Entry Word: rapacious

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having a huge appetite <nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor> — see voracious 1
2 living by killing and eating other animals <rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats> — see predatory
3 having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions <rapacious plunderers who despoiled the ancient pyramids> — see greedy 1