Origin: Latin
suffix -ous
Vulturous has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
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
Having the features of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.
Example Sentences
"a predatory bird"
adjective
"the rapacious wolf"
adjective
"raptorial birds"
adjective
"ravening wolves"
adjective
"a vulturine taste for offal"
adjective