vulture
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈvʌltʃər/
:
buitre
- The beach is empty and clean, and the vultures roost sleepily on their favorite trees.
- black vulture
- two vultures
- other vultures
And I wrote a short story when I was eight years old about a vulture.
- And I wrote a short story when I was eight years old about a vulture.
- He said, I'm trying to think of the name of the bird vultures.
Examples
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The vultures are circling the carcass.
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But some people are grossed out by the vulture's habit of eating carrion.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Once upon a time, there was a turkey vulture who lived in Austin, Texas."
Fiction book (1995) -
The vultures are going to pick this place clean.
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Like a vulture circling fresh meat.
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The vultures are already circling.
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"Dead animals," he said, "and they're often rotting by the time the vultures find them."
Fiction book (1995) -
Remus and friends on the Aventine Hill soon saw six vultures flying overhead.
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The vultures perched high in the trees, waiting for the dead animal on the ground.
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As the sun set, the vultures began circling in the sky, searching for their next meal.
Synonyms
18
5.6
A very large vulture with a bare head that lives in parts of the Americas
4
5.9
A large bird that eats dead animals and is found in North and South America
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6.0
A large bird with dark feathers that eats dead animals
1
6.8
A large black bird that eats dead animals and often flies over fields
1
7.8
A large bird with a red bald head that eats dead animals
A large mountain vulture from Europe and Asia with dark feathers under its beak that eats bones
A large vulture with a black beard of feathers that lives in mountains
A large vulture with black beard-like feathers near its bill that lives in mountains and drops bones to eat marrow
A large mountain vulture with a black line of feathers under its beak
A large bird with pale body and black wings that eats dead animals
A large vulture with pale body and dark wings that lives in southern Europe and North Africa
A very large vulture that lives in southern Europe, Asia, and northern Africa
A very large vulture with black feathers and a white neck ruff that lives in the high Andes
A large black-and-white bird with a colorful bare head that eats dead animals in Central and South America
A small white vulture with a yellow face and thin bill that lives in Africa and southern Asia
A large bird in the Americas that eats dead animals and often has a bare head
A large bird that eats dead animals and lives in Africa, Europe, or Asia, not in the Americas
A group of large vultures in the Americas that includes the turkey vulture
A large bird like a vulture that eats dead animals in the Americas
Compounds
- Informal
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6.5
A person who loves visiting museums, galleries and theatres to see art
A small white vulture with a yellow face and thin bill that lives in Africa and southern Asia
- US
A large black-and-white bird with a colorful bare head that eats dead animals in Central and South America
A large bird in the Americas that eats dead animals and often has a bare head
A large bird that eats dead animals and lives in Africa, Europe, or Asia, not in the Americas
How Scavenging
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vulture comes from the Latin vultur, a word linked to 'to pull' or 'to tear'. So a vulture is easy to remember as the bird that 'tears' flesh from dead animals.