tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: > Hrm. I find this unlikely. Taxonomy ain't Latin. Just look up how > many so-called "Latin names" of organisms are actually Greek. I have > no objection to naming things with Greek terms, but Xinactinous is > *not* a Latin name of anything, it's a Greek name. Eek, I meant "Xiphactinus".