velociraptor

See also: Velociraptor and vélociraptor

English

Etymology

New Latin Velociraptor genus name, from vēlōx (“swift”) +‎ raptor (“thief”).

The application to Deinonychus came about because Gregory S. Paul proposed that Velociraptor and Deinonychus were the same genus[1] and this idea was taken up in the book leading to the Jurassic Park film series.

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).
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 31:
      Bipedal hadrosaurs, great hulking lambeosaurs, certain rhino-like ceratopsians and relatives of the velociraptors - all large and probably able swimmers - had the greatest success.
  2. (film) Also Deinonychus
    Synonym: deinonychus
    • 1988, Gregory S. Paul, Predatory Dinosaurs of the World, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 366–7:
      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.

Translations

References
  1. Gregory S. Paul (1988) Predatory Dinosaurs of the World, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 364

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēlōcem raptōrem (literally “quick thief”).

Noun

velociraptor m (invariable)

  1. (dinosaurs) velociraptor

Spanish

Noun

velociraptor m (plural velociraptores)

  1. (rare) velociraptor
    Synonym: velocirráptor
    • 2003, Juan José Muñoz García, Cine y misterio humano, pages 70–71:
      Spielberg ha sabido expresar en imágenes el relato de Crichton (coautor del guión), y ha conseguido un ritmo trepidante, secuencias antológicas —como los ataques del tiranosaurio rex y los velociraptores— que emocionan intensamente al espectador, con unos efectos especiales por ordenador insuperables en su momento (por obra de la factoría de George Lucas, Industrial Light & Magic).
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    • 2012, José Luis Sanz García, Pequeña historia de los dinosaurios, page 21:
      Los velociraptores son animales de sangre caliente […]
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    • 2015 July 25, “El nuevo Atlético de Madrid se inspira en el pasado”, in El País‎:
      Junto a Griezmann, mejor fichaje del curso pasado, El Cholo cuenta con una terna de velociraptores a los que nutrirá principalmente Koke desde el centro del campo.
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