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
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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
Soon as you're drawn from your own cosy drawing-room, Far over flood, field, or foam—for your sins— Then, when your breast makes for vulturine gnawing room, Bother begins!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 8, 1892 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
Still, that chuckling and cavorting American fowl, that two-headed and vulturine Russo-Polish Eagle, do not quite fit into the Mongolian Arcadia of the Willow-pattern plate; now do they?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 by Various
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