RAPTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raptor mean? 

• RAPTOR (noun)
  The noun RAPTOR has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals

  Familiarity information: RAPTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAPTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bird of prey; raptor; raptorial bird

Hypernyms ("raptor" is a kind of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raptor"):

Accipitriformes; order Accipitriformes (in some classifications an alternative name for the Falconiformes)

hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)

bird of Jove; eagle (any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight)

vulture (any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion)

Sagittarius serpentarius; secretary bird (large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles)

bird of Minerva; bird of night; hooter; owl (nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes)

Derivation:

raptorial (living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey)

raptorial (relating to or characteristic of birds of prey)