VULTURES

Noun

vultures

plural of vulture, collectively a wake

Verb

vultures

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vulture

Source: Wiktionary


VULTURE

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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