Definition of vultures Vultures

/vʌˈlʧɚz/ - [vulcherz] -

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What does vultures mean?

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  • vultures (Noun)
    Plural of vulture, collectively a wake.

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Noun

Plural: vultures

vulture - any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
  bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
  aegypiidae, family aegypiidae in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae
  old world vulture any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia
vulture - someone who attacks in search of booty
  marauder, predator, piranha
  assailant, assaulter, attacker, aggressor someone who attacks
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  • vulture (n.)
    Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • vulture
    Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.

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  • Vultures are large birds of prey that usually feed on carrion (dead or dying animals). Vultures use their large wings to soar in the air for many miles without having to flap. Vultures are also called buzzards.

    "Vultures" from the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) are not related to the vultures of the New World (North and South America). They look quite similar, though. Both have heads and necks with no feathers.

    "Old World vultures" are related to eagles and hawks and use sight to find their food. "New World vultures" are related to storks and use their sense of smell to find their food. Vultures symbolize death in literature.

    Egyptian vultures use rocks to open eggs they pick up a rock with there beak and simply drop or throw they rock onto the egg and breaks it.

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