Re: more (specific) dino collective nouns

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81@umail.umd.edu>]

At 02:29 PM 10/8/98 -0400, Chris Srnka wrote:

>> A mall of _Ornithomimus edmontonicus_ (particularly the _O. e. occidentalis_
>> subspecies... ;-)

>  Some great ones there, Thomas. But is it a "mall" or a "maul"? I thought it
>was the latter.

Nope, the former.  A mall.  An Edmonton Mall.  In fact, a West Edmonton Mall
(which would make it one VERY BIG _Ornithomimus_).

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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