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The state of being rapacious; extreme gluttony.
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2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015) THE VULTURE MAY be the most maligned bird on the planet, a living metaphor for greed and rapaciousness.
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extreme gluttony
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an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
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the greediness of lawyers
(of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.
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The rapacity of carnivorous animals has been considered by some writers to have had a considerable effect on the distribution and even on the extinction of others.