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GLOSSABY OI" SPECIFIC KAMES. 



■- mordax; bltln^r; snapping, 

 motacilla: -wag-tail, 

 mucronatus ; abruptly and sharply 



pointed, 

 mugitans: mooing, like a cow. 

 multifasciatus : many - banded or 



striped. 

 Inultillneatus: many-lined, 

 musculus: a little mouse, 

 mustelinus: color of a weasel (foxy 



red), 

 tnuticus: unarmed. 

 nsevius: -with small spots. 

 namaycusli: Indian name, 

 nasutus: long-nosed, 

 natalis: with a projecting rump, 

 nebulosus: cloudy, 

 neglectus; neglected, 

 neogseus: Gr. New World. 

 neohantoniensls: New Hampshire, 

 nephelus: Gr. clouded, 

 nerka; a Kamtschatkan name, 

 niger: black, 

 nigricans: blackish, 

 nigricollis: black -throated, 

 nigrilabris: black-lipped, 

 nigripinnis: black-finned, 

 nigrofasciatus; black -barred . 

 nigromaculatus : black-spotted, 

 nitidus: shining, 

 nivalis: snowy, 

 niveiventris: white-bellied, 

 niveus: snow-white, 

 nobilis: noble. 

 nobilior: nobler, 

 noctivagans : wandering at night. 

 notatus: known (as by a spot, hence 



spotted), 

 novaeauglige: New England. 

 noveboracensis: New York. 

 nuchalis: pertaining to the nape, 

 nummlfer: money - bearing (nickel 



color), 

 obesus: fat, 

 oblongus: oblong, 

 obscurus: dusky, 

 obsoletus: obsolete, 

 obtusus: obtuse. 

 OGCidentalis: western, 

 occipitomaculatus : back of head 



spotted, 

 ocellicaudus: ocellate spots on tail. 

 ochrophEBUS: Gr.dark orange-brown, 

 oculatus: with eye-like spot. 



odoratus: odorous, 

 olivaceus: olivaceous. 

 olivaris: olivaceous, 

 omiscomaycus: an Indian name for a 



Smolt. 

 opacus: opaque, 

 oquassa: Lake Oquassa. 

 ordinatus: in rows (spots), 

 oregonensis: Oregonian, 

 oregonus: Oregonian. 

 orna"tus: ornamented. 

 oryzivorus: rice-eating, 

 osculus: small- mouthed, 

 osmerinus: like a smelt, 

 osseus: bony, 

 ossifragus: bone -breaking. 

 Otsego : Lake Otsego, 

 oxyurus: Gr. sharp-tailed, 

 palmarum: living among palm trees, 

 palliatus: cloaked, 

 pallidus: pale. 



palumbarius: pertaining to pigeons. 

 palustris: living among swamps, 

 papillosus: papillose, 

 paradisea: of paradise, 

 parasiticus; parasitic, 

 parietalis: pertaining to the sides . 

 parvus: small, 

 passerinus: sparrow-like, 

 paucidens; few -toothed. 

 pecoris: pertaining to cattle. 

 pelagicus: oceanic, 

 pellucidus: pellucid, 

 peltastes: Gr. large-scaled, 

 peltatus: shielded, 

 penelope : a widgeon ; also the wife of 



Ulysses, 

 pennsylvanicus: Pennsylvanlan. 

 peregrinus: wandering, 

 perspicillatus : transparent, 

 phaenna: translucent, 

 phasianellus : a little pheasant, 

 phenax: Gr. deceptive. 

 Philadelphia: Gr. brotherly love, 

 philadelphica: Fhiladelphian. 

 phcenlceus: crimson, 

 photogenis: Gr. born of light, 

 phoxocephalus : Gr. tapering-headed, 

 pictus: painted, 

 pldiensis: Great Fedee Biver. 

 pileatus: capped; crested, 

 pllosus: with thin hairs, 

 pinetorum: living among pluea. 

 plnniger: large-finned. 



