1. devouring or craving food in great quantities

e.g. edacious vultures
a rapacious appetite
ravenous as wolves
voracious sharks

Synonym: edaciousesurientrapaciousravenousvoraciouswolfish

2. excessively greedy and grasping

e.g. a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
ravening creditors
paying taxes to voracious governments

Synonym: rapaciousvoracious

3. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

e.g. a predatory bird
the rapacious wolf
raptorial birds
ravening wolves
a vulturine taste for offal

Synonym: predatoryrapaciousraptorialvulturinevulturous