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Re: Evidence of Warm Blooded Dinosaurs
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 26 Apr 2000 14:24:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeff Stembel wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > "Archosaur" == "ancient lizard"? I guess I need to look that one up in the
> > standard literature.
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> :D
> IIRC, Archosaur means "Ruling Lizard". Actually, I'm quite sure. (Monarch =
> single ruler... :D )
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 important old man: the ruler. The original version of the word
was "arch-mon", from the Jamaican dialect.
Steve
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Evidence of Warm Blooded Dinosaurs
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Evidence of Warm Blooded Dinosaurs
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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 (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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