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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. excessively greedy and grasping;
- Example: "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"
- Example: "ravening creditors"
- Example: "paying taxes to voracious governments"
[syn: rapacious, ravening, voracious]

2. devouring or craving food in great quantities;
- Example: "edacious vultures"
- Example: "a rapacious appetite"
- Example: "ravenous as wolves"
- Example: "voracious sharks"
[syn: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Voracious \Vo*ra"cious\, a. [L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to
   devour; akin to Gr. ? meat, food, ? to devour, Skr. gar. Cf.
   Devour.]
   Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow;
   ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious
   man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. --Dampier. --
   Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

voracious
    adj 1: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on
           the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to
           voracious governments" [syn: rapacious, ravening,
           voracious]
    2: 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]