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
- unvulturine adjective
- unvulturous adjective
Etymology
Origin of vulturine
From the Latin word vulturīnus, dating back to 1640–50. See vulture, -ine 1
Example Sentences
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She notes that baboon groups may also come together to sleep, like the vulturine guineafowl.
From New York Times
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
His eyes were the worst – glittery and vulturine.
From The Guardian
The general contour and flight was far more vulturine and less falcon-like than we had expected.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
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