GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 



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pinus: pine tree. 



piplens: chirping ; piping. 



piscivorus: fish-eating. 



pisculentus: flshy. 



plagiatus: thievish, 



plargyrus: Gr. silver-sided. 



platycephalus : Gr. flat-headed. 



platyrhinus: Gr. flat-nosed. 



platyrbynchus : Gr. flat-nosed. 



platystomus: Gr, flat-mouthed. 



plumbeolus: lead-colored. 



poecilura: Gr. tail variegated. 



polyglottus: many-voiced. 



pomatorhinus : Gr. snout operculate. 



podiceps: a grebe. 



pomotis: asunflsh. 



porosus: porous. 



porphyrlticus : purplish. 



portlandicus: pertaining to Portland. 



prsestabilis: standing first. 



pratlncola: living in meadows. 



princeps: princely. 



principalis: princely. 



procne: Gr. a swallow. 



productus: produced. 



promelas: Gr. black forwards. 



prorlger: having a prow. 



prosthemius: added. 



protacanthus ; Gr. anterior spine 

 large. 



proteus: of many shapes. 



proximus: near. 



prulnosus : frosty. 



pseudogeographlcus : not quite geo- 

 graphicus. 



pseudoharengus : not quite a herring. 



pubescens: pubescent. 



pugnax: quarrelsome. 



pulchellus: pretty. 



puUus: dusky. 



punctatus: dotted. 



punctulatus-. finely dotted. 



purpureas ; purple. 



pusillus: weak. 



putorius: lU-scented. 



pygmseus: pigmy. 



quadracus : f our-splned. 



quadrilateralis : four-sided. 



quadrlvlttatus: four-striped 



querulus: querulous. 



qulescens: quiescent. 



quinnat: an Indian name for the sal- 

 mon, meaning glitterlne. 



radix : Root criver In Wisconsin). 



rattus: rat. 



regius: royal. 



reticulatus: reticulate. 



rhombifer: bearing rhombs. 



rhotheus: Gr. pertaining to falls. 



rigidus: rigid. 



riparlus: 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. 



ruficapUlus: rusty -crowned. 



rufllineatus: rusty-lined. 



rufus: rusty-red. 



rugosus: rough. 



rupestris: living among rocks. 



rustlcola: living in the country. 



ruticllla: somewhat fiery red. 



rutilus: fiery red, 



sacer: sacred. 



salar: a salmon. 



salmoides: like a salmon. 



salmoneus: like a trout. 



sangulfluus: blood-flowing. 



sanguinolentus: bloody. 



sapidissimus: most delicious to eat. 



satrapa: a prince (knight). 



saurltus: 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, 

 semlpalmatus: semipalmate. 

 septentrlonalls: northern. 

 serpentlnus: serpent-like. 

 serrator: one that saws. 

 serrlpinnis: saw-finned. 

 sexlineatus: slx-liued. 

 sialis: plump. 



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