Raptorial

3 definitions found

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

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}, {ravening}, {vulturine},
           {vulturous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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