VORA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin vorax, from voro, to devour; Heb. to clear away, to consume; Gr. food.] 1. Greedy for eating; ravenous; very hungry; as a voracious man or appetite. 2. Rapacious; eager to devour; as voracious animals. 3. Ready to swallow up; as a voracious gulf or whirlpool.
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