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单词 Raptores
释义

Raptores

/rapˈtɔːriːz/
Ornithology
noun
Originally: (in form Raptores, with singular concord) an order of birds comprising the birds of prey (now disused ). Now: (treated as plural, usually in form raptores) members of the former order Raptores; birds of prey, raptors.
  • Not used in formal taxonomies since the mid 20th cent. The word now effectively functions as an alternative plural for raptor..

Origin

Early 19th century. From scientific Latin Raptores, name for an order of birds comprising the birds of prey from the plural of classical Latin raptor, replacing earlier Raptatores.

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