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vulturous

[vuhl-chuh-rahyn, -cher-in]

vul·tur·ine

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


Origin:
1640–50; < Latin vulturīnus. See vulture, -ine1

un·vul·tur·ine, adjective
un·vul·tur·ous, adjective
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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vulturous

adjective
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
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