raptorial

adj 1: relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial

claws and bill for seizing prey"

2: 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" [syn: {predatory}, {rapacious}, {ravening}, {vulturine},

{vulturous}]