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Definition of Raptores
1. Noun. Term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes.
Definition of Raptores
1. n. pl. Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.
Medical Definition of Raptores
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Raptores
Literary usage of Raptores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"raptores. Birds of Prey. Members of this order are at once recognizable by a
glance at the structure of the bill and feet, various though the modifications ..."
2. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The Class of Birds comprises ten to twelve thousand species, and is divided into
seven Orders * : the Order of raptores or ..."
3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1867)
"The Class of Birds comprises ten to twelve thousand species, and is divided into
seven Orders * : the Order of raptores or ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"THE Order of raptores comprises all Birds of Prey, or those which, with few
exceptions, pursue and capture birds and other animals for food. ..."
5. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1869)
"The Class of Birds comprises ten to twelve thousand species, and is divided into
seven Orders *: the Order of raptores or ..."
6. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"THE Order of raptores comprises all Birds of Prey, er those which, with few
exceptions, pursue and capture birds and other animals for food. ..."
7. The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. by William Jardine (1838)
"raptores, OR BIRDS OF PREY.* THE order raptores, or Birds of Prey, has hitherto
been placed first in our systems, though among quadrupeds, many writers have ..."
8. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"... and raptores, carry the feet extended backward in flight, while all the
Passeres, or Perching Birds, carry them drawn up forward. ..."
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