Vulturine \Vul"tur*ine\ (?; 277), a. [L. vulturinus.]

Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)