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  1. 1. n. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Fig.: One who gluts himself. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. musteline mammal of northern Eurasia Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. 2. Fig.: One who gluts himself. Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. Granville. 3. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Glutton bird (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." Dryden. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller. To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.] Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace. Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton. Source: webster
  9. 9. A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidæ,about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to beinordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is anative of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Gluttonbird (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called alsoMother Carey's goose, and mollymawk. Source: adambom
  10. 10. n:100 n. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess n. musteline mammal of northern Eurasia Source: ecdict

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