Raptor
[rap-ter, -tawr] /ˈræp tər, -tɔr/
noun
1.
a bird.
/ˈræptə/
noun
1.
another name for bird of prey
2.
(informal) a carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period
n.
c.1600, “ravisher, abductor,” from Latin raptor “a robber, plunderer, abductor, ravisher,” agent noun from past participle stem of rapere “to seize” (see rapid). Ornithological use is from 1873 (1823 in Latin plural Raptores).
raptor
(rāp’tər)
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