Voracious

vo-rli's hus, adj. eager to devour: greedy very hungry.—adv Vora'ciously. [L. vorax, voiacis—vero to devour.] Voracity, vo-ras'i-ti, «. quality of being voracious. Vortox, vor'teks, «. a whirling motion of a fluid forming a cavity in the centre a whirlpool a whirlwind '.—pi. Vor'tlces. [L. vortex, vertex — vor to ver to, to turn. Doublet Vertex.]