vulturine

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.
    — Somewhat below the middle height, he was lean of body and vulturine of face.
  2. Predaceous.
    — A species of crow in vast numbers is generally found to attend the larger kind of birds of prey. It is uncommonly bold and ravenous, and all its habits are vulturine […]

词形变化

more vulturine comparative most vulturine superlative

词汇关系

近义词
vulturelike vulturish vulturous
衍生词
vulturine guineafowl vulturine parrot

词源

From Latin vulturinus (“vulture-like”).
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