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raptor|ˈræptə(r)|
[a. L. raptor, agent-noun f. rapĕre rape v.2]
1. A ravisher; an abductor. rare.
1609Heywood Brit. Troy xiv. xcv, Oh! had the Raptor in his cradle dide, Millions of liues had in his death beene sau'd. 1709J. Johnson Clergym. Vade M. ii. 30 If the virgin had been engaged to another,..the raptor had been guilty of adultery. 1884Addis & Arnold Cath. Dict. 436/1 The councils..prohibit subsequent marriage between the raptor and his victim. 1975Daily Tel. 12 Aug. 12 What I had in mind was the ruling that there was no rape provided the raptor believed..that the woman consented.
†2. A plunderer, robber. Obs.
1667Waterhouse Fire Lond. 32 They that took away goods in a sort wrongfully will prove themselves preservers not raptors. 1720J. Johnson Canons Ch. Eng. II. H h j b, Some Raptors rather than Rectors of Churches.
3. Ornith. One of the Raptores (see 4). Also attrib. and fig.
1873W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 324 We wake the echoes of the rocks so well stocked with raptors. 1892W. H. Hudson La Plata 93 Some raptors never attack birds, others only occasionally. 1933Condor XXXV. 19 (heading) Food habits of Southern Wisconsin raptors. Ibid., The ex post facto recording of raptor kills encountered in the field should not be regarded as a proper source of quantitative data. 1963D. P. Mannix All Creatures Great & Small vi. 86 Raptors (birds of prey) do not have the nervous, active minds of the Corvidæ. 1974Sci. Amer. Dec. 156/3 A cruel human raptor..boasted of killing golden eagles with a sawed-off shotgun as he flew beside them. 1976Nature 23 Sept. 321/1 Other relevant predators such as large raptors or felids do not occur on these islands. 1980Observer (Colour Suppl.) 6 Jan. 57/1 Hundreds of thousands of raptors—birds of prey such as stork, buzzard, kite and eagle—commute across this corner of north-western Turkey.
4. In Lat. pl. Raptores |ræpˈtɔəriːz|, as the name of an order of birds of prey, including the eagle, hawk, buzzard, owl, etc.
1823Vigors in Trans. Linn. Soc. XIV. 405 note, The term Raptatores of that naturalist [Illiger] I have ventured to alter to Raptores, which appears to me more classical. The former I believe is not in use. 1854Badham Halieut. 157 Representatives of all the raptores, or birds of prey, vultures, falcons, and owls. |