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vulturine

[ vuhl-chuh-rahyn, -cher-in ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a vulture.
  2. resembling a vulture, especially in rapacious or predatory qualities:

    a vulturine critic.



vulturine

/ ˈ±¹ÊŒ±ô³Ùʃəˌ°ù²¹Éª²Ô /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a vulture
  2. Alsovulturous rapacious, predatory, or greedy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • ³Ü²Ô·±¹³Ü±ôt³Ü°ù·Ÿ±²Ô±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·±¹³Ü±ôt³Ü°ù·ŽÇ³Ü²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vulturine1

From the Latin word ±¹³Ü±ô³Ù³Ü°ùÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ, dating back to 1640–50. See vulture, -ine 1
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She notes that baboon groups may also come together to sleep, like the vulturine guineafowl.

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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.

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His eyes were the worst – glittery and vulturine.

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The general contour and flight was far more vulturine and less falcon-like than we had expected.

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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?

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