rapacious+birds

  • 51vulturine — adjective living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey a predatory bird the rapacious wolf raptorial birds ravening wolves a vulturine taste for offal • Syn: ↑predatory, ↑rapacious, ↑ …

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  • 52vulturous — adjective living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey a predatory bird the rapacious wolf raptorial birds ravening wolves a vulturine taste for offal • Syn: ↑predatory, ↑rapacious, ↑ …

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  • 53Raptorial — Rap*to ri*al (r[a^]p*t[=o] r[i^]*al), a. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Rapacious; living upon prey; said especially of certain birds. (b) Adapted for seizing prey; said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals. (c) Of or pertaining to the… …

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  • 54Fiend (Dungeons & Dragons) — Fiends is a term used in the Dungeons Dragons fantasy role playing game to refer to any malicious otherworldly creatures within the Dungeons Dragons universe. These include various races of demons and devils that are of an evil alignment and hail …

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  • 55Geier — is a German word for vulture. Geier is also a notable surname and less frequently is seen as a place name. Usages and Meanings of GeierThe disputed etymological origins of the word Geier have confounded ornithological usage of the term in poetry …

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  • 56Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 57Aquila chrysaetus — Eagle Ea gle, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob. named from its color, fr. aquilus dark colored, brown; cf. Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera {Aquila}… …

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  • 58Aquila imperialis — Eagle Ea gle, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob. named from its color, fr. aquilus dark colored, brown; cf. Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera {Aquila}… …

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  • 59Aquila mogilnik — Eagle Ea gle, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob. named from its color, fr. aquilus dark colored, brown; cf. Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera {Aquila}… …

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  • 60Auxis Rochei — Frigate Frig ate, n. [F. fr[ e]gate, It. fregata, prob. contracted fr. L. fabricata something constructed or built. See {Fabricate}.] 1. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred …

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