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Devoured :: Devoured (imp. & p. p.) of Devou.

Devoration :: Devoration (n.) The act of devouring.

Devouring :: Devouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devou.

Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.

Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

Bollworm :: Bollworm (n.) The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops..

Voraginous :: Voraginous (a.) Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring..

Prey :: Prey (n.) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

Cormorant :: Cormorant (n.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese..

Raven :: Raven (v. t.) To devour with great eagerness.

Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate..

Monitor :: Monitor (n.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long..

Ravening :: Ravening (a.) Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves..

Carabus :: Carabus (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects..

Vermivorous :: Vermivorous (a.) Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds..

Scavenger :: Scavenger (v.) A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health..

Consume :: Consume (v. t.) To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour..

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To devour.

Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.

Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.

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