Meaning of VULTURE
| Pronunciation: | | 'vulchur
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
- [n] someone who attacks in search of booty
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| | Synonyms: | | marauder, predator |
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| | See Also: | | Aegypiidae, aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker, bird of prey, cathartid, family Aegypiidae, New World vulture, Old World vulture, raptor, raptorial bird | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Vul"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vultur, L. vultur: cf. OF.
voltour, F. vautour.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to
{Vultur}, {Cathartes}, {Catharista}, and various other genera
of the family {Vulturid[ae]}.
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.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing vultures in your dream, suggests that your past experiences is providing you invaluable insight into a current situation or problem. |
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | (1.) Heb. da'ah (Lev. 11:14). In the parallel passage (Deut. 14:13) the Hebrew word used is _ra'ah_, rendered "glede;" LXX., "gups;" Vulg., "milvus." A species of ravenous bird, distinguished for its rapid flight. "When used without the epithet 'red,' the name is commonly confined to the black kite. The habits of the bird bear out the allusion in Isa. 34:15, for it is, excepting during the winter three months, so numerous everywhere in Palestine as to be almost gregarious." (See EAGLE.) (2.) In Job 28:7 the Heb. 'ayyah is thus rendered. The word denotes a clamorous and a keen-sighted bird of prey. In Lev. 11:14 and Deut. 14:13 it is rendered "kite" (q.v.). |
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