Vŭlt’ūr-ine, a.

(vŭlt/yūr-in) (Synop., § 130), a. [Lat. vulturinus.] Of, or pertaining to, the vulture; having the qualities of the vulture; resembling the vulture; rapacious.

The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but corruption, is no credit to its possessor. C. Kingsley.