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猛禽 — meaning in English

měng qín

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English meaning

  • rapacious adj Voracious; avaricious.
  • raptorial adj Like or resembling a raptor; seizing or plundering, like a bird of prey.

Senses

猛禽 is used for these senses in English:

  • bird of prey A carnivorous bird that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on land vertebrates.
  • rapacious (also, figurative) Voracious; avaricious.

rapacious — full definition

  1. adj Voracious; avaricious.
  2. adj Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
  3. adj Subsisting off live prey.
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