Acinonyx
noun
Acin·o·nyx
ə-ˈsi-nə-ˌniks
: the genus of cats comprising the cheetahs which are distinguished by the absence of cutaneous sheaths for guarding the claws
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek akinētos motionless + New Latin -onyx
First Known Use
1914, in the meaning defined above
- hyperthermias
- hyperthermic
- hyperthermies
- hyperthermophile
- hyperthermophilic
- hypertherms
- hyperthymesia
- hyperthyroid
- hyperthyroidder
- hyperthyroiddest
- hyperthyroider
- hyperthyroidest
- hyperthyroidism
- hyperthyroidisms
- hypertonia
- hypertonias
- hypertonic
- hypertonicities
- hypertonicity
- hypertrophic
- hypertrophied
- hypertrophies
- hypertrophy
- hypertrophying
- hyperurbanism