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Raptores

noun

term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes

• Syn: ↑order Raptores

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves

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I. \\rapˈtōr(ˌ)ēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, plural of raptor

in former classifications : an order of birds comprising Falconiformes and Strigiformes of current usage and including all the birds of prey

II.

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, plural of raptor

synonym of falconiformes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.