quasi-stable member of a class of subatomic particles known as baryons that are composed of three quarks. More massive than their more-familiar ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/91
A baryon whose strangeness is nonzero; in other words, a baryon that contains at least one strange quark. The lightest hyperon is the A particle, with strangeness -1 and quark composition uds (up-down-strange). The name 'hyperon' comes from the Greek iper meaning 'above' or 'beyond' and wa... Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/hyperon.html