| a. | 1. | (Zool.) Rapacious; living upon prey; - said especially of certain birds. |
| Adj. | 1. | raptorial - relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey" |
| 2. | raptorial - 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" |