Austral English
Chapter 3 : Poir. . . Poiret. Q. . . . Quoy. Rafll. . . Raffles. Rein. . . . Reinwardt. Reiss. . . R

Poir. . . Poiret.

Q. . . . Quoy.

Rafll. . . Raffles.

Rein. . . . Reinwardt.

Reiss. . . Reisseck.

Rich. ) ) . Richardson.

Richards.)

Roxb. . . Roxburgh

Sal. . . . Salvadori.

Salisb. . . Salisbury.

Schau. . . Schauer.

Schl. ) ) . Schlechten Schlecht.)

Selb. . . . Selby.

Ser. . . . Seringe.

Serv. . . . Serville.

Sieb. . . . Sieber.

Sm. . . . Smith.

Sol. . . . Solander.

Sow. . . . Sowerby.

Sparrm. . . Sparrman.

Steph. . . Stephan.

Sundev. . . Sundevall.

Sw. ) ) . Swainson.

Swains. )

Temm. . . Temminck.

Thunb. . . Thunberg.

Tul. . . . Tulasne.

V. and H. . Vigors and Horsfield.

Val. . . . Valenciennes.

Vent. . . . Ventenat.

Vieill. . . Vieillot.

Vig. . . . Vigors.

Wagl. . . . Wagler.

Water. . . Waterhouse.

Wedd. . . . Weddell.

Willd. . . Willdenow.

Zimm. . . . Zimmermann.

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS

q.v. quod vide, which see.

i.q. idem quod, the same as.

ibid. ibidem, in the same book.

i.e. id est, that is.

sc. scilicet, that is to say.

s.v. sub voce, under the word.

cf. confer, compare.

n. noun,

adj. adjective.

v. verb.

prep. preposition.

interj. interjection.

sic, "thus," draws attention to some peculiarity of diction or to what is believed to be a mistake.

N.O. Natural Order.

sp. a species,

spp. various species.

A square bracket [ ] shows an addition to a quotation by way of comment.

O.E.D. "Oxford English Dictionary," often formerly quoted as "N.E.D." or "New English Dictionary."

AUSTRALASIAN DICTIONARY

A

Absentee, n. euphemistic term for a convict.