- One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. - Fig.: One who gluts himself. - A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family
Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed
to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a
native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.