The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hyperon \hyperon\ n. (Physics) Any baryon that is not a nucleon; it is an unstable particle with a mass greater than that of a neutron. [WordNet 1.5]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hyperon n 1: any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron