a. [ L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat. ] Given to eating; voracious; devouring. [ 1913 Webster ]
Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. Carlyle.
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n. [ L. edacitas. ] Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. an extinct heavy-bodied reptile of the late Paleozoic having a dorsal sail or crest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]