raptor
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
raptor/ˈraptə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a bird of prey.
- 2 informal a dromaeosaurid dinosaur, such as a velociraptor.
– origin ME: from L., lit. ‘plunderer’, from rapt-, rapere ‘seize’.
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