A vocabulary of landscape — a landscape of words
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raptor
A bird of prey — any bird that hunts with talons and a hooked beak. Eagles, hawks, falcons, owls, kites, ospreys. The word covers a wide taxonomic range unified by a single evolutionary strategy.
Etymology
Latin: raptor (one who seizes), from rapere (to seize, to snatch). The same root gives us rapture and rapid.