Oviraptor
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See also: oviraptor
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ovum (“egg”) + raptor (“thief”), based on a mistaken belief that one fossilized individual was taking eggs from another dinosaur's nest.
Proper noun[edit]
Oviraptor m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Oviraptoridae – oviraptors, a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.