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Re: Bambiraptor paper published
In a message dated 3/18/00 3:27:33 PM EST, eamalitz@hotmail.com writes:
<< What is the official etymology of Bambiraptor? What does the word 'Bambi'
mean and in what language is it? >>
I haven't seen the paper yet, but I believe it is named after Bambi, the fawn
in the Felix Salten novel popularized in the Disney cartoon. Any chance the
fawn's name "Bambi" derives from the Italian >bambino<, meaning "baby"?