living by preying on other animals especially by catching
living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" Synonym(s):predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vulturous \Vul"tur*ous\, a.
Like a vulture; rapacious.