INDEX TO NAMES 



GENERA AND HmHER GROUPS, 



WITH THEIR DERIVATIONS. 



Note. — In this index, names of genera recognized in this work 

 are printed in ordinary type, as Dendrceca; families and higher 

 groups in small capitals, as Emtded^ ; synonyms and sub-genera 

 in italics, as Amblodon. In giving the etymology of terms, all 

 words not otherwise designated are understood to be Greek ; L. 

 indicates Latin. Greek words are here, for convenience, printed 

 in Roman characters. 



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Abastor: a coined name, . . 181 

 Ablabes: ablabea, harmless, . 179 

 Abr a/mis : Jj., a, tueam, , .301 

 Acantharchus : akantha — spine ; 



arclioa — anal ( many anal 



spines). ... . 337 



AOAHTHOPTERi: afcanifta— Spine ; 



pteron — fin, . . . . 215 

 Acciplter: L., a hawk, . . 113 

 Aclpenser: L., a sturgeon (sharp 



fins), 345 



AOIPEirSEBID^, .... 344 



Acormis: a coined namej • . 319 

 Acris: L., sharp— from the note, 190 

 Actiturua : actaiTio — to move 



quickly; owa— tail (wagtail), 139 

 Actodromas: akte — sea beach ; 



dromo8—ah running, . . 127 

 ^gialitis : algiaUtes — pertaining 



to the shore, .... 121 

 ^giothns : aigiothos — a hedge 



sparrow, .... 82 



^salon: oAsalon—Sb merlin (kind 



of hawk), Ill 



Agelseus: ocrelaios— gregarious, 92 

 Aix: aia>— goat (why?), . . 142 

 AiiAUDiD^: L., alawda — a lark 



(L., ZowZo to praise), . • 56 



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Albwmelhis: Dim. of Alhurnus 



the Bleak (from L. albus, white)296 

 Albv/mops: Alhurnus -like, . 290 

 Alee: an elk (Scandinavian), . HI 

 Alohdiwid^: L,, alcedo—a, King- 

 fisher. 101 



Aleotoridbs: alektor — a, cock: 



eidos— likeness, . . . . 134 

 Alligator; L., one who binds, . 157 

 Allosomus: aHos— otherwise; soma 



body 361 



Alosa: German, a£5e— a shad, . 278 

 Alvordius: to Major Alvord, . 220 

 Amblodon: ambliLs — blunt; odon 



tooth 250 



Ambloplites : amblua — blunt; 



hoplites— armed, . . . 237 

 Amblyopsid^ : . . . . 268 

 Amblyopsis: amblua— blunt; opsis 



vision, 269 



Amblystoma: amblua — blunt; 

 stoma— mouth 194 



AMBLYSTOMID^: . . . 194 



Amia: am.ia— name of some sea- 

 fl,sh, probably the bonlto, . 840 



AMiiD^, 339 



Amiurus: a — not; Tneiotiroa— cur- 

 tailed or notched (the tail), . 329 



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