raptor

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin raptor (“thief”).

Alternative forms
  • raptour (obsolete, rare)

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

  1. A bird of prey.
  2. (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)

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

Further reading
  • raptor at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From rapiō (“seize, grab, snatch”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈrap.tor/, [ˈrap.tɔr]

Noun

raptor m (genitive raptōris); third declension

  1. A thief, robber, plunderer.
    Synonym: rapīnātor

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative raptor raptōrēs
Genitive raptōris raptōrum
Dative raptōrī raptōribus
Accusative raptōrem raptōrēs
Ablative raptōre raptōribus
Vocative raptor raptōrēs

Derived terms
  • raptrīx
Related terms

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)

  1. abductor; kidnapper

Synonyms

Spanish

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores)

  1. kidnapper; abductor
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