| Pronunciation: | | rap'towreeul
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| Matching Terms: | | raptorial bird
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- [adj] living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
- [adj] relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey"
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| | Synonyms: | | aggressive, predatory, rapacious, ravening, vulturine, vulturous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Rap*to"ri*al\ (-r[i^]*al), a. (Zo["o]l.)
(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. See Illust.
(f) of Aves.
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