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raptor

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishraptour,fromLatinraptor(kidnapper, thief).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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raptor(pluralraptors)

  1. Abird of prey.
  2. (obsolete)One whoravishesorplunders.
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Etymology 2

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Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 byMichael CrichtoninJurassic Park;clippingofvelociraptor,ultimately of the same etymology as above.

Noun

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raptor(pluralraptors)

  1. (informal,paleontology)One of thedromaeosaurs,a family ofcarnivorousdinosaurshavingtearingclawson thehind legs.
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Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • raptor”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Fromrapiō(seize, grab, snatch)+‎-tor

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Noun

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raptorm(genitiveraptōris);third declension

  1. Athief,robber,plunderer.
  2. Anabductor,kidnapper.
    Synonym:rapīnātor

Declension

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Third-declensionnoun.

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

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  • Catalan:raptor
  • English:raptor
  • Portuguese:raptor
  • Spanish:raptor

References

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  • raptor”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • raptor”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
  • raptorinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes:-oɾ
  • Hyphenation:rap‧tor

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowingfromLatinraptor.

Noun

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raptorm(pluralraptores,feminineraptora,feminine pluralraptoras)

  1. abductor;kidnapper
    Synonym:sequestrador
  2. bird of prey
    Synonym:ave de rapina

Adjective

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raptor(feminineraptora,masculine pluralraptores,feminine pluralraptoras)

  1. abductive
  2. (relational)ofbirds of prey
    Synonym:rapinante

Etymology 2

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BorrowedfromEnglishraptor

Noun

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raptorm(pluralraptores)

  1. (informal,paleontology)raptor

Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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FromLatinraptor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/rabˈtoɾ/[raβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes:-oɾ
  • Syllabification:rap‧tor

Noun

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raptorm(pluralraptores,feminineraptora,feminine pluralraptoras)

  1. kidnapper;abductor

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