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baryonyx

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

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