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(...) Er, yeah. That's what I said. ;-) "Archosaur" == "ancient lizard"? I guess I need to look that one up in the standard literature. (...) A prehensile ovipositor, eh? LOL -- I just watched _Aliens_. I wonder how much scarier that movie would've (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) :D IIRC, Archosaur means "Ruling Lizard". Actually, I'm quite sure. (Monarch = single ruler... :D ) (...) I guess so! :) (...) (I'm gonna get it for this one...) I suppose I'd find that funny if I'd actually seen that movie. :) Jeff (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Was that a jest? I can't tell. To correct or to let lie, that is the question. "Arch" is the prefix for "old". Like "archaic". "Monarch" originally meant "old man". Eventually, its meaning was narrowed to the person who was typically the most (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) question. (...) the person (...) of the word (...) Cut and paste from on-line dictionary: 15th century. Directly or via French monarque from late Latin monarcha from Greek monarkhos , literally "to rule alone," from mono- "alone" + arkhein "to (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nope, I wasn't jesting. I am not a jester, after all. (...) I believe you are thinking of "archaeo", as in Archaeopteryx. :) "The Dinosaur Data Book" says, and I quote, "gave rise to the archosaurs or 'ruling reptiles'" (...) Maybe we do need (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That's correct. But "ancient" is palaeo-. ;) In "archaic" it's that last "a" that makes the difference--it's a merger of "archae" + "-ic". (...) There is an off-topic.bs...off-topic.geek. ;) Part of the reason why the words are so close, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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