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Webster 1913 Edition


Vulture

Vul′ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[OE.
vultur
, L.
vultur
: cf. OF.
voltour
, F.
vautour
.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to
Vultur
,
Cathartes
,
Catharista
, and various other genera of the family
Vulturidae
.
☞ In most of the species the head and neck are naked or nearly so. They feed chiefly on carrion. The condor, king vulture, turkey buzzard, and black vulture (
Catharista atrata
) are well known American species. The griffin, lammergeir, and Pharaoh’s chicken, or Egyptian vulture, are common Old World vultures.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vulture

VULTURE

,
Noun.
A genus of fowls, belonging to the order of Accipiters. The bill is straight, but hooked at the end, and covered at the base by a cere of skin. The head is naked. There are thirteen species, all carnivorous and rapacious. The vultur is one of the largest kinds of fowls, and the Condor of South America, one of this family, is the largest species of flying animals that has been discovered.

Definition 2024


vulture

vulture

English

Nubian vulture

Noun

vulture (plural vultures)

  1. Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others.
    Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.

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Latin

Noun

vulture

  1. ablative singular of vultur