RAPTOR


Meaning of RAPTOR in English

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)

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