transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrap-tər, -ˌtȯr ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin Raptores, former order name, from Latin, plural of raptor plunderer, from rapere
Date: 1873
1. : bird of prey
2.
[New Latin -raptor (as in velociraptor )]
: a usually small-to-medium-sized predatory dinosaur (as a velociraptor or deinonychus)