Usage of "raptorial bird"

portuguès

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

Sinònims

Examples for "raptor"

Examples for "raptor"

The raptor had gone howling off, and the others were now respectful. 
 Jurassic Park 

A witness at the raptor center says you're there every Tuesday afternoon. 
 Bones in Her Pocket 

They're a species of flightless raptor, distantly related to hippogriffs and octogators. 
 James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing 

The raptor bent over, poked at the radio on the floor, tentatively. 
 Jurassic Park 

The raptor continued to make choking sounds, punctuated by intermittent loud shrieks. 
 Jurassic Park 

The wings of the bird of prey were unfurled definitely in space. 
 Georges Guynemer: Knight of the Air 

The metaphor implies a likeness of time-theyears-toa bird of prey. 
 Selections from Poe 

The single claw of a bird of prey tells us its nature. 
 Life and Conduct 

Then like a bird of prey he made for the other wolf. 
 The Land of the Long Night 

The bird is a bird of prey, and altogether an unclean bird. 
 The Last Chronicle of Barset 

Translations for raptorial bird

portuguès

català

Significats de raptorial bird en anglès