reest

¹

[ reest ]

verb (used with object)

, Scot. and North England.

1. to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).

reest

²

or reist

[ reest ]

verb (used without object)

, Scot. and North England.

1. (of a horse) to stop or refuse to go; balk.

reest

/ riːst /

verb

1. dialect.
   intr (esp of horses) to be noisily uncooperative

Word History and Origins

Origin of reest¹

1500–10; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Danish, Norwegian riste to roast

Origin of reest²

First recorded in 1780–90; dialectal variant of rest ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of reest¹

probably from Scottish arreest arrest ; perhaps related to restive

Example Sentences

Meaning: Latenivenatrix means "hiding hunter", while mcmasterae is in honor of van der Reest's late mother.

From Scientific American

And Troodontidae is still used as the name for this dinosaur family even if the name "Troodon" is on extended suspension. Still, the new study marks a turning point for understanding these rare theropods. In one study, van der Reest and Currie named Latenivenatrix, sunk "Troodon", and resurrected Stenonychosaurus, underscoring the point that we still have a lot to learn about this peculiar family of dinosaurs.

From Scientific American

In 2014, paleontology graduate student Aaron van der Reest found the hips of a theropod dinosaur in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park.

From Scientific American

But when van der Reest and advisor Phil Currie set about comparing the hip bones to other theropod fossils, they not only found that this dinosaur was new, but that an old dinosaur name might be valid again.

From Scientific American

That makes the name basically useless, as other experts had pointed out before. And because there's a second, smaller relative of Latenivenatrix in the same formation, van der Reest and Currie suggest returning to a name based on bones that had been out of fashion since the 80s - Stenonychosaurus.

From Scientific American