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

/ ˈvʌltʃəˌraɪn /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a vulture
2. Alsovulturous rapacious, predatory, or greedy

Other Words From

• un·vultur·ine adjective
• un·vultur·ous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vulturine¹

From the Latin word vulturīnus, dating back to 1640–50. See vulture, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

She notes that baboon groups may also come together to sleep, like the vulturine guineafowl.

From New York Times

Mandelup follows Tester as he is scouted by a vulturine manager, who we only meet once, and, believe me, once is enough.

From The New Yorker

His eyes were the worst – glittery and vulturine.

From The Guardian

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

From Project Gutenberg

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?

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• greedy
• marauding
• rapacious
• voracious