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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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