oviraptor


o·vi·rap·tor

O5218500 (ō′və-răp′tər)n. A small theropod dinosaur of the genus Oviraptor of the Cretaceous Period, characterized by slender limbs, grasping hands, and a short toothless beak. Some oviraptor fossils have been found with eggs, which they may have been brooding rather than eating, as was originally thought.
[New Latin Ōviraptor, genus name : Latin ōvum, egg; see ovum + raptor, one who seizes; see raptor.]

oviraptor

(ˈəʊvɪˌræptə) n (Palaeontology) a bipedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period, having a toothless jaw and long forelimbs with clawed fingers