Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
VULTURE
vulture
(noun) any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
marauder, predator, vulture, piranha
(noun) someone who attacks in search of booty
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vulture (plural vultures)
Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
(figurative, colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others.
Synonyms: ambulance chaser, vampire
Verb
vulture (third-person singular simple present vultures, present participle vulturing, simple past and past participle vultured)
(figurative, colloquial) To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.
Source: Wiktionary
Vul"ture, n. Etym: [OE. vultur, L. vultur: cf. OF. voltour, F. vautour.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidæ.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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