adj

1. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

    e.g. a predatory bird
           the rapacious wolf
           raptorial birds
           ravening wolves
           a vulturine taste for offal

    Synonym: predatoryrapaciousraveningvulturinevulturous

2. relating to or characteristic of birds of prey

    e.g. raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey