Definition of Raptor

1. Noun. Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals.


Definition of Raptor

1. n. A ravisher; a plunderer.

Definition of Raptor

1. Noun. A bird of prey. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders. ¹

3. Noun. One of a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Raptor

1. a bird of prey [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raptor

rappoldite
rapport
rapporteur
rapporteurs
rapports
rapprochement
rapprochements
raps
rapscallion
rapscallionly
rapscallions
rapt
raptly
raptness
raptnesses
raptor (current term)
raptores
raptorial
raptorial bird
raptorious
raptorlike
raptors
raptour
rapture of the deep
raptured
raptures
rapturing
rapturist
rapturists

Literary usage of Raptor

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1. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"Hamlett Christian and Margaret raptor : Marriage Lie. (London), i. 191. Since writing the above I have come across the following strongly corroborative ..."

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