[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ravenous \rav"enous\ ra^v"'nu^s, a. from 2d raven.
   1. devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious;
      hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
      1913 webster

   2. eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite
      or desire.
      1913 webster -- rav"enously, adv. --
      rav"enousness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
raven rav"enously rav"enousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ravenousness
     n : excessive desire to eat syn: edacity, esurience, voracity,
          voraciousness
see also:
edacity esurience voracity voraciousness 

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