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UK
/vˈʌltʃɐ/
]
[ US /ˈvəɫtʃɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈvəɫtʃɝ/ ]
NOUN
- any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
- someone who attacks in search of booty
How To Use vulture In A Sentence
- It's an hour after sunrise on day three of the photographic safari and a solitary vulture is crossing a flat sky. Times, Sunday Times
- The birds include ten species of herons including grey heron Ardea cinerea, goliath heron A. goliath and yellow-billed egret Egretta intermedia, hammerkop Scopus umbretta, four of the six West African species of stork, ducks, five of the six West African species of vulture, hawks, plovers and francolins and black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus. Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire
- The turkeys themselves are mangy critters - snowy feathers dirty from sitting on mud, bald heads vulture-like.
- Among the nearly 200 species found here are thicket tinamou, brown pelican, osprey, king vulture, and laughing gull.
- Due to the pressures of so many birds trying to feed, the vultures gobble down chunks of flesh and can fill a crop with more than one and half a kilograms of meat in four to five minutes.
- Sometimes seen feeding alongside vultures at carcasses is the longer-necked and larger-headed crested caracara (Polyborus plancus), a hawk with distinctive markings. Did you know? Mexico's vultures have very different eating habits.
- The site, which is run by volunteers and houses more than 60 birds including owls, eagles and vultures, is a popular destination for families and school groups.
- Casting him as the corrupt and vicious Cuban police captain known as the Red Vulture struck me as inspired until I remembered how often Kovacs the absurdist, iconoclastic comedian appeared in movies playing establishmentarian authority figures straight. For todays active man
- It is known to harass birds as large as Red-tailed Hawks or vultures, causing them to disgorge food.
- Culture vultures looking for more sightseeing than shopping. The Sun