vulturine
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of a vulture.
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resembling a vulture, especially in rapacious or predatory qualities.
a vulturine critic.
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling a vulture
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Also: vulturous. rapacious, predatory, or greedy
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of vulturine
From the Latin word vulturīnus, dating back to 1640–50. See vulture, -ine 1
Example Sentences
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Mandelup follows Tester as he is scouted by a vulturine manager, who we only meet once, and, believe me, once is enough.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 27, 2019
His eyes were the worst – glittery and vulturine.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2018
Even Erdrich seems tested by Romeo with his "caved, tubercular-looking chest, scrawny arms, a vulturine head, and perpetually stoked-up eyes."
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2016
Hume once demolished one of these vulturine nurseries and found that it weighed over eight maunds, that is to say about six hundredweight.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
Usually it keeps to rocky hills and mountains, over which it beats with a steady, sailing, vulturine flight.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas
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