Vulturine \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.
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The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but
corruption, is no credit to its possessor. --C.
Kingsley.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vulturine
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" [syn: predatory, rapacious, raptorial,
ravening, vulturous]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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