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Raptorial
Like or resembling a raptor; seizing or plundering, like a bird of prey.
📖 Definitions of "Raptorial"
adjective
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Like or resembling a raptor; seizing or plundering, like a bird of prey.
🔄 Synonyms of "Raptorial"
6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| rapacious | (also figurative) Voracious; avaricious. |
| aggressivenoun | Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing. |
| raveningnoun | Voracious and greedy. |
| vulturous | Having the characteristics of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging. |
| vulturine | Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures. |
| predatory | Living by preying on other living animals. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Raptorial"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| vulturous | Having the characteristics of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging. |
| vulturine | Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures. |
| rapacious | (also figurative) Voracious; avaricious. |
| ravening | Voracious and greedy. |
| predatory | Living by preying on other living animals. |
| aggressive | Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing. |
| dactylusnoun | Synonym of dactyl (“type of metrical foot”). |
| forelegsnoun | Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal such as a horse, or towards the front of a many-legged animal such as most insects, or of a piece of furniture, etc. |
| raptorlike | Resembling or characteristic of a raptor (the bird of prey). |
| raptorish | Resembling or characteristic of a raptor. |
| ravenish | Resembling or characteristic of a raven. |
| ravenlikenoun | Resembling or characteristic of a raven. |
| ravenly | Of, relating to, or resembling a raven or ravens; ravenlike. |
| vulturish | Like a vulture; rapacious. |
| vulturelikenoun | Resembling or characteristic of a vulture. |
| harpylike | Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish. |
| kitelikenoun | Resembling or characteristic of a kite (toy carried on the wind). |
| eaglelikenoun | Resembling or characteristic of an eagle. |
| harpyish | Resembling a harpy; ravenous or shrewish. |
| falconlikenoun | Resembling or characteristic of a falcon. |
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