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    Re: Evidence of Warm Blooded Dinosaurs —Jeff Stembel
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: Evidence of Warm Blooded Dinosaurs —Lindsay Frederick Braun
    (...) 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, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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