raptorial bird

Questions about raptorial bird

What does raptorial bird mean?

raptorial bird means "any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals".

What is another word for raptorial bird?

Close synonyms include bird of prey, raptor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is raptorial bird a common word?

raptorial bird is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.