deinonychus
part of speech
noun (a deinonychus, deinonychuses; often written Deinonychus as the name of the animal)
meaning for a pupil
A meat-eating dinosaur about 3 metres long that ran on two legs and had a large curved claw on each foot. The name means «terrible claw». tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and dinosaur lessons, Deinonychus showed scientists that some dinosaurs were fast, active hunters, closely related to birds; it probably had feathers. It lived in North America about 115 million years ago. In stories and films it inspired the fast, clever «raptors».
examples
- Deinonychus had a big curved claw on each foot. tree →
- Its name means «terrible claw». tree →
- Scientists think Deinonychus had feathers. tree →
- Deinonychus lived in North America long before people. tree →
- The museum has a Deinonychus skeleton in a running pose. tree →
- The raptors in films are partly based on Deinonychus. tree →
- Deinonychus was about as long as a car. tree →
note
Pronounced «die-NON-i-kus». As a scientific name it is written with a capital and often in italics: Deinonychus. It is a dinosaur name from Greek, not an everyday word. Myth: film raptors are much bigger than the real animal.
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