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Rapacious Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Rapacious has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

"a predatory bird"

"the rapacious wolf"

"raptorial birds"

"ravening wolves"

"a vulturine taste for offal"

2

excessively greedy and grasping

"a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"

"ravening creditors"

"paying taxes to voracious governments"

3

devouring or craving food in great quantities

"edacious vultures"

"a rapacious appetite"

"ravenous as wolves"

"voracious sharks"

4

Voracious; avaricious.

Example Sentences
"a predatory bird" adjective
"the rapacious wolf" adjective
"raptorial birds" adjective
"ravening wolves" adjective
"a vulturine taste for offal" adjective
"a rapacious divorcee on the prowl" adjective
"ravening creditors" adjective
"paying taxes to voracious governments" adjective
"edacious vultures" adjective
"a rapacious appetite" adjective
See Also
rapacity prey vulturous clutch force kite greedy rapaciousness
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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