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raptorial:: | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | raptor |
raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey.
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Chlorinated hydrocarbons and eggshell changes in raptorial and fish-eating birds.
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A descriptive catalogue of the raptorial birds in the Norfolk and Norwich museum.
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The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru.
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Low's tablet is unique because it includes human faces interpreted to be shamans wearing costumes of raptorial birds.
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Its extraordinary, raptorial claws suggest that it is a fierce, specialized predator, but its prey and attack behavior remain unknown.
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She pinches her prey between segments of her raptorial legs, the spines biting in, pinning the squirming caterpillar, and eats delicately.
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Baby saltwater crocodiles may fall prey to monitor lizards, predatory fish, various aquatic and raptorial birds, larger crocodiles and other predators.
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We propose that birds evolved from predators that specialized in ambush from elevated sites, using their raptorial hindlimbs in a leaping attack.
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Their extraordinary, raptorial claws suggest that they are fierce, specialized predators, but their prey and attack behavior remain unknown.
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- Relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey"
- Predatory: 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"
- The term raptorial implies much the same as "predatory", but most often refers to modifications of an arthropod's foreleg that make it function for the grasping of prey while it is consumed, where the gripping surfaces are formed from the opposing faces of two successive leg segments (see ...
- Like or resembling a raptor
- Adapted for catching and holding prey. They usually have sharp claws and spines or bristles.
- Feet with long, strong toes and long, sharp, curved claws
- Body structures adapted for seizing prey
- In reference to the feet of a bird, the toes are deeply cleft and movable; claws (talons) are large, strong, and sharply curved, with scaly undersides. As in hawks and owls.
