vulturine

Definition

Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.

Etymology

From Latin vulturinus (“vulture-like”).

Example Sentences

• "Somewhat below the middle height, he was lean of body and vulturine of face."
• "Taking the cooked bird in her gnarled hands she stripped off the flesh with the few teeth she still had left in her head, gnawing on it with a vulturine concentration until it was just grey bones."
• "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 […]"