raptor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 2.2.2 Synonyms 2.2.3 Derived terms 2.2.4 Related terms 2.2.5 Descendants 2.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin raptor (“‘thief’”).

[edit] Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

1. A bird of prey.

[edit] Translations

See bird of prey

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

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

[edit] Translations

• See velociraptor for translations

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From rapiō (“‘seize, grab, snatch’”).

[edit] Noun

raptor (genitive raptōris); m, third declension

1. A thief, robber, plunderer.

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	raptor	raptōrēs
genitive	raptōris	raptōrum
dative	raptōrī	raptōribus
accusative	raptōrem	raptōrēs
ablative	raptōre	raptōribus
vocative	raptor	raptōrēs

[edit] Synonyms

• (robber): rapīnātor

[edit] Derived terms

• raptrīx

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Descendants

• English: raptor

[edit] References

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