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minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·2 years agoAccording to Wikipedia that is because the bird-hipped ones looked like modern birds and the names came before we realized the error. Hooray!
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·2 years agoThe real facts are the ones we met along the comments.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoDinosaur translates to “terrible lizard” so retaining outdated terminology is on brand.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoTo be fair, some of them were pretty damn terrible!
minus-squarei_love_FFT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoThey’re so terrible at being lizard that they turn out to be birds…
According to Wikipedia that is because the bird-hipped ones looked like modern birds and the names came before we realized the error.
Hooray!
The real facts are the ones we met along the comments.
Dinosaur translates to “terrible lizard” so retaining outdated terminology is on brand.
To be fair, some of them were pretty damn terrible!
They’re so terrible at being lizard that they turn out to be birds…