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Why, eu...

George Olshevsky wrote:

> I'd like to suggest Eudinosauria ("good dinosaurs") for the name of
> this parataxon.

I learned way back in General Biology that the prefix _eu_ meant "true" or
"new."  But my trusty Webster's does indeed define _eu_ as "well" or
"good."  What's going on here?  Does the same prefix have different
meanings in, say, Greek or Latin?

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