raptorial

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
raptorial
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of birds of prey;
           "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey"
    2: 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" [syn: {predatory}, {rapacious}, {raptorial},
       {ravening}, {vulturine}, {vulturous}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Raptorial \Rap*to"ri*al\ (r[a^]p*t[=o]"r[i^]*al), a. (Zool.)
   (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}.
       [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "raptorial":
      all-devouring, all-engulfing, bloodsucking, clawed, dentate,
      digital, digitate, digitated, extortionate, fanged, fingered,
      grabby, grasping, jawed, lupine, parasitic, predacious, predatory,
      prehensile, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, sharkish, taloned,
      toothed, vulturine, vulturous, wolfish
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