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Значения термина vulturine на английском

Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey.

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        Somewhat below the middle height, he was lean of body and vulturine of face.
        The Prince and Betty
        2
        Waterall turned to him, the vulturine cast of his face more noticeable than ever.
        The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
        3
        The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but corruption, is no credit to its possessor.
        Two Years Ago, Volume I
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        It was like the vulturine face of Castor, but... No, it could not be Castor.
        Dayworld
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        The man on his right was young, clean-shaven, and of a somewhat vulturine cast of countenance.
        The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
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        His dark face had a peculiarly vulturine look.
        The Godfather
        7
        Usually it keeps to rocky hills and mountains, over which it beats with a steady, sailing, vulturine flight.
        Birds of the Indian Hills
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        At this, thy son Srutarvan, excited with rage, pierced Bhima with a hundred straight arrows winged with vulturine feathers.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
        9
        And what of another, hitherto unnoticed, whose nose is of the hooked vulturine, whose name transpires as Pisistratus Mytharete?
        One of Our Conquerors — Volume 3
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        There is no more to be discovered in the matter, save by the vulturine nose which smells carrion in every rose-bed.
        Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time
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        Ruthven stood forward from the group, his reeking poniard clutched in his right hand, a grin distorting his ghastly, vulturine face.
        The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
        12
        But he was more interested in her husband, a dark dry man, with big eyes, sallow complexion, prominent chin, and vulturine nose.
        The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 4
        13
        Then Yudhishthira also, filled with wrath, and the two sons of Madri, began to slay those elephant-warriors with arrows equipped with vulturine wings.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
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        "Blaspheme not," he croaked, and his tall form quivered with rage, his sallow old face grew vulturine.
        The Sea-Hawk
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