velociraptor in British English
(vəˈlɒsɪræptə)
noun
a type of bipedal dinosaur resembling a smaller T. Rex
the same two-legged family of dinosaurs, the theropods, that included Velociraptorand T. rex
velociraptor in American English
(vəˈlɑsəˌræptər)
noun
any of a genus (Velociraptor) of small, swift, two-footed theropod dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous Period
Word origin
ModL < L velox, swift + raptorImage ofvelociraptor
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