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VULTUROUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

Example:

a vulturine taste for offal

Synonyms:

predatory; rapacious; raptorial; ravening; vulturine; vulturous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

aggressive (having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends)

Derivation:

vulture (any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion)

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