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  • 42ravening — adjective 1. devouring or craving food in great quantities edacious vultures a rapacious appetite ravenous as wolves voracious sharks • Syn: ↑edacious, ↑esurient, ↑rapacious, ↑ …

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  • 43ravenous — ravenously, adv. ravenousness, n. /rav euh neuhs/, adj. 1. extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day s work. 2. extremely rapacious: a ravenous jungle beast. 3. intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction.… …

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  • 44ravenous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rapacious, hungry, greedy, voracious, gluttonous. See desire, gluttony. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. voracious, omnivorous, starved; see hungry , rapacious 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 45List of the animals in the Bible — See main article Animals in the Bible. The following is a list of animals whose name appears in the Bible. Whenever required for the identification, the Hebrew name will be indicated, as well as the specific term used by Zoologists. This list… …

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  • 46Animals in the Bible — • The sacred books were composed by and for a people almost exclusively given to husbandry and pastoral life, hence in constant communication with nature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Animals in the Bible     Anima …

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  • 47voraciousness — noun 1. excessive desire to eat • Syn: ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑ravenousness, ↑voracity • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious, ↑voracious (for: ↑ …

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  • 48vo|rac|i|ty — «vuh RAS uh tee», noun. the quality or state of being voracious; voracious nature; voracious behavior. ╂[< Latin vorācitās < vorāx; see etym. under voracious (Cf. ↑voracious)] …

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  • 49rapacious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. greedy, ravenous, voracious. See desire, gluttony. Ant., generous. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Greedy] Syn. grasping, avaricious, insatiable; see sense 2; greedy 1 , 2 . 2. [Living on prey] Syn.… …

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  • 50gluttonous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ravenous, voracious, cormorant, omnivorous, avaricious; see also greedy 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. voracious, gourmandizing, insatiable, ravenous, *piggish, *hoggish. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1.… …

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