rapacious
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adjective \rə-ˈpā-shəs\Definition of RAPACIOUS
1
: excessively grasping or covetous
2
: living on prey
See Examples of RAPACIOUS
- <nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor>
- <rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats>
Origin of RAPACIOUS
Latin rapac-, rapax, from rapere to seize — more at rapid
First Known Use: 1651
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Rhymes with RAPACIOUS
audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, fallacious, flirtatious, fugacious, hellacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious
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