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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

voracious
    adj 1: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on
           the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to
           voracious governments" [syn: rapacious, ravening,
           voracious]
    2: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
       vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
       "voracious sharks" [syn: edacious, esurient, rapacious,
       ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Voracious \Vo*ra"cious\, a. [L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to
   devour; akin to Gr. ? meat, food, ? to devour, Skr. gar. Cf.
   Devour.]
   Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow;
   ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious
   man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. --Dampier. --
   Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Voracious:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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