oviraptor
noun
oviraptor is a noun meaning “Any of several bipedal dinosaurs, of the genus Oviraptor, from the late Cretaceous period” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-V-I-R-A-P-T-O-R, and it appears about once in every 44 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of oviraptor is oviraptors.
What does oviraptor mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several bipedal dinosaurs, of the genus Oviraptor, from the late Cretaceous period.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of oviraptor
- oviraptors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is oviraptor?
Oviraptor appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Oviraptor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dinosaur:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | oviraptor |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
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).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).