Hypertext Webster Gateway: "raptor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Raptor \Rap"tor\ (r[a^]p"t[~e]r), n. [L. raptor, from rapere to
ravish. See {Rapid}.]
A ravisher; a plunderer. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
raptor
n : any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other
animals [syn: {bird of prey}, {raptorial bird}]
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