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Apatorhamphus is pronounced a-pat-oh-RAM-fus.
/əˌpæt.əˈræm.fəs/
Capitals mark the stressed syllable.
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Where the name comes from
-ator
/eɪˈtɔːr/
Latin, “agent-noun suffix”
IPA from Wiktionary
amphi-
/ˈæm.fi/
Greek, “amphi, both/around”
IPA from Wiktionary
What the name means
The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek apatos, "deceptive", and ramphos, "snout", a reference to the difficulties one had in determining the taxonomic nature of the jaws and indeed whether it was an upper jaw or lower jaw.
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