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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vulture \Vul"ture\ (?; 135), n. [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}.
[1913 Webster]
Note: 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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulture
n 1: any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked
heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
2: someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: {marauder},
{predator}, {vulture}, {piranha}]
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