vulture : Idioms & Phrases
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bearded vulture
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noun the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill
lammergeier; Gypaetus barbatus; lammergeyer.
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Bearded vulture , Bearded eagle
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(Zoöl.) SeeLammergeir .
Webster 1913
black vulture
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noun American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
Coragyps atratus; carrion crow.
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noun of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
Aegypius monachus.
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Eagle vulture
(Zoöl.) , a large West African bid (Gypohierax Angolensis ), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures.
Webster 1913
egyptian vulture
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noun small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia
Pharaoh's chicken; Neophron percnopterus.
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griffon vulture
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noun large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings
Gyps fulvus; griffon.
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King vulture
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noun large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck
Sarcorhamphus papa.
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(Zoöl.) , a large species of vulture (Sarcorhamphus papa ), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general color is white. The wings and tail are black, and the naked carunculated head and the neck are briliantly colored with scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue. So called because it drives away other vultures while feeding.
Webster 1913
new world vulture
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noun large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
cathartid.
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old world vulture
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noun any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia
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Turkey vulture
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noun a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
Cathartes aura; turkey buzzard; buzzard.
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(Zoöl.) , the turkey buzzard.