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chained_bear commented on the word nqwebasaurus
"This coelurosaurid theropod had a very large claw on the first digit (finger).... This is the first dinosaur with a click sound in its name. Nqwebasaurus thwazi (pronounced n-KWE-bah-SAWR-us TWAH-zee—to pronounce the q, pull your tongue off the roof of your mouth to produce a click on the 'q'). Nqwebasaurus means 'Nqweba lizard'—Nqweba is the Xhosa Bantu peoples of Africa'>a language similar to Zulu that is spoken by the Bantu peoples of Africa name for the Magisterial District of Kirkwood, where this dinosaur was found." (enchantedlearning.com)
August 30, 2008