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Vulturine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a vulture.

adj. Rapacious; predatory.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Pertaining to vultures.

adj. Predaceous.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Resembling a vulture; of or pertaining to the Vulturinæ.

Characteristic of a vulture, as in scenting carrion. Also vulturish.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

Word Usage

"If Captain Ducie's features were aquiline, those of the stranger might be termed vulturine -- long, lean, narrow, with a thin, high-ridged nose, and a chin that was pointed with a tuft of thick, black hair."

Equivalent

aggressive

Cross Reference

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