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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey;
- Example: "a predatory bird"
- Example: "the rapacious wolf"
- Example: "raptorial birds"
- Example: "ravening wolves"
- Example: "a vulturine taste for offal"
[syn: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vulturous \Vul"tur*ous\, a.
   Like a vulture; rapacious.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vulturous
    adj 1: 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, vulturine, vulturous]