Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vulturine"
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) 1.7 (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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