vulturine

Adjective
Synonyms: predatoryrapaciousraptorialraveningvulturous

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey“a predatory bird”“the rapacious wolf”“raptorial birds”“ravening wolves”“a vulturine taste for offal”Synonyms: predatoryrapaciousraptorialraveningvulturous
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Vulturine \Vul"tur*ine\ (?; 277), a. [L. vulturinus.] Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity. [1913 Webster]

The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but corruption, is no credit to its possessor. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]

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