>>37580215>he didnt design bulbasaur, his opinion is just as worthless as yoursHe was the design director at those times, so his opinion counts a lot.
>Used in the common names of extinct reptilian creatures such as dinosaurs (wikipedia)Your source still says that saur means just lizard, so you can use it however you want even for not referring to dinosaurs themselves.
"From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”) or σαύρα (saúra)"
You were right if its name was "bulbadino" or "dinobulba", even its japanese name refers to the bulb and not the saur.
