2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.

Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.

Granville.

3. (Zoˆl.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family MustelidÊ,

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.

Glutton bird (Zoˆl.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called

also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.

Glut"ton (?), a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls."

Dryden.

A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our

days.

Fuller.

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