[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]

Re: seeking clarification on the cladism debate

On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 02:21:18PM +0200, David Marjanovic scripsit:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>
> > (No German vernacular form for _Aves_? Wirklich?)
> 
> Sure there is one, Vögel, but there is no adjective. The nearest is
> vogelartig, but that's rather bird_like_.

It is surely not to be thought impossible to coin an adjective, if you
want an equvalent to 'birdy'?  (_Do_ you want an equivalent to 'birdy'?
I can't recall a written description of a highly derived theorpod which
says 'this was a birdy animal'; 'bird-like' seems entirely sufficent.)

-- 
                           graydon@dsl.ca
               To maintain the end is to uphold the means.