Found 2 items, similar to Raptorial.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: raptorial
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Raptorial
Raptorial
\Rap*to"ri*al\ (r[a^]p*t[=o]"r[i^]*al), a. (Zo["o]l.)
(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]