Daohugoupterus

dow-hoo-GOP-ter-us

Daohugoupterus is pronounced dow-hoo-GOP-ter-us.

/ˌdaʊ.huːˈgɒp.tər.əs/

Capitals mark the stressed syllable.

Part of this name comes from Chinese and is said roughly as in Mandarin; the rest follows the usual English way of saying scientific names. The audio is a synthesized voice reading the respelling.

Where the name comes from

ptero-
/ˈtɛr.oʊ/
Greek, “pteron, wing”
IPA from Wiktionary

What the name means

The generic name combines a reference to Daohugou with a Latinised Greek πτερόν, pteron, "wing".

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