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    VULTUROUS

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living preyplay

    Example:

    a vulturine taste for offal

    Synonyms:

    predatory; rapacious; raptorial; ravening; vulturine; vulturous

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    aggressive (having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends)

    Derivation:

    vulture (any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion)

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