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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
raptor
 
SYLLABICATION:rap·tor
PRONUNCIATION:  rptr
NOUN: A bird of prey.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin, one who seizes, from rapere, to seize. See rapt.
 
 
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