raptor

Meaning

Noun

A bird of prey.
One who ravishes or plunders.
One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.

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Origin

From Latin raptor ("thief").
Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; .

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