deinonychus

See also Deinonychus

English

Artist’s impression of a deinonychus (top).

Wikipedia

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

Noun

deinonychus (plural deinonychuses)

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