Vulturine

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.

    "Somewhat below the middle height, he was lean of body and vulturine of face."

  2. 2
    Predaceous.

    "A species of crow in vast numbers is generally found to attend the larger kind of birds of prey. It is uncommonly bold and ravenous, and all its habits are vulturine […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey wordnet

Synonyms

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extortionategrabbygraspinglupineparasiticpredacious

Example

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"Somewhat below the middle height, he was lean of body and vulturine of face."

Etymology

From Latin vulturinus (“vulture-like”).

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