Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. writes:
>>> But also, to be fair, "fish" is an ancient English word far
>>> predating the science of biology, while "dinosaur" is a term from
>>> technical literature, dates only to 1842, and created specifically
>>> for use in scientific contexts.
>>
>> I suppose the next step will be insisting that all bilaterians are
>> worms ...
>
> Actually, that is NOT the next step from the point I was just making
> (i.e., that the word "dinosaur" was ONLY coined for a technical
> taxonomic context, just like "plesiosaur" or "entelodont" or
> "cnidarian".