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Raptorial   Listen
adjective
Raptorial  adj.  (Zool.)
(a)
Rapacious; living upon prey; said especially of certain birds.
(b)
Adapted for seizing prey; said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals.
(c)
Of or pertaining to the Raptores.





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"Raptorial" Quotes from Famous Books



... the allotted period of their absence. Their rapidity of flight is well known, and the 'murder-aiming eye' of the most experienced sportsman will seldom avail against the swallow; hence they themselves seldom fall a prey to the raptorial birds."—CUVIER, edited by Griffiths. Swallows are long-lived; they have been known to live a ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 • Various


Words linked to "Raptorial" :   predatory, raptor, rapacious, vulturine, aggressive, raptorial bird, ravening


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