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Etymological DiclionaryJ 
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EXPLANATION 
OF 
rhe CLASSES, ORDERS, 
AND 
PRINCIPAL GENERA. 
T he following etymological diElionary^ comprehend- 
ing not only the derivations of the clajjes, orders^ 
principal genera^ but iikewifethe reafon of their deri- 
vations, it is hoped, v/iil meet with a general approba- 
tion, from {Indents of every clafs. 
Mod of the terms in the greek language from whence 
.the clajfes and orders are taken, being cxprefTive of the 
meaning, a derivation thereof, will give a good infight 
into the nature of them, as well as the ferual fyjlem^ on 
•which they are founded. 
The Great Author of Nature has implanted in the hu- 
man mind, a ftrong defire of knowing the origin and 
fource, from whence things and names that fail under 
our 
