raptor
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 猛禽
1词源 1
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English raptour, from Latin raptor (“kidnapper, thief”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A bird of prey.
- (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.
词族
派生词（2）
2词源 2
词源说明
Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; clipping of velociraptor, ultimately of the same etymology as above.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (informal, paleontology) One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the