Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A bird of prey.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A ravisher; a plunderer.
- n. A genus of coleopterous insects.
Wiktionary
- n. A bird of prey.
- n. obsolete One who ravishes or plunders.
- n. One of a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A ravisher; a plunderer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
Etymologies
- As used in the novel (and subsequent motion picture) Jurassic Park; shortened from velociraptor. (Wiktionary)
- Latin, one who seizes, from rapere, to seize; see rapt. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The word raptor comes from the Latin word 'rapere.”
“Derived from the Latin word "raptor," one who seizes by force, the order of Raptatores, or”
“But there is another possible for the increase in raptor populations.”
“The purpose of sleep remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in time many people heard the word raptor was when they were watching the movie "Jurassic Park," but raptors are very much alive in our world today.”
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“Visit Palm Desert's "The Living Desert" time many people heard the word raptor was when they were watching the movie "Jurassic Park," but raptors are very much alive in our world today.”
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“Iran regime 'weaker than people think': Netanyahu time many people heard the word raptor was when they were watching the movie "Jurassic Park," but raptors are very much alive in our world Getting away can be so close Waterton Canyon's trails are a paradise for bikers, hikers, trail runners and horseback riders.”
“The sea eagle - a fearsome hunter with an eight-foot wingspan - is to return to time many people heard the word raptor was when they were watching the movie "Jurassic Park," but raptors are very much alive in our world Some of Scotland's rarest birds are being displaced by wind turbine developments, a study has suggested.”
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“I found one out in the boonies a few years ago that was sick and took it into a woman known as the raptor lady.”
“Murphy said the allegations that he stole the raptor are a misunderstanding.”
“In the current criminal case, prosecutors allege that Murphy lied about where he found a rare raptor, which is estimated to be worth between $150,000 and $400,000.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘raptor’.
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
apt
apt, rapt, inapt, leapt, aptitude, chapter, capture, rapture, velociraptor, captivate, captious, caption and 77 more...
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Nouns for XKCD936-compliant passphrases
A list of 2048 common English nouns (of 4 letters or more) that could be used to generate plausible, memorable random phrases.
I'm going to use this list in a password generator, inspi...miracle, hotdog, chair, horse, staple, battery, beer, cheese, fire, head, hand, foot and 15 more...
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Words that should be heard in songs m...
Inspired by PossibleUnderscore's list of words overused in modern pop music.
giant squid, bamboo, colonic, herbivore, raptor, dodecahedron, largesse, sinuses, dim sum, carburetor, transubstantiation, wife and 54 more...
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animals (2 syllable)
A list of common animal names. Keep the list to 2 syllable words.No scientific names. No proper names like 'Fluffy' the elephant.Insects and other creatures (even ficticious like 'dragon') are we...
baboon, rabbit, raptor, dragon, camel, hornet, llama, cobra, cheetah, penguin, puppy, dolphin and 87 more...
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Rap-ture
rap, wrap, rapture, raptor, trap, grapple, krispy krap donuts, crappie, Irapuato, stenograph, graph paper, xerography and 11 more...
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reginaterra's Words
purl, blow, squish, andean, generality, adaptation, lush, pack, filter, acquiesce, abstraction, sweet and 508 more...
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Dinosaurs
Just the animals themselves. (See the other gigantic tar-pit of a list called "Words of Dinosaurology" for other terms.) Also see this list for some dinosaurs that are considered "proto-birds."
aachenosaurus, abelisaurus, abrictosaurus, abrosaurus, acanthopholis, acanthostega, achelousaurus, acrocanthosaurus, actiosaurus, adasaurus, aeolosaurus, aegyptosaurus and 589 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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KaeZoo's Words
flingers, unhinged, driven, flanked, arboreal, venerable, endearing, iconoclastic, fletcher, competent, fireproof, cavernous and 215 more...
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Things Avian
Wordies relating to birdies. :-)
calidrid, corvid, avian, avifauna, beak, brood, aerie, altricial, albumen, winged, wattle, covey and 217 more...
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Words I Love
moist, awkward, phantasmagoria, smarmy, faux, equestrian, zamboni, nub, seltzer, swagger, foci, connote and 62 more...
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MadFun's Words
clash'n'dash, sangaku, sudoku, kakuro, topology, flocabulary, gibberish, psychopathic, smash'n'bash, urbandictionary, psyche, swashbuckling and 43 more...
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Names of U.S. Fighter Aircraft
These are the nicknames, not the model names. So the F-15 Eagle is listed here as "Eagle."
hawk, viper, peashooter, lightning, airacobra, warhawk, lancer, rocket, thunderbolt, skyrocket, mustang, swoose goose and 58 more...
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Beastiary
leviathan, behemoth, serpent, sugar glider, devon rex, reindeer, camel, raptor, mollusc, octopus, squid, pachyderm and 3 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for raptor.
john “The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is a fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology. It is primarily an air superiority fighter, but has multiple capabilities that include ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence roles.�? More on Wikipedia. Dec 30, 2008
bilby Don't even know her. Aug 31, 2008
chained_bear Regarding dinosaurs, "'raptor' is an informal term that some people use to refer to the Dromaeosaurid dinosaurs, like Velociraptor, Utahraptor, Deinonychus, and others." (enchantedlearning.com) Aug 31, 2008