Associations to the word «Raptor»

Wiktionary

RAPTOR, noun. A bird of prey.
RAPTOR, noun. (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.
RAPTOR, noun. (informal) (paleontology) One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.

Dictionary definition

RAPTOR, noun. Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats