rhinoglanina

pl. [Modern Latin rhino glan (is); Lat. neut. pl. adj. suff. -ina. ] Ichthy.: A group of Siluride (q. v.). Two dorsals; six barbels; ventrals inserted below posterior rays of first dorsal. Two genera: Rhinoglanis, of which a single example, an inch and a half long, has been obtained from Gondoroko, on the Upper Nile; and Callomystax, from the Ganges and Indus. rhi-no-glā-nis, s . [Pref. rhino- , and Mod. Lat. glanis , from Gr. glanis a shad.] [RHINOGLANINA.] rhi-no-gry-phus, s. [Pref. rhino-, and Latin gryphus.] [GRYPUS.] Ornithology: Turkey Vulture; a genus of Sarcorhamphina, with one species, Rhinogryphus aura , sometimes separated from Cathartes on account of its peculiar perforated nose, but cla ed with that genus by older taxonomists. Range, from North America to the Straits of Magellan. It is about thirty inches long; plumage black with purplish glo : head and neck bright red, which fades rapidly after death.