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nounsomeone who attacks in search of booty
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nounany of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carriontype of:
Definition that contains vulture
- buzzard a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
- griffon large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings
- coragyps atratus American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
- family accipitridae hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles
- aegypiidae in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae
- order falconiformes chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures
- sarcorhamphus papa large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck
- genus sarcorhamphus usually containing only the king vulture
- cathartes aura a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
- carrion crow American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard