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What is the adjective for vultures?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb vulture which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

vulturine
  1. Pertaining to vultures.
  2. Predaceous.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The vulturine guinea fowl we started out on is neither for the slow of foot, nor the faint of heart.”
      “They were surrounded by vulturine fieldsmen yet seldom have they felt more lonely.”
      “I was fishing an Ailsa's Elver, named after my god-daughter, a gorgeous fly of blue and black with a vulturine guinea fowl feather running its length.”
vulturous
  1. Having the features of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I came because you've given into my vulturous elder children when I didn't think you would.”
      “Alas, vulturous Christmas shoppers had already picked brutally over the carcass of the shelves, and the choice was slim.”
      “Petraeus now works for the vulturous private equity firm KKR, run by Henry Kravis, who does arguably Bilderberg's best impression of Gordon Gecko out of Wall Street.”
vulturish
  1. Like a vulture; rapacious.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The vulturish scavengers circled above, eagerly waiting for their next meal.”
      “I hate to be too vulturish, but if you've been stalling about ordering your Casita you may have a really long wait if you delay too long.”
      “Their spiritual leader is a vulturish photographer and scientist named Vaughan, played with intricate obsession by Montreal actor Elias Koteas.”
vulturelike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a vulture.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The vulturelike behavior of some politicians, constantly circling for opportunities to exploit others, is both disheartening and concerning.”
vultured
  1. simple past tense and past participle of vulture
vulturing
  1. present participle of vulture
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