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raptorial 音标拼音: [r ,æpt'ɔriəl] a. 捕食生物的,猛禽类的 捕食生物的,猛禽类的 raptorial adj 1: relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; " raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey" 2: 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" [ synonym: { predatory}, { rapacious}, { raptorial}, { ravening}, { vulturine}, { vulturous}] Raptorial \ Rap* to" ri* al\ ( r[ a^] p* t[= o]" r[ i^]* al), a. ( 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) of { Aves}. [ 1913 Webster] 28 Moby Thesaurus words for " raptorial": all- devouring, all- engulfing, bloodsucking, clawed, dentate, digital, digitate, digitated, extortionate, fanged, fingered, grabby, grasping, jawed, lupine, parasitic, predacious, predatory, prehensile, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, sharkish, taloned, toothed, vulturine, vulturous, wolfish
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