/vul"cheuh ruyn', -cheuhr in/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vulture.
2. resembling a vulture, esp. in rapacious or predatory qualities: a vulturine critic.
Also, vulturous /vul"cheuhr euhs/ .
[ 1640-50; vulturinus. See VULTURE, -INE 1 ]