vulturine
vulturine adjective: pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.
Adjective
vulturine (comparative more vulturine, superlative most vulturine)
- Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.
- Somewhat below the middle height, he was lean of body and vulturine of face.1912, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 2, in The Prince and Betty, New York: W.J. Watt, page 10
- Taking the cooked bird in her gnarled hands she stripped off the flesh with the few teeth she still had left in her head, gnawing on it with a vulturine concentration until it was just grey bones.2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 6, in Small Island, London: Review, pages 87–88
- Predaceous.
- A species of crow in vast numbers is generally found to attend the larger kind of birds of prey. It is uncommonly bold and ravenous, and all its habits are vulturine […]1806, John Barrow, chapter 2, in Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, volume I, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, page 178
Synonyms of vulturine
Forms of vulturine
| comparative | more vulturine |
|---|---|
| superlative | most vulturine |
Origin of vulturine
From Latin vulturinus (“vulture-like”).
Words formed from vulturine
- vulturine guineafowl
- vulturine parrot
Phrases with vulturine
Questions about vulturine
- What does vulturine mean?
- Vulturine means pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.
- What part of speech is vulturine?
- Vulturine is an adjective.
Words near vulturine in the dictionary
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