Re: pronounce deinonychus

[Jeff Poling <jpoling@dinosauria.com>]

At 05:27 PM 3/5/98 +1100, tom wrote:
>How do you pronounce Deinonychus?

   From the Dinosauria Translation and Pronunciation guide in the Omnipedia
at http://www.dinosauria.com:

Deinonychus Ostrom 1969 "terrible claw"
die-NON-i-kus (Gr. deinos "terrible" + Gr. onykh- (onyx) "claw" + -us) (m)
named for the large slashing claw on the second toe of its hindfoot.  The
latinized-Greek type species name antirrhopus (an-TIHR-o-pus)
"counter-balancing" refers to its stiffened tail, used as a dynamic
stabilizer when attacking with the feet or when running. Theropoda
Coelurosauria Dromaeosauridae E. Cret. NA.


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