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raptorlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From raptor + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a raptor (the bird of prey).
   • Reporting in the journal Animal Behaviour, researchers from Adam Mickiewicz University and the University of South Bohemia described transactions among great grey shrikes, elegant raptorlike birds with silver capes, white bellies and black tails that, like 90 percent of bird species, form pair bonds to breed. 2008 March 18, Natalie Angier, “In Most Species, Faithfulness Is a Fantasy”, in New York Times:

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