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Re: Playin' Yer Banji
Quoting Jaime Headden <qi_leong@hotmail.com>:
Names *Banji long*, from a nearly complete immature skull and
mandible (IVPP V16896). Etymology refers to the striations (ban) on
the nasopremaxillary crest (ji), and translates as "striated crested
dragon."
Well, it would translate that way if they had combined all three
morphemes into a single generic name. Since the 'dragon' part is the
specific name, which always either modifies or stands in apposition to
the generic name, it means something more like 'striated-crest: a
dragon'.
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Nicholas J. Pharris