Table 1. (G) indicates a combining form from Greek and (L) indicates a combining form from Latin.
Colors
black - (L) atri-, nigri-; (G) melano-.
blue - (L) cerule-; (G) cyano-.
green - (L) viridi-; (G) chloro-.
white - (L) albi-; (G) leuco-.
yellow - (L) flav-; (G) xantho-.
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Size
dwarf - (L) pumili-; (G) nano-
gigantic - (L) ingenti-; (G) colosso-.
large - (L) grandi-; (G) macro-, mega-.
short - (L) brevi-; (G) brachy-
tall - (L) proceri-, alti-; (G) aepy-.
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Shape
curved - (G) cyrto-, gampso-.
egg-shaped - (L) ovat-
flat - (L) plani-; (G) platy-.
hollow - (L) cavi-; (G) coelo-.
horned - (L) cornut-; (G) cerato-.
round - (L) circuli-; (G) cyclo-, gyro-.
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Texture
bare - (L) nudi-; (G) gymno-.
bearded - (L) criniti-; (G) pogono-.
hairy - (L) hirsut-; (G) lasio-, trichodo-
rough - (L) asper-; (G) trachy-.
spiny - (L) spini-; (G) acantho-, echino-.
wrinkled - (L) corrugat-; (G) rugos-.
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Numbers
one - (L) mono-; (G) uni-.
two - (L) bi-, duo; (G) di-.
three - (L) tri-; (G) tria-.
four - (L) quadri-; (G) tetra-.
seven - (L) septem-; (G) hepta-.
ten - (L) decim-; (G) deca-
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Animal Parts
beak - (L) rostr-; (G) rhyncho-.
claw - (L) ungui-; (G) chelo-, onycho-.
foot - (L) pedi-; (G) podo-.
head - (L) capit-; (G) cephalo-.
tail - (L) caud-; (G) cerco-.
tooth - (L) denti-; (G) odonto-.
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Table 2. Greek and Latin Descriptors
| a, ar, and |
no, not |
| acro |
top |
| allo |
strange |
| alti |
tall, high |
| angusti |
sharp |
| apato |
deceptive |
| baro |
heavy, pressure |
| bi |
two |
| brachio |
arm |
| brachy |
short |
| bronto |
thunder |
| canthus |
spiked, spined |
| cera |
horned |
| coelo |
hollow |
| compso |
pretty |
| datyl |
finger |
| deino |
terrible |
| derm |
skin |
| di |
two |
| don, den |
tooth |
| dromaeo |
running |
| drypto |
wounding |
| echino |
elasmo |
| elmi |
foot |
| gnathus |
jaw |
| hetero |
mixed |
| lana |
wooly |
| lepto |
slender |
| lestes |
robber |
| lopho |
ridged |
| luro |
tail |
| macro |
large |
| maia |
good mother |
| mega |
huge |
| metro |
measured |
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| mimus |
mimic |
| mono |
single |
| morpho |
shaped |
| mucro |
pointed |
| nano |
dwarf |
| nodo |
lumpy |
| nycho |
clawed |
| ornitho |
bird |
| pachy |
thick |
| ped, pos, pes |
foot |
| penta |
five |
| phalangia |
toes |
| phobo |
fearsome |
| placo, plateo |
flat |
| pola, poly |
many |
| preno |
sloping |
| ptero |
winged |
| quadri |
four |
| raptor |
thief |
| rex |
king |
| rhinot |
nose |
| saurus |
lizard, reptile |
| segno |
slow |
| stego |
roofed |
| steneo |
narrow |
| stenotes |
finger |
| stereo |
twin |
| stuthio |
ostrich |
| tarbo |
alarming |
| tetra |
four |
| thero |
beast |
| top |
head, face |
| tri |
three |
| tyranno |
tyrant |
| velox, veloci |
speedy, fast |
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