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Re: best dinosaur names

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: best dinosaur names
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:32:30 +0200
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The Common Noddy
/Anous stolidus/ ("stupid witless bird")


"Bird" isn't in there, it's just "witless" and "stupid" (apparently).

There's a whole website full of curiosities of zoological nomenclature; unfortunately I forgot where.

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