raptorial

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Hawks are the most open, violent, and persistent enemies birds have; and it is really wonderful to see how well the persecuted kinds appear to know the power for mischief possessed by different raptorial species, and how exactly the amount of alarm exhibited is in proportion to the extent of the danger to be apprehended.

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  1. adjective Subsisting by seizing prey; predatory.
  2. adjective Adapted for the seizing of prey.
  3. adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds of prey.

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/ræpˈtoʊriəl/
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