raptor
noun/ˈræptə(r)/
/ˈræptər/
(specialist)- 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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