Any species of bird that primarily hunt and feed on relatively large vertebrates.
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Examples for "raptor"
Examples for "raptor"
1The raptor had gone howling off, and the others were now respectful.
2A witness at the raptor center says you're there every Tuesday afternoon.
3They're a species of flightless raptor, distantly related to hippogriffs and octogators.
4The raptor bent over, poked at the radio on the floor, tentatively.
5The raptor continued to make choking sounds, punctuated by intermittent loud shrieks.
1The wings of the bird of prey were unfurled definitely in space.
2The metaphor implies a likeness of time-theyears-toa bird of prey.
3The single claw of a bird of prey tells us its nature.
4Then like a bird of prey he made for the other wolf.
5The bird is a bird of prey, and altogether an unclean bird.
1Writer disliked her; he saw her as some predatory bird.
2Above, the Maer's estates perched on the edge of the Sheer like some predatory bird.
3He was completely bald, and his nose was hooked like that of a predatory bird.
4Only stared at them with their black, predatory bird-eyes.
5Within moments, the craft lifted off like a predatory bird startled from a fresh kill.
1The federal law protecting birds of prey went into effect in 1972.
2The carcass was there: and the birds of prey were gathered together.
3The condors, of course, are big birds of prey in the Andes.
4She made a sign, and the three birds of prey came in.
5Other less well known predators include hyenas, baboons, and birds of prey.
6Five birds of prey which became extinct in the UK have returned.
7This eagle is perhaps the most handsome of the birds of prey.
8Perhaps the case may be the same with all birds of prey.
9The large birds of prey build theirs from small sticks and twigs.
10There seems to be a great number of birds of prey hereabouts.
11Sociability is a common feature with very many other birds of prey.
12Only high-flying birds of prey, eagles or condors, could find refuge there.
13It may be asked, then, how do these birds of prey live?
14Could our New Zealand birds of prey offer a similar service?
15Why else did birds of prey spiral so often in the same places?
16The oyster-catcher is renowned for its readiness to attack the birds of prey.
Translations for birds of prey