On 2018-08-15 09:17, Jonathan Fine wrote:
Steve Barnes and Greg Ewing wrote:

  * A dinosaur is specifically an extinct terrible (formerly considered)
lizard


Which technically is not a lizard.

I can't resist. Puffinus puffinus is the scientific name for

(drum roll)

no, not the Atlantic (or common) Puffin but

(off-pitch fanfare)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_shearwater

While we're at it, what's the only creature that's known commonly and only by its scientific name?
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