- raptor (n.)
[raptor 词源字典]
- c. 1600, "ravisher, abductor," from Latin raptor "a robber, plunderer, abductor, ravisher," agent noun from past participle stem of rapere "to seize" (see rapid). Ornithological use is from 1873 (1823 in Latin plural Raptores).[raptor etymology, raptor origin, 英语词源]