Art: Nathan Rogers
Ornithostoma is pronounced or-nith-oh-STOH-ma.
/ˌɔːr.nɪθ.əˈstoʊ.mə/
Capitals mark the stressed syllable.
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”
IPA generated by rule
-stoma
/ˈstoʊ.mə/
Greek, “stoma, mouth”
IPA generated by rule
What the name means
Therefore, he provisionally named them as a separate genus Ornithostoma, the name derived from Greek ὄρνις, ornis, "bird", and στόμα, stoma, "mouth".
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