- raptorial birds
- birds of prey that hunt at night
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
raptorial birds
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Raptorial — The term raptorial implies much the same as predatory , but most often refers to modifications of an arthropod s foreleg that make it function for the grasping of prey while it is consumed, where the gripping surfaces are formed from the opposing … Wikipedia
raptorial bird — noun any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals • Syn: ↑bird of prey, ↑raptor • Derivationally related forms: ↑raptorial (for: ↑raptor) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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… … Universalium
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bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
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