raptorial

Promote scientific study of the raptorial species, their care, welfare and training.

He stared at her a moment longer, that same expression of raptorial calculation like a mask across his eyes.

They walk on their mid and hind legs; the front pair is raptorial.

However, raptorial birds are often aggressively attacked during the nesting season.

When these spines take on a main predatory role, they are termed raptorial.

There also exist numerous depictions of a raptorial bird whose head has many human features.

He had a nose like the beak of a raptorial bird, an impression his eyes did nothing to relieve.

The genus is distinctive because of the swollen raptorial forelegs.

The raptorial claws each have five teeth, rather than the 8-9 seen in E. hamano.

The Pope's nose was raptorial, his eyes fine.

They are remarkable for having hook-like claws on the raptorial last segments of their legs.

Then the twinkle formed in his raptorial eyes.

Founders are trying to change "raptorial capitalist regime".

The first two pairs are modified into raptorial appendages known as gnathopods.

The raptorial front legs serve to capture prey.

The specific name raptorius means "raptorial" in Latin.

Hemerodromiinae are a worldwide group of predatory flies with raptorial forelegs.

The gentle songbirds had been quite stilled by the incursion of their raptorial brother.

A giant black bird, with yellow eyes and curved raptorial beak, crouched ready to be mounted.

He is a raptorial alien and Aoi's mentor.

They have well-developed raptorial claws and curved bill.

Beautifully camuflaged, they capture their preys by means of raptorial forelegs.

There are exceptions to this, however, when particularly bold, large raptorial birds seemingly range too far into a pair's home range.

Most of them, of course, will not survive, being preyed upon by various raptorial birds and larger fishes.

"Complete with raptorial beak, predator's eyes, and unruly crest."