VELOCIRAPTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does velociraptor mean? 

• VELOCIRAPTOR (noun)
  The noun VELOCIRAPTOR has 1 sense:

1. small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs

  Familiarity information: VELOCIRAPTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VELOCIRAPTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("velociraptor" is a kind of...):

maniraptor (advanced carnivorous theropod)

Holonyms ("velociraptor" is a member of...):

genus Velociraptor (advanced carnivorous theropod)