What does vulturine mean?
Vulturine means Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures..
Somewhat below the middle height, he was lean of body and vulturine of face.
Taking the cooked bird in her gnarled hands she stripped off the flesh with the few teeth she still had left in her head, gnawing on it with a vulturine concentration until it was just grey bones.
A species of crow in vast numbers is generally found to attend the larger kind of birds of prey. It is uncommonly bold and ravenous, and all its habits are vulturine […]
Use vulturine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vulturine means Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures..
Common synonyms include vulturelike, vulturish, vulturous, rapacious.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Somewhat below the middle height, he was lean of body and vulturine of face.
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