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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



... 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


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


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