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Erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes
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raptores
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Word definitions for raptores in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Raptores \Rap*to"res\ (r[a^]p*t[=o]"r[=e]z), n. pl. [NL. See Raptor .] (Zo["o]l.) An order of birds, same as Accipitres . Called also Raptatores .
Usage examples of raptores.
Narrow as they were, at night there were too many places for the raptores to lie in wait for him to relax.
In the armor of Primigenia, he was an uninviting target for the raptores who preyed on the weak and the poor.
Gangs of raptores would earn a fee by dragging unfortunates out to be executed, and for a while Rome was as close to anarchy and terror as she had ever been.
Most of them are raptores, which, as I am sure you know, generally choose the shortest passage over water.