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Hawk :: Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk..

Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves..

Large-handed :: Large-handed (a.) Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful..

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..

Vulture :: Vulture (n.) Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae..

Harpy :: Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

Raptorial :: Raptorial (a.) Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.

Swoopstake :: Swoop (n.) A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping..

Accipiter :: Accipiter (n.) A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.

Accipitres :: Accipitres (n. pl.) The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls..

Shark :: Shark (v. t. & i.) A rapacious, artful person; a sharper..

Kite :: Kite (n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious.

Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture..

Water Devil :: Water devil () The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle..

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

Vulturism :: Vulturism (n.) The quality or state of being like a vulture; rapaciousness.

Ferocious :: Ferocious (a.) Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion..

Theropoda :: Theropoda (n. pl.) An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies..

Rook :: Rook (n.) A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper..

Anime :: Anime (a.) Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.

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