raptor
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In a statement, the non-profit organisation said: "Any incident of raptor persecution is utterly condemnable, with the penalties already including a prison sentence along with an unlimited fine."
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
I hang a black raptor silhouette in the middle square, but that does not deter him.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2025
At least that setting has a modified raptor pausing at a soda cooler to admire its reflection.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025
Some fossils are thought to represent previously undescribed species, including two additional pterosaur skulls and two small raptor dinosaurs.
From Science Magazine • May 15, 2024
Three more had been knocked over by a tail swipe, and the leader was swinging his billy club uselessly at the tallest raptor.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.