vulturous

2 definitions found

vulturous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vulturous \Vul"tur*ous\, a.
     Like a vulture; rapacious.
     [1913 Webster]

vulturous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vulturous
      adj 1: 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, rapacious, raptorial,
             ravening, vulturine, vulturous]