raptorial
adjective
1 raptorial
Relating to or characteristic of birds of prey.
2 raptorial
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. ... show more
Roget 791: thieving etc. v.; thievish, light-fingered; furacious†, furtive; piratical; predaceous, predal†, predatory, predatorial†; raptorial etc. ... show more
Moby thesaurus: all-devouring, all-engulfing, bloodsucking, clawed, dentate, digital, digitate, digitated, extortionate, fanged, fingered, grabby, grasping, jawed, lupine, parasitic, predacious, predatory, prehensile, rapacious ... show more.
raptorials
noun
Roget 739: severity; strictness, harshness etc. adj.; rigor, stringency, austerity; inclemency etc. (pitilessness) 914.1; arrogance etc. ... show more
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