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→Name origin: I think it can work like that, as personal preference I’d put more emphasis on how -saur is commonly used
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:::You can add it as possible reference at this point, [https://web.archive.org/web/19990221135156/http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/POKEMON/NEWS/NEWS.HTM Game Freak by itself] never explained what that “saur” means, and now we know the reason - Bulbasaur is actually a frog. This means however that we cannot be fully sure, so probably it’s better to add that “-saur” is often used for dinosaur names, without removing the actual meaning of that “-saur” suffix.—[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 01:43, 9 January 2020 (UTC) | :::You can add it as possible reference at this point, [https://web.archive.org/web/19990221135156/http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/POKEMON/NEWS/NEWS.HTM Game Freak by itself] never explained what that “saur” means, and now we know the reason - Bulbasaur is actually a frog. This means however that we cannot be fully sure, so probably it’s better to add that “-saur” is often used for dinosaur names, without removing the actual meaning of that “-saur” suffix.—[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 01:43, 9 January 2020 (UTC) | ||
::::Sounds good, I just edited the section to cover both possible meanings. Before I do the same with the Ivysaur and Venusaur articles for consistency, is it all right like this? [[User:Golden Trainer|Golden Trainer]] ([[User talk:Golden Trainer|talk]]) 12:38, 9 January 2020 (UTC) | ::::Sounds good, I just edited the section to cover both possible meanings. Before I do the same with the Ivysaur and Venusaur articles for consistency, is it all right like this? [[User:Golden Trainer|Golden Trainer]] ([[User talk:Golden Trainer|talk]]) 12:38, 9 January 2020 (UTC) | ||
:::::It can work like that, as personal preference I’d put it as “and σαῦρος ''saur'' (Ancient Greek for ''{{wp|lizard}}''), commonly used for the names of lizards and dinosaurs”, to better show how there is more interrelation among these two terms and families than it usually seems.—[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 13:16, 9 January 2020 (UTC) | |||