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raptor
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??æpt?/
Etymology 1
From Latin raptor (“thief”).
Alternative forms
- raptour (obsolete, rare)
Noun
raptor (plural raptors)
- A bird of prey.
- (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.
Translations
Etymology 2
Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; clipping of velociraptor.
Noun
raptor (plural raptors)
- (informal, paleontology) One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.
Further reading
- raptor at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Parrot, parrot
Latin
Etymology
From rapi? (“seize, grab, snatch”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?rap.tor/, [?räpt??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?rap.tor/, [?r?pt??r]
Noun
raptor m (genitive rapt?ris); third declension
- A thief, robber, plunderer.
- An abductor, kidnapper.
- Synonym: rap?n?tor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
- raptr?x
Related terms
Descendants
- ? English: raptor
- ? Spanish: raptor
References
- raptor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- raptor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- raptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Noun
raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)
- abductor; kidnapper
- Synonym: sequestrador
Spanish
Noun
raptor m (plural raptores)
- kidnapper; abductor
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