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Velociraptor, n. Palaeontol.
Brit. |vəˈlɒsɪraptə|, U.S. |vəˈlɑsəˌræptər|
[‹ scientific Latin Velociraptor (see quot. 1924) > n.) + raptor (see raptor n.).]
A genus of small dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period which, like other dromaeosaurids, were bipedal predators with forelimbs capable of grasping and a distinctive large recurved claw on the second toe; (also velociraptor) a dinosaur of this genus. Also in extended use.
1924H. F. Osborn in Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 144. 1 The first.., although of small size, seems to have been an alert, swift-moving carnivorous dinosaur to which the generic name Velociraptor is applied. 1948Jrnl. Paleontol. 22 629/1 Among known theropods the teeth most closely resemble those of Velociraptor Osborn (1924) fom the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. 1990M. Crichton Jurassic Park (1991) 167 They're breeding, and so are the othnielia, the maiasaurs, the hypsys—and the velociraptors. 1993Independent 15 July 25/2 While making the film, Mr Spielberg insisted on the poetic licence of having velociraptors a little bigger than scientists believed they had in fact been. 1995Time 7 Aug. 62/1 The project is cultural defoliation... If there was any doubt about its momentum, the young velociraptors in Congress..buried it three weeks ago. 2002N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Mar. 38/1 Turner plays Mrs. Robinson, who comes across in this production like a sexual velociraptor. |