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oviraptor
Oviraptor (noun) means a type of two-legged dinosaur from the genus Oviraptor, which lived in the late Cretaceous period.
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A type of two-legged dinosaur from the genus Oviraptor, which lived in the late Cretaceous period.
"In all three fossil samples, the concentration of biliverdin is higher than that of protoporphyrin, suggesting that these oviraptor eggs originally were blue-green."
— Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian (2017)
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Etymology
Came from the scientific Latin genus name Oviraptor, formed from Latin ōvi- (“ovi-”) and raptor, so named because it is believed to have fed on the eggs of other dinosaurs.
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"oviraptor" (noun) means a type of two-legged dinosaur from the genus Oviraptor, which lived in the late Cretaceous period.
