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vulturine |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but corruption, is no credit to its possessor. --C. Kingsley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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" [syn: {predatory}, {rapacious}, {raptorial}, {ravening}, {vulturous}]
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