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rapacity
noun
Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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ɹəˈpæ.sɪ.ti
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noun
Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
noun
Extreme gluttony
noun
(of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.
“The rapacity of carnivorous animals has been considered by some writers to have had a considerable effect on the distribution and even on the extinction of others.”
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The rapacity of carnivorous animals has been considered by some writers to have had a considerable effect on the distribution and even on the extinction of others.
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