WordNet
raptorial bird
n. any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals [syn: bird of prey, raptor]
Usage examples of "raptorial bird".
He had a nose like the beak of a raptorial bird, an impression his eyes did nothing to relieve.
But they have made it even larger, and turned it into a raptorial bird, a predator, instead of a scavenger.