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Oviraptor
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oviraptor
Translingual
Etymology
From mul la ovum egg + la raptor thief, based on a mistaken belief that one fossilized individual was taking eggs from another dinosaur's nest.
Proper noun
m 1
genus family Oviraptoridae oviraptors, a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia