RAPTORIAL

predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous

(adjective) 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”

raptorial

(adjective) relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; “raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

raptorial (comparative more raptorial, superlative most raptorial)

Like or resembling a raptor; seizing or plundering, like a bird of prey.

Source: Wiktionary


Rap*to"ri*al, a. (Zoöl.) (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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; “audacious explorers”; “fearless reporters and photographers”; “intrepid pioneers”


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