oviraptor
/ˌəʊvɪˈraptə
/noun
A bipedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period, having a toothless jaw and long forelimbs with clawed fingers.
- Genus Oviraptor, family Oviraptoridae, suborder Theropoda.
- The find shows that a group of dinosaurs called oviraptors roamed much farther south than previously thought, they add.
- The Incisivosaurus specimen clears up where oviraptors fit into the dinosaur hierarchy, says Currie.
Origin
1920s: from ovi- (from Latin ovum 'egg') + raptor, the original supposition being that it fed on the eggs of other dinosaurs.