raptor

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) raptor.

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

1. A bird of prey.

Translations

bird of prey — see bird of prey

Etymology 2

As used in the novel (and subsequent motion picture) Jurassic Park; shortened from Velociraptor.

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

1. One of a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.

Translations

velociraptor — see velociraptor

Anagrams

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• parrot

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Latin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) rapiō.

Noun

1. A thief, robber, plunderer.

Synonyms

• (robber): rapīnātor

Derived terms

• raptrīx

Related terms

Related terms

• rapācida
• rapācitās
• rapāx
• rapidē
• rapiditās

• rapidulus
• rapidus
• rapīna
• rapīnātiō

• rapīnātor
• rapiō
• raptim
• raptiō

• raptitō
• raptō
• raptum
• raptus

Descendants

• English: raptor

References

• “raptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Spanish

Noun

1. kidnapper; abductor