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PRONUNCIATION OF DEINONYCHUS

deinonychus  [daɪˈnɒnɪkəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEINONYCHUS

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Deinonychus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DEINONYCHUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Deinonychus

Deinonychus is a genus of carnivorous dromaeosaurid ceolurosaurian dinosaurs. There is one described species, Deinonychus antirrhopus. This species, which could grow up to 3.4 metres long, lived during the early Cretaceous Period, about 115–108 million years ago. Fossils have been recovered from the U.S. states of Montana, Wyoming, and Oklahoma, in rocks of the Cloverly Formation and Antlers Formation, though teeth that may belong to Deinonychus have been found much farther east in Maryland. Paleontologist John Ostrom's study of Deinonychus in the late 1960s revolutionized the way scientists thought about dinosaurs, leading to the "dinosaur renaissance" and igniting the debate on whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded or cold blooded. Before this, the popular conception of dinosaurs had been one of plodding, reptilian giants. Ostrom noted the small body, sleek, horizontal posture, ratite-like spine, and especially the enlarged raptorial claws on the feet, which suggested an active, agile predator. "Terrible claw" refers to the unusually large, sickle-shaped talon on the second toe of each hind foot.

Definition of deinonychus in the English dictionary

The definition of deinonychus in the dictionary is a genus of carnivorous dinosaur which existed in the early Cretaceous period, known for and named after the unusually large curved claws on the second toe of its feet.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEINONYCHUS


amicus
ˈæmɪkəs
autoicous
ɔːˈtɔɪkəs
Autolycus
ɔːˈtɒlɪkəs
Copernicus
kəˈpɜːnɪkəs
Cyzicus
ˈsɪzɪkəs
dioecious
daɪˈɔɪkəs
dioicous
daɪˈɔɪkəs
Ecclesiasticus
ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstɪkəs
Granicus
ɡrəˈnaɪkəs
leiotrichous
laɪˈɒtrɪkəs
Leviticus
lɪˈvɪtɪkəs
lubricous
ˈluːbrɪkəs
lumbricus
ˈlʌmbrɪkəs
monoecious
mɒˈnɔɪkəs
monostichous
ˌmɒnəʊˈstaɪkəs
octostichous
ɒkˈtɒstɪkəs
opinicus
əˈpɪnɪkəs
Pecos
ˈpeɪkəs
tristichous
ˈtrɪstɪkəs
umbilicus
ʌmˈbɪlɪkəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEINONYCHUS

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Deimos
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WORDS THAT END LIKE DEINONYCHUS

Archilochus
Aristarchus
Bacchus
bronchus
Callimachus
elenchus
Gracchus
Hipparchus
jacchus
Lysimachus
Ophiuchus
ornithorhynchus
oxyrhynchus
rhonchus
Socratic elenchus
Telemachus
trochus
urachus

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ディノニクス
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Deinonych
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEINONYCHUS»

Discover the use of deinonychus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deinonychus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Deinonychus
Deinonychus is a reinforced, library bound book in The Child's World series Dinosaurs.
Janet Riehecky, Llyn Hunter, 1991
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Deinonychus Vs. Styracosaurus: When Claws and Spikes Collide
"Describes the features of Deinonychus and Styracosaurus, and how they may have battled each other in prehistoric times"--Provided by publisher.
Michael O'Hearn, 2010
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Deinonychus the terrible claw
Based on fossil evidence, the author reconstructs the life cycle of Rhopa, one of the deinonychosaurs, the fiercest of all flesh-eating dinosaurs.
Beverly Halstead, 1983
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Deinonychus
The Deinonychus was a fast and deadly dinosaur. It had sharp teeth and claws. The Deinonychus lived about 100 million years ago. Deinonychus Dy-NON-ik- uss hat wERE THEY? The Deinonychus was about10 feet (three m) long. It stood.
Christy DeVillier, 2010
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Raptor: The Life of a Young Deinonychus
Follows a young male raptor as he finds a mate, hunts for food, and deals with other members of his pack.
Michel Henry, Rich Penney, 2007
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The Complete Dinosaur
Even more compelling evidence for carnivory was found in the Lower Cretaceous of Montana, where 15 different sites were found to have Deinonychus teeth associated with Tenontosaurus bones (Maxwell and Ostrom 1995). The frequent  ...
M. K. Brett-Surman, Thomas R. Holtz, James Orville Farlow, 2012
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Deinonychus
The fierce raptors in the movie Jurassic Park were based on this small but ferocious hunter. It used its large, sickle-like claws to shred its prey.
‎2004
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Deinonychus
Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the dinosaur known as Deinonychus.
Rupert Oliver, Roger Payne, 1984
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Dinosaurs, Spitfires, and Sea Dragons
these remarkable dinosaurs is Deinonychus, which is known from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana (Ostrom, 1969, 1976a). Deinonychus was a fairly small dinosaur, about ten feet (3 m) long, but it was robustly built. The forelimbs are long, ...
Christopher McGowan, 1991
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The Dinosauria: Second Edition
Dromaeosaurid forelimbs are among the longest in theropods, the ratio of forelimb length to hindlimb length being about 65% in Velociraptor, 70% in Deinonychus, and 80% in Sinornithosaurus. The humerus is slender and twisted. It has a ...
David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, Halszka Osmólska, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEINONYCHUS»

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Zoo bidding farewell to dinosaurs
Two-year-old Niko Guzman observe an animatronic deinonychus "terrible claw" with his sister Maya and cousin Anissa Cavazos at the Gladys ... «Monitor, Jul 15»
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Comic Box: Age of Reptiles is all dinosaurs all the time
The first series to be released, "Tribal Warfare" featured a pack of Deinonychus (the species that Jurassic Park's Velociraptors actually ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
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Hamilton Park
... led entering final furlong, kept on and held on near finish, won at Newmarket 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gf beating Deinonychus (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran. «Sportinglife.com, Jun 15»
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14 Fun Facts About the Animals of "Jurassic World"
... and graceful, the Velociraptor seen in the film is closer in form to a much larger raptor called Deinonychus. Real Velociraptors were smaller, ... «Smithsonian, Jun 15»
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'Go on my Son' – as Bentley dashes to Diamond delight at …
The Ian Williams-trained gelding had to dig deep but at 4/5, got the better of Deinonychus to give claimer George Downing a riding success. «East Anglian Daily Times, Jun 15»
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Dinosaur stolen from cinema returned to National Dinosaur Museum
A fibreglass Deinonychus dinosaur was stolen last November. Theft and vandalism also plagued the musuem a year earlier with a fiberglass ... «The Canberra Times, Jun 15»
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Review: Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman
That includes Triceratops, and Deinonychus (very similar to Velociraptor) in the Siebel Dinosaur Complex. There's also a new burrowing ... «Helena Independent Record, Jun 15»
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Yale's legacy in 'Jurassic World'
He named the creature Deinonychus, which means “terrible claw” in ... He described Deinonychus as an aggressive and athletic raptor that ... «Yale News, Jun 15»
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To Be Clear, Velociraptors Would Make Terrible Weapons
And in strict kinetic terms, a 200-pound Deinonychus is about as dangerous as a cassowary, a modern flightless bird that's roughly as big as a ... «War is Boring, Jun 15»
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Dinosaurs on screen: fact or fantasy?
In 1964 he unearthed the remains of deinonychus, a 3.3-metre predator ... and was struck by its resemblance to the meat-eating deinonychus. «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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