velociraptor
See also: Velociraptor and vélociraptor
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
velociraptor (plural velociraptors)
- 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.
- (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 edit
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References edit
- ^ Gregory S. Paul (1988) Predatory Dinosaurs of the World, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 364
Further reading edit
- velociraptor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin vēlōcem raptōrem (literally “quick thief”).
Noun edit
velociraptor m (invariable)
- (dinosaurs) velociraptor
Spanish edit
Noun edit
velociraptor m (plural velociraptores)
- (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[1]:
- 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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