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Nyctosaurus is pronounced nik-toh-SORE-us.
/ˌnɪk.təˈsɔːr.əs/
Capitals mark the stressed syllable.
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Where the name comes from
sauro-
/ˈsɔːr.oʊ/
Greek, “sauros, lizard”
IPA from Wiktionary
What the name means
Later that year, Marsh reclassified the species in its own genus, which he named Nyctosaurus, derived from the Greek νύξ (nyx, "night") and σαῦρος (sauros, "lizard").
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