rapacious
adjective
1. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- the rapacious wolf
Similar word(s): aggressive, predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous
2. excessively greedy and grasping
- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
Similar word(s): acquisitive, ravening, voracious
3. devouring or craving food in great quantities
- a rapacious appetite
Similar word(s): gluttonous, edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish