Definition of velociraptor
: any of a genus (Velociraptor) of theropod dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous having a long head with a flat snout and a large sickle-shaped claw on the second toe of each foot
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For instance, according to the formula, velociraptors likely darted along at 31 miles per hour while T-Rex lumbered around at about half that speed, Hood reports.
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But if Dolores is Westworld’s T. rex, then Newton’s Maeve is the velociraptor—a clever girl who is forever testing the park’s fences.
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DePalma recently gained acclaim after his team discovered the Dakotaraptor, a cousin to the velociraptor, in 2015.
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Modern birds descended from a group of two-legged dinosaurs called theropods, whose members included the fearsome T-Rex and smaller Velociraptors.
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Modern birds descended from a group of two-legged dinosaurs called theropods, whose members included the fearsome T-Rex and smaller Velociraptors. Fossils show bird-like traits including feathers, light bones, air sacs and three-digit forelimbs.
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Have up-close encounters with a life-like stegosaurus, velociraptor and a T-Rex in a walk-through exhibit.
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For instance, oviraptorosaurs are theropod dinosaurs that evolved from meat-eaters similar to Tyrannosaurus rex and the velociraptor.
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Just keep repeating those steps until the position of the velociraptor is the same as the position as the human.
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Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about velociraptor
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