raptor
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹæptɚ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -æptə(ɹ)
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- raptour (obsolete, rare)
Noun[edit]
raptor (plural raptors)
- A bird of prey.
- (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.
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Translations[edit]
bird of prey — see bird of prey
Etymology 2[edit]
Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; clipping of velociraptor, ultimately of the same etymology above.
Noun[edit]
raptor (plural raptors)
- (informal, paleontology) One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.
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Further reading[edit]
- raptor at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From rapiō (“seize, grab, snatch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
raptor m (genitive raptōris); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
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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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “raptor”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)
- abductor; kidnapper
- Synonym: sequestrador
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)
Further reading[edit]
- “raptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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