A dinosaur genus name (Baryonyx) used in paleontology and popular science. It designates a theropod dinosaur characterized by a long snout and sharp teeth, discovered in the early 1980s. In pronunciation, the name follows Greek-root morphology common in scientific nomenclature, with attention to the bary- and -onyx syllables and stress on the antepenultimate or penultimate depending on the convention.
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