Relating to or characteristic of birds of prey.

Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey:
— Raptorial birds.

synonyms: predatory, rapacious, ravening, vulturine, vulturous.

Roget 789: taking etc. v.; privative^†, prehensile; predaceous, predal^†, predatory, predatorial^†; lupine, rapacious, raptorial; ravenous; parasitic.    bereft etc. 776.    ... show more

Roget 791: thieving etc. v.; thievish, light-fingered; furacious^†, furtive; piratical; predaceous, predal^†, predatory, predatorial^†; raptorial etc. (rapacious) 789.    stolen etc. v.. ... show more