Meaning Of The Word Vulture

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vulture
countable noun: A vulture is a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals.
countable noun: If you describe a person as a vulture, you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person's troubles.

vulture in American English
any of a number of large birds of prey with a naked, usually brightly colored head and dark plumage, including the Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) and the New World vultures (family Cathartidae); esp., the New World turkey vulture: they feed chie
noun: any of several large, primarily carrion-eating Old World birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, often having a naked head and less powerful feet than those of the related hawks and eagles

vulture in British English
noun: any of various very large diurnal birds of prey of the genera Neophron, Gyps, Gypaetus, etc, of Africa, Asia, and warm parts of Europe, typically having broad wings and soaring flight and feeding on carrion: family Accipitridae (hawks)

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