Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Edacious \E*da"cious\, a. [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.]
   Given to eating; voracious; devouring.

         Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. --Carlyle.
   -- {E*da"cious*ly}, adv. -- {E*da"cious*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

edacious
     adj : devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
           vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as
           wolves"; "voracious sharks" [syn: {esurient}, {rapacious},
            {ravening}, {ravenous}, {voracious}, {wolfish}]