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vul⋅tur⋅ine

  [vuhl-chuh-rahyn, -cher-in]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vulture.
2. resembling a vulture, esp. in rapacious or predatory qualities: a vulturine critic.
Also, vul⋅tur⋅ous  [vuhl-cher-uhs] .

Origin:
1640–50; < L vulturīnus. See vulture, -ine 1
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vul·tur·ine   (vŭl'chə-rīn')   
adj.  

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

  2. Rapacious; predatory.

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