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velociraptors

velociraptors is the plural of velociraptor.

Meaning of velociraptor

Noun

velociraptor (plural velociraptors)

  1. A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to have had a feathered coat. Fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous deposits Mongolia and China (around 75-71 mya).
    • Bipedal hadrosaurs, great hulking lambeosaurs, certain rhino-like ceratopsians and relatives of the velociraptors - all large and probably able swimmers - had the greatest success.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 31
  2. Also Deinonychus.
    • This is my favorite velociraptor, and that is saying a lot....That this species is sunk into Velociraptor is rather unfortunate, because the name Deinonychus Ostrom 1969a is a fine one.1988, Gregory S. Paul, Predatory Dinosaurs of the World, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 366–7
    Synonyms:
    deinonychus

Questions about velociraptors

What is velociraptors the plural of?
Velociraptors is the plural of velociraptor.

Words near velociraptors in the dictionary

  1. velocipedist
  2. velocipedists
  3. velociraptor
  4. velociraptorine
  5. velociraptorines
  6. velociraptors
  7. velocitation
  8. velocities
  9. velocitization
  10. velocitize
  11. velocitized

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