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Look up: glutton

  1. Glutton
    The glutton (Gulo arcticus) (Wolverene, Wolverine) is a carnivorous quadruped, about the size of a large badger, and intermediate between the bear family and the weasels. It inhabits northern Europe and America.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. glutton
    [n] - a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess 2. [n] - wolverine of northern Eurasia
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Glutton
    Glut'ton noun [ Middle English glotoun , glotun , French glouton , from Latin gluto , glutto . See Glut .] 1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. 2. Fig.: One who gluts himself. « Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.» Granville. 3. (Zoology) A carnivorous mammal ( Gulo ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/37

  4. Glutton
    Glut'ton adjective Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. ' Glutton souls.' Dryden. « A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.» Fuller.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/37

  5. Glutton
    Glut'ton transitive verb & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [ Obsolete] « Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.» Lovelace. « Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.» Drayton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/37

  6. glutton
    1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. ... 2. One who gluts himself. 'Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.' (Granville) ... 3. <zoology> 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 ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. glutton
    Gulo gulo noun musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Glutton
    `Glutton` may refer to: * One who over-indulges in and over-consumes food, drink, or intoxicants to the point of waste. See Gluttony * Another name for the wolverine
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutton

  9. Glutton
    • (a.) Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. • (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. • (n.) One who eats voraciously, or t...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. glutton
    glutton 1. Someone who greedily eats too much; devouring, voracious. 2. A person who eats or consumes immoderate amounts of food and drink. 3. Someone with an inordinate capacity to receive or withstand something: 'He was a glutton for punishment as he stayed up to work until just before dawn.'
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. glutton
    glutton: see wolverine.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09138


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