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Definition of Raptorial bird
1. Noun. Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals.
Generic synonyms: Bird
Specialized synonyms: Accipitriformes, Order Accipitriformes, Hawk, Bird Of Jove, Eagle, Vulture, Sagittarius Serpentarius, Secretary Bird, Bird Of Minerva, Bird Of Night, Hooter, Owl
Derivative terms: Raptorial, Raptorial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raptorial Bird
Literary usage of Raptorial bird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"He refers the gigantic raptorial bird of New Zealand, which was twice the ...
He conjectures, on good grounds, that this huge raptorial bird preyed upon the ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"... »Inch we cannot here report, and concludes that .the Dodo is a raptorial bird,
allied to the vultures. Mr. Broderip, in his article before referred to, ..."
3. A Collection of Hieroglyphs: A Contribution to the History of Egyptian Writing by Francis Llewellyn Griffith (1898)
"A brown raptorial bird, having fully feathered neck and strong beak. In the fine
example, fig. 1, it must be an eagle In fig. ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"If a raptorial bird, as Nitzsch maintains, it comes nearer the vulture than the
falcon family in the naked cheeks, loose plumage about the head, ..."
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