"Duckbilled dinosaurs"

["Nick Gardner" <ratites637@hotmail.com>]

Jean-Michel wrote:
> Hmmm...isn't there a group (no official naming here, just usage) of 
> dinosaurs called "duckbilled dinosaurs"? And ducks, aren't they "duckbilled 
> dinosaurs"? (could lead to: what came first, the duck, or the dinosaur?)

In my view, to say something has a "duckbill" really means that the bill is 
duck-like.  So can a duck have a duckbill since it would mean "duck-like".  
If it's a duck, it's bill is not duck-like, because to say "duck-like" seems 
to indicate that the bill is similar to a duck but not on a duck.  So in 
reality, ducks aren't possessing duckbills, but instead they have bills... 
or uhm... okay... nevermind.

In light of all of this, here's an oldie slightly modified.

A hadrosaurid walks into a bar and orders a drink.  The bartender asks "Cash 
or charge", and the hadrosaurid replies "Charge...  put it on my bill." :-D


Nick Gardner

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