Oviraptor
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several bipedal dinosaurs, of the genus Oviraptor, from the late Cretaceous period.
"In all three fossil samples, the concentration of biliverdin is higher than that of protoporphyrin, suggesting that these oviraptor eggs originally were blue-green."
Example
More examples"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).
More for "oviraptor"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.