Re: harpymimids

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/17/01 8:10:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu writes:

> Unfortunately, etymological correctness (especially regarding combining
>  forms of names or nouns) isn't obligatory for generic names.  Remember
>  _Mussaurus_, _Confuciusornis_, _Lazarussuchus_, ...

Combining form isn't even really the right way to think about it.  The Latin 
"word" for "crane" is gru-, which happens to have an -s added to it in 
certain grammatical constructions, such as when it is used as the subject of 
a sentence.

--Nick P.