raptor

raptor
noun Etymology: New Latin Raptores, former order name, from Latin, plural of raptor plunderer, from rapere Date: 1873 1. bird of prey 2. [New Latin -raptor (as in velociraptor)] a usually small-to-medium-sized predatory dinosaur (as a velociraptor or deinonychus)

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  • Raptor — Rap tor (r[a^]p t[ e]r), n. [L. raptor, from rapere to ravish. See {Rapid}.] A ravisher; a plunderer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • raptor — [rap′tər, raptôr΄] n. [L, plunderer < pp. of rapere, to snatch (see RAPE1)] BIRD OF PREY …   English World dictionary

  • raptor — |ô| s. m. Raptador …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • raptor — raptor, ra sustantivo masculino,f. 1. Persona que rapta a otra persona: Una mujer ha sido acusada de ser la raptora de ese diplomático …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

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  • raptor — (Del lat. raptor.) ► adjetivo/ sustantivo Que rapta: ■ a la policía le costó mucho detener a los raptores. SINÓNIMO secuestrador * * * raptor, a (del lat. «raptor, ōris») n. Persona que rapta o comete el delito de rapto …   Enciclopedia Universal

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