Publisher's Synopsis
This dictionary is the alphabetical compilation of most of the recognized genera of life, as we know it on earth, of the animal and vegetable kingdoms. The Latin names of more than 5,280 animals and plants, bacteria, fungi and other parasitic forms of existence are listed, together with at least one example of their respective species.
An index of the more common or lay names of the various genera has also been catalogued, enabling the reader to arrive promptly at the scientific/Latin name of the particular genus.
