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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"?