vulturine

  • 101vulture — [ vʌltʃə] noun 1》 a large bird of prey feeding chiefly on carrion, with the head and neck more or less bare of feathers. [Several species in the families Accipitridae (Old World) and Cathartidae (New World).] 2》 a contemptible person who preys on …

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  • 102predatory — adjective 1) predatory birds Syn: predacious, carnivorous, hunting, raptorial; of prey 2) a predatory gleam in his eyes Syn: exploitative, wolfish, rapacious, vulturine, vulturous …

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  • 103predatory — adj 1. rapacious, predacious, preying, vulturine, raptorial; wolfish, lupine; ravenous, ravening, voracious, devouring, omnivorous, insatiable, cormorant, savage, bestial, fierce, bloodthirsty, hungry. 2. marauding, plundering, pillaging, looting …

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  • 104rapacious — adj 1. predatory, predacious, preying, vulturine, raptorial, wolfish, lupine; marauding, plundering, pillaging, looting, piratical; savage, bestial, fierce. 2. ravenous, ravening, voracious, devouring, gluttonous, insatiable, cormorant; greedy,… …

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  • 105predatory — [adj] eating, destroying for sustenance or without conscience bloodthirsty, carnivorous, depredatory, despoiling, greedy, hungry, hunting, marauding, pillaging, plundering, predacious, predative, preying, rapacious, raptorial, ravaging, ravening …

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  • 106Kahlkopfpapagei — grifinė puošnioji papūga statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pionopsitta vulturina angl. vulturine parrot vok. Kahlkopfpapagei, m pranc. caïque vautourin, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – puošniosios papūgos …

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  • 107Pionopsitta vulturina — grifinė puošnioji papūga statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pionopsitta vulturina angl. vulturine parrot vok. Kahlkopfpapagei, m pranc. caïque vautourin, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – puošniosios papūgos …

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  • 108caïque vautourin — grifinė puošnioji papūga statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pionopsitta vulturina angl. vulturine parrot vok. Kahlkopfpapagei, m pranc. caïque vautourin, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – puošniosios papūgos …

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  • 109grifinė puošnioji papūga — statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pionopsitta vulturina angl. vulturine parrot vok. Kahlkopfpapagei, m pranc. caïque vautourin, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – puošniosios papūgos …

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  • 110vulture — n. 1 any of various large birds of prey of the family Cathartidae or Accipitridae, with the head and neck more or less bare of feathers, feeding chiefly on carrion and reputed to gather with others in anticipation of a death. 2 a rapacious person …

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