raptores

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raptores - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

raptores - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Raptores
      n 1: term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped
           together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes
           [syn: Raptores, order Raptores]