# What kinda gear did Dinosaurs have?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kinda-gear-did-dinosaurs-have/328695>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 31, 2005, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kinda-gear-did-dinosaurs-have/328695 "2005-10-31T09:42:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kinda-gear-did-dinosaurs-have/328695/21 "2005-10-31T21:50:02Z")

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Damn. And “octopi” was always so fun to say…even if it did sound wrong somehow.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kinda-gear-did-dinosaurs-have/328695/22 "2005-10-31T22:06:13Z")

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And the plural of clitoris may be either clitorises or clitorides.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kinda-gear-did-dinosaurs-have/328695/23 "2005-10-31T22:25:27Z")

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I wonder why Gallagher hasn’t had a go at mocking Latin? Or dinosaur dinguses.

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kinda-gear-did-dinosaurs-have/328695/24 "2005-10-31T22:31:35Z")

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I think the plural of dingus ought to be “dingo.”

As in, “dingo ate my b…”

No. I just can’t.

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