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Deinonychus

Deinonychus

See also: deinonychus

Translingual

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Proper noun

Deinonychus

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae.

deinonychus

deinonychus

See also: Deinonychus

English

Artist’s impression of a deinonychus (top).

Wikispecies

Noun

deinonychus ‎(plural deinonychuses)

  1. a medium-sized bipedal dinosaur, genus Deinonychus, of the Cretaceous period, characterized by having a large, curved claw on each hind foot.

Etymology

New Latin (1969) from Ancient Greek δεινός ‎(deinós, “fearful, terrible”) (see dinosaur) + ὄνυχος ‎(ónukhos) (genitive of ὄνυξ ‎(ónux, “nail, claw, talon”))

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