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adjective relating to or characteristic of birds of prey
adjective living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
originEtymology tree English raptor Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English raptorial From raptor + -ial.
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