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The meaning of the word "Raptorial" in English


Raptorial a. : Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.

Raptorial a. : Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals.

Raptorial a. : Of or pertaining to the Raptores. See Illust. (f) of Aves.

Example:
Does anyone know the color of the Raptorial dactyl on Neogonodactylus curacaoensis?

Taxonomy
raptorial, forelegs, free encyclopedia, surfaces, segments, search, modifications, illustration, distinctly different, mechanism, claw, chela, digit, legs, insect families, lineages, family Reduviidae, adjective.

Defination from the web:
raptorial implies much the same as "predatory", but most often refers to modifications of an arthropod's foreleg that make it function ... Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptorial" ... 

synonyms
  (adjective) predatory
  (adjective) rapacious
  (adjective) ravening
  (adjective) vulturine
  (adjective) vulturous
related terms
  (adjective) bird
similar terms
  (adjective) aggressive


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