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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
voracious
adj 1: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on
the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to
voracious governments" [syn: {rapacious}, {ravening}]
2: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
"voracious sharks" [syn: {edacious}, {esurient}, {rapacious},
{ravening}, {ravenous}, {wolfish}]
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