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Raptor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Raptores [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.

Raptorial [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.

2. Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals.

3. Of or pertaining to the Raptores. See Illust. (f) of Aves.

Raptorious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913