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1. i., zool. akbaba. akbaba. akbaba. akbaba. i., zool. akbaba. akbaba, kerkenez, açgözlü kimse.
2. vulturineakbaba familyasından, ötleği, akb, bearded vulture uşak kapan, zool, zool, akbabaya benzer, zool, haris kimse, Gypaetus barbatus, black vulture rahip akbaba, griffon vulture kızıl akbaba, Gyps fulvus, Aegypius monachus; akbaba.
3. akbaba.
4. akbaba. haris kimse.

Etymology : Middle English, from Latin vultur
Pronunciation : 'v&l-ch&r
Function : noun
Date : 14th century

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1. any of various large carrion-eating birds; predatory person or thing. vulture\vul"ture\ (?; 135), n. [oe. vultur, l. vultur: cf. of. voltour, f. vautour.] (zo?l.) any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to vultur, cathartes, catharista, and various other genera of the family vulturid?.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.vulture n.
2. any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion.
3. someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: marauder, predator]vulture.
4. 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.).
5. 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.).
6. Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidæ. any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion.
7. 1. A vulture is a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals.
8. disapproval If you describe a person as a vulture, you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person's troubles. With no buyer in sight for the company as a whole, the vultures started to circle. Any of 20 species of bare-headed, keen-sighted birds of prey found in temperate and tropical regions. New World vultures (family Cathartidae) are 24-28 in. (60-70 cm) long. Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) include the smallest (20 in., or 50 cm, long) and the largest vulture species. The cinereous, or black, vulture (Aegypius monachus), one of the largest living birds of flight, grows to about 40 in. (100 cm) long, weighs almost 30 lbs (13 kg), and has a 9-ft (2.7-m) wingspread. Most species eat carrion, garbage, and excrement but will occasionally eat a live animal. See also condor, marabou, turkey vulture.