Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey. Synonyms:predatory, rapacious, ravening, vulturine, vulturous."The rapacious wolf" , "Raptorial birds" , "Ravening wolves" , "A vulturine taste for offal"
... the allotted period of their absence. Their rapidity of flight is well known, and the 'murder-aiming eye' of the most experienced sportsman will seldom avail against the swallow; hence they themselves seldom fall a prey to the raptorial birds."—CUVIER, edited by Griffiths. Swallows are long-lived; they have been known to live a ... — Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 • Various
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