a rapacious person

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• rapacious — [[t]rəpe͟ɪʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe a person or their behaviour as rapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour. [FORMAL] He had a rapacious appetite for bird s nest soup... The oil fields have …   English dictionary

• predatory rapacious raptorial ravening vulturine vulturous — Aggressive Ag*gres sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] 1. Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of one s own ends at the expense of others or mindless of others needs or desires; characterized by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wolf — /wʊlf / (say woolf) noun (plural wolves /wʊlvz / (say woolvz)) 1. any of various wild members of the dog family, especially the grey wolf, Canis lupus, of Eurasia and North America, a large, highly social animal occupying a wide variety of… …  

• wolf — wolflike, adj. /woolf/, n., pl. wolves /woolvz/, v. n. 1. any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, esp. C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now… …   Universalium

• hawk — 1. n. & v. n. 1 any of various diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a characteristic curved beak, rounded short wings, and a long tail. 2 Polit. a person who advocates an aggressive or warlike policy, esp. in foreign affairs.… …   Useful english dictionary

• buzzard — noun Etymology: Middle English busard, from Old French, alteration of buison, from Latin buteon, buteo hawk Date: 14th century 1. chiefly British buteo 2. any of various usually large birds of prey (as the turkey vulture) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cormorant — noun Etymology: Middle English cormeraunt, from Middle French cormorant, from Old French cormareng, from corp raven + marenc of the sea, from Latin marinus more at corbel, marine Date: 14th century 1. any of various dark colored web footed water… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Geier — is a German word for vulture. Geier is also a notable surname and less frequently is seen as a place name. Usages and Meanings of GeierThe disputed etymological origins of the word Geier have confounded ornithological usage of the term in poetry …   Wikipedia

• Hawk — This ancient and distinguished surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may belong to any of three distinct surname categories. Firstly, Hawke may derive from the Olde English pre 7th Century male given H(e)afoc , Hawk, originally a byname denoting… …   Surnames reference

• Hawke — This ancient and distinguished surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may belong to any of three distinct surname categories. Firstly, Hawke may derive from the Olde English pre 7th Century male given H(e)afoc , Hawk, originally a byname denoting… …   Surnames reference

• Hawket — Recorded as Hawk, Hawkes, the diminutives Hawket, Hawkett and Hawkitt, and the patronymics Hawks and Hawkes, this is an English surname. It has three possible origins. The first is from the Olde English pre 7th Century male given Heafoc , meaning …   Surnames reference