esurient

\ih-SUR-ee-uhnt; -ZUR-\, adjective:
Hungry; voracious; greedy.

"I don't know, 'Esurient Esurient Hippos' doesn't have that Parker Brothers ring to it."

Nadie licked her lips, took off her sunglasses, and said to the butcher esuriently, "I haven't had a slice of corned beef in ages."