Utahraptor

Translingual

Etymology

From English Utah (“state of the United States”) +‎ Latin raptor (“thief, abductor”).

Proper noun

Utahraptor reconstruction

†Utahraptor m

A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – theropod dinosaurs, including the largest of the family, thought to reach 8 meters in length.

Further reading

Utahraptor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Utahraptor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Utahraptor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Utahraptor at Paleobiology Database

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