raptor
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- raptour (obsolete, rare)
Noun
raptor (plural raptors)
- A bird of prey.
- (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.
Translations
bird of prey — see bird of prey
Etymology 2
Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; shortened from 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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From rapiō (“seize, grab, snatch”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈrap.tor/, [ˈräpt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrap.tor/, [ˈräpt̪or]
Noun
raptor m (genitive raptōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | raptor | raptōrēs |
Genitive | raptōris | raptōrum |
Dative | raptōrī | raptōribus |
Accusative | raptōrem | raptōrēs |
Ablative | raptōre | raptōribus |
Vocative | raptor | raptōrēs |
Derived terms
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Descendants
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)
Synonyms
Spanish
Noun
raptor m (plural raptores)
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