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English to English adjective
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Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. |  | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | | Example: a predatory bird
the rapacious wolf
raptorial birds
ravening wolves
a vulturine taste for offal
source: wordnet30
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excessively greedy and grasping | | Example: a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
ravening creditors
paying taxes to voracious governments
source: wordnet30
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devouring or craving food in great quantities | | Example: edacious vultures
a rapacious appetite
ravenous as wolves
voracious sharks
source: wordnet30
noun
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Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. | | source: webster1913
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