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voracious

[vaw-rey-shuhs, vuh-] / vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, və- /


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From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

Voracious army ants prey on many insect and vertebrate species and can travel about 1 kilometer a day, often in and out of dense forests that researchers cannot easily enter.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 5, 2023

Voracious eaters and rapid reproducers, Asian carp may outcompete native species for food, potentially leading to their extinction.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Voracious predators, swordfish can reach almost 1,200 pounds and grow 14 feet in length.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2021

Voracious, plunderous, all of them; like hounds, long hungry, got into a rich house which has no master, or a mere imaginary one.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Carlyle, Thomas




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