Cretornis is pronounced kre-TOR-nis.
/krɪˈtɔːr.nɪs/
Capitals mark the stressed syllable.
This pronunciation is built from the Greek and Latin roots of the name, following the usual English way of saying scientific names. The audio is a synthesized voice reading the name, so it can differ slightly from the respelling.
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Where the name comes from
ornitho-
/ˈɔːr.nɪ.θoʊ/
Greek, “ornis, bird”
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What the name means
The generic name is derived from Latin creta, "chalk", in reference to the Cretaceous, and Greek ὄρνις, ornis, "bird", as Frič originally thought that the fossil bones belonged to some kind of ancient toothed bird (similar to the genus Ichthyornis).