velociraptor

IPA: vʌɫˈɔsʌræptɝ

A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to have had a feathered coat. Fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous deposits Mongolia and China (around 75-71 mya).
(film) Also Deinonychus

Examples of "velociraptor" in Sentences

Pound for pound, a velociraptor was the most rapacious dinosaur that ever lived.
Small animals such as velociraptor that have generally been thought to be dinosaurs are more likely flightless birds, he said.
"Small animals such as velociraptor that have generally been thought to be dinosaurs are more likely flightless birds," he said.
Until one day when a submarine landed on Kangaroo Island and velociraptor, which is a medium-sized, bipedal, meat-eating dinosaur, climbed out of the submarine.
The velociraptor is a bipedal carnivore with a long, stiffened tail and can be distinguished from other dromaeosaurids by its long and low skull, with an upturned snout.