About The Word Vulturine
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Vulturine
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What's The Definition Of Vulturine?
[adj] 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 | Synonyms for Vulturine: aggressive | predatory | rapacious | raptorial | ravening | vulturous Related Terms | Find terms related to Vulturine: See Also | Vulturine In Webster's Dictionary \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.
The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but
corruption, is no credit to its possessor. --C.
Kingsley.
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