raptorial

raptorial
/rap tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-/, adj.
1. preying upon other animals; predatory.
2. adapted for seizing prey, as the bill or claws of a bird.
3. belonging or pertaining to the Raptores, a former order in which the falconiform and strigiform birds were erroneously grouped together.
[1815-25; < L raptor- (s. of raptor RAPTOR) + -IAL]

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