raptorial
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In either case, we clearly have underestimated the abilities of those big, beady, raptorial eyes.
From Scientific American
But its body size and structure also suggest that the Coronodon wasn’t very good at this so-called raptorial feeding.
From The Verge
Thirty-three out of 34 of these contests escalated to striking with the raptorial appendages.
From Science Magazine
They have two abdominal appendages that allow them to suspend their bodies below the water’s surface, a hardy beak for invading the bodies of prey, and large raptorial legs covered in spines.
From The Verge
A journal article to be published in April says the name is fitting because Rask's "glove hand is as tenacious as the raptorial fore tarsus of this dryinid species."
From US News
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