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Meaning of 'vulturine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vulturine [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity.

Meaning of 'vulturine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vulturine [ s]
Meaning (1):
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Example in sentence:
  • a predatory bird;
  • a vulturine taste for offal;
  • raptorial birds;
  • ravening wolves;
  • the rapacious wolf

Nearby Words:

vulcan vulcanian vulcanic vulcanicity vulcanism vulcanist vulcanite vulcanization vulcanize vulcanized

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