English

Alternative forms

• raptour (obsolete, rare)

Noun

raptor ‎(plural raptors)

1. A bird of prey.
2. (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.

Translations

Etymology 2

Popularized (and possible 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.

Anagrams

• parrot

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.

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (robber): rapīnātor

Derived terms

• raptrīx

Related terms

Descendants

• English: raptor
• Spanish: raptor

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “raptor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)

1. abductor; kidnapper

Synonyms

• sequestrador

Spanish

Noun

raptor m ‎(plural raptores)

1. kidnapper; abductor