Vo·ra·cious a.  Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. --Dampier. -- Vo*ra*cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra*cious*ness, n.
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  voraciousness
       n 1: excessive desire to eat [syn: edacity, esurience, ravenousness,
             voracity]
       2: extreme gluttony [syn: edacity, esurience, rapaciousness,
           rapacity, voracity]