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1. (n.) vulture
any of several large, naked-headed New World birds of prey of the family Cathartidae that soar at a high altitude seeking carrion.
2. vulture
any of several superficially similar Old World birds of the family Accipitridae.
3. vulture
a person or thing that preys, esp. greedily or unscrupulously.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < L vultur)
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1. (noun) vulture
any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
2. (noun) marauder, predator, vulture, piranha
someone who attacks in search of booty
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1. (noun) vulture
a large bird that feeds on dead animals
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) vulture
any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae
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Sense: a type of large bird of prey feeding chiefly on dead bodies.
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 Afrikaans: aasvoël |
 Arabic: نَسْر |
 Bulgarian: лешояд |
 Brazilian: abutre |
 Czech: sup |
 German: der Geier |
 Danish: grib |
 Greek: όρνιο |
 Spanish: buitre |
 Estonian: raisakotkas |
 Farsi: کرکس |
 Finnish: korppikotka |
 French: vautour |
 Hebrew: נֶשֶר |
 Hindi: चील |
 Croatian: lešinar |
 Hungarian: keselyű |
 Indonesian: burung nasar |
 Icelandic: hrægammur |
 Italian: avvoltoio |
 Japanese: はげわし |
 Korean: 독수리 |
 Lithuanian: grifas |
 Latvian: grifs; maitu lija |
 Malay: burung hering |
 Dutch: gier |
 Norwegian: gribb |
 Polish: sęp |
 Persian: کرکس |
 Pashto: کرکس |
 Portuguese: abutre |
 Romanian: vultur |
 Russian: гриф |
 Slovak: sup |
 Slovenian: jastreb |
 Serbian: lešinar |
 Swedish: gam |
 Thai: นกแร้ง |
 Turkish: akbaba |
 Taiwanese: 禿鷲 |
 Ukrainian: гриф |
 Urdu: گدھ، کرگس |
 Vietnamese: chim kền kền |
 Chinese: 秃鹫 |
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