Any species of bird that primarily hunt and feed on relatively large vertebrates.
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The raptor had gone howling off, and the others were now respectful.
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A witness at the raptor center says you're there every Tuesday afternoon.
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They're a species of flightless raptor, distantly related to hippogriffs and octogators.
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The raptor bent over, poked at the radio on the floor, tentatively.
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The raptor continued to make choking sounds, punctuated by intermittent loud shrieks.
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The wings of the bird of prey were unfurled definitely in space.
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The metaphor implies a likeness of time-theyears-toa bird of prey.
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The single claw of a bird of prey tells us its nature.
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Then like a bird of prey he made for the other wolf.
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The bird is a bird of prey, and altogether an unclean bird.
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Writer disliked her; he saw her as some predatory bird.
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Above, the Maer's estates perched on the edge of the Sheer like some predatory bird.
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He was completely bald, and his nose was hooked like that of a predatory bird.
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Only stared at them with their black, predatory bird-eyes.
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Within moments, the craft lifted off like a predatory bird startled from a fresh kill.
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The federal law protecting birds of prey went into effect in 1972.
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The carcass was there: and the birds of prey were gathered together.
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The condors, of course, are big birds of prey in the Andes.
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She made a sign, and the three birds of prey came in.
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Other less well known predators include hyenas, baboons, and birds of prey.
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Five birds of prey which became extinct in the UK have returned.
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This eagle is perhaps the most handsome of the birds of prey.
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Perhaps the case may be the same with all birds of prey.
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The large birds of prey build theirs from small sticks and twigs.
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There seems to be a great number of birds of prey hereabouts.
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Sociability is a common feature with very many other birds of prey.
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Only high-flying birds of prey, eagles or condors, could find refuge there.
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It may be asked, then, how do these birds of prey live?
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Could our New Zealand birds of prey offer a similar service?
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Why else did birds of prey spiral so often in the same places?
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The oyster-catcher is renowned for its readiness to attack the birds of prey.
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