn. 



lachrymalis: pertaining to tears. 

 lacustrls: living in lakes. 



