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[syn: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Edacious \E*da"cious\, a. [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.]
Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
[1913 Webster]
Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. --Carlyle.
-- E*da"cious*ly, adv. -- E*da"cious*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
edacious
adj 1: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
"voracious sharks" [syn: edacious, esurient,
rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious,
wolfish]