Re: not "a murder of T. rex"

["Randy King, go player and all-around swell guy!" <rking@flir.com>]

On Feb 6,  1:45pm, larrys@zk3.dec.com wrote some stuff on the subject: not "a 
murder of T. rex"
> 
> >>As an aside, I suspect we would call a group of young T. rex's a "murder".
> >>As in "a murder of crows", but for a much better reason.
> 
> >No way!  It is hardly murder, they're just trying to get a meal.
> >How about, "a dynasty of T. rex"?
> 
> Given the mental image conjured up in thinking about multiple
> t-rexes stalking their prey, I would suggest a "terror" might
> be a much better collective noun.  "A terror of tyrannosaurs..."
> 
> lexigraphically yours
> Larry Smith
> 
>-- And that's the end of stuff from larrys@zk3.dec.com

According to the rules of venery, the collective term should convey some
meaning of the species.  Hmm, does that make sense??  I have no idea
where most of the collectives come from, but a terror of tyrannosaurs
seems to fit quite well.  

Venery-ally yours
-Randy