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baryonyx

baryonyx noun: baryonyx walkeri, a theropod from the Cretaceous period discovered in 1983 in Surrey, England by William Walker, believed to be an ancestor of Spinosaurus.

Noun

baryonyx (plural baryonyxes)

  1. Baryonyx walkeri, a theropod from the Cretaceous period discovered in 1983 in Surrey, England by William Walker, believed to be an ancestor of Spinosaurus.

Forms of baryonyx

pluralbaryonyxes

Origin of baryonyx

From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy or strong”) + ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw or talon”).

Questions about baryonyx

What does baryonyx mean?
Baryonyx means baryonyx walkeri, a theropod from the Cretaceous period discovered in 1983 in Surrey, England by William Walker, believed to be an ancestor of Spinosaurus.
What part of speech is baryonyx?
Baryonyx is a noun.
What is the plural of baryonyx?
The plural of baryonyx is baryonyxes.

Words near baryonyx in the dictionary

  1. baryons
  2. baryonychid
  3. baryonychids
  4. baryonychine
  5. baryonychines
  6. baryonyx
  7. baryosynthesis
  8. Barys
  9. Barysaw
  10. barysilite
  11. barysphere

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