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chained_bear commented on the word nomen nudium
"Dachongosaurus is a nomen nudium, a genus that has not yet been formally described." (enchantedlearning.com)
August 29, 2008
mollusque commented on the word nomen nudium
Should be nomen nudum. Enchantedlearning has the definition wrong too.
August 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word nomen nudium
That's not surprising. It's a site for home-schoolers (for kids, which means it's my level too!). I know it isn't the authority on the subject, but basically there are a s@&%load of words there, and they're defined at a very basic level (again for kids, which is probably why the definitions are sometimes wrong/vague/outdated).
But I'm gonna go back and fix stuff later--just trying to get the words in now and then re-sort the lists, etc. as I read more sources. Thanks for posting corrections as you find them!
August 31, 2008