Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey. Synonyms:predatory, rapacious, ravening, vulturine, vulturous."The rapacious wolf" , "Raptorial birds" , "Ravening wolves" , "A vulturine taste for offal"
... formations of the shore, and the innumerable salt marshes and lagoons to the south of Trincomalie. These, and the profusion of perching birds, fly-catchers, finches, and thrushes, which appear in the open country, afford sufficient quarry for the raptorial and predatory species—eagles, hawks, and falcons—whose daring sweeps and effortless undulations are striking ... — Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent
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