raptorial
英 [ræp'tɔːrɪəl]
美[ræp'torɪəl]
- adj. 猛禽类的；捕食动物的；适于捕捉小生物的
英英释义
- 1. relating to or characteristic of birds of prey;
- "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey"
- 2. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey;
- "a predatory bird"
- "the rapacious wolf"
- "raptorial birds"
- "ravening wolves"
- "a vulturine taste for offal"
英文词源
- raptorial (adj.)
- "predatory," 1825, from raptor + -ial. Alternative raptatorial "predacious" (1840) is from Latin raptatus, past participle of raptare.