Synonyms for raptor
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rap-ter, -tawr |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræp tər, -tɔr |
Définition of raptor
Origin :- c.1600, "ravisher, abductor," from Latin raptor "a robber, plunderer, abductor, ravisher," agent noun from past participle stem of rapere "to seize" (see rapid). Ornithological use is from 1873 (1823 in Latin plural Raptores).
- As in bird of prey : noun carnivorous bird
- The braincase of the skull is crushed in three places as though by a raptor's beak.
- Extract from : « American Weasels » by E. Raymond Hall
- White excreta of a large bird beside the carcass indicated predation by a raptor, probably a horned owl.
- Extract from : « Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas » by Henry S. Fitch
- The wigeon realises his advantage and sticks to the shallow—the raptor ever trying to force him to the deep.
- Extract from : « Unexplored Spain » by Abel Chapman
- The shell is polished and exceedingly fragile, a rare thing in the eggs of a raptor.
- Extract from : « Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) » by P. L. Sclater
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