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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vul•ture /ˈvʌltʃɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa large bird of prey, related to the hawks and eagles, that soars at a high altitude seeking dead animal flesh for food.
- a person or thing that is eager to gain from another's misfortune, as by greedily preying upon that person.
vul•tur•ous, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vul•ture (vul′chər),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsany 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.
- Birdsany of several superficially similar New World birds of the family Cathartidae, as the turkey vulture.
- a person or thing that preys, esp. greedily or unscrupulously:That vulture would sell out his best friend.
- Latin vultur
- Middle English 1325–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vulture /ˈvʌltʃə/ n - 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)
- any similar bird of the family Cathartidae of North, Central, and South America
- a person or thing that preys greedily and ruthlessly on others, esp the helpless
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French voltour, from Latin vultur; perhaps related to Latin vellere to pluck, tear |