deinonychus
See also: Deinonychus
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Deinonychus_(Raptor_Prey_Restraint).jpg.webp)
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)
- a medium-sized bipedal dinosaur, genus Deinonychus, of the Cretaceous period, characterized by having a large, curved claw on each hind foot.