GLOSSAEY OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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IssTis: smooth. 



lagopus: Grr. rough -footed, like a rab- 



hit. 

 lapponicus: pertaining to Lapland, 

 lariformis: shape of a gull, 

 lateralis: pertaining to the side, 

 latior : broader. 

 latrans : barking, 

 leberis: thick-skinned, 

 lemnlscatus: adorned with ribbons. 

 leptacanthus: G-r. slender-splned. 

 leuciodus: Qt. whitened, 

 leucobronchlalis: Grr. white -throated. 

 leucocephalus: Gr. white-headed. 

 leucophrys: Gr. white -crowned, 

 leucops: Gr. white-eyed, 

 leucopsis: Gr. white-faced. 

 leucopterus: Gr. white-finned. 

 leueopus; Gr. white-footed, 

 leucurus; Gr. white- tailed, 

 limi: pertaining to mud. 

 limosus: muddy. 



llneatus: lined (with narrow stripes), 

 lineolatus: finely-lined, 

 liosternus: Gr. smooth-breasted. 

 lirus : Gr. lily-white, 

 lividus : livid, 

 livius: dove-colored. 

 loculator: a big-talker, 

 longicaudus: long-tailed, 

 longiceps: long-headed, 

 longirostris : long-snouted, 

 longirostrum: long-snout. 

 lophlus: the fishing frog. 

 lotor : one who washes (from the 



raccoon's habit of washing his paws 



and everything else In reach), 

 louisianensis : Louisianian. 

 lucidus: shining. 

 lucifugus: shunning the light, 

 lucioldes: like a pike, 

 lucius: a pike, 

 ludovlclanus: Louisianian. 

 lunatus: crescent-shaped. 

 lunifrons: crescent forehead. 

 lupus : a wolf, 

 luscus: one-eyed (from the condition 



of Linnseus' unfortunate specimen). 

 lycaodon: Gr. wolf- toothed. 

 lynx: a wild-cat. 

 lythrochloris: Gr. bloody-green. 

 macrocephalus: Gr. long-headed, 

 macrochirus: Gr. long-armed. 

 macrolepldotus: Gr. large-scaled. 



macropterus: Gr. large-flnned. 

 macrotis: G. large- eared, 

 raacrurus: Gr. long-tailed, 

 macularius; spotty, 

 maculaticeps: spotted-headed, 

 maculatus: spotted, 

 maculosus: spotted, 

 magnus: large. 

 mainensis: Maine, 

 ma^alis: pertaining to May. 

 manitou: Lake Manitou. 

 margaritus; pearly. 

 margarotis: Gr. pearly-eared. 

 marglnatus: margined, 

 marlnus: marine. 

 maritimus: maritime. 

 marmoratus: marbled. 

 martes: a marten, 

 martinicus: from Martinique, 

 maxillilingua: Jaw-tongue. 

 means: moving. 

 megalotis: Gr. big-eared, 

 melanoleucus: Gr. black and white. 

 melanops: Gr. black-eyed or faced. 

 melanostictus: Gr. black spotted, 

 melas : Gr. black, 

 meleagris: ifowl. 

 meiodius: melodious, 

 melodus: melodious. 

 menona: Lake Menona. 

 mephiticus: lU-scented. 

 merganser: diving-goose. 

 meridionalis: southern, 

 mesotrema: Gr. vent intermediate. 

 mexicanus: Mexican, 

 michiganensis: Michigan. 

 micropteryx: Gr, small-finned, 

 microstomus: Gr. small-mouthed. 

 migratorius: migratory, 

 miniatus: vermilion color, 

 minimus; smallest. 

 mineopas: Lake Minneopa, Minn, 

 minor: smaller. 

 minutlUus: minute, 

 mississipplensis: Mississippian. 

 missuriensis : Missourian. 

 mitratus: mitred, 

 miurus: Gr. curtailed; notched. 

 molestus; uneasy. 

 moUisslmus: softest, 

 monachus: solitary. 

 monax: a hermit. 



montanus: pertaining to mountains 

 montlcolus: living in the mountains - 



