Definition of raptoresses Raptoresses
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What does raptoresses mean?
Part of speech
ð€- raptoresses, noun, plural of raptores.
WordNet
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| raptores - term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes | ||
| order Raptores | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ð
- raptores (n. pl.)
Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary ð
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raptores
rap-tÅâ²rÄz, n.pl. an order of birds of prey distinguished by a hooked bill and sharp claws, and including the vultures, falcons, and owlsâalso RaptatÅâ²res.âadjs. RaptÅâ²rial, seizing by violence, as a bird of prey; RaptÅâ²rious. [L. raptor, a plundererârapÄre, to seize.]
Part of speech
ð€- raptores, noun, singular of raptoreses / raptoresses.
