Re:D. peiganus etymology

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting Tommy Bradley <htomsirveaux@mybluelight.com>:

> Okay, Let me explain,
> the genus name stats with Dys- (rough, bad, difficult) and ends with -ganus
> (luster, brightness, enamel).
> So when I got around to the species peiganus, I figured (wrongly) that this
> name similarly broke down to pei (meaning ?) and -ganus (again meaning
> luster, brightness, enamel.)

Perfectly understandable.  I wouldn't be surprised if Cope was making a sort 
of pun when he named the species.

Nick Pharris
Department of Linguistics
University of Michigan