velociraptor

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  1. small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs

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  • Ability to reflect on experience requires intelligence, but if a velociraptor were stalking me, I'm not sure that my visceral terror would differ very much in quality or quantity from the experience of that mouse. —  Analog, March 2002
  • For whatever reason, she plants herself on the table tauntingly close to Boris's velociraptor-body's nose. —  Asimov'sSF,Dec2003
  • Philip Currie, a University of Alberta paleontologist who worked with Longrich on the project, is excited about the discovery because it shows that tiny velociraptor-like dinosaurs didn't only live in China, but in North America too. —  gauntlet.ucalgary.ca RSS feed
  • The animal he would most compare himself to would be half velociraptor, half grizzly bear and half ferocious tiger. —  News-Letter
  • "It's actually a combination of a pterodactyl and a velociraptor," —  Firstcoastnews.com Local News
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