Since, collectively, the GRM off-topic crowd knows everything.
The word is 'delwynae'.
FYI it's a recently described species of anemone, on which I'm giving a presentation. Had a bit of an 'oh, E36 M3' moment, realising I'm not entirely sure how to say it.
Del-win-ay?
My guess:
Dell-win-ee
Del-Win? It's someone's last name, I think.
As long as we're guessing, I'd second Del-win-ay, and go with emphasis on the first syllable.
Del-wayne Del-wah-nay Del-why-nay ??
I thought this thread was going to be about guibo's.
I'd say probably Dell-why'-nay
Same issue with Touareg toua•reg /twa'reg/ Noun
commonly mispronounced: /tō'rag/ , /'torg/ and 'tor'gay/
galldang germans....
But it isn't a German word 
The Touareg people live in saharan north africa
Holy Crap - I thought I'd find that pretty quick in some science dictionary's I have, but none of them list it. My guess though would be Del-win-ay, like some others said.
I'm going with Del-nay with the 'wy' in the middle being silent. 
I can't pronounce either word:
anemone or that other one.
I stumble on anemone, too . Trying to avoid saying that one as much as possible.
In reply to bravenrace:
Pachycerianthus delwynae, only described in 1995.
'ae' is always pronounced 'ee', never 'ay'. Examples: palaeontology, encyclopaedia. That's all I've got.
In reply to Jay:
Those are in the middle of the word. I'm fouling this up, but ending 'ae' is an indication of plurality or description of a type, mostly? Here are people with more time than me discussing the issue of ending in ae...
I think you've got it - Del-winn for the guy's name - ay for the latin-ish ending. Or just start calling it the Carter anemone.
Well, turn it into a joke then. Put the name up on the slide and say something like "I'm not 100% on the pronunciation, so for this presentatation, I'll just be calling it Delwyn".
Is it pronounced "Miata"? That oftentimes seems to be the answer for everything here?
oldtin wrote: I think you've got it - Del-winn for the guy's name - ay for the latin-ish ending. Or just start calling it the Carter anemone.
agree, with the emphasis on the WIN syllable. -ae at the end indicates number (as in antennae vs antenna) and is indeed pronounced with the long A sound.
That about settles it then. Thanks for all the input!
A google search on "delwynae pronunciation" turns up a single hit...this discussion. 
I think it's pronounced "bacon", not "beercan"
Fuch...
Mahle...
I'm betting that this is named for a person named Delwyn. In which case...
[ 2 syll. de-lwy(n), del-w-yn ] The boy name Delwyn is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is as DEHLWIHN †. Delwyn is used predominantly in the English and Welsh languages, and its origin is Welsh
And then with an "-ay" tacked on the end for plurality.
Of course, being Welsh it's probably something that most of us can not ever actually pronounce properly, and so shouldn't even worry ourselves about.
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