What does rapaciousness mean?
Rapaciousness means The state of being rapacious; extreme gluttony.
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The state of being rapacious; extreme gluttony.
2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text THE VULTURE MAY be the most maligned bird on the planet, a living metaphor for greed and rapaciousness.
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Rapaciousness means The state of being rapacious; extreme gluttony.
Common synonyms include rapacity, voracity, edacity, esurience.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text THE VULTURE MAY be the most maligned bird on the planet, a living metaphor for greed and rapaciousness.
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