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raptorial

[rap-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] / ræpˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- /


ADJECTIVE
preying
Synonyms


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The team also examined owl and raptorial predators however while the effects were the same, they were not as evident.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023

In either case, we clearly have underestimated the abilities of those big, beady, raptorial eyes.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2018

Equipped with grasping, raptorial appendages, these Ordovician hunters plucked up soft-bodied prey and fed it into their camera-shutter mouths.

From Science Magazine ● May 25, 2011

Their more feline, more raptorial attributes are only alluded to in the verses where he is obviously objective and impersonal.

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys

Both species of crow seem to take great delight in teasing raptorial birds.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Douglas Dewar


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