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Webster 1913 Edition

(răp-tō′rĭ-al)

Adj.

(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)

raptorial ‎(comparative more raptorial, superlative most raptorial)