英：[ræp'tɔ:rɪəl]
美：[ræp'toʊrɪrl]
raptorial如何读
raptorial是什么意思
- adj.捕食生物的；猛禽类的
raptorial自然拼读
rap·to·ri·al
raep to ri l
raptorial英英释义
Adjective
1. relating to or characteristic of birds of prey;
"raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey"
2. 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"
raptorial词源中文解释
"掠夺性的，捕食动物的"，1825年，来自 raptor + -ial。另一种 raptatorial "掠食的"（1840）来自拉丁语 raptatus，过去分词 raptare。OED 表示 raptatory 是"最近"的，而 Century Dictionary 则将 raptorious（1819年，指昆虫）标记为"罕见"。
raptorial词源英文解释
New Latin raptorius "predatory" (from Latin raptōr-, raptor "plunderer, a beast or bird of prey" +-ius, suffix of appurtenance) + -al >entry 1 — more at raptor
The first known use of raptorial was in 1825
raptorial 例句
1 The researchers examined 21 specimens and concluded that they might have hung out partially hidden in burrows and used their antenna and "raptorial" front legs to catch prey.
2 Associated words: accipitral, raptorial. haystack, n. rick. hazard, n. chance, contingency, casualty; risk, random, jeopardy, danger, peril, venture.
3 The nest is a typical raptorial one, being a large platform of sticks.
4 Diurnal to crepuscular habits of this mouse may protect it from some of the nocturnal carnivorous mammals and raptorial birds.
5 Those who view books as holy objects to be revered and handled with the utmost care will be appalled by Parks’ raptorial attitude.
6 Thirty-three out of 34 of these contests escalated to striking with the raptorial appendages.
7 Throughout its range the brush rabbit is closely associated with—in fact, lives in—the chaparral that is dense enough to afford protection from raptorial birds and the larger carnivorous mammals.
8 To every migratory species of raptorial bird, that captures living quarry, there is a non-migratory counterpart or near relative.
9 Living alongside the largest sharks ever known, the raptorial-meaning actively hunting-whale measured about 60 feet (18 meters) in length, about as big as a modern male sperm whale.
它们曾和史上已知的最大鲨鱼，猛鲨——意味着嗜猎分子，一起生活过。该鲸鱼有60英尺长(约合18米)，堪比现代成熟雄性抹香鲸。
10 Both species of crow seem to take great delight in teasing raptorial birds.
11 When its legs are extended, it measures one and a half inches wide, and the raptorial claws hint that it is a fierce predator.
12 The other raptorial birds possess little to distinguish them from those of other countries.
13 But its body size and structure also suggest that the Coronodon wasn’t very good at this so-called raptorial feeding.
14 I think we may say birds of light diet are all good, and draw the line at all carrion or raptorial birds.
15 Like its adult counterparts, the little arthropod had a spiny raptorial appendage used for grasping prey and the radiodontan’s characteristic circular mouth filled with sharp teeth.
16 Presumably most of the crepuscular and early nocturnal raptorial birds and carnivorous mammals feed on these mice.
17 The same is true of the raptorial birds, or birds of prey, which are strong perchers and depend largely for their food supply on clutching their victims while on the wing.
18 the place of raptorial birds in the park's ecosystem
19 So far as I could see, there was no danger from raptorial foes at hand, but the little family seemed to be in training against the approach of a marauder.
20 In either case, we clearly have underestimated the abilities of those big, beady, raptorial eyes.
raptorial 同义词
1 猛禽类
3 捕食生物的
7 捕食动物的