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raptor

In general, any bird of prey, including owls. The raptors are sometimes restricted to eagles, falcons, hawks, and vultures (birds of the order Falconiformes), all diurnal predators that “seize and carry off” (Latin raptare) their prey.

raptor

1. another name for bird of prey

2. Informal a carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period

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