单词 | vulturine |
释义 | vulturine (once / 200328 pages) adj WORD FAMILY vulturine USAGE EXAMPLESThe general contour and flight was far more vulturine and less falcon-like than we had expected. Buck, Walter J., Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste)—Records...(2011) In Shep's vulturine right fist was clenched a small crumple of bills. Guernsey, H.W., Here Lies(2010) She could have posed for one of the Grimms’ most vulturine witches. Raleigh, Henry, The Cup of Fury—A Novel of Cities a...(2010) adj living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey a vulturine taste for offal Syn predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturous aggressive having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends |
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