Raptores

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raptores \Rap*to"res\ (r[a^]p*t[=o]"r[=e]z), n. pl. [NL. See
     {Raptor}.] (Zool.)
     An order of birds, same as {Accipitres}. Called also
     {Raptatores}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Raptores
       n : term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped
           together birds of the orders Falconiformes and
           Strigiformes [syn: {order Raptores}]