"raptorial" meaning in English

See raptorial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more raptorial [comparative], most raptorial [superlative]
Etymology: From raptor + -ial. Etymology templates: {{af|en|raptor|-ial}} raptor + -ial Head templates: {{en-adj}} raptorial (comparative more raptorial, superlative most raptorial)
  1. Like or resembling a raptor; seizing or plundering, like a bird of prey. Related terms: ambulatorial, cursorial, fossorial, gressorial, natatorial, saltatorial, scansorial Translations (Translations): хищен (hišten) (Bulgarian), граблив (grabliv) (Bulgarian), rapace [feminine, masculine] (French)
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