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Re: "Chuniaoae" Ji et al. 1998

From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
>Etymology... niao in the 3rd tone can be "bird", don't ask me about the chu
>part.

A Chinese-speaking friend says that one of the nearly 100 tones of "chu" means 
"early."  Makes sense to me.

Steve

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Stephen Brusatte
Geophysical Sciences
University of Chicago
Dino Land Paleontology-http://www.geocities.com/stegob
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