RAPTORIAL
\ɹaptˈɔːɹɪəl], \ɹaptˈɔːɹɪəl], \ɹ_a_p_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ__ə_l]\
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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"
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relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey"
By Princeton University
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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"
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relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Rapacious; living upon prey; - said especially of certain birds.
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Adapted for seizing prey; - said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals.
By Oddity Software
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Rapacious; living upon prey; - said especially of certain birds.
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Adapted for seizing prey; - said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).