2. (modifier) rapacious, greedy, predatory, voracious, insatiable.
Ko ngā manu, me ērā atu momo kai, ngā hua o te whenua, kua ngaro kē i ngā kararehe whakakakao i mauria mai e tauiwi (TTR 1990:11). / The birds and other foods, the fruits of the land, had been destroyed by introduced predatory animals.
Synonyms: tou areare, homanga