raptor

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin raptor (“thief”).

Noun[edit]

raptor (plural raptors)

  1. A bird of prey.
  2. (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.
Translations[edit]
bird of prey — see bird of prey

Etymology 2[edit]

Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; shortened from velociraptor.

Noun[edit]

raptor (plural raptors)

  1. (informal, paleontology) One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.

Further reading[edit]

  • raptor at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From rapiō (“seize, grab, snatch”).

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Noun[edit]

raptor m (genitive raptōris); third declension

  1. A thief, robber, plunderer.

Inflection[edit]

Third declension.

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

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References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)

  1. abductor; kidnapper

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Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

raptor m (plural raptores)

  1. kidnapper; abductor
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