RE: Latinate nomenclature for one-and-a-half

[John Scanlon <riversleigh@outbackatisa.com.au>]

Latin for one and a half: SESQUI (e.g. sesquicentennial, 150 years
anniversary; sesquipedalian, prone to using words a foot and a half long)

However, 'mono' and 'di' are from Greek. 

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Dr John D. Scanlon, FCD
Riversleigh Fossil Centre, Outback at Isa
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Taylor [mailto:mike@indexdata.com] 
Sent: 22 January, 2009 12:02 AM
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Latinate nomenclature for one-and-a-half

We are all familiar with Cope's genera Monoclonius ("one root") and
Diclonius ("two roots") -- but what would be the correct name for an
animals whose teeth each had one and a half roots?
Monoandahalfclonius, only in Latin?

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