I've always been fascinated by dinosaurs, but one thing stuck out to me. The names of dinosaurs are fantastic, and can really tell you what the dinosaur probably did. Look at the velociraptor, its name coming from the latin words "
vēlōx", meaning speed, and "rapere", meaning grab hold of, or seize. This means that "velociraptor" means "speedy thief". And look at another good one, the avimimus, a small bird-like maniraptoran. It's name coms from the latin words "Avis", meaning bird, and "mimus", meaning mimic. Latin is everywhere, even when you look at times before latin.
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