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oviraptor

oviraptor noun: any of several bipedal dinosaurs, of the genus Oviraptor, from the late Cretaceous period.

Noun

oviraptor (plural oviraptors)

  1. Any of several bipedal dinosaurs, of the genus Oviraptor, from the late Cretaceous period.
    • In all three fossil samples, the concentration of biliverdin is higher than that of protoporphyrin, suggesting that these oviraptor eggs originally were blue-green.2017 October 11, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian

Forms of oviraptor

pluraloviraptors

Origin of oviraptor

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

Questions about oviraptor

What does oviraptor mean?
Oviraptor means any of several bipedal dinosaurs, of the genus Oviraptor, from the late Cretaceous period.
What part of speech is oviraptor?
Oviraptor is a noun.
What is the plural of oviraptor?
The plural of oviraptor is oviraptors.

Words near oviraptor in the dictionary

  1. ovipositions
  2. ovipositor
  3. ovipositors
  4. ovipository
  5. oviposits
  6. oviraptor
  7. oviraptoran
  8. oviraptorans
  9. oviraptorid
  10. oviraptorids
  11. oviraptorosaur

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