vulturine

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Mandelup follows Tester as he is scouted by a vulturine manager, who we only meet once, and, believe me, once is enough.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2019

His eyes were the worst – glittery and vulturine.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2018

Even Erdrich seems tested by Romeo with his "caved, tubercular-looking chest, scrawny arms, a vulturine head, and perpetually stoked-up eyes."

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2016

Yonder the headland, vulturine, Snores like old Skrymer in his sleep, And every chasm and every steep Blackens as wakes each pharos-shine.

From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas

There is no more to be discovered in the matter, save by the vulturine nose which smells carrion in every rose-bed.

From Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time by Kingsley, Charles