Local English word record

edacious

adjective · 1 sense

devouring or craving food in great quantities

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Examples

  • edacious vultures
  • a rapacious appetite
  • ravenous as wolves
  • voracious sharks

Word relationships

Synonyms

esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish

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