Talk:dinosaur
first use[edit]
From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinos), “‘terrible, awesome, mighty’”) + σαῦρος (sauros), “‘lizard’”).
first attested from what year? Mallerd 20:15, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
- From 1841, coined by Sir Richard Owen. —Stephen 20:14, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
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Good grief, all the derived terms and see alsos in the Volapük section are longer than the rest of the page put together. Most derived terms seem to be sum of parts (Pakistani dinosaur?), and some of the see alsos are beyond bizarre (scientist? category? the?!?). Unfortunately, I don't know enough of the language to properly cut this down to size. Smurrayinchester (talk) 16:08, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
- I spent a couple minutes straight laughing, and then I deleted the entire See also section, filled with unrealted and semirelated terms that didn't belong there. I also deleted all the terms in Derived terms that were obviously SOPs, but the rest are mostly borderline SOPs; Volapük has the same problem German has with single word pseudo-SOPs. --Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 19:37, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
- You have a weird sense of humor, MK. But the net result is a successful cleanup. --WF on Holiday (talk) 14:22, 18 August 2017 (UTC)