Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vulturine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vul-turine
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.

adj

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 […]"

Etymology

From Latin vulturinus (“vulture-like”).

Inflected Forms

more vulturine (comparative) most vulturine (superlative)

Phrases

vulturine guineafowl vulturine parrot

Synonyms

vulturelike vulturish vulturous predatory rapacious raptorial ravening

Questions

What does vulturine mean?: Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.
Where does vulturine come from?: From Latin vulturinus (“vulture-like”).

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