raptor
Pronunciation: /ˈraptə/
Definition of raptor
noun
- 2 informal a dromaeosaurid dinosaur, especially a velociraptor or utahraptor.[from velociraptor, a shortened form used originally by palaeontologists, popularized by the film Jurassic Park (1993)]
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin, literally 'plunderer', from rapt- 'seized', from the verb rapere
