Rapacious - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rəˈpeɪʃəs|
Brit.
|rəˈpeɪʃəs|
adjective
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey (syn: predatory, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous)
the rapacious wolf
- excessively greedy and grasping (syn: voracious)a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- devouring or craving food in great quantities (syn: edacious, esurient, ravenous, voracious, wolfish)a rapacious appetite
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...nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor...
...rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats...
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