Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oviraptor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: ovi-rap-tor
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several bipedal dinosaurs, of the genus Oviraptor, from the late Cretaceous period.

Example Sentences

"In all three fossil samples, the concentration of biliverdin is higher than that of protoporphyrin, suggesting that these oviraptor eggs originally were blue-green."

Etymology

From scientific Latin Oviraptor (genus name), from Latin ōvi- (“ovi-”) + raptor (because it is believed to have fed on the eggs of other dinosaurs).

Inflected Forms

oviraptors (plural)

Questions

What does oviraptor mean?: Any of several bipedal dinosaurs, of the genus Oviraptor, from the late Cretaceous period.
Where does oviraptor come from?: From scientific Latin Oviraptor (genus name), from Latin ōvi- (“ovi-”) + raptor (because it is believed to have fed on the eggs of other dinosaurs).

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