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Definition of raptor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

raptor

noun
 
/ˈræptə(r)/
 
/ˈræptər/
(specialist)
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  1. any bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food)
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘plunderer’, from rapt- ‘seized’, from the verb rapere.
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