deinonychus

See also: Deinonychus

English
Artist’s impression of a deinonychus (top).

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

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.
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