'Raptores' definitions:
Definition of 'Raptores'
(from WordNet)
noun
Term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes [syn: Raptores, order Raptores]
Definition of 'Raptores'
From: GCIDE
- Raptores \Rap*to"res\ (r[a^]p*t[=o]"r[=e]z), n. pl. [NL. See Raptor.] (Zool.) An order of birds, same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores. [1913 Webster]