Look up: Vulture

1. vulture
   [n] - any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
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2. vulture
   a fund that invests in distressed property at bargain prices,in hopes of turning it around and selling it at a profit Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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3. Vulture
   Vul'ture noun [ Middle English vultur , Latin vultur : confer Old French voltour , French vautour .] (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur , Cathartes , Cathar...
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4. vulture
   <ornithology> Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae. ... In most of the species the head and neck are naked or nearly so. They feed chiefly on carrion. The condor, king vulture, turkey buzzar...
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5. vulture
   noun any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
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6. Vulture
   • (n.) Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae.
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7. vulture
   any of 22 species of large, carrion-eating birds that live predominantly in the tropics and subtropics. The seven species of New World vultures ... [6 related articles]
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8. vulture
   vulture, vultures 1. Any of the various large birds of prey of the New World family Cathartidae or of the Old World family Accipitridae, characteristically having dark plumage and a featherless head and neck and generally feeding on carrion. 2. Any of various large diurnal (day) birds of prey havin...
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9. vulture
   vulture, common name for large birds of prey of temperate and tropical regions. The Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) are allied to hawks and eagles; the more ancient American vultures and condors are of a different family (Cathartidae) with distant links to storks and cormorants. American vu...
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10. Vulture
    Vulture is the popular name for any of various Old World birds of prey of the family Accipitridae which for the most part feed on carrion (already dead animals), and generally have a bald head and neck; or several similar species of New World birds of prey of the family Cathartidae. Vultures are gen...
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11. vulture
    Any of various carrion-eating birds of prey in the order Falconiformes, with naked heads and necks, strong hooked bills, and keen senses of sight and smell. Vultures are up to 1 m/3.3 ft long, with wingspans of up to 3.7 m/12 ft. The plumage is usually dark, and the head brightly coloured...
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12. Vulture
    `Vulture` is the name given to two groups of convergently evolved scavenging birds, the New World Vultures including the well-known Californian and Andean Condors, and the Old World Vultures including the birds which are seen scavenging on carcasses of dead animals on African plains. New World Vultu...
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13. Vulture
    (comics) `The Vulture` is the name of six comic book supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe. The best known Vulture in the Marvel Universe is `Adrian Toomes`, an elderly enemy of Spider-Man created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in The Amazing Spider-Man #2 (May 1963). Fictional char...
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14. Vulture
    (region) The `Vulture` (sometimes `Vulture-Melfese` or `Vulture-Alto Bradano`) is a geographical and historical subregion of Italy that lies in the Province of Potenza, Basilicata region. Overview: The area comprises the communal territories of Atella, Barile, Ginestra, Melfi, R...
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15. Vulture
    (talk show) `Vulture` is a weekly television chat show broadcast on ABC television in Australia. The program was presented by Richard Fidler and produced by Guy Rundle that featured a panel of guests who discuss art and culture. The program ceased broadcasting in November 2005.
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16. Vulture
    (DC Comics) `VULTURE` is a fictional international crime cartel in the DC Comics universe. VULTURE first appears in House of Mystery #160 (July 1966), and was created by Jack Miller and Joe Certa. History: VULTURE first appeared in House of Mystery #160 July (1966), created by J...
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17. Vulture
    (song) "`Vulture`" is the first single from Patrick Wolf`s publisher=Altsounds|accessdate=2009-05-30|date=2009-03-06-->--> Writing and inspiration: Wolf had been interested in collaborating with one of the artists that formed part of the Berlin Digital Hardcore Collective, claimi...
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18. Vulture
    (hieroglyph) The Ancient Egyptian `Vulture hieroglyph` is Gardiner sign listed no. G1 for the Egyptian Vulture. The vulture hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter `a`-(`3`). The hieroglyph represents the Egyptian Vulture, Neop...
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