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raptorial
[ rap-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr- ]
adjective
- preying upon other animals; predatory.
- adapted for seizing prey, as the bill or claws of a bird.
- belonging or pertaining to the Raptores, a former order in which the falconiform and strigiform birds were erroneously grouped together.
raptorial
/ 谤忙辫藞迟蓴藧谤瑟蓹濒 /
adjective
- (of the feet of birds) adapted for seizing prey
- (esp of birds) feeding on prey; predatory
- of or relating to birds of prey
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of raptorial1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of raptorial1
Example Sentences
The team also examined owl and raptorial predators however while the effects were the same, they were not as evident.
In either case, we clearly have underestimated the abilities of those big, beady, raptorial eyes.
But its body size and structure also suggest that the Coronodon wasn鈥檛 very good at this so-called raptorial feeding.
Thirty-three out of 34 of these contests escalated to striking with the raptorial appendages.
They have two abdominal appendages that allow them to suspend their bodies below the water鈥檚 surface, a hardy beak for invading the bodies of prey, and large raptorial legs covered in spines.
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