1) Accipitrine 2) Aggressive 3) Rapacious 4) Ravening 5) Vulturine 6) Vulturous
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1) Animal anatomy 2) Bird 3) Of birds of prey
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The term raptorial implies much the same as `predatory`, but most often refers to modifications of an arthropod`s foreleg that make it function for the grasping of prey while it is consumed, where the gripping surfaces are formed from the opposing faces of two successive leg segments (see illustration). This is distinctly different from the gra......
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predacious; of, like or pertaining to a bird of prey
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• (a.) Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals. • (a.) Of or pertaining to the Raptores. See Illust. (f) of Aves. • (a.) Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.
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Adapted for seizing and grasping prey, like the -front legs of a mantis.
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Rap·to'ri·al (-rĭ*
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adjective (Zoology) (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...
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Adapted for seizing and grasping prey, like the -front legs of a mantis.
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Raptorial describes an animal or bird that preys upon other animals or birds having claws or a beak designed for seizing prey. Typical raptorial birds are the eagles and owls.
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feet with long, strong toes and long, sharp, curved claws
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adj] - relating to or characteristic of birds of prey
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raptorial 1. Living by preying on other animals; especially, by catching living prey; for example, raptorial birds. 2. Able to live by catching prey. 3. Specially adapted for seizing prey, as are the feet of birds of prey with their sharp talons.
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a phrase used to describe the grasping fore legs of some insects and other invertebrates.
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adjective relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; `raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey`
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adapted for seizing prey ; predaceous. Usually used to describe insect legs with opposable spines or elongate appendages that are adapted for impaling prey.
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body structures adapted for seizing prey
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