>Date:    Fri, 16 Oct 1998 19:04:20 -0400
>From:    Alan Gettleman <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Books, Foramlin and Silicone
>
>Dear Friends:
>1. There were books mentioned I beleive on conch-l, and another several
>years ago at Jacksonville Shell Show auction, that gave the derivation
>of species names, their Latin and Greek meanings, something like
>Derivation of Biological Names or something like that.  Can any provide
>that, or similare book names and authors?
 
I have two that I regularly consult
 
1.  Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms by Donald J. Borror.
Mayfield Publishing Comp. Palo Alto Calif. (no ISBN number available).
 
2.  Bioscientific Terminology: Words from Latin and Greek Stems. Donald M.
Ayers. U. of Arizona Press ISBN 0-8165-0305-2.
 
Kevin S. Cummings
Illinois Natural History Survey
607 E. Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
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