oviraptor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several bipedal dinosaurs, of the genus Oviraptor, from the late Cretaceous period.

Word forms

oviraptor oviraptors

Etymology

From scientific Latin Oviraptor (genus name), from Latin ōvi- (“ovi-”) + raptor (because it is believed to have fed on the eggs of other dinosaurs).

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