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