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raptor

[rap-ter, -tawr] / ˈræp tər, -tɔr /
NOUN
bird of prey
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In July 2025, just as the young raptor first flew the nest, experts tracked him for conservation purposes as he flew towards the Middle East.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

When the center’s Kristine Koh arrived later to evaluate the raptor, she was awake and alert — but quiet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Like other unenlagiids, Kank australis possessed the enlarged claw on its second toe that is often associated with raptor dinosaurs.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

"It started from quite a challenging start point. There has been a lack of trust between the shooting community, for example, and conservationists and raptor workers."

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

Then a raptor emerged a few blocks away, its shiny, bloodred body bent forward in a low stalking position, the hooded rider leaning all the way back to stay balanced.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

Since the bison arrived, Mr. Skoglund says, songbirds and raptors have multiplied.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The reserve has an osprey platform to attract the raptors and the adults who have nested there are also believed to be first-time parents.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

From the air, a dozen species of raptors scanned the ground for the doomed and the vulnerable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

"This suggests Kank may have been an active fisher, contrasting with common portrayal of raptors as agile terrestrial predators, like Velociraptor from the Northern Hemisphere."

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

He runs like being chased through the field by raptors.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers




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