| Pronunciation: | | 'vulchu`rIn
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[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" |
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VULTURINE is a 9 letter word that starts with V. |
| | Synonyms: | | aggressive, predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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