rapacious

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rapacious Definition

• (s) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
• (s) excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"
• (s) devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"

rapacious Synonyms

• edacious
• esurient
• predatory
• rapacious
• raptorial
• ravening
• ravenous
• voracious
• vulturine
• vulturous
• wolfish