Definition of Vultorine
Vul"tur*ine (?; 277), a. [L.
vulturinus.] Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a
vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle
(Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity.
The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but
corruption, is no credit to its possessor. C.
Kingsley.
Vul"tur*ine (?; 277), a. [L.
vulturinus.] Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a
vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle
(Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity.
The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but
corruption, is no credit to its possessor. C.
Kingsley.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Pertaining to vultures.
- Predaceous.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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