RAPTORIAL

• (adj.) relating to or characteristic of birds of prey

  "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey"

• (adj.) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

  "a predatory bird", "the rapacious wolf", "raptorial birds", "ravening wolves", "a vulturine taste for offal"

  synonyms : predatory , rapacious , ravening , vulturine , vulturous

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