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vulturous

vulturous adjective: having the characteristics of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.

Adjective

vulturous (comparative more vulturous, superlative most vulturous)

  1. Having the characteristics of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.
    • The attorney licked his lips with vulturous delight as he listened to the man's description of neck pain after the accident.

Synonyms of vulturous

Forms of vulturous

comparativemore vulturous
superlativemost vulturous

Origin of vulturous

From vulture + -ous.

Questions about vulturous

What does vulturous mean?
Vulturous means having the characteristics of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.
What part of speech is vulturous?
Vulturous is an adjective.

Words near vulturous in the dictionary

  1. vulturine parrots
  2. vulturing
  3. vulturish
  4. vulturism
  5. vulturisms
  6. vulturous
  7. Vulturu
  8. vulva
  9. vulva dentata
  10. vulvae
  11. vulvaed

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