vulture

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.

   • In clusters on the plain, like cowlless monks at matins, sat the vultures that had settled on the corpse of the hyena impaled by the female rhino […]
2. 2

   A person who profits from the suffering of others.

   • Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.
3. 3

   To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

   • Rudy vultured when asking the girl out.
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   1. 4

      ravenous

      ravenous; rapacious

      • Whose vultur thought doth pitch the price so hie, That she will draw his lips rich treasure drie.

The neighborhood

• neighborAmerican black vulture
• neighborbearded vulture
• neighborblack vulture
• neighborcinereous vulture
• neighborEgyptian vulture
• neighborEurasian black vulture
• neighborgreater yellow-headed vulture
• neighborgriffon vulture
• neighborHimalayan griffon vulture
• neighborking vulture
• neighborlappet-faced vulture
• neighbormonk vulture